Asus Announces New ZenFone 2 4GB

Attempting to stay aware of all the distinctive variations of the Asus Zenfone 2 has turn out to be as troublesome as understanding Samsung's Universe range. Furthermore, now to exacerbate matters, Asus has dispatched another 4GB variation particularly for India. Affix your safety belt as we attempt to see all the diverse models accessible.

The primary thing to comprehend is that not all Zenfone 2 handsets are rise to. While other cell phone producers do discharge variations of an essential outline, they have a tendency to recognize the standard model and the variation with additional monikers like "In addition to", "Dynamic", or "Small." However not so with Asus. Alright, it is basically an industry standard that you can get the same model telephone with distinctive measures of capacity. In any case, Asus have made this thought three strides further. The organization fluctuates the screen, the processor and the measure of RAM over the reach!

Because of the staggering interest for #Zenfone2 4GB variation, we're bringing restricted load of ZE551ML.

You can get a Zenfone 2 with a 5 inch showcase, or one with a 5.5 inch show. What's more, they are both called the Zenfone 2. Alright, yet all the models with the 5.5 inch showcase are the same, definitely? Well no, really there are a few models with a 720p 5.5 inch show, and after that some with a 1080p presentation.


Be that as it may, on the off chance that you get a Zenfone 2 with a HD 5.5. inch show then it will be the same as your companions model…  Errrrmmm…  Not a chance.

A percentage of the Full HD Zenfone 2 gadgets have a 1.83 GHz Intel processor, while others have a 2.33 GHz processor. Until today, the variation with 4GB of RAM utilized the speedier processor, and the one with 2GB of RAM utilized the slower processor. In any case, that is no more genuine.

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Asus has reported another variation for India which incorporates 4GB of RAM, however the slower 1.83GHz processor. This is the thing that the organization said on its Facebook page:

Because of the mind-boggling interest for #Zenfone2 4GB variation, we're bringing restricted supply of ZE551ML/ 1.8 GHz Processor/ 4 GB RAM/ 32 GB Stockpiling valued at Rs.18,999 exceptionally for India.


Rs.18,999 is about $300. I can perceive a deal when I see one, and a 5.5 full HD cell phone with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of capacity for $300 is a decent cost. However, verify you are purchasing the privilege Zenfone 2 gadget, in light of the fact that on the off chance that you aren't cautious you will wind up with the 5 inch, double center form!

In the event that you need the genuine awesome Zenfone 2 then you ought to checkout the variation with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of blaze, additionally make certain to look at our full survey.

In the event that you need to purchase the Zenfone 2 (model ZE551ML/ 1.8 GHz Processor/ 4 GB RAM/ 32 GB Stockpiling) then it is accessible from Flipk

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Samsung Galaxy S III: Comprehensive Review

The Samsung System S 3 is one of the greatest contraptions of 2012. With its ancestor beating the Android diagrams in the earlier year and practically clearing up all the best cellular telephone recompenses it could discover, its of little astound that the world has its ears like a sheltered saltine to the web for news about the following individual from this exceptionally acclaimed super-cell phone administration.

Samsung Universe S III Audit

Normally, its our occupation here at Pocket-build up to range up any such goodies of data and mold them in our accomplished grasp until we have a full grown model of what we all expect the Samsung World S III to resemble. Whether that ends up reflecting what the genuine telephone turns out to be stays to be seen, however read on to discover the state of things at this moment as per the Samsung Universe S III gossipy tidbits.


Samsung Universe S III brisk actualities taking into account bits of gossip so far

In the event that you take all the most recent intel, actuality or talk, on the new Samsung World S3 or S III relying upon how you compose it, the telephone will have a 4.8-inch screen, be fueled by Samsung's own particular Exynos chip, include somewhat bended outline like the System Nexus and accompany a 8 megapixel camera.

It will be accessible on Vodafone and O2 in the UK in the nearing weeks and run Android 4.0 Frozen yogurt Sandwich. You'll additionally have the capacity to get it at Telephones 4u too in the UK. It won't include LTE for the UK and it is dissimilar to me produced using Unicorn horns.

Samsung Universe S III discharge date

It all started only one month after the dispatch of the Samsung Universe S II when the president of Samsung's portable division, J.K. Shin, told the Dow Jones Newswires in a selective meeting: "Samsung may dispatch a third form of its Universe S cell phone in the first a large portion of one year from now subsequent to propelling a second-era adaptation called Cosmic system S II a month ago."

Since "may" may have sounded a shade wishy-washy at the time yet we just needed to hold up until the 11 October 2011 for our next look into the future when Phandroid.com got a spilled slide of the Samsund guide which highlighted none other than the Samsung World S III at the highest point of the tree. There were no dates alongside the data however, with around six months to go, a Portable World Congress 2012 dispatch wasn't a major stretch.

In any case, a major stretch it ended up being before the end of January 2012 when Pocket-build up reported by means of Sammyhub and the Edge that what hoped to be nailed on appeared to be experiencing deferral. As per a very much trusted source gathering called "individuals acquainted with the matter", Samsung had been arranging a MWC 2012 dispatch yet there were issues which implied the timescale had been set back to a "preceding summer" discharge and that could have been about attempting to diminish the long crevice before clients in the US got the opportunity to purchase them, as occured with the SGS2 entry.

"We are as yet looking into a few alternatives when to dispatch, so we'll tell you when its chosen," was the official line at the time from Samsung's head of Worldwide Promoting, Younghee Lee, as he pretty much made the handset official for the first run through.

All the same, it wasn't until Samsung dropped an update into Pocket-build up's inbox a couple of days after the fact on 1 February 2012 that we knew without a doubt that MWC 2012 was basically too early.

"The successor to the Cosmic system S II cell phone will be uncovered at a different Samsung-facilitated occasion in the first a large portion of the year, closer to business accessibility of the item." was the word and the current anticpated entry time for the Samsung World S III is May 2012.

Taking after the spilled picture of the telephone by GSMHelpdesk.nl, it was then recommended that 22 May would be the date of the telephone's dispatch and that it would happen in London. Be that as it may, Samsung at long last exposed in any event a piece of that hypothesis by conveying a welcome for its next Samsung Portable Unloaded occasion, which will be hung on 3 May. The host city of London however, was right on the money.

Samsung World S III screen

The World S II had a whopper of a showcase when it arrived and Samsung even crawled it out a bit further for the LTE form, so one may expect something comparatively stupendous for the Samsung System S III screen.

As indicated by the spilled data on Phandroid.com in October, that is precisely what will be occurring with 0.1" expansion taking the aggregate to 4.6" on the slanting. The same gossip discusses a highly expected redesign in the real innovation of the screen as well. To begin with it was Super AMOLED, then the SGS2 made it a Super AMOLED In addition to and afterward the System Nexus turned out with a 720p Super AMOLED HD. Clearly the Samsung Cosmic system S III will have a Super AMOLED In addition to HD. What this implies in genuine terms has not been said but rather, practically speaking, its either going to be a 720p or 1080p determination.

The main other story so far on the matter originated from Samsung itself. Soon after CES 2012, the organization delivered a feature with its new item dispatch triumphs straight from the show and some splendid sparkle with the respite catch primed and ready recognized an extensive, yet not World Note style, cell phone seven minutes in. What we see is a more extensive versatile with essentially edge-to -dge screen over its width and even less dark along the top and base than you as of now get on the SGS2. It looks awesome. The chances are, then again, that its a fake up however one never fully knows.

The most recent bits of gossip propose that the Samsung Cosmic system S3 will have a 4.8-inch screen in light of various spilled pictures that demonstrate the assumed SGS3 beside a ruler, and all the more as of late of a screen defender that reveals to it will be greater than the HTC One X.

