Nubia is preparing a sliding phone without frames, a competitor for Xiaomi Mi Mix

Nubia

If Xiaomi copy or Xiaomi does not innovate, then it takes Mi Mix, a phone without frames that left everyone with their mouths open. Apart from the actual usability, or if it is what the market really needs, they took and developed many proprietary technology to make their particular forms, were associated with a designer like Philippe Starck and created something really special.

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The dream could become reality: Emulate x86 programs in ARM64 for 2017 in Windows 10

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The rumor that appeared earlier this year begins to gain strength, since according to the information collecting Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft would be to incorporate emulation programs x86 on ARM platform 64-bit Windows 10 for mobile, something that many have dreamed and that would open the doors to devices with more interesting characteristics, in addition to enhancing Continuum.

This means that Microsoft has not abandoned its mobile platform as many thought, on the contrary, continue to develop new products for the launch of ‘Redstone 3’ in the fall of 2017, the next major update of the mobile operating system, which would incorporate the desired emulation.

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OnePlus 3T, a renewal for the most demanding

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After three evolutions of OnePlus and a tour of the smallest phones with the X model, we find that the Chinese company has created a fourth iteration of its flagship product. Arrives earlier than expected and seems to makes sense, I’ll explain and present in this article.

I was not expecting such a move on OnePlus, I had come to the idea that there would be a phone by season, and that every year update would be very important in specs. For OnePlus 3Q this philosophy skips to introduce a kind of version 3.5″, with interesting details for which you are looking for a phone now, but more complicated to recommend if you already have the current model.

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Samsung does not give up and shows us a new ‘semi-automatic’ mechanism for flexible smartphones

Samsung working on flexible devices is not new, we have over five years reading all kinds of news and seeing concepts, but so far no commercial device, since everything has been postponed one year to another argued that now We will see the first flexible device signed by Samsung.

The last promise suggests that we will see two flexible devices in 2017. But while this happens, Samsung has just introduced a patent interesting that evolves all the concepts that were presented to us before, because it is a folding mechanism that operates semi – automatically, yes, as they showed a few months ago in a patent for “artificial muscle”.

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ASUS Zenfone Zoom, carry within 3X zoom requires sacrifices but it is something unique

ASUS Zenfone Zoom

The role of ASUS in the world of smartphone has been nothing traditional or conformist since its inception. Of them, we met the Padfone who became tablet and failed to take hold in the market. But even its more traditional terminals always contributed something differentiators. With the ASUS ZenFone Zoom back to the path of offering something quite different.

This large smartphone supports its appeal on the camera. Specifically, in the optical 3x zoom. Put it there does not come free, so in our analysis of ASUS Zenfone Zoom we have focused on knowing what sacrifices have to take to go around the world with a phone that allows us to the scene with three real increases.

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iPhone 7 without headset port: Apple has been successful with this decision? We are debating its pros and cons

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The new iPhone in July and 7 Plus, the absence of the headphone port is one of the aspects that debate has arisen. Comes with water resistance, brighter screen, better camera (even double in the iPhone 7 Plus as we saw in our first impressions), the more power … but few stop talking headphone port.

On whether Apple has been successful or not, if you have done thinking about the user or the pros and cons of that decision current passing through a new One to One. A discussion the absence of the headphone port on the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.

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iPhone 7 Plus, what more and less we liked

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If you want to know the best and worst of the new iPhone in July, we have prepared some first impressions where we tell you what we liked most and what causes us more questions or rejection. And of course these first impressions of the iPhone 7 Plus comes with its corresponding video so you can see close up and running.

iPhone 7, it seems quite different

Unless you turn around and observe the change of place of unsightly band antenna, you have chosen one of the two new colors, or look in profile the biggest bulge of the double camera, the iPhone 7 Plus is the same as the model From last year.

The usual design change that Apple has held every two generations has stopped on this iPhone 7 Plus. But there are many changes in its base design so that we cannot ignore this section.

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Alcatel Idol 4s, this is the commitment of Alcatel to enter the media super gamma

Alcatel idol 4s

Although sometimes the limits are somewhat fuzzy, in the world of smartphones we understand traditional way with ranges and in fact since about a year ago talking about the mid – range premium, with a number of terminals that features are not located in high but they have some plus the difference. It is where it fits one of the latest handsets of Alcatel, the Idol 4s, which does not come alone.

The terminal was presented in February at the last MWC with his little brother, the Idol 4 as the flagship of the manufacturer. But come accompanied not come by this shared launch, but by the fact that taking advantage of the boom was born and still live in virtual reality by making a VR set.

Thus, Alcatel bet for a target more demanding is this terminal is not in the league of the most powerful, but it offers superior characteristics to Idol 4 and the other terminals of the brand. Including a design that includes metal, as is characteristic of those located in the “super midrange” and with special attention to the sound system mounted four speakers.

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Biometric security in Note 7, what does the iris scanner regarding the fingerprint reader?

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In recent years, our digital universe has migrated to mobile and our smartphones have become a sort of personal diary, a place to store all types of files and data, from the photos we did in our last outing with friends to our bank details, hence security has as much importance.

With the arrival of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 we can say that the biometric security has been established as the most reliable method to protect the content of our terminals. It was first fingerprint sensors and now Samsung goes one-step further by integrating iris scanner in its new flagship, but what gives us this new security method with respect to the fingerprint reader? Is it better or worse than the footprint? We answer these and other questions below.

What is biometrics?

Not long ago the word sounded Biometrics us Chinese, but with the advent of fingerprint sensors to our phones has become a much more common term, but it does not hurt to remember that what biometric security is.

We can use to identify a card or type a password, but in both cases there is a risk that lose or forget our data and also that we be stolen, which is avoided with the use of biometric systems.

When we talk about biometry we are talking about the physical characteristics that define us and that they are unique to each individual. Biometrics are our fingerprints, our face, our way of walking, our voice or, of course, our iris.

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Nokia phones that Microsoft did not let leave the laboratory

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There has been a fairly complicated births Nokia period in the last two years, we are aware that there is more than one abortion on the road, but it is striking to see them grouped. All this began to happen when Microsoft took over the company.

He had obviously prioritize systems house and kill projects that were in development , but the reality is that there was more than one that was ready to go to market, or fairly advanced in their ways. Among them also there are interesting hardware with Windows Phone, so decisions were made taking into account more factors, we will know the most striking cases.

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