Sony keeps on working hard. The Japanese company has just revealed its newest mid-high ranger, Xperia 1. The phone’s somewhat odd name – One? First? – is a means by which Sony wants to ”open a new chapter in its mobile history”. You are allowed to interpet it as ”our naming convention got so convoluted that we really needed a fresh start, no matter how dumb it may look”. Okay, okay, so the phone’s name is new. What else is new? Quite a bit:– 6,5′ OLED CinemaWide display, 21:9, 1644 x 3840 p,– Snapdragon 855 CPU, Adreno 640 ...
Samsung released, and then deleted, the Galaxy F video
Galaxy F, Samsung’s first foldable device, have been released last week. The device have met a lukewarm reception, largely thanks to people not understanding the reason for owning such a gadget. In order to explain to people why they should dish out huge sum of money on a cool gizmo, Samsung released the video that shows off the bright sides of Galaxy F… and then removed it from YouTube without a word of explanation. Thankfully, there are other places where the video can be watched.Is Galaxy F worth your interest? Well… it is certainly a very fancy gizmo that would score ...
We now know when Asus Zenfone 6 will come out
Asus seemingly enjoys beind the oddball among the phone makers. They rarely release a truly popular smartphone, having to be content with medium to low sales, and their phones often have various issues. This, though, is often caused ot by their product’s low quality but by the fact that Asus takes risks, it uses unusual solutions or adds features that are new to the market. Asus’ quirkiness has showed once again during this year’s Mobile World Congress: when most companies do their best to have at least working prototypes ready for the show, Asus merely released leaflets ...
MicroSD Express, a new quality in transfer speed and battery life
The SD Association has used this year’s Mobile World Congress to unveil microSD Express, the newest microSD card to enter the market. Express will tap the PCIe interface to reach a max data transfer rate of 985 MB/s, something that is possible thanks to the PCIe 3.1 and NVMe v1.3 specifications. There is a lot of technical mumbo-jumbo involved, so lets just concentrate on the plus sides of the device, namely increased transfer speed as well as decreased power consumption. The cards will supposedly be backward compatible, which means that they will work with older smartphones. ...
ZTE Axon 10 Pro 5G. What we know
ZTE’s new 5G smartphone hast just been officially revealed on the MWC 2019. Is it interesting enough? See for yourselves:– Snapdragon 855 CPU,– SDX50 5G modem up to 2Gbps,– triple rear camera setup supporting some AI features,– waterdrop notch.As you can see, there is still not a lot of info to go on, despite the official reveal (reveal-ish?). We do not know when will ZTE reveal more info on this smartphone. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Huawei Mate X officially! Straight facts for those with little time
Lots of news websites are currently busy typing away juicy articles about Huawei’s new foldable device. Since I cannot compare myself to majority of those skilled writers, I will offer you something different: a number of simple, pointed out facts about this exciting new device: – 6.6′ OLED display, 6.38′ back panel, 8′ after folding, Falcon Wing Design,– 5,4 mm thick, 11 mm thick after folding,– single camera set,– 5G Balong 5000 modem, 4G card slot just in case,– two batteries connected into a single 4500 mAh, 55W Quick Charge,– ...
Oppo will show its foldable device prototype during the MWC 2019
We have already heard that Oppo is having a foldable device in the works. What we heard was mostly gossip and some leaks. As it turns out now, Oppo not only has a working prototype of such device, the company is also going to officially present it during the Mobile World Congress 2019. We do not know when exacly (25th Feb – 1st March) will the foldable be presented: all the info that we have on it is a live picture shared online by Oppo’s vice CEO Brian Shen. People smarter than me notice how this device looks similiar to Huawei’s Mate X. It is largely because of how both ...
Apple plus Goldman Sachs equals their own credit card
Apple is working on enhancing the availability of Apple Pay, but this is not the only way that the e-fruit wants to influence our finances in. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple wants to bring its own credit card into the market at some point this year. This card, which Apple works on together with Goldman Sachs, is supposed to bring more clients to company’s Marcus internet bank. The card will work within Mastercard’s infrastructure.We will learn more in the coming ...
Razer 3 cancelled? Gaming smartphones are not doing that great
Razer’s mobile division is going through various changes. It has been confirmed that a number of Ryzer’s employees will be laid off, and others will be moved to projects other than Razer 3. The company is supposed to put much more effort into its mobile games division, leaving other projects underpowered, if not outright abandoned. There has been no official word on whether or not the work on Ryzer 3 smartphone has been cancelled but, judging by its predecessor’s low sales, I would not get my hopes ...
Sony resets its smartphones’ naming conventions
It looks like Sony wants to shake things up, at least a little. The company is changing names for its two series: the upcoming Xperii XA will be called Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus, while the soon-to-be-released Xperia XZ4 will do so under a somewhat mind-boggling name Xperia 1 (flashbacks from Battlefield 1 being the FOURTH GAME in the series). The number 1 in the name is supposed to suggest that the device will be all fresh and new and sparkling. Will it, though? Some of the more interesting parts of Xperia 1’s specs are rumoured to be the 21:9 aspect ratio display, separate screen ...