Also Chinese smartphone manufacturers use some cheating and tricks to increase the attractiveness of their devices. You can buy powerful smartphone from Xiaomi, Meizu, Vivo or others, but the real specifications of the device are not the same as stated on the manufacturer’s website.

In this article we look at how phone manufacturers from China deceive their buyers. Also we will tell you how to identify the advertising tricks when choosing a new smartphone.

Problems with software

The first problem of Chinese smartphones is software. Very often new devices from China do not provide Google services, such as Google Play Store, YouTube, Google Maps, etc. Chinese smartphones work on their own user interface that is not always clear for western users.

Also your new Chinese smartphone can be able to launch the latest Android games, for example, GTA SA, Modern Combat 4, but the firmware works very slow and always hung. Sometimes it is impossible to use such device. The only way to get rid of the problem is to change the firmware.

Insufficient optimization

In addition to the previous point many Chinese smartphones have weak optimization, so very often the operating system does not work well. For example, I have a tablet Cube U30GT2. The power consumption of the tablet in standby mode is comparable to watching movies or surfing the Internet. Therefore, even if you do not use the tablet you still have to charge device every 10-12 hours.

Bad optimization also affects the incorrect display of the battery level, and the unexpected closing of application or even turning off the device. As we have said before, if you want to get rid of the problems with Chinese smartphone or tablet, you need to install a global firmware.

Bad Localization

By default, Android includes 50 language packs. The exceptions are some models when manufacturers remove unused languages. Therefore, Chinese companies prefer to use the firmware with the largest number of language packs. It could seem that it is an advantage, but Chinese engineers did not bother to locate the firmware for a particular model, because everything is ready. In fact, Android is semi-finished product that requires a little improvement from manufacturer.

The Chinese smartphones often contain items that you can not find in default Android build.Therefore, some parts of the inscriptions in the settings menu have not been translated, or somewhere translation consists of a set of unconnected words. And again – the solution is to install global firmware.

Interpolated camera resolution

When buying Chinese smartphone for $80, you can not expect high-quality images from main camera. Using interpolation, smartphone manufacturers increase the size of the image, which has a negative impact on the quality and detail.

We often met smartphones with camera resolution 13MP or even 16MP, but in fact they have only 5MP or 8MP. For example, Doogee F7 Pro has 21-megapixel sensor, but Chinese manufaturer decided to increase resolution to 26MP. Why do they do it?

If you want quality photos, we recommend you not to buy smartphones with interpolation. Select the appropriate resolution matrix camera in the settings. You can identify the real resolution of camera with the help of following apps: AnTuTu Benchmark, AIDA64 or Everest.

Weak sound speaker

Users of cheap Chinese smartphones complain about weak sound speaker when talking. The problem is not critical and can be easily solved via engineer menu. But many people do not know about the problem and continue to use the Chinese smartphones.

You should find a special service code for your smartphone to enter engineer menu. After that open «Audio» and «Speech Enhancement». Here you can set the volume level.

Conclusion

High competition in China market is forcing manufacturers to release products at a lower cost. Many Chinese manufacturers hurry up and forget about the optimization or some other functions that are necessary for user.

We recommend you to buy proven Chinese smartphones from manufacturers, which have long been on the market or received good reviews from analysts and technology publications.

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It seems that Apple TV, a small set-top box to the TV with great features, is becoming more popular. Now many people buy or receive as a gift a small box, watch movies and TV shows, videos on YouTube, sports reports, but who knows what else. Here are some tips to owners of Apple TV, set-top box, they will help drive a little easier.

Just a list of tips from experience, maybe some of them are known to you. Nevertheless, Apple TV – pretty clever contraption, so why not harness the power of consoles to the fullest?

1. AirPlay via the cloud

Interesting trick works with any Apple TV, not only your own, such as when you are at a party. It’s simple. Enable the device running your iOS 7 “Show all music and videos” (Settings – Music). Further, in paragraph AirPlay in Notification Center to select the desired set-top box Apple. You can select any iTunes content on the shopping list, even if it is not loaded on your device, and play it on Apple TV, just prefix authorized for playback in your account iTunes Store . Download this content on your device is not required.

2. Sleep

You can easily plunge the set top box in a dream, it happens instantly, if you press and hold the Play / Pause button on the Apple Remote from the main menu. Moreover, this advice is combined with another excellent – press and hold the Menu, to quickly get to the main menu.

3. Hide unused applications

Coming in from the uncomplicated way in Settings – General – Restrictions, you can hide any unused applications you by removing distractions and unwanted icons from the main screen interface Apple TV. For example, you hardly need a Korean TV or subscription NHL, so get rid of annoying and distracting icons worth. To activate the “Restrictions” to enter a password, I advise you to use “0000”, not to forget.

4. “Roll iCloud” as a screensaver

Adjust the “camera roll iCloud” one of the portable devices Apple, then set it as the source for the screensaver settings in Apple TV. Adding photos to “camera roll”, you will soon see them on the screen saver on your TV. However, there is a slight delay, but nonetheless it works.

5. Remote control capabilities

Few people know that Apple set-top box can be controlled by any remote control, not just aluminum Apple Remote, comes complete with an attachment. Setup procedure is described in detail in one of the instructions on the Apple website: “Apple TV: Remote control operation of a third party” . In the end, just set your iPhone or iPad app Remote from the App Store – it copes with the task of managing Apple TV.

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iTunes 11, one of the most popular music players, boasts, for example, his work rate or convenience, but that support is so important, “Notification Center” it, for unknown reasons, never awarded. Expect some steps from Apple can be very long, it is best to do everything yourself. Especially, since there is such a possibility. And while Apple has been even much more serious things will not distract her.

To a “Notification Center” shows that it is now playing in iTunes, you need to download the app Now Playing, which subsequently be moved to the folder “Programs” in the Finder .

It remains only to run the application and you will be notified of the currently playing music from your library iTunes.

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