This is a short video but certainly made me smile. Just listen to the verdict on the iPhone 6 Plus. And the take on android users.
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Gav & Dave’s Tech Podcast – Episode 23 is now Rocking – Please RT
As you know, I co-host a weekly podcast with David from UKMobileTech called Gav & Dave’s Tech Podcast. It is a light hearted tech podcast broadcast bi-weekly. To subscribe click here for iTunes or copy and paste this link into your favourite podcast app.
Episode 23 is now live for your listening pleasure.
Gav & Dave’s Tech Podcast – Boom
Currently in recording. Get ready for the release of the next episode. Its a biggy.
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OnePlus One facing display issues
From a thread over at Reddit.com. OnePlus responds as follows (apologies for language used)
“Guys seriously, you cannot put more pressure on us because we’re already f**king panicking over this shit. Sorry for the language. Having a touch screen phone with a non-working touchscreen is death to a company. We’re not idiots, we understand this very well. Right now we have 2 issues categorized as “holy f**k if we don’t fix this we’re dead” – customer support and touch screen issue. Trust me on this one, we’re taking it super duper serious and have significant amounts of man-power dedicated to both of these issues.”
For a company to respond is such a manor is a shame and clearly highlights it has some serious issues to resolve and fast.
Source- http://www.talkandroid.com
It’s iPhone 6 pre order day tomorrow – will I be ordering one? Well let’s compare the LG G3 vs iPhone 6
It’s nearly iPhone 6 pre order day. You can order and have it delivered to your home address next Friday or collect at your nearest Apple store. But for the first time I’m not sure whether I want the new iPhone. So I made a list to try and help me. First I took my current phone the LG G3 and made a list of the extras it would provide over the iPhone 6 and then vice versa.
LG G3 Plus Points over iPhone 6
– QHD screen at 540 pixels per inch vs 401 pixel per inch on iPhone 6 Plus which is a lower 1080p screen. Smaller iPhone 6 only has 326 pixels per inch
– 3gb ram, 32gb storage plus 128gb micro sd. The G3 has lower cost storage and upgradable via the micro sd slot for storing more media. The iPhone is fixed storage
– FM Radio built in. The iPhone hasn’t got a fm radio.
– Plays Hi-Res Audio codecs out of the box
– Better game controller support including emulators
– Laser auto focus camera at 13mp with true tone flash. iPhone is only 8mp. Optical image stabilisation on the G3 and iPhone 6 Plus but not the smaller iPhone 6. The G3 also has 4K video recording. iPhone maxes out at 1080p. G3 has extra shooting modes. Magic and dual shot.
– Qi Wireless charging built in – relaxing and simple solution using the LG Qi stand at night. Fully charged by morning
– Quick Circle case. Novel solution. At present nothing on iPhone.
– The LG G3 is nearly £300 cheaper. The LG G3 32gb version can be bought for £404. Add a 128gb micro sd card for £70. Total cost £474 versus £789 for 128gb iPhone 6. Total memory on G3 is also more at 160gb.
– Android – better sharing and easier. Google search long press of home button.
– Infra red remote control. Completely missing on iPhone.
– Apps – weight watchers app is better on android. It has a barcode scanner missing on iOS. Imperihome is missing on iOS.
– removable and replaceable battery – the G3 battery is removable and therefore you could carry a spare in your wallet. Also after a few years the battery level would drop but you could just insert a new battery for £10.
So with the LG G3 wiping the floor can the iPhone 6 retaliate. Here goes –
iPhone 6 Plus Points
– Apple support. Book appointment with a genius. 10 mins later issue sorted
– 1080p screen a benefit over QHD. Better battery life and faster as less pixels to push. iPhone panel top quality.
– Apps are better designed and the 6 Plus will start to have even slicker designed apps
– 8mp camera can take 999 burst mode shots in one press of shutter. Auto exposure adjustments while taking a panoramic shot. Slow motion is at 240 fps vs G3 at 120 fps. Includes time lapse mode. The camera also does HDR video
– Touch ID – best fingerprint scanner to unlock phone with a breeze. Now open to third party developers
– Photos – better photo editing app and auto sync available to other Apple devices
– iMessage – clever integration with SMS app. Can send media.
– Family sharing
– superb health app and motion co processor chip
– continuity services and software
– home kit framework
– backup and restore. No other platform competes
So as you can see it’s not a home run for either device. Apple is about better integration between software and hardware. LG G3 is about hardware innovation and android.
So I’ve decided to visit an Apple store and see the new iPhones in person before I decide.
Samsung rips the p**s out of Apple – videos
Samsung have released a series of videos taking the p**s out of Apple. Below are my two favourite ones, one about a screen and another about the live stream.
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Share Prices tumble on Apple Watch and Fashion Magazines give Apple’s Watch a Thumbs Up
Apple revealed the Apple Watch yesterday.
Following this announcement watch companies shares have started to tumble.
