The past week has been quite a busy one for Samsung as the South Korean electronics and gadget giant has embarked on an unveiling spree of new products; the latest being the Samsung Galaxy Watch — the new flagship off its wearable line of products. Other products that were unveiled include the Galaxy Home AI speaker, the Galaxy Tab S4, and the Galaxy Note 9.
While the last notable wearables from Samsung were the Gear S3 released in November 2016, and the Gear Sport (2017), Samsung has decided to steer towards a totally new direction and drop the ‘Gear’ codename from its smartwatch line of product and adopt the renowned ‘Galaxy’ branding. Hence, the release of the Samsung Galaxy Watch, and not ‘Gear S4’ as many had expected and previously predicted.
With the Galaxy Watch, Samsung is looking to re-enter and (maybe) dominate the smartwatch market in grand style. But with top-of-the-line smartwatches from rival brands like Apple, Xiaomi, Huawei etc., will the features of the Galaxy Watch compete effectively? Does it cut the mustard? I guess time will be the judge of that.
Samsung Galaxy Watch: DesignGenerally, the aesthetical property of the Samsung Galaxy Watch is similar to its predecessor, the Gear S3. The only difference, which might take quite much time to notice, is that the dial designs have a more analog-y appearance.
About the display, a 1.3-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 360 x 360 resolution is in place. While one might wonder why Samsung chose to adopt the same display hardware used on the Gear S3 of 2016, you can’t but admit that display is a good one. Surrounding the display is a rotating bezel for navigation and switching between apps.
The Galaxy Watch sports the Gorilla Glass DX+ which was recently announced by Corning for wearable devices.
The Gorilla Glass DX+ —asides improving sunlight readability by 75% and offering improved resistance against scratches, bump, knocks, and whatnot— surprisingly brings about improvements in battery life.
VariantsThe Samsung Galaxy Watch comes in two variants, the first time Samsung will release a smartwatch in two types; like it mostly does with smartphones.
The two variants are entirely differentiated by watch face size, with (the smaller) one coming in at 42mm while the other is sized 46mm. The 46mm Galaxy Watch will be available in Silver colour while the 42mm variant will launch in Rose Gold and Midnight Black colours.
All features and properties of both watches are entirely the same, save for battery capacity, RAM, and connectivity. Both variants are 5 ATM water resistant and possess military-grade (MIL-STD-810G) protection.
Hardware, Processor & OS
Underneath the body of the Samsung Galaxy Watch is a dual-core Exynos 9110 chipset that clock up to 1.15GHz. In assistance is 1.5GB of RAM (46mm 4G model) for fluid operations and 4GB of built-in memory for data and multimedia storage. The Bluetooth (42mm) variant, however, comes with 768MB of RAM.
The Galaxy Watch will run Samsung’s native Tizen OS, but a rather improved version; the Tizen OS v4.0.
BatteryOne of the highlights of the Samsung Galaxy Watch is the seven-day battery life it boasts of. The 42mm model comes with 270mAh battery while the 46mm model is almost twice the size of the smaller counterpart; 472mAh.
Other features
Perhaps to drive up sales, Samsung beat down the price of the Galaxy Watch to be about $90 cheaper than the Gear S3. And though they won’t be up for sale till August 24 in Korea, pre-order have officially begun; global shipping of the wearable will commence on September 14.
The 42mm variant of the Samsung Galaxy Watch with 768MB of RAM and Bluetooth will cost $329.99 while the bigger 46mm variant with 1.5GB RAM and 4G LTE will sell for $349.99.
Samsung Galaxy Watch Specifications Dimension — 46 x 49 x 13 mm, 63g (46mm) l 42 x 46 x 13 mm, 49g (42mm) Battery — 427mAh (46mm) l 270mAh (42mm) Chipset — Dual-core 1.15GHz Samsung Exynos 9110 processor RAM — 1.5GB (4G) l 768MB (Bluetooth) Storage — 4GB internal memory Operating System — Tizen OS 4.0 Compatibility — Android 5.0 or iOS 9.0 and aboveThe post Samsung Galaxy Watch Specs, Price, and Release date appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
The Meizu 16 has been in the pipe for a while now with leaks and rumours flying around. The smartphone is here and guess what? It will be Meizu”s first high-end flagship to be made. It follows the recent smartphone trends when it has to do with the design unlike the Meizu 15 which was somewhat a classica piece. Meizu’s new flagship is one that has most of the boxes ticked when it has anything to do with flagship features.
