Samsung is working a new smartphone which will be known as Galaxy J5 Edge and is expected to be launched in the year 2018. Rumors are there that Samsung is already working on J7 EDGE, and now some information has been leaked about J5 Edge. The device is the successor of J5 but with an edge display similar to that of S7 Edge. The specifications of the device are average which is enough to perform day to day tasks. The expected price tag of J5 Edge isRs. 16,999 ($250 approx.). The phone will be available in four colors, i.e. Grey, Gold, Blue, and Silver. Samsung Galaxy J5 Edge will come with Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box which is optimized for performance and better battery life. When talking about battery life, the phone will be packed with a 3300mAh battery which is non-removable. It is a dual SIM phone with 3G and 4G network support with VoLTE. J5 Edge will feature a 5.2 inch Super AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1920 x 1280 pixels. The display is very crisp and the color calibration is excellent. The standard features of the phone include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, USB Type-C port, fingerprint sensors and NFC.
Galaxy J5 Edge is powered by Exynos 7878 chipset with 1.8GHz Octa-core processor. It has 4GB of RAM while the internal storage is 64GB. The storage can be expanded by using microSD card up to 256GB. As far as the camera is concerned, it has 16 MP primary camera with dual LED flash. On the front, it has a 12MP secondary camera with wide angle lenses. The features of the primary camera include HDR, auto-focus, face detection and Panorama.
The phone has support for fast charging which can charge 50% battery in just 15 minutes. The built quality of the phone is above average and the design looks very premium. The phone can be announced in the last quarter of the year 2018. To get more information about J5 Edge, stay tuned with us.
Samsung Galaxy J5 Edge Specs
Display
Screen Size
5.2 inches
Screen Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels
Pixel Density
~283 PPI
Display Type
IPS LCD
Chipset
Brand
Samsung
Chipset
Xynos 7878
Processor
Octa- Core 1.8 GHz
RAM
6 GB RAM
GPU
Adreno
Camera
Rear Camera Resolution
16 MP
Front Camera Resolution
12 MP
Video Recording
Yes
Camera Features
Autofocus, Flash, Panorama, Digital Zoom, Face Detection
The Huawei Honor V10 is powered by 1.8GHz octa-core Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 processor and it comes with 4GB of RAM. The phone packs 64GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 256GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Huawei Honor V10 packs a 16-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 13-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Huawei Honor V10 runs Android 8.0 and is powered by a 3750mAh non removable battery. It measures 157.00 x 74.98 x 6.97 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 172.00 grams.
The Huawei Honor V10 is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, Infrared, USB OTG, 3G and 4G. Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Gyroscope.
The Huawei Honor V10 is powered by 1.8GHz octa-core Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 970 processor and it comes with 4GB of RAM. The phone packs 64GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 256GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Huawei Honor V10 packs a 16-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 13-megapixel front shooter for selfies. The Huawei Honor V10 runs Android 8.0 and is powered by a 3750mAh non removable battery. It measures 157.00 x 74.98 x 6.97 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 172.00 grams.
The Huawei Honor V10 is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, Infrared, USB OTG, 3G and 4G. Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor and Gyroscope.
Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 smartphone was launched in September 2017. The phone comes with a 5.99-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080 pixels by 2160 pixels at a PPI of 403 pixels per inch. Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 price in India starts from Rs. 35,999.
The Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 is powered by octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor and it comes with 6GB of RAM. The phone packs 128GB of internal storage that cannot be expanded. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 packs a 12-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 5-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 runs Android and is powered by a 3400mAh non removable battery. It measures 151.80 x 75.50 x 7.70 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 185.00 grams.
The Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, NFC, 3G and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in India). Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Gyroscope and Barometer.
NFC is a short-range high frequency wireless communication technology that enables the exchange of data between devices over about a 10 cm distance.
NFC is an upgrade of the existing proximity card standard (RFID) that combines the interface of a smartcard and a reader into a single device. It allows users to seamlessly share content between digital devices, pay bills wirelessly or even use their cellphone as an electronic traveling ticket on existing contactless infrastructure already in use for public transportation.
The significant advantage of NFC over Bluetooth is the shorter set-up time. Instead of performing manual configurations to identify Bluetooth devices, the connection between two NFC devices is established at once (under a 1/10 second).
