Samsung announced in September 2014 its GALAXY Note 4, a giant but elegant 6-in screen smartphone with a specified battery capacity of 3,220 mAh. It also made a bold claim that it charges the smartphone to 50% in 30 minutes. The marketing snippet below comes straight from their website. So, how honest is Samsung in […]
You are shopping for a new smartphone and you are trying to understand how long the battery will last. But you can’t seem to get a straight answer. Apple says the iPhone 6 will last up to 14 hours of talk time on 3G but you are really not going to have your iPhone glued […]
Did you know that the European semiconductor giant ST Micro makes rechargeable lithium-ion batteries? Probably not. You don’t believe me; go ahead and google “ST Micro thin-film batteries.” It’s really tiny. It is a square that measures one inch (25.7 mm) on a side, and is a mere 0.2 mm thick (that’s about the thickness […]
This year’s Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona was buzzing with a number of announcements, with the much anticipated Samsung S6 and wearables taking front seat. All the major players in the mobile space, with the exception of Apple, proudly exhibited their new devices, technologies and capabilities in very glitzy and increasingly spacious booths. In […]