Blackphone vs BlackBerry, Galaxy Alpha, and another OnePlus screwup | Pocketnow Weekly 109

Updated with links to the high-quality version of the podcast below! Thanks for joining us for the live show, everyone, and enjoy the HQ downloads in the Links section.One of the nice things about a mobilized mob of fanatics is … well, nothing. For the purposes of intelligent discourse and civility, there’s nothing cool or helpful about a bunch of heated fanboys rabidly denigrating a new product because it happens to threaten their preferred smartphone. We’ve talked about

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Samsung takes home smartphone camera award

Who’s got the best smartphone camera around? Are you in awe of the iPhone’s imaging capabilities? Has HTC made an UltraPixel convert out of you? Or are you clinging on to your Lumia 1020 until the day arrives when anything else even starts coming close to its pixel-dense sensor? The European Imaging ...

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Samsung Galaxy K zoom review: the point-and-shoot with a phone

It was just about this time last year that we were asking some valid questions about the Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom: Is it a phone? Is it a camera? Who would buy it? Why?!? One year later, its successor has reached the market with the same functionality and almost the same form factor. Now we’re asking the same questions in our Samsung Galaxy K zoom review below, though we’re not quite sure we’ll be able to answer this time around, either.If you don’t know what the S4 zoom was, ...

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The old, the new, the Anton zoom – week 31 recap: week in review

The technology world is a fast moving one, and hence, there are more than 100 stories we publish on a weekly basis here on Pocketnow. Those include reviews, videos, editorials, news, and more. With this new, weekly series, we’re making it easier for you to look back at the most interesting, exciting, and popular topics of the week, in case you missed anything.Look for the Pocketnow Week in Review every Saturday morning. It contains the most popular ten stories of the week printed on the portal, as well as top ...

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Samsung Galaxy K Zoom vs Sony Xperia Z2 camera comparison

We have previously compared the camera performance of the Galaxy K Zoom with the incredible shooter on the Nokia Lumia 1020, and now it’s time to continue are detailed look at the performance of this camera/phone hybrid, with our Samsung Galaxy K Zoom vs Sony Xperia Z2 camera ...

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Samsung Galaxy K Zoom vs Nokia Lumia 1020 camera comparison

The last time we compared Samsung’s zoom-enabled offering, the Galaxy S4 Zoom, with a PureView camera, it was the one on the Nokia 808 PureView. Many things have changed since then, and ...

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Here’s what the Samsung Galaxy K Zoom camera can do

The Samsung Galaxy K Zoom camera is improved over last year’s Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom in terms of the imaging chip. Instead of last year’s 16MP shooter, we now have a 20.7MP system. Of course, we still have 10 times optical zoom, thanks to Samsung’s own lens, as well as optical image stabilization (that comes in handy every time, especially if you are zoomed in).We’ll have plenty of impressions and thoughts on the camera ...

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Samsung Galaxy K Zoom coming to South Korea as the Galaxy Zoom2

Before the Samsung Galaxy K Zoom was announced, as the successor to the Galaxy S4 Zoom, we thought that the company would maintain its 2013 naming convention, and release the device as the S5 Zoom. Instead, Samsung announced the Galaxy K zoom on April 29, and the device is available in just a few select markets for the moment.However, the camera-phone crossover will be available this Friday, June 13, in South Korea, ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 094: Fitness, Photography, and Fidelity with Myriam Joire!

Nimble hops between short subjects, or longform plumbing of deep depths? We don’t like to make you choose with our podcast, so we occasionally hop across formats between episodes. This here is one of the deeper variety. This week’s special guest is Myriam Joire (aka tnkgrl), Engadget alum and current product evangelist at Pebble. She brings her considerable expertise in optics and audio to a discussion ranging from the best high-end headphones ...

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iPhone 6 EIS Camera, Android Silver, Galaxy K Zoom & more – Pocketnow Daily

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Samsung Galaxy K Zoom and its launch details, aside from the rumors of a Google Play edition Galaxy S5. LG is next as we talk about the price and possible launch date for the G Watch, and we also do the same about the rumored LG G3. Then we talk about Apple and more specifically the iWatch as apparently the company is already building it, and it’ll include a new chipset layout to allow its size and design. The iPhone 6 is next as we go through all the patents and rumors of the camera technology that will allow the phone to be ...

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Samsung Galaxy K zoom official, 20.7MP sensor, 10x optical zoom

We knew to expect a Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom, and here it is, just that it’s called Galaxy K zoom, as the previous rumors and leaks implied. It is a natural follow-up to last year’s S4 Zoom, and for those of you who missed our coverage, the concept is simple: a camera able to make phone calls. And, since we’re focusing on photography mainly, the Samsung Galaxy K zoom packs a 20.7-megapixel backside illuminated sensor, Xenon flash, optical image stabilization, and 10x optical zoom ...

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Samsung Galaxy K pictures leak as we get a glimpse at the S5 Zoom

Call it the Samsung Galaxy K, the Galaxy S5 Zoom, or the Galaxy K Zoom, we all know what we’re talking about: it’s the 2014 follow-up to last year’s Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom. We’ve already heard about it, and it seems like a logical move for the South Koreans to follow last year’s pattern, which includes a camera with a phone, alongside the mini version of the flagship. April 29 should be the day of ...

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