Among the smartphones recently released the Lenovo A5 is directed to the entry-level smartphone market. Boasting of a voluptuous battery which is sure to gives it an upper hand in terms longer time of usage and a more ideal option when it comes to travel phone. In other parts of the spec sheet, you are greeted with modest features but still manages to keep in touch with the latest design patterns.
Made in a way that the budget status is apparent but still manages to impress. In terms of the characteristic premium touches here and there. One of this is seen in the reduced bezel on the smartphone and 18:9 aspect ratio. It also appears to be on a thicker side, measured at 9.8mm and weighs 165g which is partly due to its plastic build.
Just averaged sized, it offers just about the conventional resolution of HD+ quality which is very much the best you can get in the entry-level category – no pun intended. Stretching the 1440 x 720 pixels resolution over a 5.45-inch screen, the smartphone is colourful enough and with little bezels at the sides.
Battery and CameraCertainly one of the selling points, the Lenovo A5 has a generous battery capacity which powers the low spec phone without any difficulty. Considering it has 4, 000mAh battery, the smartphone should be able to go for close to 2 days without charging. That being said, there is no fast charge privilege here so you will have to make do with the normal hours of charging.
Frankly, there is not much you can do with the camera featured on the smartphone as it only comes with what your money can buy and that being the budget price tag. While it does take okay pictures in seemingly perfect condition, low light pictures are not to be relied on. This being that you have just a 13MP rear camera and an 8MP selfie snapper at the front.
Hardware and SoftwareThe engine on the smartphone is made up of a MediaTek chipset which is just powerful as an entry SoC can be. It includes a quad-core MediaTek MT6739 processor paired with a PowerVR GE8100 GPU.
The remaining of the bulk comprises of 3GB RAM and 16GB or 32GB built-in storage space to choose from. Storage space can be taken up to 256GB using a MicroSD card plus it runs ZUI 3.9 alongside Android 8.0 Oreo.
Lenovo A5 Price and AvailabilityIt is not available for sale for now but is said to cost 34, 000 Naira depending on your location and the deal.
Here are a few specs of the Lenovo A5:
General Features Platform: Android 8.0 Oreo (ZUI 3.9) Processor: Quad-core MediaTek MT6739 GPU: PowerVR GE8100 Memory: 3GB Colours: Black, Gold, Rose Gold Dimension: 146.2 x 70.9 x 9.8 mm Weight: 160g SIM Type: Nano SIM SIM Count: Dual SIM Display Display: 5.45-inch, IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 1440 x 720 pixels (295 ppi) Screen Protection: – Camera Rear Camera: 13MP camera, 720p Video@30fps Rear Camera Features: Autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama Front Camera: 8MP camera, 480p Video@30fps Storage Built-in Storage: 16GB Memory Card Support: Yes, up to 256GB Bundled Cloud Storage: – Network Support 2G GSM: Yes 2G CDMA 1X: – 3G WCDMA: Yes 3G CDMA EVDO: – 4G LTE: Yes Internet & Connectivity GPRS: Yes EDGE: Yes 3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes HSPA+: Yes CDMA EVDO: – 4G LTE: Yes WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, WiFi Direct Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes Bluetooth: Yes, with A2DP, LE NFC: – Infrared Blaster: – USB Port: MicroUSB 2.0 Messaging SMS/MMS: Yes Instant Messaging: Yes Push Emails: Yes Email Protocol: – Entertainment Music Player: MP3/WAV/eAAC+/Flac player Video Player: MP4/H.264 player FM Radio: Yes Loudspeaker: Yes 3.5mm Jack: Yes Navigation Navigation: Yes, A-GPS Maps: Yes Sensors & Control Digital Compass: – Accelerometer: Yes Proximity Sensor: Yes Light Sensor: Yes Barometer: – SpO2: – Pedometer: – Heart Rate Monitor: – Gyroscope: – Fingerprint Scanner: Fingerprint sensor (rear) Iris Scanner: – Face Unlock: – Intelligent Digital Assistant: – Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: – Voice Control: – Other Features Video Streaming: Yes Active Noise Cancellation: Yes Wireless Charging: – Built-in Mobile Payment: – Water Resistant: – Dust Resistant: – Image Editor: Yes Video Editor: Yes Document Viewer: Yes Document Editor: Yes Battery Battery: 4, 000mAh non removable Li-Ion battery Talktime: – Standby Time: – Fast Charging: –The post Lenovo A5 Specs and Price appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
Converting social media images into a GIF or graphics interface format can be the best way out for expressing emotion, adding a clever reference or showcasing a memorable moment from your favourite TV shows or movies.
