tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92043011425915136652024-03-13T00:47:07.084-07:00Apple Inc. UpdatesAn Apple Enthusiast's Blog. Everything Apple.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801339515636968282noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204301142591513665.post-55173495634387328192020-09-15T13:05:00.001-07:002020-09-15T13:05:14.818-07:00Apple's Time Flies Event 2020 product launches with pricesApple for the first time conducted an E-Event due the the current pandemic and launched a bunch of products including a refreshed iPad, iPad Air, Apple Watch Series 6 and an Apple Watch Se.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Manu GUPTAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18060856844972456592noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204301142591513665.post-29628418900398035282017-05-17T07:59:00.000-07:002017-05-17T07:59:37.298-07:00Nike Launches Apple Watch NikeLab<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Seven months after the launch of the first Apple Watch Nike+, Nike has launched a new variant called the Apple Watch NikeLab. As can be inferred from the name, this will be part of Nike's NikeLab range of products, which means it is also limited edition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Apple Watch NikeLab is functionally identical to the Apple Watch Nike+. What's new here is the color palette; while the Nike+ comes in a black or white color options, the NikeLab variant combines both to form a stunning new design, with a Space Gray aluminum body and Light Bone/Black band. Apart from that, it has all the features of the standard Apple Watch Series 2, along with the Nike exclusive extras, such as Nike+ Run app and exclusive Siri commands, found on the Nike+ variant.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801339515636968282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204301142591513665.post-86994047323432884262017-05-16T07:56:00.000-07:002017-05-16T07:56:14.441-07:00Apple running the show in the Wearables Market<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wearable market is growing slowly but its dynamics are changing. According to <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Strategy Analytics</i>, Apple ousted Fitbit from the top position with 3.5 million wearables shipped during the first quarter of this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s a jump of 59% compared to the same period last year. Apple raced ahead of the market, which grew only 21% annually for a total of 22 million units shipped. Fitbit went from first (with 4.5 million in Q1 2016) to third (with just 2.9 million in Q1 2017), a massive slump.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Xiaomi also declined - from 3.8 million to 3.5 million - but it still kept enough market share (15%) to go up to second place. The market also diversified, makers outside the Top 3 went up from 7.7 million units to 12.2 million.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Growth mostly came from North America, Europe and Asia. The Apple Watch 2, in particular, was a hot seller in the US, UK and several other countries as helped out by strong marketing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a good place to mention that Xiaomi mostly ships smart bands, Fitbit has a variety of fitness trackers and smartwatches (though not Android Wear) while Apple only ships full-blown smartwatches. So numbers are not always directly comparable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still, the main takeaway from this is that the once market leader, Fitbit, is now in trouble. Shipments, along with revenue and profits, have fallen and it will be a struggle to recover.</span></div>
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These are the renders and edited photographs giving an idea as to how the newly launched Apple Watch Sport Gold 42 mm which comes by default with a midnight blue strap, would look with the black sport band.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to admit, the new Apple Watch Sport Band colors have me a little giddy. Just as we’d hoped when Jony Ive teased these colors last spring, we have a bevy of beautiful Sport Bands to choose from now. No longer limited to black, white, or neon shades of green, pink, and blue, we have a rainbow of subtle, fun, and wearable shades.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ve got warm neutrals like Walnut, Stone, and Antique White. There are cool neutrals like Fog and Midnight Blue. Two colors that I know many people have been clamoring for all over the Internet: (PRODUCT) RED and Orange. And finally, we have a selection of soft, sophisticated colors: Turquoise, Vintage Rose, and Lavender.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of the new colors are available to ship in as little as five to seven business days while others show shipping times of five to six weeks. You might even get lucky and find some of the colors in the Apple Store now. As an added bonus, when watchOS 2 is released, you’ll see many of these new colors available for your watch faces. We won’t be limited to bright colors and white any longer. I am especially excited about this, since while I can’t always change my watch band to match my outfit, I can certainly change the color of my watch face every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two new Apple Watch Sport colors were announced: Gold and Rose Gold. They’re quite striking, actually, and it’s no surprise that a new wave of slightly used Silver and Space Gray Apple Watch Sports have recently hit eBay. If I were in the market for an Apple Watch Sport, that Rose Gold would be awfully tempting, particularly if I buy an iPhone 6s in that shade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Note that you cannot buy an Apple Watch Sport with any color band you wish. Only 12 combinations are currently available to order on Apple’s site. You can get the Silver in either the 38mm or 42mm size with the Orange, White, or Blue band. Incidentally, the Blue is a new shade of blue – it’s slightly warmer than the old one but just as bright. Space Gray in either size still comes with the Black band. If you want a 38mm Rose Gold Apple Watch Sport, you get a Lavender band. If you want the 42mm, your band is Stone. The 38mm Gold Apple Watch Sport has an Antique White band, while the 42mm features Midnight Blue. All of the colors are quite lovely, actually, but I find it a bit silly that you can’t get a Watch with any band you want.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why not just sell the Watches and bands separately? That’s a rhetorical question, of course. Apple doesn’t want you to own just one watch band. At any rate, they are available right now in my local Apple store, so check the store in your area if you’re interested.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The face, which looks very much like some of Hermès’ analog watches, is exclusive to the Hermès model. You can’t buy the bands separately, either. The bands are crafted from leather and come in three different styles and five colors. The Apple Watch with the Single Tour band, which looks like a standard leather watch band to me, will set you back $1,100. It comes in Fauve (brown), Noir (black), and Capucine (red). The Double Tour band wraps twice around the wrist and runs $1,250. In addition to Fauve and Capucine, it comes in Etain (dark gray) and Bleu Jean. And finally, the chunky Cuff style comes only in Fauve, only in 42mm, and costs $1,500.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are by no means inexpensive watches, but they start at the same price as the highest-priced Link Bracelet model. For people looking for a luxury name brand, the Hermès Apple Watches will fill a niche. They’re still significantly less expensive than the Apple Watch Edition. I won’t be buying one of these when they are available at select stores in October, but I do believe there will be a market for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fact that Apple has created an exclusive Hermès face for this special watch brings up another thought. The watch faces are a big deal to Apple Watch owners. I believe that now we have the real reason why Apple has not opened up third-party faces to developers and probably never will. Apple is maintaining tight control over its faces so that they can continue to slowly trickle out products like this. The Hermès Apple Watch has more value because you get not only a band, but also a face that no one else can have. You could always buy an Hermès band, or use a band from another watch, but you’ll never have the Hermès face on your Apple Watch unless you buy this particular watch from Apple. I wonder what other high-end brands Apple will partner with in the future. I’m sure that Hermès is just the first of several.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think that while none of these items are inexpensive, Apple has introduced some more affordable luxury for Apple Watch customers. Without spending $10,000 to $17,000 on an Apple Watch Edition model, you can get a high-end Hermès brand Apple Watch for $1,100 to $1,500. Instead of spending over $1,000 on a Space Black Apple Watch with Link Bracelet, you can get the exact same shiny black steel watch and sapphire screen with a Sport Band instead for less than $600. And finally, in the Apple Watch Sport arena, you can get that desirable gold or rose gold shade for $349 or $399, a tiny fraction of the cost of the Apple Watch Edition.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you’re still on the fence about buying one of Apple’s latest and greatest smartphones, there are a few important things you need to know. On the surface, the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus look nearly identical to their predecessors, as we’ve come to expect with “s” models, but there’s a lot of new tech inside that makes these models different. Will any of the changes justify this purchase for you? Or will you be better off with last year’s (now cheaper) iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus? Let’s find out…</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your plan was to strut around town hoping people would notice your shiny new iPhone 6s, that likely won’t be the case, since this year’s model looks just like its predecessor. There’s a small awkwardly placed “s” on the backside to remind you just in case, but if you really want people to know you’re rocking a new iPhone, your best bet is to pick up the new Rose Gold color option. If you don’t care for that new color, you can spice things up with a case or a skin to keep it minimal.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like last year, there are two iPhone sizes available. You have the iPhone 6s with a 4.7-inch display, 1334 x 750 resolution and 326 ppi, and then there’s the iPhone 6s Plus with a 5.5-inch display, 1920 x 1080 resolution, and 401 ppi. Both displays are super crispy, but that’s especially true for the iPhone 6s Plus, though you’re dealing with a much larger phone at that point.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you’re hoping for big changes, this isn’t the year for them. The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus story is really about a collection of small details and a few stand out features.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let’s start with performance — these new iPhones are crazy fast. Inside you’ll find Apple’s latest A9 processor and 2GB of RAM, which may sound like less than some other phones, but Apple’s RAM management is absolutely phenomenal. Benchmarks show very promising results and overall, performance alone may be enough incentive to upgrade if speed is what you desire. Everything is very smooth and apps run like a champ with the new processor. That said, last year’s iPhone 6 is still a fast phone, and happens to be cheaper now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As for size, the iPhone 6s Plus is much better when it comes to playing games, watching videos, browsing the web, and pretty much anything else you’d expect out of a larger screen. Personally, I prefer the smaller form factor of the iPhone 6s, even if the battery life and resolution take hits by comparison.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While the screens on these new iPhones are the same as last year’s, the touch technology behind them is much different. This year Apple has introduced a new 3D Touch feature that will actually detect the amount of pressure applied to the screen with your finger, and trigger various actions. With 3D Touch, you can tap on the display for standard actions, but you can press into the display for more features. Think of this as three options: a tap, a soft press, and a hard press, all of which can do different things depending on the pressure applied and where the action is taking place.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not everything with 3D Touch is amazing at the moment, but I do have some favorites. For example, you can get quick access to app-specific features with a hard press on the icon, which I enjoy using with a select few apps — not many third-party apps are compatible yet, but more are rolling out each day. You also have the ability to 3D Touch the keyboard when typing. With a soft press, you can use the keyboard as a trackpad to move the cursor around the screen, and with a hard press you can easily select text from a line.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, if 3D Touch isn’t worth the upgrade, certainly the camera must be, right? The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus both feature an all new 12-megapixel still camera this time around, which also shoots up to 4K video, but you’ll only get optical image stabilization on the iPhone 6s Plus. Luckily, the iPhone 6s does utilize digital stabilization with 4K video to keep everything smooth, but it won’t work like OIS does for low light photos. The new camera also shoots higher resolution Slo-Mo video at 120 frames per second in 1080p, which is great but not a huge selling point. Photos are natural-looking and can definitely look good, especially if you’re willing to do a little editing work. Apple’s photos aren’t as sharpened or saturated as other smartphone cameras on the market, for better and for worse.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On both of the devices, there’s a 5-megapixel camera above the display with 720p video recording capabilities and a flash, but it’s probably not the kind of flash you’re thinking about. Apple calls this feature Retina Flash. According to Apple, there’s a special display chip inside that helps detect the ambient light around you, then matches the tone with a flash of the display that’s three times brighter than usual. I probably won’t use it much, but it’s pretty handy when you need it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speaking of camera features, Apple has a new Live Photos feature which is pretty neat, but not something I’ll use often. It will allow you to take a normal photo, which can then be brought to life (with audio and 3 seconds of surrounding low-res, low-frame-rate video) by using 3D Touch. You can share these Live Photos and even set them as wallpapers, though you’ll have to 3D Touch on the lock screen to see any movement from them. It’s a cool feature for some people, just not for me really.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Touch ID improvements are also a big part of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. It’s actually twice as fast over last year’s model and you can really tell the difference. Gone are the days of quickly pressing the Home button to view your notifications — it’s that fast. If I just want to check my notifications now, it’s much easier to use my knuckle to press the Home button, or simply use the Sleep/Wake button on the side of the phone. Once again, the Touch ID improvements aren’t really a reason to buy the iPhone 6s or 6s Plus, but they’re nice.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If all of the reasons mentioned in the video aren’t good enough to warrant buying the new iPhone, surely battery life has improved this time around, right? Nope. It’s actually about the same as last year’s, which is cool if you think about all the extra tech packed inside, but there’s no revolutionary break-through on battery performance here. I struggle to get a full day from the iPhone 6s, while the 6s Plus definitely can last a day and then some.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we’ve basically covered everything that would make the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus a worthy purchase or upgrade over its predecessor, but somehow, it doesn’t add up to enough in my book. 3D Touch is cool, the camera has been bumped up, and you definitely won’t find a pink iPhone anywhere else, but none of these reasons scream “must upgrade” to me. I’ve heard it said elsewhere that the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus might be worth buying because all of their small improvements collectively make for a large year-over-year change. But after testing both phones, I’d say that the small improvements start out exciting but quickly begin to feel underwhelming. This isn’t a case of many small things adding up to one big thing, but rather, many small things feeling small.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus, I’d recommend sticking with it. But if you have an older iPhone or another device you’re considering upgrading, you could comfortably go with whichever iPhone 6 or 6s model appeals to you, or wait another year for the iPhone 7. Whether you go with a cheaper iPhone 6 or hold out for the iPhone 7, you won’t be missing out on much by skipping the 6s.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My feeling is that unless you’re rocking a 5s or anything lower, I’d save my money and wait. If you don’t currently have an iPhone, these are pretty nice, but so are last year’s models and they’re cheaper now, too. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for improvements and these new devices are very fast. But unless you’re easily satisfied with incremental upgrades, the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus won’t deliver the “huge” smartphone upgrade you may have been waiting for.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801339515636968282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204301142591513665.post-16241207404556191402015-08-08T18:29:00.001-07:002015-08-08T18:29:19.909-07:00It seems Apple is launching their next iPhones and iPads on 9th of September<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For those of you who are waiting for the next iPhone, here is some good news: Apple will unveil the device in the second week of September, most likely on September 9, according to a latest report.</div>
