We've had our say, now it's our readers' chance to pick a winner. Which flagship gets the tip-top mark for 2017? Cast your ballot and find out on New Year's Day!
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Pocketnow Poll: What is your favorite smartphone color?
It’s one of those things we often take for granted, but it’s a legitimate question. All too often we are offered the latest smartphones in one, two, or three colors. But what are our favorite colors for a smart phone? That’s what we’re here to find out in a Pocketnow Poll. Our editors have sounded off below, and then we’ll ask your opinion, but first I wanted to take a moment to discuss color and my borderline-sordid history of color.I’ve had a virtual rainbow for smartphones in my time from a magenta (read: pink) Lumia 800, to a Cyan Lumia 900, to a Yellow Lumia 920. I had a ...
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Poll: Do you feel comfortable using a beta as your daily driver?
Conferences like Google I/O and WWDC always give me a sense of mixed feelings. Because we’re all about to see some really neat new things for the platforms – even if they’re not “new” new – and that’s a really great thing. But then, we’re all about see a lot of interesting features that may not work so well, at least for several months anyway. Oh sure, you can have those features if you want them, but they’ll be in beta which is frankly a scary concept.Now, for those of us that have a ...
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Galaxy Note 6 Rumors! Best BoomSound? iPad review round up! | Pocketnow Weekly 199
Galaxy Note 6 rumors are heating up. What might be in store for Samsung’s next phablet? We ask our viewers, which HTC has the best BoomSound? HTC 10 or the One M9? And we’re wrapping up our time with the iPad Pro 9.7. Can this tablet really be used for work?We’ve been hard at work covering news stories and producing the next generation of phone reviews. We recently started a new series of videos delving deeper into camera performance and
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Pocketnow Poll: Best BoomSound Speakers? HTC 10 or One M9?
HTC made some significant changes to the BoomSound hardware on the HTC 10. The One M7 introduced us to the joys of front facing stereo speakers on a phone, and the One M8 and M9 continued that design. The 10 shifts things around though. Likely a necessity to include the fingerprint sensor on the front face, we no longer have true stereo playback. Instead the top speaker, which doubles as the phone call earpiece, produces most of the high pitched and mid range audio, while a bottom ...
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More people side with Apple in San Bernardino iPhone case
As we spool up the legal cogs in what looks to be Apple v. FBI, the court of public opinion is now in session.Public sentiment has shifted to the statistical middle of the road when it comes to the issue of privacy versus security. Namely, personal privacy versus national security.A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll ...
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Android N: What’s it going to be called?
This May, a new version of Android will be introduced at Google I/O. Android N will bring with it a bevy of new features, which is all fine and good, but what will its name be? Now there’s some juicy gossip and speculation for you. I mean, Now on Tap is nice and all, but how about that Marshmallow? Isn’t that some catchy stuff? Really puts the sexy into it, ya know?So, knowing Android N has a lot to live up to – who doesn’t like marshmallows after all – we really need to put some thought into what this name is going to be. After all, it will single-handedly determine what statue ...
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HTC Vive pre-orders are live – so which VR headset are you buying? (Poll)
A little over an hour ago, at 10am Eastern, HTC opened its doors for pre-orders of the Vive virtual reality headset. With a head-mounted display, wall trackers, and a pair of wireless controllers, Vive’s hoping to give users one of the most well-rounded VR experiences they can come by – but it’s not alone. Last month, Oculus Rift got its own pre-order party ...
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Who will be the biggest OEM of 2016?
Apple, Samsung, LG, Motorola, or HTC? There was a time (not long ago) when those five manufacturers were pretty much all one had to look at to decide which phone to get. Each had several models to choose from, so picking the phone that was right for you was rarely an easy task. Today, however, in addition to the “big five”, we’ve got phones from Sony, ZTE, Huawei, Lenovo, Xiaomi, Acer, Archos, Alcatel, Asus, Oppo, OnePlus, Jolla, Blu, Cat, Kyocera, and more. All these added players, some with very enticing options, make figuring out which phone is best for your ...
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Do we really need 6GB of RAM on our smartphones? (Poll)
“640K (RAM) ought to be enough for anybody.”– attributed to (but denied by) Bill GatesAlrighty, before we talk about how many jigga-bytes we can cram into a smartphone, let’s make sure everybody knows what that is – and how it fits in with other components.First up we’ve got the CPU – the central processing unit – which is the “brain” of your computer, tablet, or smartphone. It crunches all the numbers and runs all the logic. It’s connected via the “bus” to the other major components. The CPU’s speed is ...
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This was the best Nexus of all time
In 1968, novelist Philip K. Dick asked Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? In his book (which was the inspiration for Blade Runner), after war had devastated Earth, a bounty hunter was tasked with “retiring” six escaped Nexus-6 model androids – the latest and most advanced model ever. That got us wondering: what’s the best Nexus smartphone of all ...
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Hey Android: you fixed the lag issue, did Marshmallow fix your battery?
Ask anyone what they would improve about their smartphone and you’ll probably come up with two answers very near the top: faster performance, and better battery life. Some argue that their phone or tablet is “faster” than another because of the operating system it runs. Other’s swear that the batteries in devices from one manufacturer outlast those of its competition. A lot of this comes down to comparing apples to oranges. For example, you can’t easily compare a quad-core CPU clocked at 2.0 GHz with a hex-core CPU clocked at 1.8 GHz – there are ...
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Poll: What is your preferred smartphone screen size
Screen envy. We all have it. Or do we? See, that’s the thing, I’m just not so sure. One thing I am sure about is that our phone screens have gotten progressively bigger and bigger over the last few years. The funny thing is, we as a society have taken that ball and run with it, like we just don’t care. But I always thought we did care?Some time ago, when phones were in the sub-5” range, we used to have a term called “phablet” which described an almost absurdly big phone. The definition varied from person to person. I always considered a phone with a screen 5.5” or bigger to ...
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How often do you shoot 4K video (and do you enjoy it)? (Poll)
Remember when the Galaxy Nexus came out with the first 720p display on a smartphone, and we couldn’t believe such a high resolution could make its way to a handheld device? Those were simpler times. We’ve since standardized 1080p on most modern smartphones, and even QHD (some call it 1440p or 2.5K) is becoming prevalent on flagship devices like the Galaxy Note 5 and the Moto X Pure Edition. Earlier this month at IFA ...
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What’s the most disappointing smartphone you’ve owned?
Now that IFA is in full-swing and much of the Pocketnow staff is in Berlin busy finding out what the latest and greatest new devices are going to be for the upcoming year, some of us aren’t that optimistic that the new products will be “great”. Sure, many of the devices on the show floor might “look” cool and enticing today, but that might just be the bright lights and the fancy booth decorations speaking. Some of those devices will turn out to be disappointing. That got us thinking: what’s the most disappointing smartphone you’ve owned?Adam ...
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