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mayalaen · 6 years ago

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yep i’m griping about family again what’s new :P

1. Andre (asshole cousin’s kid we’re raising) messed with the brand new bucket of chlorine tablets we just bought days ago for $80, leaving the top off (which we’ve gotten on him about MANY times -- there’s no reason for him to mess with it anyway he just wants to) and there was a storm here last night.

I now have an $80 bucket of chlorine water. BTW, if you didn’t know, you can’t just dump that into the pool. I *have* to go buy a new $80 bucket and find some way of dumping what I currently have without damaging the trees, grass, etc. It’s heavy, so getting it into the house without bleaching my carpets will be fun.

2. Meagan (uncle’s wife’s daughter) went to the cell phone store because she wanted (didn’t need) an Android instead of the 6-month-old iPhone she insisted six months ago she NEEDED. Even though her Android at the time was fine.

I told her two weeks ago not to do anything until I we made sure it wasn’t going to mess things up because there’s 14 devices total on that account. I was thinking about getting a cell phone that’s just for the shop. One that the guys could use to accept credit cards when I wasn’t there. But I’ve since learned that we don’t need a separate phone and I can just put an app on their phones.

Before I could tell her that, she went yesterday and now has a Samsung Note 9. When I questioned her on the price, she said, “The guy said it was only $2 more a month.” I told her yeah the phone itself is maybe $2 more a month but the SERVICE for the phone is $22 ON TOP of what we’re already paying. She shrugged it off like it was nothing >:(

So not only is her phone now $73 a month, but I *still* don’t get the money because she gives it to my uncle, who then uses it himself. Oh, and he told her not t worry about it and keep paying $50 a month, for some reason. I think he’s feeling soft because she’s going through a divorce. A divorce, BTW, which was her doing because she wanted to dictate every moment of her husband’s life and when he didn’t do everything EXACTLY like she said, she slammed him with divorce papers.

3. Anyway she took my upgrade on my phone without asking. Charlie (my uncle) recently took my mom’s phone upgrade when he threw his phone in anger (insurance doesn’t cover that) and Dominic took my aunt’s phone upgrade when he claimed he lost his phone, then “found” it six days later after we set him up with the new cell phone he had been wanting for weeks.

Me, my mom, and my aunt all have phones that are over 3 years old and all of them need replacing because of issues, but if I try to upgrade them now, I’ll need to pay full price because Meagan, Charlie, and Dominic took our upgrades. Oh, and don’t forget they used their own upgrades just months ago for new phones.

Last night Marissa texted me to rave about Meagan’s new phone and how “it’s so nice I could really use one of those!” I managed to keep my cool. She’s had her current phone for 8 months and it just got back from the repair shop after she kept going hiking with it in her bra and got it so hot (120-degree weather + sweat) that the battery expanded.

4. Andre doesn’t have a tablet, cell phone, computer/laptop, or hand-held gaming system because he just keeps destroying them and I couldn’t afford to keep up with it. But now the school REQUIRES him to have some type of device to access homework, scheduling, and other school stuff.

WHY the fuck would you require that?! You just up and decided I needed to buy this kid a device he’s going to destroy within just a few weeks?! Are you going to pay for a new one every time he destroys one? Are you going to deal with all the shit he buys with it when he figures out my uncle’s Amazon password again?! Are you going to patiently teach him how to use the system and deal with the fact he hides homework and needs to be monitored closely even just to maintain a C average because he just doesn’t give a fuck about consequences or school or anything?!

I constantly feel like I’m holding the kid back by not letting him have those devices. He’s of a generation where familiarity with electronics is a must, and yet I just can’t. He doesn’t care enough about anything to NOT destroy them. So what am I supposed to do with a school that insists he use one on a daily basis? And not just for extracurricular activities, but for work that highly impacts his grade?!

Does someone wanna buy a kid or two? Or adopt me? or kill a few members of my family for me

#my family #andre #meagan #charlie #this is me complaining #real life #long post #dominic

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uwcvoices · 7 years ago

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Interesting Thoughts 2: It May Be Too Late

1. Take a step back and try to think about the big movements in life that affect you. Not the day to day minutia, like where you go to eat and about how some guy stared at you on the subway, but instead things like, “What is the function of the building I’m currently in? Who built this building? How much money did it cost? Where did these people get this money from?” Weird, complicated things like that. Those are the important things. That’s how you become a high flyer.