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The report also notes that alongside the new iPhone, the Cupertino-based company will also announce the iPad Pro as well as the next-gen Apple TV, something which is in-line with what we've <a href="http://m.gsmarena.com/apple_to_reportedly_launch_nextgen_apple_tv_in_september-blog-13328.php" style="border: 0px; color: #4b3c23; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">already heard</a> earlier.</div>
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If <a href="http://m.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_6s_to_pack_force_touch_display_stronger_aluminum-news-12690.php" style="border: 0px; color: #4b3c23; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">recent reports</a> are to be believed, the next iPhone will be called the iPhone 6S. It will feature a Force Touch display and the Series 7000 aluminum, which is up to 60% tougher than the current aluminum alloy.</div>
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Hit this blog for more of the rumours, leaks and any info on the iPhone. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801339515636968282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204301142591513665.post-39227211675299523652015-02-13T05:37:00.000-08:002015-02-13T05:37:05.437-08:00iPhone 6: Review, What's new<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The 4.7-inch iPhone 6 delivers five major categories of enhancements over Apple's bestselling iPhone 5s (which was already both the world's top selling iPhone and top selling smartphone): a new <b>Retina HD display</b> packing more pixels in a larger panel with significant technology advancements; improved <b>A8 and M8</b> processors enhance speed and battery efficiency; <b>new cameras</b> enable better photos and videos; <b>enhanced wireless</b> supports much faster Wi-Fi, faster and feature-enhanced LTE mobile and new NFC-based Apple Pay features; and a <b>slim new unibody design</b> makes the larger device easier to carry and use given their large size.</div>
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Apple's new iPhone 6 models represent not only a major update but also a new expansion of choice: an acknowledgment that while most iPhone users would welcome a larger model, not everyone wants the same size. For the first time ever, Apple is now offering two new distinct sizes of new iPhone models (just as it previously has for MacBooks, iMacs and iPads).</div>
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To help account for its larger screen, iPhone 6 gets a larger 1,810mAh <a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/09/18/first-iphone-6-iphone-6-plus-teardowns-reveal-high-capacity-batteries-reworked-innards" style="border: none; outline-style: none; text-decoration: none;">battery</a> compared to iPhone 5s' 1,570mAh and the 1,440mAh battery in the original iPhone 5. The larger iPhone 6 Plus gets an even larger 2,915mAh battery. </div>
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The most obvious change for Apple's eighth generation of iPhone is the new display, which Apple is calling Retina HD. The screen's visual appeal and potential for supporting more detailed and information-rich interfaces (a few apps have already taken advantage of the new display) are the big plusses, while extra bulk, more difficult one-handed operation and slightly greater weight (its size actually makes them feel lighter) are the obvious downsides of the new form factor.</div>
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When Steve Jobs introduced iPhone 4 in 2010, "Retina display" was used to brand a screen pixel density so dense (960×640 at 326ppi) that one could no longer discern individual pixels at a normal viewing distance. That was a major change in the industry, which until then had been focused on using extra pixels to simply display additional pixelated content: a "larger desktop" rather than a sharper screen showing the same amount of content.</div>
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Apple made the Retina iPhone 4-class screen a bit taller with the 1,136x640 iPhone 5 series at the same 326ppi density (and has similarly quadrupled the pixel count of its standard iPads and MacBook Pros to deliver "Retina display" tablets and notebooks, although it hasn't yet done the same for iMacs or MacBook Air models, or for Apple TV: a jump that would support "4K" televisions).</div>
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The <b>Retina HD display of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6</b> delivers a 1,334x750 or "1 megapixel" resolution (a quarter million more pixels than iPhone 5's 727,040) at the same 326ppi pixel density. So rather than being "more densely Retina," it is "more Retina surface area" just like iPhone 5 was compared to iPhone 4. Specifically, iPhone 6 delivers 38 percent more viewing area at the same pixel density, a jump comparable to the taller expansion of iPhone 5, although iPhone 6 grows larger in both directions. </div>
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The iPhone 6 screen itself is now 2.30 x 4.09 inches, or 9.4 square inches, compared to the previous iPhone 5 display of 1.96 x 3.48 inches or 6.8 square inches. That results in that 38 percent more viewing area, paired with a slight overall increase in size that makes it feel like a bit of a stretch to navigate one-handedly. </div>
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If you really love the compact form factor of previous iPhones, the new 6 might feel too big initially, but many observed the same about the "tall" iPhone 5, which now seems pretty standard. </div>
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To facilitate one-handed use of iPhone 6's larger screen, Apple has added a new <b>Reachability</b> feature. It uses the contact-sensitive ring of Touch ID to sense a double touch gesture on the Home button. </div>
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Reachability also works to pull down Notification Center without reaching all the way to the top of the screen. Simply invoke Reachability and pull down from the middle of the screen and you can see your Today widgets and notifications. You can even invoke Reachability again within the Notification Center to tap top-of-the-screen targets there, too.</div>
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You don't use Reachability for "pull down" search fields (like Home screen Spotlight search), because you can invoke these without tapping a top target; simply pull down from the middle of the screen and you're ready to begin typing a search term. One puzzling missing link from the Reachability solution is that it doesn't work for tapping iOS top screen targets like background GPS, FaceTime, phone call or tethering banners. You can invoke Reachability, but those banners stick to the top of the screen. </div>
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Beyond that, Reachability seems to work well to make navigating across the larger screen more manageable. Particularly for users with smaller hands, the new iPhone 6 may require more frequent two handed operation for typing and swiping. Even for people with large hands (like me), the smaller iPhone 6 model requires noticeably more thumb stretching to navigate with one hand.</div>
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Apple does however make some modest enhancements to the landscape keyboard on both models, with new buttons on both to make it easy to type a period or comma, along with a new Undo key (if you don't like "shake to undo"), new left and right arrow keys for precisely moving the insertion point (or selecting text, when used in conjunction with caps lock) without the 'loupe,' along with a new button to dismiss the keyboard (which first appeared on iPad).</div>
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There's also no option to manually configure the standard keyboard to add or arrange frequently-used keys of your own choosing. It's also a little strange that Apple lays out keys slightly differently on the 6 and 6 Plus keyboards, although few users are likely to move back and forth between the two models. Apple already lays out iPad keys with just enough differences to introduce confusions for iPhone users moving between their phone and tablet, particularly the dual shift keys that create two independent ways to type common punctuation. </div>
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On the other hand, iOS 8 does greatly enhance text entry overall with Apple's own new QuickType keyboard featuring context-aware, app-specific predictive text selections for a number of major languages. If you repeatedly hit the middle suggestion, you'll get an amusingly nonsensical string of machine poetry (as appears above in the example photos in Mail).</div>
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Additionally, iOS 8 also now supports third party custom keyboards via the new App Extensions architecture, so users who want a more complex keyboard can now find, install and use one.</div>
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When you initially configure a new iPhone 6, it asks you to pick between two Display Zoom settings: "Regular" gives you the maximum screen area for your phone. For iPhone 6, you get room for an additional row of Home screen app icons and on iPhone 6 Plus, you get iPad-like features including dual pane apps.</div>
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"Zoomed" gives you larger elements on the screen. For iPhone 6, you see basically what you'd see on an iPhone 5, just presented larger. For iPhone 6 Plus, you see what you'd see on an iPhone 6 in Regular mode (losing the iPad-like display elements, as well as the extra keys on the keyboard, as discussed above).</div>
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To help users pick between the two modes, Apple presents three dummy images representing the difference: a Home screen in Regular and Zoomed; a screen shot of Messages in each mode, and an example of Mail (below). Once you select a new Zoomed setting, the phone briefly resets. You can change it back later within Settings/Display & Brightness. </div>
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Users can also still select (within iOS 8's Settings/Display & Brightness) one of 7 sizes of Dynamic Text and an independent Bolded Text option to further enhance the readability of text throughout the system and across most third party apps. Further, under Settings/General/Accessibility users can increase the size of text even more with "Larger Accessibility Sizes," which adds another five levels of Dynamic Text increments. </div>
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These software features allow buyers to select the physical size of the phone they want independently from the size of the text and icons; you can by a larger display and set it to show more content on the screen at once, or stick with a 5-series screen and amp up the text to show big icons and large text. </div>
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The only thing you can't currently do is select a "cramped" mode for presenting a Plus sized UI on the standard iPhone 6. While the idea of more keys on the regular sized 6 might sound alluring, you'd need to file down your fingers to type on the display. </div>
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Currently, only a few developers have been able to revamp their apps for the larger display of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus <em>over the launch weekend</em>. On both models (but especially on the Plus) apps that aren't 6-savvy yet are just blown up to fill the screen, Android style. This makes for a basic-looking experience. As more apps are enhanced to take full advantage of the new Retina Display resolutions—and Apple has made this relatively easy in its iOS developer tools—the experience in using them will continue to improve. </div>
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Unlike Android, where there are literally tens of thousands of different hardware configurations, the two new iPhone 6 resolutions will most certainly get screen optimizations from app vendors, just as iPads got tablet-optimized UIs and just as App Store developers were quick to support the original Retina Display and its taller variant on the iPhone 5 series. </div>
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Until that happens however, a variety of popular apps (including Facebook, at the time of writing) have a big dumb Fisher-Price look to them, because they're simply scaled up. In addition to the app UI itself, elements of the display created by iOS—including the top status bar (carrier signal bars, time, battery life) and the keyboard—are scaled up too in order to match the app. </div>
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A variety of apps have already released iPhone 6-savvy app updates over the launch weekend, including Twitter and Apple's own iWork productivity, iLife and other apps.</div>
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In addition to delivering more pixels and more surface area, Apple's new Retina HD iPhones incorporate a series of other improvements intended to make the screens look better. One example begins in manufacturing. Apple says it "developed an advanced process of photo alignment" which "involves using UV light to precisely position the display's liquid crystals so they lie exactly where they should. Better-aligned crystals deliver a superior viewing experience, with deeper blacks and sharper text."</div>
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The Retina HD screen also uses <a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/8509/understanding-dual-domain-pixels-in-the-iphone-6-and-iphone-6-plus" style="border: none; outline-style: none; text-decoration: none;">dual domain pixels</a>, a display technology designed to improve color accuracy over wide viewing angles. I found it difficult to observe a readily apparent difference compared to iPhone 5s, but the primary benefit comes when viewing the screen at an angle; essentially the displayed colors remain vibrant and accurate, rather than shifting or darkening at extreme viewing angles. </div>
