Category: Video

Alcatel One Touch Hero Hands On, the one with a E-ink Flip Cover

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As you know by now, we have been walking all over the IFA show floor to bring you some hands on videos of interesting devices and one of them we found really interesting is the recently launched Alcatel One Touch Hero. This device is a proper phablet, sporting a 6 inch full HD display and a very interesting accessory to go with. We’ll tell you more, but watch this video first –

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Acer Liquid S2 Hands-on

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Acer announced their flagship Liquid S2 just ahead of the IFA and we got to see the device on display here at IFA in Berlin. The Acer Liquid S2 is the first smartphone to come with 4K video recording thanks to the Snapdragon 800 processor powering it. The Acer Liquid S2 is an all in all flagship with top of the shelf specification and features. Check out our Hands-on video right below –

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HTC One Mini Hands-On

HTC announced the mini version of their flagship, HTC One, back in July as the HTC One Mini and the phone was on display at IFA 2013 in Berlin. The HTC One Mini looks quite similar to the original HTC One, but comes in a smaller package and a less powerful package.

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Here is our hands on video from the event –

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Acer Liquid S1 Hands-on

Acer launched their new flagship Acer Liquid S2 just ahead of the IFA and they had announced the Liquid S1 back in Computex which was a couple of months back. The Liquid S1 is quite a big device with a 5.7inch HD display. It comes with Dual-SIM capabilities and is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core processor from MediaTek – MT6589. It has an 8 MP camera at the back along with LED flash and it is capable of recording 1080p videos.

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Lenovo Vibe X vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Hands On

Lenovo Vibe X vs Samsung Galaxy S4

Lenovo announced the Vibe X, the company’s latest flagship smartphone at the IFA 2013, and the Samsung Galaxy S4 is the latest smartphone in the Galaxy S series that was launchedearlier this year. The Lenovo Vibe X is powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589T processor, while the global variant of the Galaxy S4 is powered by a 1.9 GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 600 Processor. Let’s check out the hands on comparison of both these devices.

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Sony DSC QX10 Unboxing

Sony launched the QX10 smart lens here at IFA in Berlin alongside the QX100 lens. The lenses integrate an AF motor, built in battery that allows them to operate independently from your smartphone.

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We’ve got the QX10 here with us and have recorded a quick unboxing video for you. The QX10 is the lower priced version of the two lenses and integrates an f/3.3-5.9 lens with an 18 megapixel 1/2.3 inch sensor. The 10x zoom lens can be operated via the toggle switch on the left of the lens where you can also see the shutter button.

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There’s a tripod mount below the lens itself and over on the right you can spot a small lcd that displays the amount of battery left. You can lift the back cover of the lens to place the battery pack and the microSD card. The box contents are fairly minimal and include a lens strap, micro USB cable, the QX10 lens, battery pack and a base to attach to your smartphone. The new Sony smartlenses work with both Android and iOS devices via the PlayMemories app that can be downloaded from the app store. The QX100 operates quite similarly but has a larger 1 inch and 3.6x zoom. The QX10 retails for $250 and we’ll have a full review up very shortly.

LG G2 vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Hands On

LG G2 vs Samsung Galaxy S4

The LG G2 is the company’s latest flagship smartphone that was launched at an event in New York last month, and the Samsung Galaxy S4 is the latest smartphone in the Galaxy S series that was launched earlier this year. The LG G2 is powered by a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) processor with Adreno 330 GPU, while the Samsung Galaxy S4 is powered by a 1.9 GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 600 / Exynos Octa Processor, here for the comparison we have the Google Play Edition with a Snapdragon 600 processor. Samsung even released the Galaxy S4 LTE-A  with a 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor in select countries. Both these phones run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Check out the quick hands on comparison from the IFA.

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LG G2 vs Sony Xperia Z Ultra Hands On

LG G2 vs Sony Xperia Z Ultra

The LG G2 is the company’s latest flagship smartphone that was launched at an event in New York last month. The Sony Xperia Z Ultra is the first phone to feature a Snapdragon 800 processor. Both the phones are powered by a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) processor with Adreno 330 GPU and run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Check out the quick hands on comparison from the IFA.

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Sony Xperia Z1 vs HTC One Hands On

Sony Xperia Z1 vs HTC One

Sony announced the Xperia Z, the latest flagship device at the IFA 2013 earlier this week. We already brought you the hands and some comparisons recently. We managed to compare the Xperia Z1, the company’s latest camera-centric smartphone with the HTC One, HTC’s latest flagship smartphone that was released earlier this year. Sadly we did not see the rumored HTC One Max at the IFA. Check out the quick hands on comparison below.

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Sony Xperia Z1 vs Xperia Z Hands On

Sony Xperia Z1 vs Xperia Z

The Sony Xperia Z1 is the latest flagship device announced at the IFA 2013 earlier this week. We’ve already gone hands on with the device and also brought photo gallery of it. We managed to compare the Xperia Z1, the company’s latest camera-centric smartphone with the Sony Xperia Z, the company’s first smartphone in the Z series that was announced at the CES 2013 earlier this year. Check out the quick hands on comparison below.

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Sony Xperia Z1 vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom Hands on

The Sony Xperia Z1 is the latest flagship device announced by the Japanese smartphone manufacturer. We’ve already gone hands on with it and brought to you all the latest details of the phone. Given the camera centric pedigree of the phone, we found it apt to compare with the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom. Here’s a quick comparison between the two.

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The front of the Xperia Z1 has a 5inch Full HD display with the company’s triluminous display built in while the Galaxy S4 Zoom makes do with a 4.3″ Super AMOLED qHD panel. The Z1 has no capacitive buttons and makes do with onscreen controls. The S4 Zoom on the other hand has a hardware home key right below the display with capacitive buttons on either side of it.

Video Demo:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdjVCNEIHEU

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Sony Xperia Z1 vs Xperia Z Ultra Hands on

Sony announced its latest flagship device, the Xperia Z1 here at IFA in Berlin and we’ve already gone hands on with the camera centric device. It competes within its own stable with the Z Ultra that is also a relatively recent launch for the Japanese smartphone manufacturer. While they don’t exactly compete with each other, here’s a quick break down to see how the handset fare when placed next to each other.

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The design language of the Z1 and Z Ultra is very similar and they most definitely do appear like they belong to the same family of smartphones. The front of the Z1 has a 5 inch Full HD Triluminous display with Sony’s X-Reality Engine thrown in for good measure.The Z Ultra on the other hand has an absolutely gargantuan 6.44″ screen. The resolution is the same as the Z1 at 1920 x 1080 with the pixel density dropping down to 342ppi versus the 441ppi of the Z1. The screens on both the phones are a much needed improvement over previous gen Sony devices and have fairly wide viewing angles and good color reproduction.

Video demo:

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Active Water Test

Samsung Galaxy S4 Active Water Test

Earlier this year Samsung announced the Galaxy S4 and then, to compete against the waterproof Sony Xperia Z, they introduced the Galaxy S4 Active. The S4 Active is a durable version of the Galaxy S4, with a thicker design and IP67 dust and water resistance. Traditionally durable smartphones have come with less-than-stellar specs lists but the Galaxy S4 Active aims to buck this trend.

Is the Galaxy S4 Active actually waterproof though? We put it to the test in our Galaxy S4 Active Underwater Test:

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs HTC One Hands On

The big day at IFA has come and gone but sadly there has been no official announcement of the rumoured HTC One Max phablet. Nonetheless today Samsung announced their new Galaxy Note 3 phablet and we went hands on alongside a quick comparison with the HTC One.

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Here’s our quick comparison video between these two flagships:

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