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Finding a decent Bluetooth speaker is pretty easy these days. Walk into Best Buy, Target or any large retailer and you’re presented with dozens of options that range from $15 to $300. The problem is that most Bluetooth speakers, even the good ones, don’t offer a fully immersive audio experience due to the left and right channels being so close together. We wouldn’t call this a flaw in design, but rather a limitation based on the need for these Bluetooth speakers to be portable. If you’re looking for superior audio quality and don’t have the urge to move the speakers, the Thonet & Vander Kürbis Bluetooth speaker should be right up your alley.
Price: $199.99
Power output: 60W RMS (30W + 30W)
Frequency Response: 50Hz – 20kHz
Acoustic box: Wooden box HDAA 276 x 181 x 222 mm
Driver size/material: Woofer 5.25-inch, Aramid Fiber
Impedence/power: 6 Ω 30W
Tweeter size/material: 1-inch, Silk
Impedence/power: 4 Ω 20W
Antimegnetic shield: Yes
Controls: Volume, treble, bass
Inputs: Bluetooth 4.0, 3.5 / RCA stereo
Color options: Black, white
Build Quality: Weight isn’t always a great measure of quality, but the 12.3 pound weight of the two speakers is a direct reflection to the attention to detail that Thonet & Vander put into the Kürbis. As you can tell from the pictures, the Thonet & Vander Kürbis isn’t your traditional Bluetooth speaker. The Kürbis is styled like traditional studio monitors with two speaker boxes built with HDAA (High Density Acoustic Absorber) wood, which helps reduce distortion for a more authentic sound. Each box sports a 5.25-inch woofer made of bright yellow aramid fabric that resonates smooth, low bass. The tweeters are built with silk, allowing the treble to resonate perfectly.
Design: The Thonet & Vander Kürbis was designed to stand out. While most Bluetooth speakers fit neatly on a shelf and blend right in with your home decor, the Thonet & Vander Kürbis has a bit of a hard time not sticking out like a sore thumb. The black speaker boxes look great when flanking a computer monitor on your desk, but they would draw too much attention away from your TV if placed in your entertainment center.
Sound Quality: Like it or not, the size of a Bluetooth plays a huge role in the quality of the sound that it produces. The Thonet & Vander Kürbis’ unabashed 276 x 181 x 222 mm boxes allow for a 5.25-inch aramid fabric and 1-inch silk tweeters. Portable speakers like the Jawbone Big Jambox and Grain Audio Packable Wireless Speaker offer a rich audio experience, but they both come up short when compared with the Thonet & Vander Kürbis. The highs, mids and lows are breathtaking.
When the volume is turned up, the bass is distortion-free yet powerful enough to vibrate every object on my desk besides my monitor. Fortunately, Thonet & Vander built the Kürbis with volume, treble and bass knobs into the side of the left speaker, giving you full control of the audio with a few simple twists. Adjusting the audio profile on a phone or computer can be a hassle, but I found myself adjusting the treble and bass settings based on the type of music I was listening to. Not because the speakers needed to be adjusted, but because a quick turn of a knob would allow me to tailor the audio more to my liking.
Connectivity: For the everyday consumer, the Bluetooth 4.0, 3.5mm and RCA stereo connections should be more than adequate, but the lack of XLR or 1/4-inch input options may hold a few pro users at bay. Another item that’s missing is a built-in microphone, which means you will not be able to use the Thonet & Vander Kürbis as the world’s most powerful speakerphone in your home office.
Portability: Let’s be honest: if you buy the Thonet & Vander Kürbis, you will not be taking it to the beach or packing it it up for this weekend’s picnic in the park. Not only is the Kürbis extremely heavy, but it doesn’t have an internal battery. If you want music to come out of the Kürbis, you will need a standard wall plug at all times. Then again, the two speakers are large and sturdy enough to be used as a small stool. So Thonet & Vander Kürbis may be the perfect picnic companion after all.
The Thonet & Vander Kürbis Bluetooth speakers are available online for $199. That’s a bit higher than most of the speakers we have reviewed in the past, but well worth the money if you’re looking for studio-quality audio with wired and wireless connectivity for your home office.
