How to find lost or stolen smartphone

How to find lost or stolen smartphone

Every once faced with the theft or loss of your phone. If not himself, then certainly I heard of such a problem from friends. A few years ago, to track where the apparatus was not possible. But technology does not stand still, and now have a chance to find a smartphone after the theft - not zero. We talk about the right course of action.

One day you slapped his pocket, stuck my hand and did not find your device. The shock, awe, panic - where is he? After thinking that you never left him, with horror you realize that or it was stolen, or it fell out when you, for example, to tie shoelaces at the neighbor's door. First of all find a way to call to your phone. Very often, people just put the phone in an unusual place or even leave the house, but immediately began to panic that it has been stolen. In addition, if the gadget is dropped, then some of the people around him could see and choose. In these cases, everything will call you pretty quickly return loss. If you are sure that the phone is exactly stolen, then try to send an SMS with a request to return for a fee. Of course, the thief pay for your gadget is not very desirable, but sometimes it is the only way to return the wallet and dear to the smartphone. However, if you had an inexpensive dialer, and the data is not important there, it is easier to restore the SIM-card and make yourself a new mobile phone. But if it was a flagship smartphone, it is just to leave it does not want and then bounce message may help, but not always, unfortunately. However, there are still ways to find your phone, but then everything depends on the operating system.

iOS

It just so happened that robbers is very popular smartphone Apple. It is not that they believe their best, just iPhone in Russia is fabulous money, and even if sell it for parts, enough money to buy food for a month, or even two. But of course, the thief will try to get more and to sell the unit if it can even be having bought him a box and all the necessary accessories to make it look like a second-hand. And here you can stop him. The fact that Apple has taken care of the users and made a special service that allows you to find the iPhone or block it, so much so that an attacker would have no way to use it. And, accordingly, to sell a non-working unit it is also not succeed.

Alas, Find My iPhone is real only if you have activated the corresponding function. Therefore, it should take care in advance and enable this option. Certainly, the need to have an account iCloud and the iPhone has been attached to him. All this is done in the settings on the device.
Moreover, if you tie your iPhone to your account to iCloud, the thieves have not be able to activate this device. Even if they pereproshyut device without your e-mail address and password, they can not do anything. Return gadget in this case will only report on the remuneration. In addition, this message will work if you simply lose your phone and found it well-wisher, but for some reason you can not find it. This message is set via an online service, but this is not its only function.

So, to remotely manage your device with iOS, just go to the site iCloud.com  and go to Find an application iPhone. There will be available all the devices Apple, which is only connected to your account. However, instead of the site is available and the application Find iPhone, which performs the same function. Once you get into the program and see that your phone line, you have a number of actions. First of all, look where the smart phone, he suddenly at home or somewhere with friends. If he lost the house, you just run through the site or application audio playback on the iPhone and he immediately begins to vibrate and play a melody that will allow it to quickly find. If you are sure that your phone is stolen and it is not somewhere nearby, turn on loss. This prevents an attacker access to the data will print your message on the screen and enables you to record moving smartphone map. Well, if you know that the smartphone will not return, here is a function to erase all data on the device, so that they do not fall into the wrong hands. To bypass the lock mode activated in iOS version above 7 does not come out. Therefore, be sure that you have is the latest version of the operating system, and if it is not, update, though for security reasons. Criminals no sense to keep at a non-working phone and it quite quickly sold for parts. Or give you a reward if they understand that it is an advantageous offer. However, some attackers are beginning to terrorize and extort account password (even offer money) to unlock your phone and sell it much more expensive. In no case do not agree to these proposals and engage in conversations with criminals, and it is better to contact the police.

Android

For a long time on the Android there was no way to track lost or stolen smartphone. Therefore, vendors themselves invented their services and implement them in the phone. Similar decisions have been HTC, Samsung and other major companies. But now in the operating system has a built-in function to search for the phone. It's called Android Device Manager and allows you to remotely control the phone that is connected to the account Google, through a special web site. C using this system, as in the case of iOS, may find a phone on a map, lock, delete data from it (and with SD-card, too), or to call him, even if the machine changed the SIM-card. The only condition - is that he was connected to the internet and the system was still your account. Of course, for service must include the option in the settings. Go to Settings -> Security -> Device administrators and turn on Android Device Manager (Remote Control Android).
Unfortunately, Android system is less protected, rather than iOS. An attacker can always flash the custom firmware and device Android Device Manager already will not help. But if you can not find your phone at home or lose it and someone found, ADM will be indispensable. Of course, in addition to the web version of the same name and have  the application, which only works on Android.

