It's not only about how much battery your smartphone can hold, it's also about how much fast you smartphone can refuel. After all, if your smartphone is dying, and you've got to leave the house soon, a fast-charging smartphone with QuickCharge 3.0 or VOOC Flash-Charge is going to be immensely
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If you are in the market for a new desktop or laptop, you are probably going to come across tonnes of confusing terms like m3, i3, i5 and i7 processors, amongst other technical jargons like SSD, HDD and GTX graphic cards. However, in this first installment, we are solely going
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ROG’s GT51CA has since its launch earlier this year impressed with its looks and its power. Now, the hulking beast has been updated to include the latest NVIDIA GTX 1080 graphics cards. This means that the already impressive benchmarks of the previous models are surpassed. However, this tower very much
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After the leaked benchmarks of the Radeon RX 480, benchmark numbers of the Radeon RX 470 have also been spotted online. The benchmarks were run by AMD in its performance labs last month on a system comprising an Intel Core i7 5960X processor clocked at 3.0 GHz, 16GB of memory,
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The Oppo R9 Plus is a remarkable device that has just landed in Singapore. Oppo’s latest selfie-expert, the Oppo R9 just got a massive upgrade in terms of size and batter life. The Oppo R9 Plus is a “phabulous” phablet that seeks to impress. It’s aesthetically-pleasing metal frame along with
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Futuremark has released the 3DMark 2016 beta for the holidays, allowing users to preview some of the new features that will be added to 3DMark in 2016 and also try out the VRMark 3D VR benchmark for VR headsets. VRMark preview includes one of the benchmark’s four test environments –“Fire
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FinalWire has launched AIDA64 5.60, the latest version of the benchmarking utility aimed at home users. The software will be available in a total of four variants, all tailored for different use cases. The $39 Extreme edition is for home users, while the $199 Engineer edition is aimed at IT technicians.
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The slim-bezeled Android seems to come much closer to a stock software experience than all its predecessors, but unfortunately, the specs are nothing to write home about. Amazon is understandably reluctant to take another chance on a Fire Phone after the first-gen’s monumental box-office missteps, and while the company’s hardware
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The identity of the recently tested smartphone isn’t confirmed, but its preliminary specs and Geekbench results suggest strong upper mid-range potential. Samsung has already pushed the boundaries of non-flagship Androids this year, with the Full HD/Snapdragon 615/2 GB RAM-packing Galaxy A7 and A8, yet the Korean OEM’s mission of offering
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If the reported specifications pan out, the sequel for the disappointing One M9 looks ready to take on the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Apple iPhone 6s Plus. Could it be too late for HTC to stage a spectacular high-end mobile comeback? Not if the Taiwanese OEM’s designers started from
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The world’s fourth largest smartphone maker, according to some sources, may stall the flagship launch until next year, when Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 will be ready for primetime at last. The overheating woes of the otherwise speedy Snapdragon 810 processor messed with a lot of Android product roadmaps, and no matter
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The processor’s clock speed sounds remarkable, but the lagging RAM count would be a bitter disappointment. Prepare to question everything you thought you knew about the upcoming iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. According to a dubious Geekbench 3 screenshot originally posted on Instagram, at least the former variant packs 989
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The somewhat enigmatic F600L flagship phone could also take shape as the oft-rumored Nexus 5 2015, but the model number and on-board software suggest otherwise. LG has already been quite “productive” on the high-end mobile hardware release front this year, with the G4 and G Flex 2 aimed directly at
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We want to believe, we really do, but we highly doubt an LG-manufactured sequel to the budget-friendly 2013 N5 could score 85,000+ points through the controversial performance-measuring tool. Everybody knows how easy to manipulate mobile benchmark instruments are. Especially AnTuTu. Not to mention effortlessly contrivable screenshots of alleged unreleased gear
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Although it’s indexed as sporting a 6.9-inch Full HD display by GFX Bench, the “AFTS” must be a streaming media stick, since it lacks cameras, GPS, NFC, light sensor, compass and accelerometer functionality. The Fire Phone is a monumental sales flop, no matter how low the price gets, Fire tablets
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The onslaught of ultra-high-res Androids is set to continue, with Motorola Lenovo believed to be working on at least two Quad HD handhelds for commercial launches by the end of the year. Wondering just how much better the already remarkable Verizon-exclusive Droid Turbo can get? Not very much, if we’re
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Futuremark has announced that it is developing a new Virtual Reality benchmarking tool dubbed VRMark. VRMark benchmark uses a combination of hardware and software to gauge VR performance, latency, and accuracy. This new benchmark is being targeted at manufacturers, analysts, and press so they can effectively test a system’s capability
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Listed simply as Shield Portable in GFX Bench’s database, this is no doubt a sequel, given the massively upgraded specifications and stellar graphics test scores. Finding it a little hard to get excited about the newest Nvidia Shield family addition due to Android TV’s countless glaring limitations? Maybe peeved the
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3 GB RAM and pre-installed Android 5.1 Lollipop software are the only other OnePlus 2 specs effectively confirmed as of now. If we’d be dealing with a traditional, established smartphone brand, it would no doubt come as a huge surprise the OnePlus One upgrade is taking so long. But surely,
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Also, 3 GB RAM and, as the only compelling upgrade observable at a first glance, an octa-core Snapdragon 810 CPU. Between financial difficulties inherently leading to mobile division auction speculation and a controversial software support strategy, it goes without saying Sony has bigger things to worry about than Xperia Z3’s
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