Not exact matches
Given technical limitations, privacy concerns, the product price tag, and the utter geekiness of wearing the
device, Google
Glass didn't take off.
The company claims its
glasses will be augmented reality
devices that deliver texts and emails and as well as
give you directions, track your heartbeat, and translate foreign languages.
When we read our Nexus 7 Hamlet's «To be or not to be» soliloquy, the
device misinterpreted many of our words,
giving us «hard 8» when we said «heartache» and «again to see» when we said «against a sea» and «about not shocks the best
glasses here too» when we said «a thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to.»
Admittedly, it is not for everybody
given how we've gotten used to the full - touch
glass slabs over the past decade, but it adds a novelty factor to the
device and brings a sense of nostalgia that many BlackBerry loyalists seem to be still latching on to.
As far as the design and durability is concerned, the
device is protected by a 2.5 D corning gorilla
glass giving it a commendable look and feel.
I've
given countless presentations about how today's ebooks are nothing more than «print under
glass» and how we spend so much time reading «dumb content on smart
devices.»
No details on pricing or availability yet, but we do know that the
devices» lids will be coated in Gorilla
Glass 3,
giving them a shinier look and, theoretically, better protection from dings and scratches.
The LG - produced
device features a Gorilla
Glass 3 - protected 4.95 - inch Full HD IPS display,
giving it a pixel density of 445 PPI, powered by a quad - core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor clocked at 2.3 GHz with 2 GB of RAM and an Adreno 330 GPU.
RGB - lit rotating fan displays become 1080p capable at an affordable price,
giving users access to HD 3D without
glasses that doesn't suck and redefines the public's perception of a display
device.
While I'll go on record saying the Xbox 360 is the only console of the current generation I do not currently own, one thing I will always
give Microsoft credit for, it's having built an impressive and inviting online interface, and their means to expand their offerings through new
devices like Smart
Glass is far ahead of it's competition.
With
glass at the front and back with an aluminium frame, the
device's edges are rounded perfectly to
give off the Korean OEM's expertise.
The
device features a 6.3 - inch quad HD Super AMOLED display that is just as great looking as the Galaxy S8 and S8 +'s stellar screen, if not more so
given the greater
glass real - estate.
HTC's most recent
devices have used Liquid Surface, that unique
glass finish that
gives a look that you won't find anywhere else.
Cheap plastic has
given way to tempered
glass on the phone's back and the power button is a precisely machined aluminum disc — so much time and attention has been poured into this one
device that Sony's ads are now boldly proclaiming it as innovative as the company» $ ™ s hallowed Trinitron and Walkman brands.
The
device comes with a 5 - inch HD display topped with 2.5 D
glass,
giving it a classy look.
Even though it makes sense for Huawei to launch a phone with a true bezel-less design,
given the high interest in all -
glass, bezel - free
devices from its key competitors including Apple.
The
device comes with stainless treatment and
gives a viewing angle of 160 degrees and uses
Glass - Film - Film (GFF) technology.
Build - with a 5.15 inch screen and full Metal and
Glass build u r just gonna feel as if u r holding some Premium Expensive
device Display - though some of u may be disappointed about the fact that Mi 6 has a 1080p display but considering the Battery and Screen size and Processor its just Awesome enough to
give Great Battery Life.
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Glass, starts by
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The build quality is top - notch, as you'd expect from a vendor aiming to challenge the likes of Samsung, and the
glass back and chamfered metal frame
give the phone a premium look that wouldn't look out of place on a
device that costs twice as much.
Given its curved
glass features double edges, I was also pleased to find that the Note 7 fits great in just one hand, something I didn't find to be true with past Note
devices.
The Google Pixel XL uses a combination of a polished
glass and metal back — this
gives it an interesting look from the back of the
device, but the front is rather pedestrian looking with large bezels.
The display is protected with Gorilla
Glass 3, which is without a doubt a welcome feature
given this
device is supposed to be used when working out.
The OnePlus X has dual
glass panels and a metal frame which
gives the
device a premium feel, way above its price point.
The metallic frame and 3D curved
glass gives a premium look to the
device.
The Galaxy S6 not only comes with a Gorilla
Glass 4 front but also a Gorilla
Glass 4 back cover, which will
give the
device a seriously premium feel.
However, the back does have a liquid
glass surface already seen on the HTC U11 that's quite reflective and
gives the
device more character.
The Moto X4 has an anodised metal subframe with a 3D contoured
glass body,
giving it a shiny finish that is different to other Moto
devices we have seen this year.
