Sony Xperia Z4 Official Specs Announced, Xiaomi Mi 4i & Android Wear Upgrade - Android Weekly

The Sony Xperia Z4 is a powerful device that features a 5in full HD display and an Exynos 7420 Octa Core processor backed by 3 GB of RAM. It also comes with a choice of colors from white, black, copper, and aqua green. The device has a modest 5.1 megapixel front camera and a 13 megapixel rear camera with a dual tone LED flash. The Xperia Z4 is dust proof and near perfect waterproof.

The device's performance is up to 4K or 1080p at 60 frames per second, making it suitable for high-end video capture. It also features a Bevy of software enhancements such as beautify mode on the main camera. Additionally, the device has a beefy 3,120 milliamp hour battery in the mi's 4 eyes 7.8 mm thick body.

In terms of storage, the Xperia Z4 comes with 16 GB of onboard memory and supports dual SIM devices with both slots excepting LTE cards. The device runs on Android Lollipop 5.0, which includes a number of features designed for the Indian market such as visual IVR that simplifies dealing with automated phone systems typically encountered in customer service.

The device also includes support for six Indian languages Hindi, Bengali, Telu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam. The Xperia Z4 is available at a price of roughly $800 with camera shake correction out of their Bo image processor video capture.

For those looking for a more mid-range option, the Xiaomi Mi 4i is an excellent choice. The device features a 5in full HD display, a Snapdragon 615 Octa Core processor, 2 GB of RAM, and 16 GB of onboard memory. It also comes with a 13 megapixel rear camera and a dual tone LED flash.

The device has a 5.1 megapixel front camera and supports a Bevy of software features including beautify mode on the main camera. Additionally, the Mi 4i has a beefy 3,120 milliamp hour battery in the mi's 4 eyes 7.8 mm thick body that is slightly better than the Mi 4s.

The device is available at a price of roughly $200 and supports dual SIM devices with both slots excepting LTE cards. The Mi 4i runs on Android Lollipop 5.0, which includes features such as visual IVR that simplifies dealing with automated phone systems typically encountered in customer service.

The device also includes support for six Indian languages Hindi, Bengali, Telu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam. For those looking to expand their watch's capabilities, Android Wear now supports watches with built-in Wi-Fi, allowing users to leave their phone on the charger while still receiving notifications from it as long as both devices are connected to the internet.

The new gestures for apps and contacts make accessing the app screen and contacting friends easier than ever. To access the app screen, users can tap on the time, while swiping left to access contacts. Voice commands are also accessible through a swipe gesture, allowing users to quickly send messages or perform other tasks.

In addition, the device's handwriting app, which was recently launched in the Play Store, allows users to convert their scribbles into emojis. The same feature is now available on Android Wear, making it easier for users to quickly respond to messages with emojis.

For those who love gaming, the Samsung Galaxy S6 versus the iPhone 6 battle rages on. A recent test by Gamebench compared the two devices' performance and found that Apple's iPhone 6 was the clear winner in terms of performance and overall stability. The device ran games more smoothly with a higher frame rate, rarely dropping below 30 frames per second.

The Galaxy S6 came close but had a greater frequency of performance bottlenecks that pushed the frame rate below 30 frames per second. This may be due to the device's Exynos 7420 processor being slightly less efficient than Apple's A8 processor with 1 GB of RAM.

Overall, the Samsung Galaxy S6 is an excellent gaming device, but the iPhone 6 takes the lead in terms of performance and overall stability. However, it's worth noting that the results may vary depending on the specific games tested and the individual user's experience.

