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GALAXY S5 GETS A FULL REVIEW BEFORE LAUNCH

The first official review of the Galaxy S5 is out, even though the phone is still some way off from being officially available. The review touches upon various aspects of the phone’s performance, talking about some of the new features and how it fares compared to its predecessor. Starting with the design, the S5 is physically larger than the S4 but it more than makes up for being water resistant. Although Samsung made it clear that the phone is only water resistant and not waterproof, as you can see in the image above the phone can safely be left underwater for a while without damaging it.

The display has also been improved compared to its predecessor. The color accuracy seems to have been improved, especially at odd viewing angles where the colors remain truer compared to the S4.

The 16 megapixel camera uses the new ISOCELL sensor technology but the performance was said to be on par with that of the S4 and oddly slightly worse in some cases, although this aspect would need to be revisited with a retail model running final software.

The performance of the phone was also said to be impressive thanks to the new Snapdragon 801 processor, even though the phone lacks the 3GB RAM found on the Xperia Z2 and the Note 3 and makes do with 2GB instead. You can go through the whole review for yourself from the link below. It’s been translated from Russian so won’t make a lot of sense at times.

LG-BUILT GOOGLE SMARTWATCH SPECS LEAK; RUMOURED TO BE COMING THIS JUNE

Motorola-built Google watch prototype from 2013, which was scrapped. The rumours around the alleged Google smartwatch have finally begun to gather pace. The latest tidbit has emerged from prolific tipster evleaks who had earlier confirmed that Google will announce its smartwatch during the I/O in June. He further confirmed that the upcoming Google smartwatch will be built by its Nexus partner LG in a tweet on 15th March this year.

“ More Google (LG) smartwatch specs: 1.65″ IPS LCD @ 280×280, 512MB RAM, 4GB internal storage, processor TBD.” According to the tipster, the LG-built Google smartwatch will come fitted with a 1.65-inch IPS LCD featuring 280 x 280 resolution, which means a pixel density of 240ppi. The processor isn’t disclosed yet, but the wearable will include 512MB of RAM. On the storage, it will come with 4GB on board storage.
Given the track record of evleaks, we could most likely see all these features in the upcoming Google smartwatch. This also means that Google smartwatch would compete with the Gear 2, featuring similar RAM and onboard storage. The Gear 2, however, gets a higher resolution display.
We’ve recently seen the leaked images of the Google smartwatch prototype that was built by Motorola. It is highly speculated that the prototype was scrapped in favour of Google’s Nexus 5 partner LG. Previous reports hint at the Google smartwatch taking centre stage at I/O this year, and Google has been said to have pushed the Android 4.5 and the rumoured Nexus 8 launch for later in the year. This suggests that Google wants bulk of the focus to be on the smartwatch immediately after I/O. It’s very likely that the watch will be branded under the Nexus series.
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