Quick look at the Lenovo K6 – first impressions, camera, performance

Early last year, Lenovo officially unveiled the smartphone Vibe K5, which quickly after its appearance on the market gained popularity because of the reasonable combination of price and features offered. However, the manufacturer did not even wait until the end of the year and in September was announced and phone Lenovo K6 review, which brings some improvements over its predecessor. The device is now with us, so pretty soon you can expect and its detailed review. Before that happens, however, we have prepared a short article devoted to our first impressions of touch with him.

LENOVO K6 UNBOXING:

DESIGN OF PHONE LENOVO K6 REVIEW

Again preserved the metal structure, which continues to be an advantage for this price range. The weight and thickness profile are almost unchanged, respectively 140 grams and 8.2 millimeters, but in contrast, edges and corners are nicely rounded now, which makes the overall look more pleasant and comfortable grip. But the surface is slippery, so you have to be careful. Fingerprints on the hull will not create problems, a speaking of them, however, this time on the back of the model already has a fingerprint sensor, in addition, to unlocking the smartphone can be used as a more comfortable taking a picture.

PERFORMANCE OF PHONE LENOVO K6 REVIEW

Their improvement in a mobile processor, it has Snapdragon 430 and has eight Cortex-A53 cores clocked at up to 1.4GHz. For the first time, we will test the device with this mobile chip so that interest will hold all benchmark tests. At present, we can show you, what were his achievements in tests of Geekbench 3 (left) and 3DMark Ice Unlimited (right). Otherwise RAM again 2GB, while inside amounts to 16GB. Of these, only operating system files occupy 6.35GB.

DISPLAY OF PHONE LENOVO K6 REVIEW

The display is again a 5-inch with IPS matrix, but this time its resolution is Full HD, which means it will be able to enjoy a more detailed picture. In the menu on the display, you will find options for more saturated colors, as well as Brightness protection mode.

OPERATING SYSTEM OF PHONE LENOVO K6 REVIEW

New phone K6 comes with operating system Android 6.0 Marshmallow, although the menus are not many visual changes came with Vibe interface, the opposite are many additional features that more detail will look at the upcoming show.

CAMERAS OF PHONE LENOVO K6 REVIEW

The smartphone K6 has a 13-megapixel rear camera with autofocus and LED flash. In its menu, you can find several different modes, including the ability to record in slow or fast motion. Here are more options Panorama and HDR, as well as Pro mode, which gives you access to various manual settings such as white balance, exposure, shutter speed and more. Here’s how to handle smartphone in the making of images.

Source: Phoneworld

Title: Quick look at the Lenovo K6 – first impressions, camera, performance
Updated: 2017-01-13
Author: Dan Green

http://nsmartphone.com/phone-lenovo-k6-review-tests/

Nokia 8 will receive Snapdragon 835 and will debut at MWC 2017

The announcement of the HMD Global smartphone Nokia 6 was not the best, we have written 5 main reasons why Nokia 6 – it is a failure. It seems that the company is going to change and is preparing a flagship Nokia 8 phone based on Snapdragon 835 chipset.

It seems that the first announcement was just a warm-up to make some noise. This product HMD Global will release on February 26 the exhibition MWC 2017. Nokia 8 phone based on Snapdragon 835 chipset with a nice 5.7-inch display with QHD (2560 × 1440p) AMOLED display and a powerful camera. Screen Viewing the novelty will be flat, despite the multitude of the rumors that Nokia will release a curved phone.

As for the camera, it is anticipated the main 24-megapixel sensor with support for optical and automatic stabilization EIS and OIS picture. The front will be set the 12-megapixel camera for selfie-quality pictures. According to rumors, Nokia is expected to release two 8: 64 GB of memory and 128 GB, both versions will be dressed with microSD slot up to 256 GB.

The operating system will use the new newest variant of Google Android 7.0 (Nougat). Also, it has all the information to believe that with the SD version of the Nokia 835 will release a flagship on the Snapdragon 821 with a smaller price tag. Alas, how much will it cost Nokia 8 – is not reported. It is worth mentioning that Nokia 6 feeble Snapdragon 430 in China sells for $ 245.

Source: Techworm

Title: Nokia 8 will receive Snapdragon 835 and will debut at MWC 2017
Updated: 2017-01-13
Author: Dan Green

http://nsmartphone.com/nokia-8-phone-based-snapdragon-835-chipset/

Chasing trends: HTC U Play before it officially

HTC has spent 12 January own presentation, in which two new smartphones were presented – HTC U Play and U Ultra. What is HTC U Play?

From the previous smartphone, device companies are not only technical specifications but also appearance. Manufacturer moved away from the style that promotes the company since the time of HTC One, released in 2013. Unfortunately, the news lost its uniqueness and is now more like a mixture of Meizu company’s devices, Samsung and HTC devices earlier versions of itself.

WHAT IS HTC U PLAY?