These short yet sweet and dynamic contents are rarely considered spammy as they come jam packed with meaningful information. Coupled with such stellar characteristics, GIFs have evolved into a charismatic yet not-so-new gadget of social media. Since their very inception these animated images have been taking over the internet for gaining acceptance as a mode of communication in their own right.
Thus, digital marketers are harbouring their concern in this lucrative field by integrating GIFs in their holistic marketing strategy. Apart from simply entertaining your audience, GIFs also serve as an extremely important tool for the company as they can showcase both services and products in such a way which can easily attract the attention of both existing and new customers as well as markets. Followers can also be given a sneak peek of an upcoming event or the recap of a program as GIFs highlight both behind the scenes and on-screen happenings with panache.
GIF Categories:Although GIFs might seem to be a funny animation on first glance, it holds the potential of imparting added attractiveness to a certain post and answering a question in simple terms. They can also take the shape of an object of art much like cinemagraphs which are in harmony with the versatile portfolio of expensive and professional designers.
Reaction GIFs:– This well-known GIF genre reveals both emotions as well as responses using an animated clip which can showcase everything from situation answers to general feelings. These GIFs are tailor made for answers although you can use the same in its actual size as a comment courtesy the latest Facebook update. Thus, the reaction GIFs can be viewed openly by everyone. Looping GIFs:– These GIFs can keep the viewers mesmerised as they wonder about the real reason behind the GIFs playing in a seamless manner. Coupled with these forms of GIFs, you can easily catch the eye of a bigger target audience. Cinemagraphs:– They constitute of part animation and part picture with subtle areas of motion such as city streets or distant waterfalls which tend to bring along a serene feel. As opposed to a moment replaying, one feels as if time is passing while looking at such versatile visual effects. Such cool animation is bound to attract more “Likes” as compared to a boring static image. Creating A GIF Using LiceCap:LiceCap tool aids in the creation of animated GIF by recording the window which is open in front of you. You just need to edit the window dimensions by reducing the size of GIF and main LiceCap window.
Coupled with LiceCap, you can record absolutely everything whether it is something you are doing on your Mac or live streaming a video from YouTube. This flexible and intuitive application ensures high performance in spite of being lightweight in attribute.
LiceCap also supports its exclusive .LCF format which allows more accurate timestamping, high quality colours per frame and greater compression ratio compared to .GIF format. LiceCap comes with the following options and features:
Screen can be moved for capturing frame while recording. Pausing can be toggled while recording by using the global hotkey feature. Mouse button presses can be recorded. Recording can be paused and started with optional ability of LiceCapto insert text messages. Basic title frame might or might not be accompanies by text. Elapsed time is displayed in the recording. Maximum recording framerate of LiceCapcan be adjusted to allow CPU usage regulation. Conclusion:Your followers might find static content to be extremely boring especially if you are posting the same on a regular basis. As an alternative, you should try spicing up your social feed using some GIFs since they are already supported by major platforms.
In this way, you can establish another avenue of connectivity between your followers and content. It also enhances the appeal of your brand to new visitors as they access the social media outlets of your company and start showing interest in your operations.
Usage of GIFs on website pages can make the space much more visually appealing without bringing detrimental effect on the loading time. However, you need to decide upon an image which represents the brand accurately and provokes a unique emotional connection which is bound to mesmerise website visitors. If you are working on a trending topic, then chances are pretty high for its GIFs to be already present in abundance. This form of content has higher chance of going viral compared to static content as they are much more share-worthy, entertaining, relatable and brings along a solid engagement boost.
