If humans have two faces, why shouldn't the smartphone have them too? Last year, the Russian company Yota Devices positively surprised and brought freshness to the otherwise saturated smartphone market with the YotaPhone model, a smartphone that has two screens, the front, as we are used to, and the back, an "e-reader" with electronic ink . Now comes its successor, the YotaPhone 2, with a more advanced and touch-sensitive e-ink screen.
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Sooner or later, the time will come when digital photography will make its way into the name of mobile telephony, namely, we use these devices today for "clicking" at least as often as for all other strictly mobile phone functions. On the wave of this trend, French startup Prynt decided to turn Androids and iPhones into instant photos aka Polaroids by creating a unisex case with a built-in printer.
Years ago, the sounds produced by our mobile phones were like in the beginnings of e-mails. Today? Most of them are audio spam. Today, our smartphone advertises for every fig, which in turn affects social interaction, because the firbec always defeats us. With so many apps and programs, it's hard to silence everything at once, and turning off your phone or ignoring it isn't an option. What are we left with? The Shhhh app.
Today, Samsung's mid-range mobile phones are not just stripped-down high-end models, as they are not far behind in terms of performance and are therefore suitable for more demanding users. Unlike those from the richer strata, they offer an excellent ratio between performance, quality and price, and the newcomers from the young Galaxy A family, the Galaxy A3 and A5, are living proof.
Since smartphones have become like keys and wallets (in fact, today they are both - i.e. keys and wallet), i.e. always within reach, we try to exhaust their potential like oil wells. Users have found many ways to adapt them to their needs, which, despite the advanced technology, remains the domain of everyone, because the art lies in simplicity, not coding or programming.
Perhaps Google is not (yet) a giant among smartphone manufacturers, but that is why it is now the owner of its first "giant", which sounds like the Nexus 6. The giant, manufactured by Motorola, boasts an almost 6-inch (15, 1 cm) AMOLED screen with a resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 points. But the fact that it is actually more of a David than a Goliath is revealed by the interior, including the Android Lollipop (lollipop) mobile operating system.
Bentley and Vertu have unveiled the first smartphone designed and manufactured together as part of a five-year partnership. Only two thousand copies will be produced, and from the end of October you will be able to get your hands on one for 12,500 euros. The mobile phone boasts Android 4.4 OS, Bang & Olufsen speakers and a Hasseldblad camera.
The Chinese high-tech company Xiaomi, also known as the "Chinese Apple", may be an exotic brand for us, although it ranks 6th in the list of the largest smartphone manufacturers. It recently made a positive surprise with the successor of the Mi3 model, the Mi4, which raises the level of their flagship - higher processor capacity and system memory capacity plus 30 days of standby time!
The team at Californian startup Arubixs has rolled up its sleeves and introduced a smartphone worn like a shirt sleeve to the world via crowdfunding platform Indiegogo. The Portal is a flexible waterproof tablet that can be worn as a wristwatch. Forget smart watches and their tiny screens, here is a 4- or A 6-inch screen that, unlike the iPhone 6, does not mind bending.
BlackBerry phones were synonymous with business use. The emphasis is on "were", because today many people would say that they no longer exist. But they are coming back. But tough times call for drastic measures, so it's no surprise that they're going all-or-nothing with their latest smartphone, the rectangular BlackBerry Passport with a square screen. We will either love him or hate him, there is no in-between.
After the potato salad raised thousands on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, the bizarre example is followed by the hits of Rihanna. Currently enjoying its five minutes of fame is the NoPhone, which is exactly what it claims to be. A non-phone that only has a design in common with the real one. It is without any technology and if we are looking for its meaning, it is a soft form of rehabilitation with smartphone addiction.
When you have Apple and Samsung as competition, you have a hard time. But Sony does not give in, because within the market of mobile devices, by mixing them with toys, it has created a niche where it has no first competitor. At the electronics fair in Berlin, he presented, among other things, the Xperia Z3 Tablet smartphone, the specialty of which is playing games from the PS4 console with the help of a gamepad that is mounted on it.