Windows Phone

In smartphones running Windows also has a system that is responsible for finding the phone. It artlessly called the "Phone Search» (Find my phone). It will work only if you are logged on the device in to your account at Microsoft. To save battery power, the function is disabled by default, so first of all it is necessary to activate it. Located in the main function of the system settings, simply open the Search for the phone and activate the two options available there. The first option - it will speed up the connection with the services. It is necessary to connect with the telephone system is not using SMS-messages, but through the push-notification. Especially if you suddenly pay incoming messages. In addition, the service allows you to send no more than 15 SMS to three days, and with the push-notifications is no such limitation. The second option - a Save location every few hours. This feature requires that in case of loss, you could track the movement of your device. Also, if the phone is out of range, or the battery will sit down, you at least know the last location of the gadget, maybe he stayed there. To see the location of your smartphone, you must go to a special website where, after selecting the device will be immediately visible to the card, and the approximate location of a smartphone. Remote control functions are no different from those in other operating systems. You can call, lock the phone or delete all information from it.

Further actions

If you find the phone is not managed, the way you only have one. First, gather the evidence that confirms that the phone belongs to you. Find the box and documents from your device. If you are paying with a card, you can even contact the dealer who will restore the documents proving ownership. In general, any information necessary to help further identify your smartphone. Data on the location, if they happen to get too keep. If you do not find the gadget in a cafe or friends, the police can track the coordinates of the attacker.In forget to lock your SIM-card, it can be done in any office of the operator. After all, as long as the number is active, the attacker can call him anywhere, but pay the bills you have. By the way, the operator can also track the location of your phone, but this request could be made only consequence you to such a request will be denied.Hope, as they say, springs eternal. But remember that your phone can not be found. Do not despair, just think of it as a reason to buy a more modern device or even exercise escapism and live for some time without a phone. In any case, the gadget - it's just a gadget, and despite the fact that he was sad to lose in life are much greater sorrows.

Launcher flagship of Samsung. Quick Overview Galaxy S6 edge +

Launcher flagship of Samsung. Quick Overview Galaxy S6 edge +

Samsung is not too fond of investing in the experiments - the loss of money in the case, if the model is not "shoots", hits the company's much stronger than the release of the classic models with squeezed to the limit characteristics. But released in the first half of 2015 S6 edge I loved buyers - but so that the Koreans had to make a fuss to have time to release the required amount of curved displays. After that, no one doubted that the "Bent" PHABLET Samsung - be.
At the world premiere of the new models in New York, it was obvious that the previous successful experiment Samsung - Galaxy Note - has ceased to play a key role. The manufacturer says that buyers "played enough" conservative PHABLET and his pen. Therefore, no Note edge, as promised the rumors are to be expected, and a new Note 5 passes in the category of smartphones, "an amateur." Who knows, maybe sixth Note we do not see.And it turns out, Samsung «pushed into a corner," a recent hit in order to increase the copy S6 edge? Or the new PHABLET did not leave any chances to the classical model? On the announcement of the model in Moscow, we were able to meet with the new leader and to find out how successful the new model with the original displemm.

Image - everything

The success of the line edge lies not in the technical data - expensive models Samsung has always been "packed" in full. The fact is that after years of nondescript design with an emphasis on plastic Koreans labored truly beautiful smartphone. Therefore edge +, we also met on clothes. And "dress" in new items get attractive. So far, however, buyers are offered only two colors - "Black Sapphire" and "Platinum". That is, one variety for lovers electronics radiant and those flashy colors body dislikes. The photographs "platinum" version somehow looks vulgar, but live it is more like a polished (as plaque at an army belt) metal foil rather than covered with shiny plastic casing as it might seem at first glance. In general, the choice of the two colors of the smartphone is better once to see them, with live, not to renderers or photos on the Internet. Frankly, emerald green "compact" version S6 edge looks much better, only when it is shameless price that is little consolation.
Whether nagging fashion "lopatofony" changes consciousness, whether these same lopatofony improved - but the 5.7-inch diagonal Samsung Galaxy S6 edge + in fact, is not so terrible as it malyuet imagination when looking at the table of characteristics. In fact, the smartphone felt quite compact - like a typical PHABLET with a diagonal of 5.5 inches.

Narrow facets on the sides compared to the base edge are slightly wider, and now it is not as severe bites into his palm, as a precursor.But in general - two Galaxy edge look Matryoshka different dimensions, so that the differences in the photos of the Samsung high standard without the "fulcrum" of the environment will hardly.Unless, of course, on the edge + will not be jammed accessory in the form of a qwerty-keyboard on which shortly before the announcement made fun lovers to comment on leaks about new gadgets. As expected, there is nothing extraordinary in this keyboard does not have, and the ability of typing is very simple and resembles work with screen gloves - physical keys send commands touchscreen and prints the appropriate characters. Is that the interface adapts to the limited area of ​​the display.