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If you wear sunglasses, a more obvious improvement comes in the form of an enhanced polarizer layer in the display. Wearing standard polarized lenses, it can be quite difficult to read previous iPhones' displays because the polarizers in the glasses and the screen combine to create a very distracting shimmer of shifting colors. The new screen layer appears to completely eliminate this, as shown below in a photo taken though polarized sunglasses. </div>
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Apple continues to use Corning Gorilla Glass, what it calls "Ion X glass," to cover the display, which is now fused to the polarizer and the display itself in a design that curves with precision up to the body of the device. If you break your screen, that means the entire glass and screen assembly gets replaced. </div>
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However, Apple has worked to minimize the cost of screen replacements, which are now <a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/09/19/out-of-warranty-repairs-for-iphone-6-run-up-to-299-iphone-6-plus-up-to-399" style="border: none; outline-style: none; text-decoration: none;">priced</a> at $109 for iPhone 6, and just $129 for even the larger iPhone 6 Plus (which is the same fee for fixing an iPhone 5/5c/5s screen, reduced from an earlier $149). </div>
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In contrast, <em>FOSS Patents</em> blogger Florian Mueller <a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/04/13/florian-mueller-backs-samsung-legal-strategy-of-trivializing-apples-technology" style="border: none; outline-style: none; text-decoration: none;">stated</a> earlier this year that Samsung charged him around $400 to replace the cracked display of his identically sized Galaxy Note 2. This highlights another advantage Apple holds by selling large volumes of just a few different models: iPhone's minimal hardware fragmentation results in vast economies of scale that benefits end users in a variety of ways.</div>
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After releasing the speedy new 64-bit A7 Application Processor last year and then dramatically improving the chip's graphics capabilities with new low level Metal developer APIs at WWDC this summer, there hasn't been much complaint about execution speed on the iPhone 5s.</div>
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However, there is always demand for greater efficiency enabling longer battery life. Samsung addressed this in its own flagship phone with a low power feature feature that switches the system into a long lasting but usability compromised, grey-scale efficiency mode.</div>
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Rather than doing the same, Apple radically revamped the A7 to deliver its A8 successor, with an incredible near-doubling of its transistor count and an equally impressive ability to do significantly more processing with substantially less power consumption. The A8 chip is now a bit faster overall (Apple states a 25 percent improvement in general CPU), but is specifically enhanced to handle advanced new photo and video analysis to support sophisticated new camera features (detailed below). </div>
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It also drives smooth graphics for pushing all those additional pixels on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus displays, with a GPU that Apple says is now 50 percent more powerful than last year's state-of-the-art A7 GPU. </div>
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GFXBench scores show a variety of improvements between 30 to 66 percent on the new phone's graphics capabilities, even without tapping into Apple's Metal API for optimizing games and other apps that make heavy use of the A7 or A8 graphics. </div>
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At its native resolution, however, iPhone 6 is only slightly faster at fps rendering benchmarks than last year's iPhone 5s, because it is tasked with <a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/09/30/despite-faster-a8-higher-pixel-count-of-iphone-6-plus-drives-lower-fps-benchmarks" style="border: none; outline-style: none; text-decoration: none;">pushing so many more pixels</a>.</div>
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Part of the trick in building so much more logic into a similar package size with increased overall efficiency is the A8's move to 20nm process, which appears to be the first A-series Application Processor <a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/09/19/tsmc-confirmed-as-manufacturer-of-apples-20nm-a8-processor" style="border: none; outline-style: none; text-decoration: none;">fabricated</a> by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. rather than Samsung. </div>
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The more sophisticated fabrication process results in a smaller, more efficient and more cost effective component. Apple says the A8 is 50 percent more power efficient than even last year's A7, resulting in improved battery life despite the new iPhones' much larger screens and more capable wireless features (detailed below).</div>
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Despite Apple's A8 being run at a slower clock speed, and being dual core rather than quad core as many high end Android are, the new iPhone 6 beats the fastest phablets and flagships from LG, Motorola and Samsung. It's not only faster, it's more efficient, running longer on a slimmer battery. </div>
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Apple's new A8 powered iPhone 6 is also around 18 to 22 percent faster at general CPU benchmarks than last year's A7, which was already a 64-bit powerhouse with more than twice the processing speed of iPhone 5. While moderately faster, the main selling point of the A8 is that is can sustain peak processing power for longer without having to slow down to avoid overheating, making it even better at real world apps and games than at short duration benchmarks.</div>
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Apple's M7 motion coprocessor, introduced last year as a way to constantly monitor accelerometer, compass and gyroscope data without requiring the constant attention of the main A7, enabled a <a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/10/02/app-roundup-best-fitness-apps-that-use-the-iphone-5s-m7-motion-co-processor" style="border: none; outline-style: none; text-decoration: none;">new class</a>of highly efficient fitness and health tracking apps. </div>
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This year, Apple has incorporated a new electronic barometer (apparently the mysterious Bosch BMA280 <a href="http://www.chipworks.com/en/technical-competitive-analysis/resources/blog/inside-the-iphone-6-and-iphone-6-plus/" style="border: none; outline-style: none; text-decoration: none;">identified</a> by Chipworks) for sensing air pressure changes and thus computing elevation changes. </div>
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A new M8 processor uses the barometer data to track not just steps but stair steps. Apple representatives stated that the sensor is accurate to track roughly a half flight of stairs, or about 5 feet of elevation change. It doesn't report your absolute elevation from sea level, but can be used to track relative elevation changes in your run up hills or flights of stairs.</div>
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The new M8 sensor monitoring chip also profiles your current activity mode for apps, allowing them to determine (if you approve of sharing motion data with them) if you are stationary, walking, running, riding a bike or sitting in a moving vehicle. Apple uses this in its own Maps app to switch from driving to walking directions once it determines that you are outside of your car.</div>
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Apple's interest in motion data began with the original iPhone's accelerometer, enhanced with the iPhone 3GS' digital compass, and further grew with iPhone 4's gyroscope. </div>
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iOS has also progressively made working with this data easier for app developers via Apple's CoreMotion APIs, resulting in innovative apps and games with features that are simply not possible to deliver across platforms with fragmented hardware and spotty or beta-quality API support. </div>
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From Panoramic photo stitching to hand shake motion compensation, Apple is making innovative use of the motion data available from the sensors its builds into its mobile devices, and demonstrated plans to expand on these features in HealthKit and with its new Apple Watch early next year.</div>
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While camera phones were once judged by "how many megapixels" they boasted, it became clear over the last few years that simply packing in more sensor pixels didn't necessarily result in better pictures; it just wastes storage space for each image captured, because high megapixel sensors require more data to store their raw output, regardless of whether that extra data is contributing towards better photos.</div>
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iPhone 6 continues a series of incremental advancements in camera sensor pixel size, lens improvements and, notably, advanced processing built into the new A8. In fact, many of the physical camera specifications are the same as iPhone 5s, which already takes great pictures. One of the primary improvements comes from the A8's faster processing and dedicated camera processing logic.</div>
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The rear iSight camera gets faster 240fps capture of frames for extreme slo-mo playback (grabbing twice as many frames for clear slow motion playback). The example reel below shows how slo-mo can add drama to ordinary events. </div>
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You can shoot in slo-mo and still play your videos back at normal speed, so it works well if you're trying to capture action sports shots or short duration events, even if you decide you don't want to watch it slowed down. Slo-mo videos capture high frame rates by reducing video resolution to the still pretty decent 720p, which is fine for sharing on social media. </div>
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The biggest downside to slo-mo is that Apple doesn't support the format (and the start and end playback points set or edited on iPhone) very intuitively on the Mac, either in iPhoto or in Preview or iMovie. It is sort of frustrating and confusing how to make use of your captures after you sync them to your Mac, and even many iOS apps don't know how to use them properly. Hopefully, Apple will pull this together next spring with the new Photos app for Macs. </div>
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The rear camera now captures 60fps in full 1080p HD video (up from the previous max of 30fps) This is an optional feature users must turn on (in Settings/Photos & Camera). High frame rate video isn't turned on by default because it has a strangely hyper-realistic look to it compared to more familiar 30fps television-like video or the very cinematic feel of 24fps film. </div>
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Apple also enables "cinematic video stabilization" to help smooth out camera movement while recording, taking advantage of the iSight sensor's much higher than 1080p resolution to essentially crop away motion.</div>
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Unlike its bigger 6 Plus brother, the iPhone 6 does not feature Optical Image Stabilization, a hardware features which further helps to isolate hand shake—particularly in low light capture—by compensating for device motion via precisely moving the physical lens assembly in concert with accelerometer and gyroscope data. In initial testing, I wasn't blown away by OIS. However, both iPhone 6 and the 6 Plus take noticeably better photos than the already great iPhone 5s, particularly in low light conditions (below).</div>
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Another feature than seemed to work better in general is HDR. In the photo below, the colors look more natural and there's more realistic detail, compared to the slightly fake looking composite shot compiled by the iPhone 5s.</div>
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Apple states the iSight rear camera features "Focus Pixels" in its new sensor, which Apple says "gather more information about every image you shoot, making it easier to quickly capture any moment in focus." The primary benefit of these sensor Focus Pixels is the new extremely rapid photo focus that lets you catch photos that might otherwise be a blur. </div>
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While the above food shot of my Thai lunch looks pretty identical between the 5s and 6, the closeup (below) that the 6 managed to capture is significantly better. Focusing up close has been a weakness of mobile cameras, but each generation of iPhone seems to get significantly better at it.</div>
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Additionally, the new iPhone 6 uses Focus Pixels to do very rapid, continuous autofocus when shooting video. As you recompose your shot on new subjects, each comes into focus without requiring you to tap on specific targets. This makes a big difference in being able to record watchable video and capture action that might otherwise be lost in a blur because the camera didn't focus fast enough. </div>
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The iPhone 6 iSight camera also features an improved, higher resolution Panorama capture that creates larger images with slightly greater detail, both in challenging low light conditions (below top, San Francisco Ferry Building) and in more normal conditions (below bottom, San Francisco Bay from the fire lookout on the East Peak of Mt. Tamalpais, with enough detail to see the Richmond Bridge).</div>
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Apple has also made significant improvements to the front facing FaceTime camera, including the ability to take Burst shots (with the "Favorites" feature for auto-selecting the best shots, rather than just a slow series of sequential stills), along with improved face, smile and blink detection (again, powered by the A8) to help recommend the best captures. </div>
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The new FaceTime sensor features a wider aperture to let in more light for sharper, less grainy shots, but its still pretty limited in resolution and requires fairly good lighting to take usable photos. Both models are also capable of taking a new kind of "single shot" HDR photo and video, which adjusts exposure on a per-pixel level, so you'll see less ghosting when you capture HDR involving subjects in motion.</div>
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iSight hardware also benefits from the new Camera and Photos apps in iOS 8, which feature a 3 or 10 second shutter timer (which counts down before taking a Burst of ten shots, or a single shot if the flash is turned on), new <a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/07/03/inside-app-extensions-the-cloud-kit-savvy-photos-future-of-apples-iphoto-aperture" style="border: none; outline-style: none; text-decoration: none;">Photo Editing Extensions</a> as well as a new Time Lapse feature that automatically captures shots over a period of time and then puts them together into a rapid series. Along with the low light capabilities of iPhone 6, this works pretty well even in limited lighting (below, crossing the Bay Bridge into San Francisco). </div>
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It's too bad Time Lapse doesn't allow you to configure anything, from playback speed to the duration of capture. Some of the results are too fast to watch, and there's no obvious way to slow playback down. However, the resulting movie can easily be shared in social media, unlike iOS 7's slo-mo captures that services like Instagram and Facebook still don't know how to handle properly. </div>
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Unlike Instagram's relatively new Hyperlapse app, the resulting video captured by iOS 8 Time Lapse is a lot higher quality, even if it's fully automatic and doesn't let you set the pacing yourself. Essentially, Time Lapse captures stills at a progressively slower rate the longer you record for, resulting in a final video that targets a watchable output duration. </div>
