We might as well call this the Meizu iPhone 6p. They even ripped off the 3D Touch name and replaced “Touch” with “Press”.
Meizu’s Pro 6 has a 10-core processor and prettier antenna lines than the iPhone | The Verge
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Lessons to learn from my Mexican phone theft nightmare | The Verge
Whenever I travel I bring my $30 Nokia dumbphone. It affords me two benefits: (1) peace of mind of not losing my main phone and having to go through all the stress and hassles covered in this article, and (2) it forces me to actually enjoy the vacation and not have my face constantly glued to a smartphone screen. You don’t ever want to be the person who answers No to the question “Can you live without a smartphone?”.
Lessons to learn from my Mexican phone theft nightmare | The Verge
Xiaomi Mi 5 review: an alarmingly good smartphone | The Verge
Where? Which review? I read s7 reviews from all the major tech site and nobody mention any lag.
AnandTech has one of the most detailed reviews of the S7, and in their part 1 conclusion they mentioned early test units did have lag, but they have mostly been fixed in the final units, although not entirely gone:
Thankfully, the lag that I noticed last month in my initial hands-on time with the device seems to just have been a function of pre-release software, as the Galaxy S7 is relatively performant here. Although I’m not sure I’d go as far as to say that the Galaxy S7 is entirely free of lag. I suspect that Samsung has to balance power efficiency and responsiveness to some extent here, as while devices like the Nexus 5 can feel incredibly smooth and responsive there are very real knock-on effects in terms of practical battery life.
Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10120/the-samsung-galaxy-s7-review/7
Xiaomi Mi 5 review: an alarmingly good smartphone | The Verge
AlphaGo beats Lee Se-dol again to take Google DeepMind Challenge series | The Verge
Did AlphaGo actually tailor its game to match the opponent, or rather did AlphaGo just play its own game that was better than Lee Se-dol?
They fed AlphaGo millions of pro-level games to “learn”, including all of Lee Se-dol’s past games I’m sure. The only style of play this AI has tailored its game to is the one with the highest probability of winning.
That’s not what AlphaGo did, according to the team. They fed him some amateur games at the beginning so that AlphaGo can learn the rules, then allowed AlphaGo to play millions of games against itself. At no point did they use Lee Se-Dol’s past games or train AlphaGo against any pro players.
AlphaGo beats Lee Se-dol again to take Google DeepMind Challenge series | The Verge
First look at Xiaomi’s Mi 5 flagship
No doubt this is the complete package and will be one of the best values for your money, but nothing about it screams innovation. The design doesn’t stray too far from Xiaomi’s language, and I like that the ceramic option is more reasonable than for the OnePlus X. This is a safe flagship, which is fine for the majority of people, but for the few jaded ones, there are more exciting (albeit pricier) options, such as the pseudo-modular LG G5. I’m still waiting for the first Android phone with USB 3.1 Type-C that offers a Continuum-like docking solution, but that may not happen until Google merges Chrome OS and Android.
I also might have preferred not to have the extra bling of the chamfered edge, but that’s just nitpicking.
There’s also a more practical reason why I’m also not a fan of chamfered edges: just as how glass backs are a fingerprint magnet, chamfered edges are a scuff magnet.
LG’s G5 is a radical reinvention of the flagship Android smartphone | The Verge
I like where LG is heading. This could be my next phone if they release a gaming pad “friend” for it with a solid USB connection and quality buttons.
The big selling point here is that the 360 VR weighs only 100g and LG believes “you will not look nerdy and dumb” wearing it.
No, you’ll just look like Cyclops.
The big unanswered question about them, though, is the price…. The company itself is pretty cagey, saying only that the G5 will be “the standard bearer” for Friends, and future support will depend on how warmly they’re received in the market.
How warmly they’re received will depend largely on the price. Chicken or the egg?
LG’s G5 is a radical reinvention of the flagship Android smartphone | The Verge
Nextbit Robin review: a smartphone in the clouds | The Verge
THE ROBIN’S DESIGN IS PLEASANT AND REFRESHING TO LOOK AT
It may be pleasant to look at, but I bet it won’t be pleasant to hold. I had a phone with similar sharp corners (Lenovo K900) and after using it for awhile I started to notice a dimple in my palm.
As far as the phone’s concept is concerned, while I applaud their thinking outside the box (literally), I don’t see this flying anywhere except into the clearance bin for a variety of reasons, most of which were brought up in the article. This phone has a sliver of a chance to succeed if and only if mobile data is faster, cheaper, limitless and ubiquitous, and battery tech is at a point where a phone can go an entire day with constant LTE transmission. We’re not there, yet.
The one sticking point for me that is not obvious at first is that for this to work – for you to be able to seamlessly transfer all your apps, data, and settings – your next phone will also have to be a Nextbit phone. This is a new kind of walled garden.
Nextbit Robin review: a smartphone in the clouds | The Verge
HTC’s One M10 looks like an extension of the One A9 design
HTC = Hopeless To Compete
Can this tiny Bluetooth speaker replace your whole home stereo?
Erm…lots of people bashing a product they haven’t auditioned in person. Granted, we cannot expect a The Verge review to be as deep as, say, an AnandTech review, but this article is lacking some substance even by The Verge’s standards. For example, there’s not even a mention of the technology behind The Core’s headline feature (Wave Field Synthesis), much less a layman explanation of what it is.
As far as I know, this is the first consumer product to use WFS technology, and I’m super excited to hear what it sounds like without all the conference noise pollution (for whose who were able to demo it at CES, where it won an award). Instead of having a negative knee-jerk reaction when you see the words “Bluetooth speaker” and spouting some wanna-be audiophile spiel, I suggest you look up who makes up Mass Fidelity, what their credentials are (likely more qualified in hi-fi than the vast majority of recreational haters on here), and read some of the reviews of their previous product (like this and this), which have been highly praised by many people, including true audiophiles.
Can this tiny Bluetooth speaker replace your whole home stereo?
The US Navy’s largest destroyer ever heads out to sea | The Verge
The ship looks like it was made in Minecraft.
The US Navy’s largest destroyer ever heads out to sea | The Verge
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