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Mobile Professional Reviews--Oppo R5 review
Oppo's R5 is a seriously gorgeous phone. Clad in metal, it's super-thin -- just 4.85mm (0.19 inches) deep, and it weighs a scant 155 grams (5.5 ounces). It's certainly impressive, but this comes at the loss of the 3.5mm audio jack, so you'll have to use Bluetooth headphones if you want to listen to music. For Android fans envious of the iPhone 6 's slim frame, well, look no further. The R5's ultra-slim body beats the iPhone handily, and will draw envious stares from other Android owners as well. But slimness isn't all that great without the performance to back it up, and this is where the phone falters. It's oftentimes sluggish, and the camera takes forever to start up. The phone's thin frame also doesn't help with the heat and it can get uncomfortably hot at times.
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Oppo hasn't yet revealed exact dates for the phone's availability, but the Chinese company intends to sell it globally, either through its online store or working in partnership with local distributors. What I do know is that there will be three versions due to the different LTE bands -- one for the US, one for China and one for the rest of the world.
Price wise, the R5 will be sold at $449, which converts to roughly £310. It will also come unlocked, so you'll be able to use the phone on 3G mostly everywhere.
DesignThe R5 is encased in metal -- with a hand-polished steel frame and, on the back, brushed aluminum. This gives the phone a premium feel that you'd expect from a more expensive device.
The two-tone color scheme (either white and silver or white and gold) at the back does draw comparisons to Apple's iPhone designs, but the shape of the phone is much more angular. Despite being thinner, it doesn't feel as slippery as the iPhone.
One downside to the thin frame of the phone is that the rear 13-megapixel sticks out, much like Apple's iPhone. However, unlike the small bump of the iPhone 6, the R5's rear camera pops out a fair way, enough that it makes the phone uneven when placed on a flat surface.
The R5 sports a 5.2-inch AMOLED display, with a full HD resolution of 1,920x1,080 pixels. The screen is bright and sharp, while colors were vibrant. I do have issues with the auto-brightness settings of the phone -- it can sometimes be too dim.
Like most Chinese-made smartphones, the R5 sports physical home, menu and back keys. I'm not a fan of physical keys since I feel software keys are better to interact with -- you can (depending on the OS) switch the back button to either the left or right position.
The volume and power keys are on the right side, with the micro-USB port at the bottom. As mentioned earlier, there's no 3.5mm audio jack.
Oppo's R5 is powered by an octa-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor, and in theory, should have enough juice to power the phone. But my experience with the device was less than satisfactory: at times the phone would pause between switching apps, for example. I reckon a software update could fix this, and I will update the review if it does.
The phone packs 2GB of RAM, 16GB of onboard storage and a 2,000mAh battery. There's no microSD card slot to expand that storage, which limits the number of apps you can install and the number of tunes and movies you can keep onboard.
The phone is powered by Android 4.4 KitKat -- not the latest 5.0 Lollipop -- with Oppo's custom ColorOS UI on top. The software is very much improved from the company's first version, How to move apps from an old iPhone to a new iPhone though it looks similar. For one, it's much flatter.
Classic Nokia will return, will it take us back to the good old times?
Blind typing during the class and finals, texting lovers, those were the good old days, right?
When the phone was thrown out the window by the teacher, you find the phone was still playing the music. It had solid quality and it's budget friendly.
There were the times you could easily find a repair shop to get your Nokia fixed without sending back to the dealers.
Sometimes you don't realize how good the good old days were until they're gone. I'm not a person who like reminiscent, but when I do, it's because of Nokia. The Nokia phones has the outstanding quality but cheap, long lasting battery life and convenient customer service.
However, the world is changing fast, especially, in the smartphone industry. Brands and manufactories release new product every month. Hardware and design are getting similar. And according to the Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker from IDC, the market share of Android OS reaches 82.8% by the end of 2015Q2, Windows Phone dropped to 2.6% because of the lack of compatibility. Furthermore, the profit is getting transparent and shrinking.
Besides, there are more quality and cheap smartphone brands from China hitting on the market. Oukitel K10000 is one of the example. The phone features weekly lasting battery life of 10000mAh, solid quality and good performance. From the price point and overall design, Oukitel fans said that Oukitel is the Chinese Nokia.
Which is better? Le 1s or iPhone SE?