Improvements and additions

Memory card slot is not - and it is predictable: even during the announcement of the "standard» S6 edge Samsung said that the fast memory UFS future, and instead of messing around with cards plug models will come out with sufficient memory capacity. Well, well, where is the modification of the edge + with 128 GB of memory, which (though outrageously expensive) was the predecessor to honor and must maximalists? Samsung representative on this score nothing intelligible could not answer, all, and initially the market will get a version with 32 and 64 GB of memory. But, they say, will dvuhsimochny version, which instead of the second micro-SIM will be possible to install an additional drive.Hardware platform at S6 edge + migrated to S6 edge - processor Exynos 7420 still remains one of the most (if not the most) powerful chips in modern smartphones. Perhaps, Kirin 950 or Helio X20 soon beat samsungovskuyu development, but Exynos - here it is, and its competitors have yet to reach the assembly line without incident.And yes - the amount of RAM is now 4 GB. It is high time, because in a fancy TouchWiz Lollipop eats 2.5 gigabytes on level ground. Course, Android is able to release the memory for the pressing problems, but the power supply is not harmed anyone yet.Display excellent - 2560x1440 pixels guarantee a supply of clarity about which owners of most laptops can only dream of. But sticking out of a hefty camera body looks ridiculous, even though it seems to be an element of the design - I can not believe that almost 6-inch "shovel" it was not possible to enter the photographic unit in the framework of the body.The rear camera has kept all the same 16 megapixels and familiar at Samsung Galaxy S6 edge characteristics, but "frontalku" thoroughly finalized - now it is equipped with optical image stabilization. You can video chat or doing self literally on the run - the image is crisp.From small innovations should be noted will be able to broadcast the video on YouTube. However, the novelty of it can be called except by the standards of devices Galaxy - for example, in smart phones Sony Xperia such functionality was implemented earlier.On the curved face is now possible to attach the application icon, and one of the most pleasant improvements was the possibility to quickly recharge the largest smartphone from wireless charging - its effectiveness has been doubled.

Expensive

Retail price S6 edge + looks mockingly high, so instead of accompanying her sarcasm again remind -  In the US it looks not so intimidating - $ 820 for ". However, very soon, and the price of competing smart phones will have entertained no less, so is not yet known what the result would be the flagship of the most profitable. Same Galaxy S6 quickly lowered the price level up to an adequate level. These are the impressions made a huge bent Galaxy. Soon we 's get it to the test and provided a detailed overview for lovers of exact figures and detailed comparisons. Stay with us!

Review LG G4s H736

In the current situation with the ruble has not everyone wants to buy the flagship of the high price. It is therefore particularly interesting to try to find a smartphone with a good performance for a more or less reasonable price. The device LG G4s from the famous flagship, once all the quality of the camera, apparently differs only slightly smaller size and lack of skin on the back cover. The fact that this gadget is "under the hood" and how to use it in everyday life, read the detailed review.

Specifications LG G4s H736

• Display: TFT, IPS (In-Cell touch), 5,2 ", 1920x1080, multitouch Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon eight-615, 1.5 GHz Graphics Accelerator: Adreno 405 Operating System: Android 5.1.1 Memory: 1.5 GB, Built-in Memory: 8GB, Support Memory Card: microSDHC up to 32 GB, Contact: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz MHz || UMTS 900/2100 || LTE: 3, 7, 20, SIM: micro-SIM + micro-SIM, Wireless interfaces: Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC , Navigation: GPS, GLONASS Cameras: Home - 8 megapixel (flash, laser autofocus), front - 5 megapixel Sensors: approximation of the color spectrum, accelerometer, compass Battery: 2300 mAh removable ,Dimensions: 72,6x142,7x9,85 mm. Weight: 139 grams

Equipment

The unit arrived at the test in a compact box, which has in the design of curved lines, which immediately make it clear to what concerns the product lineup. In our set was only a USB-cable and charger black. Headsets inside was not.

Outward appearance

This smart phone is available in three color versions: gold, silver and white. They differ color of the back, while the front part of the all black. For instance, we came back with a silver cover. The first thing that pleased - it's size. For its diagonal screen gadget has turned out quite compact due to thin frames. At the top of the front panel is the earpiece, front camera and LED (glows red, the brightness of the intermediate level), and a company logo, as well as in most of the other new devices by LG, is located at the bottom. Display the smartphone slightly curved - this is the original idea as part of the manufacturer's design concept. If you put the device face down on a flat table, in the center of the skylight will. Particularly noteworthy is the back cover and your smartphone. Just as in the flagship LG G4, she also has an unusual curved shape. This part is made of plastic, but has at the same very high quality metallic finish, so guess the material from which it is made, it is not so easy. Furthermore, the cover has an unusual visual texture shimmering representing the light lozenges, which, moreover, appear bulky, although in reality the surface is completely flat. On the back side, traditional for modern devices LG, the center is located at the top of the camera with LED flash and the sensor of the color spectrum.Below are the power key and volume control. The slot external speaker - also on the back cover, but at the bottom left. Connector micro-USB and microphone are on the bottom, and 3.5 mm audio jack - at the top. The side faces completely empty and smooth, as devoid of buttons. To gain access to the battery, microSD slot and two slots micro-SIM (by the way, both support LTE) is necessary to remove the cover. It is convenient to make a special thanks to the recess "a nail" side. Overall build quality housing at a high level, no creaks under compression, the back cover fits perfectly tight and without backlash.

