Showing posts with label Phone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phone. Show all posts

Tuesday, 28 April 2015

The Smart Phone Of The Year

The HTC one is a powerful and beautiful device which runs on Android 4.1.2 (upgrade to 4.2.2 now available). It has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 chipset powered by a 2300 m Ah nonremovable battery. There are lots of flagship cellular devices in the market but the HTC one, for me at least, comes closest to fulfilling the important and necessary criteria of a modern cellular device. And here are some reasons why you won’t regret investing in the HTC one and why this device has blown my mind:

Slick Design
If you chart out and bring every mobile device in history, you will notice that the HTC one looks the most evolved and most efficient to work in that one palm of yours. It is 137.4 mm long, 68.2 mm across and only 9.3 mm thick. The back slightly protrudes at the central axis which gives the phone a vague semicircle appearance on the back, but it tapers at the sides to give you the 9.3 mm. This makes holding the phone easy and it increases grip.

Power House
Powered by a Li-Po 2300 battery, the device has four separate cores and gigahertz of 1.7 at your command. This makes multi tasking a very smooth and easy experience. Personally I have found that lags are nil or minimal in the HTC one. The RAM memory is 2 GB and with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 chipset. A powerful phone indeed!

Camera
Do not be fooled by its 4 MP tag. The camera uses fewer but larger pixels on a sensor that's the same size as the 8 or 13 MP units. HTC has coined the concept of “Ultrapixels” to describe this. It has a fast F2.0 lens which offers an optical image stabilization system. This catches more light and makes the device ideal in low light imaging conditions. The front camera/ secondary camera have a MP of 2.1 but also with 1080 p shooting capacity. And when it comes to video recording both the front and rear camera has 1080 p full HD video recording feature. Additional features of the camera include: smile detection, object removal and sequence shot, the sequence-shot pictures can later be edited to form a single picture (another remarkable feature of the camera of HTC one) so that a different moments of capture is in one single picture. The new HTC Zoe feature makes small videos/movies out of your pictures, which could be a fun option to have if you get bored with swiping your fingers to check your pictures.

 Display
A 4.7-inch 1080p Full-HD screen with a pixel density of 446 pixels per inch, rivaled by few and unmatched by any smart phone to date. It features a Super LCD 3 capacitive touchscreen. The display of the screen is spectacular, the images and colors are vibrant and crisp. Detail to colors and images are hauntingly magnificent. Personally, watching movies or playing games on a handset has never been more fun and satisfactory. Durable Besides doing really well on drop tests by third-party reviewers, the uni-body case of the HTC one gives it a strong and tough built which is one reason the battery can’t be removed from the back. While holding the phone it feels slim and comfortable but also tough and rugged, it has a firm built quality about it. It feels like it can take a certain amount of damage if accidents are to occur, which is necessary a smart phone. Also the entire body is made from aluminum so if you drop this phone a couple of times by mistake then rest easy because it can take it.

 Boom Sound
“Dual frontal stereo speakers powered by built-in amplifiers deliver bigger sound with less distortion and more detail.” HTC The front dual speakers takes you to a whole another dimension of sound enjoyment, you must experience the richness of this device. If you compare the audio with any other phone you will notice the difference. HTC one gives large and rich sound quality. It has good bass engineered with Beats Audio. Whether you like blasting away your music or love it in your headphones, HTC one sound engineering won’t let it get in the way of your rich music experience. The device has a volume large enough for a small crowd in a quiet room, which in my opinion is quite rare in many modern-day smartphones. This of course goes without saying that volume is exceedingly good enough for one person. Please know also-that the HTC one is not a perfect device. And not everybody will like the device in the way I like or in the way I dislike it. The battery is non-removable and you don’t have the option of switching memory SD cards as you don’t have access to the slot. Because of the aluminum the device is quick to heat up during times of overuse which can make handling a little difficult. And for those people who like using the power/screen lock button with their thumb the placement is a bit awkward and even uncomfortable.

