Long Rumored iPhone 5 Official Launched Today

After a long time waiting, Apple iPhone 5 is finally released by Apple Inc in San Francisco. And after the conference, we get first hand to use this phone, what first catches our eyes is the beautiful and stunning 4 inches display which have kept us for waiting nearly one year. Frankly speaking, instead of feeling exciting and admiring, Apple this time does not bring too many surprises.

                                                                 

The phone's screen size increased from 3.5 inches to 4 inches with the original width unchanged (approximately equal to the proportion of 16:9), reaching high resolution of 1136 x 640. The handheld feeling is just like its predecessors iPhone 4 and 4S due to the reason that it only made some changes on its height, and iPhone 5’s applications can be operated in the same position as before.

The brand-new iPhone 5 still has Apple’s design style, re-integrating metallic texture into the mobile phone products, and we have reason to believe that even under mass production, iPhone 5’workmanship will also be satisfactory. This time Apple puts the 3.5 mm headphone jack at the bottom of the phone, although it may seem somewhat strange, but this will not cause too much impact on users’ operating.

In addition, previous exposed new interface and 4G LTE network support have been confirmed in this conference. Have to say that the new 8pin interface may be a nightmare for Apple accessories manufacturers as well as users of iPhone 5. the speakers , car charger , accessories which we purchased years is no longer supported by iPhone 5, users of the new iPhone 5 in the next few years may need to carry an adapter to continue to use the equipments before .

                                            

iPhone 5 becomes lighter and thinner despite the enlarged screen size, which must give the credit to its aluminum material instead of glass that the iPhone 4S equipped. Of course the IPhone 5 screen can still be regarded as the best screen in the world, but compared to the iPhone 4 and 4S, it does not show its advantages.

As for A6 processor and battery capacity, Apple, as always, does not publish its detailed parameter. Of course, we know that Apple has been reluctant to announce the detailed parameter generally indicates that these two have always been the shortcomings of the iPhone. But right after Brief trialing, we can say without exaggeration that it becomes more faster than before, no matter screen sliding or multitasks switching, it shows more fluid than iPhone 4S.

In battery life, the official data of iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S are basically the same, of course, battery life has always not been iPhone 's strengths, iPhone 5 has more than enough battery power to last throughout the day — up to 8 hours of browsing on a cellular connection, up to 8 hours of talk time, and up to 10 hours of video playback time.

                                                        

The iPhone 5 is undoubtedly Apple’s most shining star today during the reference, but the new iPod touch also brought us a lot of surprises. With thickness of 6.1mm, weight of 88g, and4 -inch screen same as iPhone 5, this new iPod touch comes like a fresh air which has already enkindled our blood. Especially its anodized aluminum back shell gives us a high-end feeling. Now with the increasing number of the iPad and iPhone, sales of Apple 's iPod products were getting worse and worse, this time they spend so much time on the fifth-generation iPod touch, hope it will also bring a satisfactory effect!

Nokia Offers Xpress-on Covers for the New Released WP8 Phone-Lumia 820

At the Nokia & Microsoft Press Conference held in New York on September 5, Nokia officially launched midrange Windows Phone 8 model-Lumia 820. Its hardware configuration is slightly inferior to Lumia 920, but has good cost performance. Nokia Lumia 820 provides a variety of colorful and fashionable styles for option, and the cell phone’ cover is replaceable. It uses the unibody design, and the screen is 4.3-inch display with ClearBlack OLED material allowing identical outdoor readability to that of the Lumia 920's screen, the resolution is 480 × 800 pixels, and supports Nokia Wyatt screen display technology, which optimizes the display effect in the sun.

                                                 

In terms of other features, Nokia Lumia 820 is internally built with an 8 megapixel Carl Zeiss lens, supporting 1080P HD video recording. And it is powered by a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor and features 1GB RAM +8 GB storage spaces, which lead us to believe that performance won't be an issue with the smartphone. The device offers Wireless Charging, NFC Enabled, 3G and WI-Fi Connectivity, Bluetooth, MicroUSB with 1650 mAh Battery along with GPS, A-GPS and GLONASS.