Let's start with the OS. Android and iOS are now at-par on features, freely taking inspiration from each other and the perennial also-ran Windows Phone. However, if you've been using an Android phone, the move to iOS is jarring regardless of preparation. Trust me, having moved from a OnePlus 2 to an iPhone 6S, I know this better than most. If you're an iPhone user already, there is no discussion required. If you're an Android user, then I'd say "Don't even consider an iPhone!"
Moving on to design and build, the new iPhone is, in line with Apple's policy "thinner, smaller and lighter" than the Le 1s. However, the Le 1s has an astounding screen-to-body ratio of 75% that enables single-handed use and the phone doesn't feel too big. After all, within reason, bigger is always better! Both phones offer amazing build quality at their respective price points, so that's not really much of a contest.
On display, if you like smaller screens, the iPhone SE will appeal to you. But for someone who has used a 4+ inch screen device earlier, going back to a smaller display doesn't really work. In this respect, the Le 1s scores with its big but not too big display, and its helped by minimal bezels. Resolution-wise, its a no contest with the Full HD In-Cell display on the Le 1s ruling the roost with its fantastic color reproduction, great viewing angles and almost-zero bezels.
On connectivity, both the Le 1s and the iPhone SE are at par with each other on Wi-Fi and Network compatibilities, but the Le 1s scores with its dual-SIM capability.
When it comes to performance, I believe that specs are just one part of the game. Real-world performance is key. And in this area, despite having lesser amount of RAM than the Le 1s, the iPhone SE performs equally well due to better memory management in iOS versus Android. Its a straight tie!
Camera is another key feature where specs are just one part of the game with actual photo clarity being the key identifier. The iPhone SE uses the much-lauded camera module from the iPhone 6S, so its a given that photos will come out well. The Le 1s on the other hand had a few initial hiccups with photo clarity but they've since been resolved by OTA updates, so overall - its a good camera experience on both smartphones. The Le 1s scores in lowlight clarity and front-camera! Apple, for reasons that defy logic, went with a 1.2MP sensor on the front-camera. Now megapixels might not be everything, but with a 5MP sensor, the Le 1s handily beats the iPhone SE on selfies. Another reason is the smaller aperture size on Le 1s cameras – both front and rear (f2.0) compared to the iPhone SE which has f2.4 on the front camera and f2.2 on the rear camera – in photography parlance, smaller is referred to as “wider”. A wider aperture lets in more light which gives better photos in low-light and indoor situations, and gives you that beautiful blurred “out of focus” effect on wide shots.
With respect to sensors, the Le 1s has an infrared sensor to control home appliances that the iPhone doesn't. Everything else on this front is a tie.
Finally, the "essential spec" in today's world, battery! The Le 1s has almost double the battery capacity of the iPhone SE, with fast-charge built-in! While iOS has better power management than Android, the huge difference in capacity should result in longer standby times with the Le 1s!
Regardless of all technical specifications and performance comparisons, there will still be people convinced that an Apple product is the next best thing since sliced bread! So, to those people, here is a final nail in the coffin. Both the Le 1s and iPhone SE are good phones that do almost everything you can expect them to. Most importantly for a budget-conscious Indian, the Le 1s costs INR 10,999 while the iPhone SE starts at a whopping INR 39,000! That’s three times more expensive than the Le 1s!!! Case closed.
