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[Rumor roundup] HTC M8: What do we know about it?
So the launch of the HTC M8(the all new One) is on March 25, and I think all of us mobile geeks are very excited about what it will turn out to be.
So I write this article to round-up all the leaked information about the M8. Feel free to correct me if you see any mistakes. :)
Does the Galaxy S5 deserve all of the hate it receives?
S5 unpack event,revisited
Samsung unpack event was just over! Just in case someone missed the live event, here is a timeline of the event.Note that this review will be different from others as I will be discussing what happened exactly during the event.
The event started off with a musical orchestra.(boring!)
Look at the amount of audience!No doubt they are either reporters or camera crewman or Samsung ethusaist.
Samsung Electronics President and CEO coming on stage.
“Our consumers don’t want the most high-tech … they want beautiful design and performance.”
How the Galaxy S series had changed over the years. Starting with the original Galaxy S all the way to Galaxy S4.
Number of Galaxy S series sold over the years is 200000000! Though Samsung had been heavily criticized for it's "plasticky" feel of the phone, consumers still have not stopped supporting Samsung.
When designing the Galaxy S5, Samsung had 5 main objectives.
1. Better design
2. Better Camera
3. Better connectivity
4. Designing for the health conscious
5. Designing to suit the lifestyle of user
Official first look at the S5.
The S5 comes with a fast connectivity modem.
A LTE Cat 4,which is more commonly known as LTE Advanced.It can achieve up to 150Mbps in theory.
WiFi MIMO. This is an old technology actually. This technology allows the device to achiveve higher performance by more aggressively transmitting and receiving data over Wi-Fi channels.
The download booster will allow you to split a download over WiFi and LTE when both are available to speed up the arrival of whatever you’re seeking on the phone.
With a new and improved camera, the S5 has the fastest 16-megapixel smartphone camera which focuses in 0.3 seconds and
The S5 will water and dust resistance with IP67 certification.Water resistance means that the charging socket has a flap to keep it dry.
The pair of wearables comes as a surprise as Samsung had just announced a pair of smartwatches running Tizen a day before the event.
The new settings menu has gone way too far away from AOSP. Ever since the Galaxy S4, Touchwiz settings menu has differentiated itself from AOSP.
I don't understand Samsung. When Google started using blue accent in the Operating System, Samsung insists on sticking to Gingerbread green. Now that Google started to move away from blue accent and starting to use white, Samsung has (finally) started to use blue accent in the OS. Those flat icons also reminds me of iOS.
Demo of the new camera.
Paypal has decided to work with Samsung with mobile payment. Swiping your finger print will act as your "pin" for your account now.
With private mode, nobody else can access your photos(except yourself, of course).The fingerprint will act as an authentication to open the private gallery.
With Kids Mode, your kids have no access to your usual apps except apps that Samsung deemed child-friendly.
The fitness band will have the first curved super AMOLDED display on a watch.
Changing the strap is easy as popping out of it's holder. The strap can now be changeable to suit your attire and occasion.
Accessories that Samsung will be selling together with the S5.
That's all. What do you think about the S5? Will you be buying it? Let us know in the comment below!
“Our consumers don’t want the most high-tech … they want beautiful design and performance.”
1. Better design
2. Better Camera
3. Better connectivity
4. Designing for the health conscious
5. Designing to suit the lifestyle of user
The S5 comes with a fast connectivity modem.A LTE Cat 4,which is more commonly known as LTE Advanced.It can achieve up to 150Mbps in theory.
WiFi MIMO. This is an old technology actually. This technology allows the device to achiveve higher performance by more aggressively transmitting and receiving data over Wi-Fi channels.
The download booster will allow you to split a download over WiFi and LTE when both are available to speed up the arrival of whatever you’re seeking on the phone.
With a new and improved camera, the S5 has the fastest 16-megapixel smartphone camera which focuses in 0.3 seconds and
the video camera shoots at 4K.
The S5 will water and dust resistance with IP67 certification.Water resistance means that the charging socket has a flap to keep it dry.
With a new Touchwiz, comes with more features. One of this is "Ultra Power Saving Mode".This option will turn off colors, and switches to a black and white mode, while at the same time flipping the switch on most connectivity options. With such a draconian measure, the 2800mAh battery will last longer(duh). J K Shim claims that "If my Galaxy S5 is down to only 10% battery, it can still last up to 24 hours in standby."
The colours of the back plate will be(from left to right) charcoal black,electric blue,copper gold and shimmery white.
The pair of wearables comes as a surprise as Samsung had just announced a pair of smartwatches running Tizen a day before the event.
Changing the strap is easy as popping out of it's holder. The strap can now be changeable to suit your attire and occasion.
That's all. What do you think about the S5? Will you be buying it? Let us know in the comment below!
Huge or Tiny?
Hi there, this is my first post writing for Droid Agency(DA). A short introduction of myself. I am Daniel Quah,currently 17 this year. I love tech and of course I am a tech geek. Although I am new to this tech scene , like everyone else I am still learning about wonderful tech daily. Alright enough about me, time to go back to topic.