                                                  

Nokia Lumia 820’s optional accessories are very characteristic. This smartphone can be equipped with rechargeable cover and wireless charging pillows. And Nokia has began to popularize the public wireless charging points in the United States, I believe in the near future, Nokia mobile phone users are expected to go out without chargers. In addition, the newly launched Nokia Lumia 820 will be available with red, yellow, grey, cyan, purple, white and black for users to choose from.

Nokia Vice President Marco: We Did not Bet on Microsoft WP8

Before the starting of the year’s most important conference in New York, it rained cats and dogs, but the heavy rain still did not withstand the media reporters all over the world. On Sept. 5 Nokia officially released two PureView technology supported Windows Phone 8 handsets. Prior to this conference, Reuters said Nokia’s fate would be decided by these two new phones. We can also see that Nokia is trying to resurrecting the champ with PureView technology from the whole conference. Marco Argenti, senior vice president of Nokia, he told digital reporter that Nokia did not completely bet on Windows Phone 8, and five business was still in continuous development .

                                                          

Windows Phone 8 is expected to go into general release with the Windows 8 operating system this fall, WP8 is designed to run on next-generation phones that have multi-core processors, new graphics engines, higher screen resolutions, microSD storage, and near field communication radios (for mobile wallet functions).

To outsiders, Nokia has been completely betting on windows phone platform, Symbian platform transfer, Qt abandon, Vertu sale. But it seems that the truth is not like what we can see, at least here in the eyes of Nokia’s senior vice president Marco Nokia, Nokia also has other businesses. Macro presents that Lumia, Asha, Nokia Location Map, Nokia Siemens and handset fundamental patents are five pillars of Nokia's smartphones markets.

                                                          

For Nokia, it indeed does not entirely bet on Microsoft's Windows Phone system. But whether the future will focus on the Windows Phone platform, Macro does not give an exact response for the moment.

Marco is in charge of the application development part of Nokia so as to have a deep understanding about the entire ecological environment of Nokia Software. Marco told reporters that due to the deep collaboration of Nokia and Microsoft, Nokia developers would have more benefits. For example, they would have privilege to get access to the newest SDK. Marco pointed to Lumia 920 which was in his hand and said “we have joined Nokia recommendation features in stores, thus more applications will be uploaded to Nokia pages.”

                                                    

According to the recent statistics, the number of software in Windows Phone platform has more than 10 million, and is still in fast growth. For Nokia, though Windows Phone is not completely betting, it must not cause any lost. After conference Nokia shares have crashed 10%, showing that the confidence in the market for this product is not that enough. Next month will be a new test for Nokia, the release speed and prices will also affect the future trend of Nokia, and the talkative Marco will also have to go all out.

When asking Marco what is the biggest challenge in Nokia? Marco said it was innovation. Yes, for users, the diversified competition is a sign of a thriving industry, and innovation is the fundamental driving force of all companies that always occupy the leading position in the world.

Basic Features of the Upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note II

The Samsung Galaxy Note II was unveiled 29 August 2012 at the IFA trade show in Berlin, with an expected release date of October 2012, and is the successor to the Samsung Galaxy Note. We may still remember when Samsung Galaxy Note hit the market in 2011, it is thought as Android smartphone and tablet computer hybrid. This time, the title comes to its successor-Samsung Galaxy Note II which is the third device of the Samsung Company’s Note series, which places emphasis on the use of a stylus. The Galaxy Note 2 is Larger and more powerful and is a stunner in many ways, now let us see some basic features of this "phablet".

                                                           

Screen:

The device sports a 5.5-inch (140 mm) diagonal display with 720p resolution which is larger than Note’s 5.3 inches. Indeed the vast screen is as lovely as ever, with deep blacks and vibrant colors viewable from very wide angles.

Processor:

The quad core Exynos processor has been cranked up to 1.6GHz, and is joined by a distinctly un-shabby 2GB of RAM to power things along, which shows powerful configuration.

OS:

Upon launch, it will be the first Samsung phone to come with Android version 4.1 "Jelly Bean" as standard. The implementation of Android 4.1 Jellybean is certainly a nice touch, although it's different to the vanilla offering on the Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus. There's not card-based notification menu on offer here, although when long-pressing the home key to call up the task manager you've got instant access to Google Now, as well as the ability to check running apps.

