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HTC One (M8 Eye)

The HTC One (M8 Eye) runs Android 4.4 KitKat with the company's latest Sense 6.0 UI on top. The phone is powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, alongside 2GB of RAM. HTC One (M8 eye Eye) comes with a 5-inch full-HD Lenovo S5000 display and houses a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The handset is available with 16GB of inbuilt storage, which can be expanded via a microSD card (up to 128GB).
Measuring 146.36x70.6x9.35mm and weighing 160 grams, the HTC One (M8 Eye) is backed by a 2600mAh Li-Po battery, which the company claims can offer a talk time (3G) for up to 24.01 hours and standby time (3G) of up to 309.45 hours. The connectivity options included in the handset are 3G, GPS, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, micro-USB 2.0, and 4G LTE.
"Today I'm proud to announce the new HTC One (M8 Eye) - the most stunning, intuitive and advanced handset from HTC. Designed with specific markets in mind, this top of the range smartphone delivers lightning fast network data, blazing speeds and a brand new 13 megapixel Duo Camera that will bring you the best all round smartphone experience," stated Chia-lin Chang, Global President of Sales and Chief Financial Officer, HTC Corporation in a press statement.
The Taiwanese smartphone maker also launched its HTC RE action camera at an introductory price of Rs. 9,990. The device will be exclusively available via e-commerce site Snapdeal starting the first week of November.
At the event, HTC also unveiled the octa-core HTC Desire 820 and quad-core HTC Desire 820q in India. The Desire 820 has been priced at Rs. 24,990, while the Desire 820q has been priced at Rs. 22,500. Both phones will be available in markets from November 4. The HTC Desire Eye and HTC Desire 516C were also launched.
HTC One (M8 Eye) smartphone, which got listed in China last week, has now been launched in India. The HTC One (M8 Eye) will be available from Saturday carrying a price tag of Rs. 38,990.
Apart from the HTC One (M8 Eye), the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer also launched the octa-core Desire 820 and quad-core Desire 820q smartphones in India. The company also announced the Desire Eye selfie-focused smartphone in the country, besides the budget Desire 516C smartphone. 
Notably, most of the specifications of the new One (M8 Eye) match with its older sibling, the HTC One (M8), except that the One (M8 Eye) features a 13-megapixel rear camera instead of the One (M8)'s 4-UltraPixel camera. The HTC One (M8 Eye) retains the depth sensing Duo Camera setup seen on the One (M8).
The HTC One (M8 Eye) also comes pre-loaded with the newly-introduced HTC Eye Experience Lenovo S5000 Tablet PC suite of imaging software and camera-centric apps, first unveiled by HTC alongside the Desire Eye.

Apple vs Samsung

The Korean manufacturer has enjoyed success with the large screen Lenovo S5000 phablet market with its Galaxy Note series, which was a market that Apple hadn't bothered with until now.
According to a Samsung official quoted in the Korea Times, Samsung has now brought forward the release of the Galaxy Note 4 in a bid to prevent customers looking for a large screen smartphone choosing Apple's device.
According to the official, "the positive reaction from consumers to those two Apple devices prompted us to launch the Note 4 earlier than previously scheduled".
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The Galaxy Note 4 was pencilled in for a launch sometime in October, but it may now go on sale as early as September 26 in Korea, though whether it'll also fire early in other regions is unclear.
Not only will the Galaxy Note 4 be launching earlier, but it looks like the Note 4 will be sold at a lower price as well. According to rumours published by G for Games, Samsung may be giving the Galaxy Note 4 the lowest price tag of any new Note device.
It looks like Samsung is serious about fighting Apple for the phablet market, with the Korean manufacturer looking to ship 15 million Galaxy Note 4 devices in the first 30 days of the launch. Whether or not this new launch date will affect its plans remains to be seen.
Samsung has officially confirmed that the Note 4 will be on sale in South Korea on September 26, while the rest of us will get the phablet in October as previously announced.
In a statement, Samsung said that the Note 4 will be available in 140 countries by October's end.
It looks like we might not have to wait as long for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 as we thought, with a recent article in the Korea Times suggesting that Samsung has moved the release date forward in response to Apple's launch of the iPhone 6 Plus.
Whilst the launch of the iPhone 6 Plus was widely expected and didn't come as much of a surprise, the runaway success of the larger Lenovo S5000 Tablet PC iPhone looks like it may have spooked Samsung.