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The Meuzu 16 comes with what most of these flagships bring to the table which is an appealing glass and an 18:9 aspect ratio or something close. It has more rounded edges which makes it look a bit different. Also, it comes with a 3.5mm audio jack, USB Type-C port, and a speaker at the bottom while the side as the volume rocker as well as the power button. There is the much reduced bezels around the screen especially at the side to bring the display coverage to 91.18%.
Meizu retajns the mBack button that is on screen and adds an underscreen fingerprint scanner for your own use. Made with an aluminium frame that blends with the glass covering, thus the smartphone appears uniform. The dual camera is placed vertically at the upper center with the ring flash below it.
Coming to the screen, you have to give Meizu some accolades for the Super AMOLED display used in the Meizu 16. Same as the other recent flagships, the smartphone comes with a fairly large display of 6.0-inch. Regarding resolution, the display is a Full HD+ 1080 X 2160 pixels resolution with a 402 ppi pixel density.
Battery and CameraAs for the battery, there is about the same average capacity most of these smartphones have. The Meizu 16 for example ships with a 3, 010mAh battery. As it should, there is mCharge 4.0 which is Meizu’s fast charge feature for filling your battery quickly. However, you will not be enjoying wireless charge on this one.
Now for those of you interested in the optics on the smartphone, you have a capable dual camera on the back of the smartphone. It possesses a 12MP camera with f/1.8 aperture and a 20MP camera having a f/2.8 aperture. The selfie camera is a 20MP sensor which according to Meizu is nothing short of impressive.
Hardware and SoftwareInterestingly, the Meizu 16 comes with the kind of chipset only seen in top of the line premium smartphones Under the hood, there is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 CPU which is paired with Adreno 630 GPU On this, you should enjoy no lags and a smooth experience even on the most graphic intensive mobile games.
Furthermore, it packs a large 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage , although, a less speced variant has 6GB RAM working with 64GB built-in storage. It also carries a copper tube heat dessipation tube to distribute heat away from the chipset. It is however, not with the latest Android Oreo version (Android 8.0 Oreo) and a customary Flyme UI.
Meizu 16 Pricing and AvailabilityConsidering this is the first time Meizu is featuring the high-end Qualcomm chipset it sells for just about 142, 000 Naira depending on the deal and your location.
Here are a few specs of the Meizu 16:
General Features Platform: Android 8.0 Oreo (Flyme UI) Processor: Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 GPU: Adreno 630 Memory: 6GB/8GB RAM Colours: Black, White Dimension: 150.5 x 73.2 x 7.3 mm Weight: 152g SIM Type: Nano SIM SIM Count: Dual SIM Display Display: 6.0-inch, Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 1080 X 2160 pixels (564 ppi) Screen Protection: – Camera Rear Camera: Dual 12MP + 20MP camera, 2160p Video@30fps 1080p Video@30fps Rear Camera Features: Autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama Front Camera: 20MP camera, 1080p Video@30fps Storage Built-in Storage: 64GB/128GB Memory Card Support: – Bundled Cloud Storage: – Network Support 2G GSM: Yes 2G CDMA 1X: – 3G WCDMA: Yes 3G CDMA EVDO: – 4G LTE: LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 8(900), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) Internet & Connectivity GPRS: Yes EDGE: Yes 3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes HSPA+: 42.2/5.76Mbps CDMA EVDO: – 4G LTE: LTE-A (4CA) Cat 16 1024/150Mbps WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes Bluetooth: Yes, v5.0 with A2DP, LE, aptX HD NFC: Yes Infrared Blaster: – USB Port: USB Type-C 2.0 Messaging SMS/MMS: Yes Instant Messaging: Yes Push Emails: Yes Email Protocol: – Entertainment Music Player: MP4/DviX/XviD/H.265 player Video Player: MP4/DviX/XviD/H.265 player FM Radio: Yes Loudspeaker: Yes 3.5mm Jack: Yes Navigation Navigation: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, SBAS, QZSS Maps: Yes Sensors & Control Digital Compass: Yes Accelerometer: Yes Proximity Sensor: Yes Light Sensor: Yes Barometer: – SpO2: – Pedometer: – Heart Rate Monitor: – Gyroscope: Yes Fingerprint Scanner: Yes, (under screen) Iris Scanner: – Face Unlock: Yes Intelligent Digital Assistant: Yes Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: – Voice Control: – Other Features Video Streaming: Yes Active Noise Cancellation: Yes Wireless Charging: Yes Built-in Mobile Payment: – Water Resistant: – Dust Resistant: – Image Editor: Yes Video Editor: Yes Document Viewer: Yes Document Editor: Yes Battery Battery: 3, 010mAh non removable Li-Ion battery Talktime: – Standby Time: – Fast Charging: YesThe post Meizu 16 Specs and Price appeared first on Nigeria Technology Guide.
