Showing posts with label smartphones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smartphones. Show all posts

Friday, March 15, 2013

Samsung Galaxy S4 - Bringing the war to an apple garden near you


Samsung boasts that The Galaxy S4 is the next big upgrade to your arsenal for the never ending ancestral turf war against Apples and Oranges. First impressions show Samsung Galaxy S4 specification to be loaded to the brim with all the fire power you would ever need!

The yet to release the Galaxy S4 super-phone is scheduled for sometime in April 2013 and promises of several advanced features that would put its biggest competitors (read Iphone 5 or The HTC One) in a heated battle that could span for ages. When i went through the specification sheets, the first thing that caught my eye was obviously the "Galaxy S4 eye tracking" feature. Yes folks, the nifty new device boasts of a super wide 5 inch HD screen but the innovative advancement lets you control your screen navigation merely by tracking the movement of your eyes. Never did I thought that Samsung would let us play psychic :p You never would have to lift a finger to navigate through those menus ever again!

As always, the S4 features sleeker and better design improvement over its previous models being thinner and lighter with a newer "textured grip" that keeps the phone in place when you hold it in your hands. According to The BBC sneak peak, The majority of the focus seems to be more on the Software rather than the underlying hardware itself. According to Samsung, they have reworked their basics ensuring that this phone makes your life a lot easier eliminating unwanted clutter in menu and navigation system, intelligent technology that switches profile when it senses you working out or in the office attending a meeting that requires your every bit of attention. Although not to boast of revolutionary features, the Samsung S4 is one phone to look forward to. I am interested in the eye tracking feature and would definitely love to see how "intelligent" is Samsung's S4 as compared to Siri or the HTC Sense capabilities.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Sony Xperia Z - What people say

The Sony Xperia Z seems to be the newest offering from Sony Corporation which they claim as"The Best Of Sony, in a premium Smartphone". The 5-inch screen with full 1080p HD display coupled with all the goodness of Sony's years of experience in mainstream audio visual engines could put this device in the premium class segment of the mobile market. Rather than going in to the details of every gates used in the inner silicon chip, we shall highlight only those details that matter the most to an everyday user. However a detailed configuration list is available over here from GSM Arena.

The highlights
  • Quad band + 3G network
  • 5 inch full HD touchscreen (1080p) with a pixel density of 441ppi. [compare iPhone 5 has 326ppi; Samsung S3 has 306ppi; Nokia Lumia 920 has 332ppi]
  • Android OS jelly bean with Custom Xperia UI
  • primary 13 megapixel rear camera and a secondary front 2.2 megapixel camera
  • Dust and water resistant
  • All other bells and whistles like GPS, accelerometer, multi touch up to 10 inputs, 16GB storage, 3.5mm jack for headphones and active noise cancellation microphone.
Personally, the specification on the charts looks impressive and the screen touch quality is supposedly better than most other competitor's displays. However, reviews online seem to slightly contrast against the company's claim of a crisp clear screen. The intelligent battery life stated by Sony does its job. Nonetheless, the phone has sleek killer looks, the dust and water resist totally complements you road warriors and lazy bones (pun intended) who love to "accidentally" spill liquids on their gadgets ;)

A 360 degree view of the phone can be seen by clicking on the link. Yes, I love GSM arena...

If you own an Xperia Z, let us know your opinion by commenting below!