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.
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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.
Although the European market still has some reservations when it comes to "Chinese goods" in the field of mobile technology, this does not apply to the smartphones of the not even two-year-old Chinese start-up company OnePlus, which initially impressed with the OnePlus model, and now his successor is coming, hoping for similar success to his predecessor, who was considered one of the best in the eyes of experts. OnePlus 2 will satisfy even the most demanding users, but the main competitive advantage of the most anticipated Android of 2015 is the price, because for similar specifications you have to look much deeper into your wallet.
Marshall, which has supplied guitar amplifiers to the biggest guitarists in the music industry for decades, is venturing into the world of mobile telephony. Namely, he introduced the Marshall London smartphone, which in appearance strongly resembles his legendary guitar amplifiers. Maybe technically it doesn't burn like amplifiers, but definitely the first rock'n'roll smartphone is something special and certainly the loudest phone in the world.
The Commodore is back! It was reincarnated into a smartphone and given the name PET, a name that was already used by a computer from 1977. At the mention of the name Commodore, the eyes of many nostalgic people light up, as Commodore is still considered one of the best computer systems of its time. In the eighties, it was even a leading company in the field of PCs, but in 1994 it had to go bankrupt. Since then, its name and rights have been literally given to each other by the owners. The Italians, the current owners of Commodore Business Machines Limited, will try to cash in on its potential through the PET phone.
Although there is generally a lull in the field of mobile technology at the moment, Samsung used the time of pickles to present a new phone from the Galaxy A family. Its new member is the Samsung Galaxy A8, which is considered Samsung's thinnest smartphone to date. Osmica continues the tradition of the A line, which is famous for thin smartphones with a metal body (the predecessor A7 measured 6.3 millimeters in thickness).
ZenFone 2 is the flagship of the Taiwanese company Asus, which was the first among smartphones with 4 GB of working memory. But that is far from all that this premium phone, which is also available in Slovenia, has to offer the user. The ZenFone family is a newcomer to the Slovenian market, headed by the ZenFone 2 (ZE551ML) model, which we had the opportunity to get to know.
There is fierce competition in the upper mid-range of smartphones, but it seems that Meizu's successor to the popular MX4 model, the Meizu MX5, will have no problem competing with rivals, neither with those in its category, nor with premium brand models. With the difference that it will be half the price of the latter. The most modest version, the one with 16 GB of memory, will cost just over 250 euros.
Samsung follows the "mobile" tradition, as it will release an even less powerful version of the Galaxy S5 smartphone after the flagship of the series. The cheaper version will be hidden under the name Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo. With this model, Samsung will please everyone who had the Galaxy S5 on their radar but a wallet that was too shallow. You will have to pay about 400 euros for Neo without binding.
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