Shares in Movado whose brands include Coach, Hugo Boss and Tommy Hlifiger: drop of 2pc.
Fossil who also make Armani, DKNY and Diesel watches : drop of 3pc.
Shares in Guess, which relies on watches for a good chunk of its sales, also fell.
Swatch, Kering and Richemont weren’t far behind. LVMH, the company behind Bulgari and TAG Heuer, their shares also took a hit.
Meanwhile Apple’s shares have risen 2pc.
However, if you really want a smart watch then you need one of these Casio G Shock Watches. Note the battery life is in years not a single day!
Joking aside I really believe the new Apple Watch is a stroke of genius. The attention to detail is incredible and the customisation is perfect to make one your own.
A number of watch companies have been since interviewed and dismissed the Apple Watch as not of a concern to their market. Dangerous position to take since this is only first generation. Just step back and recall what Apple did to Nokia’s market share.
Update – Macrumors decided to read what the fashion press thought of Apple’s watch and the resounding feedback from every magazine except one was extremely positive.
Can the LG G3 get any better? Yes it can
The LG G3 is already LG’s biggest selling smartphone ever, but now LG is being even more generous. If you pick up a G3 between September 8th and September 22nd, LG will give you a free spare battery and a charging cradle.
Via Androidpolice.com
LG G3 – Review – Highlights 9 weeks later
It seems a miracle that I still have the LG G3 after 9 weeks. Below are my key highlights of the device.
1) Design. Often overlooked but I really like the buttons on the back of the phone. The curved back. And the headphone jack on the bottom. All of these design choices make the phone despite its size so much more comfortable to hold. And being nearly all screen on the front makes such a great bold design statement.
2) Keyboard – not only is the LG keyboard adjustable in every way conceivable, it has themes and is accurate too. In landscape I pull the keyboard to split it which makes text entry simple. It is the first phone whereby I have not changed to swift key or something else.
3) LG launcher. It’s just clean and simple yet offers excellent customisation. The on screen menu buttons for example. Defaults to 3. But you can add up to 5 and change the order. So bringing down the notification shade can be done from the bottom menu. Simple idea but just works. And then you have Knock On and Knock Code.
4) Camera. It is as easy as the iPhone. It never fails to take a great shot. And truth be told it’s better most times than what can be snapped on the iPhone 5S. Maybe the iPhone 6 will change that balance. Yes the G3 has laser focus but it means it just works. I also like that fact it’s just press and shoot. It also has voice control which seems to work really well. I have at least 5 other camera apps installed but haven’t really used them. The default camera app just works really effectively.
5) QuickCircle case. This is one of the coolest cases for a phone I’ve seen at the moment.
6) Qi wireless charging built in. I’m not a mad person who says it’s the only way to charge a phone but at night, I simply rest the G3 on the qi stand and that’s it.
7) Screen. It’s a good screen and is ideal for my photography. I have tweaked the colour gamut in the screen accessibility options to make it more vibrant.
8) The infra remote software is detailed and offers more buttons than other default phone software provided by other companies.
9) FM Radio. Often overlooked but it’s handy at times.
And finally, it just works. I have had no issues with it whatsoever. LG have updated the firmware and for the life of me I cannot tell what’s been improved.
With all the new phones that have been announced and are still to be announced this month, I am still being held by the G3. Only the Note 4 or Note Edge are tempting me but after I realise I will lose certain features and it will be more uncomfortable to hold than the G3 due to the Note’s wider girth, I keep wondering maybe I’m best staying put.
Time will tell of course 🙂
LG G3 – review – Hello Genie and Google Voice Commands
I really thought I had covered off everything to do with the LG G3 but alas there is another world of operation when it comes to voice control.
LG has their own piece of software, activated from the lock screen simply by saying “Hello Genie”, in the settings quick toggles by switching voice on or from the home menu button swiping it to the left.
As a side point if you swipe straight up or hold the home button, Google Search/Now is activated. If you swipe the home menu button to the right quick memo is activated.
So what can the voice control manage on the LG G3? Sending emails, texting, schedule a new meeting, cancel a meeting and show meetings, tasks creation, show map of an areas or place, navigation to, browse a web page, create new memos, open apps, play music or an album or a song, turn settings on or off and find weather information. You can also look up info on a contact. I will come back in a minute to the finer points of this voice control.
Now let’s move on to Google Voice control. It is what you would expect on any other android phone. Once in the search screen you can use OK Google to start the voice operation. But it is not always on in the home screen. It works as advertised but does not add the granular control of the in built LG system.
With the LG voice control you have more finer control, similar to Siri on the iPhone. So for example, on the LG voice control I can ask it to move an appointment forward by an hour. More of a personal assistant.
As another example, if I asked Google Voice to turn off wifi it just brings me to the wifi settings. If I ask LG Voice to turn off wifi, it turns wifi off!
A word of warning, all of the above voice control operation is dead in the water if you haven’t got an internet connection.
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