Samsung’s new Galaxy S6 bottom end a controversial but welcome change for some
Does it really matter which end the 3.5 mm headphone jack is on? For some it’s a deal-breaker.
Take a swing through our Galaxy S6 forums and you’ll find a pretty good thread on one of the more controversial but equally important changes to this year’s flagship phone. Actually, on both the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge. That is to say, the bottom of the phone has changed a good bit.
Never mind that it indeed looks a little familiar. That, ultimately, is superficial. We’re more concerned about the functional. And for some, moving the 3.5 mm headphone jack to the bottom of the phone is going to be a very big deal.
Apple’s March 2015 Media Event: Spoiler-Free Video Stream [Mac Blog]
Apple’s “Spring Forward” media event will be kicking off in just a few hours, and as usual some MacRumors readers are interested in avoiding all of the announcements and waiting until Apple posts the recorded video of the event so as to experience it without already knowing the outcome.
For those individuals, we’ve posted this news story, which will be updated with a link to the presentation once it becomes available from Apple. No other news stories or announcements will be displayed alongside this story.
Users waiting for the video to be posted are welcome to gather in the thread associated with this news story, and we ask that those who follow the events refrain from making any posts in the thread about today’s announcements.
The Samsung Galaxy S6 battery can be replaced according to manual, requires a screwdriver
Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge handsets have generally received positive reviews in the week since they were officially revealed to the public at MWC 2015, but there were 2 standard Galaxy features missing from the phones. After dropping support for MicroSD cards, Samsung also decided to move to a non-removable battery. It turns out though, that the battery can be removed, albeit with a fair amount of fiddling as seen after the break.
This isn’t an action that you are going to want to perform on the fly, there are a few different steps, and it involves removing screws and taking out a circuit board to get to the battery. Samsung included the guide to removing the battery in the Galaxy S6 manual more as a guide for technicians to replace the battery if found faulty. If your battery is flat, it’s probably much easier, safer and less time-consuming to just attach your handset to your charger or external battery pack to bring the phone back to life. Still, it’s good to know that the battery replacement procedure will be a relatively quick process if you have to take it to a Service Center.
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Source: Samsung
Via: PhoneArena
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Watch these artists 3D print animation into reality
Why 3D print a computer animation? ‘Art’ is a good enough reason for us, and that’s exactly what drove Dutch artists to put a hundred frames into a single mind-bending installation. Using an Ultimaker 2 3D printer and liberal amounts of glue and string, artists Job, Joris and Marieke squeezed all the cells from a short animation (below) into a single mise-en-scene. At a glance, you can see the fate of the teal-hued hero as he vaults off a cup and into a vase, with each detail (including a bouncing ball and shattered cup) faithfully reproduced in PVC. If you want to feel like you’re inside a computer where time has lost all meaning, it’ll be exhibited at Amersfoort’s Kunsthal museum on March 29th.
https://player.vimeo.com/video/121144287
Filed under: Peripherals
Via: Gizmodo
Source: Job, Joris & Marieke
LG aiming for 10 million G4 sales this year
The critically acclaimed G2 and G3 boosted LG to success in the flagship smartphone market and LG is aiming to continue this upward trend with the G4, which is set to launch in mid-April. The company wants to sell 10 million G4s come the end of 2015.
For comparison, the LG G3 has so far sold somewhere between 6 and 7 million smartphones since its début in May 2014, according to LG’s mobile chief Cho Juno. This year, the company is looking to boost flagship smartphones sales by around 30 percent and wants to reclaim its position ahead of fast growing, low-cost Chinese smartphones brands.
“LG Electronics aims to achieve the 10 million sales target of the G4 smartphone, which will be unveiled next month. Specifications of the G4 and changes we’ve made had been briefed to top outlet channels and European carriers during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) fair”
This might seem like a tall order, given the praise currently being dished out to the Samsung Galaxy S6. Unusually, even Cho praised the Galaxy S6, stating that it impressed LG’s top management. However, LG itself has said that it has put a lot of resources into the G4 and seems to have a few changes in the pipeline. Although specifications are still being kept tightly under wraps.
LG also has another flagship in the works for the second half of the year, which will apparently be a cut above the G series. We’ll have to see if this handset frustrates the G4’s sales target or if the two can stand side-by-side.
Apple Online Store Goes Down Ahead of ‘Spring Forward’ Media Event
The online Apple Store has been taken offline this morning less than five hours prior to Apple’s highly-anticipated “Spring Forward” media event in San Francisco, where the company is expected to unveil further details about the Apple Watch alongside other potential announcements. If history repeats itself, the storefront should remain down until shortly after the conclusion of Apple’s keynote.
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Carphone Warehouse selling the HTC One M9 for £579/$875 SIM-Free, Shipping by March 31st
The HTC One M9 was officially launched at Mobile World Congress just over a week ago, and here we have the UK retailer, Carphone Warehouse (CPW), offering the handset SIM-Free for £579 ($875). The handset can be had in Grey or Silver colour schemes and is scheduled to ship before March 31st.
In case you are more interested in the pay monthly options, CPW is also offering the HTC One M9 on a two-year contract from CPW on the Vodafone network with no upfront charge, a £43.50 ($65) monthly payment and a HTC One M9 Dot View Case thrown in free-of-charge. There are other offers from the other UK carriers (EE/O2) available as well. What do you think? Is the HTC One M9 your next phone? Or, are you waiting for the Galaxy S6/Edge? Let us know in the comments below.
Source: CPW
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The Huawei Watch will cost $1000, according to premature Amazon posting
We’ve said it once and we’ll say it again: the Huawei Watch is a beautiful smartwatch. Despite its beauty, however, we’ve recently been hearing that the device is going to cost around $1000, which when compared to existing smartwatches, is a gargantuan sum of money. And this has seemingly been reinforced today by an Amazon listing […]
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Gold HTC One M9 exclusive to EE in the UK, pre-orders now live
The HTC One M9 is now available for pre-order at EE. The network is offering the smartphone on a range of 4GEE plans, starting from £31.99 a month. The HTC One M9 gold variant is also listed as exclusive on the EE store.
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