And if U Ultra – is the new flagship of the company, HTC U Play has a more modest performance, while its hardware base can not call the device “younger version” does separating it in a separate category.

HTC U Play features a 5.2-inch Super LCD-display with a resolution of Full HD (1920×1080 / 428 ppi), which is covered by glass Gorilla Glass.

WHAT IS HTC U PLAY?

Unlike U Ultra, the smartphone runs on eight-processor Helio P10. It’s quite a strange decision because of other characteristics of the device at the level of some of the flagships of the last year. As the video card uses Mali-T860. The choice of two models available: with 3 and 4 GB of RAM and 32 GB of ROM and 64, respectively. For those who are such a large number of flash memory will seem a little, a slot for memory expansion (up to 2TB).

Novelty 2500 mAh battery on, and as the operating system uses Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with a proprietary shell HTC Sense. HTC U Play is offered in four colors: white, black, blue and pink.

The main camera has a resolution of 16 megapixels, with an aperture f / 2.0, it is equipped with two-tone LED flash, autofocus, and phase of the optical stabilization system. Like the HTC U Ultra, the device does not support recording in 4K format.

The last few years, the camera is one of the main criteria of choice for a large number of mobile users. However, unlike other mobile manufacturers, the company went another way, focusing not on the main and front camera. HTC U Ultra real selfie – front camera supports UltraPixel technology, and its resolution is still the same 16 MP.

Long before Apple introduced the iPhone without a flagship 3.5 mm mini-jack a, some companies have decided to get ahead of “apple” giant and removed from their audio jack devices. HTC engineers have joined this dubious list, so headphones are provided for USB Type-C.

In addition to the dual cameras, another trend of the past year was “limited AI” system. HTC has decided to keep up with colleagues and introduced business application Sense Companion, which laid the basis of the principles of machine learning. For a certain time, the system examines the habits and preferences of the user, offering a variety of recommendations and anticipating his subsequent actions. In other words, it is a smart voice assistant, is tightly integrated into the shell.

Among other things, the company made a special emphasis on the special technology called HTC USonic, which analyzes the structure of the user’s ears with sound pulses and on the basis of the data adjusts the sound.

WHAT THE PRICE HTC U PLAY?

Cost HTC U Play initial modifications are approximate $ 440. As a younger version, the version with 4 GB of RAM and a ROM 64 will be released in March this year, but its price is still unknown.

Source: GSMarena

Title: Chasing trends: HTC U Play before it officially
Updated: 2017-01-12
Author: Dan Green

http://nsmartphone.com/what-is-htc-u-play-officially/

5 original ideas on how to use your old phone

When you buy a new smartphone, what do you do with the old and how to use your old phone? You might give away, sell or leave it somewhere to gather dust. Whatever model your old phone, it could be your more useful. While it is technically out of date, your phone can still serve you well.

FROM MAKE USE OF 5 HAVE CREATIVE IDEAS TO RECYCLE YOUR MOBILE PHONE AND HOW TO USE YOUR OLD PHONE. HERE THEY ARE:

1. SMARTWATCH

If you have an old Nokia phone or another “dumb” phone that you no longer use can turn it into a smart watch. Site Tinkernut will find a video that shows step by step how to do this. The total value of the parts that you will need besides your old phone is less than $ 50. Not bad for a new smart watch, right?

2. UNBREAKABLE BY HACKERS PHONE

You do not want hackers can easily track all data from your phone. If you have the additional smartphone, you can turn it into a “ghost phone”. With this phone ghost will be able to keep your identity online, something very important nowadays. Whenever you want to do something in confidence on the Internet, you can use this phone.

THE CREATION OF “GHOST PHONE” IS THE PRETTY SIMPLE TASK. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

– Install an application for a temporary phone number, such as Hushed or Burner.
– Add VPN application that encrypts all data that come out of your phone. CyberGhost and Hideman are two possibilities.
– Create a new Google or Apple account from this phone. Do not enter with your existing account in the app stores.
– Do not buy any applications or services. Online transactions leave a trail.

3. PORTFOLIO

You’ll need an old phone that you must remove all gadgets. You need only the outer shell and nothing else. Sites like iFixit will show you how to disassemble things.

4. SECURITY CAMERA

Rather than spend money on security cameras can use your old smartphone. For Android device, Perch download the application, put your phone where you want it and you can watch all the action to another phone or computer. For iOS, you can use Presence, and for Windows Phone – Gotya.

5. UNIVERSAL REMOTE

This is one of the most popular ways to breathe new life into your old smartphone. Whether the device is Android or iOS you will be able to control almost everything in your smart home. What you need to check is whether your Android phone has an infrared (IR) blaster. iPhone does not have one. If your device has an IR blaster will need only the correct application such as SURE (free) or Smart IR Remote ($ 7).

If your phone does not have an IR blaster can add an accessory to a third party, which will cost from $ 40 to $ 60.

http://nsmartphone.com/how-to-use-your-old-phone/