Samsung System S III camera

Once more, its truly, as such, just October's release that is given us anything to go ahead regarding the Samsung System S III camera. The word on the slide shot is that the 8MP back facer will be moved up to a 12-megapixel illuminated sensor which ought to enhance execution under low light conditions and in addition up the determination. Furthermore is that the sensor is obviously the same size as one you'd find in a minimal at 1/2.3" and that may have some exceptionally intriguing optical changes insofar as the lens put before it and circuitary behind it are up to scratch. That is likewise if the spilled photograph happens to be genuine, which looks a touch more outlandish when you see a few grammatical mistakes.

The conceivable taunt up in the post-CES promo feature gives us another potential intimation to the extent the front-confronting camera goes and that is just to say that its similarly situated as some time recently. One would plan to get somewhat more determination than the VGA form in the SGS2 however all the more on that when we find out about it.

Samsung Universe S III processor

The Phandroid.com guide recorded a double center 1.8GHz Exynos 4212 chip went down with 2GB of RAM as the motor room of decision for the Samsung System S III cell phone. From one viewpoint, the memory appears to be about right yet, what with Tegra 3 and quad-center processors hoping to administer the waves in 2012, the Exynos 4212 appears a touch short.

Undoubtedly, as per a report in Androidandme.com in November 2011, it will, actually, be an all-new Exynos 4412 framework on-a-chip. The Exynos 4412 is still taking into account an ARM Cortex A9 CPU structural engineering however accompanies four centers running at a 1.5GHz clock. The GPU joined is said to be a Mali-T604 GPU with a 5x speedier variable than past Mali chips and up to, once more, four centers to work with.

Samsung has following affirmed that the telephone will highlight its own Exynos chip, despite the fact that bits of gossip are presently beginning to surface that in the US the telephone will accompany Qualcomm's S4 processor.

Samsung Universe S III programming

With Android 4.0 Frozen yogurt Sandwich the most recent variant of the Google Versatile programming for the first piece of 2012, its basically a cert that that is the thing that will be embellishing the Samsung Universe S III. The variable is the UI on top and, albeit there's been no word in any case, the undeniable decision is whatever the most recent variant of Samsung's TouchWiz is. Presently, its TouchWiz 4.0 as discharged on the SGS2, so either that or an all-new TouchWiz 5.0 would bode well.

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HTC DROID DNA REVIEW

Watch out Samsung Galaxy Note II, there's another child on the square, in any event in case you're a Verizon Wireless client, and that is the HTC Droid DNA. Differently supposed as the HTC DLX and Butterfly J abroad, the HTC Droid DNA is one of our top cell phones for 2012. It has a thin and rich outline and its generally slender, which makes holding this 5" Android cell phone simpler than you may might suspect. It trounces the Note II and each other cell phone available with its 1920 x 1080 Super LCD 3 presentation. That is 440ppi pixel thickness; fundamentally higher than the iPhone 5's Retina show and the flawless Nokia Lumia 920 332ppi presentation. Hues are more adjusted and common contrasted with Samsung's Super AMOLED HD show and letters and pictures look painted on the screen, much like the HTC One X and iPhone 5. Gorilla Glass ensures the bended glass show.

HTC Droid DNA

Execution and Horsepower 


Yet, it doesn't stop there; this 5 ounce telephone keeps running on a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU. The "Master" is critical, it shows that this is the quad center variation of the S4 already found on the fast LG Optimus G and Nexus 4. The HTC DNA, running Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean with the HTC Sense UI completely flies. It feels observably quicker than other top of the line Android telephones, notwithstanding pushing every one of those additional pixels. It has 2 gigs of RAM and 16 gigs of capacity. That is a sore point for us: we'd truly like to see more than 16 gigs of capacity since there's no microSD card space. Of that 16 gigs, our telephone had 11 gigs accessible subsequent to introducing a couple of applications (none of which were especially vast).

The HTC DNA experiences no difficulty playing 1080p MPEG4 fantastic feature or playing today's front line 3D diversions. Since this isn't a Tegra CPU, you won't get the embellishments like water reflections and sprinkles in TegraZone recreations, yet we can live with that.

HTC Droid DNA 

More Specs at a Glance 

The telephone has a 2020 mAh battery, double band WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, a GPS and NFC that is not perfect with Google Wallet. As you'd anticipate from HTC, it has Beats sound that kicks in when you connect to earphones and there's a 2.5v sound preamp inside. The DNA has 3G EV-DO Rev. An and 4G LTE on Verizon and its a world telephone than can handle GSM/HSPA meandering abroad. The Droid DNA has a wide point front 2.1MP camera and an amazing back 8MP camera with BSI, quick f/2.0 lens and 28mm wide edge lens.

HTC Droid DNA 

The Samsung Galaxy S III, HTC Droid DNA and Samsung Galaxy Note II.

Configuration and Ergonomics 

The Droid DNA has a fixed unibody outline with a delicate touch charcoal dark back. It's a shocker and feels incredible in hand, however it doesn't look as fascinating as the polycarbonate unibody configuration of the One X. At 0.38" its greatly thin for a major telephone and we cherish the metallic red stripes as an afterthought alongside the red back camera lens ring and top force catch. The DNA makes the sparkly plastic Note II and Galaxy S III look somewhat shoddy: HTC has dependably been great at premium materials. Where does the Note II pull ahead? For those of you who appreciate the Wacom computerized pen, you won't find that here. You additionally won't get the Note II's neato one next to the other application view or the capacity to play feature in a gliding window on top of any application.

HTC Droid DNA

Dissimilar to the HTC One X and One X+, the camera lens is flush so the telephone doesn't wobble when laying on its back on a work area or table. The punctured red metal side strips may look like extraordinarily thin speaker grilles, yet the speaker is really situated on the back close to the base where you'll see it on most telephones.

HTC Droid DNA

The red metal force catch sits on the top edge, and while it looks extremely pleasant, its additionally difficult to press in light of the fact that its almost flush with the packaging and has little travel. The same is valid for the volume controls on the upper right side. The 3.5mm sound jack, small scale SIM card space (obliges the included device or a paperclip to open) and two mic gaps live up top. The miniaturized scale USB port and another mic opening live on the base edge.

Voice and Data 

Call quality is astounding for approaching calls with full sound and great volume, however we discovered active volume to be normal with some incidental digitization of voice. It's nothing to stress over, however the DNA doesn't stand out over the horde of strong cell phones available for active voice quality.


Information speeds on Verizon's LTE 4G system are decent, which is to say great, however Verizon trails AT&T for LTE speeds right now in our general vicinity. The HTC Droid DNA deals with the same speeds as the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX HD and Galaxy S III as indicated by the Speedtest.net application (13Mbps down and 5.7Mbps up).

This is a world telephone that additionally takes a shot at GSM and HSPA+ systems for you world explorers. Our survey unit really worked with an AT&T SIM card (Verizon generally turns off similarity with US GSM transporters). This may be on account of we have a prerelease telephone, so no guarantees it will work for you. We think its a prerelease issue on the grounds that in the wake of utilizing an AT&T SIM card and appreciating HSPA+ information on AT&T's system, we needed to hard reset the telephone (wipe it out and begin new) to get it to enroll on Verizon's system once more.

Show and Sound 

This is evidently one of the best versatile shows on the planet. At a psyche boggling 440 ppi, you won't discover anything more keen than this, not even the 264ppi iPad with Retina Display. The full 1080p methods you can watch full HD motion pictures without scaling—on a telephone. Stunning. The combined glass on the Super LCD3 showcase makes pictures look painted on, much like the HTC One X and iPhone 5. Survey edges are wide and hues are rich and more characteristic than on Super AMOLED presentations. The show's sides have an unpretentious bend (again like the One X and likewise like the Nokia Lumia 920) and it looks cool. We haven't had any issues with dust getting stuck in the fissure where the glass meets the telephone's body. The showcase has great brilliance, however its not especially talented at battling splendid daylight (the Nokia Lumia 920 and iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 get that respect). Glare and reflections are moderately all around controlled on the shine Gorilla Glass 2 showcase.

