The Top 10 trending phones of week 33

As most of you have surely heard – the Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ are now official. Samsung unveiled the pair of phablets at the June 13 Unpacked event and quite unsurprisingly, the announcement is already causing waves in our top ten chart.

The aforementioned Note5 managed to swoop in, mere hours after its announcement and take the second spot away from the OnePlus 2. Interestingly enough, however, the Galaxy S6 edge+ is still nowhere to be found in the top ten chart at the time of writing this article. This is rather odd, considering Samsung intentionally focused attention towards the edged model, slightly neglecting the Note and even limiting its EU availability for the time being. Judging from fan interest, however, it appears the Korean giant might have overlooked the Note a little too soon, as loyal fans are still showing their love for the legendary productivity line. But back to the chart.

At first place we find the Moto G (3rd gen) for yet another week. It seems the allure of a budget-friendly, “vanilla Android” device is still going strong. At third place we see another familiar device – the Galaxy Grand Prime. It is followed closely by the Galaxy A8 and the Galaxy S6, which have swapped places since last week and are now at fourth and sixth respectively.

The aforementioned OnePlus 2 has really dropped in interest during the past few days. That’s particularly confusing given that the smartphone official sales just started.

In the bottom half of the chart we find a rather odd new entry at seventh place – the budget-friendly Galaxy J5. This is its unexpected debut on the chart, so we can only imagine it is tied to an ongoing sales promotion and should be shot lived. Then again, we did say the same about the Lenovo K3 Note well over a month ago and it is still hanging on to the list, although dropping in popularity and now at eight place.

At the very bottom of the scoreboard we find the Galaxy A5, down a spot and the iPhone 6, which once managed to reenter the chart after a few consecutive weeks of absence.

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Glass Paint Could Help Ships And Buildings Beat The Sun’s Heat

Sorry, sunlight. A new paint in development is designed to bounce the sun’s rays off of metal surfaces, such as those on buildings or military ships. The coating, made with a chemical precursor to glass, isn’t available yet. But if forthcoming field tests turn out as expected, the paint will slow down the wear and tear to structures that results from constant exposure to heat.

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Lucha contra las hordas del infierno en Storm the Train

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Con Storm the Train estamos ante un videojuego que podría pertenecer perfectamente a esa saga de juegos clásicos que inundaban las salas de máquinas recreativas y que a través de esos mandos con una gran bola en la parte superior del stick, conseguía que nos engancháramos a los que tenemos un poco más de edad.

Storm the Train desembarca en Android de forma gratuita con un aspecto visual excelente y un gran frenesí como arcade. Un videojuego para disfrutar y armarnos con todo tipo de pistolas, escopetas recortadas y metralletas. Todo un derroche visual con un toque cartoon y ese fondo que hace de las suyas para darnos la sensación de que vamos sobre un tren a toda máquina en el que tenemos que ir deshaciéndonos de las criaturas del infierno que quieren eliminarnos de la faz de la tierra, ¿te apuntas a un gran arcade?

Salta al vagón del tren

Storm the Train tiene todo a su favor para convertirse en un clásico arcade para Android. Luchando con cientos de todo tipo de criaturas del infierno, tendremos que usar los saltos y las metralletas para ir avanzando ante lo que propone este videojuego que pareciera que no fuera acabar. Suerte la nuestra, ya que tendremos videojuego para rato.

Storm the Train

Tendremos la posibilidad de reclutar nuevos agentes, todo tipo de armas, realizar compras como micropagos, adquirir habilidades e incluso una especie de robot volador que se encargará el solo de ir matando a las hordas del infierno. Aquí es donde entra uno de los puntos más llamativos de este videojuego donde encontraremos un gran arsenal cada vez que pasemos una fase. Incluso podremos descansar unos segundos antes de enfrentarnos al demonio de nuevo.

Misiones a doquier en un arcade frenético

Tendremos también misiones para cumplir y así podremos acceder, cuando las cumplamos, a un buen rango de nuevas habilidades como puede ser cuando realicemos una donde tenemos que ir en un helicóptero.

Digamos que Storm the Train recoge lo mejor de juegos como Ghosts n Goblins o Contra para realizar un coctel de gran calidad que te enganchará a las primeras de cambio.

Storm the Train

En torno a su calidad técnica, todo excelente con unos gráficos cartoon que juegan su gran papel en este videojuego y todo tipo de efectos gráficos para que el entorno visual sea de gran calidad y nos quedemos a gusto utilizando la recortada o todo tipo de armas. Un buen gameplay con muchos enemigos a los que matar y un gran repertorio en el armamento, vestuario y agentes por adquirir.