Ergonomics

As soon as you take the machine in hand, you know that LG designers have seriously worked on the ergonomics of the device. The convex surface of the back cover perfectly fits in your palm, repeating its natural curve and the index and middle finger while accurately hit the button on the rear panel, and create a counterweight on hold. It is also important that the volume buttons and power key are of different shape and texture, so they can not be confused: the touch immediately clear which one you push. In addition, these keys have the optimum threshold, they are not tight, and you feel a clear response when pressed. However, they are not pressed accidentally in your pocket, as well as touches of your fingers during manipulation smartphone weight. At first, the owners first smartphone from LG use these keys on the rear panel is unusual, but after a couple of days, they seem so comfortable that every time he took a hand in the other smartphones, looking for the keys on the back cover. As for the size, they do not create any inconvenience. The gadget can be carried in a trouser pocket and use it with one hand with virtually no interceptions. By the way, have often referred back, in spite of the visual is absolutely smooth varnished surface, in fact, it turned out to be quite slippery.

Shield

The LG G4s H736 mounted 5.2 "capacitive IPS-screen with Full HD resolution. Use of technology In-Cell Touch provide a clear response.Pixel on the screen is not visible, which is understandable, given the very decent density - 423 ppi. Special settings for the display there (though they are not needed), the configuration menu can only change the font size and style, and adjust the size of icons in the application menu. Sensor screen supports up to seven simultaneous touches. The smartphone implemented the ability to unlock the device by double-tapa on the screen off, plus there is a proprietary option from LG Unlock via Knock code (ie as a password to access a gadget invented by the user using a unique combination of finger taps on the screen off in its various parts). The display quality can be described as excellent. Picture like "lies" on the glass surface. Also very pleased with the deep black color (the screen is almost completely merges with the black surface surrounding it). Needless screen image is balanced, natural color (no blockages in cold or warm shades) with normal saturation, uniform illumination. Well implemented and brightness control - in the most expensive smartphones. It is regulated smoothly and over a wide range (eg, the brightness can be cleaned up quite a low level so that it is comfortable to read the screen even in complete darkness). The maximum brightness level, the principle is: in clear weather on the street image viewed. But for use in direct sunlight stock brightness is still a little short. Also disappointed with the lack of light sensor and, accordingly, Auto Brightness function. Partially this disadvantage is offset by the ability to activate the timer automatically turn "night" brightness. Also, a little save the situation the presence of "smart" dimmer menu updates, the ability to remember some of the provisions of the slider and instantly switch between them (accessible not only to the usual mark of 0%, 50% and 100%, but also the interim "non-round" values ​​set by the user ). The viewing angles of the display are excellent, the image does not deteriorate even when viewed at a large angle. Overall, the image quality on the level of expensive smartphones. The screen is not tired eyes even with prolonged use.