The Droid DNA has a 2.5v sound preamp and Beats sound, however that enchantment radiates through earphones as opposed to the back speaker. This shouldn't imply that the speaker isn't genuinely noisy and full for a telephone, yet it doesn't increase current standards either. Sound through the headset jack is first class with a respectable arrangement of earphones: sound is not just insane noisy (be decent to your ears and evade max volume), yet its rich and full. This isn't the thoughtlessly overwhelming Beats sound of old, yet something more adjusted and satisfying for a wide mixture of music. Yes, bass is still more than abundant, yet the clarity of trebles and the weak whispers of foundation tracks like a brush on cymbals all of a sudden turn out to be clear and present.

Camera 


HTC puts magnificent cameras into their top of the line cell phones, and their Android camera application is first rate for offering heap shooting alternatives, including HDR and the capacity to catch photographs while at the same time shooting feature. The back camera can shoot 1080p feature at 30fps, however in low light the edge rate may drop. The back camera has a BSI sensor and a quick f/2.0 lens to further enhance low light photography. In fact, the 8 megapixel camera with LED blaze can take some convincing night shots of road scenes and testy bars, however we noted more commotion than with the remarkably great Lumia 920. That said, the DNA's night sky blacks look dark as opposed to uproarious dim, and that makes for an exceptionally striking night catch.

Battery Life 

Similarly as with other late HTC unibody telephones, the battery is fixed inside, so you can't swap in an extra as required out and about. As a relief, the 2020 mAh Lithium Ion Polymer battery has great stamina notwithstanding the enormous high res show and 4G LTE. Credit that to astounding force administration and the Qualcomm S4 Pro's energy frugalness. Like most intense, extra large screen cell phones, you'll likely need to accuse the telephone daily of moderate utilize (some calling, web, push email, music and 30 minutes of feature playback)

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GOOGLE NEXUS 4 REVIEW

The Google Nexus 4 Android cell phone scarcely needs and presentation. It's Google's most recent and most prominent sans contract, unadulterated Google experience telephone, and its sensibly valued at $299 for the 8 gig and $349 for the 16 gig. At that cost you get a front line Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad center CPU running at 1.5GHz, 2 gigs of RAM and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean (both OS 4.1 and 4.2 are called Jelly Bean, however you won't discover 4.2 on something besides a Google Nexus just yet). The Nexus 4 is made by LG and imparts quite a bit of its internals to the phenomenal LG Optimus G.

Google Nexus 4


The Nexus 4 is an attractive telephone with bends that make it more hand-accommodating. It has the standard glass front and a glass back with an inconspicuous example than you'll see when you waggle it forward and backward in the light. The sides are a thick plastic that ought to retain knocks, however as we've gained from the iPhone 4, its a smart thought to secure a telephone that wears glass front and back.

Google Nexus 4

This is a GSM world telephone and that implies it takes a shot at T-Mobile and AT&T here in the US. It won't take a shot at Sprint or Verizon. It's quad band GSM and pentaband 3G HSPA+ (our US transporters showcase this as 4G however its truly a quick type of 3G). That implies you'll get 3G on both AT&T and T-Mobile. It needs LTE, which isn't a major ordeal all around since numerous nations don't yet have genuine LTE organizations, yet here in the US and Canada where LTE is developed it is a genuine disadvantage. It's just difficult to retreat to HSPA+ where information rates are in some cases really great at 12Mbps however all the more frequently drop to 4 or 5 MBps down, versus LTE's 25 Mbps. However, that does make it a decent telephone for T-Mobile, since that bearer as of now does not have a 4G LTE system. Truth be told, T-Mobile is putting forth the telephone with contract ($199 for the 16 gig), yet that agreement cost is just sparing you $150 on the telephone itself throughout 2 years.

Google Nexus 4


The telephone has a fantastic 4.7" reinforced Gorilla Glass 2 bended showcase running at 1280 x 768. This is an IPS show with regular hues and a noteworthy 320 ppi pixel thickness (only a couple ppi behind the Nokia Lumia 920 and iPhone 5s, however in front of most different cell phones by a more extensive edge). Content looks painted on as it does with the HTC One X and iPhone 5: beautiful!

Google Nexus 4

We anticipated that the Nexus 4 would be the quickest Android cell phone yet since it keeps running on the S4 Pro processor (just the Optimus G and HTC Droid DNA keep running on that new quad center CPU) and it has an unadulterated adaptation of Android 4.2 with no overlays to back it off. Yet, on manufactured benchmarks, it was bested by the other two cell phones. Regardless it feels all that much like a quick telephone, and we have an inclination that as Google refines OS 4.2 (which likewise feels somewhat less zippy on our Nexus 7 tablet contrasted with 4.1.1) it will truly fly.

Google Nexus 4

The Nexus 4, Samsung Galaxy S III and Samsung Galaxy Note II.

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BLACKBERRY Z10

The BlackBerry Z10, running BlackBerry 10 is at long last here in the US. AT&T is the first bearer to discharge the Z10, and that is the model we'll audit here, with incidental notice of the opened US show STL100-3 that we additionally have in house. As far as both equipment and programming, the AT&T adaptation (additionally a STL-100-3) is about indistinguishable to its opened US and Canadian cousin, and just a little AT&T logo on the back doles it out. There are only a couple of bearer applications like AT&T Family Maps and an alternate route to the AT&T account administration entrance, making for a clean ordeal.

BlackBerry Z10


This is an unadulterated touch screen telephone with no equipment QWERTY console. Rather a competent programming console deals with your content passage needs. The 4.2", 1280 x 768 IPS showcase is sharp and attractive. The BlackBerry Z10 keeps running on a 1.5GHz double center Qualcomm CPU with 2 gigs of RAM and 16 gigs of inside capacity. Those are sufficiently muscular specs to make the cell phone's pervasive multi-tasking smooth. The Z10 has a back 8MP camera that can shoot 1080p feature and a front 2MP camera that can shoot 720p feature. Remote is very much secured with LTE 4G and HSPA+, double band WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and NFC. The telephone has the versatile hotspot highlight and great gathering.

Outline and Ergonomics

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The Z10 is a satisfying looking cell phone that is generally minimized by today's standards. At 4.2", the Z10 feels a great deal like the iPhone 5s regarding size and screen measurements. I for one lean toward bigger presentations at 4.5" and above for the bigger content and more immersive feature watching knowledge, yet there's something to be said for a telephone that is still sufficiently little to be agreeable to use as a telephone. It fits effortlessly enough in a pocket and the textured, rubbery back isn't elusive. The telephone is generally make of plastic with a stainless steel inward casing, stainless steel catches and the front could trick you in light of the fact that it looks such a great amount like metal. The look is strikingly like the iPhone 5 and HTC One from the front, however Apple and HTC's putting forth look much more tasteful from the back and additionally energizing generally. That said, the BlackBerry Z10 is appealing looking, regardless of the fact that it doesn't wander a long way from the dark piece look (Verizon clients have the alternative to get a white Z10 alongside the typical dark model).

BlackBerry Z10


We won't gripe a lot about that plastic back in light of the fact that it considers a slight telephone with a removable back spread. That implies you can swap out the battery and there's a SDXC microSD card opening under the back spread and the small scale SIM card space. Removable batteries and capacity cards appear to be going the method for the blessed messengers, so we're excited to see it here. Given BlackBerry's administration and business legacy, the capacity to swap in an extra battery out and about is an absolute necessity.

Controls are anything but difficult to utilize, and we like that the middle catch that is sandwiched between the volume catches does twofold obligation to raise voice command. Be that as it may, we discovered voice command choice restricted and the telephone's voice acknowledgment aptitudes unremarkable -it doesn't rival Siri or the great voice acknowledgment framework in Android. Indeed, even Windows Phone improves (Windows Phone 8 has fabulous acknowledgment aptitudes however a constrained arrangement of commands).

The force fasten top is simply right: simple to press when you need it, however not simple to press incidentally. The cell phone has both miniaturized scale USB (for charging and information exchange) and a smaller scale HDMI port on the left side. The front camera is counterbalance to the right side a tad and the back camera is at the upper right corner close to a LED streak. And no, there's no home catch, be it physical or programming based. As you'd anticipate from a BlackBerry, there's a notice LED on the front over the presentation.

