Smartphone World Cup: Round of 16, part 2

Here are the other four matches of the Round of 16. The winners of each match will move forward to the quarter finals next week and the losers - well, thanks for playing. Samsung Galaxy S9+ vs. Asus ROG phone Samsung has an upgrade-refine cadence and the Galaxy S9+ is the refine step of that - it keeps the Infinity Display and overall design from the S8 and has an improved version of the Note8 camera. Specifically, the ability to switch between f/1.5 and f/2.4 and higher frame rates for video. Plus, Samsung finally pulled the trigger on stereo speakers. Samsung Galaxy S9+ •...

Read More

iOS 12 beta 2 hands-on

It's been just under three weeks since Apple showed off the next iteration of its flagship operating system for iPhone and iPad - iOS 12. Earlier this week Apple released its second beta of iOS 12 to developers. Having patiently skipped the first beta we couldn't resist any longer, so we went about installing the iOS 12 beta 2 on our iPhone 8 Plus and iPad Air 2 (fully backed up of course) to see what's what when used with our daily apps. Foolish or brave? Well, we'll find out as we dig into some of the significant features. Quick Verdict Certainly in Beta 2 guise, iOS 12 has...

Read More

3 HP Khusus Game 3D Dijamin Lancar Jaya Juni 2018

Sebagian orang, bermain game di ponsel pintar telah jadi hobi tersendiri; karenanya HP khusus game 3D dengan kualitas High Definition tinggi pun bermunculan. Tak semua HP berbasis Android kompatibel untuk dipakai bermain game. HP dengan prosesor dan RAM yang bagus pun, bukan jaminan waktu nge-game Anda berjalan mulus. Spesifikasi si HP seperti prosesor, chipset, GPU […]

Read More

Weekly poll: what do you think of the Oppo Find X?

What if the future of bezel-less phones lies not with screen notches but with pop-up mechanisms that offer an alternative placement for the selfie camera (and other components)? It's not so much an "if" as far as Oppo is concerned - its new Find X is a reality. Similar to NEX S from sister company vivo, but with key differences. For one, it goes all in on the pop-up trick - it's not just the selfie camera, but the rear cameras as well, not to mention the structured light 3D facial scanner. That's right, Oppo is the third company to use structured light for biometric authentication. It even...

Read More

iOS 12 hands-on

It's been just under three weeks since Apple showed off the next iteration of its flagship operating system for iPhone and iPad - iOS 12. Earlier this week Apple released its second beta of iOS 12 to developers. Having patiently skipped the first beta we couldn't resist any longer, so we went about installing the iOS 12 beta 2 on our iPhone 8 Plus and iPad Air 2 (fully backed up of course) to see what's what when used with our daily apps. Foolish or brave? Well, we'll find out as we dig into some of the significant features. Quick Verdict Certainly in Beta 2 guise, iOS 12 has...

Read More

Counterclockwise: the relationship between dual SIM slots and microSD cards

SIM - the Subscriber Identity Module - is an ever-shrinking card that acts as your access pass to the carrier's cell network. Once it was used to store your phone book and text messages, now it's under threat of extinction. Embedded SIM solutions have started cropping up, mostly in smartwatches where a maker can make a reasonable claim that dropping the card slot is a space-saving solution. But Google put an eSIM in its second-gen Pixel phones (used to connect to the Google Fi network), and Apple has its own "Apple SIM" embedded in iPads. Apple, in particular, does some iffy stuff where...

Read More

Week 25 in review: Oppo Find X is official, our attention turns to Redmi 6 Pro

Here's to the end of yet another hectic June week that saw big announcements and big leaks. The beginning of June was the Xiaomi Mi 8's time, last week it was the vivo NEX S and A that got their time in the spotlight and this week the Oppo Find X became official with a slide-out camera module, no notch and crazy-high specs like 8GB of RAM and a 6.42-inch AMOLED screen. The Find X announcement was shared by the Find X Automobili Lamborghini Edition - a special edition with Super VOOC charging. If you're willing to pay the unreasonable €1,700 asking price and are lucky enough to find it in...

Read More

Microsoft is considering the Snapdragon 1000 for future AR and VR devices, as well as desktop PCs

Qualcomm has already made its intentions to creep into the x86 PC realm pretty clear. Windows on ARM is already happening, with some devices, like the ASUS "Primus" even in production stages. A newly unearthed Qualcomm job posting, for an engineer now sheds some light on just how serious Microsoft is looking into ARM. Apparently, the Redmond giant is already busy testing Qualcomm chips for a wide range of devices, ranging from the pretty apparent ultra-portables and tablets, all the way to AR and VR and even desktop PC offerings. This development does make a lot of...

Read More