Huawei Honor 6 Plus review
Honor, if you didn't know, is the brand Huawei uses to sell some of its phones in Europe and it's the name attached to the new Honor 6 Plus. A 5.5-inch Android smartphone with a full HD display, an octa-core processor and a quirky dual 8-megapixel camera, it's got everything you need to cope with your social network and Netflix addiction. And true to the Honor brand's affordable promise, the 6 Plus comes with a low price. Now, here's where it gets confusing: though Honor as a separate brand is supposed to exist only in Europe, the Honor 6 Plus has been on sale since December 2014 in China, but sold as the Huawei Honor 6 Plus. What's more, Huawei does sell phones in Europe with its own name attached -- the flagship P8 , for example, launched in London in April. What's the difference between them all? Not much, really. Strip away the Honor branding and you're left with a signature Huawei phone complete with the same Emotion user interface. That's not a criticism, really, but you shouldn't forget that a phone bearing the Honor name doesn't deliver a unique experience from a Huawei-branded counterpart. Like other Honor phones, you can pick up the Honor 6 Plus in the UK, SIM-free directly from Amazon for £300. Yet, the 6 Plus also is the first of Honor's phones to be available through a UK network, showing a definite commitment by Honor (or Huawei) for it to become a recognised brand, selling in stores. The Three network has the phone available on a range of contracts from £24 per month, with a £19 up front charge. In the US, you can buy the Huawei Honor 6 Plus through Amazon for $472. The design of the 6 Plus is possibly best described as that of a larger, cheaper iPhone 4. The black glass front and back together with the metal-effect band running around the edge are similar to Apple's earlier phone, although 6 Plus' band is plastic, rather than metal, meaning it doesn't feel as solid or indeed as premium. The back panel has a very subtle criss-cross pattern which you can only really see under certain lights. Honor could have made this a bit more prominent, which would have helped add a bit of interest and separate its design more from the iPhone 4. With its 5.5-inch display, the Honor 6 Plus is significantly larger than the iPhone 4, measuring 150mm long and 75mm wide. It's comfortable to hold and easy to slide into a pocket, but you'll need two hands to type properly. The phone comes with 32GB of storage as standard, which is a generous amount for a more budget-conscious phone. Cheaper phones typically skimp on the storage by offering 16GB or even 8GB of space, so it's nice to see a more healthy offering that doesn't force you to also buy a microSD card. It does accept microSD cards though, which is worth bearing in mind if you save a lot of music and videos to your phone, rather than streaming them. The 5.5-inch screen has a full-HD (1,920x1,080-pixel) resolution, giving it a pixel density of 400 pixels per inch. That's the same size and resolution as the iPhone 6 Plus, and in terms of clarity, there's nothing to differentiate the two. Small text beneath icons is sharp and easy to read and high-res photos look crisp and sharp. The Honor's display is reasonably bright, sufficiently countering the harsh overhead office lights in the CNET UK office, although outside in the bright sun it did become a bit more difficult to see, even when set to max brightness. Colours are bold and vibrant, making Netflix shows like 'Breaking Bad," "SpongeBob" or indeed "Power Rangers" look good. The Honor 6 Plus runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat, which is several versions out of date. The most up-to-date version of Android is Lollipop, which you can find on even rock-bottom budget phones, so it's very disappointing to see such an old version of the software on a midrange mobile. On the surface you probably won't be able to tell, however, as Honor has heavily skinned the phone with the same Emotion user interface you'll see on most of Huawei and Honor's recent phones. It makes huge changes to the stock Android interface, including the colour schemes and the fonts (which you can alter using various themes), but the biggest change is that there's no app tray. I don't like this change as it forces you to keep all of your apps scattered across the homescreens. Once you throw widgets into the mix, it quickly becomes cluttered and difficult to navigate. The phone is powered by a Kirin 925 processor -- an octa-core chip that apparently uses four lower-powered processing cores for everyday tasks, and four burlier cores for more intense processing needs. That's backed up by 3GB of RAM. It performed well on benchmark tests, scoring an impressive 4,456 on the Geekbench 2 test, How to transfer app and data from iPad to iPhone 6? although a less impressive 11,982 on the Quadrant test. By comparison, the Sony Xperia Z3 and LG G4 scored over 20,000 on the Quadrant test and the Galaxy S6 managed to achieve over 36,000. Still, it was able to play the demanding game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas extremely smoothly, and photo editing in Snapseed was handled without any trouble at all. Everyday essential apps like Instagram were also handled perfectly well, but navigating around the phone's interface was less smooth, with noticeable stutters and lag creeping in -- an issue I would bet is caused by the bloated Emotion software. I'd really like to see how a stock Android version of this phone performs as I'm sure it would be a lot more smooth to use. On the back of the phone are two 8-megapixel cameras. One takes regular shots, but the second allows some interesting depth of field effects and also lets you refocus a scene after you've taken it. I'll start with testing the phone's standard photo quality. I was pleased with this first shot of the London Eye. There's a great balance in exposure between the bright sky and the River Thames and a nice rich blue colour in the sky as well. There's a lack of clarity on the fine details when you zoom right in, but it displays full-screen well, making it great for Facebook. This second shot of a fruit stand is not bad either,transfer candy crush to new iphone although the white garlic has been rather overexposed. Again, when zooming in there's a noticeable fuzziness to the picture.