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There's no UI telling you how long you've been recording in Time Lapse, and there's no way to set a specific capture duration (such as 1 hour to grab a sunset). The feature isn't flawless; it stopped during capture once because the camera overheated from being positioned on the dash, directly in the sun. However, the captured video was saved. When Hyperlapse crashed on me, it lost my entire capture. </div>
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Beyond capturing your own movement, you can also capture a slow moving scene and speed it up, the exact opposite of slo-mo. To do this over a lengthy period, you'll want a tripod or simply a stable perch for your phone (below top, the fog rolling in over San Francisco from the East Peak of Mt. Tamalpais); holding the camera by hand will likely produce bumpy results, but can work for short sequences (below, a Muni train leaves the station before I rode the escalator out) .</div>
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You can also chalk up the larger new Retina HD display as a camera feature because it essentially acts as your viewfinder, allowing you to see a better, larger representation of your subjects as you compose your shot or as you shoot video. </div>
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Apple's iPads have long been saddled with low quality cameras, but you frequently see people using them as cameras anyway, largely because it's easy to see what you are recording. The larger iPhone 6 screen will likely help a lot of people to compose and capture photos better, given that the large new models pack Apple's best cameras ever. </div>
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Apple continues to maintain the best combination of hardware and software of any mainstream, popular smartphone. However, there are a few disappointments and limitations. Apple uses a sophisticated lens assembly for a tiny mobile device, but it is not without flaws and limitations.</div>
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The latest iPhone 6 still exhibits a refraction dot (an artifact of small plastic lenses, shown below) that can be distracting in photos, particularly in sunsets and in low light scenes with a bright light source. Overall, low light photos are very challenging on mobile devices, and iPhone 6 offers only minor improvements here over the already impressive iPhone 5s camera. It also carries forward the True Tone flash, which is often far more effective at lighting a subject than a typical LED lamp.</div>
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It's also disappointing to see that neither iPhone 6 model is capable of supporting external lenses, a rumored feature tied to Apple's patent applications for bayonet mounted lenses. Given how broadly popular iPhones are as cameras, the ability to easily snap on a wide angle, magnifying macro or high quality lens filters would no doubt enable a wide array of new capabilities for both photos and video. There are third party solutions to address this market, but they require a special case or external mounting bracket. </div>
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Apple now supports 20 <b>LTE</b> bands on iPhone 6, but that isn't very important unless you are a world traveler and happen to be visiting parts of the world that happen to be compatible with your domestic carrier. </div>
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More importantly, Apple has support for Wideband LTE, which lets carriers use more spectrum to enable faster downloads, up to an astounding 150Mbps. For comparison, U.S. 3G speeds a few years ago hovered around 3Mbps. Only a short list of carriers are currently supporting the full potential of Wideband LTE, including T-Mobile. </div>
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Only a few LTE carriers also support Voice over LTE (VoLTE), which carries phone calls over LTE rather than just data. Verizon Wireless, for example, formerly provided data over LTE but put voice calls on CDMA. A side issue with this is that when you were on a phone call, you couldn't use data (such as to check for a new email your caller is discussing with you, or look up a location on the map). </div>
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Verizon and <span style="background-color: transparent;">T-Mobile</span> (among other carriers) are now supporting both VoLTE and simultaneous Voice and Data via LTE across a growing number of markets they serve.</div>
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<b>WiFi</b> is also greatly improved for iPhone 6, with new support for the 802.11ac standard used in Apple's tall form factor AirPort and Time Capsule base stations and newer Macs (as well as a variety of third party WiFi base stations). This includes 256 QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) and support for VHT80 (or 80MHz wideband WiFi channels), enabling WiFi speeds of up to 433MHz (this is the minimum standard for 802.11ac devices).</div>
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The HTC One, Samsung Galaxy S4 and Note 3, and LG/Google Nexus 5 all introduced 802.11ac last year, meaning Apple is catching up in this arena. Supporting the faster speeds does require an 802.11ac network. If you're connecting at Starbucks or using the same home router you bought a several years ago, your WiFi speeds will be limited to 802.11n (150Mbps) or the older 802.11g (54Mpbs) or perhaps even slower.</div>
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In our tests with an 802.11ac WiFi router, the iPhone 6 achieved real time connection rates with a local NAS storage device that were about 60 percent higher than iPhone 5s. In broadband WiFi tests, iPhone 6 reached download speeds between 73 and 92 Mbps, compared to around 29Mbps for iPhone 5s, in line with the "up to 3 times faster" speeds Apple is advertising.</div>
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iPhone 6 also supports carrier calling over WiFi, which is currently only supported by T-Mobile in the U.S. This feature enables carrier phone calls over your WiFi connection, and with carrier support, the additional ability to hand off calls back and forth from WiFi to VoLTE. </div>
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Along with a very few select Android flagship models, this is a very new feature that should greatly disrupt the carrier business model, allowing users to place international calls in other countries without roaming fees, and enabling voicemail and texts when using an airline's WiFi service, as T-Mobile has already announced support for.</div>
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As noted in last year's review of iPhone 5s, it would be great if Apple could link its own FaceTime audio and video service with phone numbers as seamlessly as it linked iMessage with SMS, enabling users to upgrade calls to FaceTime when it's available on the other end. As it is, the company has added prominent FaceTime options to Contacts, and pops up an option to use FaceTime or a standard audio call when you dial a number.</div>
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Apart from LTE and WiFi, another wireless area pioneered by other vendors (particularly Google) is <b>NFC</b>. Unlike Android, the new iPhone 6 is currently slated to only support NFC (near field communication, i.e. short range radio) for <span style="background-color: transparent;">Apple Pay</span>, enabling the devices to use the 200 million NFC payment terminals already in place at various retailers for payment transactions. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;">However, similar to how Apple conservatively rolled out Touch ID last year before opening it up to third party developers in iOS 8, it's likely that Apple will later enable apps to make use of the new NFC radios to do things like scan and read static RFID tags and work with other NFC devices, including door locks or perhaps emulating other NFC tap to pay systems including transit gates or vending machines. Apple has avoided making any comment on its actual plans for NFC outside of Apple Pay. </span></div>
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Conversely, while Android rolled out NFC features broadly without gaining much traction, Apple has focused its attention on building support for <span style="background-color: transparent;">Bluetooth LE</span> (low energy), which enables similar interaction with wireless peripherals (including door locks) but which works over a wider range and across groups of devices, making it better suited to configuring and managing "Internet of Things" devices such as home lighting and appliances (which Apple began addressing in HomeKit). </div>
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Unlike NFC, BLE has been broadly adapted for a variety of peripheral uses ranging from health and fitness devices (addressed by Apple with HealthKit), along with computing and mobile peripherals ranging from keyboards to headsets. Apple has since worked to build a series of sophisticated services on top of BLE, ranging from iOS AirDrop to the new Continuity features between iOS 8 and the upcoming OS X Yosemite (as well as <span style="background-color: transparent;">Apple Watch</span>).</div>
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Apple Pay isn't scheduled to begin operation for a few weeks until October, so there's nothing to test yet, but <em>AppleInsider</em> will be watching to report on how the rollout works with the latest iPhones. </div>
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Tightly integrated into the new larger displays of iPhone 6 is a new case design that is the thinnest ever for an iPhone, an impressive feat given the larger battery and additional, enhanced components Apple had to shoehorn into the device. Apple's progress in industrial design over the past few years is depicted below in the 3G, 4, 5 and 6 series bodies.</div>
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The display of the 4.7 inch iPhone 6 provides 38 percent more viewing area compared to iPhone 5s, but the case is only 13 percent larger in volume. The larger 5.5 inch iPhone 6 Plus has an 88 percent larger display but its volume is only 55 percent larger. </div>
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The new case design uses a single piece of aluminum, with lines in the case filled by a resin material to enable radio signals to pass through the metal. The rounded edges help minimize the apparent size of the new phones, but also make it impossible to stand the phone up on a flat edge, as was possible with the 4 and 5 series iPhones. </div>
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Also changed is the position of the sleep/wake/power button, which for the first time is located opposite the volume buttons on the upper right, rather than on the top corner. This takes some time to get used to, and I found myself searching for the location with my finger rather than it being right where you'd expect when you grab the top corner. The move is designed to make it easier to use with one hand, but ironically it's now virtually impossible to do a one-handed screen shot.</div>
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A final case issue Apple didn't address is water and dust resistance, a feature that's become popular on some high end competitors. Samsung's "Active" version of the Galaxy S5 claims temporary water resistance to a meter, but also requires USB plugs to seal the port, and has a much thicker overall body (basically from a case you can't take off, as shown below). </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801339515636968282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204301142591513665.post-1340892811595815382015-02-13T04:45:00.002-08:002015-02-13T04:45:47.438-08:00Apple's iMessage and Facetime now more secure<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;">Beginning today, those who have opted in to the two-step verification program will be asked to provide a one-time security code the next time they configure iMessage or FaceTime on a device. The change was first </span>noted<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;"> by </span><em style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;">The Guardian</em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;">.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;">Existing two-step verification users who are already signed into FaceTime or iMessage on their devices do not need to take any additional steps. Two-step verification is automatically enabled, and will be triggered if users log out and log back in or sign in to their Apple ID on another device.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;">Apple </span>introduced<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;"> two-step verification as an opt-in feature in 2013. After enrolling and nominating at least one SMS-capable phone number, users will be asked to enter a one-time passcode whenever they attempt to sign in with their Apple ID on a new device. </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;">Apple </span>expanded<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.5px;"> two-step verification to iCloud.com last year, and has made it available in 59 countries as of Feb. 5.</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801339515636968282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204301142591513665.post-58426453112347488102015-02-13T04:28:00.001-08:002015-02-13T04:28:18.409-08:00The next iOS 8.3 update: Wireless support to CarPlay and improved emoji<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801339515636968282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204301142591513665.post-66921029789133827382014-07-15T02:20:00.000-07:002014-07-15T02:20:12.244-07:00Rumor: iPhone 6 could get a 2.0 GHz processor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Android's flagships have been breaking the 2 GHz CPU barrier for a while now, but even Apple's most advanced 64-bit A7 chipset is still lounging at the 1.3-1.4 GHz range. This, however, is about to change with the eventual A8, if a new supply chain report is to be believed.</div>
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Apple's upcoming chipset, that is expected to make a cameo in the iPhone 6 and the iPad Air 2, is said to feature cores with the maximum clock of 2 GHz for the first time in the franchise history. Previously we've heard that Apple's new chipset will sports cores clocked as high as 2.6 GHz, but that might be the A8 version for the iPad Air 2, which is always more powerful than the model which goes into Apple's iPhone. The A8 chipset is expected to be 64-bit again (of course), and sports two cores again, while there are a bunch of Android handsets with four, six, and even octa-core silicon. The amount of cores is in no way representative of a chipset's overall speed and productivity, though, so it doesn't serve as more than bragging rights for theoretical mights. </div>
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Come on folks, this is something we knew that was bound to happen! Apple and Google have been waging war against one another for a long time now, and considering that this year meant that we would see refreshes to several popular tablets, which we did, it’s only fitting to see how their two compact tablets stack up against one another.</div>
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The 2013 edition of the Google Nexus 7 has proven to be one heck of a popular tablet, as it continues to be red hot thanks to its killer price point, high-end specs, and diverse platform experience. Meanwhile, Apple’s iPad mini saw itself get outfitted with a Retina Display to prove that it’s with the times – while also being treated to the same usual set of hardware and software upgrades.</div>
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Now comes the hard part: finding out which of the two is exactly the better choice to fork over your hard earned money into. Even though they both saw increases to their prices, the iPad mini with Retina Display saw a significantly higher tally than what most people would like, but nevertheless, if compact tablets are what you seek out, these are no doubt the two that should come into mind.</div>
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Naturally, their prices influence their designs, which shouldn’t be a shocker seeing that one is grossly higher than the other. Aesthetically, there’s a premium element with the iPad mini with Retina Display, as it continues to boast the sturdier construction thanks in part to its brushed aluminum casing. Unlike the grandeur attached to the iPad mini, the Nexus 7 still manages to get our attention with its soft touch matte body – though, it’s definitely not as premium as the iPad mini.</div>