Interface

The smartphone LG G4s H736 has the latest OS Android 5.1.1. Of course, if you're a fan of minimalism "bare" android, you may be somewhat disappointed, because here from the original form of almost no trace: the developers of LG significantly complemented the system with new features and redesigned interface. The result was a sort of a useful mix, including innovations Android 5.1.1, corporate developments and LG just reasonable changes that many probably will like. As standard there is support for the launcher display (top icon) stickers with the number of missed calls and messages in the application menu, you can arrange them in a convenient user icon sequence, not only in alphabetical order or date of installation. Also, the extra program icons can be hidden, which allows perfect visual bring order in the system. In addition, through the settings you can turn on the status bar percentage battery indicator. Desk, in contrast to the stock, allows more flexibility to manipulate the widget using a variable grid snap. Three-screen control buttons look like stock, though by default it adds more to the fourth - to switch the SIM-cards. By the way, in the settings menu you can change the location, structure and even the background color of the buttons, returning everything exactly as it should be on the Android 5, or adding completely uncharacteristic of the panel elements, such as a button or turn the notifications menu to launch applications. Has undergone modifications, and retractable tonneau - here it is "single", rather than "double," as was originally in the drain system.Thus all Android features 5 it retains just access them implemented differently. Expanding the shutter immediately get "in one bottle" notification area, controls the brightness and volume, as well as the good old round buttons for quick activation of various functions, such as the inclusion of a torch, activating Wi-Fi and others. (The number and order of display of the function keys You can flexibly adjust). Another "trick» LG - is to support the parallel running applications in several windows, the size and transparency of which you can customize. Also it facilitates everyday work there are multiple clipboard memory infinite number of fragments of text, images, etc. The shell is not overloaded with additional applications, there is only a basic set of proprietary software LG: gallery, voice recorder, calendar, file manager, web browser, calculator, notepad for a list of tasks, management additions and updates to LG, as well as the application LG Backup to create a backup. Note that the corporate browser notable for the presence function CapturePlus, allowing to do a full screenshot of even very long pages of Web sites that do not fit on the screen. Within the shell LG pleased and calendar icon, which proved to be "live", that is, on its surface always displays the current date and day of the week. The system provides: the possibility of global change themes, updating applications, check firmware updates, the ability to use the hardware buttons on the back of the gadget to quickly launch various programs, built-in support "smart" covers LG Quick Circle for some applications through the round "window" this accessory. Do not hit and the basic functionality of the native Android 5.1.1. For example, the same input mode calls "only on selected contacts" not gone anywhere, and just became available through a button on the curtain (and not through the volume control, as in "run-off"). Similarly, access has been changed, and some other elements, but without losing the important features of the new system. Built-in dialer differs from the sink "dialer", but some significant deficiencies has not, it looks quite nice. The client for sending SMS from LG brand also notable for the presence and Hold function to send messages. The keyboard is also a change in the system, has a more extensive customization options compared to the standard.

Apparatus in

The LG G4s H736 installed an eight Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor with a clock speed of 1.5 GHz. Accelerator - Adreno 405. The volume of RAM - 1.5 GB, and a built - 8 GB, of which 3.54 GB available to the user. Use the microSDHC card, you can add another 32 GB. The device is fast, not slow, either in the shell or in the contacts list, and easily copes with scrolling pages in the company's browser and Google Chrome. Prolonged and intensive use of the body may be slightly heated in the chamber, but in everyday use it happens infrequently. As for games, the apparatus copes with them very well, despite not very powerful and filling the screen with a high pixel density. Streaming video in Full HD without problems through the application plays YouTube. Annex "VKontakte" the choice is limited only HD-quality, but this is likely features of the app, and not a limitation of the smartphone. At least through the downloaded MX Player Full HD video with high bitrate play without problems. The sound of the external speaker has been very decent, there are present in sufficient quantities not only the top, but the mids that makes the sound pleasant to read. Through the speaker sounds great collection of proprietary signal phone calls, well played and very different music sounds great (in terms of intelligibility) it when watching videos. The volume level is good (above average), no wheezing at the maximum, and the quality is also significantly stands out from the crowd of smart phones for the better, although a little bit and not up to the best examples of the flagships. The vibrating alert is also quite powerful. As for the sound in the headphones, it is also very decent for a dedicated audio chip without smartftona: full-bodied and quite detailed even without the inclusion of any effects, there is no background, a large volume reserve. Well-implemented embedded player LG. It supports playback of the default music format FLAC, and has flexible settings, which include high-quality EQ, and even separate effects for changing the pitch and tempo of track playback.

Cell

Creating quality photos - one of the strengths of LG G4s. Pictures taken with this unit in a good light, you can even be confused with the photos made the flagship of LG G4, unless specifically compared pixel by pixel with 100% scaling. In the dark, the camera flagship LG G4s inferior because of higher noise levels and reduce detail, but in practice even this restriction can be bypassed if you wish thanks to a full manual mode. When you need to make the most "pure" night shot without unnecessary noise, can be set to manual mode, the ISO value of 50 (the minimum value) and exposure controlled by adjusting the shutter speed. In such circumstances, it is likely to be very long, so it's best to use a tripod. But the end result is sure to please. In addition, you can manually fine-tune the focus, white balance (smooth adjustment of color temperature) and much more. Of course, there is a simple camera modes: two of them. The first does not imply any sort of settings: you simply touch the screen to create the image. The second is the basic settings and options. The interface of the viewfinder can also be included various useful features for the photographer: electronic level horizon, "live" display luminescence histograms and composite mesh (for the rule of thirds). Laser Auto Focus the camera, it works quickly and accurately, even in not the most favorable conditions. The sensor also handles color spectrum correctly, all the pictures in the automatic mode obtained with the correct white balance. Examples of images taken in the afternoon, in the evening, late at night and indoors. Of course, the camera G4s are no problems with the filming of text and documents. The camera provides sharp pictures even when shooting very small objects at close range. The brightness of the built-in flash is quite decent. LED provides a wide beam of soft light that could well brighten the subject at a distance of up to one meter. The light has a warm tone. On the role of torch flash is also copes well.

