Monthly Archives: July 2015

Early image captured using OnePlus 2 appears online

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An image captured using the upcoming OnePlus 2 smartphone made the rounds on Twitter, courtesy of @MKBHD. The successor of OnePlus One will make its official debut later this month, on July 27 in virtual reality.

The photo sports a resolution of 4160 x 3120 pixels, this pointing at a 13MP camera sensor. The camera has f/2.0 aperture, which doesn't quite match the f/1.9 in the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge and f/1.8 in the LG G4. The device used to capture this camera is the ONE A2001 variant.

OnePlus 2 is confirmed to feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 mobile chipset with Adreno 430 GPU, and 4GB of RAM. A fingerprint sensor and USB Type-C are also going to be on board. OnePlus 2 will have a sub-$450 price tag when it…

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ZTE Axon gets official for the US with top specs, $449.98 price tag

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The wait is over, ZTE has taken the wraps off its new high-end device. It's called Axon, and it was apparently designed in the US, with the US market in mind.

ZTE will sell the Axon unlocked for $449.98 (without tax). What you get for that amount of cash is quite a bit of smartphone, so to speak.

The Axon has a 5.5-inch QHD LCD touchscreen, a dual rear camera (13 MP + 2 MP) with dual-LED flash and 4K video capture, an 8 MP selfie camera, a whopping 4GB of RAM, as well as 32GB of of non-expandable storage.

Running the show is the well known Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC, boasting a 2 GHz octa-core CPU in ARM's big.LITTLE configuration. The Axon has a 3,000 mAh non-removable battery (with quick charge support) and it runs Android 5.1 Lollipop, an almost stock version.

It has a metallic body, Hi-Fi audio playback of 32-bit 192KHz audio files, and (obviously) 4G LTE support.

It will be available in Ion Gold, Chromium Silver, and Phthalo Blue. You can already pre-order it from ZTE and get a free TPU case and a pair of JBL earbuds (which are a $49.99 value). Pre-orders should also be available at Amazon, Newegg, and eBay shortly. There's no information about a shipping date…

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The ‘Just-In-Time’ Education Revolution

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The trope of overlooking the hero based on appearances goes back as long as stories have been told. In the Bible, King David, the youngest and least impressive of his 7 brothers, was relegated to the fields to look after goats and sheep. Samuel thought David’s brother was the impressive one and should be king.  But God said: “Don’t judge by his appearance or height. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

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