Google’s Android L vs Apple’s iOS 8

Google has been above others when it comes to activities based on Cloud like Maps and Drive. However, analysts think that Google remains firm with a solid and good potential in opposition to Apple healthcare system Lenovo S5000 . On the same website, Motley Fool, it was reported that Google attempted to adjust the healthcare parting with the Google Health. This pursued to bring together and show health records in one program. Nonetheless, this program was annulled because it didn’t collect sufficient support. With the new Google Fit app, the company is able to sync fitness and heath applications without the EHR network or the insurer.
On the other side, Apple is banking on several factors to brace its healthcare journey. Those are the 41.9 percent U.S. market shares via comScore, the popularity of the iOS in hospitals, facilitate of app development, costumer tastes and wearable market increase.
Thus, Google will need to fix its fragmentation problems, if it aims to be in total control and get above the iOS in the industry of healthcare. This is the huge challenge for the company, due to a report from Daze Info. The statement also marked that Google has been aiming to carry the issue through a number of strategies, which contains found a pack with important partners to provide the upcoming OS to devices about 18 months following their release. Google is targeting to do this with its next Android L OS and Android Wear platform as well.
The tech giants Apple, Samsung and Google have divulged their entry in the industry of healthcare. It was reported that Apple and Google will launch their next operating systems for mobiles that will feature applications and options for health, supporting wearable. The intriguing question for us is which of the two OS, iOS8 from Apple or Android L from Google, will do better?
The two giants companies are now putting together a number of wearable things with Google allying with a few companies to launch variants of the Android Wear. On the other side, Apple will be launching the iWatch. Due to a report in Motley Fool, Apple is likely to make partnership with “Human” and “United Health Group” to improve its iOS8 Health Kit. These two companies are well-known to be important insurers. It was announced during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference that the Health Kit is a system that will be able to sync all the data through a diversity of wearable, health devices and iOS apps arranging them into one application on dashboard.
Also, the report suggested that partnering with the two companies should be awaited due to their great steps in the mobile Lenovo S5000 Tablet PC applications. Humana Vitality will be able to connect to a number of activity tracking gadgets and biometric ones under Garmin, Nike and Fitbit.

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Both handsets have good cameras too but the Galaxy Note 4 is the better of the two yet again Lenovo S5000 . It has a 16 megapixel sensor while the Note 3 is just 13 megapixels and it can take wider angle shots than the Note 3. 
Better yet it features optical image stabilisation, which is a life saver in low light or if you struggle to hold the camera still.
There’s not much difference between the two when it comes to video but the Note 4’s front-facing camera is again better, coming in at 3.7 megapixels compared to the Note 3’s 2 megapixel snapper.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 includes a heart rate monitor and fingerprint scanner, neither of which are found on the Galaxy Note 3 and it even comes with a UV sensor.
Both handsets also have an S Pen stylus, but on the Note 4 it’s been substantially improved. It’s now far more sensitive which makes it feel a lot more like you’re using an actual pen on actual paper as well as packing in new features which allow you to easily copy and paste text with it.
The microphone has been improved on the Note 4 as well. It can record audio more clearly and even isolate the source that you’re trying to record so there’s less background noise when you’re playing it back.
The Galaxy Note 4 has a 3220 mAh battery, which is only marginally larger than the 3200 mAh battery in the Galaxy Note 3. Yet despite that Samsung claims that it can last 7.5% longer. It also charges quickly, as it can go from zero to 50% battery in just 30 minutes which is a speed the Note 3 can’t match.
Both handsets are capped at 32GB of storage, at least in the UK, but while the Galaxy Note 4 supports microSD cards of up to 128GB, the Note 3 only supports cards of up to 64GB.
There’s no real difference in connectivity options though, with both phones supporting all the standard things, including Wi-Fi, 3G, 4G, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and infrared.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 can currently be picked up from around £400, while the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is expected to sell for around £550 SIM free when it launches in October. So you’re looking at around a £150 price difference, but then the Note 4 is a better phone in almost every way.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note 3 are both fantastic handsets. As the screen size is no different they’re similarly adept at fulfilling the needs of a phablet and the Note 3 is still a high end phone despite now being superseded.
The Note 4 is better in a lot of ways but not always significantly so. For example it’s more powerful but you’ll hardly notice, the screen is better but the Note 3 still has a great display and the build quality is superior but that only really matters if you don’t plan to put it in a case.
The camera on the Note 4 is substantially better and it’s more feature packed and has a far better S Pen, so if those things are important to you then it’s the phone to go for. Equally you should buy it if you just want the best phablet around.
But if those things don’t matter all that much to you then it might be worth saving yourself £150 and buying the Galaxy Note 3 instead.
Samsung’s back with a brand new Galaxy Note and it’s better, though not actually bigger, than ever. But just how much better is it than last year’s? And what are the differences? Read on to find out.
We expected that the Galaxy Note 4 would have a bigger screen than the Galaxy Note 3, but in fact it’s kept it at the same size, so both phones have 5.7 inch Super AMOLED displays.
However there’s a huge difference in their resolutions, with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 coming in at 1440 x 2560. That’s QHD and gives it a pixel density of 515 pixels per inch.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 on the other hand is just 1080 x 1920. That’s still full HD, which isn’t bad at all and gives it a respectable pixel density of 386 pixels per inch. Overall both phones have amazing screens with bright, vibrant colours, but the Note 3 is wildly outmatched by the Note 4 and its crystal clear display.
As well as having a higher resolution and greater pixel density the Note 4 also uses adaptive display technology, which allows it to automatically adjust not just the brightness but also the contrast and other factors based on the environment you’re in, so you get the optimum viewing experience at all times.
In many ways the design and build of the Galaxy Note 4 and the Note 3 are very similar. The Note 4 comes in at 153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5mm and 176g, while the Note 3 is 151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3mm and 168g. So there are slight differences in their dimensions and weight but nothing substantial.
They also look remarkably similar, right down to a faux-leather effect on the back, though in fairness the effect on the Note 4 is slightly more convincing.
However the main difference is that the Galaxy Note 4 has a metal frame while the Note 3 is plastic. That alone is enough to make it look and feel like a far more premium device. Of course if you don’t care about looks or plan to stick it in a case anyway then it doesn’t much matter.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is a very powerful phone, with a 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 3GB of RAM and an Adreno 330 GPU.
But the Galaxy Note 4 is even more powerful. It sticks with 3GB of RAM but packs in a 2.7GHz quad-core Lenovo S5000 Tablet PC Snapdragon 805 processor and an Adreno 420 GPU. That makes it one of the most powerful handsets around, but despite a substantial difference on paper the reality is that the Galaxy Note 3 rarely lags or stutters as it is, so for now you’re not likely to benefit much from the extra power.