Un videojuego muy recomendable que se une a las otras dos incorporaciones que hemos lanzado en el día de ayer, por lo que un fin de semana de esos de gran altura. Lo tenéis de forma gratuita desde la Play Store así que no faltéis a la cita ineludible que significa Storm the Train.

Opinión del editor

Pros

  • Entras rápido en la acción
  • Gran repertorio de armas y agentes
  • Gran calidad técnica

Contras

  • Que estés todo el tiempo en un tren/li>

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Weekly poll results: Sony Xperia C5 Ultra and M5 bathe in fan love

The Sony Xperia C5 Ultra and the Xperia M5 were announced less than two weeks ago, but have already gathered a loyal following. Our weekly poll results are out and Sony’s midrange pair has gotten plenty of fan love.

The bezelless Xperia C5 Ultra collected a total of 84% of positive votes – a huge achievement, rivaling the Moto X Style from the week before. And we understand the enthusiasm, the massive 6-inch FullHD display is blazing hot on its own, but the phone is not without other merits (the 13MP front camera with flash says “Hi”).

We expected a closer call with the Xperia M5, but the flagship in disguise achieved more or less the same numbers – only one in five voters dislikes it.

This all-round performer has power to spare thanks to the top-of-the-line Mediatek chipset, sports the same 13MP front camera to cater to the selfie crowd, and comes in a water-tight package nearly identical to the company’s flagship. Xperia Z3+,…

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Week 33 in review: Samsung Unpacked, Nexus and iPhone rumors

The past few days in the mobile realm were quite busy to say the least. August 13 finally came and with it the eagerly-anticipated Samsung Unpacked event. As expected, the Korean giant revealed a pair of new devices and made the Galaxy Note5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+ official.

Both phablets lived up to the bulk of the rumors and come with Exynos 7420 SoC, gorgeous 5.7-inch QHD Super AMOLED displays and 4GB of RAM. Besides a tour of the phones, we also got to see the odd clip-on keyboard that Samsung is offering as an accessory, earned some info on pricing and availability and even got our first glimpse of camera quality in a few Note5 sample shots.

There we however a couple of disappointments from camp Samsung as well. For one, we learned that the Note5 won’t be initially available in the EU, through official channels that is.

In other news, new information on the next pair of Nexus devices surfaced online. The LG and Huawei manufactured units allegedly look quite similar, but nothing is certain yet. Apple also made headlines with an announcement that iOS 8.4.1 is now available to all supported devices and with interesting rumors about the possible return on the budget-oriented “C”-range, with an iPhone 6C and 1GB of RAM inside the iPhone 6s.

Xiaomi has also been making the headlines. The Chinese manufacturer officially announced the Redmi Note 2 and the Redmi Note 2 Prime, as well as the all new MIUI 7 OS. Last, but not least, Qualcomm officially outed its new top-of-the-line chipset – the Snapdragon 820, as well as the new Snapdragon 212 and 412 models.

If you think you might have missed something from the week, here is a list of the hottest topics in the tech world.

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Samsung Galaxy Note5 brings Exynos 7420, ultra-sleek body
The new design is all metal and glass. The chipset and camera have been lifted from the Galaxy S6 too.

This odd physical keyboard for the Galaxy S6 edge+ just popped up online
Apparently Samsung intends to offer the odd clip-on keyboard as an accessory for the upcoming device.

LG Nexus and Huawei Nexus specs leak, suggest very similar devices
Both will (probably) feature metal bodies with front-facing speakers, fingerprint readers and USB Type C. The screens are set to 5.2″ and 5.7″ respectively.

Xiaomi announces new MIUI 7 based on Android 5.1 Lollipop
Comes with a new image gallery with face detection, new themes, Mi Roaming, and Kids Mode.

Smaller iPhone 6c to come along with the 6s and 6s Plus
A new rumor hints that a smaller iPhone 6c will launch alongside the next wave of Apple handsets.

Galaxy S7 might come with Snapdragon 820 according to leaked doc
The alleged internal Samsung document details support for this SoC being added to the next flagship.

Xiaomi announces Redmi Note 2 and Redmi Note 2 Prime in China
The phone has a new 5.5-inch 1080p display, MediaTek Helio X10 processor, 2GB RAM, 16/32GB storage, 13 megapixel camera, 3,020mAh battery, and MIUI 7.

Snapdragon 820 GPU goes official: Adreno 530 is fast, cool
Qualcomm promises big performance boost and a cutback in power usage. Adreno 510 is headed to new Snapdragon 6xx chipsets.

ZUK Z1 unveiled: 5.5-inch screen, metal frame, custom Android 5.1
The Z1 is a dual-SIM phone with LTE connectivity and USB Type C. It’s powered by the proven Snapdragon 801, instead of an 810.

Huawei Mate 8 possibly depicted in new leaked render
The next high-end phablet from the Chinese…

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