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Back in 2013 Panasonic gave up on smartphones, but later changed its mind. Today it launched three new Android 5.1 powered smartphones in India. All three boast 4G LTE connectivity and have two SIM slots.
Panasonic Eluga L2
The biggest of the three, the Eluga L2 boasts a 5.5″ screen (we’re waiting on confirmation of the screen size). It measures 8.6mm thick and weighs 158g, reasonable for the screen size and price segment. The battery is a bit of a letdown, however, at only 2,500mAh.
The phone packs 8MP camera on the back, a 2MP one for selfies. There’s only 8GB of storage, but the good news is that it’s expandable. The L5 is powered by an unnamed Snapdragon chipset with a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and just a gig of RAM.
The price for the Panasonic Eluga L2 is set at INR 9,990 ($222) and you get a choice between Sand Grey and Midnight Black.
Panasonic Eluga I2
The Eluga I2 is the middle child with a 5″ 720p screen. This one tips the scales at 135g and measures 8.8mm thick, the battery is once again below average – 2,000mAh.
The camera setup is the same, 8MP/2MP, as is the storage. The chipset is a step down with a 1GHz quad-core processor and 1 gig of RAM.
The more affordable Panasonic Eluga I2 will set you back INR 8,290 ($184) and has a bit more freedom of choice when it comes to colors – Metallic Silver, Metallic Gold, Metallic Grey.
Panasonic Eluga T45
The most affordable of the three is also the smallest – the Eluga T45 packs a 4.5″ screen. The phone goes up in thickness (9.5mm) while going even further down in battery capacity (1,800mAh).
This one gets a 5MP main camera and only a 0.3MP snapper for selfies. At least the storage is kept at 8GB with a microSD slot. The chipset looks identical to the Eluga I2 – 1GHz quad-core CPU with 1GB of RAM.
Price for the Panasonic Eluga T45 is INR 6,980 ($155).
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Samsung’s latest duo of devices – the Galaxy S6 edge+ and the Galaxy Note5 have been official for a few days now, after the eagerly-anticipated |August 13 release. So, what can you do to celebrate the shiny new Note? Well drop it repeatedly on to a tiles and concrete blocks, of course and wait for its inevitable demise.
A new YouTube video, courtesy of PhoneBuff shows us just how fragile the curved glass design on the Note5 actually is. A drop from around 1 meter, which is usual waist height, instantly cracked the unit’s back, resulting in an extensive and nasty spider web crack. Interestingly enough, the top most layer of the back remained smooth and intact with the damage contained underneath. So, at least, there is no danger of cuts.
To be fair, this was all but expected, considering the Note5 carries over the glass design of the Galaxy S6 edge, down to the curves and is thus likely to be just as brittle. In fact, because the sloping edges are now on the back, instead of the front, the Note seems to be even more affected by a drop on its back. Furthermore, the 5.7-inch phablet is considerably bigger than the edged flagship, which also spells out trouble.
Naturally, in typical YouTube viral fashion, the drop test didn’t stop there and continued on to plunging the Note5 on its side and front. The former experiment actually left almost no mark on the unit’s metal frame. This is one area in which Samsung has definitely cut no corners with its 6013 grade aluminum alloy, as opposed to the inferior 6063 grade, widely used by other OEM’s.
But, having a sturdy frame can only go so far when the rest of the device is so fragile. The face-on drops definitely prove this. The display of the Note got cracked on first impact as well, but touch still remained functional, for which we have to give it credit. However, the final few drops on the concrete did the trick and damaged the Note touch input.
This brutal carnage did yield some results. According to PhoneBuff, the Note5 is plagued by its glass exterior just like the S6 and S6 edge and we can only imagine that the S6 edge+ is in the same boat. It is worth noting that the touchscreen on the Note did arguably put up more of a fight than the S6, but that is more or less subjective and a cracked screen is a cracked screen no matter how you look at it.
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¿Cuántas veces no habremos oído eso de que “si algo es demasiado bueno como para ser cierto, es que es mentira”? Algo así ha pasado con el Xiaomi Redmi Note 2. Ayer publicamos un artículo donde comentábamos que en la última flash sale en China el fabricante había vendido 800.000 smartphones en 12 horas, y hablábamos en él de precios ridículamente bajos para smartphones de gama media.
