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Still, the 2017 Shield represents a sizable improvement over its predecessor with a variety of video apps to watch and great - looking games to stream.

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The Hangover series comes to a merciful close with an installment that's at least a slight improvement over its immediate predecessor, with the narrative, thankfully, going in a slightly different direction than the first two films (ie there's no actual hangover this time around).

A mild improvement over its decent predecessor, The Strangers: Prey at Night follows a family of four (Christina Hendricks» Cindy, Martin Henderson's Mike, Bailee Madison's Kinsey, and Lewis Pullman's Luke) as they arrive at a remote trailer park for an overnight stay - with violence and chaos ensuing after the title characters arrive on the scene.

Maybe it was just as cheesy, maybe the effects weren't as stunning, but at least there was chemistry with the cast, a coherent plot, and the goofball jokes were an expected part of the package and well - executed - a huge improvement over its predecessor.

Critics Consensus: The franchise is showing its age, but Scream 4 is undeniably an improvement over its predecessor, with just enough meta humor and clever kills.

Critic Consensus: The franchise is showing its age, but Scream 4 is undeniably an improvement over its predecessor, with just enough meta humor and clever kills.

The console versions make subtle but welcome improvements over its PC predecessor in some areas, even though inventory management is definitely more fluid with a mouse and keyboard.

While Tropical Freeze served as a vast improvement over (the admittedly great) Donkey Kong Country Returns in nearly every regard — from level design to boss fights to music — there were, unfortunately, two aspects in which Tropical Freeze merely followed suit with its predecessor, as opposed to improving it.

Released: August 11 Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Miranda Otto Director: David F. Sandberg (Lights Out) Why It's Great: It's always nice when a sequel — or in this case a prequel — turns out to be some kind of an improvement over its franchise predecessor (it also happened last year with Ouija: Origin of Evil), and such is clearly the case with this quiet, creepy tale of a demented dollmaker, a creepy mansion, and a whole bunch of inquisitive little orphans.

It's clear immediately that The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, in certain respects, marks a vast improvement over its immediate predecessor, with, especially, filmmaker Francis Lawrence's decision to jettison the inept visuals of the first installment - ie no more shakycam!

The standard engine is a new 2.5 - liter four - cylinder unit with undisclosed power and torque levels that's said to offer improvements in NVH, fuel economy, and emissions over its predecessor, as well as gains in horsepower and torque.

The sixth - generation Maserati Quattroporte arrived in 2013 as a significant improvement over its predecessor, which was sold for around a decade with minor updates.

An improvement over its predecessor in almost every area (minus the lack of a seven - seat option), the J11 Nissan Qashqai is a worthy successor, offering a roomier interior, better fuel efficiency (particularly with the diesel engines), and a smooth ride.

Technical progress is equally in evidence with the new eight - speed automatic transmission, which can claim an improvement of up to 11 per cent in fuel economy over its predecessor (6.5 liters / 43.4 mpg imp.

Key contributions to the marked improvements over its critically acclaimed predecessor are made by the high - revving mid-mounted engine with significantly enhanced performance, the architecture with its even greater emphasis on lightweight construction principles and the advanced chassis with quattro drive system and fully variable torque control.

Introduced in 2014, the third - generation 2015 Smart ForTwo arrived with massive improvements over its predecessor.

One exception is the redesigned 2010 Subaru Legacy, with bumpers that are big improvements over those on its 2007 - 09 predecessor.

In the 320i, this new hi - tech engine offers an equally impressive improvement over its predecessor in all areas with power and torque increased by 20kW and 70Nm to 135kW / 270Nm; fuel consumption has been cut by 21 per cent to 6.0 l / 100 km and CO2 emissions reduced by 35g / km to 141 g / km; while shaving 2.2 seconds off the 0 - 100 km / h time of 7.6 seconds.

The iPad mini is still available to buy but you shouldn't confuse it with the new iPad mini 2 Retina which looks exactly the same but is more expensive and has some significant improvements over its predecessor.

With expanded memory and new software capabilities, the Pre Plus is definitely an improvement over its predecessor, but it still has some quirks.

With a much - improved e-ink display, featuring a 50 % better contrast ratio when compared to the original DX, the DX Graphite marked a significant improvement over its predecessors.

Verizon Wireless has launched the fourth iteration of the now firmly entrenched Motorola Droid Android smartphone, with significant improvements over the third generation predecessor such as a larger 4 - inch display at 960 × 540 resolution, 8.0 megapixel camera with LED flash, autofocus and 1080p video capture.