Due to its shorter range, NFC provides a higher degree of security than Bluetooth and makes NFC suitable for crowded areas where correlating a signal with its transmitting physical device (and by extension, its user) might otherwise prove impossible.
NFC can also work when one of the devices is not powered by a battery (e.g. on a phone that may be turned off, a contactless smart credit card, etc.).
How does NFC work?
The tech involved is deceptively simple: evolved from radio frequency identification (RFID) tech, an NFC chip operates as one part of a wireless link. Once it’s activated by another chip, small amounts of data between the two devices can be transferred when held a few centimeters from each other.
Near field communication is fast and easy
No pairing code is necessary to link up and because it uses chips that run on very low amounts of power (or passively, using even less), it’s much more power-efficient than other wireless communication types.
At its core, NFC works to identify us by our enabled cards and devices (and by extension, our bank accounts and other personal info.)
How can I use NFC right now?
NFC chips stocked inside credit cards for contactless payments are nothing new. But a slightly more recent – and admittedly more enticing – use case for NFC is with your smartphone, or even your smartwatch, as a way to digitize your entire wallet.
Android Pay allows Android users to pay via NFC
Virtually every mobile OS maker has their own apps that offer unique NFC functionality. Android users have the widest variety to choose from. The most well-known option is Android Pay, which works on many Android phones and watches, allowing you to access your funds for contactless payments.
Samsung Pay, which operates similarly, is available for Samsung phone users in the US, and expected to land in the UK soon.
But NFC functionality on phones isn’t limited to payments. There’s also Android Beam, which was implemented way back in 2011 in Android Ice Cream Sandwich4.0 as a nifty, simple process that allows for the transfer of photos, contacts and directions by holding two phones together.
Our inaugural purchase with Apple Pay was an apple pie
Apple’s phones from the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus onwards also have NFC functionality, as do the Apple Watch and Apple Watch 2, albeit with limited use so far, as it’s only usable for Apple Pay.
It’s a lot like Android Pay, in that it’s an app which gives users the ability to link up their credit and debit cards and then use their phone with contactless readers.
Lastly, those who prefer Microsoft’s Windows 10 Mobile will be able to use Microsoft Wallet, though currently this is only available in the US.
Whichever device you have, it’s likely that a local supermarket, train station, taxi or coffee shop supports contactless payments via your phone’s NFC chip.
Simply hold it close to a contactless payment terminal and instantly, like swiping a credit card, the payment will complete.
Looking toward the future, it’s possible that NFC chips could be used to replace every card in your wallet.
That means the unique info on your frequent shopper loyalty cards, library card, business cards and the like could be contained and transmitted simply via NFC. Already many such cards are being digitized.
IS IT SAFE?
The potential for NFC stretches further than commerce.Passive NFC ‘tags’ are being built into posters and informational kiosks to transmit additional information similar to how scanning a QR code can trigger launching a web address, offering a discount coupon, or a map to download on your smartphone.
There’s an NFC tag hiding in Google Daydream View
A clever use of an NFC tag can be found integrated into Google’s Daydream ViewVR headset and its do-it-yourself VR kits, Cardboard. Mounting your NFC-capable smartphone into the headset triggers the nearby tag to automatically download or launch the app.
Contact-less – NFC is good for payments but not much else
Strangely enough, even video games and action figures are seeing an injection of the wireless technology. Nintendo’s Amiibo, Skylanders and Disney Infinity are collectible toys at heart, but under the hood, the NFC tech offers new functionality not previously seen in video games.
Waving these figurines over gaming consoles or accessories enables players to “check-in” to the game, bringing the figures to life, so to speak, activating some unique features.
Nintendo’s NFC-powered Amiibo bring new functionality to figurines
In Skylanders, these figurines can be linked up to the game to add new characters to play with. Disney Infinity and Amiibo toys yield similar rewards to players and collectors. The NFC chips inside are capable enough to store user data such as experience points, progression and customized settings.
Another practical use of this contactless technology is with Bluetooth speakers and headphones. Many devices brandish the NFC logo, which means that by holding your smartphone to the NFC-enabled device, you’ll be able to connect via Bluetooth much faster than pairing devices manually.
Interested in giving NFC a shot? It’s as simple as toggling it on your phone, but first, you need to find out if your device is compatible with contactless payment terminals and passive NFC tags detailed on the previous page.