2. It is the year 2200 and the planet Earth is finally being destroyed. Luckily, two separate alien races have been kind enough to take some humans in to each of their home planets. The two planets differ in only one aspect: the populations. Planet A is inhabited by Agorrans, blue human like aliens that have a crime rate of 0.1% (1 alien per 10000 aliens commits a crime). Planet B is inhabited by Zippys, green human like aliens who have a crime rate of 5%. Which planet do you pick, and more importantly, are you a racist? Also, are you a bad person?

3, Whenever you hear of these great people who start these massively successful nonprofits, or social justice movements, or create a master piece of art, half the time this event is always triggered by something, like the death of a relative or friend. My question is, we know there are horrible things happening around the world. Just look up “ongoing conflict 2017 wikipedia”. Look up “Chinese housing bubble”. Go on liveleak.com. Horrible things are happening/will happen soon, 1000% sure. Why does something have to happen close to us in order to trigger action? (I’m also partially asking myself this). Why do we get sad when one person dies near us, but not sad when one thousand die elsewhere? Is sadness a function of distance?

4. People like to make fun of conspiracy theorists but in my opinion it’s a low hanging fruit. Many of the major wars the US has been in were the result of a big lie – such as the Gulf of Tonkin (a US false flag) which triggered the Vietnam War, the WMDs in Iraq (were never there), the sinking of the Lusitania (which was carrying large amounts of munitions, and wasn’t just a civilian transport ship) which caused the US to fight in WWI, and which laid the roots for WWII. It is common knowledge the CIA fed thousands of people LSD and who knows what else (they destroyed the rest of the evidence of MKULTRA), the NSA, if they really want to, can find out the location of 99% of US citizens at any time if they want to thanks to your Handy Dandy Personal Tracking Device TM , you can’t even remove the battery from your Iphone if you wanted to, and, if the US had nuclear subs in the 50s, what in the world do you think we have after 67 years of pouring half our government funds into military research and development? At this point, if you aren’t on Tails Linux using Tor and using a gutted Blackberry (Just like Obama), you ain’t free. Say hey, NSA.

5. Where does money come from? They print US dollars at those mints in Colorado, right? Well, if you thought that, you’re only 5% right. 5% of our money is printed. The other 95% is created by banks when they give out loans, so really, money is debt. The more debt there is, the more money there is. This presents certain problems. Say all of the money in the world is represented by 1 dollar, and there are only 2 people on Earth. You have this 1 dollar, and you loan it to the second person for 10% interest. He returns the dollar to you on the second day, but he still owes you 10% interest. Where in the world does he find this 10% from if there is no money left in the world except for what you have? Surprise, that is how the real world works. We are taking money from the future to spend in the present. Number two: Economists usually say that 3% growth is needed annually for countries to function normally. But really, 3% growth this year is much larger than 3% growth last year; the economy relies on exponential growth in order to function normally. Is that normal? Does that make sense? Can’t a country just maintain itself? The answer to all of those questions is No. The system is perpetually running away from the next Big Crash. Big Crashes that leave millions Unemployed TM and Starving TM . So, Get Out While You Still Can TM. If you’re interested in learning more about this, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nBPN MKefA&list=PLmpODdsfprYH4Fhsso8PVPQBNxVDQSgb_

6. http://www.valuewalk.com/wpcontent/uploads/2016/08/InflationThingsYouNeedvsThingsYouWant.png

Look at this graph. Just look at it and think a little bit. Actually, think a lot. Think really, really hard. Because chances are, if you’re reading this, you’re paying over $30,000 for a college education. That’s all I’m going to say. I’ll leave this one to you. If you need a little help, go on khanacademy.com and look at the stuff they teach you there for free vs. the stuff you learn that you pay for in college. OK I’ll go away for real now.

