Both the Galaxy S3 and the HTC One X are beautiful pieces of gear, no doubt. Both are powered by powerful chips and both lead the benchmark rankings. Both are built with utmost attention to detail, by the two most prestigious Android manufacturers in the world.
So, how could one pick a side in this epic battle? How can one say, with confidence, that the Galaxy S3 is superior to the One X, or the other way?
South Korea’s largest telecommunications company, KT, has announced the world’s fastest commercialized mobile data service, based on its GiGA LTE technology. By combining traditional LTE coverage with localized WiFi networks, the service is able to provide consumers with data speeds up to an incredible 1.17Gbps.
KT has 200,000 LTE base stations and 140,000 Wi-Fi hotspots installed across the country and hopes to have the majority of the population covered with GiGA LTE.
When we reviewed ASUS’ ZenWatch 3, we called it one of the most well-rounded smartwatches to date. We docked points for its proprietary wrist strap connector, however, since it took away the ability to use any 22 mm band and strap you wanted. SteelConnect’s Kickstarter campaign hopes to give back that power to ZenWatch 3 owners with its AZ3 adapter.
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Makers of several smartwatch adapters, including those for the Pebble Steel, Moto 360, and Apple Watch, SteelConnect decided to turn to the crowdfunding market to fund its latest adapter: the AZ3 for the ZenWatch 3.
Here comes the new Xiaomi Mi 8. It looks like an iPhone, it works like an iPhone, but is it any good? Let’s see what we can gleam from the info we have so far!
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Three versions: Mi 8, Mi 8 Explorer Edition, and Mi 8 SE Xiaomi’s latest phone – its “8th Anniversary” flagship – comes in three variants.
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The FlexPai, by little-known firm Rouyu Technology, is the first foldable “phone” with a flexible screen. The device doesn’t seem to be a phone, however, as it appears to fold into a smaller tablet. Keen on getting the FlexPai? It has a starting price of over $1,200. Little-known company Rouyu Technology has beaten others to the foldable phone punch, but we really wonder whether they should go back to the drawing board.
If you are a power user of the popular Tasker automation app, you know it can do a lot for Android smartphone and tablet owners. However, if you really want to add even more features to Tasker, you might want to try out AutoTools. The app, which is now in the Google Play Store, comes from third-party developer joaomgcd and is basically a plug-in for Tasker.
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The Nexus 6 is the ‘all-in’ release we’ve been waiting for from Google, with only a few of our wishes left ungranted. Amid the multitude of flagship smartphones available today, one line that Android purists fervently track is the Nexus. Speculation that the entire series was going to be abandoned in favor of the rumor Silver program turned out to be unfounded. Instead, we got a new, larger, more powerful Nexus smartphone, that’s understandably one of the most eagerly anticipated devices of the year.
According to a tip received by SamMobile, the User Manual of the GT-i9300 (Galaxy S3) is now available online on the Samsung website. Some interesting points to note from the manual are:
The manual, of course, contains all the “standard” topics found in every user guide, including Assembling, Getting Started, Communication, Entertainment, Personal Information, Web and GPS-based services, Connectivity, Tools, Settings, Troubleshooting, and Safety Information The “Memory Card” section states that the device accepts MicroSD or MicroSDHC memory cards with a maximum capacity of 32GB.
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Device listings point to Samsung’s rugged Galaxy XCover 6 Pro launching soon. The phone has been listed on the Google Play Console and Bluetooth SIG websites. It looks like the new phone will gain a massive horsepower boost over predecessors. Samsung‘s Galaxy XCover phones are its most rugged options around, offering MIL-STD-810 designs and IP68 ratings for a more durable smartphone. Now, it looks like a new XCover device could indeed be on the way soon.
There are a lot of features packed into our smartphones, but for many, nothing is more important than the ability of the device to function as a music player. Manufacturers are putting a lot of effort into making sure that their high-end flagship devices don’t give consumers a reason to complain when it comes to this key feature. We’ve seen this happen recently, with the Beats Audio integration with the HTC One X (and all other new HTC releases), and the Samsung Galaxy S3 being no slouch in the sound quality department either.