The good news? The list of compatible devices is staggering and growing with time. It’s safe to say, if you’ve purchased a smartphone in the last few years, you should be ready to go.
Yep, the Galaxy S7 is equipped with NFC
A few examples of recent NFC-equipped smartphones: Samsung Galaxy S8, iPhone 7, LG G6, Huawei P10.
But even some cheaper handsets like the Lenovo P2 and Sony Xperia XA have NFC, as do older phones such as the Nexus 6, Sony Xperia Z3, iPhone 6, Samsung Galaxy Note 4, LG G3 and HTC One M9.
You’ll probably also be in good shape if you’ve bought a tablet recently. The iPad Pro and iPad Pro 9.7 sport NFC, while older slates like the Google Nexus 9, iPad Mini 3 and iPad Air 2 also each have the capability out of the box. Though it’s less universally a feature of tablets than of phones.
Apple has included NFC in its Apple Watch and Apple Watch 2 so that users can pay for goodies using Apple Pay with a tap of the wrist, while a handful of Android Wear watches including the LG Watch Sport and Huawei Watch 2support Android Pay.
The LG Watch Sport is packed full of features – including NFC
Looking forward, NFC chips are sure to be used in more smartwatches and fitness trackers.
Vulnerability and security
The magic of NFC occurs in the free and open air, so it’s easy to get wrapped up in the idea that your data can be nabbed by anyone who tries to intercept. It can really happen, but it doesn’t have to happen to you.
Let’s first tackle this scary issue with the point that NFC chips in your cards or phones can’t be skimmed unless they are within mere centimeters of a potential thief.
That’s just the way the technology works. We don’t know about you, but there aren’t that many things that get close to us.
Hmm … which card to use?
There are conmen out there who try to ruin it for everyone with NFC skimming apps that rip your personal information, including your address and account details. But they are having an increasingly tough time with that goal, as apps like Apple Pay and Android Pay are implementing some clever safeguards to protect users.
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According to Apple, their commerce app, Apple Pay, stores payment information on the device exclusively, encrypting the card information only for use by the merchant and payment network for verification.
The information does not live in the cloud, nor does it live in the iOS source code. Lose your phone? You can erase your precious financial details manually using the “Find my iPhone” feature.
With Android Pay, your credit or debit card number is never transmitted, instead a virtual account number is used to represent your account information, so your actual details stay safe, and if your phone is lost or stolen you can remotely lock or wipe it with Android Device Manager.
If you’re using a credit or debit card with NFC capabilities, your best bet for protecting yourself is by getting a sleeve to go over your card. These deflect radio frequencies to attracting the attention of your card’s NFC chip.
If you’re short on cash, word is small tins that used to hold mints apparently do the job on the cheap. It’ll also leave your cards smelling fresh, but use this option as a last resort.
Your smartphone is a remarkable feat of engineering. It’s half a dozen or more gadgets packed into a single slab. Much of it’s coolest feats are accomplished with a wide range of sensors — but what are they and what do they all actually do?
How does your phone count your steps and replace your fitness tracker? Does GPS use up your data? Which sensors should you make sure are in your next handset?
Here’s all you need to know.
Accelerometer
The best use of an accelerometer—bitmoji cars in Snapchat. (Image: Screenshot)
Accelerometers handle axis-based motion sensing and can be found in fitness trackers as well as phones—they’re the reason why your smartphone can track your steps even if you haven’t bought a separate wearable.
They also tell the phone’s software which way the handset is pointing, something that’s becoming increasingly important with the arrival of augmented reality apps.
As the name kind of gives away, accelerometers measure acceleration, so the map inside Snapchat can put a cute toy car around your bitmoji when you’re driving, plus a host of other actually useful applications.
The sensor is itself made up of other sensors, including microscopic crystal structures that become stressed due to accelerative forces. The accelerometer then interprets the voltage coming from the crystals to figure out how fast your phone is moving and which direction it’s pointing in.
From switching apps from portrait to landscape, to showing your current speed in a driving app, the accelerometer is one of your phone’s most important sensors.
Gyroscope
The gyroscope’s extra precision comes in handy for games and 360-degree photos. Image: Screenshot
The gyroscope helps the accelerometer out with understanding which way your phone is orientated— it adds another level of precision so those 360-degree photo spheres really look as impressive as possible.