At an event held in New York City, United States on August 9, the South Korean electronics giants announced a new product —the Samsung Galaxy Home— to mark its debut in the artificial intelligence (AI) driven smart home assistant ecosystem. While the OEM did not fully disclose all the specifications and features of the virtual assistant —we understand that this means Samsung aims to go toe-to-toe with big names like Apple, Google, and Amazon who are already dominating the market— it may be too early to make predictions on whether the company will succeed at it…or not.
But in the meantime, let’s have a peek at some of the properties of the Samsung Galaxy Home who got hold as the official launch is anticipated.
Samsung Galaxy Home: DesignPicture this: a typical big black cauldron (pot) with a narrow opening but big base, sitted comfortably on a metal tripod. Or a pineapple with its crown attached to its bottom. Done?
Well, I don’t know what you thought about but I’m quite sure the product of your virtual imagination looks something near the object in the image below.
The Samsung Galaxy Home smart speaker
The exact dimension of the Galaxy Home are unknown but it sort of appears to be bigger in size than the Google Home and Amazon Echo, perhaps due to the presence of the stainless steel tripod. However, as size isn’t exactly of much significance, Samsung does score extra points for the unique and elegant design and form of the smart speaker.
At the top, indicator lights coupled with a set of physical buttons are located. The body is covered in what seem to be a “texturized fabric cover” and available in Black colour (except Samsung introduces more colour variants during official launch). The legs (tripods) are rubberized at the tips to prevent them scratching off and damaging surfaces the speaker will be placed on.
Music & AudioDuring launch, Samsung mentioned that the Galaxy Home will ‘make music sound even more amazing’. Audio in the Galaxy home will be powered by six speakers and a subwoofer based on the AKG Audio technology from Harman, a company Samsung acquired back in 2016 for $8 billion.
For attendants and prospective users to have first-hand audio experience of the Galaxy Home speaker, likewise, its room-filling capability, Samsung used 160 of the speakers to provide the audio during the launch event.
To handle music on the Galaxy Home, Samsung announced its long-term partnership with popular digital music service, Spotify at the announcement event. And not just only on the Galaxy Home, Spotify will be powering Music on other Samsung products henceforward.
Voice Input
As the Samsung’s native virtual assistant, Bixby will be running on the Galaxy Home, proper receipt of voice commands is paramount. This I why the device comes with eight far-field microphones for detecting and picking up voice input and commands.
On a side note, the Bixby Assistant has been updated to become even smarter, understand commands better, and follow up with conversation more smoothly. Probably still not anywhere near Google Assistant or Siri but it sure is a welcomed development.
Price and AvailabilityNot sure if you already picked it up from the intro that Samsung isn’t ready to release the Galaxy Home smart speaker. The announcement at the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 launch event was just to put word out on one of the many next-big-thing it in store.
However, it is certain that the smart speaker will be released in California on November 7 at the upcoming Samsung Developer Conference. And if the device isn’t released at the event, more features, specs, and information regarding release date and pricing will surely be made available.
Nevertheless, price of the Samsung Galaxy Home is expected to be in the range of $300 to $359.
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UMIDIGI has just officially unveiled the UMIDIGI Z2 Special Edition, a stunning phone with a popular notch and an eye-catching Fantastic color on the back. The screen-to-body ratio is an impressive 90 percent, thanks to the notch and the 6.2-inch display, which is squeezed into a tall 19:9 aspect ratio that makes it very comfortable to hold with one hand.
The UMIDIGI Z2 is equipped with Helio P23 chipset, containing eight Cortex A53, max CPU frequency 2.0 GHz. It supports 18W fast wired charging.
It has 4 GB RAM and 64 GB storage, dual 16MP+8MP cameras on both sides make a quad camera setup, the main camera sensor is flagship level S5K2P7 with f/1.7 big aperture.
The secondary camera sensor is S5K4H7, so with the dual camera setup you can effortlessly capture true beauty in any situation and get a decent bokeh effect.
Also, the phone supports global bands, total 36 bands, 7 internet modes and the latest stock Android 8.1 out of the box!
Here are the differences between the UMIDIGI Z2 Special Edition and the ordinary UMIDIGI Z2. Firstly, UMIDIGI Z2 Special Edition comes with 4GB RAM compared with Z2’s 6GB RAM.