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Due to the smaller sized display it’s carrying along, the Nexus 7 benefits by having a more comforting and form-fitting size – best served for those with smaller hands. In comparison, Apple’s tablet has a wider figure, which in turn, requires more stretching by our hands to grasp with a single hand. After some time, it becomes tiresome, to the point that it just no longer feels as natural holding it.</div>
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Either way, the designs can be deemed as pleasant depending on how you look at it. If cutting edge and premium elements are what attracts you the most, there’s no arguing you’ll see all of that in the iPad mini. However, the smaller size of the Nexus 7 combined with its modest looks can appease others as well.</div>
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Around the trims of both tablets, we don’t really find anything too surprising with either of them, as they feature nearly the same set of buttons and ports. Specifically, they consist of their power buttons, volume controls, various microphones, 3.5mm headset jacks, and respective power/data ports.</div>
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For small tablets, they’re armed with some pretty snazzy cameras. Around the rear, they’re both packing 5-megapixel auto-focus camera sans flash – the typical arrangement we’re seeing nowadays with prized high-end tablets. In the front, it’s also the usual configuration, as they’re graced with 1.2-megapixel front-facing cameras</div>
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Just like last year’s comparison, there’s a slight size disparity between these two ground shakers. Like how its name implies, this year’s iPad mini benefits from having a Retina Display – a 7.9-inch 2048 x 1536 IPS LCD display, giving it the very slightly higher pixel density count of 324 ppi. On the other hand, we can’t count out the Google Nexus 7’s 7-inch 1920 x 1200 IPS LCD display, which pops out an equally crisp 323 ppi pixel density figure. Detail isn’t an issue with either of them, as they’re more than capable of producing sharp visuals that allow our eyes to distinguish even the finest of text in the web browser.</div>
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Colors are warmer with the iPad mini’s Retina Display, and the Nexus 7 casts a more natural tone with its display. Outdoor visibility is pretty good with the two, seeing that they feature wide viewing angles and strong brightness outputs to make them extremely visible. At the end of the day, it’s a tough call which one of the displays we like better – more so when they exhibit very similar qualities that we find exquisitely pleasant.</div>
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Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the last few months, then you’re probably aware that these two tablets have been updated with brand spanking new experiences. Visually, there’s more of a dramatic change with the presentation of iOS 7 with the iPad mini with Retina Display, seeing that it receives one fancy new design overhaul that comes to life with its translucency, layered design concept, and fancy new animations. At the core, however, iOS 7 continues to retain the same principle of having a very simplistic operation – making it easy for first time users to navigate around.</div>
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We've recently received the new Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Nexus 7, but to tell you the truth, it doesn't deviate much from the look and feel we saw with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean – albeit, it does come with some new features. Nevertheless, the vanilla experience has its own set of perks that prove its depth over its rival. And with that folks, it goes to show why the platform continues to provide us with a deeper level of functionality.</div>
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In the multi-tasking department, each tablet employs its own unique way of executing the task at hand – so we don’t necessarily find one implementation that’s superior over the other. Sticking firm to its process, the Nexus 7 has its multi-tasking menu that allows us to quickly jump in-and-out of different apps at a moment’s notice. Oppositely, we like what the iPad mini has to offer with its various 5-finger gesture operations – like the swipe one that offers quick app switching.</div>
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Notifications are handled in a very similar manner, but yet again, Android’s baked-in secondary features overpowers the iPad mini. Indeed, it’s nice that the two populate all notifications in one central, unified area that’s accessible at any time, but we like how we’re presented with different functions with Android’s notification panel – like how we can archive emails, share screen shots, and much more.</div>
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With the introduction of the updated software experiences, we naturally see a bump with their respective digital voice assistant services – Siri and Google Now. Needless to say, they’re smarter than ever before, but despite all of its advancements, Siri still trails Google Now. Specifically, it just seems that Google’s offering is basically more aware than its rival.</div>
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There are several notable things that makes the experience on the Nexus 7 so much more encompassing than the iPad mini. In addition to new features such as Tap & Pay and wireless printing, it’s just the simple things on the Nexus 7 that shows its value. For example, the option to have more than one user is a pleasant thing to find on the Nexus 7, which makes for better organization if the tablet is used by many people in the household.</div>
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However, the iPad mini with Retina Display continues to have apps that are more optimized for tablet – so they make great use of the added real estate. Android is home to several tablet-centric apps too, but in comparison, they don’t seem to be as polished as its iOS 7 counterparts. Regardless of that, the gap between them is closing with each passing day.</div>
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They’re fast, like really fast. Thanks to their beefy processors, these two prized tablets perform smoothly with various operations on the surface. Diving deeper and meticulously looking at them, we realize a slightly more elevated level of snappiness seen with the iPad mini’s 64-bit based dual-core 1.3GHz Apple A7 processor. Well, it’s still pretty snappy with the Nexus 7’s quad-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, but it’s just a notch below the level of snappiness put forth by its esteemed competitor. Honestly though, most people would barely be fazed by the difference, since it’s so miniscule to the eye – well, unless you’re looking very hard.</div>
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There are more storage configurations with the iPad mini with Retina Display, as it’s available in 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB capacities – giving consumers more variety, obviously. On the other hand, we only have between 16GB or 32GB to choose from with the Nexus 7. Without any way of easily supplementing their capacities, you’ll really need to think long and hard what best suits your needs.</div>
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These tablets make the web browsing experience so much more pleasurable, especially when they produce the same level of performance. Specifically, they include speedy page loads, instant page rendering on the fly, and silky smooth navigational controls. However, the Chrome browsers boasts several different features that help to complement the experience – like quick tab switching via gestures, the ability to search for keywords, and a diverse set of ways to share web pages.</div>
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Expected to sell like hot cakes, there are variants that pack along 4G LTE connectivity for constant data access when Wi-Fi is lacking. Beyond that, they pretty much are home to the usual set of connectivity features – such as aGPS, Bluetooth 4.0, and dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi. However, the Nexus 7 is stuffed with an NFC chip to make sharing between devices a lot easier to juggle – albeit, iOS 7’s AirDrop feature offers almost the same function.</div>
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Worried about missing out on the opportunity of snapping that candid shot? Well, it’s nice that we’re able to launch their respective camera apps right from their lock screens. Looking at the two interfaces, we’re not too surprised to find that they’re basic and devoid of any meaningful manual controls. On the iPad mini, we’re given options such as an HDR photo and a square shot mode. In comparison, there isn’t much either on the Nexus 7, seeing that we’re presented with a panoramic and Photosphere modes – while being given a few options to modify white balance and exposure in its settings menu.</div>
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Interestingly, they’re both outfitted with 5-megapixel auto-focus cameras that feature f2.4 aperture lens and 1080p video recording. The numbers might be the same, but the results are slightly different. To tell you the truth, there’s little differentiating the two with shots that are taken outdoors where lighting is prevalent. Details are okay with the two, but the photos from the Nexus 7 seem to have a profound over-sharpening tone. Meanwhile, depending on the angle, the iPad mini is more susceptible to casting a saturated tone with its color reproduction. And finally, it seems as though that the Nexus 7 is more equipped at taking macro shots.</div>
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Under lower lighting situations, we naturally see a diminished look with their qualities, but the Nexus 7 seems to be riddled with more noise – thus, softening its tone more than the iPad mini. The shots might be brighter with the Nexus 7, which seems to be caused by its longer exposure, but the downside is that it’s prone to blurring and more noise. At the same time, the Nexus 7 has a noticeably cooler color preproduction – whereas it’s warmer with the iPad mini. It’s not like the iPad mini takes better shots under lower lighting, but the results from the Nexus 7 sometimes appear too painted-like.</div>
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In our experience, the Google Nexus 7 seems to give us a longer battery life than the iPad mini with Retina Display. To be more exact, we typically pull in an average of 2.5 days of normal usage with Google’s offering – while it’s only about 1.5 days with the iPad mini with Retina Display. Even though the longevity goes to the Nexus 7, we’re just grateful that the two are equipped at providing us even with a single day of life with heavy usage.</div>
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Another year, another red hot comparison pitting the two best in the compact tablet segment. From what we’ve seen, they deliver the goods in providing us with a well-rounded performance, but at the end of the day, there can only be one that can reign supreme.</div>
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First, let’s talk about pricing, which unlike last year, is now greatly divided between the two. With its sticker pricing of $230 for its base model, the Google Nexus 7 undoubtedly shows us that it provides us with more bang for the buck – and that’s despite having a more modest design and construction. Additionally, the Android 4.4 KitKat experience has bridged the gap by featuring a more straightforward and intuitive interface that closely follows the simplistic nature of iOS 7.</div>
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To tell you the truth, this comparison would’ve been harder to decide if the iPad mini with Retina Display were sporting the same price point as its predecessor, but at a staggering $400, it goes to show that it’s moved away from that affordable segment. Rather, budget conscious consumers are going to be more inclined to look at the Nexus 7 – well, that’s unless they’re invested into the iPad mini’s apps ecosystem, or if they simply prefer a premium constructed tablet.</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Apple unveiled the much awaited update to its iOS mobile operating system, iOS 7, on Monday at the WWDC 2013. In Apple's words this is "the most significant iOS update since the original iPhone." Not only does the next iteration of the OS bring a completely overhauled user interface design, it also adds many missing features that were being offered by rival mobile platforms. Here's a look at the 10 most significant new features of iOS 7.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Apple has updated the Notification Center with a new translucent background replacing the linen like texture. It's now divided into three tabs- today, all and missed. While the today tab summarises your events, appointments, weather and traffic, missed gives a log of all alerts and notifications from apps.The 'all' tab includes all notifications. The Notification Center can be accessed by simply swiping down from the top from your home screen or even lock screen.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A lot of users have been complaining about the lack of a central destination that gives them access to the most used settings. Apple addresses that problem with Control Center which can be brought into view by swiping up from the home screen or lock screen.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Apple used to offer multitasking for select apps so it was more about switching between recently used apps than accessing a apps simultaneously. With iOS 7 Apple allows all apps to multitask and run in the background.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It has also majorly overhauled the front end or the multitasking interface visible to the users. Pressing the Home button twice now brings up the preview screens of the apps you have open on your phone rather than their icons at the bottom of the screen. To quit an app, you just need to swipe it up and out of preview. We've seen this before on webOS, PlayBook OS and even on some HTC Android phones but it's a nifty way to handle multitasking. Multitasking is also intelligent as it adapts to your pattern of accessing apps, refreshing content at the same time interval.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Those who use the Mac know that AirDrop is used for transferring files between two computers on the same network. The same feature now comes to the iPhone. AirDrop lets you quickly share photos, videos, contacts -- and anything else from any app on your phone with a Share button. You can just tap Share, then select the person (another iOS user) you want to share with. AirDrop offers transfers using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and you don't need any additional setup. Transfers are encrypted, so they're secure. All content saved after the transfer is accessible from its respective app. It's worth pointing out that AirDrop is available on iPhone 5, iPad (4th generation), iPad mini, and iPod touch (5th generation) and requires an iCloud account.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The iOS 7 camera app offers a new way to switch between camera modes and includes a new 'square' mode. You can switch between all the modes - still, video, pano (Panorama), and square by simply swiping across the screen. The app also brings filters to apply effects to your photos before or after you shoot them in still and square modes. It's worth pointing out that filters in Camera are available on iPhone 5 and iPod touch (5th generation), while filters in Photos are available on iPhone 4 or later, iPad (3rd generation or later), iPad mini, and iPod touch (5th generation). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Safari has also been overhauled to offer a distraction-free richer browsing experience as buttons and bars stay hidden until you scroll. You can go back and forward using swipe gestures. It now offers a unified search plus URL box, a new tab view that's not restricted to just 8 tabs and a Shared links menu along with the Reading List that lets you access the links shared by people you follow on Twitter from within the browser. It also remembers your password, user names and credit card numbers through the new iCloud Keychain. Safari can enter them automatically whenever you need to sign in to a site across iOS 7 and the new OS X Mavericks desktop OS. It comes with 256-bit AES encryption, for security. