Apple Unveils Two New iPhones: iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C

Finally, after months of rumors and leaks, Apple unveils its new generation iPhone 5S. The new flagship has almost the same external design as the current iPhone 5 with only some small changes on the home button and the duel-LED flash. The new handset is available in three official colors: silver, golden and gray.

The iPhone 5S features a new system chip A7 supporting 64-bit, which is pioneering in the field of smartphone. The A7 chip will allow the CPU of the 5S to run up to 40 times as fast as the original iPhone and the graphics to run up to 56 times faster. Another new feature is the fingerprint scanner equipped in the home button. It’s a convenient and highly secure way to access the phone, and it can also approve purchases from iTunes Store, the Apps Store and the iBook Store.

Together with the iPhone 5S introduced in today’s event is the iPhone 5C, which stands for Colorful. There are not many changes from the current iPhone 5 except the color and material of the body housing as well as the operating system. So the iPhone 5C is basically an iPhone 5 wrapped in a Polycarbonate shell in yellow, green, blue, red and white with an upgraded iOS 7.

The iPhone 5S costs $199, $299, $399 respectively for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB model, and the iPhone 5C $99 and $199 for 16GB and 32GB, all on a two-year contract. The iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C will be released on September 20th in the United States, Canada, Australia, and for the first time at launch, China.

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iPad 5 Casing Detailed Comparison with the iPad Mini 2

People previously have seen the comparison video of the iPad 5 and iPad 4 in terms of the front panel. Surprise! Today a new video published by Unbox Therapy shows an outer casing for the purported iPad 5 with the older iPad. The video confirms many rumors we’ve met about the upcoming iPad 5, especially previous speculations said that the new iPad would take a lot of design cues from the iPad mini.

iPad 5 Casing Detailed Comparison with the iPad Mini 2

The outer casing emerged in the video reveals a tablet that has thinner side bezels than iPad 4 despite having the same screen size compared to the older models. The purported casing also suggest that the next iPad will become more sharply on the edges and won’t feature sloping rear curves that previous generations have. The video also claims that Apple has brought the iPad mini’s separate volume buttons over to the full-sized iPad 5.

The next generation devices including the iPhone 5S, ipad 5 and iPad Mini are around the corner. Many people hope that Apple can launch the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, and lots of scientific websites such as BGR, Appleinsider also guess that Apple could release the next generation iPad and the iPad Mini 2 on September 10th. However, it is also possible that Apple may hold another releasing event in October this year.

Helpful Galaxy S4 Tips and Tricks

There are four mobile phone giants: Apple, Samsung, HTC and LG, which occupying the main smartphone market. Nobody can deny the fact that Samsung has experienced a rapid increase of shares in the cellphone market. This year, Samsung is climbing to the top of the smartphone market, thanks to its latest flagship Galaxy S4. If you are a Galaxy S4 owner or you are loyal to Galaxy series and plan to purchase a Galaxy S4, you are right here to get started with your handset. Here you have some helpful tips and tricks for the Galaxy S4.

Helpful Galaxy S4 Tips and Tricks

1)   Tips for Home Screen Modes

Two Home Screen modes are supported by Galaxy S4: basic mode (smarter mode) and easy mode. The basic mode is the default setting including all available functions, while easy mode only supplies an easier access for customers using smartphone for the first time. You can change the basic mode to the easy mode by touching Menu > Settings > My device > Home screen mode > Easy mode > Apply.

Galaxy S4 Basic Mode

2)   How to Adopt Motion and Smart Gestures

You can control your device with the options of motions or natural gestures of your hands.
Go to Menu > Settings > My device > Motion and gestures, and you will access the motion setting. Turn on the setting by sliding OFF to ON, you will find three features are available for you: Air gestures, Motion, and Palm motion.

Air gestures: The function performs by using a sensor to detect users’ specific movements. The sensor position is at the top-right upper part above the screen. The following picture marks the sensor position with blue circle.

Galaxy S4 Sensor Position

When your GS4 screen is turned off, you can hold your hands above the sensor to make the display active at Notification icons, Missed calls, New messages, Time & Date or Battery power. To scroll web pages and emails, you can move your hands up and down over the sensor. If you want to answer an incoming call or move to the previous or next item, you can move your hands left or right. To move icons to other screens, you can tap and hold icons with one hand, then move your other hand left or right above the sensor to drag them to other screens: Home screen, App menu and Calendar.

Motion: Galaxy S4 is special by its direct call and smart alert features. Placing the device to your ear will automatically make a call when you check contact pages, such as contact information or message details. When you have unread messages or missing calls, you will find these notifications immediately when pick up the handset. The Galaxy S4 contains the mute function, so the unanswered calls or activated audio or video will pause when you can turn the screen down.

Palm Motion: Galaxy S4 provides the function of capturing a screenshot. You can sweep your hands over the screen to trigger the function. Or you can mute music or FM radio by covering the screen with your palm.

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