Obi Worldphone’s first smartphones are here. Photo: Obi Worldphone
Backed by ex-Apple CEO John Sculley, Obi Worldphone is a startup company that’s hoping to shake up the affordable Android market with two new devices that combine stylish designs and decent specifications with even more attractive price tags.
Meet the Obi Worldphone SF1 and SJ1.5, which start at as little as $129.
Cover up the logos and you can hardly tell them apart. Photo: Steve Hemmerstoffer
HTC appears to have given up on its own design language in an effort to make its next flagship smartphone an iPhone clone. Leaked images of the so-called HTC Aero look almost identical to an iPhone 6, with the same flat form factor and protruding camera.
Which of these smartphones charges fastest? Not the iPhone. Photo: Adrian Isen
What’s the fastest-charging smartphone? It’s not an iPhone. If you care about how fast your phone goes from 0 percent to fully juiced, you should buy an Asus Zenfone 2 or Samsung Galaxy S6. Here’s why.
Vulkan is coming to Android. Photo: Samsung
Apple Metal, introduced at last year’s WWDC, gives developers low-level access to the GPU to maximize the graphics and performance potential of their games. Now Android gamers are going to get a taste of that, too.
No, Apple isn’t bringing Metal to Android — but Google is adopting an alternative called Vulkan.
Is Samsung planning a supersized slate? Photo: Samsung
Apple’s larger iPad Pro is right around the corner, according to the rumors, and Samsung is already planning something bigger. According to leaked import documents, the South Korean company is currently testing a prototype device with a giant 18.4-inch display.
