Samsung new Galaxy Note III Takes on other Phablets in a Spec Sheet

Samsung’s latest Note III, with its brilliant S-Pen, vivid display and a beefy hardware is a great phablet in its own right but will it be able to beat other phablets head-to-head? 

We will try to find that in a spec sheet below:

	Samsung Galaxy Note III	Sony Xperia Z Ultra	Acer Liquid S2	Huawei Ascend Mate
OS	Android OS	Android OS	Android OS	Android OS
Dimensions	151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm	179.4 x 92.2 x 6.5mm	166 x 86 x 9 mm	163.5 x 85.7 x 99.9mm
Weight	168g	212g	-	198g
Display size	5.7 inches	6.4 inches	6 inches	6.1 inches
Resolution	1080 x 1920 pixels	1080 x 1920 pixels	1080 x 1920 pixels	720 x 1280 pixels
Processor	1.9Ghz Exynos Octa-core	2.2Ghz quad-core Snap-Dragon 800	2.2Ghz quad-core Snap-Dragon 800	1.5Ghz quad-core Huawei K3V2
RAM	3 GB	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB
Storage	32/64 GB	16 GB	16 GB	8 GB
Card slot	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Camera (rear)	13 mp with 4K video	8 mp with Full HD 1080p video	13 mp with 4K video	8 mp with Full HD 1080p video
Camera (front)	2 mp	2mp	2 mp	1 mp
Connectivity	NFC, Infrared, microUSB 3.0, USB-OTG, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi	Wifi, NFC, microUSB 2.0, USB-OTG, Bluetooth 4.0	NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0	Wifi, Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0, USB-OTG
Battery	3200 mAh	3050 mAh	3200 mAh	4050 mAh
Price	Undisclosed	$937	Undisclosed	$480

But of course, specs don’t narrate the whole tale, there is something called exclusivity too. Sony Xperia Z Ultra, for instance, is the only one which is waterproof and that supports input from even a pencil. 

The Galaxy Note III comes with its own stylus in the form of S-Pen with all of its tricks while the Huawei is easily the cheapest. Acer is a mix of them all and given Acer’s emphasis on competitive pricing, won’t be that expensive either.

Either way, it depends on the end users, that what matter most to them.

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Sony Releases the Mid-range new Android Running Xperia M

Sony is one of the emerging Android-makers currently and is known for making expensive devices with high-end specs. This phone is a different case though. The Xperia M is a mid-range phone, as evident by its specs & price and is available right now for 190 pounds or around 30,000 PKR.
The phone has a 4 inch display with respectable resolution of 480 x 854 pixels. Under the hood sits a dual-core processor, Adreno 305 GPU and 1 GB RAM. (That last bit is really pleasing.) The amount of storage is kept at 4 GB but is expandable nonetheless.
The phone will also have a dual-sim version, something which we haven’t seen in a lot of Sony phone lately. Considering the price range of the phone, it’s also quite pleasing to see that this phone comes with NFC.
Here are the full specs of the Xperia M:

• Customized Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
• 4 inch display with FWVGA resolution and scratch-resistant glass
• 9.3 mm thick
• 115g heavy
• Optional dual-sim
• 1Ghz dual-core SnapDragon S4 Plus processor
• Adreno 305 GPU
• 1 GB RAM with 4 GB expandable storage
• 5 megapixel rear-camera with 720p HD video, HDR and Exmor RS sensor
• 0.3 megapixel front-camera
• Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0, dual-band Wi-Fi, NFC
• 1750 mAh battery
• Available in a large range of colors

As is the norm in the phones of this price range, the Xperia M will also come in a plethora of colors, clearly indicating its target audience. It might face some competition from Chinese phones which are priced attractively but some features in this particular phone won’t be available in a lot of them.

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WhatsApp Starts Voice Messages for its 300 Million Active Users

 

WhatsApp today announced that it is adding voice messaging feature for its 300 million active users.

With this new feature, WhatsApp users will be able to send voice to their contacts from various platforms. WhatsApp said that its voice message feature is instantly available on all platforms, including iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone and Nokia.

WhatsApp said that sending a voice message is easy and all voice messages are downloaded automatically on receiver’s smartphone. Users can then play this message by just clicking the play button.

Just to mention, WhatsApp now has more than 300 million active users who send 11 billion messages and receive 20 billion messages per day (counted separately because some messages are sent to more than one recipient). Moreover, WhatsApp users share 325 million photos per day.

It maybe recalled that many Chat apps already offer Voice messaging feature. WhatsApp, however, believes that it has tried to making voice messaging simpler and easier with a single tap instead of multiple taps in other chat apps.

Moreover, WhatsApp also contends to have support for more platforms than all other chatting apps, and that’s where WhatsApp wins despite simpler and boring GUI.

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