7. I think that’s pretty much it for this piece. Now, you may be asking, “OK, Smithe. I read your bullshit, racist tripe. Now what do I get out of it? Why should I ever read another one of your dumbass looney posts again?” That’s an interesting, and valid question…if you recall from the last interesting thoughts post, I said this: “Two years ago about 1 Bitcoin cost $205. Now it costs around $1000. If you aren’t interested in such topics, MAKE YOURSELF INTERESTED.” Well, if you had followed my advice, or even asked me what the hell Bitcoin is, (I’m free to talk!) I probably would have introduced you to the world of investing in cryptocurrencies, which I joined right after making that post. So far, through investing (and I’m just a noob, I didn’t know shit about investing before I started), I’ve more than doubled my money over the course of about 4 months, and it wasn’t just a couple of pennies I made either. For comparison, a good investment on the stock market is making 15% over the course of a year. And, because you guys probably go to expensive schools, you probably have some money to throw around. Why not skip buying the next expensive meal at some sushi place (that you probably won’t enjoy that much anyway) and throw it into investment every now and then? Even if you’re cautious, like I was, you could still end up making a couple hundred bucks over the course of a few months. So, to wrap up, not only is this publication valuable to read because I have good ideas, but there is also now a FINANCIAL incentive to reading it. When’s the last time you got paid to read a Buzzfeed article, huh? Also, just a disclaimer, I’m speaking to you as a friend here, not a financial advisor. It’s possible you could lose money, and all decisions you make are your own. Also, the market is very volatile as of late so I would recommend only entering in if you get a good deal.

~~~~ If you found this publication extremely interesting, google the TV show “World Peace” by Million Dollar Extreme, from which I draw heavy inspiration, and watch an episode or two. If you didn’t find this publication interesting, well…my friend, It May Be Too Late TM .

—

John Smithe Alumni

#Alum #submission

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gadsetmobile-blog · 5 years ago

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Using iPhone Screen Replacement Kits

How hard can it be? To find out, we tried to repair a few phones with inexpensive screen kits we bought online. Reference

A cracked screen is an all-too-common problem for smartphone owners, and the high cost of repairs, which can run into the hundreds of dollars, only adds to the pain.

But for $50 or less you can do the job yourself using screen replacement kits that include all of the parts and tools you need to complete the task. And they're not just for iPhones, either. The DIY-minded can find kits for Samsung, Apple, and LG phones on Amazon, many with hundreds of positive customer reviews.

Right-to-Repair Laws Could Make It Easier to Get a Phone or Laptop Fixed I'm no engineer, but I'm not afraid to wield a screwdriver, either. And I liked the idea of fixing my own phone rather than paying $129 to have someone at the Apple Store fix it—my family spends too much on technology as it is.

So I bought three kits online and fished an old iPhone 6 with a cracked screen from a drawer in my home. And I convinced two co-workers to volunteer their cracked-screen iPhones to help me advance my research project.

Then I set aside a morning to do the work, which seemed like plenty of time. How hard could it be?

The (Relatively) Easy Part I started with a $50 kit from a smartphone repair company called iCracked. (The company also makes house calls to fix iPhones for about $80 and up depending on your phone model and location.) After watching a 30-minute demonstration video, I set to work. The phone opened up without much trouble. The iPhone 6 isn’t designed to be watertight like more recent iPhone models, and its outer shell is basically held together with a few screws.

An iPhone's home button, front-facing camera, sensors, and microphone are all attached to the screen, so I had to remove those components from the broken iPhone and install them on the new one. Lesson No. 1: Some of these components are tiny and very fragile, and it takes a decent amount of pressure to pry them out.

The Hard Part Next, I had to transfer those components to the new phone. In itself, that was a smooth process. The glue on the home button's cable attached to the new screen without a problem, and cables for other components snapped into place. The video instructions for the kits were fairly easy to follow.

The thing that set me back time and again was the familiar nemesis of any mechanic or handyman: stripped screws. That's bad enough in an engine cover or doorjamb. In a phone, it's even worse because many of the screws are the size of a pinhead. When they’re so tiny you can’t see the crossmarks on the head, and it's downright infuriating. I have great vision and found them tough to see. If you wear reading glasses, you may want to get yourself a magnifying glass.

And, boy, there sure are a lot of screws in a smartphone.

Apple tells us that iPhones' specialized screws are designed to make the device more durable. But the company says it recognizes that iPhone users increasingly want to do their own repairs, so it’s working on making future devices more DIY-friendly.