Root - A Privilege That Should Be Allowed By The Smartphone Companies
Now many of you people wouldn't know what 'Root' is so, lemme explain, it is kind of a 'Privilege', which allows us to access the core functions of our android smartphone, it is something that is not allowed by the smartphone companies and what they do is if they find that a phone is rooted, they void it's warranty because it is something that could help us overlock our phone's CPU to a higher level. Now this is only one feature of root, but there are many others like by rooting your phone you could have access to 'Cheat Tools' which can help us modify an apps data, make In App Purchases (IAP) free and patch some apps to get their premium versions for free, removing unwanted system apps with ease, but it also helps in SECURING OUR PHONE, like '360 Security', it needs root to establish a firewall to protect our phones from unwanted access, key logging etc., I think that it should be allowed by the smartphone companies, like there are two sides to every coin, just like that, there are two kind of people, one which need it to secure their phones and one who hack IAP and stuff by using it. I want to say that people would never stop rooting their phones and hacking stuff just because these companies void the warranty, it's like a limitation, how do you know who will use it for the good and who will use it for that bad? So, simply just let people do what they want, they paid for the phones and warranty comes within it. Some tools that could help you root your phone: 1) iRoot (Windows) Some hacking apps due to which smartphone companies don't allow root: 1) Freedom Note: I've not posted the rooting methods, please search Google for that.
2) iRoot (Mobile)
3) Unlock Root (PC Version Only)
4) Framaroot (Android version only)
2) Lucky Patcher
3) SB Game Hacker
How to Recover Data from Hard Drive
“Yesterday, I formatted my hard drive on my computer to erase virus from my computer, but forgot to backup some important files, can I recover them? There are some precious photos, Excel documents, etc. they are important to me. How to recover lost files from hard drive?”—Jessica When we are using our computer, we may lose files due to various reasons, formatting in one of the reasons. So, can we recover deleted files from hard drive? This article will show you the solution. In fact, the system on the hard drive does not erase the deleted files immediately after you deleted the files from your computer, the deleted files are still on your computer, but inaccessible to general users, and the space they occupy is labeled as free to use. So, as long as the deleted data are not overwritten by new files, How to copy Message from iPhone to iPhone/ from android to android you get a chance to restore them. The tool you need is the Data Recovery. Data Recovery is a professional tool to recover files from hard drive, USB drive, SD card, and other storage devices. With the help of this tool, you can easily restore deleted files from your HDD. This program provides four recovery modes to restore lost data, below is the guide. Firstly, download the data recovery tool as per your computer’s OS. Mac and Windows versions are available here. After you install the Data Recovery for hard drive, run it. You can see four recovery modes in the home window. You are recommended to try the first mode first for it can fast recover lost data. This mode will carry out a quick scan to find the deleted files on your hard drive and recover them with the original file names. Next, select the disk you lost files to scan. All disks including the external drives will be listed in the window. If you are trying to recover data from external hard drive, connect the drive to your computer before run this program, pc to android file transfer software or hit Refresh drives if the drive is not displayed. After the scan, you will see all recoverable files displayed in the left sidebar, open the folders to check the files you need. You can preview images, and documents. Select the files you need and click Recover to save the recovered files to your computer. Note: Do not save the recovered files to the disk where you lost data, or, it may overwrite some delete data on the disk. Guide on Recovering Deleted Data from Hard Drive
Step 1. Choose a data recovery mode
Step 2. Select disk to scan
Step 3. Recover deleted data from hard drive
How to Transfer Contacts from HTC to Samsung
