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L3gendary
Canada1470 Posts
On March 31 2015 18:10 excitedBear wrote: I'm waiting for something like this: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/sFygzfq.jpg) Solar powered smart phones. If calculators can do it, why not smart phones? Because calculators only need micro Watts of power and phones need Watts, about a million times more! And do you want your phone to be covered in solar panels? | ||
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excitedBear
Austria120 Posts
Would be at least a start. I'm not sure why you cannot charge the battery with solar power. | ||
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Powerpill
United States1693 Posts
On April 01 2015 08:16 L3gendary wrote: Because calculators only need micro Watts of power and phones need Watts, about a million times more! And do you want your phone to be covered in solar panels? That and most people keep their phones in their pockets most of the time. | ||
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jinorazi
Korea (South)4948 Posts
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L3gendary
Canada1470 Posts
On April 01 2015 08:22 excitedBear wrote: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2893712/opensource-subnet/solar-panels-built-into-smartphone-screen-to-solve-the-battery-life-crisis.html Would be at least a start. I'm not sure why you cannot charge the battery with solar power. Having it behind the screen is a good spot but even as the article mentions it won't replace traditional charging, just allow to quickly check an email after the battery dies or something. Maybe if you leave it in the sun for 10 minutes you'd get a minute extra of screen time. Phones are simply too power hungry to make this work. | ||
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QuantumTeleportation
United States119 Posts
On March 31 2015 18:10 excitedBear wrote: I'm waiting for something like this: Solar powered smart phones. If calculators can do it, why not smart phones? Yeah it would be good to see solar powered smartphones. However research and development of solar powered devices hasn't really caught up with the rest of the electronics industry simply because they're economically unfeasible for most companies. The Chinese are currently the leaders in production of solar power technology products, whereas economic incentives for further research and development has been stagnant. For example, Sharp, a Japanese company, invested a lot of money into solar power research only to report heavy losses, mainly due to competition from Chinese companies. Further research and development for solar power products will only happen if there is an economic impetus and a promise of competitive advantage for companies. Anyway, here's the best Galaxy S6 Edge Review yet: | ||
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QuantumTeleportation
United States119 Posts
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge: Will it bend? http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/3/8341123/samsung-galaxy-s6-bendgate Aaand... it bends! Although the Galaxy S6 edge has glass on the most anterior aspect of the phone, which makes this test biased in favor of the HTC One M9 and iPhone 6. | ||
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EuroEconomyAnalyst
Sweden9 Posts
OnePlus One FTW. | ||
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QuantumTeleportation
United States119 Posts
On April 06 2015 00:06 EuroEconomyAnalyst wrote: Both the Samsung Galaxy S6 and iPhone 6 are bad phones. OnePlus One FTW. Not sure what the point of this was. The OnePlus One isn't for everyone. It's got CyanogenMod which only caters for a specific population. | ||
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HyukeN
United States85 Posts
14nm Exynos 7420 processor. This is literally about 2 years ahead of Qualcomm and TSMC's processors. Both Qualcomm and TSMC are stuck at 20nm. They are currently trying to manufacture 16nm but are facing technical difficulties. Unless I'm mistaken, Qualcomm doesn't actually have a fab, and TSMC doesn't design processors, like the original post implies. If TSMC was stuck at 20nm, it would still be theoretically possible for Qualcomm to use a different fab. | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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excitedBear
Austria120 Posts
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Grovbolle
Denmark3813 Posts
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QuantumTeleportation
United States119 Posts