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The updated Photos app offers a new way to browse photos through Collections, Moments, and Years, that smartly group of your photos and videos based on the time and place. You can tap Years to see photos taken in that year. Each year holds Collections, based on different events such as trips or commencements. And in the Collection view, there are distinct Moments according to the exact location. It also includes iClod Photo Sharing through which you can share your favorite moments with people by creating a shared photo stream. They can post photos, videos, and comments to your stream, and everything appears on everyone's iOS devices in the Shared tab.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> The new app store not only offers a new clean user interface, it also lists apps relevant to your location. For instance if you're in a new city, it will offer apps that you might find helpful like guides, maps and others. It also offers a new Kids category. But the best feature has to be automatic updates that keeps your apps up to date without your intervention or you seeing the updates badge. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Siri voice assistant sports a new look and new features in iOS 7. The voice behind Siri has been updated to offer a more natural speech pattern -- in a new female or male voice. Siri now has access to more sources, including Bing, Wikipedia, and Twitter. It also performs new tasks like controlling apps and phone settings. Siri is also at the centre of iOS in the Car that lets users make calls, control music and check mails and messages while driving. It will be introduced in select cars in 2014. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">New security features in iOS 7 will make selling or using your stolen device more difficult. Turning off 'Find My iPhone' or resetting the device requires your Apple ID and password. You are also required to enter your Apple ID and password to reactivate the device.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">New user interface, icons and overhauled native apps - In addition to to the above features, iOS 7 brings in a new design philosophy. iOS 7 features a new Parallax Motion effect on the home screen, so the background wallpaper shifts when you look at the phone from different angles using the phone's accelerometer bringing depth to the interface. The new Weather app features animations to depict the weather conditions. Folders offer multiple pages letting you group more apps. The new Mail app offers swipe gestures to organise your mail. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In a market swarming
with competitors, it’s remarkable that Apple and Samsung are the only two
smartphone makers seeing significant profits. In some parallel universe,
perhaps the two could comfortably coexist, content with their virtual duopoly
... but there’s way too much bad blood for that. Will Samsung’s new Galaxy S4
help it to pull away? Or will the iPhone 5 stand strong after six months on the
market? Let's find out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: small;">Size</span></b></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Pick your cliche: bigger is better, or less is more?" src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/iphone-5-vs-galaxy-s4-3.jpg" width="530" /> </span></div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Android flagship phones keep growing bigger, while Apple is more discerning about changing the iPhone’s size.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Do you subscribe to a “bigger is better” mentality? Or do you prefer
simplicity and “less is more?” If you lean towards the former, then your
decision is easy. The Galaxy S4 is larger than the iPhone 5 in every
dimension.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">The flip side is the argument that Android phones have grown <em>too</em>
big, and the iPhone hits a more comfortable sweet spot. Before making a
decision, you might want to get your hands on both devices to find out
which size you prefer.</span></div>
<h2 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Build materials</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="The Galaxy S4 is made primarily of plastic, while the iPhone 5 rocks anodized aluminum" src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/iphone-5-vs-galaxy-s4-11.jpg" width="530" /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">For all of the Galaxy S4's outstanding components (as you'll see
below), its composition isn't exactly premium. It's primarily made of
the same plastic that composed the Galaxy S3. The iPhone 5 is made
primarily of anodized aluminum.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">The Galaxy S3 showed that millions of customers can still fall in
love with a smartphone that's both high-end and made of plastic. But if
you're looking for a premium-feeling build, the iPhone 5 and HTC One both stand head-and-shoulders above the somewhat cheap-feeling Galaxy S4.</span></div>
<h2 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Weight</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="The iPhone 5 is significantly lighter than the Galaxy S4" src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/iphone-5-vs-galaxy-s4-9.jpg" width="530" /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">If you’re looking for a light phone, the iPhone 5 is still King.
Though the Galaxy S4 is a smidge lighter than the Galaxy S3, it’s still
16 percent heavier than Apple’s flagship.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">The flip side to <em>that</em> is that an extra 18 g (0.63 oz.) of heft in the GS4 nets you significantly more screen real estate ...</span></div>
<h2 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Display</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="The GS4's display is both larger and sharper" src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/iphone-5-vs-galaxy-s4-4.jpg" width="530" /> </span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">In addition to an extra (diagonal) inch of display real estate, the Galaxy S4 also gives you over a million extra pixels.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Will your eye notice a huge difference between 441 pixels per inch
(PPI) and 326 PPI? Probably not. But, as hardware vendors run out of
obvious selling features, pixel counts will continue to rise – whether
your eyes can discern much of a difference or not.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Pixel count aside, the S4’s bigger display inches closer towards
“phablet” territory, potentially voiding any need for a seven or 8-inch
tablet. It’s harder to argue that the iPhone’s 4-inch display could
substitute for an iPad mini’s 7.9-inch screen.</span></div>
<h2 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Processor</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="There are two different models of the Galaxy S4 – maxing out at eight cores" src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/iphone-5-vs-galaxy-s4-2.jpg" width="530" /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">On paper – and likely in benchmarks – both versions of the Galaxy S4 beat the iPhone hands-down in a CPU showdown.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">In terms of experience, though, it’s harder to see this making a dramatic difference. How many iOS apps push the iPhone 4S’
A5 chip to its limits – much less the iPhone 5’s A6? Apple’s
vertically-integrated model (creating both the hardware and software)
may deem more cores and faster clock speeds somewhat less relevant than
on Android phones like the Galaxy S4.</span></div>
<h2 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">RAM</span></h2>
<div class="article_img" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; height: 298px; text-align: center; width: 530px;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="The Galaxy S4 doubles the iPhone's 1 GB of RAM" src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/iphone-5-vs-galaxy-s4-7.jpg" width="530" /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Another encouraging sign for the Galaxy S4, as its 2 GB of random-access memory (RAM) double the iPhone’s 1 GB.</span></div>
<h2 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Storage</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Apart from the S4's microSD support, storage options are even" src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/iphone-5-vs-galaxy-s4-8.jpg" width="530" /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Apart from the Galaxy S4’s microSD card (expandable to 64 GB), storage options are even.</span></div>
<h2 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Wireless</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Where available, both phones support speedy LTE data" src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/iphone-5-vs-galaxy-s4-10.jpg" width="530" /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">In regions where 4G LTE is available, both phones should support it.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Samsung will sell a separate GS4 model that maxes out at HSPA+ speeds
(relatively fast, but not LTE fast) in select regions. The iPhone 5
will also default to HSPA+ if LTE isn’t available.</span></div>
<h2 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Battery</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="The Galaxy S4's battery holds significantly more juice than the iPhone's" src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/iphone-5-vs-galaxy-s4-0.jpg" width="530" /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Here’s another category where the Galaxy S4 looks great on paper. But
you can’t take battery capacity as an absolute indicator of actual
uptime – especially when the S4’s battery is powering a display with
more than one million extra pixels.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Apple estimates eight hours of talk or internet uptime for the iPhone
5. We’ll have to wait for some hands-on time with GS4 before drawing
conclusions about its battery life.</span></div>
<h2 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Cameras</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="The S4's camera is 13 MP, next to the iPhone's 8 MP" src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/iphone-5-vs-galaxy-s4-1.jpg" width="530" /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">In high-end smartphones, 2013 is shaping up to be the year of the
13-megapixel camera. It’s possible Apple will join that club with the iPhone 5S, but, in the meantime, the iPhone 5’s rear shooter represents 2012’s defining benchmark of 8 megapixels.</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Samsung is heavily pushing its software-based camera features in
Galaxy S4. These include Dual Camera (it simultaneously snaps shots and
videos with both cameras and lets you imprint one inside the other),
Drama Shot (a burst mode that combines the images into a collage), and
Sound & Shot (records an audio clip along with still shots).</span></div>
<h2 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Intangibles</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><img alt="Android hiding under a layer of Samsung, or Zen-like simplicity? (disguise image: Shutters..." src="http://images.gizmag.com/inline/iphone-5-vs-galaxy-s4-6.jpg" width="530" /></span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">The Galaxy S4 runs Android 4.2.2 Jellybean – and includes Google’s
apps like the Play Store, Gmail, and Google Maps – but this green robot
is hiding under a big honkin’ layer of Samsung. The company is trying to
differentiate its software from its fellow Android handsets (and
perhaps paving the road for a shift to Tizen or an Amazon-esque forked version of Android).</span></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br /></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Some of the S4’s new software features sound promising. S Translate
could help you to communicate in foreign tongues on the fly (though
there are third party apps that already do this). If S Voice (Samsung's
answer to Siri) is improved, it could prove valuable – particularly in
its new S Voice Drive car mode.</span></div>
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audio clips to your still photos? Scrolling through web pages and emails
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<span style="font-size: small;">... which brings us to those zen-like balancing stones (pictured
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followed it to a T with iOS and the iPhone. While Android and Samsung
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<span style="font-size: small;">Each approach has advantages and disadvantages. The Samsung angle may
mean beating Apple to the punch on some important features, but it
might also mean growing bloated with confusing, extraneous crap. Apple’s
angle, on the other hand, might be <em>too</em> minimalistic for some customers: primitive, childlike, and unchanging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Maybe one approach isn’t more “right” than the other, and it’s up to
you to decide which better suits you. After all, with just two companies
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We have run comparisons on these handsets before but not with all three together at the same time that are currently the must have devices in the top end of the Android market, with each of them having their own merits in being regarded as the best smartphone available to consumers.<br />
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<strong>Display</strong><br />The HTC One has the smallest of the three displays with a 4.7-inch Full HD touchscreen display that offers users an impressive 469ppi pixel density, while the Sony Xperia Z is using a 5-inch Full HD display with a pixel density of 441ppi. The<b> Samsung Galaxy S 4</b> also has a 5-inch Full HD display with 441ppi.<br />
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<strong>Processor and Power</strong><br />Under the hood of the Sony Xperia Z is a Qualcomm quad core Krait processor clocked at 1.5GHz along with 2GB of RAM, while the HTC One has the quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor clocked at 1.7GHz with 2GB of RAM. The Samsung <b>Galaxy S4</b> comes in two versions depending on the region with one getting the Samsung Exynos 5 Octa processor running at 1.6GHz, or the quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 at 1.9GHz with both versions having 2GB of RAM.<br />
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<strong>Cameras</strong><br />Sony has fitted a 13.1-megapixel unit on the back with autofocus and LED flash, which is capable of Full HD video capture at 30fps and on the front is a 2.2-megapixel camera that also supports 1080p video capture. The HTC One has an UltraPixel unit with a 4-megapixel sensor that is capable if 1080p video recording, while around the front you will find a 2.1-megapixel shooter. Samsung has provided a 13-megapixel unit on the back that is 1080p along with the 2-megapixel front facer that is also capable of 1080p video capture at 30fps, and users will be able to use both cameras at once along with a whole host of new features Samsung has bundled on the device.<br />
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<strong>Dimensions</strong><br />The Samsung measures in at 136.6mm x 69.8mm x 7.9mm weighing 130grams, while the Sony Xperia Z comes in at 139mm x 71mm x 7.9mm at 146grams. The HTC One on the other hand measures 137.4mm x 68.2mm x 9.3mm weighing 143grams.<br />
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Each of these handsets are well worth a look with each of them having features that the other doesn’t such as the aluminium frame of the HTC One, or the water and dust proofing of the Sony Xperia Z, and the Samsung has some software features that the other two devices don’t offer.<br />
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I never thought I'd be telling my phone what to do. But I often find myself talking to various digital assistants - Siri on the iPhone and Google Now on Android devices - to request driving directions, restaurant recommendations and answers to all sorts of nagging questions.</div>