But for now, I needed to turn to the internet for help. You'd be surprised by the number of YouTube videos out there extolling tricks for extracting stripped smartphone screws.

It took a lot of effort, a pair of tiny pliers we had in our lab, and some help from co-workers (including one of our test engineers, who was chuckling into his sleeve), but I eventually got all the screws out. I wish I had a foolproof tip to make the job easier for you, but I don't.

I can tell you that the iPhone screen replacement kits I used came with magnetized screwdrivers that sucked the screws from their receptacles once they were loosened. This was a big help, but it also made it trickier to put them back in. It takes some effort to get such a tiny screw in a tiny hole. And often, once I did, the screwdriver would pull it out before I had a chance to actually screw it in. In fact, while trying to do just that, I managed to stab myself in the finger with a screwdriver.

And I sent more than one screw flying to the floor, never to be seen again. So between the screws destroyed in the removal process and the handful I lost on the floor, I ended up ordering a replacement screw set, which cost $4.50 on Amazon and put me behind schedule.

My before-lunch project had officially stretched into a multi-day slog.

The Moment of Truth After I finished transferring over all those little components, I replaced the tiny screws and snapped into place the cables that connected the new screen to my phone.

Before screwing the phone’s outer shell back together, I reconnected the battery and fired it up. It was alive! The camera still worked, as did the touch screen, home button, and microphones.

I was so excited.

And then I noticed what looked like a dark shadow in the top left corner of the screen. In an effort to troubleshoot, I reconnected the old display, which despite its crack had been in working order. A dark spot appeared on that screen as well, but this time it was in the top right corner.

After searching for advice online, I decided to check the cable connections and reboot the phone. No luck. I emailed iCracked customer service, which got back to me in a few days, advising me, among other things, to look for dirt between the display and the plate that secures it on the phone. Still no luck.

So I decided to start from scratch with a second iPhone 6 and one of the two kits I had bought on Amazon. This one was from a company called URepair. It cost $35 and came with many of the same tools the iCracked kit did, along with a similar video tutorial.

Aside from the display, which looked like it had been run over by a truck, the phone was in working order before I got my hands on it. It also contained fewer stripped screws, so the repair went much faster this time.

But the extremely poor condition of the shattered display made it a lot harder to remove and transfer the components. The screen basically crumbled when I removed it, leaving little shards of glass all over my desk and a few tiny pieces stuck in my thumb.

If your screen is in a similar state, you might want to think about wearing work gloves for this step.

When I fired up the nearly repaired phone this time around, the display was crystal clear. The cameras, touch screen, home button and microphones worked. I was thrilled.

Then the battery died. And it wouldn’t recharge. Further, Apple's iTunes software wouldn’t recognize the phone when I plugged it into my computer. I checked all the connections, reconnected the battery, and rebooted the phone several times. Nothing helped.

The co-worker who supplied that phone will soon be heading to a professional repair shop to get the problem fixed. At least that's the hope.

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Voice won’t kill anything

The standard way that technology arrives is to augment more than replace. TV didn’t kill the radio. VHS and then streamed movies didn’t kill the cinema. The microwave didn’t destroy the cooker.

Voice will not kill brands, it won’t hurt keyboard sales or touchscreen devices — it will become an additional way to do stuff; it is incremental, not cannibalistic.

We need to design around it

What is exciting about voice is not using ways to add voice interaction to current systems, but considering new applications/interactions/use cases we’ve never seen.

At the moment, the burden is on us to fit around the limitations of voice, rather than have voice work around our needs.

A great new facade

It requires rethinking

Voice as a connective layer

Proactivity

“Welcome home, would you like me to select evening lighting?”

“You’re running late for a meeting, should I order an Uber to take you there?”

“Your normal Citi Bike station has no bikes right now.”

“While it looks sunny now, it’s going to rain later.”

Automation

Via David Riggs https://techcrunch.com

#TechCrunch

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mariannewhughes · 6 years ago

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Father Fixers

Warning: Father’s Day is June 17. That’s coming up fast, folks. And this year, we’re honoring the dads, grandpas, uncles, friends, and mentors who taught us how to fix. In addition to providing much-needed support and guidance during our formative years, these relationships often serve as our first introduction to repair and tinkering.

