Showing posts with label 2018. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2018. Show all posts

Royale makes the first foldable smartphone

FlexPai Dev Model 128/256
FlexPai Dev Model 128/256
The very first foldable smartphone is a fact. Not a big company like Samsung, Huawai, LG or Mac, but a less known American-Chinese company called Royale introduced this new item in September 2018 at the technology show in Peking. The new product was named FlexPai. The device is a combination of a tablet and a smartphone. The device has a 7,9 inch screen. If you fold out the FlexPai than you can see a screen at the front, the back and the side. Tree screens in total.

Different big smartphone companies are already busy for a long time to develop this technology to make a screen flexible and foldable, With no success until Royale introduced the FlexPai at the end of 2018. Now the pressure is on for other big smartphone companies to keep up with this technology.

The FlexPai is only available in China at the moment. The price for this gadget starts from 1150 euro, this isn’t cheap but the expectations are high not only for the price but also for the technological advantages. Will 2019 be the year of the fold-able smartphone or do we have to wait a bit longer until the big guys are catching up with this technology?

Royale maakt eerste opvouwbare smartphone

FlexPai Dev Model 128/256
FlexPai Dev Model 128/256
De allereerste opvouwbare smartphone is een feit. Geen groot bedrijf zoals Samsung, Huawei, LG of Mac, maar het bij ons onbekende Amerikaans-Chinese Royale introduceerde dit nieuwtje in september 2018 op de technologiebeurs van Peking. Het product werd de FlexPai gedoopt. Het toestel is een combinatie tussen een tablet en een smartphone. Het toestel heeft een 7,8 inch scherm. Als de FlexPai volledig is open geplooid dan zie je vooraan, achteraan en aan de zijkant een scherm. Drie schermen in totaal dus.

Verschillende grote smartphone fabrikanten zijn al heel lang bezig met de ontwikkeling van de technologie die er moet voor zorgen dat een scherm flexibel en plooibaar wordt. Tot nu toe was dit geen echt succes tot Royale op het eind van 2018 dus deze FlexPai voorstelt. Met deze lang verwachte doorbraak oefent het Amerikaans-Chinese bedrijf Royale dus druk uit op alle grote smartphone fabrikanten die nu niet meer achter kunnen blijven.

De FlexPai is voorlopig nog maar in China te koop. De prijs voor dit hebbeding werd vastgesteld op 1150 euro wat alvast niet goedkoop is maar de verwachtingen blijven hoog zowel op technologisch vlak als op vlak van prijs. Wordt 2019 het jaar van de plooibare smartphone of wordt het nog wat langer wachten tot alle grote jongens mee zijn met deze technologie?

The perfect laptop configuration for 2017 and 2018

We can help you determing wich laptop suits your needsyou. Because there are a lot of models and brands who deliver laptops and there are many specific needs for the user it should be wise to take some of our advice.

We first build a perfect laptop that fits best to the average user. Then we go a step further by giving you the configurations for a professional laptop, for those who are very demanding. And as last we made a configuration for just a little less budget and hardware.

We already made some perfect configurations for laptops in 2015 and we see that not much has changed dramatically since then. What changed crucially is the generation of CPU's. Intel has now the 7th generation of i5 and i7 processors on the market. These CPU's are much more efficient in using power and has improved in speed. Also the weigth of the laptops are dramatically downsized. The laptops are also getting thinner and thinner. The disadvantage of that last part is that there's not much space for USB connections. The normal USB connection is in most cases replaced by the thinner micro USB connection like you can find on smart-phones.


Average laptop configuration

Profile: for the global home user who still wants to perform some tasks in an easy manner, listening to music, using office programs and wants to play video games on the laptop.

Cost: between € 500 and € 1.000.

CPU: Intel i5 processor, ideal to perform multiple tasks simultaneously without losing power.

RAM: 6 GB DDR3. This should be more than sufficient to run all your programs without any delay.

Graphics card: An "on board" graphics card that is already integrated on the motherboard is good enough. Do you regularly play video games then you're best off with a graphics card from ATI or Nvidea, 2GB GPU would be more than enough.

