Since the beginning of last UE Boombox Logitech, Ultimate Ears brand to launch a variety of Bluetooth portable speakers, and do better this year launched UE Boom. UE Boom provision of black, red, blue and white and other colors, unlike traditional users Ultimate Ears calm, professional impression, to provide a more youthful and stylish visual experience.

UE Boom also offers a big positive “+” “-” Volume interface that allows UE Boom more fashion sense, but in fact, according to them is not very good at, adjust the volume from the phone or tablet faster.

The UE Boom’s other interfaces are hidden in the upper and lower end of the cylinder, the top has a power button, power light, pairing the Bluetooth pairing button and indicator light.

While the bottom with D-rings, so that users can attach to a backpack or bicycle use. It also has micro USB charging interface, charge indicator and 3.5mm auxiliary input jack.

UE Boom Boombox and, like the previous generation, offering Bluetooth connectivity, allowing all kinds of devices, including pen praise, mobile phones and tablet computers, can be used with the UE Boom, while UE Boom Bluetooth also supports A2DP and HFP1.5 norms, in addition to allowing users through UE Boom on “+” and “-” sign to adjust the volume, but also through its built-in microphone on the UE Boom as handsfree use. UE Boom Bluetooth also supports the simultaneous connection of two devices, allowing users to take turns playing music with friends, while its 360-degree sound, but also allows users to share music, you can focus on the UE Boom four weeks, which is why Logitech The UE Boom speaker called social reasons.

UE Boom also has more interesting features, like in the UE Boom, the new chip is equipped with NFC, allowing users without going through the complicated Bluetooth pairing process, using a mobile phone can be paired touches UE Boom Bluetooth connection, but unfortunately UE Boom did not mark NFC chip on the location of the contact pair, you may have to find what position (in fact, in the volume below the interface).

UE Boom Another interesting feature is through iOS and Android on UE Boom App, UE Boom simultaneously connect two Bluetooth speakers, so set up a play left and right channels to provide stereo to enjoy; course, users can also set two are playing the same sound, in order to be placed in different places.

UE Boom uses lithium batteries to provide power, battery life up to 15 hours continuous playback, and through the common micro USB charging, charging time required 3.5 hours to fully charge. Another UE Boom also offers a 3.5mm jack connection, allowing users when necessary, through 3.5mm male to male cable to connect speakers and devices.

UE Boom sound sufficient for most users’ music and action gaming needs, with two 1.5-inch full-range monomer and two 2-inch passive radiators, can provide a very sound amount of sense. UE Boom also has a water repellent and stain designs. Socially the go, UE Boom can provide a convenient and casual use. UE Boom suggested retail price of $ 220, with single action Bluetooth speaker speaking, be regarded as high-priced products, but its excellent design and use of a variety of ways to make us feel it was worth the price.

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HTC Butterfly s 5-inch, 1920 x 1080 resolution screen, built-in Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, 1.9GHz quad-core processor, 2GB RAM / 16GB ROM, can be expanded via microSD memory card.

As the battery from the original 2,020 mAh capacity increased to 3,200 mAh, the body is thus becoming more heavy; But 144.5 x 70.5 x 10.6mm body size and weight of 160g, and will not bring much of a burden, and hold up feeling pretty good.

New HTC One and the same is, HTC Butterfly s top of the screen is the power button infrared port, can take advantage of the built-in TV function remote multimedia devices, the only shortcoming should be a butterfly machine original water repellent function is removed.

The phone will also BoomSound dual speaker design in the fuselage, can bring superior sound performance, while the back of the machine body butterfly speaker and LED indicator light is removed.

HTC Butterfly s design of the LED indicator light above the speaker on the front side, this design is quite reasonable, after all, dual speakers are in the front, the average user should place the handset will also be placed face up.

In addition to increasing the thickness of the fuselage, the fuselage side of the design with the past and there is no difference; touches the back of the camera has been greatly grow, camera sensor is the same with the New HTC One UltraPixel, can bring a pretty good shooting performance, With HTC Zoe Mode, easy for users to capture the moment; the only difference is that the phone does not have built with the New HTC One same optical anti-shake module and replace it with a digital anti-shake function.