Whenever you play a racing game on your phone and tilt the screen to steer, the gyroscope rather than the accelerometer is sensing what you’re doing, because you’re only applying small turns to the phone and not actually moving through space.
Gyroscopes aren’t exclusive to phones. They’re used in altimeters inside aircraft to determine altitude and position, for example, and to keep cameras steady on the move.
The gyroscopes inside phones don’t use wheels and gimbals like the traditional mechanical ones you might find in an old plane—instead they’re MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) gyroscopes, a smaller version of the concept embedded on an electronics board so it can fit inside a phone.
The first time MEMS gyroscopes really hit it big was with the iPhone 4 in 2010. Back then, it was incredibly novel to have a phone that could detect orientation with such accuracy—nowadays, we take it for granted.
Magnetometer
Your phone’s compass app works courtesy of its magnetometer. Image: Screenshot
Completing the triumvirate of sensors responsible for working out where a phone is in physical space is the magnetometer. Again the name gives it away—it measures magnetic fields and can thus tell you which way is north by varying its voltage output to the phone.
When you go in and out of compass mode in Apple Maps or Google Maps, that’s the magnetometer kicking in to work out which way up the map should be. It also powers standalone compass apps.
Magnetometers are found in metal detectors as well, as they can detect magnetic metals, which is why you can get metal detector apps for your smartphone.
However, the sensor doesn’t work alone for its primary purpose, which is inside mapping apps—it operates in tandem with the data coming from the phone’s accelerometer and GPS unit to figure out whereabouts you are in the world, and which way you’re pointing (very handy for those detailed navigation routes).
GPS
GPS satellites give your phone a lock on its position. Image: Screenshot
Ah, GPS—Global Positioning System technology—where would we be without you? Probably in a remote, muddy field, cursing the day we ditched our paper maps for the electronic equivalents.
GPS units inside phones gets a ping from a satellite up in space to figure out which part of the planet you’re standing on (or driving through). They don’t actually use any of your phone’s data, which is why you can still see your location when your phone has lost signal, even if the map tiles themselves are a blurry, low-res mess.
In fact, it connects with multiple satellites then calculates where you are based on the angles of intersection. If no satellites can be found—you’re indoors or the cloud cover is heavy—then you won’t be able to get a lock.
And while GPS doesn’t use up data, all this communicating and calculating can be a drain on your battery, which is why most battery-saving guidesrecommend switching GPS off. Smaller gadgets like most smartwatches don’t include it for the same reason.
GPS isn’t the only way your phone can work out where it is—distance to cell towers can also be used as a rough approximation, as Serial taught us—but if you’ve got some serious navigating to do then it’s essential. Modern-day GPS units inside smartphones actually combine GPS signals with other data, like cell signal strength, to get more accurate location readings.
The best of the rest
Your phone will adjust screen brightness to match the ambient light, if you let it. Image: Screenshot
You’ve got plenty more sensors in your handset, though they’re perhaps not all as important as the four we’ve just mentioned. Many phones, including the iPhone, have a barometer that measures air pressure: it’s useful for everything from detecting weather changes to calculating the altitude you’re at.
The proximity sensor usually sits up near the top speaker and combines an infrared LED and light detector to work out when you have the phone up to your ear, so that screen can be switched off. The sensor emits a beam of light that gets bounced back, though it’s invisible to the human eye.
Meanwhile the ambient light sensor does exactly what you would expect, taking a measuring of the light in the room and adjusting your screen’s brightness accordingly (if indeed it’s set to auto-adjust).
Like the rest of the tech packed inside your handset, these sensors are getting smaller, smarter, and less power-hungry all the time, so just because phones five years apart both have GPS doesn’t mean they’re both going to be as accurate. Add in software tweaks and optimizations too and it’s more reason to upgrade your handset on a regular basis, even if you’ll almost never see these sensors listed on a specs sheet.
The HP Z8 PC With Upgrade 3TB RAM and 48TB Storage
Need the ultimate workstation for your photo and video editing? HP just launched a new lineup of desktop workstations for you. The latest Z Workstations can be upgraded with mind-boggling hardware specs. The top-of-the-line model is the Z8, followed by the Z6 and Z4.