BlackBerry OS 10 

The cell phone's crisp new OS helps us emphatically to remember the PlayBook, which thus helps to remember us of webOS. The symbols have that mark BlackBerry styling as do menu text styles, however the swipe signals are immaculate PlayBook (with a gesture to webOS motions and card illustration). BlackBerry OS 10 and the PlayBook OS have a ton in like manner, with an establishment in the extremely hearty and secure QNX working framework. The uplifting news is that the telephone is quick and liquid and greatly stable. It doesn't ease off following a day or two and oblige a reboot as Android at times does. We had the web program quit once amidst a page load, however that didn't bring down the OS and it just happened once in 10 days of utilization.


Stream, or signals are the heart of route, and they're enhanced for one-handed utilization. Swipe up to minimize an application and it will then turn into a "Dynamic Pane" that keeps running at 1/4 screen size. A few applications will upgrade in Active Pane mode, and its difficult to figure which ones, and you can have up to 8 applications running in this multi-tasking mode. Begin a ninth application and the OS will begin shutting other running applications (or you can tap the little x at the upper right corner of an Active Pane to close that application yourself).

Your home screen is a three section encounter: a multi-screen palette of symbols much as you see on the iPhone and Android, the Active Pane multi-tasking region where you can swipe here and there to view every open application and the BlackBerry Hub that serves as your one-stop area for instant messages, messages, informal community notices, updates and application overhaul takes note. You'll swipe from side to side to get to these three fundamental regions. At the point when in an application that has menu alternatives, you'll either see three stacked spots on the base right edge of the screen or you can swipe down to see any accessible choices. This isn't predictable from application to application, tragically.

We discovered the console simple to utilize and content forecast was snappy and objective. You can acknowledge a proposed word with a swipe up, which isn't the fastest approach to do things as far as convenience, yet BlackBerry is plainly infatuated with swipe signals. In general, this is one of the best on-screen consoles available.

The cell phone business sector is a mercilessly aggressive spot, and I must say that BlackBerry was shrewd to hold up until their new OS was super-steady, quick and highlight complete. Keep in mind not very far in the past Apple and Android turned out missing essential components like outsider application bolster (iOS), cut and glue (iOS, Android and Windows Phone) and multi-tasking (iOS and Windows Phone). Quick forward a couple of years and it isn't even beneficial to discharge an OS missing those staples. All the fundamentals are here with BlackBerry OS 10, and we commend them, regardless of the possibility that they don't have an "executioner element" that contending working frameworks need.

BlackBerry Hub and Email 

I adore BlackBerry Hub, I admit. One spot to take a gander at and communicate with all the things imperative: what a gift from heaven! From email to messages to programming overhaul notification and tweets; its all there. Twitter messages are strung, which is eminent on the off chance that you have a ton of twitter discussions with outsiders as I do. You can answer to interpersonal organization messages, messages and messages straightforwardly from Hub, and truth be told there's no devoted email application. Yes, the telephone has email with backing for MS Exchange, Exchange Activesync, POP, IMAP (counting IMAP unmoving for a push-like ordeal), yet there's no symbol for an email application, not to mention the different email symbols BlackBerry 7 accommodated every email account.

BlackBerry was synonymous with world class email for a considerable length of time, and now its one of the stage's less stellar components. I admit, a brought together email inbox simply doesn't work for me as a business client: I have to hop on my vital work messages in the first place, and stress over my own records just when I have time. I don't generally need them blending, and I'm not excited at needing to tap on the Hub's caret to channel my email record view. Since I'm not a BES 10 client, I can't depend on BlackBerry's clever BlackBerry Balance highlight to particular individual and business messages. That is me, perhaps you'll cherish it. I don't care for the unfied iOS inbox either. Envelope administration has been a touch carriage for me (now and again messages in envelopes don't show up) and mass message administration shouldn't include chasing (tap and hang on a message until a side menu seems, then you can pick the "Select More" capacity  its the last choice).

Gmail is handled as IMAP sit still naturally since Google quit offering Exchange Activesync with the expectation of complimentary records on Feb. 1, 2013. In the event that you pay Google $5/month, you can have your EAS back. The first occasion when I set up my Gmail account, it took around 10 minutes for new messages to go to the Z10, while they arrived right away on my Samsung Galaxy Note II, Nokia Lumia 920 and iPhone 5s running the Gmail application. IMAP unmoving ought to be faster than that... so I erased my Gmail accounts and made them once more. Second time it worked fine and messages touched base inside of 15 seconds of my different telephones. Peculiar. On a positive note, HTML messages look dazzling and Exchange has exactly the intended effect. You can utilize the telephone with BES 10 (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) however not BIS.

Programming Selection: Just Starting Out 

As ever with another cell phone OS, application determination is thin. Shockingly, amusement choice is an in number point in the youngster BlackBerry World that now likewise offers feature buy and rentals in organization with Rovi and a music store. Applications like Netflix are MIA however WhatsApp, Flixster and Adobe Reader are there. The telephone ships with a decent starter arrangement of applications including Docs to Go for your MS Office needs (view, alter and make MS Word and Excel and perspective/alter PowerPoint), a lovely number cruncher composed by The Astonishing Tribe, PIM applications, BBM, Adobe Reader, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Box and DropBox and a document administrator. There's a YouTube application (really an alternate route to the portable YouTube webpage), climate, a clock with cautions, average voice command and a decent HTML5 web program with Adobe Flash backing and a Reader mode that works more dependably than the iPhone's. BlackBerry Maps offers fundamental 2D maps with no POIs and 3D driving bearings with talked route. BlackBerry Hub brings content messaging, updates, email and BBM together alongside long range interpersonal communication redesigns. BlackBerry says there are as of now 100,000 applications in BlackBerry World, yet this is amount over quality. Numerous name brand mainstream applications from iOS and Android aren't here, yet there are a considerable measure of garbage applications. Too much. We'd love to see BlackBerry increase current standards for applications in light of the fact that these low quality applications don't make a decent impression.

As a comfort, it should be genuinely simple for engineers to port their Android applications over to BlackBerry 10, so we ought to see application choice keep on growwing rapidly. These non-local applications have a tendency to run somewhat slower, however for lightweight applications, its not really an issue. Imaginative nerds can snatch Android apk application records and self-sign them and send them to their BlackBerry Z10 over USB. On the off chance that you understand what I simply said, this may be for you. If not, its most likely excessively techy or dull.

Call Quality and Data 

The BlackBerry Z10 is a brilliant voice telephone with close landline clarity and totality for approaching and active voice. Volume is normal for approaching voice and louder than normal for active voice. The speakerphone is extremely viable (we like it preferred for speakerphone over mixed media), and its sufficiently boisterous for huge box stores.

Information speeds on AT&T's LTE system with both the AT&T rendition and the opened model are great. There's still horrible rate test application in BlackBerry World, yet subjectively sites stacked rapidly and application downloads were rapid. Gathering is great and the telephone doesn't endure passing grasp gathering drops when you wrap your hand around it.

Presentation and Multimedia 

The BlackBerry Z10 has a sublime 4.2" 1280 x 768 IPS touch screen with 356ppi pixel thickness and its one of the better looking available. It's right up there with the iPhone 5 and HTC One X for survey points, sharpness and hues. It's additionally sufficiently splendid to be effortlessly distinguishable in daylight. Top and base bands secure the glass since this isn't Gorilla Glass. Content is sharp and features look awesome, however shading immersion isn't exactly as high as the iPhone 5 or Nokia Lumia 920. The BlackBerry Z10 underpins a genuinely wide mixed bag of feature configurations including MOV, MPEG4, WMV, Xvid and AVI. Toss your films on a microSD card and the implicit feature player will discover them and play them. The base terminating speaker isn't too boisterous yet it is clear and doesn't mutilate. Sound through earphones and stereo Bluetooth is great.