Here at iFixit, we’ve got a whole pack of new dads and parents. So we rounded them all up to ask them about their favorite iFixit toolkits, and if they’ve recently repaired anything with (or for) their kids. Turns out, the fixer gene has not been spared with iFixit’s youngest generation. We were impressed by the sheer variety of things that dads have fixed for their kids—as well as the repair savvy their little ones possess in their own right.

Meet the dads who keep iFixit running and see for yourself:

Brett Hartt, Lead Tool Designer

“My daughter’s only 14 months old, so we don’t really do a lot of repair together yet… She breaks a lot of things. Usually it’s plastic components that break, so a lot of times it’s just gluing it back together. She also knocks a lot of things off that just require glue for now. She’s got a little playpen—we call it the command seat because she sits it in the middle of it and has all sorts of fun bells and whistles. So she sits in the middle of that, and it has all sorts of little screws and things, so we’re replacing screws or getting access to the battery components to install the batteries. And then after a few months, when we’re sick of all the sounds—to take the batteries back out… If it’s not in the Pro Tech Screwdriver Set, I reach for the Manta Driver Kit. Just because there’s so many bits available, I can find the right screwdriver bit.”

JC Solis, Graphic Designer

“I helped my kids fix a Doc McStuffins hospital cart that played sounds and stuff like that. The sound wasn’t working anymore—none of the buttons played sounds or anything. And we had swapped the batteries out, and nothing was working. I used the Pro Tech to open it up with them, and a prong had come loose in the battery connector. So it was one of those prongs that slid in and out, and we basically slid it back in and it was fine. It was a pretty straightforward fix. But that was one that I did with my kids. And they were super excited about it—for something so simple. But I usually go to the Pro Tech for almost everything, just because it’s so convenient. Like in case I need to take off adhesive or anything like that, all the tools are right there, already in the roll. I usually use that for most of the repairs I do around the house.”

Parker Hayes, Warehouse Manager

“I really like the Pro Tech—it’s probably the one I’ve used the most. I’ve used it to repair both mine and my wife’s H61M-A several times—the display and battery and headphone jack area… I haven’t done any repairs with her—all those were done just before she was born, now that I think about it. I definitely want to build stuff—I don’t think I have anything to repair at the moment. She’s really interested in all sorts of everything—she really likes to discover and hold things. Mechanics are something she loves. So I’m really excited to show her. It’s all in the search of knowledge. She loves just finding out what it is and seeing that it does—not even that it does anything important, but that it does. Does anything. Because it’s all new to her. It’s really neat seeing her learn.”

Marty Rippens, Technical Educator

“They took it upon themselves to fix their Wii because it wasn’t working. And I had the Pro Tech, so that’s what we used. I tried to help, but they pretty much did it themselves. I just offered encouragement. They got it to work again. They just feel more empowered about it—they know I work here, and I have the tools—so why not? It was cool.”

Scott Head, Operations Manager

“In the Pro Tech and the 64 Bit Kit, I really like the driver itself. I use that for all kinds of stuff. I used the Pro Tech to take apart a baby monitor, years ago. The thing’s of course glued shut—there’s no screws on the outside. So I had to separate the whole thing using that metal spudger and then screws to take out the various parts that were broken. It was a loose power jack. I did that a few years ago. It’s not built for repair of course—it’s glued shut. Trying to get in there, you run the risk of stabbing yourself with the opening tools.”

David Rans, Software Engineering Manager

“I fixed a coffee grinder recently, which was fun. I used my Pro Tech Toolkit. I used the Mahi Kit the other day. I used the big, hefty driver to take apart my computer, and that was cool. I liked the big driver, it just felt a lot more heavy duty, and it was nice for taking tight things apart. The heft gave me some more leverage, with the bigger, tougher bits. I use the Magnetic Project Mat all the time—that’s super handy for taking things apart, keeping track of all the screws.”

Danny Beardsley, Software Developer

“Sometime in the last year, my mother-in-law bought this toy for my son. It’s from like the ‘70s, maybe even earlier. It’s this old plane. And it’s maybe a foot wide, and you pull the trigger, and it spins the propellers when you pull the trigger. And it’s really neat, and it’s lasted 40 or 50 years. But it was getting really hard to pull—it was kind of gummed up. So one night after the kids went to bed, I pulled it apart and was able to find all sorts of bearings and surfaces that rub on each other, and I cleaned them all up and oiled them. But there were quite a few screws in it—and I always just grab my Pro Tech Toolkit—and sure enough, it was all I needed to get it open… I cleaned it up and put it back together, and showed him the next morning—because he loved the thing but didn’t have the strength to pull it. He was like, ‘Daddy, you make it spin the propeller!’ It’s been fun to have him see me fix something and then it comes out the other side usable again, and not destroyed.”