                                                  

Camera:

The camera has upgraded to 8 megapixel BSI back-illuminated main camera and 1.9 megapixel front camera same as GALAXY S III level. Supporting 1080P HD video recording, plus flashlight is also equipped.

S Pen:

The phone's S-pen has an improved ergonomic design compared to the original Galaxy Note. The new S Pen can utilize a range of gestures for shortcuts and you can scribble down phone numbers and it will recognize your handwriting making it easy to add to your address book later. Forget speech recognition, scribble recognition is the new black with Google searches performed from your jottings. A feature known as Air View will allow users to use the S-Pen to preview content by hovering over it, For example, when the stylus is 10mm from the screen, we will see the message in the corresponding position. And another called Quick Command which reveals a list of commands at the swipe of the S-Pen.

                                                

Storage:

The phone will be available in 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB storage capacity variants, each expandable via a microSD with a capacity up to 64GB.

Until now, the price is still unannounced to be sure, whether it will equip mentioned features and how much on earth this smartphone will cost, let’s wait for this October!

Top Five Reasons Forecasting the Trend that Android Users Will Shift to iPhone 5

Analysts points out that the five reasons that Android users will turn to the iPhone 5 including overall performance, the boredom about the upgrades of Android users, interface, cloud services and 4G network.

Some Android users may in any case will not buy the iPhone, but there does exist lots of Android users who are not obsessed with Android system. Recently many analysts have made some relevant comments about this issue. Following are the top 5 reasons original reviews about why Apple can attract Android system users.

The latest comprehensive performance

In addition to the specific functions that iPhone 5 will equip when its release, whether it will have 4G LTE technology or not, or perhaps carries a larger battery. It can not be denied that the debut of Apple iPhone 5 will not miss many surprised performances. Even the iPhone 5 has already been completed, in terms of technical aspects, it may not show any advantages over the Samsung Galaxy S Ⅲ, but Apple 's relatively smooth integration performance and eye-catching design will still attract a part of Android users.

                                                

The boredom of Android users feeling about updates

The dilemma faced by the vcommon Android users is that though they have used many modern, high-end devices, however the built-in operating system is seriously outdated version, which frustrated Android users a lot.

Thanks to the wireless operators’ hard work for updating the existing Android devices, Verizon has already updated Galaxy Nexus smartphone to the latest standards. No matter how stunning the Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) is, many users still want to fully develop this ecosystem, the result may be very frustrating-especially after the release of the iPhone 5.

                                                          

Interface

All users will recognize that no matter how they will evaluate Apple, Apple's appearance design can be excellent. Users can complete all the tasks on the iPhone 5’s interface in a more direct viewing way. If you think this can not be regarded as a larger defect for less knowledgeable users, what I want to tell you is that actually the difference between the two is very large.

                                           

In some aspects, Android will also ship with the same functions, and in some cases may even be better than iPhone. However, many users do not run stock Android or the user ROM, on the contrary they choose Andrews OEM version. And operators also admit that this is the best choice for users. Almost without exception, it means expansion software and UI skin reset are able to distinguish it from other competitors to a greater extent, rather than improving the users’ experience.

                                                       

Cloud Services

Google recently completed a lot of work on Play Store, changing it from an old-style Android market into a brand-new iTunes-style mass store, aiming to provide users with books, movies, TV shows and other sorts of things besides softwares. On Apple’ road to dominate the global market, this is a very important step.

                                                 

However, even the gap between Apple and Android is narrowing fast, it is still a very difficult thing to merge iTunes and App Store. Compared the media content with Play Store, the merger of the two seems not that powerful. If you pay much attention to things like music, television and film, then the iPhone will have a very strong attraction for you.

4G network

As for a company which is Proud of dominating the market regularly by technology innovation, Apple is certainly spending time in creating a smartphone capable of carrying 4G network. iPhone 4S lacks LTE connectivity, this restriction for handset partners AT & T is substantial. AT & T believes that facing the huge burden of smartphone data transmission, the inefficiency of network technology is a very terrible thing. But 4G/LTE now is the function that a high-end device should have. The release of another only 3G and WiFi-enabled device will lose a part of LTE market place to its competitors, and certainly Apple will not do so.

                                                              

Summing up the above possibilities, the iPhone 5 will be the first smartphone together with the 4G network, thus will draw Android users over to the Apple camp in a way.