Battery Life 

I miss a couple of things from BlackBerry 7, including booked on-off times and better control over presentation splendor. The encompassing light sensor never rests: there's no real way to handicap it. That implies in the event that you set the telephone to max shine (and you'll presumably wind up doing only that), you won't get max brilliance. Rather you'll get a moderately brighter setting that is still darkened if the telephone is inside under so-so lighting. Planned on-off is gone, yet there is a simple to get to calm mode for sleep time that you'll see on the lock screen (swipe down to initiate it from the lock screen). This raises the cherished BlackBerry bedside clock with snappy access to cautions, which will work in bedside mode.

The BlackBerry Z10 has a removable 1800 mAh Lithium Ion battery. That is not a gigantic limit battery by today's cell phone standards, yet its adequate to power the telephone during a time of moderate utilization. At the point when the telephone initially dispatched in Canada and a couple of different markets a month back, battery grumblings were basic, yet BlackBerry has discharged an OS upgrade with 60 battery changes and the AT&T Z10 is running that upgraded OS. Battery life has been superbly sensible for a cutting edge cell phone, however the BlackBerry Z10 doesn't trounce the opposition -it only keeps up. The telephone charges decently fast: it took 2.4 hours to charge the battery from 10% to 100% and only an hour to charge it from 40% to 100%. In case you're a moderate client, you'll charge the Z10 every day, and in case you're a light client you'll charge it each other day. In case you're an overwhelming client, you'll have to top up by late evening or purchase an extra battery.

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LG LUCID 2 REVIEW

It's difficult to beat free, and the LG Lucid 2 is free on contract with Verizon Wireless. For your cash (as it were) you get a cell phone running Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean on a 1.2GHz double center Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus CPU with a gig of RAM and 8 gigs of inner stockpiling. The telephone has a sharp 4.3" IPS qHD show, a microSD card space and a removable battery. As you'd anticipate from a Verizon cell phone it has 4G LTE, double band WiFi, Bluetooth and a GPS. There's a front feature visit camera and a back 5 megapixel camera with HDR. Not very shabby in case you're searching for no money cost or you're beginning with your first cell phone.

LG Lucid 2 

Configuration and Ergonomics 

In an ocean of tremendous Android telephones, the 4.3" LG Lucid 2 is out and out pocket-accommodating and simple to hold. The decreased sides look great and feel great in hand and the back is grippy textured plastic. The back isn't precisely chic, yet it is removable and it concedes access to the battery, microSD card space and small scale SIM card opening. It's not a terrible looking telephone, however it won't beat the HTC One or even the Samsung Galaxy S4 in a wonder rivalry. The 4.5 ounce telephone is 0.39 inches thick.

LG Lucid 2

Likewise with most cell phones, the miniaturized scale USB port for charging and adjusting is at the base, the headset raise is top and the speaker is on the back. The volume rocker is on the left side and the force catch is at the upper right side. The 4.3" presentation overwhelms the front and there are 4 instead of the standard 3 Android capacitive catches beneath the showcase. In the event that you've utilized other Android telephones, the additional catch may toss you, and on the grounds that catch backdrop illumination doesn't go ahead until you touch a catch, its difficult to figure which one you ought to go for oblivious.

DISPLAY

LG Lucid 2

The LG Lucid 2 has a 960 x 540 IPS presentation that is sharp and genuinely splendid. LG makes decent shows and we have no protestations despite the fact that the telephone won't win any Retina rivalries for amazingly high determination. At 4.3", it truly does require an insane high determination to look great to the stripped eye. Survey points on IPS showcases are regularly the best in the business, skirting on 180 degrees. The apparently thick glass makes glare and light refraction here that reduce survey points a bit, yet its not terrible by any methods. Outside perceivability is not too bad, however not on a par with the first LG Lucid with its uncontrollably brilliant 600 nit show.

LG Lucid 2 

Calling and Data

LG Lucid 2

Initially the awful part: voice quality is simply acceptable. We noted fairly digitized and chattering discourse for approaching and active voice. Discussion wasn't impeded, however we needed to work somewhat harder to understand information exchanged on occasion. The uplifting news is that information speeds on Verizon's LTE system were strong and the telephone arrived at the midpoint of 17Mbps down and 4Mbps up as per Ookla's Speedtest.net application.

The Lucid 2 has the typical Mobile Hotspot include so you can utilize the telephone as a high velocity remote modem for your portable workstation or tablet. This is a CDMA cell phone with 3G EV-DO Rev. An and 4G LTE on Verizon's system. It is not a world telephone with GSM wandering capacities.

Execution and Horsepower 

A year ago, a double center Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus was cutting edge, yet now the specs-fixated world has proceeded onward to quad center CPUs. Does that imply that the LG Lucid 2's 1.2GHz double center S4 Plus CPU with Adreno 225 representation is moderate? An incredible inverse: for normal clients this is an enthusiastic telephone that can handle web perusing, email, spilling feature and gaming like a champ. Will it stay aware of the top cell phones in 12 months' time in case you're playing the most recent executioner 3D diversion? Most likely not, but rather this is a passage level free telephone. And in 12 months' time it will at present handle web perusing and most recreations splendidly well; it just won't be the quickest. Regarding engineered benchmarks it shows improvement over most Android cell phones running on the same CPU and its similar to the Verizon Wireless Samsung Galaxy S III running on the same CPU (indeed, it improves on a few benchmarks).

Programming 


The telephone runs Android OS 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, which isn't exactly the most up to date 4.2 accessible on telephones like the Nexus 4 and forthcoming Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4, however its sufficiently nearby that we won't gripe. At present, most telephones other than those two are shipping with the same OS form. The Lucid 2 has LG's Optimus 3.0 UI upgrades, and these are conditioned down from past forms (that is something worth being thankful for). The UI isn't domineering and the brisk access to settings and LG's handy reminder application are well done. Still, the symbols are a little cartoony and we get the inclination LG is replicating Samsung's TouchWiz here and there. The telephone backings signals like flipping the telephone to hush approaching calls or delay feature playback and it has a notice LED over the showcase. There's a "Starter Mode" improved UI alternative for novices.

Camera 

Financial plan telephones don't frequently have great cameras, yet LG makes strong camera telephones and even the Lucid 2 oversees pictures and 1080p feature that are satisfying. At the cost, we're satisfied to see full HD feature recording and HDR photograph mode, and actually the telephone takes satisfying photographs and feature. No, it won't rival the 13MP Samsung Galaxy S4, yet I think passage level purchasers will be exceptionally content with the legitimately uncovered photographs and genuinely smooth feature caught by the LG Lucid 2. Simply don't expect low clamor, point by point dance club shots or obscure free feature of wearing occasions.


Battery Life 

The 2460 mAh Lithium Ion offers more limit than numerous contending cell phones, and given the double center CPU and generally little show that equivalents strong battery life. We experienced no difficulty enduring the day on Verizon's LTE organize in a blend of web scanning, calling, email, 30 minutes of YouTube feature spilling and an hour of music playback with the screen off. The battery is removable so you can swap in an extra if necessary. LG offers a discretionary desktop dock that can charge both the telephone and a second battery.

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HTC ONE X+

How do you make a very good thing even better? If it's a smartphone you add a few more cores while cranking clock speed, increase battery capacity and cram in 64 gigs of internal storage. That's the HTC One X+, available exclusively on AT&T in the US. It's the mid-cycle refresh of the HTC One X to keep the phone competitive with the Samsung Galaxy S III, LG Optimus G and other high end phones.

It's the HTC One X, but Smarter and with More Storage

The One X+ has the same design and unibody polycarbonate casing as the One X, but it's available only in gray (the One X was also available in white). For a 4.7" smartphone, it's surprisingly compact and the curves fit perfectly in the hand. The non-gloss surface is easy to grip and polycarbonate is durable and doesn't interfere with wireless radios. Like the One X, the rear camera lens protrudes from the back like a small porthole, making it a little wobbly when you use it on a desk.

