Tim Cook said at Apple's gala event that the iPhone 6S is definitely the most advanced smartphone in the world. And yes, many people will immediately and unconditionally agree with this, others will not be convinced even by the facts. But do these speak in favor of the words of the leading man of Apple or not?
Smart phones
At Berlin's IFA, the world's largest consumer electronics and home appliance trade fair, Sony has unveiled three new premium smartphones under the Xperia Z5 label. The flagship of the family is the Xperia Z5 Premium, the world's first 4K smartphone, which boasts four times the resolution of full HD (most high-end phones have either a Full HD or Quad HD screen) and a two-day battery life.
The Acer Jade Primo smartphone is the world's first "PC phone" that can become a PC thanks to the Continuum feature of the Windows 10 operating system. Therefore, in addition to standard accessories such as a charger and headphones, you will also get peripherals such as a keyboard and a wireless mouse and a docking station. Continuum lets you turn your phone into an almost purebred PC when you connect it to an external display, keyboard and mouse.
Robin is the first smartphone in the world that uses cloud technology. Behind the phone, which quickly exceeded the set financial goal on Kickstarter, although it was set at half a million US dollars, there are ex-Googlers and ex-HTC employees. And yes, to say the least, the Robin doesn't stand out in terms of specs. There is a 5.2-inch screen with a resolution of 1080p, a Snapdragon processor and 32 GB of internal memory. With an emphasis on 'internal'. This Android is able to offer an additional 100 GB of cloud space! And that's the reason it stands out so much from the competition.
If you thought the best 'S' smartphone was the Samsung Galaxy S6 (Edge or Edge Plus) or the iPhone 6S (Plus), then we have to disappoint you. At least as good, if not better, is the newest member of Huawei's Mate family, the Huawei Mate S, the new flagship of this Chinese smartphone manufacturer, which is increasingly becoming the new Samsung and has thrown down the gauntlet to both the Koreans and Apple with its latest model. In Slovenia, the Mate S will be available in the fall of 2015, and across the pond it will be sold for a little over 700 US dollars.
Former Apple CEO John Sculley, among others to blame for Jobs' temporary dismissal, launched a new smartphone brand called Obi Worldphone. In doing so, he teamed up with Robert Brunner, a former protégé of the company from Cupertino. The idea for the new brand was to create phones that do not make compromises and are made in Silicon Valley with the best components, but their price does not exceed 200 US dollars. And so the flagship Android Obi Worldphone SF1 and the more affordable Obi Worldphone SJ1.5 were born.
The mobile phone market is as busy as ever. New models are coming like on a conveyor belt and even the biggest connoisseurs have a hard time keeping up with the pace of change. While the trends are still dictated by the big guys, their products from the Far East are increasingly making their way to the fore. Nevertheless, the phones that left the competition behind come from well-known "logs". To make it easier for you to decide among the multitude of offers, we have selected for you the ten best that reign in the second half of 2015.
Coolpad Porto and Coolpad Modena – flagships of the Coolpad smartphone brand, are coming to Slovenia
The seventh largest global and fourth largest Chinese smartphone brand, Coolpad, is coming to Slovenia. Coolpad Porto and Coolpad Modena are named after European cities, and their relationship between design, performance and price is exceptional.
Just when we thought that flip phones had finally gone to the eternal hunting grounds, both LG and Samsung announced its return. If the move doesn't seem logical, it seems all the more so as the flip phone of industrial designer Allan Ospina, who redefines this type of technological toys in a new way, i.e. according to Sony. Namely, they created the Lunark Phone smartphone with two screens and a special hinge that connects them into one.
While the BlackBerry brand is slowly but steadily sinking like Venice, it is trying to save itself with the BlackBerry Venice smartphone, which is the first BlackBerry that does not have its own operating system but Google's Android OS, and the special feature is a sinking case that hides the physical keyboard. Is classic looks and Android the combination that will save this sinking Canadian company?
Samsung unveiled the 'Jao Ming' version of the already 'Shaquille O'Neal' Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone in New York, suggesting that it's not deviating from big phones, a category it has dominated for years. 2011 with Galaxy Note also created by myself. The S6 Edge+ has a larger screen than the pioneer among mobile phones with a curved screen. In terms of software and hardware, it was inspired by its older brother, but it outgrew it in the screen (5.7 inches vs. 5.1 inches). The South Koreans also thought about autonomy, and if until now we were used to smartphones being the first concern, this is now only an afterthought.
The Sony Xperia M5 is the first smartphone to boast hybrid focus. The 142-gram mid-range phone is the spiritual successor of the Xperia M4 Aqua model and has a digital camera with a resolution of 21.5 pixels (2160p video recording), which also makes it stand out from the competition.