On April 08 2015 07:51 HyukeN wrote: Unless I'm mistaken, Qualcomm doesn't actually have a fab, and TSMC doesn't design processors, like the original post implies. If TSMC was stuck at 20nm, it would still be theoretically possible for Qualcomm to use a different fab. Qualcomm partnered with TSMC to manufacture the majority of their chips. It's expected that Qualcomm will sign a new deal with Samsung to manufacture their chips probably starting in late 2015/early 2016. http://wccftech.com/samsung-14nm-chips-nvidia/ http://www.extremetech.com/computing/198822-samsung-expected-to-manufacture-14nm-chips-for-qualcomm-apple-possibly-nvidia-in-2015 The main reason is that TSMC is still stuck at 20nm manufacturing process and is struggling to implement the 16nm process. Samsung is already at 14nm tech with their new Galaxy S6/S6 edge and is currently developing 10nm. Anyway I'm getting my Galaxy S6 edge soon so I'll post back when I get it. On April 08 2015 18:20 excitedBear wrote: Charge your phone in one minute Nice. However developing the technology is one thing, having the technological capacity to manufacture them efficiently in large quantities is a more technologically demanding. On April 08 2015 18:25 Grovbolle wrote: I hope that Samsung will stop filling their phones with bloatware and slim down the Touchwiz to the bare essentials Most technology reviewers are claiming that the Galaxy S6 UI has been so slimmed down that it's virtually lag-free. I'll report back with what I think later. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
Hell, nokia's were plastic, ain't nobody complaining about build quality of that brick. | ||
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QuantumTeleportation
United States119 Posts
On April 11 2015 05:35 wei2coolman wrote: not sure what all the hate around samsungs use of plastic was.... it's fine, it's a light weight material that's cheap, and easy to replace... Hell, nokia's were plastic, ain't nobody complaining about build quality of that brick. Once you have a hold and feel of the Galaxy S6 you will understand why people are saying that the Galaxy S6 is Samsung's best designed device yet. | ||
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Zooper31
United States5713 Posts
Almost no one getting the Edge, as expected (least from me and my co-workers) the phone itself is more expensive because you're paying for a function that wasn't really needed or asked for. Not to mention finding a good case is impossible, and there's no screen shields for it either. I expect we will be sending back at least half of our S6 Edge. | ||
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Orcasgt24
Canada3238 Posts
On April 01 2015 08:41 Powerpill wrote: That and most people keep their phones in their pockets most of the time. No they don't. Go to a mall and count how many people have smart phones out. I would be surprised if it was less than 70% since no one watches were they are walking and bump into me all the fuckin time. Lookin forward to replacing my Galaxy S3 with the S6 Edge. I see no logical reason to buy new phones every year but the upgrade from S3 to S6 Edge is big enough to justify IMO. Plus my phone has an image of my keyboard burned into the screen.... | ||
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gade1123
United States144 Posts
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QuantumTeleportation
United States119 Posts
On April 11 2015 13:27 Zooper31 wrote: Surprised by the amount of phones we got at work. Both the regular S6 and the Edge. I mean, we got a shit ton, at least 4-5x the amount of Iphone 6s we got. Almost no one getting the Edge, as expected (least from me and my co-workers) the phone itself is more expensive because you're paying for a function that wasn't really needed or asked for. Not to mention finding a good case is impossible, and there's no screen shields for it either. I expect we will be sending back at least half of our S6 Edge. Surprising considering the news says that, due to the high demand for the Galaxy S6 edge, Samsung is expecting that supply would be unable to keep up with demand. Maybe it's just the store you're working at because out of all the people who got the Galaxy S6 that I know, about 50% of them got the Galaxy S6 edge. I've actually got my Galaxy S6 edge next to me now but I've been busy. I'll be posting a review with photos soon. On April 11 2015 14:00 kingcastles wrote: wat? im still using my 90s phone and this confuses me. what phone takes the best pics/vids? I'm not sure if you're being serious or not lol. Many smartphones take decent pics/vids but nothing comes close to the Galaxy S6. The Samsung Galaxy S6 uses the Sony Exmor IMX240 sensor which is the most technologically advanced camera sensor for smartphones on the market. There are some phones with a higher MP count but higher MPs does NOT equal better image quality. Hence why I would say the iPhone 6 has the 2nd best smartphone camera even though it's only 8MPs. Higher MPs is meant to deceive customers into thinking higher MPs = better image quality. | ||
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