As for the self-timer mode, then it also has all the necessary features: Delay timer, self-timer on the pronunciation of the keyword, shot by a recognized gesture in the frame. The camera interface is very well laid out, there are no "stupid" and inapplicable functions, everything is done in good-quality ultra-compact camera for people who understand at least a little, and enjoys photography.Conveniently, that any of the mechanical volume buttons on the back cover of the cabinet can be used for the shutter is very helps in some situations, when it is inconvenient to use the touch-sensitive buttons.

Video recording was struck not so much. The camera writes videos in Full HD with a refresh rate of 30 frames per second file format - MP4. Quality, of course, good, but not issued in terms of detail (especially when compared to the excellent quality of the photos of the same camera). On the plus side we put that in contrast to many other cameras of smartphones, which declared it would seem, the same 30 frames per second, the LG image in the movement really is updated continuously, the picture is not "tremble."

Wireless interfaces

The quality of communication in the smartphone at excellent level, the interlocutor is heard clearly, confidently holds the device connection without any abnormalities. The earpiece is not extremely loud, but it provides a nice sound from the upper and middle frequencies, so use your smartphone for negotiations comfortable. Hinting at any wheezing or defects, of course not. NFC module is working properly, it is immediately scanned without any problems transportation card "Troika". We also checked the work of Bluetooth, 4G, and Wi-Fi, - everything is stable, fast connection. As part of the navigation unit also did not disappoint: even after a hard reset, the device is picked up almost 20 satellites in less than 10 seconds.

Autonomy

The battery capacity of 2300 mAh in conjunction with high-quality and large screen IPS-gives a very average battery life. In mixed active use (the brightness at the middle level, always on 4G and synchronization, about an hour included Wi-Fi, 30 minutes watching a video on YouTube, 10 minutes of talk from time to time checking and sending email, surfing the web browser, chat to Facebook, VKontakte, an hour listening to music, photography 10-15 minutes, hour-enabled navigation and use of cards) smartphone worked 15 hours. The phone has been removed from the charge in 8:24 am and is completely dead at 23:27, with a clean screen activity time was 3 hours 4 minutes. Objectively speaking, describes the use of a smartphone a little more intense than in normal life (continually wanted to twist it in your hands, in addition to test something), so that when you use less fanatical he probably live a little longer. Continuous game Asphalt 8 hour defused smartphone 30%, the brightness was on an average, active 4G and sync. View Full HD c via MX Player exhausted battery for seven hours with the brightness was set to maximum and mode is activated "in the plane." In short, the machine - the golden mean in terms of autonomy, and more than the average daily use it enough.

Results

Despite nerekordnoe battery life, a smart phone, in general, made a good impression. High quality display, good camera with a full "manual" mode, efficiently removes daylight, and a full range of communications interfaces, including 4G and NFC, - can not but rejoice. Proprietary features LG also significantly enhance staff capabilities Android 5.1.1, making use of the device more comfortable.

 Pros:

• quality display;
• high quality at daytime shooting;
• support LTE;
• support for two SIM-cards.

Minuses:

• insufficiently high autonomy;
• quality nighttime photographs.

Windows 10 will fight against piracy

I do not have time to subside previous scandal related to the legality of the collection of personal data of users by Microsoft, such as Windows 10 presented another surprise. Microsoft has unilaterally changed the conditions of the license agreement, by which the operating system can now observe, and in some cases and block pirated games, software or hardware.

Item 7b of the License Agreement for the European Region is as follows:

From time to time you need to update certain programs or services, and we can automatically check the version of your software, if necessary, download and install the necessary updates and configuration changes, including those that prevent the use of counterfeit games, illegal access to the services or use of unauthorized peripheral devices.

Law-abiding people might think that in these circumstances, there is nothing special. The problem is that if the software everything is more or less clear, that Microsoft is meant by "pirate equipment" and "unauthorized peripherals" remains a mystery.  Guards and the fact that for the practical implementation of such control Windows 10 will need to monitor All software installation on computers, and then check the data obtained with the lists of software and legal assigns. 

Left out of the emerging issues of collecting personal data, it can not help but worry that the slightest mistake in such lists would create a lot of problems for users who have purchased content legitimately.