Basic Performance Contrast between iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S2

Bothe launched last year, iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S2 are the most excellent smartphone in the world until now, the phone configuration and overall features both equipped are awesome, customers may find it easier to choose when the two top-notch smartphones are not put in together. But if you do put them together, do you think which one is much better? Ok since you are puzzled, below is a small comparison of the Samsung Galaxy S 2 and the iPhone 4S. And you can find the solution quickly after the specific contrast.

Design

These two smartphones are quite similar and they all have a black version and a white version. You can’t say the Samsung Galaxy S2 is a tiny phone since it has a 4.3-inch display, but it’s slim (only 8.49mm) and light for the reason that it adopts plastic body together with the battery weighs only 116g. The iPhone 4S, on the other hand, isn’t much different from its predecessor in term of size and design, it’s smaller than the Galaxy S2 since its display is smaller (3.5 inches), but it’s not as thin (9.3 mm)and light(140 g) as it. In general, the Galaxy S2 maybe more suitable for users who prefer a medium size but light phone.

Display

Samsung Galaxy S2 has its 4.3-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen with 800 x 480 resolution. The resolution of the iPhone 4S’s screen is higher with 960 x 640 even though it carries the smaller 3.5 inches IPS display. Of course, it doesn’t mean the Galaxy S2 is outdated now, and on the contrary It’s still great for watching movies and even for playing HD games. In addition, Iphone 4S has adopted polishing glass screen which is much more fragile. But Galaxy S2 is much better on this aspect.

                             

                                    

Video playback

General speaking, the two smartphones are all suitable for video playback regardless the small difference in screen size, both 3.5-inch IPS display and 4.3-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen can present a vivid and fantastic visual effect due to the reason that their screen are very bright, all the colors are eye-popping and very beautiful, and they don’t darkle or fade when you look at the screen at an angle.

For more clear video enjoyment, you may opt for iPhone 4S since it features a higher resolution than Samsung Galaxy S2. Videos play swimmingly with no pause or slowdown during its playback in iPhone 4S, plus, they’re filled with plenty of magnificent details to make the experience gratifying. Video enjoyment on iPhone 4S will be great. For example, you can watch online videos by net connection, as the world’s most famous video sharing website, YouTube may come to your first choice. YouTube videos can perform smoothly due to the stable and firm web connection, but have you thought about the situation when you go travelling and at that time the connectivity is not that capable?  This time you can download YouTube video to iPhone 4S to enrich your digital life definitely. However, there is a hassle that you can not stream YouTube videos to iPhone 4S by default. You must resort to a third part iPhone 4S YouTube Downloader to help you download and convert YouTube video to iPhone 4S recognizable video format, then you can enjoy the movies leisurely.

Performance

Iphone 4S and Galaxy S2 both run quickly on processing daily affairs. Galaxy S2 has applied a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and A9 chip. While Iphone 4S has adopted an 800MHz dual-core processor and A9 chip. When just seeing from these data, we will think that Galaxy S2 is much better. But the fact is Iphone 4S is much faster on running the navigation interface and loading applications.

Camera

Both of Iphone 4S and Galaxy S2 has applied an 8MP camera which has equipped with a LED flash light. Thus, there is no different of the photos taken by these two smartphones.

Web browsing

As a smartphone, web browsing is apparently quite important. Iphone 4S and Galaxy S2 both perform quite well on this aspect.

                                                                        

OS

While the Samsung Galaxy S II runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, with Samsung’s proprietary TouchWIZ 4.0 UI on top of it. The iPhone 4S runs on iOS5, which includes a completely revamped notification center, iMessage, new camera app, and many other changes.

Compared to iOS5, the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS on the Samsung Galaxy S II looks pretty stale.

Battery

The batteries of Iphone 4S and Galaxy S2 are sustainable without a charge in a few days. But we find Galaxy S2’s battery is much better. The reason is the battery consumption of Iphone 4s is quite large after open the notice center.

Conclusion:

It is really hard to make a decision from Iphone 4S and Galaxy S2, especially they are quite similar on many functions. The Samsung Galaxy S2 and the Apple iPhone 4S are both very good smartphones, no doubt, and both have their stronger and weaker sides. Indeed which phone to choose is all according to your likings.