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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.
OUKITEL C3 spec confirmed, will be first MT6580 device to do android 6.0
Take a closer look, you will find the pattern on the back cover, this is not only fashionable but also avoid hand slide.
Released in April, OUKITEL C3 will be the first 5inch MT6580 devices to take Android 6.0 Marshmallow. No need to wait for updating.
As OUKITEL product manager said, OUKITEL C3 will feature the best screen, best camera and most fashionable design with most wallet-friendly price among 5 inch MT6580 smartphones.
C3 features HD IPS display with 1280*720 resolution and for touch screen, and , it is using AUO brand screen for the display which is the same display as iPad mini. Carrying the MT6580 Quad-core chip set with 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM, C3 can manage multi-tasks freely.
It gets a 8MP rear camera and a 2MP front camera for wonderful shooting experience. Though the battery is only 2000mAh battery, OUKITEL make the battery lasts longer due to the intelligent power saving management system.
To thanks for consumers' feedback for us, OUKITEL is offering April's welfare on official Facebook which is: Giveaway 5 devices for fans to experience. C3 presale will start soon in mid-April, the earlier you order, the earlier you will get a android 6.0 device to experience.
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.
Features Of An Amazing Image Editor Fun App Prisma
Ardent art lovers would always love to get painted their portrait on canvas, but that could be expensive. But no worries, here is an amazing image editor fun app Prisma, where you can instantly get your Picasso style effect to your image. Prisma was developed by a mobile app development company Prisma Labs Inc. Features: Pros Cropping and Rotation: Users can crop their video and upload the desired part of your original image. Circular arrows are displayed in the app for 90 degrees image rotation. Blending Filters: Instead of applying filters on the existing image, this app reconstructs the image from ground up. Features: Cons Performance and Speed: Relatively slow. Updates: Split screen features Pictures can be cropped after applying effect.
