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04Jul 2017 by No Comments

Samsung launches Galaxy Note Fan Edition, a smartphone built from Note 7’s parts

Samsung has officially launched an unique smartphone that is made from the remaining components they have from all the Galaxy Note 7 that were returned back to them. This smartphone is called the Galaxy Note Fan Edition, and Samsung makes no secret of the fact that it's a "Reinforced Note 7". The only difference is the battery - Samsung chose a smaller battery of 3,200 mAh, compared to the 3,500 mAh battery that was on Note 7. The battery has been subjected to a new extended testing process that Samsung has set up after the withdrawal of Note 7, in an attempt to wash their bad history in this regard. Another difference to Note 7 is the software. Galaxy Note Fan Edition uses the new software and new applications that…

29Jun 2017 by No Comments

Panasonic introduces two new interactive LCD displays

Cool Gadgets

Panasonic just announced that the company is ready to release two new LCD displays with integrated touchscreen. We are talking about TH-75BQE1 (75") and TH-65BFE1 (65"). Both use VA type LCD panels with Direct LED backlight. As you can imagine, the difference between these two products are the size and resolution. The 65" one is a Full HD while the 75" panel brings Ultra HD (4K) rezolution. The brightness of these two LCD displays is identical: 400 cd / m2 - nits. The displays can recognize up to ten simultaneous touches and they are compatible with software that manages electronic whiteboard functions. PC connections can be made via HDMI, VGA or USB port. The latter can also be used to view files stored on memory and hard disks. Using a…

15Jun 2017 by No Comments

Apple iPad Pro 10.5” teardown confirms 4GB RAM and 8.134 mAh battery

Apple

Apple iPad Pro 10.5'' is on sale for a few hours in stores all over the world and folks at iFixit have already been able to open it and disassemble it to the last chip. No wonder nobody knows the repair index is extremely low - as usual - two in ten. Among the major issues that were found in the teardown we can count: High amount of stickers that blocks the battery, and no tab to extract it as it did in iPad Pro last year. The Smart Connector port is virtually impossible to replace, but it does not have any moving parts so it is a small chance to break down. The LCD display and front panel glass are fused together; The opening of the device is, consequently,…

29Apr 2017 by No Comments

A man built his own iPhone from zero

Apple

Scotty Allen quit his job as an engineer in Silicon Valley to go around the world and build things. While he was in Shenzhen, China, he managed to build an iPhone 6s by itself, buying all the pieces in the markets of Huaqiangbei. In that market, he was able to find everything you can think of, including different pieces of the smartphone. Allen managed to capture the entire process and posted the video on YouTube. The entire journey started from a common discussion: "I wonder if you can build your own phone..." So he started looking for all the necessary parts on the market, he took his time and he managed to put everything together (towards the end of the following video). Allen chose the iPhone 6s for two reasons…

05Mar 2017 by No Comments

Best 20 smartphone of 2017 (so far)

Smartphones

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona has just ended and several highly interesting smartphones were introduced at the show. Business Insider has created a list containing the best 20 smartohones of 2017 (so far). You may think that smartphones like LG G6, Huawei P10 or .. Nokia 3310 would be included in the list, but they need to be further tested until a conclusion is drawn. It is interesting to see that the first places in the list are not owned by giants like Samsung or Apple. According to Villas-Boas Antonio from Business Insider, Google Pixel is considered to be the best smartphone of the moment. Here's the complete top: 20. BlackBerry Classic 19. BlackBerry Priv 18. Moto G4 17. LG G5 16. Samsung Galaxy Note 5 15. ZTE Axon 7…

16Feb 2017 by No Comments

iPhone 8 – the smartphone will feature an OLED display

Apple

Although Apple is still popular and it gets a huge success with each iPhone, users are always complaining about one thing: the battery life. This feature is expected to change for the better with iPhone 8, the first iPhone that will come with OLED display and a larger battery. Although iPhone 8 should have similar dimensions to the iPhone 7, it should feature a battery with larger capacity. In other words, we will see an improvement from 1,960 mAh to 2,700 mAh, which would lead to better battery life. This means that the battery's size will increase with 38%. That percentage does not necessarily reflects the same percentage increase in terms of lifespan, mainly because OLED displays are more battery resource demanding than LCDs. Despite the fact that Apple and…

24Jan 2017 by No Comments

Vivo V5Plus: the smartphone with two selfie cameras

Smartphones

Vivo, a Chinese smartphone maker, has just launched Vivo V5Plus, the smartphone with two selfie cameras. Vivo V5Plus has two frontal cameras with very high resolution. One has 20 megapixels and the second has 8 megapixels. The second selfie camera ensures the capture of in-depth details. With these cameras, the user can take selfie pictures with background blur (depth of field), the same effect created by DSLR cameras. This options is called Bokeh Mode (foto). The secondary camera comes with another interesting option. The image focus could be changed after picture was taken. For this there is the option called Shot Refocus. Selfie Softlight is another interesting option that brightens the figure. The smartphone has other special specifications: a 5.5 inch full HD display, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octa-core processor,…

20Jan 2017 by No Comments

The most anticipated smartphones of 2017 (concept designs)

Smartphones

Before getting too mixed up with all the releases that should happen this year, I wanted to share a fast list with the most anticipated smartphones of 2017. When I have prepared this list, I took into account the previous years and the brands that created outstanding smartphones. Also, be aware that the following images are not depicting the actual smartphones but they are concept designs based on expectations and various leakes. Apple iPhone 8 If we are to believe the rumors, Apple should skip the iPhone 7S release and release directly the iPhone 8. It is definitely the most anticipated smartphone of 2017. Samsung Galaxy S8 Samsung Galaxy Note 8 This smartphone should be the great comeback, it should wash the mistakes they've made with Note 7. LG G6…

19Jan 2017 by No Comments

Is this the Samsung Galaxy S8? New video released by Samsung Display

Smartphones

Samsung Display has just published several videos on their YouTube channel that made fans dream. The vidoclips depict the new AMOLED displays with very thin margins and a high screen-to-body ratio. But what's interesting is the overall design of the smartphone. It looks a lot like the Galaxy S8 renderings that we've saw recently. The smartphone has a design that's new and innovative, different from anything that we've seen so far. It has a headphone jack, speaker and USB-C connector. But the smartphone is very thin, much thinner than the current Samsung models. Seeing these videos, I also acknowledge that the future Galaxy smartphone might be different from the one presented here. But it is equally possible that these clips reveal future Galaxy S8 flagship design. We'll have to wait…

17Jan 2017 by No Comments

Samsung Galaxy S8: features and improvements over the previous versions

Smartphones

Galaxy S8 will be launched in the coming months and I am eager to see the device that should wash Samsung's shame regarding its Note 7 fail! Recently, Samsung has launched the Galaxy A series that came with significant improvements on the front camera. GSMArena writes that Samsung will continue to make improvements to the selfie camera and Galaxy S8 will probably look like this. Galaxy S8 will come with iris recognition feature. The first smartphone to use this was Galaxy Note 7, but users had no time to really use this feature because the smartphone was withdrawn from the market due to catching fire randomly. As you may expect, various informations regarding this smartphone have already emerged on the Internet. Galaxy S8 Plus will have the following dimensions: 152.38…