Earlier this month, the Sony Xperia XZ1 landed in the US, after being presented at IFA at the end of August. Today it's been joined by its smaller sibling, the XZ1 Compact, which has gone up for pre-order stateside. To purchase an XZ1 Compact, you need to part with $599.99 of your hard earned cash. For that amount, you receive an unlocked unit that will work with GSM-based carriers such as AT&T, T-Mobile, and the various MVNOs operating using their networks. Sprint and Verizon aren't supported. The Xperia XZ1 Compact will become available in the US on October 4. It's pretty much the...
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Rabu, 27 September 2017
Check out this cinematic iPhone 8 Plus video shot by a professional cinematographer
The other day we saw how good the iPhone 8 Plus camera can be in the hands of a professional photographer. Now, it's time for Italian director, cinematographer and coloring artist Matteo Bertoli take the camera for a spin and give us a look at what it can do in the hands of a professional. So without further ado, here is the video. In case you are wondering why the video looks as good as it does and how you can achieve this yourself if you have an iPhone 8 Plus, here are some tips and observations. First of all, the iPhone 8 Plus has a great camera. A great artist needs...
Instagram improves controls for managing comments
Instagram has hit 800 million user mark and it is celebrating with some new features. One of them is improved comment moderation. Users can now choose who gets to comment on their posts, from everyone to people you follow and your followers, just the people you follow and just your followers. You can also block specific people from commenting on your posts. Another addition is the ability to anonymously report when someone on a live stream is in need of mental support and the app will then flash a help screen for them with helpline numbers, suggestions, and an option to...
LG K7i arrives in India with Mosquito Away technology built-in
Before you ask, no, it's not April Fools. Today in India LG unveiled the K7i, a smartphone that has a unique selling point that is unique indeed - Mosquito Away technology is built-in. As its name implies, this will keep mosquitoes away from you. It uses ultrasonic noise which is inaudible to humans but not to mosquitoes, protecting you from bites while the phone is in your vicinity. The Mosquito Away tech is part of the handset's back cover as you can see from the official image. If you're not interested in that, know that you can swap the cover for a normal one. The device even comes...
Check out this LG V30 vs. 8K RED Weapon camera comparison
Yesterday HBO's Director of Photography to take the LG V30 for a spin and today we get a comparison between the smartphone and the 8K RED Weapon movie camera. Shot on LG V30 Youtuber Parker Walbeck decided to recreate the Walter Mitty Longboard Scene by taping the phone right next to the RED Weapon and shooting simultaneously. The whole setup is mounted on a drone and all sorts of professional camera equipment come into play, as we see from the behind the scenes shots. There is also a $150 gimbal stabilizer used for panoramic shots, so not everything is strictly...
Asus Zenfone 4 family hands-on
Why bother fighting the sharks for attention at IFA when you can hold your own private event and have the spotlights all to yourself? That was Asus' line of thought, apparently, which brought us to Rome last week for the European launch of the Zenfone 4. Or rather, the Zenfone 4s. Yes, because there are quite a lot of them.
WSJ: the TrueDepth camera on the iPhone X is causing the supply issues
We've been hearing that the iPhone X will face component shortages since the new flagship was merely a rumor. Now The Wall Street Journal quotes multiple sources who say that the TrueDepth camera is what keeps production slow. Two components - nicknamed Romeo and Juliet - work in tandem to enable the FaceID / animoji magic. However, the Romeo modules are harder to manufacture and take more time compared to the Juliet module. The sources did not name the function of Romeo, but it appears that this component is the true roadblock (and not the AMOLED screen as speculated...
Mediatek introduces the MT6739 chipset
The India Mobile Congress 2017 was the host of a Mediatek event where the Chinese company announced a new entry-level chipset MT6739. The SoC has quad-core CPU and supports two main cameras, 18:9 ratio screens and dual VoLTE. The processor has four Cortex-A53 cores and operates at up to 1.5 GHz. Its screen resolution support is limited to to 1440x720 pixels - 720p in 18:9 ratio. The modem is LTE Cat.4, and dual SIMS are supported. Here's a full list of the MT6739 specs: CPU: 4x ARM Cortex-A53 up to 1.5GHz Memory: LPDDR3 (Up to 3GB, 667MHz) Storage: eMMC 5.1 Camera:...
Another Huawei Mate 10? A different design for the Leica dual cam on the back
At this point, there have been fewer Elvis sightings than Huawei Mate 10 leaks. Here's yet another model - we think it's not the Pro or the Lite, it could be the Plus model but who can even tell at this point. The main thing to notice in these photos is the label next to the camera. It says "ASPH", an aspheric lens, which indicates this is a Leica cam. But note the other part - it has an f/2.2 aperture, much slower than the rumored f/1.6 aperture that the new models are supposed to have. The aspheric lens points to a Leica camera on this Huawei device Renders suggest that the...
