A Discussion on Material Choices in Mobile
Within the past four years, the smartphone market has changed drastically. Displays have dramatically increased in quality. Battery life has increased. As OEMs converge on largely similar platforms, the...
77 by on 5/5/2014
OnePlus launches the OnePlus One: Initial Thoughts
Edit: In the time since the initial launch, there's been confirmation that the OnePlus One does in fact support 802.11ac. It's a single spatial stream part, Qualcomm's WCN3680. In what...
67 by on 4/23/2014
Google Updates Hangouts: Merging IM and SMS
Today, Google announced an update to Hangouts that brings some new features. The first mentioned is merging conversations, which brings feature parity with iMessage in that regard. Google has...
15 by on 4/21/2014
Galaxy S5 Follow-Up: Water Resistance, Adobe RGB Testing and More
A Closer Look at Water Resistance Recently on the podcast, Anand mentioned that I was looking at how the Galaxy S5 performed when running benchmarks underwater. This ultimately started after...
45 by on 4/19/2014
HTC launches the One (M8)
HTC’s struggle in the smartphone OEM space has almost become a constant in the past few years, with a dramatic fall from the top of sales and market share...
72 by on 3/25/2014
Android Wear, Moto 360, and LG G Watch: Initial Thoughts
Google has finally announced its entrance into the smartwatch segment with the platform Android Wear. Much like how Android is a broadly adopted platform by many smartphone OEMs, Google...
30 by on 3/18/2014
Examining MicroSD changes in Android 4.4
While Samsung Galaxy devices had new restrictions on microSD read/write access, it was hard to say whether this was the start of a trend for all Android OEMs as...
43 by on 3/13/2014
LG G Pro 2 - Mini Review
At MWC, LG announced their new G Pro 2, which was written up for an early hands-on and some analysis based upon the information given out by LG’s press...
63 by on 3/4/2014
Color Gamut in Smartphones: Why Bigger isn't Always Better
Post-MWC, with the launch of at least two of the major high-end flagships in the smartphone space, the basics are becoming increasingly easier to get from OEMs like high...
57 by on 3/3/2014
SanDisk launches 128GB microSD at MWC
Today, SanDisk is the first to launch the long-awaited (by some) 128GB microSD card, and it seems to be a class 10, UHS-1 card. While there are no benchmarks...
13 by on 2/26/2014
MWC 2014: Motorola Press Event Live Blog
Ian and I are currently sitting here waiting for the start of the event, stay tuned!
10 by on 2/25/2014
Nokia launches the X, X+, and XL at MWC
Nokia X Nokia has finally launched the long-rumored Nokia X running Android, and it's well worth going over Nokia's first Android phones. The first phone is the Nokia X, which...
14 by on 2/25/2014
LG G Pro 2 and G2 Mini launched: Analysis and Hands-On
LG G Pro 2 At MWC, LG has also announced a few new devices, some that fit in with their previous cadence of releases, and others that are something new...
12 by on 2/25/2014
Samsung Announces Galaxy S5: Initial Thoughts
Every year Samsung launches a new Galaxy S flagship smartphone, and as always, Samsung puts the best platform that can be bought in their devices. The Galaxy S5 is...
127 by on 2/24/2014
HTC Launches Desire 816 at MWC
Today, HTC seems to be delivering on their promise for a stronger focus on the 150-300 USD market segment by launching the Desire 816, a phablet with a 5.5"...
13 by on 2/24/2014
ZTE Launches Grand Memo II LTE, Open C at MWC 2014
Grand Memo II LTE The ZTE Grand Memo II LTE is a phablet that's almost as big as its name with a 6" HD display. ZTE's press kit doesn't actually...
8 by on 2/24/2014
Sony Launches Xperia Z2, Z2 Tablet, and M2 at MWC 2014
Sony Xperia Z2 Sony has just announced the Xperia Z2, which is the direct successor to the Xperia Z1 that released in the fall. While quite a bit stays the...
23 by on 2/24/2014
The Pixel Density Race and its Technical Merits
While this has always been an issue that’s been in the background since Android OEMs started releasing devices with display PPIs above the 300-400 “retina” range, recent events have...
102 by on 2/8/2014
Sony launches Xperia Z1 Compact, Z1S at CES 2014
Today at CES, Sony announced the Xperia Z1 Compact. This phone finally fills a slot that has been ignored in the Android device space, which is a phone that...
19 by on 1/7/2014
Motorola's Project Ara: Phonebloks from an OEM
Phonebloks was a campaign that focused upon attracting the interest of OEMs by showing that there was an incredible amount of interest for a modular phone. This was mostly...
55 by on 10/29/2013
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