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According to Hi-Tech.Mail.Ru, Russian sales of Samsung GALAXY Alpha will begin in a month – September 12, the new smartphone in Russia worth 24,990 rubles.
All the evidence points to the fact that the Samsung GALAXY Alpha is a “warning stroke” on the eve of the release Apple iPhone 6 . Date of start of sales on September 12 (September 19, the iPhone 6), metal body, 4.7-inch display (like the iPhone 6), and even a slot for nanoSIM-card (for the first time at Samsung) – to make it easier to move from smartphones Apple.
Externally, the smartphone looks stylish and is somewhat reminiscent of GALAXY S II. He got a metal frame around the body, but the back cover is made of devaysa soft-touch plastic (similar solution in Nokia Lumia 930). Protection against water and dust here, allowing to minimize the size and weight of the gadget (especially impressive thickness) – 132,4 x 65,5 x 6,7 mm, 114 grams. Due to the small thickness of the “hurt” the battery – its capacity is 1860 mAh (for comparison – in 4.8-inch GALAXY S III battery 2100 mAh). There is a maximum power saving mode (black and white image).
Apple
authoritative resource Bloomberg, relying on their own sources, claims that Apple has already started mass production of a new generation of the iPad .
According to Bloomberg, the iPad version with a large display (it probably comes to iPad Air 2) will receive a special anti-reflective coating, which will improve the readability of the information in the sun. Will the innovation in the new generation iPad mini, is not reported.
It was also confirmed that Apple this year did not experiment with display sizes of tablets, and we are still waiting for 9,7- and 7.9-inch iPad. Release of the new iPad Air is scheduled for September-October, while the updated iPad mini will go on sale later, closer to the end of the year.
Hi-Tech.Mail.Ru wrote that the producer of the new smartphone Nexus line may be Motorola, and that Google Nexus 6 was code-named «Shamu» . And now, it seems that specifications of this smartphone is now disclosed .
If you believe the results will be posted passing synthetic test (tested smartphone called Google shamu), we are waiting for the device with the highest technical specifications (such year ago was Google Nexus 5).
In particular, reported a 5.2-inch display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels (Quad HD), quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 805 with a clock speed of 2.6 GHz, Adreno 420 graphics and 3 GB of RAM.
HTC
August 19 in New York, HTC will introduce WP8-version of its flagship smartphone One (M8). Expected to buy HTC One (M8) for Windows in the United States can be had from August 21.
In the meantime, the network There are detailed specifications Smartphone . As expected earlier, the unit is fully repeat its Android-version.
HTC One (M8) for Windows has received a 5-inch Super LCD3 display with Full HD resolution, protected by glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3, quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 801 with a clock frequency of 2.3 GHz, 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB internal memory, expandable by another 128 GB.
He has a 5-megapixel front camera and dual 4-ultrapikselnaya rear (with all the chips like the 3D-effects, refocusing, and so on. Etc..), Front stereo speakers Boomsound and battery 2600 mAh.
Microsoft
Microsoft is very soon will officially unveil its new smartphones Nokia Lumia 730 and Lumia 830 . This can be understood from the press sent out invitations. The event will be held September 4 in Berlin at the exhibition IFA 2014 (the day before it opened).
As always in such cases, the objects of the announcement of “hidden” in the invitation. For example, in the slogan «Ready for more?» («Ready to do more?”) Letter «o» repeats the appearance of the camera Nokia Lumia 830 . At the moment, we know that this smartphone will get an advanced 13-megapixel camera PureView.
The second clue is the invitation itself – «Join us for more face time» (can be translated as “join us to communicate face to face”). Here we are, apparently, is about Nokia Lumia 730 with a 5-megapixel front (face) of the camera. This is also indicated by the bright orange color.
Microsoft has announced that the gaming and entertainment system Xbox One will go on sale across Russia on September 26 .
The recommended retail price of the set, which will include the console with a hard drive of 500 GB, wireless controller, headset, HDMI-cable and a 14-day trial Gold Xbox Live Gold subscription will be 20 999 rubles. Also in Russia, will be available with a new set of sensor Kinect, the recommended retail price which will be 27 499 rubles.