De hecho, mientras tuvo lugar la presentación del Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 se especuló mucho sobre el precio final que tendrían estos terminales. Aprovechamos para recordar que entre sus especificaciones podemos encontrar una pantalla de 5,5 pulgadas con resolución FHD, 2 GB de memoria RAM, 16 GB de memoria interna y una GPU PowerVR G6200. Cuenta con una cámara de 13 megapíxeles como sensor trasero y 5 megapíxeles como sensor delantero, además de una batería de 3.020 mAh y MIUI 7.
En el artículo de ayer hablábamos de que podías llevarte el modelo más básico con todo eso por la birria de 115 euros, toda una verdadera ganga, ¿no? No. Hoy, gracias a lo publicado en tiendas online como Oppomart hemos podido comprobar que el precio de la versión básica rondará finalmente los 160 euros.
Este precio es, insistimos, el de la versión básica con 16 GB de almacenamiento interno. El montante sube 26 euros más en la versión Prime del Xiaomi Redmi Note 2, lo que lo deja en una cantidad cercana a la barrera psicológica de los 200 euros.
Seamos honestos, los precios siguen siendo muy razonables. Si compras un Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 te llevas un gran dispositivo por prácticamente nada, pero ha sido un pequeño jarro de agua fría para los compradores potenciales. No obstante, es indudable que con precios como los de Xiaomi, los de Motorola o los de Meizu hay un mercado que cada vez mira menos a los gama alta tradicionales. China está cambiando las reglas del juego, y eso no puede negarse.
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Sean cuales sean las novedades que incorpora un nuevo smartphone, uno de los apartados que más nos sigue preocupando es el de la autonomía. Recientemente, como sabéis, han sido presentados los nuevos Samsung Galaxy Note 5 y Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+, dos nuevos phablets tope de gama con los que la firma surcoreana afrontará lo que queda de año, y parte de 2016. Ahora, gracias cómo no a Phone Arena, ya hemos podido conocer qué tal andan de autonomía estos equipos.
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Antes de nada, conviene recordar que la capacidad de sus baterías es de 3000 miliamperios, menos que los 3220 mAh del Samsung Galxy Note 4, y misma que la del Samsung Galaxy Note Edge. Muchos han sido los que han criticado a Samsung en este aspecto por no incluir baterías mayores, pero ya hemos visto en su momento que en el caso de los Samsung Galaxy S6 y S6 edge, la autonomía era muy buena pese a contar con baterías relativamente pequeñas. Entonces, ¿serán los Samsung Galaxy Note 5 y Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ capaces de ofrecer una buena autonomía?
En la siguiente tabla, podemos ver comparada junto a la de otros terminales, la autonomía lograda por los nuevos Samsung Galaxy Note 5 y Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ en las pruebas realizadas por Phone Arena:
Como vemos, un rendimiento espectacular, en ambos casos por encima de las 9 horas, aunque el Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ se lleva la palma, al mismo nivel del Sony Xperia Z3, el terminal hasta ahora con más autonomía del momento, por detrás del Motorola DROID Turbo. Ahora, en esta otra tabla veremos el tiempo de carga de estos terminales. La unidad de medida está en minutos:
Buenas cifras también en este aspecto, en el que los últimos teléfonos de gama alta de Samsung solo son superados por el ASUS ZenFone 2. El tiempo de carga también es un aspecto fundamental si dependemos de un terminal en nuestro día a día, y es que al menos sabemos que cuando se nos agote la batería, podremos cargarlo en poco tiempo. Todo lo contrario que ocurre con el Sony Xperia Z3, que al no disponer de ningún sistema de carga rápida, se va hasta las casi 4 horas para recargar sus 3100 mAh.
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A modo conclusión, una vez más Samsung nos vuelve a demostrar que no tendremos más autonomía cuantos más miliamperios tengamos, sino que la buena gestión de la misma es incluso más importante. Por tanto, gran parte del avance en este sentido debe estar relacionado con el menor consumo de todos los componentes, desde pantallas hasta procesadores, y todo lo demás, algo en lo que evidentemente se mejora en cada generación.
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