It really is a beautiful phablet. The specs are also impressive but the pricing is likely to be around the £450 to £550 mark dependant on whether you go for the 16gb or 32gb storage model.
– 6 inch screen 1080p in a 7.9mm thick device.
– 4,100 maH battery for longevity
– Huawei’s own 8 core processor
– Finger print scanner like the iPhone but better apparently
– 93% metal design. 187g. Screen to body ratio of 83%.
– 13mp rear camera for f/2.0 Sony 4th gen
– 5mp front camera
– Noise cancelling headphones that are charged when connected to the Mate 7
– Latest software skin from Huawei.
All in all one impressive looking phone. Just not sure of the pricing as it seems too much.
The next episode of Gav & Dave’s Tech podcast is due out this Sunday.
However, due to the Apple Keynote speech a few days later on the Tuesday, Dave and I have decided to postpone the podcast for a week.
This means we will have all the latest gossip on all the new hotness that has been announced in the last few weeks. And there is a lot of new stuff to cover.
I would like to thank Samsung for their personal caring customer service.
DPD delivered a package from Samsung today. It was labelled with the personal touch. Instead of using my name as that would be rude, they called me Samsung Customer followed by my address.
So I opened the package a moment ago. Inside was a Samsung Galaxy K Zoom case. This is the rare Pop Case in Blue for the K Zoom. It was meant to have arrived 11 weeks ago.
But Samsung have great service standards and as we all know 11 weeks is fantastic speed. Makes you wonder why they used DPD. Surely a helicopter drop would have been cheaper and faster.
As a side note I did receive an email 11 weeks ago apologising for the delay with the case. And that it would be with me next week. 1 week equals 11 weeks in Samsung’s World of customer service.
PS. I feel sorry for the low paid worker who spent 11 weeks molding this case.
Note 4 –
-Size: 153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5 millimeters
-Weight: 176 grams
-5.7-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels
-Either a 2.7GHz Snapdragon 805 quad-core processor or a Exynos 1.9GHz octa-core processor
-A 16-megapixel rear-facing camera with optical image stabilization (OIS) and 8x digital zoom, A 3.7–megapixel front-facing camera
-3GB of RAM – 32GB of internal storage, with a micro SD slot that allows for up to 128GB extra
-LTE Cat 6
-WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, GPS, NFC and Bluetooth v. 4.1
-3,220mAh battery Android 4.4 KitKat
And now the specs for the Galaxy Note Edge:-
– Size: 151.3 x 82.4 x 8.3 millimeters
– Weight: 174 grams
– 5.6-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels
– A 16-megapixel rear-facing camera with optical image stabilization (OIS) and 8x digital zoom
-A 3.7-megapixel front-facing camera
-3GB of RAM
-32GB or 64GB of internal storage, with a micro SD slot that allows for up to 128GB
– LTE Cat 6
– WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, GPS, NFC and Bluetooth v. 4.1
– 3,000mAh battery
– Android 4.4 KitKat
So there you have it, Samsung have 2 new phablets. No idea when the release date for these will be in the UK at the moment either. The Edge has a slightly smaller display and battery. Otherwise the specs are the same.
The big question, is the new Note 4 enough of an upgrade over the Note 3 and is the Note 4 strong enough to take on the rumoured Apple iPhone phablet?
In terms of an upgrade from the Note 3, it is worthy. It has the faster chipset, GPU, better camera with OIS and improved screen to 2K. But if I had the Note 3, I would think twice about upgrading now to the Note 4. The Edge designed Note is innovated. Just need to make sure apps don’t get confused on the screen and it is a shame the battery is lower for such a big device.
Until Apple and others reveal their plans, we won’t know if the Note 4 is a success. What’s your views?
Sony was announcing a whole range of new smartphones, tablet, accessories and other hardware for IFA 2014.
Video below from Sony detailing its new Z3 range of hardware.
First up is the new Z3 flagship to replace the Z2.
The new 5.2-inch phone from Sony has a 1080p screen resolution, quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor, 3GB of RAM, and a familiar 20.7-megapixel camera sensor that has now been boosted to reach an unprecedented 12,800 ISO sensitivity. The lens has been made wider, with the new 25mm-equivalent field of view capturing more of the scene around you, and there’s improved image stabilization for video, which can once again be recorded at 4K resolution. It is also lighter and slimmer, stronger nylon reinforced edges, and a higher dust and waterproofing with an IP65/68. It also has hi res playback. Comes in several colours including copper.The Remote Play with a PS4 is coming soon.
The Z3 Compact is a 4.6 inch 720p phone with identical specs as the bigger Z3. The battery is smaller at 2,600maH too. Also the frame uses translucent plastic on the frame edge instead of aluminium found in the Z3. The Z3 Compact is 8.6mm thick.
The Z3 tablet is super thin at 6.4mm and light at 270g and comes with PS4 Remote Play which is the secret weapon. It is also IP65/68.
Video above showing all Sony’s wearables range.
The wearables from Sony all have IP68 waterproofing. The Smartband has a mic and speaker so you can take calls. It also has an e-ink display which has a really slow refresh rate.
The Smartwatch 3 now comes with Andorid Wear OS. Again it is IP68 but looks really plastic.
Sony also launched the new camera hub lenses as I mentioned yesterday, new headphones and walkmans.
I must admit, the Sony announcements left me underwhelmed a bit. Do you agree?
The Sony Z3 will pack a 4.6-inch Full HD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, a Snapdragon 801 processor with four cores clocked at 2.5GHz, the latest Adreno 330 GPU, 3GB of RAM, front-facing stereo speakers, a 20.7-megapixel Exmor R camera, and, finally, a1 2300 mAh non-removable Li-Ion battery. The Compact will have the latest build of Android 4.4.4 KitKat.
Looks really good and makes a change from the huge android phones.
And now here’s the Z3 (full size) in a gold version. Also the new smartband with an e ink display.
Sony is about to announce a new product in its QX hub camera accessory that will make your smartphone compatible with any of its E-Mount lenses usually reversed for its line of NEX camcorders and mirrorless shooters. The report comes from SonyAlphaRumors blog, which also shared the images.
Unlike Sony’s QX10 & 100, reviewed on here under Reviews, Accesories, this hasn’t got a fixed lens but is an E-mount module. It has an APS-C sensor.
Seems a good way for Sony to lock in camera users to it’s smartphones as well.
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