The phone also improved HTC Butterfly Butterfly Machine is a major flaw, which is added to the NFC Near Field Communication sensing.

In addition, HTC Butterfly s not black version, replaced by a shiny gray, as red, white and then the same with the past, but the red circle on the camera can clearly show the butterfly machine with the past differently.

In the user interface part, HTC Butterfly s is used with the same BlinkFeed New HTC One home can drag up and down the way through a variety of content viewing, and can take advantage of sliding around way replace pages; if the dynamic information bulletin does not meet demand. Users can also change the settings of the other page is the home page, but HTC BlinkFeed “Letters dynamic information cannot be removed, is somewhat unfortunate place, if we decide whether to enable on demand will be more intimate.

HTC BlinkFeed functional integration of dynamic information bulletin of news, social networking sites and other services, the user can always see the desired message in the markets around the world and will provide more than 1,400 media messages a day there will be 10,000 or more from the media reported.

BlinkFeed beyond the desktop and other devices equipped with Android operating system the same, you can place widgets, application or shortcut.

Application Settings folder list at the support, the intention is to allow users to directly use this page as a home, even in the past by using the iPhone can easily use; but the system cannot enter Preset Press the Home key to this screen, settings cannot be changed through.

Part of the notification list, adding a diverse set of shortcuts, most consumers will use the features are here; press multiple keys that appeared recently used eight applications, and can be turned off using the drag and drop Long press the Home key to quick launch Google Now you can real-time information.

Through transfer content feature, you can quickly past include HTC Android phones, Android phones of other brands, iPhone and mobile phones or other types of information, via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc., being transferred to the HTC Butterfly s.

Users can follow the habits, the bottom of the screen is set to multi-tasking key Option key; However, HTC Butterfly s audio speakers using the phone is not supported when Beats Audio sound functions.

Including mobile phone ringtone volume reduction, improve your pocket or bag when the ringer volume, are the HTC practical thoughtful design. On the other hand, although the phone has been equipped with a capacity of up to 3,200 mAh, but still has a useful power-saving mode, and status bar also supports battery meter display, and support for quick boot function.

HTC TV application is different from other brand’s remote control, which can be referred to as electronic program advanced version, the user can preview screenings of this TV show, and click directly turntable, with its remote control functions, improve operational convenience.

Camera functions with the New HTC One roughly the same, about 4.08 million pixels can shoot photos, and have a variety of scene modes, as well as at night, HDR, panorama shot and anti-shake functions; addition, HTC Butterfly s built-in album with Zoe reality feature also supports dynamic display thumbnails, vividly presented captured image or video.

The phone also supports 1080P Full HD video, but also can touch focus, while recording are shot, and the HDR video recording.

HTC Butterfly s built a diverse shooting filters do not require additional software installation, you can do simple effects.

However, the most distinctive is its Zoe shoot, you shoot one second before you press the shutter to capture the screen, after pressing the shutter continuous shooting 3 seconds (per 5 shooting) and recording three seconds, user-selected or for synthesis applications, reducing shooting blunders, and can add an object to remove, the best facial expressions, Continuous synthesis and seven kinds of face retouching and other special effects.

Uses a more advanced Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, 1.9GHz quad-core processor, with 2GB RAM and Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS, HTC Sense 5 user interface, whether it can bring superior performance? Please refer to the performance of running sub Tigger for it!

▼ System Information.

▼ memory information.

▼ CPU-Z.

▼ AnTuTu security Bunny display of system information.

▼ AnTuTu security Bunny and Quadrant.

▼ Linpack for Android.

▼ GFXBench.

▼ Geekbench 2.

▼ 3DMark.

▼ Vellamo.

▼ Base X Mark.

▼ Epic Citadel.

▼ GPU Mark.