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In the last 5 years, we have witnessed the birth and rise of so many currencies in the crypto scene; many thanks to the Blockchain technology (which doesn’t quite get enough accolades as people focus only on the financial and trading aspect of crypto coins and are quick to forget the originator). Stellar Lumen (XLM), NEO (NEO) and Cardano (ADA) are examples of cryptocurrencies that were launched between 2014 and 2015… and have rose to the top 10 cryptocurrencies in the world (according to CoinMarketCap’s market capitalization rating) in the relatively short span of their existence.
The EOS cryptocurrency is another example — only launched about a year ago but is now the 5th biggest crypto coin in the world (when ranked by market capitalization).
Let’s talk about EOS, shall we?
EOS cryptocurrency: HistoryEOS is an operating system based and engineered on the decentralized nature of the blockchain technology. One of the basic and simplified explanation of the operating system: “EOS.IO is software that allows businesses to build blockchain applications that resemble existing web-based applications, using an architecture similar to website frameworks”, an excerpt from a Quora thread reads.
EOS was founded by Dan Larrimer in June 26, 2017. Larrimer doubles as the creator and founder of some other blockchain applications Steem and BitShares. With EOS, developers will be able to easily create blockchain-based applications where end users will also be able to interact easily.
EOS has been nicknamed as a “serious competitor” to Ethereum because if solves the scalability and transaction fees issues that exist on the Bitcoin and Ethereum network.
EOS coins is like a currency with which a developer claims server space and resources for his application. Basically, a developer is required to have EOS coins to use the EOS blockchain. Although server resources will be allocated based on the level or coin a developer owns, developers do not have to spend this EOS coins to host their applications or use server resources; rather, they (EOS coins) just need to be held as a proof of ownership.
Rather than charge users fees to take some action in the EOS network, EOS is designed such that bandwidth, computation, and storage capacity are allocated in proportion to the amount of EOS that is staked within an application.
The EOS platform is also renowned for its fast transactions speed and the voluminous amount of transactions that can occur on the platform in a second. EOS was created to handle quick transactional speed and the ability to process up to 50,000 transactions per second — a feat Ripple recently achieved to surpass VISA’s 24,000 transactions per second.
EOS: Value and TradingWhen EOS was launched by the developers/creators, a total of 1 billion EOS coins were created. 20% (200,000,000 million) of the EOS token supply were sold for about $185M in ETH over the first 5 days of token sale, 70% will be produced, sold and spread out at the rate of 2,200,000 coins per day for 360 days. The remaining 10% (100,000,000 million) EOS coin are reserved for the founders; and it cannot be traded, sold or transferred.
Presently, there are 896,149,492 EOS coin in supply with a single EOS coin having a worth of:
1 EOS = $10.69 USD 1 EOS = 0.00162752 BTC 1 EOS = 0.02128080 ETH 1 EOS = 19.943818 XRP 1 EOS = 0.012433 BCH EOS WalletsTrading EOS might have somehow piqued your interest. Well, the first step is to get a wallet that is compatible with EOS coins or tokens. There are a couple of them, so they’re are quite a number of options to choose from.
You should know that since EOS is based on the ETH network, you can hold EOS coins in any wallet that supports Ethereum. You can check out wallets that supports ETH in this guide on Ethereum, or peek some of them listed below.
Hardware wallet: Trezor and Ledger Nano S are reliable and secure hardware wallets that are compatible with EOS coins.
Desktop & Web Wallet: Ethereum’s official wallet (MyEtherWallet) is a good wallet to keep your EOS. Jaxx and Exodus are also reliable wallets.
EOS Exchange/Trading platformDone securing a wallet? Next step is to buy or sell your first EOS coin(s). But you’re going to need a platform to get that done, right? Listed below are some top trading platforms (exchange) to buy and sell EOS:
Kraken – supports the purchase of EOS using fiat currency (USD, EUR, Japanese Yen, Canadian Dollars).
Bitfinex – like Kraken, it also supports EOS-USD exchanges.
Changelly – doesn’t support trading in fiat currency, but you can purchase EOS using another cypto coin.
HitBTC – also support trading EOS in fiat currency.
Although EOS runs on its own Blockchain, its token runs on Ethereum’s network, it (EOS) has more to offer than Ethereum and likewise sports some amazing and unique features that have pushed it to the top 10 cryptocurrencies in the world and also handed the crypto a promising future.
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