If you've read our review of the HTC One X, you know it was one of our top picks in May 2012. The iconic unibody polycarbonate design, superb 4.7", 1280 x 720 Super LCD2 display with 312 ppi pixel density and smooth and reliable performance made it stand out. The display is still one of the best we've seen on a smartphone, and images and text look painted on. Colors are rich and accurate and auto-brightness works perfectly, unlike our Galaxy S III that keeps us in the dark on auto-bright.

Performance

The One X+ moves up to the new NVidia AP37 1.7GHz quad core Tegra 3 CPU, making it faster than both our US One X with the dual core Snapdragon and the international 1.5GHz Tegra 3 One X. The phone benchmarks are at the top of the list in all tests and even more important, it feels fast in actual use. Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with its "Project Butter" speed optimizations adds to that perceived quickness and the phone never lags. HTC Sense 4+ skins Android, and we have no complaints. Sense is never overbearing and it brings good usability tweaks while still letting features like Google Now shine. Though there's no microSD card slot for expansion, we can forgive HTC since the phone has a plush 64 gigs of internal storage at a much lower price than the 64 gig iPhone 5.

Calling and Data

Just as with the One X, voice quality for both incoming and outgoing voice is very good on the One X+. Call recipients couldn't tell we were on a cell phone and the phone did a good job of rejecting ambient noise via the built-in mics. Incoming voice was clear and easy to understand with slightly better than average volume. As a calling device, the HTC gets a thumbs up, with one complaint: Bluetooth audio quality for calls is sub-par. HTC has a fix in the works for this and it should be deployed OTA very soon.

This is a quad band GSM world phone with 3G HSPA+ (AT&T calls this 4G) and 4G LTE. Like most current smartphones, it has the mobile hotspot feature so you can use the phone as a WiFi hotspot for your computer or tablet.

Battery and Temperature

The HTC One X+ has a 2100 mAh Lithium Ion battery that's sealed inside (up from 1800 mAh on the One X) and we've so far had no trouble making it through a full day (7am-11pm) with moderate use that includes everything but gaming. 3D gaming will drain the battery more quickly than anything else, and gaming drain is higher on the One X+ than on dual core Snapdragon phones. The One X+ also gets quite warm on the upper rear and near the earpiece when gaming for 10 minutes or more. The same is true when using the LTE 4G connection heavily, say to download 20 apps in one session. It's by no means hot enough to burn you, but you'll notice the heat. The phone gets even hotter when plugged in and charging while gaming, an unfortunate Catch-22 since gaming drains the battery fast.

Cameras

The phone has an excellent 8 megapixel camera with a BSI sensor, a fast f/2.2 28mm lens and an LED flash. It can shoot 1080p video at 30 fps and has features like HDR, burst mode and panorama. It's largely unchanged from the One X rear camera, and it's still among top camera phones in the US (Galaxy S III, iPhone 5s and Nokia Lumia 920), though we'd say the Lumia 920 sits at the top for low light work. The front camera is improved from the One X and is 1.6MP.

Multimedia with Beats Audio and HDMI

The HTC One X+ has Beats Audio, and the audio enhancement works with any brand of headphones. Beats has quite a few settings to choose from, ranging from the classic bass-heavy Beats EQ to classical, vocal and warm. That should help for those who like their music less managed by EQ, but who do appreciate some audio enhancement. The rear firing speaker isn't all that loud and is easily muffled when laid face up on a desk, but music and video sound good through headphones.

The phone can handle HDMI out using an optional MHL adapter that plugs into the micro USB port. We tested this with a few TVs and our Sony AV receiver and it worked fine.

HTC includes their own music app that integrates TuneIn Radio, MOG Music and SoundHound for track info, artist info and lyrics. You can add other music apps to the player if you like. The Music app automatically got album art for our tracks and we like the rich interface and background playback feature. You can control playback from the lock screen, top taskbar and widget.

For those who prefer Google's apps, Google Play Music is here as is the Google movie store and standard Gallery application for photo viewing and video playback. HTC Watch is here for movie rentals and purchase. We tested 720p and 1080p MPEG4 video playback stored on the device and through MHL to HDMI and videos played smoothly with good audio sync.

Wireless Radios

The smartphone had Beats audio, dual band WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, a GPS with GLONASS and NFC. While Bluetooth behaved well on our One X, the One X+ has a bug where Bluetooth audio with many headsets and our car's built-in Bluetooth sounded blown out, overly loud and distorted as if the gain had been set much too high. HTC is aware of the issue and they'll release an update to fix the problem. WiFi on the other hand performed well as did the GPS.

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PANTECH DISCOVER REVIEW

Pantech isn't known for their top of the line telephones, however that is changing with carefully outlined, all around prepared Android cell phones like the Pantech Find. The telephone has a 4.8" presentation running at 1280 x 720 and a smooth plan that doesn't look even a little bit shabby however the telephone is just $49 on contract with AT&T.

Pantach Find


Like most higher end US cell phones, the Find has a 1.5GHz double center Snapdragon S4 CPU with a gig of RAM and 16 gigs of inner stockpiling. In spite of the thin outline, the back spread is removable and there's a microSD card space and a removable 2100 mAh battery under the entryway. The back spread has a grippy composition and is bended so its more averse to slip out of your hand. The telephone is thicker at the top to suit the extensive side-confronting stereo speakers and 12.6 megapixel back camera with Drove streak. Furthermore, yes, it takes extremely satisfying photographs and great 1080p feature.

Pantach Find


The telephone runs Android 4.0.4 Dessert Sandwich instead of 4.1 Jam Bean, and at $50 with contract, we're getting it won't get the Jam Bean overhaul. It has Pantech's UI customizations, which aren't our most loved yet they're not that nosy. There's an alternative to empower a disentangled UI for novices. The Find shockingly sends with Adobe Streak Player 11.1, which has everything except vanished from new Android telephones and is no more accessible for new introduces on the Google Play Storeake note, Glimmer feature addicts: there's no compelling reason to chase down and sideload Blaze.

Pantach Find

The iPhone 5, Pantech Find, Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC One X+.

The telephone has 4G LTE on AT&T's 800MHz band and additionally HSPA+ 3G (however AT&T likewise calls this 4G). Gathering is strong, information velocities are great and call quality is great. The Pantech Find had double band WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and NFC. There's a front 2MP for feature visit. It's a remarkable telephone for $50 on contract and it contrasts positively and more costly cell phones like the Samsung Universe S III, HTC One X+ and the Nokia Lumia 920.


Pantach Find

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LG OPTIMUS G REVIEW

The LG Optimus G; its hard not to be stricken regardless of the possibility that you're not a LG fan. This top of the line Android cell phone is the first to ship with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon S4 Star quad center 1.5GHz CPU with Adreno 320 design. It's quick, yes it is. The S4 double center coordinated NVidia's Tegra 3 CPU on benchmarks, so we're eager to see what two more centers can do. Actually, it scored 7235 on the Quadrant benchmark, which is another record for a stock Android telephone (5,000 is the standard for the quickest telephones and tablets). In this audit we take a gander at both the AT&T (LG-E970) and Sprint (LG-LS970) forms of the Optimus G, which offers for $199 with contract. The AT&T form will be accessible on Nov. 2 while the Sprint variant will be accessible on Nov. 11.

LG Optimus G

The AT&T LG Optimus G.

The LG Optimus G has a front 1.3MP camera, double band WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, a GPS, NFC and a 2100 mAh Lithium Particle battery that is fixed inside. Both models have 2 gigs of RAM. Despite the fact that LG's reputation for Android OS overhauls hasn't been great, we have trust in the Optimus G since LG is reputed to discharge the following Nexus telephone (with comparable specs to the Optimus G), and that ought to put them on a speedier track for OS redesigns.

LG Optimus G


The Sprint LG Optimus G.