DA's recent poll regarding "bigger but not removable battery vs small but removable battery" is quite an eyeopener . This issue has always been bought up together with the removal of SD cards by most Original Eqipment Manufacturers(OEMs). But let us leave that topic with another post shall we?
With today's advancement of technology, one can only wonder why doesn't our battery life last us all day when our dumb phones only needed to recharge every few days or so? These days with more and more power hungry apps, processors and the introduction of higher resolution displays, do our OEMs ever care about all day battery life anymore? Have you ever felt the need to carry around a power bank or spare batteries or even a charger? Have you always find yourself checking for wakelocks using Better Battery Stats(BBS) or checking battery stats under battery usage? Fear not, you aren't the only one.
One of the most important facets of the user experience is battery life.
The ability to remove batteries from our phones had dated way back earlier than the indestructible Nokia 3310.
With the flexibility of being able to switch batteries easily, consumers are leaning towards aftermarket batteries. This is due to the fact that aftermarket batteries have either bigger capacity or they act as a backup or a replacement for their aging battery. We also have to take note that our smartphones are meant to be portable. We should not be always be by the side of a wall socket all because our battery died out on us.Sure you may argue that power banks are the solutions but, would you want to carry something big and clunky in your hands or pockets just because you needed to charge your phone?
DA's recent poll regarding "bigger but not removable battery vs small but removable battery" is quite an eyeopener . This issue has always been bought up together with the removal of SD cards by most Original Eqipment Manufacturers(OEMs). But let us leave that topic with another post shall we?
These days, consumers wants a choice. A choice of removable battery or not.To some it is a deal breaker.
With today's advancement of technology, one can only wonder why doesn't our battery life last us all day when our dumb phones only needed to recharge every few days or so? These days with more and more power hungry apps, processors and the introduction of higher resolution displays, do our OEMs ever care about all day battery life anymore? Have you ever felt the need to carry around a power bank or spare batteries or even a charger? Have you always find yourself checking for wakelocks using Better Battery Stats(BBS) or checking battery stats under battery usage? Fear not, you aren't the only one.
One of the most important facets of the user experience is battery life.
The ability to remove batteries from our phones had dated way back earlier than the indestructible Nokia 3310.
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With the flexibility of being able to switch batteries easily, consumers are leaning towards aftermarket batteries. This is due to the fact that aftermarket batteries have either bigger capacity or they act as a backup or a replacement for their aging battery. We also have to take note that our smartphones are meant to be portable. We should not be always be by the side of a wall socket all because our battery died out on us.Sure you may argue that power banks are the solutions but, would you want to carry something big and clunky in your hands or pockets just because you needed to charge your phone?
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| Imagine holding your phone while charging like that.
Sure you may again argue that we can buy a smaller power bank.But what is the point if it can only hold one charge cycle? Remember, we have more and more power hungry apps, processors and higher resolution displays. Sure you may argue that battery capacity has increased over the years therefore holding a charge in the power bank is just enough for you to get back home to feed your ever hungry battery. We do have to remember that road warriors and back packers may not have a luxury of having a wall socket nearby. Sure you may also argue that there is also a limited amount of spare batteries who have on hand, but it brings back us to the initial issue, would you like to hold a big bulky battery pack to charge your phone or would you rather switch out your dead battery and replace it?
But alas, there are reasons why most major OEMs solder the battery to the phone. If anyone recalled, Samsung has a number of cases where the battery. Here is an example. Why did this occur? Has anyone thought of it? Was the reason due to the poor manufacturing process by Samsung or was it due to General User Incompetence(GUI). I strongly believe that the latter is actually the reason. I do have to clarify that I am writing in an objective manner and I am not a Samshill. Let us look at why do we blame it. With the rise of cheaper aftermarket batteries, consumers will eventually buy them in bulk. Do consumers know that what you pay is what you get? Cheap batteries have bad after market support, the manufacturer do not give any hoot about you anymore after you receive your product. Be it a manufacturing defect or bloated battery. Consumer protection law have little power to stop them as consumers bought these batteries off the internet and it takes resources to trace down the seller. When traced, the seller could be of another nationality which the law couldn't bring the seller to jurisdiction. With these cheap batteries of questionable quality, consumers NEVER fail to overcharge the battery resulting in bloated batteries. With a cheap aftermarket bloated battery, the likely hood of batteries exploding is significantly higher. This is the reason why Apple and Google soldered their batteries to the iPhone an Nexus respectively. This is to prevent user from replacing it with a cheap ripoff, thus reducing the likely hood of the battery from exploding. To sum it up, I am supportive of removable batteries. The fact that I am able to control the hardware that I paid for is enough to convince me that removable batteries are the best, that is IF you do source from reputable sources. We should be given a choice but, not all users are actually aware of what type of batteries they are using this days. Putting a poor quality battery on the device that you use everyday is running a huge risk of exploding. |