BEST BATTERY LIFE

Source : Express

This smartphone has "the best battery life" - but there's a catch

        

A new survey has revealed which smartphone is equipped with the best battery - but things may not all be quite as they seem.

The study tested a number of leading mobile devices around today, and found that the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge triumphed in tests against its rivals, including smartphones from Apple, HTC, Huawei and LG.

However the findings could be taken with a fairly hefty pinch of salt - as the tests were actually carried out by Samsung itself.

The study, uploaded to YouTube by Samsung Deutschland, found that the Galaxy S7 is able to keep going for 10 hours and 59 minutes, whilst the S7 edge lasted 10 hours 30 minutes.

This was far and away ahead of the rival devices, top of which was the iPhone 6S, which lasted 8 hours and 13 minutes, followed by the HTC 10 (8 hours exactly) and Sony’s Xperia X (7 hours 15 minutes).

Also included was the Huawei P9 (6 hours 51 minutes) and the LG G5 (6 hours 31 minutes), apparently showing that Samsung’s devices really do have the upper hand.

Samsung has yet to explain what exact rules governed the test, adding only that the devices were tested on “equal terms”. However it doesn’t show the exact setting of the devices, or how charged the devices were to begin with.

BEST SMARTPHONES OF 2016

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Best Smartphones of 2016

 1. Google Nexus 6P

 2. Google Nexus 5X

 3. Samsung Galaxy S7

 4. Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

 5. Apple iPhone 6s

 6. Apple iPhone 6s Plus

 7. Sony Xperia Z5 Compact

 8. Sony Xperia Z5

 9. OnePlus 2

10. Samsung Galaxy Note 5

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WHICH SMARTPHONE HAS THE BEST BATTERY LIFE?

Source : Mirror

Which smartphone has the best battery life? 

1. Samsung Galaxy  S7 : 17h 48m

2. Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo : 16h 27m

3. Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge : 15h 33m

4. Motorola Moto X Force : 15h 12m

5. iPhone 6s Plus : 14h 58m

5. LG G4c : 14h 43m

6. LG Leon : 14h 01m

7. Samsung Galaxy S6 : 13h 37m

8. Motorola Moto E 2nd Gen : 13h 30m

9. Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ : 13h 23m

10. Sony Xperia Z5 Compact : 13h 21m

11. Motorola Moto X Play : 13h 08m

12. OnePlus X : 13h 06m

13. Microsoft Lumia 950 XL : 13h 02m

14. Samsung Galaxy Note 5 : 12h 43m

15. LG G4 : 11h 58m

16. Google Nexus 6P : 11h 58m

17. Huawei Mate 8 : 11h 45m

18. Microsoft Lumia 650 : 11h 36m

19. Sony Xperia Z5 : 11h 29m

20. LG G Flex 2 : 11h 25m

21. HTC Desire 510 : 11h 24m

22. LG Spirit : 11h 20m

23. iPhone 6s : 11h 18m

24. OnePlus Two : 11h 13m

25. Motorola Moto G 3rd Gen : 11h 12m

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THE TOP 10 SMARTPHONES TO BUY

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1. NEXUS 6P

2. SAMSUNG GALAXY S7/S7 EDGE

3. IPHONE 6S/6S PLUS

4. LG V10

5.ONEPLUS 2

6. SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 5/S6 EDGE+

7. NEXUS 5X

8. MOTO X PURE EDITION

9.HUAWEI HONOR 5X

10. LG G4

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SAMSUNG GALAXY S7 EDGE

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SAMSUNG GALAXY S7 EDGE

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: Headline specifications

• 5.5in Super AMOLED screen, 1,440 x 2,560 qHD resolution

• Octa-core Samsung Exynos 8890 processor

• 32GB storage

• Curved edges front and rear

• IP68 dust- and water-resistant

• microSD slot

• 12-megapixel rear camera with f/1.7 aperture, “dual-pixel” sensor phase-detect autofocus

• 3,600mAh battery

• Always-on screen

• Internal water cooling

• Smaller camera “hump” protrudes only 0.46mm

NEW CIRCULAR SMARTPHONE

Source : The Telegragh

Company designs circular phone for women - because they struggle with rectangles

A new startup is reinventing smartphone design, turning phones from rectangles to circles. The circular smartphone, called Cyrcle, is aimed at women, whose smaller pockets often can't accommodate large phablets.  

The brightly-coloured rounded flip-phone is an aberration in a market of mostly rectangular devices, and is supposed to have a more "sensual" form, resembling a women's compact mirror.

The phone's shell has the unmistakably low-quality aesthetic of 3D-printed objects, and was introduced at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress in February. 

The company behind the phone is called Dtoor - which stands for "Designing the opposite of rectangle" although the Cyrcle smartphone is currently their only proposed product. The founders Christina Cyr and Linda Inagawa are ex-Microsoft employees, who plan to crowdfund the 2G phone on Kickstarter this summer for $100 per device.

The phone itself is  made from the Seeed RePhone Kit, a DIY-style kit that comes with different modules for a phone. These modules include LED lights, a touch-sensitive screen, GPS and NFC - the chip that allows you to make contactless payments.

The makers seem to be serious about launching this specialist "feminine-forward" phone, despite its completely tone-deaf promotional material. For instance, they claim to be custom-building for women, because current phones make women look "unattractive", describing it as, "moms at a volleyball practice pecking like chickens into their mobile phones." The Cyrcle is pegged as a more discreet and lady-like way of communicating. 

Although most modern smartphones follow the traditional touch-screen rectangle model, there are others who are trying to shake smartphone design up. 

Last year, Californian startup Monohm showed a prototype circular device called the Runcible for those who are bored of the same designs across the industry, which is essentially a smart pocketwatch that can make and receive calls. 

Upcoming Smartphones

Best upcoming smartphones 2016: The smartphones you'll wish you waited for

Everything you need to know about 2016's best upcoming smartphones from Samsung, Apple, Sony, LG and Huawei

Before you commit to that 24-month phone contract, you should cast your eyes over this list of 2016's best upcoming smartphones. MWC 2016 has brought us a veritable schmorgasbord of new Android smartphones – notably the Samsung Galaxy S7, LG G5, Sony Xperia X, Xperia X Professional and the HTC One X9.

How have we come up with this list? Well, here at Alphr, we keep track of when we expect the year’s upcoming smartphones to launch, so we thought we’d share that information so that you can plan your purchase accordingly.

Where possible, the list below contains official release dates, but if we're using guesswork or internet rumours then the date/month will be marked TBC – and we'll be keeping the list up to date with the latest information we can get our hands on.

Upcoming smartphones 2016: Release date

Samsung Galaxy S7 – Available from 11 March 

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge – Available from 11 March 

Sony Xperia X and X Professional – Summer 2016 (TBC)

LG G5 – No confirmed release date (TBC)

 
Huawei P9 – No show at MWC 2016 (TBC)

 
HTC One M10 – March 2016 (TBC)

 
Samsung Galaxy Note 6 – August (TBC)

 
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge+ – May be cancelled, but could be August (TBC) 

Apple iPhone 7 – September (TBC)

 
Apple iPhone 7 Plus – September (TBC) 

Nexus 5 (2016) – October (TBC)

 
Nexus 6 (2016) – October (TBC)