Configuration and Ergonomics 

LG Optimus G

The cell phone has a shine designed "Precious stone Material Completion" glass back that cherishes fingerprints. LG endeavored to wed the best of the famous LG Chocolate and Prada telephones with the moderate, square dark outline. It's thin and squared-off, and the Sprint adaptation re-presents some of those chrome complements AT&T stifles with their clean outline. Sincerely, both look very pleasant however not as strikingly chic as the HTC One X, Nokia Lumia 900 or iPhone 5.

Both the Sprint and AT&T forms are very much alike, with the same Optimus UI upgrades on top of Android OS 4.0.4 Dessert Sandwich (4.1 Jam Bean will take after with no set date). How would they vary? The Sprint adaptation has that thin chrome ring around the sides and no SIM card or microSD card opening. The Sprint rendition has 32 gigs of interior stockpiling versus 16 gigs on the AT&T model. Sprint stays with the 13MP back camera while AT&T moves down to a still exceptionally competent 8MP camera. AT&T includes a microSD card space (yes!) and incorporates a 16 gig card. The Sprint and worldwide renditions have no SD card opening.

LG Optimus G

The Sprint variant of the Optimus G is a hair taller and smaller. Sincerely, they're to a great degree shut in measurements. Both telephones feel genuinely wide among today's huge telephones in the hand on account of the marginally more extensive than ordinary presentation, however regarding measurements they're like other enormous telephones. On the off chance that you have little hands, neither one of the wills be agreeable. I have huge hands, so the G is sensible however maybe not ideal for one-gave utilization. While Samsung and HTC decrease the corners and sides of their huge telephones to make them look and feel littler, LG's shameless rectilinear configuration does nothing to trick the brain or hand into supposing you've got a littler telephone. In the event that the iPhone 5 and Motorola Droid RAZR M with their 4" presentations are your concept of ergonomic flawlessness, the LG Optimus G will feel clumsy.

Both the Sprint and AT&T adaptations have controls and ports in the same area. The force catch is at the upper right edge and the volume controls are on the upper left, like Samsung Android telephones. The AT&T rendition has a tri-shading Drove ring around the force catch as opposed to the front face, which I incline toward. The smaller scale USB port is on the base on both models, and the 3.5mm stereo sound lift is top. The camera module on the Sprint rendition projects a bit while the AT&T model's is flush with the packaging. Both have an amplifier that flames from the lower right back of the telephone, where your hand may cover it.

720p IPS Show 

The LG Optimus G highlights a 4.7" Genuine HD IPS In addition to show running at 1280 x 768. That is a bit higher than the typical top of the line 1280 x 720 determination, and that equivalents an amazing 320 dpi. LG makes phenomenal IPS shows and the Optimus G's is sharp and brilliant with impartial shading adjust and clear content. Review points are wide since its IPS and the presentation is brilliant, however glare is still an issue outside as with all cell phones because of the reflexive glass. The presentation is melded straightforwardly to the glass, so you don't feel like there's a window sheet in the middle of you and what's on screen. The Optimus G has Gorilla Glass for solidness. I'd give the HTC One X's phenomenal Super LCD show an edge for review points and glare-decrease, and also an all the more "near to the surface" look where content and pictures appear to be painted on the screen. Moreover, the iPhone Retina presentation looks more keen and more quick, however the Optimus G effectively prevails over the Samsung Universe S III showcase.

Execution and Torque 

Alright, nerds, this is the place the LG Optimus G presently beats each other Android cell phone on the planet. The quad center Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Professional 1.5GHz CPU has more extra CPU cycles than you can envision. Truly, its too terrible there's no real way to give some handling energy to Venture SETI@home. LG fuses truly a couple of visual impacts and negligible yet stimulating elements like the capacity to play a feature on top of any application, with flexible straightforwardness, and the telephone still doesn't avoid a beat. The Optimus G scores another record high on the Quadrant benchmark and it does amazingly well on most different benchmarks. More imperative than engineered tests, it feels quick and doesn't impede immediately when a few applications are coming up short on sight. Today's most requesting 3D gaming titles play fluidly (watch our feature audit to see them in real life), and 1080p feature plays easily. That said, the screen is 720p, so there's no good reason for playing 1080p feature unless you need to exploit the Optimus G's MHL feature out to a HDMI 1080p television or screen.

Programming 

LG has gotten down to business with programming components that make utilization of the Qualcomm Krait's preparing and design power. QSlide gives you a chance to play a motion picture over some other application and you can set the straightforwardness level (grow dim to peruse an instant message, then blur back into your feature). You can zoom when playing features (actually you can squeeze zoom all around) and there are a few spiffy move alternatives for page turns in the homescreen UI. QuickMemo gives you a chance to take notes anyplace whenever, and you can even check up a website page or Word report and spare it as a picture (screen shot). There are a couple highlights that help us to remember Samsung's, similar to Astute Eye that verifies in case you're taking a gander at the screen so it won't kill and the water sound impact in the lock screen. Shrewd Shade gives you a chance to take a photograph utilizing your voice (say "cheddar", "kimchi" or other trigger words). You get the thought: there's a ton going ahead here.

Telephone and Information


Both variants have clear approaching and active voice that is above normal, however not exactly as completely clear and full as the Samsung System S III, HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE. We had truly no inconvenience participating in discussions with call beneficiaries and surrounding clamor dismissal was powerful with insignificant digitization.

In spite of the fact that we're in a gathered Sprint LTE scope territory, none of our Sprint telephones have gotten a LTE sign, abandoning us with pitiful 3G scope for information. The Sprint adaptation arrived at the midpoint of 600 kbps for download speeds, which is low contrasted with the huge three national bearers yet not bad, but at the same time not enough to blow anyone's mind on Sprint. With the AT&T model, we saw speeds that are somewhat beneath ordinary for 4G LTE on AT&T (16Mpbs down and 14Mpbs up as indicated by Ookla's Speedtest.net application). Gathering on both models in decibels was the same as other top Android telephones on their particular transporters.

Camera 

LG Optimus G

As noticed, the Sprint Optimus G stays with the noteworthy 13 megapixel back camera that we first found in the abroad form. In spite of the fact that a few analysts have reported murky photographs with the Sprint show, our own have been only sharp with a lot of point of interest.

The AT&T model has a 8 megapixel camera that is truly proficient, however we noticed the 13MP camera caught all the more fine detail and improved employment centering and making more honed pictures for low light indoor shots (see guitar photograph beneath). It's a nearby race, however I'd give the Samsung Universe S III and the HTC One X (also that photographic creature the Sony Xperia Particle) the edge for photograph and feature quality.

Both models can shoot 1080p feature up to 30fps and have HDR, display mode and an instinctive camera application with bunch elements and settings.

Battery Life 

The Optimus G has a 2100 mAh Lithium Particle battery that is fixed inside. That is the same battery limit you'll discover on other top of the line contending telephones, yet the LG lingered behind by 30 minutes in real utilize tests. Standby then again was incredible. We experienced no difficulty enduring the day with light to direct utilize. Actually with light utilize we dealt with 2.5 to 3 days on a charge. In any case, with substantial utilize that incorporated a couple GPS route sessions, 45 minutes of gushing feature, a few telephone calls, an hour of music playback with the screen off and an hour of mainly put away feature playback, the telephone went from 7am to 7pm preceding it depleted to a 10% charge.

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SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 2 REVIEW

You know the Samsung System Note was one of our top picks a year ago, isn't that so? Indeed, the Samsung System Note II, a 5.5" cell phone or phablet is far superior. It has a greater presentation, a much speedier CPU than our US first gen Note, a superior camera and more S Pen highlights. The Note II is accessible on all real US bearers, with a $299 sticker with contract ($369 on T-Portable). The inquiry is: however the Note II is unquestionably highly enhanced, does it have what it brings to rival other substantial Android cell phones that have ventured up their amusement since the first Note sent?