From July 15, everyone had an opportunity pre-order the console in major retail chains.
Samsung
Prior to the announcement of Samsung GALAXY Note 4 is already less than three weeks. More recently, Hi-Tech.Mail.Ru published the first “live” pictures of the new stilusnogo flagship Samsung , and now, thanks to a large online retailer of Indonesia, the network appeared the detailed specifications of the smartphone and its value .
According to the latest information, Samsung GALAXY Note 4 will receive a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels, a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 805 with a clock frequency of 2.5 GHz (as modified SM-N910S) or eight-core Samsung Exynos 5433 (SM-N910C), 4 GB (!) of RAM and 16/32/64 GB of internal memory, expandable with microSD.
At Samsung GALAXY Note 4 is a 16-megapixel main camera with optical image stabilization system and dual LED flash, and support networks of the 4th generation (LTE).
Yota Devices
Dvuhekranny smartphone YotaPhone Russian company Yota Devices fell again. In late June, Hi-Tech.Mail.Ru wrote price cut of up to 16 990 rubles, and now the device is available yet for 3000 rubles cheaper .
Dvuhekranny smartphone in black and white in the company’s online store at the moment can be purchased for 13 990 rubles, whereas two months ago it cost 19 990 rubles. Past price declines (in late June) was explained by the press service Yota Devices «change in relations with suppliers».
The press service Yota Devices Hi-Tech.Mail.Ru reported that now the company is preparing to launch a new version of YotaPhone. And in anticipation of this major event for the company decided to go for a phased reduction in the price of the first-generation smartphone.
Events of the week
On August 13, Russia stricter rules for the use of public networks, Wi-Fi . The users will be limited to anonymous access, and all the places providing free access, are now required to store the data of the users on the network.
At the moment, officials do not have a single point of view on how the decision must be enforced. But while the government is already preparing draft amendments to the decision .
A spokesman for the Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich Alia Samigullina already confirmed the information about possible changes: “The issue of amending really considered.” However, she did not specify what changes may be involved.
Source news agency reported that the current version of the regulations may be excluded part, concerning the identity of the passport or other identity document. According to him, at present, the possibility of identification by sending SMS-message or credit card number.
August 14 was hacked Twitter Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev . The press service of the government confirmed the fact that a number of reports in the official Twitter Dmitry Medvedev sent them not, and does not correspond to reality.
«Twitter was hacked, the messages do not correspond to reality. We are working on the problem, “- noted in the government. The press secretary of state, Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the latest posts on Twitter Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that “with high probability, this hacking».
By 11:10 (Moscow time), all the “wrong” tweets were removed from the tape.
analyst firm IDC released fresh data on the global smartphone market (2nd quarter 2014) in the context of operating systems. Android and iOS keep more than 96% of the market, while the share of Windows Phone and BlackBerry OS continues to fall .
According to IDC, during the reporting period, the world has shipped more than 300 million smartphones, which is 25.3% more than the same period last year. The vast majority of them work on Android. The share of the operating system for the year increased from 79.6 to 84.7% (an increase of deliveries by 33%).
On the second place is the iOS. IPhone sales compared to the second quarter of 2013 increased by 12.7%, but the share of the operating system has decreased from 13% to 11.7%. In any case, this is a great indicator, given that Apple sells a few smartphones.
In Russia plan to create powerful system for personal satellite communication , which will differ broad coverage and a high degree of protection. Such a system would be worth a lot – 65.6 billion rubles (about $ 1.8 billion).
On the creation of a secret satellite communication system referred to in the draft of the Federal Space Program for 2016-2025 years. It is reported that the organization of confidential mobile communications will be created space complex “Ellipse”, its customers are the Ministry of Defense and the Federal Space Agency.
Authors Federal Space Program suggest that by 2020, the system capacity will reach 80 gigabytes, and by 2025 – 120 gigabits. This, in turn, will serve up to one million high speed subscriber terminals. Thus, we are not talking about the mass use of the new system. It is assumed that the “Ellipse” will be used by the Russian leadership and the military for secure communications.
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