Apple iPhone 6 vs HTC One M8

iPhone 6 or the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus. In a year or two Tim Cook will probably wryly refer to the 4-inch days like an old, slightly embarrassing holiday romance. 
Still, bigger screens are better for just about everything apart from fitting in your pocket, and as we’ve already seen, the iPhone 6 is about as slim as a 4.7-inch phone is going to get.
Size has changed, but some other factors stay more-or-less the same as last year. The iPhone 6 still uses an IPS LCD Lenovo A3300 panel, and from what we've seen so far it still looks lovely. 
The HTC One M8 has a slightly larger 5-inch LCD screen. Its panel type is SLCD3 rather than IPS, but the technologies are so similar in their effects you could mistake them for twins. Overall, the M8's screen is a cracker, with great viewing angles, colours and (for an LCD) contrast.
Where the two differ a bit is in resolution. While Apple calls the new iPhone 6 resolution Retina HD, this is – as the more cynical among you may have guessed – marketing nonsense.
The iPhone 6 has a pixel density of 326ppi – the exact same density as the iPhone 5S. It does this by using a rather weird-sounding 1334 x 750 pixel resolution. You don’t see those everyday. 
HTC’s One M8 has a much higher resolution 1080p screen that offers greater pixel density of 441ppi, despite having a significantly larger screen. To those with eagle eyes or a case of tech pedantry, this difference may be quite obvious. But you will need to get your eyes pretty close to the glass to notice it. 
There’s also a difference in the glass these phone use. The HTC One M8 has good old Gorilla Glass 3 – used here, there and everywhere these days – while the iPhone 6 has ‘ion-strengthened’ glass. 
This could in theory mean it’s Gorilla Glass 3 with an ultra-thin layer of Sapphire on top, But you’d need to get Tim Cook extremely drunk, or have incriminating pictures of Phil Schiller, to wring it out of them. Hopefully a teardown will tell us the truth soon.
It's tough to make a call on this without having spent an extended period with the new iPhone, but for now we're going to say that the bigger size and higher resolution of the M8 gives it the edge.
Death to false metal. It was the mission statement of slightly embarrassing 1980s heavy metal band Manowar, and it could easily be the tagline to either the HTC One M8 and iPhone 6. If their respective marketing departments lost their minds.
These are two of the most desirable metal phones in the world right now, offering high-end specs, beautiful screens and designs that’ll make your friends want to break them over your head in jealousy. 
But which is the best? There’ll be some clangs as these two little metal monsters trade blows, but there can be only one winner.
Aluminium: it’s what all the most expensive-feeling phones are made of, and it’s what both the HTC One M8 and iPhone 6 offer. 
They’re both curvy, both beautiful and both are very hard to criticise on this front. We think they are a delight to hold and use. 
However, if you’re used to a smaller phone you may well get on with the iPhone 6 better. It’s 2.5mm thinner, a whopping 12.2mm shorter and 3.6mm less wide than the One M8. 
While their screen sizes aren’t worlds apart - 4.7in to 5in - the iPhone 6 is a significantly smaller phone. Why? Part of it is because the HTC One M8 doesn’t really try to be all that thin, and part is because of the lovely stereo front-facing speakers you get on HTC’s phone Lenovo S5000 . They significantly increase the phone’s footprint. 
These BoomSound twins provide much beefier sound than most phone speakers including – we expect – the iPhone 6. There’s more to sound than just volume, and it’s these extra bits: tone, a bit of bass and power, that the BoomSound brothers provide.