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Until recently, I harboured a small prejudice against this kind of voice technology. I've long been annoyed by automated phone systems that make you speak instructions rather than enter them with a touch-tone phone. These technologies tend to hear me incorrectly and slow me down as I try to make a train reservation or check my credit card account. I also feel odd talking to my phone, rather than with a real human.</div>
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Even when smartphones started letting you search the web with voice commands, my instinct was to stick with typing, however awkward touchscreen keyboards became.</div>
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My attitude slowly changed. A key turning point came during a 230-mile (370-kilometer) drive from Charleston, West Virginia, to visit friends outside Cleveland. I needed to pick up wine for my hosts and was pleased when Siri found a winery in Dover, Ohio. The shop was about 50 miles (80 kilometre) away from where I was, but relatively close to the highway I was on.</div>
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A traditional search might have located places that were closer in distance, but more out of the way. More importantly, I was able to perform that search while cruising on the highway. (Yeah, I know I shouldn't be doing that, but using voice commands beats typing while driving.)</div>
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Of course, neither Siri nor Google Now is flawless. During the course of my trip, Siri responded to a request for directions to Marygate Drive with a list of movie theatres named Mary. Google Now tried to look up Fort Museum rather than the Ford Museum. As for that search for wine shops, one of Siri's recommendations was about 120 miles (190km) away in the wrong direction. It took a few tries to find choices closer to my route.</div>
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Another complaint: Both require internet connections for the most part -even for tasks that don't involve looking up anything, such as setting the alarm on your phone. The exception is Google Now's ability to make phone calls anytime by saying "Call Tom" or another name on your contact list, but in those times when you don't have a data connection, you're not likely to have voice service, either.</div>
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But if you don't need perfection, both Siri and Google Now are decent assistants, especially considering that typing on small touchscreen keyboards can be frustrating.</div>
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Siri is chattier - and feistier - than Google Now. She'll always respond with something, whereas Google Now often gives you no more than a list of websites, as if you'd just conducted a regular web search. Only occasionally does Google Now give you a spoken-aloud response.</div>
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Ask for the assistant's name on the iPhone, and she responds, "My name is Siri, but you know that already." Google, being Google, responds with websites with "What is your name?" in them.</div>
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The digital assistants offered two very different responses when I asked: "Why is it too cold?" Google Now's list of websites starts with one on biking in cold weather. Siri speaks out the current temperature and shows me a graphic with forecast for the next several hours, while insisting, "I don't find that particularly cold."</div>
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I had the most fun asking both about the meaning of life. Predictably, Google Now returns links to a bunch of websites, plus an ad on top for the Mormon Church. Siri is armed with more than a dozen witty responses. One is "42," a punch line from the novel "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." Another time, she tells me it's chocolate. Yet another, she responds with a dictionary definition of life.</div>
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Siri excels with restaurants, in part because of Apple's partnerships with the reviews site Yelp and restaurant-reservation service OpenTable. Ask for Italian restaurants and Siri offers you several - with information on price range, average user ratings on Yelp and distance from your current location. Ask for GOOD Italian restaurants and Siri sorts those restaurants by rating.</div>
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Ask for reservations and Siri gives you a few choices with open spots, whether you're looking for something tomorrow night or this weekend. Just tap on one to complete the reservation through OpenTable.</div>
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Google Now sometimes gives me a link to OpenTable or information from Google-owned Zagat, but other requests simply lead to restaurants' websites and paid ads.</div>
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As for movies, both will give you movie showtimes and let you buy tickets, though for tickets iPhone users will need a free software update to <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/iOS" style="border: 0px; color: #3f3f3f; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">iOS</a> 6.1, which came out in late January. In addition, Siri can only buy tickets through Fandango, not MovieTickets or other rivals.</div>
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Both correctly give me latest sports scores, though I stumped Google Now when I asked how a particular team was doing. Google Now simply gives me the latest score, while Siri tells me where the team is in the standings. When I asked about the Detroit Lions a few months ago, she preceded the response with "Uh, oh." I chuckled at the phone when I heard that. The Lions finished the 2012 <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/NFL" style="border: 0px; color: rgb(51, 103, 151) !important; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">NFL</a> regular season in last place in the NFC North division.</div>
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Siri is better at integrating with the phone's calendar and alarm clock. When I ask for an alarm for "tomorrow night at 7," Siri tells me she can't set anything more than a day ahead, while Google Now simply sets one. Imagine the embarrassment should my alarm clock go off while out with friends at a show.</div>
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I asked Siri whether I'm free on Monday. In a recent reply, she said my calendar is clear, while Google Now gave me a website discussing "murder-free Monday." Google Now is smarter, though, in creating a calendar reminder for movie plans with Tony, as Siri stumbles trying to find a movie called "plans with Tony." She does successfully create one for dinner with Tony, after warning of a conflict on my schedule.</div>
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Siri is better with answering such questions as who won the Oscars for best picture in 1996 and who won the Nobel Peace Prize. As usual, Google Now returns standard web results.</div>
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Both directly answered me when I asked when Memorial Day is. Siri added, "I hope you get the day off." Thanks for looking out for me, Siri.</div>
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What I also like about Siri is that she's always a click away - just tap on the home button on the iPhone. Google Now is like a disappearing act: Sometimes you see its search box and the microphone button; sometimes you don't.</div>
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By now, you might be wondering, why bother with Google Now?</div>
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Although Siri performs better in many situations, Google Now isn't bad if you have an Android device. Apple has had more time to refine its service, as Siri has been around for more than a year - and longer as a start-up before Apple bought it. Google Now made its debut over the summer in phones running the Jelly Bean version of Android, and it continually gets new capabilities.</div>
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In addition, Google Now does more than voice search. Over time, it's supposed to know about your interests and give you information without asking. If you have the necessary permissions turned on, you can search for a sports team on a desktop computer and find the latest score waiting for you on the phone after the game. Walk by a movie theatre and see showtimes automatically pop up. Commute along a certain route each day and Google Now will check traffic and offer alternative driving directions when appropriate.</div>
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But Google Now isn't wise enough to figure out that I typically take public transit in New York and don't even own a car. I had to set that manually. And Google doesn't have a good way to distinguish a casual search about a company from actual interest in automatically getting its stock price at the end of the day.</div>
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What's clear from my test is that we're just at the beginning of seeing what voice search and virtual assistants can do.</div>
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It's easy to get caught up on the mistakes these services make interpreting our voices. But Siri and Google Now are enticing enough that I can't wait to see what they do in the months and years ahead.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">The market for premium smartphones is thought to have </span>largely matured<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">, with Apple and Samsung taking the lion's share of profits for the segment. The coming years, according to many observers, will see manufacturers moving to grab as much of the growing lower-priced smartphone market as possible. The real value, then, is in making mobile devices smarter, not in focusing on materials. </span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">"As these devices become smarter, letting them sense where you are and adjusting to that, it's known that design will improve over time," Miloseski said. "But now, we're thinking about: how do you create a soul for a device."</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">At the unveiling event for the GS4, Samsung touted the device as a "life companion": a device that learns its owners behaviors and adjusts its features and behaviors accordingly. Miloseski left open the possibility that Samsung would move on to other materials beyond the plastic that covers its current devices, but he maintained that Samsung's focus was more on the "life companion" aspects.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">"The design process doesn't start with a material," he said. "It doesn't start with us saying, 'Okay, we're going to make a device that uses metal.' The design process starts with a story. For a device [like the GS4], which is global and sells around the world, it's a </span>matter<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> of going into many different tastes."</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">As the mobile industry moves forward, Miloseski says advances in connectivity may see users interacting with their devices in different ways, meaning that both materials and form factors may continue to evolve. </span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">"As the technology moves forward," he explained, "we may find we're taking these devices out of our pockets less and less, so you may see different form factors arising from that.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">"I think over time, though, it's all of our responsibilities not to put more layers of hardware and glass in front of our users. I think the evolution of mobile is moving closer to connecting people to people, and the technology moves out of the way. There's also room for mobile to change, to reconnect us with the world around us."</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Samsung's design cues have been the source of much </span>discussion and litigation<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">, especially with respect to Apple's products. The physical design of the South Korean company's earlier Galaxy products was the source of much of the </span>legal trouble<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> between the two companies, and the appearance of Samsung's products is thought to have contributed a good deal to the eventual $1.05 billion verdict levied against Samsung in the United States. With the Galaxy S III, Samsung revealed a new aesthetic, markedly different from previous Apple and Samsung handsets.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Visitors to the Magic Kingdom in Central Florida will notice that Disney has begun to eliminate old-fashioned turnstiles at the park's entrance. Instead, some visitors are greeted by the company's "cast members," holding iPod touches in their white-gloved hands.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">The change is part of a larger initiative by Disney known as "MyMagic+," which has the ultimate goal of making the company's theme parks even more convenient and inviting for those who visit.</span></span><q style="color: #cc6600; display: block; float: right; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1.2em !important; margin: 20px 20px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 280px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Disney's cast members have been equipped with Apple iPod touches as part of a test to more easily provide services to guests.</span></q><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">A Disney representative who spoke with </span><em style="line-height: 22.796875px;">AppleInsider</em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">noted that because the program is in a trial stage, there's no guarantee that the company will ultimately adopt the iPod touch as a long-term catch-all connected solution for its cast members. But for now, cast members are utilizing Apple's iOS device with a special accessory case and accompanying software that allow passes to be scanned and information to be quickly accessed if a visitor needs assistance.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Disney's Magic Kingdom is the most visited theme park in the world, having hosted 17 million visitors in 2011. It's the centerpiece of the Walt Disney World Resort located near Orlando, Fla.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Officials hope the changes at the Magic Kingdom make it a more welcoming visit: Instead of structures that block people from entering, visitors are simply greeted by a Disney cast member as they walk into the park. Eventually, all guest tickets will be radio-frequency enabled to further expedite the process.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">The new ticketing system means that a full family with two strollers and two adults can now go through at the same time — something that was impossible before.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Disney's use of the iPod touch at its Central Florida resort is similar to what Apple has done at its retail stores, where checkout counters and cash registers are a thing of the past. Instead, employees at Apple's own stores are also equipped with iPod touches that can be used to finalize a purchase and scan a customer's credit card.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /></span><div align="center" style="line-height: 22.796875px;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">At the Walt Disney World resort, 50 percent of the previous turnstiles at Disney's parks remain in place, while the other 50 percent were converted to use RFID. As the MyMagic+ plan expands, Disney plans to provide customers RFID wrist bands — known as the "MagicBand" — that will do it all, acting as a visitor's hotel key, park pass, Fastpass card, and even a way to authorize transactions tied to a credit card.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">The company's plans were detailed by Tom Staggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts </span>in January<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">, when he noted that his company has "devoted considerable time and resources to create a more immersive, more seamless and more personal experience" for guests.</span></span><q style="color: #cc6600; display: block; float: right; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1.2em !important; margin: 20px 20px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 280px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Magic Kingdom is the most visited theme park in the world, having hosted 17 million guests in 2011 alone</span>.