Jeff Snyder, Director of eCommerce

“I did a handful of repairs before Joan was born—so in preparation, prepping the house. We moved into a sweet condo, and we thought that the dishwasher worked because it was full of clean dishes. But it turns out that the folks who sold us the house cleverly filled it with dishes as though it had just finished a cycle… So I needed to fix that before the child came—because hand-washing dishes is very time consuming. So I actually used prying tools from the Pro Tech, of course. But I also used the handles from the Manta Driver Kit. And the big knobby handles in the ¼” drive were helpful for screwing the basic Phillips #02 screws that were totally stuck on there with all sorts of awesome little bits of heavy metals that dried on there. So it was a pretty basic repair. It was that plus the use of the prying tools and spudgers to deal with all the little tabs and take that thing out… Now I can wash lots of grown-up dishes. Because, for whatever reason, we don’t wash most bottles and that sort of thing in the dishwasher. I don’t know. My wife read an article or something.”

Richard Suovanen, Technical Educator

“The Pro Tech is a really good one because it has pretty much everything. Amelie really likes it too because she likes the little Magnetic Mat—she’s always sticking things on it, and she uses it to fix all her little toys and replace batteries on her stuff. I usually get her to help me fix, do car maintenance. She was out helping my dad tear out the floor and inspect the transom in his boat, and do the fiberglassing and drilling and everything. She loves to get her hands on everything. She drilled a little hole in her bike. She’s got a mudguard on the front of her bike, and she took a drill and drilled a hole so she good hang her little teddy bear keychain on it. Because there was nowhere else to put it, so she was like, ‘I’ll drill a hole in it!’ and it worked out perfectly. That was really cool. She also likes the Opening Picks—she takes them and plays her ukelele with them. She doesn’t fix things with them, but she’s like, ‘Oh it’s a guitar pick!’ and uses it for that.”

Dan Riviore, iFixit Pro

“My daughter’s only nine months old, so I haven’t done any repairs for her yet. I’m always doing repairs for family and friends, so it feels like I’m preparing to do repairs for my kids in the future. It was an iPhone 7 screen replacement, so while I was doing that, I also replaced the battery at the same time. And it was for a friend who’s fiancé broke her phone screen. And so I got it replaced at a local shop and I guess I was unhappy with the way the replacement screen she has was working. So I got out my Pro Tech, I bought them a replacement screen and replacement battery, and I opened it up. It was a really fun experience because they both kind of sat there and did it with me. I helped them tinker with little parts of it. It was kind of neat to be doing an iPhone 7 because it’s kind of something different, with different cable connections and required different bits that come with the toolkit. I was glad to be able to use that Tri-point screwdriver bit for the first time. It was a cool experience, and I know that I’ll probably be doing iPads and things in the future with my little daughter.”

Are you still looking for ideas for the perfect Father’s Day gift? We get it, it’s hard. Fortunately, we hand-picked a selection of tools for every kind of dad out there—browse our Father’s Day 2018 Gift Guide.

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powerbankreview1-blog · 7 years ago

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Best power bank portable charger They are 1 & the same. BEST PORTABLE PHONE CHARGER, EXTERNAL BATTERY CHARGER, it doesn’t mean! If it’s the best battery that you can utilize to control a device by its own top battery without working a wall outlet, it’s a PORTABLE POWER BANK. What sort of batteries do BEST POWER BANKS use? POWER BANKS usually come including Lithium-Polymer (Li-Po) & Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) top batteries. When it happens to top batteries, not each is formed uniformly. Lithium-Ion top batteries hold a larger power density & are inexpensive to produce, but can have problems by aging. Lithium-Polymer does not allow from growing to the related amount so are a real choice. Though, due to their larger manufacturing expenses, they possibly do not fill all funds.

What sorts of Power Banks are there?

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Advantages of the Best Portable USB Power Bank Charger USB/Portable: This is, in a word, a charger is USB OR PORTABLE POWER BANK. You can carry it in the office, or while on travel or vacation. It does not demand sockets. So you can fill your phone even when you are in travel or vacation in the forest or woods. The portability will certainly help you stay gone from a terrible situation when the box runs out of life. For that purpose, you cannot have many numbers of times. For instance, you can load your mobile phone more than once. Also, if you go for an extended weekend, the Chinese MOBILE PHONE BATTERY CHARGER you can during the entire trip. Simply connects to a USB POWER BANK slot or port: It can easily get connected with a USB slot or port so that can be recharged in a car or with a laptop. The USB port gives compatibility with every device as large as they have standard ends. Taxes universal: BEST USB POWER BANK CHARGER is a wonderful thing, it also seems as a universal charger. This means that it is for almost all sorts of devices. You can load all classes of mobile phones, like Blackberry, Android, & iPhone, & you can fill your tablet and camera and so on. Reasonable price: It’s cheap, and not too significant pressure on your wallet. Multiple outlets: the power of the banks are multiple outlets, letting you attach more than 1 phone.