Although HTC Butterfly s is a butterfly device upgrade version, but either from software, hardware standpoint, New HTC One of the enhanced version, based on appearance alone butterfly device as the mainstay, and be strengthened.

Compared to the HTC Butterfly, Butterfly s new generation evolution of considerable magnitude, in addition to water repellent function is removed, the original not the past NFC NFC sensors, infrared remote control functions are to become standard equipment, including the processor, the camera , sound and other configurations, many powerful than ever.

Since the phone to join BlinkFeed home, all of the latest developments can be clearly presented in front of new information for those who want ready access to consumers, it is a pretty good design.

HTC Butterfly s in fluency performance is quite excellent, should be the current smartphone market, one of the fastest response, whether it is to activate the camera, open the application, or to switch between pages are significantly better than other flagship models , people rather admire the skill of HTC software tuning.

HTC Butterfly s is plastic texture is not the same with the New HTC One integrally molded metal material, and the camera although the same as 4,080,000 pixels UltraPixel module, but did not carry the same optical anti-shake module and replace it with a digital anti- shake technology.

Perhaps because New HTC One optical anti-shake design, will lead to blurred photographs corners, this did not make the HTC Butterfly s photographs found on; but with optical anti-shake technology New HTC One in low light shooting at a relatively high success rate does little.

Although less metallic, and optical anti-shake modules, but HTC Butterfly s has a larger screen, as well as capacity up to 3,200 mAh battery, coupled with the ability through the microSD memory card expansion, these are unmatched by New HTC One The.

Of course, here is not to separate the New HTC One and HTC Butterfly s which one is better, after all, these two products have different screen sizes, operating experience brought also different; But HTC Butterfly s can indeed be regarded the culmination in a homogeneous HTC’s flagship product.

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Just on June 18, 2013 published the new smartphone HUAWEI Ascend P6, 7 mid-May on sale in Taiwan; This phone uses all-metal design, with brushed metal and sand blasting process, with only 6.18mm thickness of the body, becoming the world’s thinnest smartphone.

HUAWEI Ascend P6 in order to locate in Taiwan, priced at 14,900 yuan, in order to pre-empt launched in Taiwan, currently only black, white color, pink money is expected by the end of July 2013 to early August.

The phone is equipped with 4.7-inch HD in-cell LCD screen, using virtual touch keys; although the resolution is only 1280 x 720, with the high-end models of the 1920 x 1080 resolution still fall, but the screen color and detail of the performance is quite good.

HUAWEI Ascend P6 hardware equipped HiSilicon K3V2, 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 2GB RAM / 8GB ROM, can be expanded through the microSD memory card; camera part is used aperture F2.0, support 4cm Macro 800 million pixel camera, with 5 million pixel front lens.

Not difficult to see from the side of the fuselage, just how slim 6.18mm body, holding in his hands feeling not bad; Unfortunately, because of the relationship between the thickness of the body, HUAWEI Ascend P6 battery capacity is only 2,000 mAh.

microSD memory card slot and SIM card back card pin must be used, that is, the body bottom left headphone plug, users do not particularly look for alternatives; but requires an external headphone playback, it may be looking for a place to put this headset plug.

Currently Tigger hands HUAWEI Ascend P6 white models, matte design can effectively reduce fingerprint contamination, the texture of the show is also pretty good; although there HUAWEI provide protective cover for this phone, but it will lose the Slim qualities, and bare-metal texture or different.

HUAWEI Ascend P6 using Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean operating system, the interface for the HUAWEI Emotion UI 1.6; of the public version of the Android interface to remove the list of applications, all of the software on a desktop, with practical Me Widget functions, the overall operation quite intuitive, the desktop can also order any transfer.

Me Widget is an integration of a variety show gadget, users can adjust the content according to usage requirements, important messages will be rendered within the limited space; fact, this concept a bit like HTC BlinkFeed, but the content displayed differently.

Shortcut on the notification panel below the screen multitasking button can explicitly available RAM; addition to close the program by dragging around outside, HUAWEI quite intimate added a key to close the option is worth place other manufacturers follow suit.