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for this inappropriate user created content we're working to remove it quickly we also learn from these issues and we're constantly improving on how to detect prevent and handle bad edits user created content eh no I think someone at Google lost their job so let's start off with Sony's Flagship the Sony Experia Z4 it's official at least in Japan the Sony xeria Z4 is equipped with a 5.2 in full HD LCD panel and as mentioned before it is thinner than the xeria Z3 measuring 6.9 mm in depth keeping things moving along is the Snapdragon 810 system on a chip a 64-bit octacore chipset backed by 3 GB of RAM internal storage offers just 32 GB so far with the ability to add up to 128 GB via a Micro SD card now the backside of the device offers a familiar 20.7 megapixel shooter capable of an ISO of up to 12,000 800 with camera Shake correction out of their Bo image processor video capture is up to 4K or 1080p at 60 frames per second the front shooter is a modest 5.1 megapixel with full HD video capture despite the exposed USB port the Sony Xperia Z4 is dust proof and near perfect waterproof and comes with a choice of colors from white black copper and aqua green now for those of you who are looking for a more mid-range option let's let's talk the xiaomi mi4i the xiaomi m4i was announced earlier this week a powerful mid-range device with an impressive price tag of roughly 200 bucks the mi4i features a 5in full HD display a Snapdragon 615 Octa Core processor 2 GB of RAM 16 GB of onboard memory a 13 megapixel rear camera and a dual tone LED flash with a 5.1 map front camera and with a Bevy of software features including beautify mode the main camera is the identical 13 megap shooter found on the higher end minote and offers a suite of xiaomi enhancements to the HDR mode and more there's also a beefy 3,120 milliamp hour battery in the mi's 4 eyes 7.8 mm thick body which is actually slightly better than the mi4s this is a dual SIM device with both slots excepting LTE cards the mi4 I the first xiaomi device to run 5.0 Lollipop which includes a number of features designed for the Indian market like visual ivr which simplifies dealing with automated phone systems typically encountered in customer service it also includes support for six Indian languages Hindi Bengali telu Tamil Canad and malum now for those of you in the market for a new Android wew watch you'll be happy to know that Android Weare just got a lot more powerful Android Weare now supports watches with built-in Wi-Fi and the good part is that the watch doesn't need to be on the same Wi-Fi network as the smartphone that means for instance that you can leave your phone on the charger on your desk and go on about your day and still get notifications from it as long as both devices are connected to the internet now let's talk new gestures for apps and contacts previously accessing the apps on your device required several swipes and Taps which made it feel a bit cumbersome now getting to the app screen is as easy as tapping on the time while accessing contacts is done by swiping to the left voice commands are now accessible through another swipe you know that neat handwriting app that Google just launched in the Play Store last week it lets you convert your scribbling into an emoji not just letters and now the same feature is available on Android Wear so for instance you can doodle a heart or a smiley face to quickly answer a message with their respective Emoji pretty sweet and for those times when you can't use two hands but you still need to go through your Google Now cards a new wrist twist gesture will let you do just that now the Samsung Galaxy S6 versus the iPhone 6 battle rages on and we found a result about which device is perhaps the best gaming device and the results are not going to be what you think there's no denying that the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the Apple iPhone 6 are two of the best smartphones on the market right now not only when it comes to Aesthetics but also performance Samsung's exos 7420 processor backed by 3 GB of RAM definitely gives Apple's A8 processor with 1 GB of RAM a run for its money but when it comes to gaming which device comes out on top the folks over at gamebench put the Galaxy S6 and the iPhone 6 to the test to find out which device is the better gaming smartphone the gamebench team picked a series of 10 high-end games to run on each device in the hopes to find out which smartphone would run the smoothest while achieving the highest average frame rate as you can see from the graphic here Apple's iPhone 6 was the clear winner in this test when it came to Performance and overall stability gamebench explains the iPhone 6 tended to run games more smoothly with a higher frame rate that was very stable and rarely Dro below 30 frames per second the Galaxy S6 came a pretty close second with a greater frequency of performance bottlenecks that pushed the frame rate below the 30 frames per second threshold that burns a little bit maybe that's where this came from thanks for watching Edward Army my name is Jace love to connect with you right here on Google+ or Twitter or in the comments below you don't want to forget about my brethren in Android Josh Joe and the tech of Kevin L and Chris Gary and Ashton Taylor all working super hard to be your source for all things Android\n"