Over the past day on the Web: the first batch of "smart" watch Asus ZenWatch will go on sale next month; Apple is preparing two versions of the 12.9-inch tablet iPad Pro, and iPad Air 2 may be the thinnest tablet on the market; Samsung smartphones Galaxy A line shown in the video, at the same time, the Korean manufacturer has reported a sharp decline in profits from the sale of smartphones;New renderings Meizu MX4 Pro, which will be presented on October 28; smartped Nexus X Shamu became the most powerful flagship version benchmark Geekbench.
A limited number of Asus ZenWatch go on sale in Taiwan
"Smart" watches Asus ZenWatch will be available in stores in Taiwan in a month, but the number of the first batch will be extremely low.Told resource VR Zone, also announced that only 300 copies of the devices will debut in November. The reason for this decision is not known, but it is expected that the Asus is not going to supply equipment to the Western countries, so deliberately does not produce a large number of ZenWatch.
ZenWatch were presented at the IFA 2014 in Berlin and got elegant design, 400 Snapdragon processor with 1.2 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB of internal storage and a 1.63-inch screen with a resolution of 320x320 pixels (pixel density of 278 ppi), covered by glass Gorilla Glass 3. Battery capacity is not disclosed. Work hours will be running Android Wear.
Apple iPad Pro will work on iOS and OS X
Previously, we have repeatedly written about the upcoming 12.9-inch tablet Apple, which would be a compromise solution between the tablet and the iPad Air 13-inch laptop MacBook Air. Release tablet in a new form factor will have exactly the period of the increasing popularity of the tablet with a large screen sizes and devices "2 in 1". Meanwhile, the resource DigiTimes said that Apple is preparing just two versions of the tablet: the long awaited mobile version of the iPad Pro running iOS and more advanced model with the ability to load two operating systems: a mobile iOS, or a desktop OS X. It is easy to assume that the second version should to compete with the recently presented the tablet Microsoft Surface Pro 3. As the date of the announcement is still called early next year, though, as we know, Apple intends to introduce a new tablet already on 16 October.
Apple iPad Air 2: all the rumors on the eve of the announcement
Despite the fact that the number of leaks associated with the iPhone 6, shortly before the official presentation exceeded all conceivable limits, a week before the expected announcement of the new generation Tablet PC Apple iPad Air 2 we still got very little reliable information about the upcoming new product, and the majority our assumptions are built on the basis of accidental leaks and many rumors. So, earlier in the network has a photo showing a separate volume control buttons and the missing lock switch plate orientation.It is argued that due to this innovation the tablet will be an unprecedented fine, but it is possible that we have seen only an incomplete model of the device, and in the final version of the switch will return to its rightful place.
With regard to the large hole above the volume up, it can be a microphone or, more likely, from the opening slot for SIM-card that is not on the layout. But the true microphone is on the back panel - the image on its location marked with a small hole next to the camera.
In addition, the tablet will receive the processor Apple A8, improved 8-megapixel camera, fingerprint sensor Touch ID, support for Apple Pay and 2 GB of RAM. Expected to be implemented during multi.
Smartphones Samsung Galaxy A3, A5 and A7 are shown on video
After leak dozen images and more than 20 official renders future innovations range Samsung Galaxy Alpha, the Network has got video of unknown author showed new devices literally from all sides, allowing us to see them in detail.
Galaxy A3 will receive a 4.52-inch qHD-screen with a resolution 960x540 pixels, body size 130.1 x 65.5 x 6.9 mm and weighing 112 grams, the quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 410 with a frequency of 1.2 GHz and a graphics accelerator Adreno 306, 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of expandable internal memory, 8-megapixel and 5-megapixel camera with the ability to shoot Full HD-video. It is expected that Samsung Galaxy A3 goes on sale for $ 350-400.
Galaxy A5 is equipped with a screen diagonal of 4.8 inches with HD-resolution, 64-bit 410 Snapdragon processor with 1.2 GHz, supporting LTE-FDD Band 5, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB of expandable internal memory, 13 and 5 megapixel cameras, and battery capacity of 2300 mAh and Android 4.4.4 KitKat. The cost of this smartphone will be $ 400-450. In the sale of the phone will come in November, which means that its official announcement may take place before the end of this month.
Samsung Galaxy A7 will have a 5.5-inch Full HD-TV
At the same time, Samsung has published data showing that in the third quarter of this year, revenues of the mobile unit is lower than the planned, and the company has for several months in a row feels a decline in profits. Total compared to the 3rd quarter of last year over the past three months, the company earned 60% less, which is, according to management, to the activities of the Chinese smartphone manufacturers, in particular, Xiaomi, Meizu, Oppo and OnePlus, and also due to lower average cost smartphones in the world.
Meizu MX4 Pro will get a fingerprint reader and will be presented on October 28
Meizu continues to hint at the future flagship MX4 Pro and now published several renderings of the device, through which you can see the approximate appearance of the smartphone and learn its value.
Meizu MX4 Pro will get a 5.4-inch display with a resolution of 2560h1536 pixels, fingerprint sensor, mounted in the physical button "Home", an eight-processor Exynos 5430, 3GB RAM, Hi-Fi-audio, 13-megapixel front and 20 megapixel main camera. Work MX4 Pro is running Flyme 4.0 UI based on Android KitKat. In China, the cost of the device is $ 410.
Google Nexus X Shamu appeared in the benchmark
Following the advent of the future flagship Nexus in photos and video device marked by a welcome and popular synthetic benchmark Geekbench, which set new performance records, ahead of test Multu-Core all known flagships, including the new iPhone 6. Interestingly, in the test with a running kernel Processor (Single-Core) iPhone 5S and 6 bypassed Nexus X with a significant advantage.
A few days ago there was a video on the web, in which the author tried to compare the dimensions of the Google Nexus 6 with Galaxy Note 3, Samsung Galaxy S5, LG G3, Google Nexus 5, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and even BlackBerry Passport. Apparently, the size smartped will be somewhat larger than the Galaxy Note 3.