But even with these points against the HTC one, it is the best device to date to have come close to fulfilling the criteria of a modern smart phone. I feel that it provides me with the 'whole experience'. I am convinced that the pros far outweigh the cons. I think HTC one deserves a place in the pocket of all lovers of modern handsets.

 via:infobarrel


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Monday, 27 April 2015

HTC Windows Phone 8X review

The HTC Windows Phone 8X breaks into a Windows Phone 8 market that has been dominated by Nokia since the OS was released last October. In fact, HTC is the only other major manufacturer to have sent us a Microsoft-based handset in that time.

It was well worth the wait, though, because the 8X makes a fantastic first impression. It's built using the same manufacturing process as HTC’s One X range of handsets, and the polycarbonate shell used for the 8X looks superb: the gently contoured rear curves around the phone’s edges to create a border for the screen, and it’s finished in a comfortable soft-touch plastic, which is available in four colours (blue, black, yellow and red).

Build quality is on a par with the Nokia Lumia 820, which until now was our favourite Windows Phone 8 handset. Significantly, though, the HTC is 30g lighter, at 130g.

It’s a strong start, but it’s not all good news: the sealed polycarbonate shell prevents access to any of the internals, so there’s no way to replace the battery. There’s no microSD card for expanding the storage, either.

The 8X has the same size screen as the Lumia, but it packs in more pixels: a resolution of 720 x 1,280 is squeezed into its 4.3in diagonal. It impresses elsewhere, too: the 8X’s 366cd/m2 maximum brightness is higher than the Nokia’s 301cd/m2, and, although the Nokia’s AMOLED screen means it has better contrast and highly saturated colours, we prefer the more natural tones of the HTC’s IPS panel.

Another similarity between the 8X and the Nokia is the CPU. Both are powered by a dual-core, 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 Plus, which means an impressive SunSpider score of 913ms and excellent real-world performance. The HTC coped well with top-end games – Asphalt 7 and Mirror’s Edge ran without a hitch – and the Windows Phone 8 UI was responsive and smooth. There was a slight judder when switching from the homescreen to the app list, but we noticed this on the Lumia also.

The Windows Phone 8 app situation is slowly improving, too. Spotify has now been released for the platform, and the BBC has confirmed it’s working on a version of iPlayer that’s optimised for the Windows Phone 8 browser. There’s still no sign of Instagram or Dropbox, however.

As for the rest of the specification, there’s dual-band 802.11n wireless and NFC, 1GB of RAM and 16GB internal storage, twice the capacity of the Nokia. The 8-megapixel camera is excellent, too, producing far sharper snaps than the Lumia 820, with better contrast and colour reproduction.

The HTC 8X’s one weakness is battery life. Its 1,800mAh power pack had 50% of its capacity left after our 24-hour run-down test, which is below average for a modern smartphone. That said, the Lumia 820 is no better.

Of the two phones, then, the HTC is the clear winner. Its screen has a higher resolution, the camera is superior, its exterior is sturdy and appealing and it’s lighter. If you want a Windows Phone 8 device, HTC’s Windows Phone 8 flagship is our new favourite.

Via: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/smartphones/380482/htc-windows-phone-8xposted from Bloggeroid


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HTC Windows Phone 8S review

At first sight the HTC Windows Phone 8S looks almost identical to its more expensive cousin, the Windows Phone 8X. Both have brightly coloured, soft-touch rubberised cases that feel robust and very well-made, but there are some important differences.

The 8S comes in a variety of colour-combinations such as blue and dark grey or yellow and light grey. A small rear panel slides off the pack giving easy access to the micro SIM card and micro SD memory card slots. The latter is useful for bolstering the built-in 4GB of storage and is a feature missing from the pricier 8X.

Our small hands appreciated the more compact dimensions of the 8S. This is thanks to the 4in screen which makes the 8S easier to hold and use single handed compared to smartphones with bigger displays. The downside is that HTC has opted for a relatively low-resolution of 800x480 pixels, but it's still bright and reasonably crisp.

