From 2 to 7 September in Berlin, held the largest European exhibition of top gadgets IFA 2016 news. To tell about all the devices shown in it, will not suffice and weeks, “NSmartphone” chose the ones that have the most realistic chance to win a custom popularity.
The main “mass” flagship Samsung – Galaxy S7 smartphones and S7 Edge – have been presented long before the top gadgets IFA 2016 news, during a separate event. But at the exhibition showed phablet line Note, traditionally attracts interest among lovers of large and high-performance smartphones.
From a design standpoint, Note 7 continues the traditions established in last year’s S6 and Note 5 (sequence number 6 is omitted for marketing reasons): metal and glass, but this time phablet got even and curved edge of the display. they are bent not so much as in S7 Edge and almost do not distort the image, but the appearance of Note 7 affected dramatically. It is definitely one of the most beautiful modern smartphones: rounded glass flows seamlessly into the aluminum frame, and then the glass back cover of the device, the sun glare to hurt one’s eyes.
#1 TOP GADGETS IFA 2016 NEWS – GALAXY NOTE 7, SAMSUNG
Frames around the side of the screen there is little, so in spite of the impressive size of the screen (5.7 inches), it feels great in the hands. All technical stuffing phablet he had inherited from the S7 – here is the same (outstanding), the camera is the same (outstanding) screen and the same powerful processor Exynos 8890 (the Snapdragon 820, Qualcomm’s version for the US market).
Have not disappeared and brand digital pen: it has become more elegant and functional – all its possibilities will be discussed in a detailed review Note 7.
Gear S3 – a new version of the Samsung smart watches, and things are not so clear to her. Last year’s S2 hitched their appearance: they tried their best to be like a traditional watch, but never gave the impression of a bulky gadget. The new version in this respect the position of rents: two versions presented, the usual Classic and Frontier, aimed at outdoor enthusiasts, is much larger and thicker than last year. This is due to the fact that appeared in the GPS-clock module – now navigation works even if the phone is, for instance, discharged. On the other hand, Gear S from the category of “the most beautiful clock on the other side of Apple Watch» have become a gadget for geeks. This is especially evident in the Frontier, which is vaguely reminiscent of all G-Shock. But the battery life is increased. In general, they have become more practical, but may be less convenient in daily wear, – a paradox. But there was a feature Always On: The clock display is now permanently displays the time.
And Note 7, and Gear S3 will be officially sold in the Russian market.
#2 TOP GADGETS IFA 2016 NEWS – YOGA BOOK, LENOVO
The most interesting and crashed into the memory device at the show Lenovo showed unexpectedly. Her Yoga Book even difficult to attribute to any particular class of devices.
What is the salt: Yoga Book – this laptop on your Android or Windows 10 with a thin and fully touch panel, which is then at the same time and cover, and keyboard, and a tablet for drawing. The “Keyboard” mode touchpad keys and even displayed on the surface of the device – the power of the backlight can be adjusted. Print for “keyboard without keys” very unusual, but according to the company, get used to it for 20-30 minutes. But the main feature of the Yoga Book is not even in this: putting on the touch surface of an ordinary sheet of paper, you can write on it a complete handle – and all you have written will be not only on the sheet but also instantly displayed on the screen. All notes and drawings will be immediately digitized and stored exactly in notebook memory. Draw possible without the piece of paper, a leading pen on the touchpad – all appear on the screen.
Alive Yoga Book makes a huge impression – a niche laptops, tablets and hybrids there are quite a long time, but nothing like this has been created so far. According to the Lenovo, to bring the idea from the concept stage to the consumer device, it took them three years. The result is obvious – Yoga Book immediately want to pre-order, even realizing that half of its functions is likely you never need. This is not just thin and light notebook – but a whole new way to interact with digital content, and already for this he deserves huge praise.
On the laurels of the most technically perfect tablet Yoga Book does not claim: here the mobile processor from Intel and a good screen with Full HD-resolution. But the price is very pleased: € 499 for the version of Android and € 550 – on Windows.
#3 TOP GADGETS IFA 2016 NEWS – NUBIA Z11 AND AXON 7 MINI, ZTE
The trend to reduce the frame around the display of smartphones brought almost to perfection in Nubia Z11 – frameless smartphone ZTE. On the edges of the screen, there is no excess space, which favorably affected the ergonomics: the device is very narrow, in spite of the large 5.5-inch screen.
#4 TOP GADGETS IFA 2016 NEWS – NUBIA Z11, ZTE
Z11 – is the flagship, he was put in one-piece aluminum body, working on top-end processor Snapdragon 820, Qualcomm’s and is equipped with 4 GB of RAM. camera sensor is the same as that Xiaomi Mi5, so a smartphone should shoot at least very good. ZTE and encouraging words that engineers have significantly improved the shooting algorithm to bring the camera to the best on the market. Special mention should be built-in DAC, a separate processor, significantly improves the sound quality of the headphones – an infrequent visitor in the world of smartphones.
In China, Nubia for sale for several months, at the IFA also announced a smartphone on international markets. By doing it on sale in Europe.
The second model presented – Axon 7 mini, a smaller version of the flagship 7 Axon, our country has not yet formally submitted. The award from the older model he got a metal casing with an interesting design: the upper frame if the front panel stitched with thread, but there are several technical characteristics of more modest: not a powerful processor (Snapdragon Snapdragon 615 instead of 820), smaller screen (5.2-inch Full HD -Resolution) which, however, in their daily work is unlikely to be very noticeable.
#5 TOP GADGETS IFA 2016 NEWS – AXON 7 MINI, ZTE
As in Nubia Z11, here too there is digital-to-analog converter – sounds really cool smartphone. Four of these small gadget could fill out the sound of a small demo area, the headphones should be all too well.
#6 TOP GADGETS – XPERIA XZ AND X THE COMPACT, SONY
Modern smartphones Sony has become even easier to get confused: two new models presented at the IFA, largely repeated previous flagship companies. I saw a flagship Sony – consider, saw everything.
Presented at the IFA Xperia XZ of them is slightly different: even more visually and tactilely. It is a smooth, rounded, and the glass that protects the screen smoothly into the metal housing. The new design concept called Loop Surface: According to Sony, to create smartphone designers were inspired by everyday objects. Spoil her just huge frame at the top and bottom of the 5.2-inch display.
Particular emphasis in the XZ placed on the camera: there already are four ways to focus: contrast, laser, phase and predicative. In general, in theory, “miss the mark” with frame and not catch it will be simply impossible. Matrix resolution – unchanged 23 megapixels, optical stabilization has five axis. Besides addition, Sony promises almost perfect white balance. How to remove your smartphone in real conditions, it is not clear: did not hit shots made on the test bench, though, and were very good.
X Compact – traditional for Sony and the audience favorite compact smartphone. The screen is 4.6 inches, the traditional HD-resolution. In fact, smartphones Japanese company – the only decent options for those who need a screen less than five inches. An important point – Compact series has always received the same technical characteristics as the flagship model. X Compact also received processor Snapdragon 650. But the camera moved here straight from the XZ.
With all the traditionally good ergonomics: the smart phone is very small, perfectly in the hand, even though the thick frame. In general, if you liked “compacts» Sony, and enjoy the new model.
