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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.
Honor 5C – A Very Handy Smartphone
 Honor 5c priced at Rs 10,999 for 2GB variant,Which sports 5.2 inch with gold, silver, and grey color options listed.It has an impressive 13 inch Rear camera and 5 inch Front camera for selfies.Moreover it uses Hisilicon Kirin 650 (4x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 2GHz + 4x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1.7GHz), 16nm process which is lag for Multitasking .So if you are looking for budget smartphones Honor 5c works best.
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Star Trek Beyond Giveaway - Day 2
All this week, we are giving away tickets to Star Trek Beyond. On Thursday (July 21), the second day of the giveaway, five tickets are up for grabs. To participate, all you need to do is follow @Gadgets360 on Twitter and retweet this tweet.
On Friday, around 11am we will pick 5 random winners out of everyone who RTs the tweet and follows Gadgets 360 on Twitter. Rest of the terms and conditions are as follows:
- Contest is open only to residents of India.
- In case of any dispute, the decision of Gadgets 360 staff will be final.
- One e-Code entitles a customer to buy a ticket of Star Trek Beyond up to Rs. 300, if the ticket price is over then Rs. 300 then customer has to pay differential amount.
- The said e-Code can only be used online at www.pvrcinemas.com to book a PVR ticket which is subject to availability only for Star Trek Beyond movie with the validity of 90 days & client has to pay the convenience fee during online ticket generation.
- The said star pass cannot be used at Director’s Cut, Gold Class, Imax, Opulent, Mahagun, and Cinemax.
- E-Code will have a validity of 90 days from the date of issue.
- Customer is liable to pay a 3D glass rental fee per ticket as applicable.
- The e-code cannot be clubbed with any other offer from PVR.
- No refund of cash will be made for any items purchased with the e-code.
- E-Codes are only valid for movie tickets & can be redeemed in single transaction only.
- E-Codes are only valid for “Star Trek Beyond†Movie Tickets & cannot be redeemed for any other movie.
- The terms and conditions can be changed at any time.
(Full Rig, Not Only The Cabinet) $6100 Gaming PC - Totally As Crazy As Hell
Today I present a $6100 Gaming PC which I know is totally insane. So, here is the full rig: CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler Motherboard: MSI X99S Gaming 7 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 64GB (8 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive & Western Digital BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX Titan X 12GB Video Card Cabinet: Cooler Master Cosmos II (Black) ATX Full Tower Case Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) Wired Network Adapter: Intel E1G44ET2 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI-Express x4 Network Adapter Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Chroma Wired Gaming Keyboard Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma Wired Optical Mouse Headphones: Razer KRAKEN 7.1 CHROMA 7.1 Channel Headset Speakers: Logitech Z906 500W 5.1ch Speakers Grand Total: $6124.86 (Rs. 388894.62 at the time of posting this) To see the Rig and to buy it go over here: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WyBbzy Conclusion: This will run your games at least for the next 10 years :troll_face: Note: Only buy this rig if you are as crazy as all hell but some bloody rich people will surely like to buy it.