The iPhone 7 may have dominated sales in 2016 but Xiaomi's Mi Mix stole its fair share of headlines thanks to its edge - to - edge - to - edge display that
gave the
device a really striking «
glass phone» appearance.
HTC is also due to announce a new flagship and we can expect the company to feature a
glass back on the new
device,
given that the company has been producing phones with that feature since the beginning of 2017.
The use of curved
glass and sturdy metal
gives the
devices a top - end look and feel, and although it's still slippery and a fingerprint magnet, I feel compelled to overlook these issues in the name of beauty.
Well,
glass looks great, and the heavier feel
gives it a sense of luxury — and everyone desires luxury, especially on a
device that can cost more than $ 1,000.
Given the all -
glass nature of the
device, it can be very easy to inadvertently touch an active part of the display during usage.
The
glass back made the Mi 5 slippery to hold and use, but the brushed aluminum finish on the Mi 5s makes the phone that much more comfortable to grip, and it also
gives the
device an upmarket look.
The two - sided
glass with a metal frame around it makes it a premium
device that also
gives comfort and makes it easy to handle with single hand also.
The Mi 5s has a lot of things in its favor: the design is far better than the metal and
glass exterior of the Mi 5, and the added weight from the metal chassis
gives the
device much - needed heft.
Giving a few more details about what the
device would look like, Abovitz said it would be «self - contained; a complete computer,» hinting that unlike the likes of Google
Glass, Oculus Rift or HoloLens, Magic Leap would be something you could wear in public allowing you maintain «normal relationships with people.»
The specifications
given for the
device include: a 5.7» 1080p AMOLED screen, 21.16 MP rear - facing camera, 5 MP front - facing camera, 32 GB storage, 3 GB RAM, 8 core Exynos 7420 processor with MALI T760 GPU, dual micro-SIM, and Corning Gorilla
Glass 3.
It went something like this: hotel check - in, locate room, locate wifi service, attempt connection to wifi, wonder why the connection is taking so long, try again, locate phone, call front desk, get told «the internet is broken for a while», decide to hot - spot the mobile phone because some emails really needed to be sent, go «la la la» about the roaming costs, locate iron, wonder why iron temperature dial just spins around and around, swear as iron spews water instead of steam, find reading
glasses, curse middle - aged need for reading
glasses, realise iron temperature dial is indecipherably in Chinese, decide ironing front of shirt is good enough when wearing jacket, order room service lunch, start shower, realise can't read impossible small toiletry bottle labels, damply retrieve
glasses from near iron and successfully avoid shampooing hair with body lotion, change (into slightly damp shirt), retrieve
glasses from shower, start teleconference, eat lunch, remember to mute phone, meet colleague in lobby at 1 pm, continue teleconference, get in taxi, endure 75 stop - start minutes to a inconveniently located client, watch unread emails climb over 150, continue to ignore roaming costs, regret tuna panini lunch choice as taxi warmth, stop - start juddering, jet - lag, guilt about unread emails and traffic fumes combine in a very unpleasant way, stumble out of over-warm taxi and almost catch hypothermia while trying to locate a very small client office in a very large anonymous business park, almost hug client with relief when they appear to escort us the last 50 metres, surprisingly have very positive client meeting (i.e. didn't throw up in the meeting), almost catch hypothermia again waiting for taxi which despite having two functioning GPS
devices can't locate us on a main road, understand why as within 30 seconds we are almost rendered unconscious by the in - car exhaust fumes, discover that the taxi ride back to the CBD is even slower and more juddering at peak hour (and no, that was not a carbon monoxide induced hallucination), rescheduled the second client from 5 pm to 5.30, to 6 pm and finally 6.30 pm, killed time by drafting this guest blog (possibly carbon monoxide induced), watch unread emails climb higher, exit taxi and inhale relatively fresher air from kamikaze motor scooters, enter office and grumpily work with client until 9 pm, decline client's gracious offer of expensive dinner, noting it is already midnight my time, observe client fail to correctly set office alarm and endure high decibel «warning, warning» sounds that are clearly designed to send security rushing... soon... any second now... develop new form of nausea and headache from piercing, screeching, sounds - like - a-wailing-baby-please-please-make-it-stop-alarm, note the client is relishing the extra (free) time with us and is still talking about work, admire the client's ability to focus under extreme aural pressure, decide the client may be a little too work focussed, realise that I probably am too
given I have just finished work at 9 pm... but then remember the 200 unread emails in my inbox and decide I can resolve that incongruency later (in a quieter space), become sure that there are only two possibilities — there are no security staff or they are deaf — while my colleague frantically tries to call someone who knows what to do, conclude after three calls that no - one does, and then finally someone finally does and... it stops.