Harga Gionee M7 Terbaru dan Spesifikasi Lengkap 2017
Harga Gionee M7 Gionee kembali merilis sebuah smartphone android terbaru yang akan menjadi penerus dari Gionee M6, apalagi kalau bukan Gionee M7, smartphone ini masuk kedalam ponsel android kelas atas yang dihadirkan oleh Gionee dan akan bersaing sangat ketat dengan smartphone dual kamera dari vendor lainya. Yah Gionee M7 memang mengusung fitur dual kamera utama yang menggunakan lensa 16 […]
Sony exec: next-gen Xperias to have bezel-less design
Managing Director of Sony India, Kenichiro Hibi, has stated that Sony is planning to launch next-gen Xperia phones and "you can expect a completely new design from the devices". In other words, OmniBalance that has been employed since 2013 with the Xperia Z may be coming to an end. Hibi knows the direction that the market is heading - 18:9 phones with bezel-less designs. And Sony may join this design trend with a new device "soon". The company has neglected the low-end and even its mid-rangers have premium ambitions. With that in mind, Sony can't afford to keep an old school design when...
KGI: iPhone 8 sales are not weak, people are just waiting for the iPhone X
The slipping shipping dates should have been a clue - the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are selling as well as expected, claim industry analysts at KGI. According to their numbers, the two 8 models saw roughly half the sales during the opening week compared to last year's iPhone 7. But KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo (usually an authoritative source) expects that the iPhone X will match the sales of the 8 and 8 Plus combined. This will bring sale numbers back to where they need to be. Earlier, KGI predicted 50+ million pre-orders for the X, so it's a matter of how fast Apple can make them. Keep in mind that...
One in four iDevices already runs iOS 11
Apple's latest iOS 11 was released on September 19 and over 25% of the iUsers switched in the first week. The numbers came from analytics platform Mixpanel. The adoption rate is slower than iOS 10 last year, which reached 37% in six days. Adoption of iOS 11 stood at 12% 24 hours after its release and it's gaining 2-3% per day throughout the first seven days, eventually reaching 26.57%. Today numbers are actually lower at 23.6% due to numerous complaints about bugs. Apple answered woes with releasing an update we told you about earlier today. It is worth noting that Mixpanel is...
Google celebrates its 19th birthday
Back in 1997 Larry Page started a search engine named after the number "googol" and 19 years later we all celebrate the birthday of one of the largest tech companies globally. Today may be a day for celebrations over at Mountain View, but we also get to feast with 19 surprises, available through a spinning wheel and a new Easter egg. When you google "google birthday surprise spinner", you'll get a spinning wheel like the one on "The Price is Right". Spinning it, you get plenty of surprises, including games like tic-tac-toe, Solitaire, a tour around the Galapagos islands or Earth Day...
Was the Nokia 6 Arte Black canceled?
Nokia 6, Nokia 6, where Arte thou? Seriously though, what happened to the Arte Black version, which promised 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage in addition to the exclusive piano black finish? We snooped around Nokia's western sites and this model was nowhere to be found. On third party stores, we did spot a few 64GB non-Arte models, but those are gray imports from China. We only found it on the Romanian site, with no obvious way to buy it. We tried various Romanian online stores, but none of them had it (aside from a few more gray imports). So, has the Nokia 6 Arte Black been...
Huawei Mate 10 Pro renders show the bezel-less front, the Leica dual cam on the back
The Huawei Mate 10 Pro leaks are back, with a more revealing photoshoot this time. What seem to be screencaps from a promo video show the front and the back of the upcoming flagship. On the front, you can see the 5.9" EntireView display - free from bezels and with an 18:9 aspect ratio (likely an AMOLED to boot). That's a good look for the Mate series. Huawei Mate 10 Pro: the EntireView display • the Leica dual cam On the back, things look interesting as well. The resolution is a bit low, but you can see three circles: the top two make up the new Leica dual cam (rumored to have...
Huawei launches the Honor 7X on October 11
Huawei's subsidiary is bringing a follow-up of its Honor 6X mid-ranger. The new device will be called Honor 7X and will arrive on October 11, the company announced on Weibo. The image comes with a slogan, roughly translated as "Want to see farther than ordinary people? Higher? Wider? Everywhere is your world." This most likely means the phone will have an 18:9 ratio EntireView display, as is the trend lately. Specs-wise, rumors speculate that the Honor 7X will have 5.5" screen and a Kirin 670 chipset. The memory will be 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage. Huawei is yet to launch a new...