The most attractive places, themes, screen lock pattern, lock screen wallpaper, home screen wallpaper and applications icon style, can themselves change.

HUAWEI Ascend P6 built-in Dolby Digital Plus audio technology popup window will open automatically in the headset connected, there will be more configuration options; display section, in addition to automatically or manually adjust the brightness, the color temperature is also supported setting, intelligent backlight and other functions.

Since the phone to its slim design, the battery capacity is only 2,000 mAh, however, HUAWEI Ascend P6 added to Quick Power Control (fast power control, QPC) and Automated Discontinuous Reception (non-continuous automatic answer, ADRX) Smart Power Saving technology It is learned that more than 30% can improve endurance performance.

Built-in motion control option is commonly known as the somatosensory operation that supports flip mute, pick up the phone ringer volume reduction, as well as being close to the ear to answer or make a call.

HUAWEI Ascend P6 with gloves mode, you can not take off the gloves, touch screen, and can be used to manually adjust the notification panel shortcut.

HUAWEI built-in backup, restore tool, you can backup applications, as well as contacts, text messages, call logs, system settings, and other system data, eliminating the need to replace the phone past eleven install the inconvenience.

Permissions administrators can restrict the application to the notification panel push message, or whether the application via a mobile network, Wi-Fi Internet connection, to ensure that the user’s information is not compromised, you can also restrict other applications Use the built-in call, camera and messages. However, this feature does not seem to lock through encryption, the place is a bit unfortunate.

HUAWEI Ascend P6 to 8 million pixel camera can record 1080P Full HD video; camera when shooting scenes with intelligent pattern recognition to be adjusted, but also supports HDR shooting, video, and has a variety of shooting effects can be selected.

Front camera is 5 million pixels, can match its beauty mode to shoot, for some girls, it is a pretty good configuration; however, the front lens does not autofocus capabilities, if able to add this feature would be more practical.

HUAWEI Ascend P6 used as processor HiSilicon K3V2, 1.5GHz quad-core chips for the 40nm process, Cortex A9 architecture, GPU is sixteen core, with 2GB RAM, can bring good and smooth performance; But in comparison to the market high-end models, performance or the difference, how to run the phone meets everyone’s expectations of performance? Look for performance measurement Tigger it!

▼ System Information.

▼ memory information.

▼ CPU-Z.

▼ AnTuTu security Bunny display of system information.

▼ AnTuTu security Bunny and Quadrant.

 ▼ Geekbench 2.

▼ 3DMark.

▼ CF-Bench.

▼ Smartbench 2012 with multi-touch test.

The recent rise of smart phones, consumers can come into contact with Chinese brand products, but also no longer just past the cottage; although HUAWEI Ascend P6 is not a high-end positioning, but including design, texture, and even software innovation and practical functions are There are quite a good level.

HUAWEI Ascend P6 with only 6.18mm thick body, becoming the thinnest smartphone currently on the market; originally worry, there will be difficult to hold the thin body problem, but the actual hold up feeling not bad, but matte fuselage design, but also can reduce the likelihood of falling handset.

In the shape of the design, HUAWEI Ascend P6 will indeed reminiscent of Apple iPhone, but the bottom of the fuselage book-like shape, but also have their own style still is, the texture is also pretty good, is good or bad a matter of opinion.

In operation interface, HUAWEI Ascend P6 compared to some of the motives of many smart phone manufacturers, at least in the experience of the moment, immediately you can feel the difference with other brands; while including Me Widget, a variety of desktop configuration, and rich software, are quite lovable.

Automatic mode with 8 megapixel camera is very easy to use, 500-megapixel front lens performance is not bad; just that, with a high pixel front camera smartphones more and more, with auto focus function models but quite limited, if able to support this more advanced design, it will be for self-family is a big incentive.

HUAWEI Ascend P6 is a good smartphone, modeling, software, are in place; performance, although fluency is not bad, but in the open some applications, the storage after shooting speed, or with the high-end market models have gaps, of course, all this is also reflected in the selling price.

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