Call quality in central London on the Vodafone network was clear with little distortion. The built-in noise-cancelling microphones managed to filter out the background noise of a busy West End road so that it was barely audible to the person on the other end of the line.

Even better was the battery life. We were pleasantly surprised to find that the 8S lasted nearly 30 hours when used for making a few calls, navigating using GPS and browsing the web over both Wi-Fi and 3G. This is roughly six hours longer than many more expensive smartphones.

Apart from a few occasional slow-downs the Windows Phone 8 interface and various apps felt smooth and responsive thanks to the 1GHz dual core processor. We suspect the slow-downs may be due to the relatively meagre 512MB of memory. This may prove troublesome when running especially apps, such as games, in the future. More expensive smartphones have at least 1GB. We also suspect the relatively small amount of memory is responsible for the web browser's inability to have than a handful of tabs open at the same time. This makes tabbed browsing more irritating to use for heavy web surfers.

Photos taken in low-light using the five-megapixel rear camera are far too blurry and smeared to be of any use. Photos of landscapes and buildings taken in daylight were better, although finer details were still lost. Portraits needed lots of light to produce acceptable results - otherwise lots of noise crept into the image producing unrealistic looking skin tones. Overall, a rather average smartphone camera at best.

HTC have made surprisingly few compromises with the Windows Phone 8S making it a good alternative to inexpensive Android smartphones like HTC's own One V. Although Android has a wider selection of apps, Windows Phone 8 is slowly catching up with new releases such as Spotify and the 8S feels more responsive and faster than many cheap Android phones. Overall the HTC Windows Phone 8S is a good budget smartphone.

*Good points

Inexpensive; Colourful and sturdy; Long battery life; Good call quality

*Bad points

Relatively low resolution screen; Low amount of memory; So-so camera

*Suggested price

£216 without contract

Via: http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ca/review/2252195/htc-windows-phone-8s-review posted from Bloggeroid


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Sunday, 26 April 2015

Nokia Lumia 928 Rumors: Latest Windows Phone 8 Features, Specs and Release Date

Nokia Lumia 928 Rumors: Latest
Windows Phone 8 Features, Specs
and Release Date

The hype on the upcoming Nokia
Lumia 928 smart phone is
currently increasing. The Nokia
Lumia 928 rumored features, specs
and release date have rapidly
spread on the internet even though
the smart phone is not a fresh
device but just a variant of the
Nokia Lumia 920 smart phone.

However, reports are claiming that
the Finnish technology giant is
creating the Nokia Lumia 928 with
a new and much lighter body and
some developments to make the
upcoming smart phone appealing
to the device enthusiasts
worldwide.

"Known previously as Laser, the
Lumia 920 variant will include
some significant changes that
make it a new standalone device.
We're told that Nokia will switch to
aluminum for the 928, with a
xenon and LED flash combination
for the 8-megapixel PureView
camera," Tom Warren of "The
Verge" stated.

According to The Verge report,
Nokia plans to release the Lumia
928 smart phone some time in
April 2013 through the carrier
Verizon. The latest Windows Phone
8 flagship has been rumored as
well in joining the mobile carrier
due to the matching Long Term
Evolution (LTE) bands 4 and 13.

Furthermore, Nokia Lumia 928 has
already gone through the United
States Federal Communications
Commission test. Verizon's Nokia
Lumia 928 smart phone is
expected to have a 4.5-inch screen
display, a dual-core 1.5GHz Krait
processor, 1GB of RAM, 32GB
internal storage capacity and a
2000mAh battery. Additional
features include a similar square
appearance like the Nokia Lumia
720 with a slightly curved spine
thickness design measured at
10.2mm.

The rumored features and
specifications are still subject to
change since Nokia has not yet
officially released a statement to
confirm or announce what the
Nokia Lumia 928 smart phone can
offer to the device users.

Via : http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/450779/20130327/nokia-lumia-928-rumors-latest-windows-phone.htmposted from Bloggeroid


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