Samsung System Note II

Specs Initially

The Sprint, AT&T and Verizon renditions have LTE 4G alongside 3G, while the T-Versatile model has 3G HSPA+ (which T-Mo calls 4G and is nicely quick). A quick Samsung Exynos 1.6GHz quad center processor controls the telephone with 2 gigs of RAM. Different goodies incorporate NFC, double band WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, a front 1.9MP camera and back 8MP camera with BSI sensor and quick lens (same as the brilliant Cosmic system S III camera). The telephone has 16 gigs of inner stockpiling and there's a microSD card space too. Also, yes, the incredible 3100 mAh Lithium Particle Polymer battery is removable: go Samsung!


Samsung Universe Note II

The Samsung Universe Note II and the Samsung Cosmic system S III.

Configuration and Ergonomics 

Samsung System Note II

In this audit, we take a gander at the Sprint, T-Versatile and Verizon renditions, however all Note II variations have indistinguishable equipment (other than cell radios and logos) and transporter included applications. The Note II is accessible in white or titanium, and in either case its done in Samsung's darling amazingly lustrous plastics. The telephone is a tad bit taller and ever so marginally smaller than the first gen Note, so its not any more hard to hold in one hand. That said, this is an extensive telephone, however not as ungraceful as the 4:3 perspective proportion LG Instinct on Verizon. It makes the Samsung Cosmic system S III look dainty and the iPhone 5 appears like a smaller than normal telephone.

This is a dangerous telephone, and paying little respect to shading you get the same ultra-reflexive plastic that needs to sneak past your fingers or slide off uneven surfaces. It's a touch irritating, and adding a case to enhance grasp makes the telephone considerably greater and heavier. We cherish the telephone, however we'll continue nagging Samsung's gleaming completes that shout plastic until they move forward.


Samsung System Note II

The iPhone 5, Samsung System S III, World Note II and LG Instinct.

The telephone has two capacitive catches for Menu and Back, and an equipment catch for Home (the Verizon form has a most tragic Verizon Logo put on the Home catch). The smaller scale USB port is on the base, and according to regular for Samsung the force catch is on the upper right side while the volume rocker is on the left. The microSD card space is under the back cover (no compelling reason to uproot the battery to swap a card) and the smaller scale SIM card is under there also.

Samsung Cosmic system Note II

Wide Screen Experience 

Samsung Cosmic system Note II

The Cosmic system Note II has a 1280 x 720 showcase (down a bit from the first Take note of's 1280 x 800 presentation) yet its greater at 5.5". You're really getting the same determination as the Universe S III and other top of the line Android telephones, yet everything on screen is extended to fill the greater showcase. That implies bigger page content that is discernable without zooming, and films that are immersive on the colossal showcase. At 264 ppi pixel thickness is decreased from the 306 ppi GS III, yet the Super AMOLED HD show still looks sharp. Samsung has enhanced the showcase to an uneven RGB stripe (bye-bye Pentile Lattice, however this is still not a long way from Pentile's uneven sub-pixel shading stripe). Despite the fact that the pixel thickness isn't fiercely high, features and photographs look exquisite, regardless of the possibility that content isn't as dangerously sharp as on higher PPI telephones and tablets. Those of you who read loads of books would most likely still incline toward higher thickness showcases to the Note II's whether you have great eyes. In the event that you don't and hence support bigger content sizes, you'll presumably like the Note II better. Shading bordering isn't an issue. Hues are exceptionally immersed contrasted with IPS shows, yet numerous people appreciate loads of shading immersion alongside the high differentiation and profound blacks of Samsung's Super AMOLED HD shows.

Samsung makes utilization of the wide screen and S-Pen with custom programming, like that found on the Note 10.1 tablet. There's S-Note for note-taking, complete with equation and penmanship acknowledgment. What's more, there's an one next to the other application view for select applications like the web program, email, S-Note and feature player so you can see and utilize two applications on the double. Indeed, the window opening is customizable so you can have the web program fill 2/3 of the screen and S-Take note of the remaining 1/3. It's a splendid utilization of the huge showcase, however despite everything it bodes well with 10" tablets. As of this written work, the T-Versatile, Sprint and Verizon models have the next to each other application highlight, and AT&T ought to offer it as an OTA redesign soon. Finally, Samsung's conspicuous drifting feature player is ready, so you can play a feature in a resizable, straightforwardness flexible window on top of any application or the home screen.

Since numerous other Android cell phones are infringing on the Note II's wide screen act, the product and S-Pen are essential pieces that situated the Note II separated from the opposition. However, suppose it is possible that you don't discover part window perspective luring or maybe you don't have a requirement for the computerized pen, there's the 4.8" Samsung Universe S III, 4.7" HTC One X and One X+ and the extra large screen LG Optimus G. Is there a spot for the Universe Note II? For the individuals who love an extra large screen for bigger content and for watching features, the answer is surely yes. Yet, for some people, the more pocket and hand inviting 4.5" to 4.8" cell phones running at the same determination will do the trap for less cash and pocket land. The Note II, not at all like the first Note, is no more the most elevated determination cell phone, and different cell phones have infringed on the first Note's screen size. Who's the present determination pioneer? The HTC Droid DNA on Verizon with a 5", 1920 x 1080 Super LCD3 show.

Call Quality and Information 

As noticed, the Sprint, AT&T and Verizon adaptations have 4G LTE, while the T-Versatile rendition (fortuitously the nearest to the worldwide form) has HSPA+, which is actually a quick kind of 3G, however both T-Portable and AT&T call it 4G too. Why doesn't T-Versatile's Note II have LTE? Since that bearer as of now does not have a LTE system. The LTE forms gave the normal transfer and download rates contrasted with different cell phones on their separate systems. T-Versatile's form did and their other HSPA+ handsets, which is great in the Dallas region, and here and there as quick as LTE. Sprint's LTE system is in its early stages, however we're among the first markets here in Dallas, and we saw download paces of 9 Mbps and transfer rates of 3 Mbps by and large. AT&T has the quickest information organize in our general vicinity, and we found the middle value of 19 Mbps down and 6.8 Mbps up. Verizon replied with 12.6 Mbps down and 5.1 Mbps up. Every one of the four variations have the portable hotspot highlight, so you can utilize the telephone as a rapid remote modem for your tablet or portable PC (contingent upon your information arrangement). Website pages stack rapidly and Google Play Store downloads are quick.


Voice quality on every one of the four variations is useful for both approaching and active voice. Calls sound clear and our call beneficiaries and we could undoubtedly see one another. The telephone played pleasantly with our auto's implicit Bluetooth and an assortment of Motorola, Samsung and Jawbone Bluetooth headsets. Given the telephone's size, its reasonable you'll need to utilize a Bluetooth headset.

Pull and Execution 

The cell phone keeps running on Samsung's intense 1.6GHz quad center Exynos CPU with MALI 400 representation. It gobbles up benchmarks, it snickers at 3D tests. The Note II scored 6,001 on Quadrant, which is quicker than more seasoned Tegra 3 models and it just falls somewhat behind Qualcomm's S4 Expert quad center CPU and more than marginally behind the fresher Tegra 3 in the HTC One X+. On GLBenchmark 2.5 it beats everything with the exception of the HTC Droid DNA. This Android cell phone won't feel moderate a year into your agreement.

Camera 

Like the Cosmic system S III, the Note II has an indistinguishable 8 megapixel camera that can shoot 1080p feature. Despite everything we noticed some presentation issues in brilliant open air shots where the camera rendered cloudy pictures, yet the new HDR highlight assists significantly with that. Committed picture preparing chips are the following huge thing in top of the line telephones (the HTC One X has one as well), and that considers to a great degree fast shot times. Once more, similar to the Universe S III, HTC One X and HTC One S, you can shoot photographs while at the same time recording feature however there's no moderate movement alternative like that of the One X and One X+. There are a lot of impacts to play with: presentation, full scale mode, face location, grin discovery and display. This is an exceptionally proficient camera.

Feature quality is magnificent at 1080p and 30fps: feature is sharp and bright with smooth movement and little in the method for blockiness. The constant self-adjust some of the time chases when a few subjects are in movement without a moment's delay, yet by and large its awesome stuff.

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