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Smartphone Sony Xperia E4 - a typical 5-inch state employees. Novelty more rounded shape, unlike other devices, lines, and thick body. While some smartphones Xperia waterproof, Model E4 has not received protection from water.At Sony Xperia E4 rather old chipset average of MediaTek, which is enough for normal operation and for most tasks. Cameras and display were at the level of budget devices. Thus, the camera of 5 MP and 2, can be found in any smartphone is much cheaper. Display resolution - all qHD (960 × 540 pixels).But it is bright, with good viewing angles for the price, as well as good behavior in the sun.In tests on battery life, the device has received the results of a little better than the average low-cost smart phone: Sony Xperia E4 HD video lost a little more than 6 hours. Built-in memory of 8 GB which is good for public sector employees. There is a memory card slot that supports cards up to 32 GB.Considering the price of Sony Xperia E4 in the spring of 2015 (approx. 10,000 rubles.), The smartphone looks expensive. However, as this new product, its price may fall further.

Dimensions and weight

In our opinion, the smartphone Sony Xperia E4 and looks pretty cheap. Its dimensions - 137 × 74,6 × 10,7 mm. The housing is small in height, but wide. As a rule, state employees, for example, Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime or Philips S398 , slightly longer and narrower. The device impressive thickness - up to 10.7 mm, the smart phone is clearly not claim to be the thin device. The weight of new items - 145 grams, the same 5-inch weighs YotaPhone 2  or HTC Desire 610 .

As for appearance, it seems, the design of Xperia models have become boring and the company itself. Now the smartphone more rounded shape, is "enveloping" the body is a removable cover, almost like a smartphone Lumia (however, it is strange that while the phone battery non-removable). By the way, the cap is not so easy.The display panel slightly above the rest of the body.But the shape and button layout remains the same: a circular power button and volume rocker - on the right side. Speakers located on the front top and bottom, and one on the back of the bottom.
The main body material - an inexpensive plastic. Smartphone Sony Xperia E4 can be purchased in white and black colors (we tested the model in white). The build quality is quite good, but a removable cover creaks and smacked his if to put pressure on her.

Screen

Diagonal screen Sony Xperia E4 - 5 inches. Display resolution typical budget - 960 × 540 pixels, which gives a density of 220 pixels per inch. On this screen you can see the individual pixels. If the quality of the display for you to determining criterion when choosing a smartphone, we recommend that you pay attention to the  Acer Liquid Jade or Philips S398  with HD display.Matrix type - IPS, viewing angles are average, good for its price. According to the results of tests, it is quite a bright screen. The maximum measured brightness was 431 cd / m2 - is a good indicator. The minimum brightness of the white background was 18 cd / m2, which is clearly noticeable when reading in the dark. In the display settings are no "clever" regimes like the flagship of the company, but there are infinitely adjustable white balance. We also found that good display reacts to the sun: the information remains readable, despite the fact that the protective coating of the display noticeable glare. The smartphone is available for auto brightness function that works quickly, but we believe in a fairly narrow range of brightness.As we expected, the Sony had no mode of operation with gloves, but the display is not so actively collects fingerprints.

Camera

The phone Sony Xperia E4 mounted camera of 5 MP and 2. In the main camera has an LED flash, autofocus mode, and to improve the detail of shaded and the illuminated areas of the frame. It detects faces and smiles, takes a series of photos by holding your finger, add effects and retouching shoot panoramas. In addition, there are fun virtual effects to video, you can superimpose virtual scenes, such as gnomes or dinosaurs walking.The maximum photo resolution - 2560 × 1920 pixels. And in the auto mode the resolution will be lower if you do not change the aspect ratio from 16: 9 to 4: 3.Detailed images of the main chamber is typically low for the 5 MP (2560h1920 pixels). During the tests, we noticed that the camera takes quite a while (between shots takes a long time), so do not shoot moving objects.In addition, the quality of photos depends on the lighting: the deterioration of the lighting in the pictures immediately visible "noise". Many of the photos have turned out too bright or overexposed. However, the problem is partially solved in the mode of HDR. It works effectively.The front camera is 2 MP removes Property resolution of 1600x1200 pixels and HD-video at 30 f / s.

Working with text

At the keyboard Sony Xperia E4 extensive customization capabilities. It supports continuous input text using strokes (Swype), work with dictionaries, and has a few covers for the keyboard. In the settings you can adjust AutoCorrect, use your writing style (smartphone will analyze the words written by you in social networks and e-mail client to use them for tips). There is also a voice input, layout additional characters and a private key for smileys. Changing to another language by using a single key.
You have the ability to use the keyboard for one hand, if you think a large screen. In it you can move the keyboard to the right or to the left for easy typing with one hand.In our view, the keyboard is designed to trifles, and we appreciated it highly.

Internet

As a browser at the Sony Xperia E4 presented Google Chrome. Its main feature - sync with the desktop version. We tested the brauzera- overall it works fine, but sometimes the "retarding" pages. Multiple zoom pages or individual modes of reading in this browser is not. But once you can scale the size of a pre-selected - it is necessary to double-click on the screen. Also, there is a search on the page and the mode of reducing traffic.

