With the smartphone, or to be more precise, the "phablet" M1 Note, the Chinese Meizu adopts the classic Eastern strategy of "no-name" brands. To offer a product that can compete with famous names, but is available at a significantly lower price. Nothing else is the aforementioned cross between a smartphone and a tablet, with which Meizu is targeting young people, who clearly want the most for as little as possible. And this is what the modern "brick" M1 Note for 170 euros gives them.
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Microsoft continues to push the boundaries with its Lumia smartphones, but not so much in terms of user experience and technology itself, but rather the price, which continues to slide down. Which is clearly encouraging news, as the Lumia, with the working name of RM-1099, should be available for less than 60 euros. Obviously, you won't get a Fittipaldi for this, but it will satisfy all those users who still use smartphones "on a whim" or who are not too demanding.
The Aquaris E4.5, a smartphone from BQ, is the first smartphone with the Ubuntu operating system, which was looking for its "host" for more than two years, and Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, finally found it in the said model of the Spanish telecommunications the colossus. The phone brings to the market, what we call in political jargon, an alternative, because it is neither "left" (Android) nor "right" (iOS), but a breath of fresh air with many advantages, such as flexibility and functionality.
The iPhone 7 concept smartphone is already out there, even though the iPhone 6 hasn't even started cooling yet. But that didn't stop Yasser Farahi-led Dutch design firm OvalPicture from unveiling its vision for the next-generation iPhone. Apple enthusiasts will surely be over the moon with this news.
Although we will more or less guess about the final appearance of the Samsung Galaxy S6 smartphone until March 2, 2015, its details are already known and judging by the leaked information, we are in for a real supermobile that will sweep away the competition. How could it not, when a 64-bit and 8-core Exynos processor made with 14-nanometer technology will be hidden under the metal glass case.
Google and Lapka have shown where the limits of a modular phone are, or where they are not. Namely, after Google revealed the prototype of the Ara modular smartphone, we are now getting additional dimensions of what this type of technology can offer us. This is how Lapka created a series of special modules with sensors that open the door to functionalities that far exceed those that smartphones have today.
Since the advent of smartphones, boredom seems to have disappeared from our lives. And since the advent of smartphones, there is rarely a moment when it is not within reach. They have become a conditioned reflex to boredom, as shown by a recent study by the Flurry research group, which found that the average owner of a blue phone uses the latter for almost three hours a day.
With some of the busiest months in the smartphone / mobile world behind us and the new year just around the corner, it's only fitting that we take a look at the smartphone lineup and find out the best smartphones of 2015. Because even though phones, not every choice is smart. In our editorial office, we have therefore diligently followed the developments in the field of mobile telephony over the years, and here is a selection of the best, consisting of old acquaintances (read brands) and newcomers.
Are you troubled by the question of how to save battery? Do you own an Android smartphone? Although most people point the finger at the smartphone for a (too) quickly drained battery, in large cases it is only a scapegoat. The key is the use of a mobile phone, where operating systems play a big role. Android proved to be particularly greedy, sometimes straining the battery unnecessarily. But there are solutions for Android that keep the smartphone at high speeds and at the same time do not keep the battery in the anaerobic zone all the time.
China's Xiaomi has presented the world with its new flagship among smartphones, the Mi Note, with which it will not have to face accusations of copying Apple or even the iPhone for a change (the iPad and Mi Pad are very similar). That's why Samsung is now looking at it a little sideways, because it borrowed the word Note from their dictionary, which does not diminish its great features, which the appearance does not match.
Google's modular smartphone is getting closer to reality. At a recent conference, Google revealed its latest prototype together with the pilot program of the Ara project. It says that the lucky people who will be able to test the phone this year will be Puerto Ricans.
Samsung has launched the new Galaxy A7 smartphone with a 5.5-inch screen, a great alternative for all Android fans who have been tempted by the same-sized iPhone 6 Plus. The Samsung Galaxy A7, one of Samsung's thinnest mobile phones, has thus joined the family that includes the Samsung Galaxy A3 and A5.