The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas has time and again been the launch pad for various innovations and technology improvements, be it phones, cameras, computing or the hitherto unimaginable. As a result, many smartphone manufacturers go along with the trend, each trying to up each other at the event and be the biggest talking point. Here’s our pick of some of the phones you need to take note of.
LG G Flex 2
The G Flex 2 is the follow up to the G Flex which was the world’s first curved smartphone. The original G Flex was a huge phone with a 6 inch curved display. For the G Flex 2, LG has gone for a more manageable 5.5 inch display. The P-OLED touchscreen remains the same with a bump in the resolution from an average 720p panel to a 1080p Full HD display. The overall change in the display has shot the pixel density up — from 245PPI to 403PPI; the change is significant.
LG has also made some changes under the hood, the processor has been upgraded to a Snapdragon 810 which is a 64 bit chipset. The RAM is still 2GB on paper but its now DDR4 RAM instead of the older DDR3. The Flex 2 also gets a microSD card slot which can accept cards up to 2 Terabytes! The original G Flex came in 16GB and 32GB storage options with no expansion possibility.
The camera on the G Flex was disappointing but LG has fixed it with a 13MP sensor, Optical Image Stabilization, Laser AutoFocus and Dual LED Flash. The battery has been reduced from 3500mAh to 3000mAh to fit into the smaller body. But that shouldn't be a reason to worry, the device supports quick charging and the device is juiced up to 50% in under 40 minutes. The Flex 2 runs Android Lollipop 5.0 but there is no news on the pricing of the device.
HTC Desire 320 & HTC Desire 826
The HTC Desire 320 is the company’s first entry level phone in 2015. The Desire 320 is the successor to the HTC Desire 310. There are not a whole lot of changes in the phone. The internal memory has been bumped up from 4GB to 8GB and it has 1GB of RAM. The design of the phone has been changed to align with family looks.
The HTC Desire 826 on the other hand is a mid range device. It has a 5.5 inch screen with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The phone has a 64 bit Snapdragon 615 Octa-Core processor with 4 cores at 1.7 GHz and the other 4 cores at 1.0 GHz. There is 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage with a microSD card slot with up to 128GB support. For imaging, the phone has a 13 megapixel camera at the back and a 4 megapixel front facing camera. The phone has HTC’s BoomSound Speakers, Eye Camera and runs on Android Lollipop.
Lenovo Vibe X2 Pro
Lenovo launched the Vibe X2 Pro, a successor to the Vibe X2, at CES. The X2 Pro has the same striped, multi-layer design like the older phone. The phone has a 5.3 inch Full HD display, a 64 Bit Snapdragon 615 Octa Core processor, instead of the octa-core Mediatek chip on the X2, with all cores clocked at 1.5 GHz. The resolution for both the front and rear cameras is 13 megapixels.
Asus ZenFone 2 & Zoom
The Taiwanese smartphone maker Asus has launched two smartphones at CES — the Asus ZenFone 2 and the ZenFone Zoom. The ZenFone 2 is the newest member in the ZenFone family and has the best specifications yet. Looks like Asus is still sticking to Intel processors with the Z3580 chipset clocked at 2.3 GHz. The phone has 4GB of RAM ( yes 4GB!) and is the first
phone in the world to boast such specs.The device has a 5.5 inch display with Full HD resolution, 13 megapixel rear camera and a 5 megapixel front facing camera. The device has an abundant 3000mAh battery with turbo charging capability.
Aditya Shenoy is the Associate Editor and the resident geek at Pricebaba.com
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