Category: My Next Phone
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My Next Phone – My Thoughts So Far…
I’ve just published Part 3 of this new series, and have just finished a draft of Part 4. But I still feel like I’ve missed out on something. Looking through my past blogs, I realised what this was… In the past, I’ve often been fooled by impressive specs or gone off on a ‘I’m going to…
Chris JK
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My Next Phone: Hardware Specs and Considerations
Following on from my previous post, the devices I’m considering must at least be equal to, if not better than, the benchmark set by my current device, the HTC Desire Eye. That means I’m not considering any devices that fall below that threshold. I realise that’s a big chunk of devices, but if it came…
Chris JK
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7: The Short-lived Life and Untimely Death
It was inevitable, really, that a device like the Note 7 would be pulled from the shelves before it ever really launched. At first, reports of some devices catching fire were treated with disdain. Maybe these people were simply victims of ‘faulty units.’ But then Samsung made a huge move, one that shook the smartphone…
Chris JK
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My Next Phone: The Benchmark – my HTC Desire Eye
Every phone I’m considering is in one way or another better than my current device, a HTC Desire EYE, which I’m using as a device benchmark. It has 13mp rear and front cameras, both with dual-tone LED flash (the rear aperture at f/2.0 vs the front’s f/2.2), 16gb internal storage with micro-SD slot, 2gb RAM,…
Chris JK
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Choosing My Next Phone: A New Blog Series
Recently, I published my thoughts on the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, as well as my thoughts on the Google Pixel and Pixel XL, built by HTC. There’s a reason I chose to look at these new phones, other than the fact that they’ve just been released. As the title suggests, this new series of blogs…
Chris JK
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My Next Phone: Older Phones and Solutions
Today, January 9, 2017, marks the ten year anniversary since Steve Jobs revealed Apple’s new revolutionary device: the iPhone. Yep, that’s right: on January 9, 2007, the iPhone became a thing. That’s ten years ago, and I still remember the day I watched my TV as people queued up for miles to get their hands on…
Chris JK
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My Next Phone: Design, Build Quality, and Searching for a Premium-Feeling Phone
When I got my HTC Desire Eye, I didn’t look at the build quality. The only thing I really noticed initially was that it was a very thin device and it was lighter in the hand than my brick-heavy Nokia Lumia 820. This didn’t necessarily make it feel cheap or mid-range, but it did make…
Chris JK
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My Next Phone: App Permissions
Here’s something that may not be completely obvious: App Permissions. When you install an app or download an app update from the Play Store, or even when you try and perform a certain task within an app, you may get a message asking you for permission to access certain bits of info about you or…
Chris JK
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