Hard Drive: 256 GB SSD Drive. These are the new hard drives of tomorrow. They are less vulnerable because they have no moving elements more, weigh less, make less noise, consume less energy, should not be defragmented and above all they are super fast compared to a traditional hard drive of 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm. Most people that has not much documents and programs has enough space with 256GB Who has many documents should obtain for a capacity of 512 GB.

14" to 15" wide screen: These formats are standard and convenient to carry. The only drawback is that you often do not have a numeric keypad in this kind of small screens. If you do want a numeric keypad or a bigger screen than you better buy a 17" screen, but that makes the price more expensive.

Operating System: Windows 10 (64 bit) home edition, Mac OS X (64 bit). The latest versions of the two most popular operating systems offers you a of maximum safety and speed. If you go for a Windows computer, we recommend you to use a 64-bit version, this versions supports more RAM. To give you an idea: A 32-bit version of Windows, supports only up to 3.2 GB of RAM, even if you have 4GB in your notebook. A 64-bit version can fully use this 4GB, and is much easier to expand, up to 128GB if enough ram slots are present of course.


Professional laptop configuration

Profile: To use in a professional environment for heavy programs such as CAD applications, that requests many power. Also die hard gamers are best off with a more professional computer as games often require a lot of computing power.

Cost: from € 800.

CPU: Intel i7 processor, ideal to perform multiple tasks simultaneously without compromising on power.

RAM: 8 GB to 16 GB DDR3. This should be more than sufficient to make work all your programs without any delay.

Graphics card: An ATI or Nvidea card is an absolute must, 4 to 8 GB GPU is recommended.

Hard disk: As before, it is advisable to place an SSD Drive from 256 to 512 GB, because an old hard disk that has rotating elements, is often the delaying factor on many computers and laptops. A second normal harddisk of 1TB is good if you need to store very large files.

17" wide screen: This format of display certainly offers its advantages. You usually have numeric keypad. This format of screens unfortunately also has its bigger price. They are also slightly more awkward to carry and weight more. Most of the laptops have now an option to delivere 4K configurations.

Blu-Ray and DVD player. Most laptops with a 17” screen comes with a Blu-Ray player. But be aware that many brand downsize the costs by eliminating this peace of hardware.

Operating System: Windows 10 (64 bit) Pro Mac OS X (64 bit). If you are in a network environment than have to use at least the pro version of Windows. This is also the only way to connect the laptop on a dignified manner to the server. 64 bit is a must because it supports more RAM. To give you an idea: A 32-bit version of Windows, supports only up to 3.2 GB of RAM, even if you have 4GB in your notebook. A 64-bit version can fully use this 4GB, and is much easier to expand, up to 128GB if enough ram slots are present of course.


Budget laptop configuration

Profile: for the home user who does not need to use a lot of programs and often only use the laptop to surf the Internet.

Cost: max. € 600.

CPU: Intel i3 processor or lower like an Intel Pentium N or an AMD processor.

RAM: 4 GB DDR3. This should be more than sufficient in order to open some Internet applications.

Graphics card: An "on board" graphics card that is already integrated on the motherboard will do just fine.

Hard Drive: 128 GB SSD drive or a hard disk drive of 5400 rpm with a capacity of 500 GB.

11" to 14" wide screen: Smaller screens make the laptop more mobile and less heavy.

Operating system: Google Chromium OS, Windows 10 (32 bit or 64 bit) home edition, Mac OS X. A 64-bit version will not be needed because it's only overkill. A cheaper alternative to the operating system compared to Windows or Mac OS is the Chromium OS from Google. You can compare this OS with the Android operating system from a smart phone or tablet. You need Internet access all the time because you mainly work with the browser and the available Apps. Many other programs such as Office, can not be install and everything will be saved to a cloud service.


Conclusion


Making these configurations like we did in 2015 tells us that not much has changed. Of course there are other configurations possible, so if you are not comfortable with these configurations, than the best thing you can do is to let you assist by the professional in the store in order to find your ideal laptop. Hopefully now you know what directions you need to go for the configuration when choosing a new laptop.
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