These monstrous desktop computers run Windows 10 Pro 64-bit and are geared towards creatives, visual effects artists, and anyone who needs an enormous amount of computing power at their fingertips.
The Z8, which HP touts as “the world’s most powerful workstation”, contains 24 RAM slots that allow you to insert up to 3 terabytes of memory in an age when most people are working with 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB. With 3000GB at your disposal, you can probably open up an entire photo shoot in separate tabs while working in Adobe Photoshop and do editing work at full speed.
For storage, the Z8 can be upgraded with up to 48 terabytes of space… in case, you know, you’d like to keep your entire lifetime archive of photos close at hand on your main workstation.
There’s also dual Intel Xeon CPUs with up to 56 cores, as well as dual NVIDIA Quadro Pro graphics cards.
Other specs include Thunderbolt 3 (optional), Dual 1GbE Ports for high bandwidth data transfer, USB 3.1 Type C ports, a new internal design with improved air flow for cooling, a 1700W power supply, and 9 PCIe slots.
If the Z8 is too much computer for you, the Z6 offers up to 384 GB of memory, and the Z4 can pack 256GB of RAM and a single Xeon CPU.
The Z8 will cost $2,439 as the barebones workstation — you’ll need to shell out thousands more to get it up to the maximum specs described above — and will be available starting in October. The Z6 and Z4 will arrive in October and November, respectively, with base prices of $1,919 and $1,249, respectively.
The Nokia Edge flaunts a 5.5-inch IPS LCD display that comes with an HD resolution of 1,080 x 1,920 pixels which results from a density of 401 pixels per inch. The capacitive touch screen responds well to multi touch. Under the bonnet, the Nokia smartphone holds a octa-core, which clocks a speed of 2GHz and is further assisted by a good 3GB RAM to assist you through all the multi tasking and gaming that you indulge into.
The Nokia Edge is equipped with a 13MP primary camera that can process images of 4,128 x 3,096 pixels resolution with the help of autofocus, LED flash, ISO control and High Dynamic Range mode. The 5MP front camera provides a decent option for good quality selfies and those who love to indulge themselves in video calling.
The smartphone is equipped with an internal storage of 32GB, which can be further expanded upto a massive 128GB with the help of a microSD card.
The Nokia Edge extracts its energy from a 3,600mAh li-ion battery that promises to deliver a very long period of battery backup on regular usage.
Speaking about the connectivity department, the smartphone offers a wide range of options like a dual SIM slots, 4G, Wi-Fi 802.11, b/g/n, A-GPS, mobile hotspot, Bluetooth v4.0, A-GPS and a microUSB 2.0 slot.
As I mentioned earlier, this laptop is one of the lightest and thinnest on the market. It’s weight (or lack thereof) is revolutionary. Furthermore, Lenovo deserves to be commended for creating a lightweight device with a healthy amount of ports and connectivity
Even better was Lenovo’s decision against using the fanless Intel Core M processor, which would have further reduced the laptop’s weight if only by a small margin. By choosing Intel’s industry-leading, fifth-generation Core i7 processor, Lenovo created a super lightweight device that can also help you stay productive.
Specifications
Here is the Lenovo LaVie Z HZ550 configuration sent to TechRadar for review:
Screen:13.3-inch WQHD (2560 x 1440) LED anti-glare
Storage: 256GB SSD
Ports: 2 x USB 3.0, HDMI-out, SD card reader, combo headphone and mic jack
Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 ac and Bluetooth 4.0
Camera: 720p HD
Weight: 1.87 pounds
Size: 12.56 x 0.67 x 8.35 inches (W x D x H)
The Lenovo, Dell and Asus all come with a similar set of ports and connections, so you’re not really gaining an advantage with one over the other. However, it is a design coup for Lenovo to have added a similar set of ports to a unit that weighs dramatically less than its rivals, and is similar in dimensions. For clutter-phobes, this spec sheet is a delight.
Each laptop comes with 230-256GB of storage, so there really is no advantage in terms of how much data you’ll cram into each notebook.
The major difference between the three laptops is weight and screen resolution. We’ve already discussed weight ad nauseum. However, the Lenovo display also warrants extra attention. Dell’s entry level XPS, and Asus’ Zenbook come with only a full HD screen, so you’re actually getting a much more complex and dense screen with Lenovo’s WQHD model.
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