Secondly, the UMIDIGI Z2 Special Edition offers a matte frame while the Z2 adopts flossy shining frame. What’s more? Welcome the new Fantastic color for UMIDIGI Z2 Special Edition.
The Fantastic color has an amazing look, which is the latest achievement in pursuit of a perfect color and a new stunning design from the company.
UMIDIGI insists the phone also should look beautiful and fashionable. Watch the video below to enjoy the beauty of the Fantastic UMIDIGI Z2 Special Edition.
However, the UMIDIGI Z2 Special Edition will be much more affordable than any other Helio P23 phones. Stay tuned, more info and updates will come soon.
Global Recruitment 10 Trial UsersUMIDIGI now are globally recruiting 10 trial users for UMIDIGI Z2 Special Edition. The trial users should help with testing devices for the first time and give feedbacks to UMIDIGI engineers.
Everyone can have a chance to become a trial user and just need to complete specific steps and be a little bit lucky. You can check all specifications of the UMIDIGI Z2 special edition and join the trial users’ activity right here.
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There has been a lot of hype about SEO in the past few years, especially in 2017 SEO became the buzzword for the online world and keeping in view 2017, people were expecting 2018 to be much more interesting and exciting.
Well, as it was expected, 2018 did become the golden year for search engine optimization. SEO is very complicated and if you really want to win the online marketing game then you need to keep yourself updated with every tiny bit of SEO, it’s trends and the changes being made in the Google’s algorithm.
From the types of backlinks to the keyword research, if you are in the online business then you’ve got to first take a proper grip on the topic of SEO, how it works and what can you do to get on top of the search engine rankings.
However, if you are someone who already knows about SEO and how is this game played then you need to stick with us a little longer because we’ve got some interesting and spicy news for you.
Today in this article we are going to jot down the top game changing SEO trends that have actually dominated the year 2018. So, folks, take notes of what we are about to tell you because this article will actually be very useful for you in the long run.
1. The Impact of SERP Features
Features like the snippets, knowledge panels and local packs are quite important for you as these SERP features can really help you get on top of the search engines.
All these features are actually stealing clicks from even the organic links so forget about the number 1 rank in the organic listings and start paying attention to the new features introduced this year.
Tools like the SEO Powersuite Rank tracker can help you track your position in the organic listings easily and you can also check your SERP features to bring your website on top.
2. The Structured Data
The formatting of your HTML is quite important and the specific vocabulary words you use matter too. You have to make sure that the HTML link of your site comes with a proper and structured data so that people can easily be informed about your website.
You see your website’s HTML matters a lot and it an actually help you enhance your search listings in several different ways that include rich snippets and think knowledge graph panels.
Moreover, if you really want to increase the CTR of your website then you’ve got to consider about the format of your HTML. The more structured your data is, the more your CTR will increase and hence it will boost the ranking of your site.
3. The Faster, the BetterWant more traffic on your site? Well you’ve got to work on the speed of your pages and your overall site too. You see, the faster your website responds and opens, the better it will be for you and your viewers too.
Understand the fact that people are quite impatient when it comes to a website loading and if you really want to be in the good books of your audience then you have to speed up your page.
In order to check the speed of your page, you can use the Google’s speed test and then take the test of the tool website Auditor. The loading speed of your page must be 2 to 3 seconds and no more.
4. Relevancy of Your Content
You have to make Google believe that your website contains the most relevant, interesting and unique content because this matters a lot especially if you want to boost the ranking of your site.
Know that you cannot trick Google anymore because Google can now easily test your content using the Latent Semantic Indexing. Your website basically gets ranked depending upon the results of this test.
In order to make Google believe and impress it, you have to work on the relevancy of your content and make sure that nothing on your page is copied or irrelevant. Want to test the relevancy of your content? Well, you can easily use the tools like Rankbrain and assess where you stand.
5. Your website needs to be mobile friendlyNot having a mobile friendly website can be the biggest turn off for your SEO and your online marketing game. It’s pretty easy and simple to understand that if you want your site to rank high then you need to make sure that more and more traffic is visiting it.
And more traffic can only visit your site if it’s mobile friendly. You see right now more than half of the internet users try to access a website through their mobile phones and if your site is not responsive enough to the mobile users then obviously you are going to miss out on a huge figure of visitors.
So, if you really want to win the SEO game and boost the rankings of your site then do some investment and make sure that your website welcomes the mobile users just like the desktop users.
These are a few game changing SEO trends that can actually change help you in bringing your website on top of the search engine.
So, make sure to use these tips and follow the trends accordingly, we assure you that you will see some positive results and increased traffic within no time.
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