Help! I recently purchased a Samsung S3 and want to transfer SIM and phone contacts from HTC Desire to Samsung S3. However, I have to use a new Mini-SIM with the S3 and I can’t put my old SIM in the phone. Is there an easy way to complete this task? Actually, if you want to cope HTC contacts to Samsung, like Samsung S3, you don't have to insert the old SIM card or edit the phone numbers one by one on your Samsung S3. With the help with Phone to Phone Transfer tool, you can transfer all your contacts including the ones in Gmail, How to Transfer Photos from iPhone/iPad/iPod to Computer ChatON and other accouts to the Samsung Galaxy S3 with I click. Download Phone to Phone Transfer tool to copy contacts from HTC to Samsung S3. Note: Phone to Phone Transfer works well with Samsung and HTC phones and tables. Check more supported Samsung and HTC phones and tablets and Android OS here. Download, install and run Phone to Phone Transfer on your computer. The primary window pops up like the screenshot shows below. Connect both of HTC phone and Samsung S3 to the computer via USB cables. Then this program will detect the two devices soon as possible. After that, you can see them in the primary window. On the left is your HTC phone, and on the right is Samsung S3. Between the two devices is "Flip", which lets you change the places of the two devices. It needs you can follow the similar steps to transfer contacts from Samsung S3 to HTC phone. If you decide to remove all contacts on your target Samsung S3 to save the being transferred contacts, you just need to tick off "Clear data before copy". Or just keep "Clear data before copy" unchecked if you don't want to delete the contacts. This Phone to Phone Transfer program empowers you to cope contacts, music, videos, SMS, apps, call logs and photos from HTC to Samsung within 1 click. Therefore,How to Transfer PDF to iPhone from Computer with Ease you can choose the data which you want to transfer. If you only want to cope the contacts, please uncheck the other data except contacts and click "Start Copy". You can check the process in the pop-up transfer window. When the contact transfer process comes to an end, please click "OK" button. That's all! More information about Phone to Phone Transfer tool: Zero quality loss & risk-free: everything you transfer is 100% same as the original and can be only read by yourself. How to cope contacts from HTC to Samsung Galaxy S3 in 1 click
Step 1: Run Phone to Phone Transfer tool
Step 2: Connect your HTC and Samsung S3 to the computer
Step 3: Transfer contacts from THC to Samsung Galaxy S3
2) Not just contacts, transfer SMS, call logs, photos, music, videos and apps*
3) Comprehensive contact copy, including job title, email addresses, company name, etc.
4) Works with over 2,000 phones including Droid, Symbian (Nokia), and all models of iPhones, including new iPhone 5.
5) Transfers content between phones on different networks. AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile - no problem!
How to Transfer Music from Samsung Galaxy to iPhone 6s
Many people, especially youngster, like editing and creating their own songs or music with some useful and fabulous music-editing apps on Samsung smartphone, for instance Galaxy S6/ S6 Edge, Galaxy Note 4. However, if you buy a new iPhone 6s and you want to transfer the edited music from Samsung device to your iPhone 6s, how could you get it done? I guess you will firstly save the songs from Samsung to PC/Mac, then,mobiletrans import the music into iTunes and sync iPhone 6s with iTunes Library. This is exactly a workable solution yet inconvenient. Here is another way helping you to directly transfer music from Samsung devices to iPhone 6s.
TunesGo is a professional tool which supports you to straightforwardly transfer music in between iPhone and Android, iTunes and Android as well as iOS and iOS. Besides, it also enables you to download song tracks from YouTube, manage and organize albums in iTunes.Tutorial about Transferring Music from Samsung to iPhone 6s
Step 1 Download and Install TunesGo
Hit the buttons to download the software on your computer: Windows users click the left button and Mac users the right one. When download finished, set up the program.
Step 2 Plug Samsung and iPhone 6s in the Computer
Run the TunesGo on the computer after installation. Connect both your Android and iOS device to PC/Mac via USB cable.
For Samsung device, you need to enable USB debugging on the phone so as to build the connection.
1) For Android 4.2 or newer: Go to "Settings" > "About Phone" on your Samsung. Press "Build number" for several times until "You are under developer mode". Then enter "Settings" again, and choose "Developer options" > "USB debugging".
2) For Android 3.0 to 4.1: Go to "Settings" > "Developer options" > "USB debugging".
3) For Android 2.3 or earlier: Go to "Settings" > "Applications" > "Development". Check "USB debugging".
When it's connected, you can see it as the below interface.
As for iPhone, you need to tap "Trust" in the phone screen to build the connection.
Step 3 Copy Music from Samsung to iPhone 6s
Click the Samsung device in the left menu and hit the "Music" option under the Samsung panel to open the playlists. All the songs in Samsung Galaxy will be listed in the main window. Select the songs you want to transfer and click the "Export" button. A pop-up box will show you three options, how to transfer candy crush to new iphone hit "Export to iPhone 6s (the name of your iPhone)", the selected music will start transferring from Samsung Galaxy to iPhone 6s. 
More Feature: Manage iTunes Library
TunesGo also works as the iTunes Library manager. With it, you can fix the missing and inaccurate tags and covers of iTunes music. Clean up duplicated songs as well as remove missing tracks.
There are more impressive features on TunesGo waiting for your exploration. Hurry to download it and give it a shot.