Communication

The set of interfaces from Sony Xperia E4 typical budget smartphone. The phone is available: Wi-Fi (b / g / n) with Wi-Fi mode modem, Bluetooth 4.0 low energy consumption and support A2DP, A-GPS and GLONASS. It should be noted that the predecessor, Xperia E3 worked with LTE, there is no such possibility. We tested the interface - it worked fine.The smartphone works with the Micro-SIM cards, the choice has dvuhsimochny version of the device and the version with support for LTE. There are connectors: Headset and easy Micro-USB 2.0 without MHL or USB OTG devices to connect to the phone.

Multimedia

Music player Sony Xperia E4 supports many formats and plays MP3, FLAC, WAV-files and a number of less popular formats. The tests not only play the AC-3 or DTS formats. Sorry, but bundled to Xperia E4 no headphones, but there is a firmware application Walkman with good customization capabilities, including an equalizer.With all the video as a whole it is also good, but the player did not want to play video formats MPG, FLV and format of the videos MKV. Integrated video player has a number of settings, including support for subtitles.

Battery

The smartphone Sony Xperia E4 has a removable lithium-polymer battery capacity of 2300 mAh (recall that Sony Xperia E3 was 2330 mAh). In our tests, the battery of the smartphone has shown good results for state employees. The unit lost HD-video at the maximum brightness of 6:00 for 15 minutes. In music mode, with the screen off, the device discharges for 54 hours (over two days). In the not very intensive use (included Wi-Fi, a periodic browsing, a couple of calls a day, listening to music, one film a day and casual games) battery lasts for 1-1.5 days.Comes with Charger 0.85 A. This smartphone is charging for a long time: it took us about three hours to fully charge the Sony Xperia E4.

Performance

Smartphone Sony Xperia E4 is equipped with a chip average - quad Mediatek MT6582, clocked at 1.3 GHz.Go with Qualcomm on a budget MediaTek looks very strange, apparently, Sony has decided to save on the budget line. RAM - 1 GB of graphics accelerator meets the Mali-400MP2. By the standards of Android-smartphone Xperia E4 runs quite fast and loose. With an active browsing multiple pages open the device starts to "slow down", but not critical.

Chipset :	Mediatek MT6582
Number of cores and frequency :	four core, 1.3 GHz
Memory :	1 GB
Built-in memory :	8 GB
Graphics processor :	Mali-400MP2

Smartphone Sony Xperia E4 is suitable for most applications and for undemanding games. According to the results of our synthetic tests, the smartphone takes a middle position. In games Sony Xperia E4 showed himself medium. In games like Asphalt 8 will have to play at low chart, and Minion Rush everything goes smoothly. In synthetic tests showed results of a smartphone, typical of the "stuffing" the average level. Thus, in the smartphone AnTuTu benchmark average was about 19,000 points, and 3D Mark Ice Storm Unlimited - bit has not held up to 3000. "Filling" is not the flagship, but the smartphone is operating normally, and allows you to run most games.

Memory

The total amount of internal memory in Sony Xperia E4 limited to 8 GB, the user are available 4.78 GB. It's a little, but you can buy a memory card separately. Sony Xperia E4 supports microSD cards up to 32 GB. It is possible to produce a "hot-swappable" memory card without rebooting - just remove the cover and insert the card into the slot.

Features

Smartphone running the operating system Android 4.4.4 with a proprietary interface from Sony: all standard applications (by SMS-messages to the gallery) have been revised and are original look. Today Sony Xperia E4 not in the list of smartphones that will receive the update to Android 5.0, and is unlikely to happen. The special features include a removable lid smartphone in combination with non-removable battery and firmware application Walkman with a good equalizer.

Competitors

Price Sony Xperia E4 on March 2015 - about 10,500 rubles. As a novelty, in the near future we can expect to reduce the cost. As the competition will be called Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime and Philips S398.The heaviest of the trinity - Philips S 398 (170 grams, compared to 155 at the Grand Prime and 144 grams at Xperia E4). In size the widest smartphone - Sony, but it is "shorter" rest. As for the display, the Philips S 398 looks advantageous to your HD display. Cameras at the best Grand Prime with 8 and 5 MP. Camera Xperia E4 «modest" - only 5 and 2 MP. But at runtime outsiders have Philips S 398. The performance of all three devices at the same level, but equipped with the Grand Prime fresher. A bit surprising was the fact that the Sony Xperia E4 does not support LTE, while the previous version works with LTE.Given the characteristics of the Sony Xperia E4 and its competitors, the new product from Sony seems overvalued. In our opinion, the smartphone should be cheaper. However, it may soon drop the price of the smartphone.