</span></q><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">"This collection of tools is another step forward in the ongoing evolution of our guest experience, giving us even more ways to help friends and family create the unforgettable Disney memories that they want most," Staggs said.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Other crucial parts of Disney's changes also rely on iOS. Last year, it was revealed that the iPad was </span>being used <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">as part of a test pilot for Fastpass ride ticketing at the Magic Kingdom. There's also the official </span>My Disney Experience<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> application for iPhone and iPad, which offers Walt Disney World maps, official Disney Parks-provided wait times, Fastpass return times, and the ability to view menus and book dining reservations.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /></span><div align="center" style="line-height: 22.796875px;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Disney has plans to continue to roll out its revamped ticketing system at other Central Florida parks, and potentially at its other destinations around the world. However, the company told </span><em style="line-height: 22.796875px;">AppleInsider</em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> that because all of its parks are different, the program will not look exactly the same at each location.</span></span><q style="color: #cc6600; display: block; float: right; font-style: italic; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1.2em !important; margin: 20px 20px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 280px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The changes are part of a larger initiative at Disney known as "MyMagic+," which will eventually employ an RFID-equipped wrist band known as the "MagicBand</span>."</span></q><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">The ultimate goal, the company said, is to make the experience more seamless, and to allow Disney cast members to more easily focus on the needs of visitors. Rather than requiring customers to go to a guest service window, as they have done in the past, someone in the park with an iPad or iPod touch would instead help that person on the spot.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Disney's embrace of Apple products is not new, as the two companies have had a close relationship for years, driven by the fact that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs also helped to found the movie studio Pixar Animation Studios, responsible for Disney's blockbuster franchises such as "Toy Story." When Pixar was bought out by Disney, Jobs became the </span>largest shareholder<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> of Disney stock.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Disney CEO Bob Iger </span>also joined<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> the Apple Board of Directors in late 2011. Iger worked closely with Jobs to bring Disney's content to iTunes, at a time when other studios hesitated to ink a deal with Apple.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Disney also turned to </span>Jobs<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> </span>in 2009<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> in an effort to overhaul its own retail stores located in the U.S. and Europe. At the time, Jobs told Disney executives to "dream bigger," and provided access to proprietary information about how Apple has developed and operated its own highly successful retail operations. Like at Walt Disney World, the changes prompted Disney to utilize iPod touches for mobile checkout.</span></span><div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801339515636968282noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204301142591513665.post-75481381809146622932013-03-07T03:46:00.001-08:002013-03-07T03:46:21.976-08:00Apple's Cook reportedly meets with Beats CEO to discuss music streaming service<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A report late Tuesday claims to have inside knowledge of a meeting that took place in late February, where Cook and Beats Audio CEO and hip-hop mogul Jimmy Iovine discussed a music service dubbed "Project Daisy."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When outlining the "Daisy" subscription-based service to AllThingsD in January, Iovine let slip that he planned to meet with Cue "soon," but offered no further details on the matter. During the same interview, the Beats chief executive said he pitched a similar idea to late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs in 2001. Jobs was supposedly interested in the concept, Iovine said, but "he didn't want to pay record companies enough," believing that the economics would eventually become more favorable. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801339515636968282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204301142591513665.post-23757810331101854582013-03-07T03:44:00.004-08:002013-03-07T03:44:48.248-08:00Swatch CEO doesn't believe Apple's rumored 'iWatch' is next tech revolution<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; line-height: 22.796875px;"><span style="color: #999999;">Investors and tech observers are abuzz about the possibilities of a so-called Apple "iWatch," but the CEO of Swatch is skeptical about just how much such a device could replace Apple's iPhone, saying he doesn't believe such a device would be the next smart device revolution.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Speaking at a press conference on annual results in Grenchen, Switzerland, Swatch Group CEO Nick Hayek said that the primary difficulty in having a watch replace a smartphone would be display size. </span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">"Personally, I don't believe it's the next revolution," the head of the largest Swiss watchmaker said,</span><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-06/swatch-chief-hayek-skeptical-that-watch-could-replace-an-iphone.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 125ms ease-out; border: none; color: #1256b7; line-height: 22.796875px; outline-style: none; text-decoration: none;">according to</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> </span><em style="line-height: 22.796875px;">Bloomberg</em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> . "Replacing an iPhone with an interactive terminal on your wrist is difficult. You can't have an immense display."</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Hayek also noted that watch consumers often buy the items as jewelry items and often like to change them. Such behavior could represent an obstacle for Apple, as the physical style of any potential iWatch would not likely be readily changeable, though the visual possibilities enabled by a flexible display could mitigate that problem to an extent.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Swatch has had dealings with both Apple and Microsoft, consulting with the former on energy-harvesting technology and with the latter on bringing more interactive features to Swatch's watches. </span><em style="line-height: 22.796875px;">Bloomberg</em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">notes that Swatch, like Apple, has licensed Liquidmetal Technologies' alloys for use potential products. </span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">The rumored iWatch is believed to consist of a </span>flexible display<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> that would wrap around a user's wrist, displaying information from the user's iPhone. Apple is said to have a team of about </span>100 product designers<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> working on the device. </span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801339515636968282noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204301142591513665.post-87652043766404006912013-03-07T03:44:00.000-08:002013-03-07T03:44:07.440-08:00Rumor: Apple and Intel again mulling partnership to build A-series chips<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; line-height: 22.796875px;"><span style="color: #999999;">A report on Thursday claims inside knowledge of reported negotiations between Apple and Intel, saying the chip maker may be looking to build ARM-based SoCs based for the Cupertino company's iOS device lineup. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Citing a person familiar with one of the tech giants, </span><em style="line-height: 22.796875px;">Reuters</em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> reported that executives have over the past year </span>discussed<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> a possible partnership in which Intel's foundries would be used to manufacture Apple-designed chips. A deal has not yet been reached, the source said. </span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /></span><div align="center" style="line-height: 22.796875px;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">This is not the first time rumors of an Apple-Intel partnership have cropped up. A report from May 2011 </span>suggested<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> that Intel showed interest in building Apple's A4 and A5 SoCs, though no action was taken and the idea was apparently shelved as the so-called </span>Ultrabook initiative<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> gained momentum. </span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Intel is supposedly looking to shift its strategy as PC sales continue to slump as mobile devices, led by tablets like Apple's iPad, continue to gobble up marketshare. The firm has been looking to expand its foundry </span>business<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">, most recently agreeing to fabricate silicon based on technology from chip maker Altera.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">While an agreement to start production of ARM SoCs would likely undercut adoption of Intel's own Atom mobile processor, the move might be necessary to keep pace with a quickly changing market. The report also speculates that Intel's replacement for CEO Paul Otellini, who plans to retire in May, may further diversify the company's contract operations in a bid to keep manufacturing facilities working at full capacity.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">As for Apple, a move to Intel is easier to imagine, as the Mac lineup already runs on x86 processors. It has also been rumored that the company wants to distance itself from current A-series SoC </span>manufacturer <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Samsung, with which it is ensnarled in a worldwide patent struggle. The Korean electronics giant is also Apple's biggest competition in the mobile marketplace, with a variety of Android-based devices going jockeying for position against iOS products like the iPhone and iPad.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; line-height: 22.796875px;">While some investors are worried about recent stock losses, Apple remains focused on the long term, and is exploring new potential product categories, CEO Tim Cook revealed on Wednesday.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">While investors have sent Apple's stock on a nosedive since late 2012, Cook said at his company's annual shareholder meeting </span>on Wednesday<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> that he believes it's been "an incredible year of innovation." He noted that Apple grew by about $48 billion in fiscal 2012, which was more than </span>Google<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">, Microsoft, Dell, HP and Research in Motion (now known as BlackBerry) combined.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Cook also hinted that his company could go in new directions in the future, but unsurprisingly offered no specific details about what his company could be working on.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">"Obviously we're looking a new categories," Cook told shareholders. "We don't talk about them, but we're looking at them."</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /></span><div align="center" style="line-height: 22.796875px;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">One rumored product that could be in Apple's future is a television set, which is said to have been in development at the company's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters </span>for years<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">. Currently, Apple's living room presence is represented by the Apple TV set-top box — a product that has famously been referred to as a "hobby," but was recently upgraded to something of "intense interest."</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Cook even publicly hinted in an interview </span>last year<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> that his company may have big plans for the living room. Speaking with Brian Williams of NBC, Cook said current television sets make him feel like he's "gone backwards in time by 20 to 30 years."</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /></span><div align="center" style="line-height: 22.796875px;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">More recently, rumors have suggested Apple could also be working on wearable technology in the form of a watch accessory. Last week </span><em style="line-height: 22.796875px;">AppleInsider</em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> detailed a </span>patent application<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> that revealed Apple's behind-the-scenes interest in such a product, which could feature a curved-glass display.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">One report from earlier this month claimed that Apple has a </span>100-person team<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> working on a so-called "smartwatch." The team is said to have grown over the last year to include </span>marketing<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">, software and hardware personnel who previously worked on the iPhone and iPad.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; line-height: 22.796875px;">Apple could easily make the most products in a category, but that wouldn't be good for the company, Chief Executive Tim Cook told shareholders on Wednesday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Cook </span>was asked<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> during the question-and-answer session of his company's annual shareholder meeting what he plans to do about Android's explosive growth in the smartphone business. But "success is not making the most," Cook said.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /></span><div align="center" style="line-height: 22.796875px;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">The CEO told shareholders that his company could press "a button or two" that would have Apple make the most products in a particular category. But that "wouldn't be good for Apple," he said.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Some market watchers have continuously called on Apple to expand the iPhone lineup to appeal to more customers. Some believe Apple needs to make a cheaper iPhone that could be sold contract-free in developing countries like China, as well as a large-screen iPhone to compete with popular devices like Samsung's Galaxy Note series.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">But while some investors are concerned about market share, Apple has historically focused on maintaining its high margins with products like the iPhone. Though Samsung's overall handset sales exceed Apple, the iPhone maker collected a whopping </span>69 percent<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;"> of handset industry profits last year.</span><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><br style="line-height: 22.796875px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.796875px;">Cook also noted on Wednesday that Apple's iOS mobile platform is on "a lot more tablets" than Google's Android is. While Android has grown exponentially on smartphones, through multiple carriers and manufacturers, Google's mobile platform has not had the same success in the tablet market, where Apple's iPad is dominant.</span></span><br />
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