While the 2016 Kindle isn't a huge improvement over its predecessor, it's a perfectly good e-reader with a clearly improved design and a big upgrade for the visually impaired.

The trailer also appears to depict additional subtle improvements over MotoGP 18's predecessors - with aspects such as tweaks to the audio effects and HUD graphics, as well as more fluid rider and bike animations, being more obvious examples.

Once I had finished with the VR version, I sat down with someone from Kylotonn that talked about the improvements that have been made to WRC 6 over its predecessor, WRC 5.

While Tropical Freeze served as a vast improvement over (the admittedly great) Donkey Kong Country Returns in nearly every regard — from level design to boss fights to music — there were, unfortunately, two aspects in which Tropical Freeze merely followed suit with its predecessor, as opposed to improving it.

Thankfully, when playing on the TV — where 720 leaps to resolutions up to 1080p — the Pro Controller is a marked improvement over its Wii U predecessor, with chunky face buttons in place of those smaller, too - centralized ones from a generation previous.

A marked improvement over its predecessor, Styx: Shards of Darkness has fixed a number of technical issues to create a hardcore stealth game with Deadpool - style humor.

An improvement over its predecessor, though only due to the expunging of the irrelevant mini-games with an entertaining yet shallow adventure.

A huge upgrade over its predecessor, this edition comes complete with a brand new Sandbox Map joining the original game's 5 environments, a total graphical overhaul, a new Challenge mode with 9 new dedicated maps, 13 new vehicles and other comprehensive improvements.

While I'm not that familiar with the Killzone franchise and have only played Killzone 3 for very brief periods of time, I feel like Killzone: Shadow Fall's multiplayer is a vast improvement over what I experienced with the series» predecessors.

Apple's next flagship could see some huge improvements over its predecessor, with the iPhone 8 touted to rock a curved OLED display, a faster A11 chip, wireless charging and more.

It started with the Jawbone UP24, which, thanks to the inclusion of Bluetooth, is a tremendous improvement over its predecessor.

Both handsets come with curved backs — an improvement over their predecessors» boxy look and feel.

The 6 - inch Pixel 2 XL is a sizable improvement over its predecessor, with a 18:9 OLED screen that encompasses more surface area alongside slimmer bezels.

Bottom Line: With faster performance, better battery life, and other welcome improvements over its predecessor, the Microsoft Surface Pro is still the standard bearer for 2 - in - 1 Windows tablets.

This is, in fact, a marked improvement over its predecessor which came with a lower resolution front - facing shooter.

It's designed for mid-range devices and comes with a number of improvements over its predecessor, complete with some new hardware and tools to support the growing market for machine learning and AI applications.

Adorned by an 8MP Carl Zeiss rear camera with dual LED flash, this handset is a great improvement over its predecessor, the Nokia Lumia 800.

They are also all compatible with iOS and Android devices and they offer hardware improvements over predecessors that allows them to be thinner and sleeker than they were previously.

The Bottom Line Microsoft's Xbox 360 Slim offers improvements over its predecessors in every area, with reduced fan noise, a 250 GB hard drive and great looks.

HTC has announced the HTC Desire 830 with some notable improvements over its predecessor including an upgraded display and the addition of OIS to the camera.

The OnePlus 3T has a larger battery than the OnePlus 5 with a 3400mAh capacity, though the processor upgrade of the new device will no doubt mean it offers battery improvements over its predecessor despite being a little smaller.

The 8.1 update is a great improvement over its predecessor, with many new features like additional tiles on the start screen, flow keyboard, more personalization options, notification centre, digital assistant, and much more.

This is a major improvement over its predecessor that came with MT6735P chip.

The design aesthetic of the phone is a significant improvement over its predecessor, with Xiaomi decreasing the screen size to a manageable 5.9 inches.

The camera package here is certainly an improvement over what was available with its predecessor, but images from both the rear and front - facing cameras still lack a good amount of detail, and the image quality deteriorates rapidly in even the slightest of low - light situations.

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We found out that the camera performance is definitely an improvement over its predecessor Doodle 3, but fails to impress when compared with Yuphoria, Lenovo A7000 and Redmi 2.

The iPhone 5 is an improvement over its immediate predecessor, the iPhone 4S, with the new phone sporting a bigger screen and faster processor.