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Heavy or Bulky: A little disadvantage is the EXTERNAL PORTABLE BATTERY CHARGER of China is that it is a bit heavy. It is bulky and has weight. So, if you are to carry it, it feels a little awkward, because it adds to the burden of your handbag. It begins with a USB cable: In the time of wireless, the device uses a USB cable, which is still a small setback. Shorter ropes of powers Bank: Using the MOBILE PHONE BATTERY CHARGER while it is connected to BATTERY PACK CHARGER is difficult. Power banks chargers regularly have very little cords (2-3inch) which indicates one has to operate the phone when it is charging. Trivial or Frivolous charges: This can be just another trivial costs if you do not have to travel a lot or do not depend on official work. Most people do not find it very useful. But for some, it may simply not worth the price. In case, it is true that smartphone BEST PORTABLE PHONE CHARGER has its share of disadvantages. However, in the modern situation, 1 can safely conclude that the benefits of just outnumbered & balances its disadvantages. Read the full article

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Best Chinese Smartphone You Should See

The OnePlus 5 is the latest flagship from the Chinese manufacturer, and it's an absolute beast, even compared to its flagship killing predecessor, the OnePlus 3T (also on this list). There are two variants, each with differing RAM and internal storage amounts. The 64 GB / 6 GB of RAM version goes for $479, while the 128 GB / 8 GB of RAM version is just $539. Considering that this device has the latest Qualcomm processor, the same Snapragon 835 as the Galaxy S8 in fact, this is an incredible price. As we noted in our review, the OnePlus 5 bears a strong resemblance to the iPhone 7, but the back is more curved and ergonomic, with a less significant camera bump. With such an overkill amount of RAM, the phone has fantastic performance, and the Dash Charge keeps it juiced up well. The camera performance is perfectly adequate, and best of all, it's available in the US. Lowest price: OnePlus 5 Best price The OnePlus 5 / © AndroidPIT Honor 8 The Honor 8 is a truly impressive device for its price. It's less than $400, but it manages to perform on par with the $700 flagships of the moment. With this device, Huawei managed to make a top of the line smartphone for half the price and it looks gorgeous. Opinion by Brittany McGhee The Honor 8 has a premium look without the price tag What do you think? The Honor 8's design sets it apart. Plus, it has premium touches, like the glass and aluminum body, strong performance and excellent battery life. Add the dual 12 MP camera system with an optical image stabilizer, double pixel technology and rapid focus to the mix and you can see why we think it's an excellent value phone. Best of all, you can get it in the US easily. Lowest price: Honor 8 Best price The Honor 8 / © AndroidPIT Honor 6X Again, Honor sets the bar high. The Honor 6X caters to the needs of connected millenials looking for an affordable phone without compromising too much with the specs. It offers most high-end features, but the price-performance ratio is what really sets it apart. The 6X has a 5.5-inch Full-HD LCD display, 16 nm octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 655 processor and a 3,340 mAh battery. These aspects combined mean you're getting a powerful smartphone that can breeze through a day of normal use without breaking a sweat. It runs the latest version of Android and has a satisfactory 12 MP rear camera, too. Lowest price: Honor 6X Best price The Honor 6X is the best option at this price. © AndroidPIT OnePlus 3T Among the 2016 flagships, the OnePlus 3T really impressed us. The Snapdragon 821 processor plus 6 GB of RAM really outdoes a lot of its more well-known competitors. The flagship killer even earned itself the title of fastest on the market for a brief while. It's at the top end of the performance spectrum, and we've got the benchmark results to prove it in our review. The design is also pretty sleek, especially if you're not sold on the idea of a glass backed phone. You can get the OnePlus 3T online in the US with no problems, as well. Lowest price: OnePlus 3T Best price

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The OnePlus 3 is the Ferrari F12 of Android. / © AndroidPIT Huawei Mate 9 The Huawei Mate 9 is a powerful, yet long-lasting device. It's reliable and visually appealing, as well. The huge 5.9-inch full HD display complements the standard Huawei design dominated by metal and glossy cut edges. Its dual-lens camera comes from the experts at Leica. This phablet wasn't originally launched in the US, but is now available here as of February 2017. You can get the beast from a variety of outlets. It comes with a 4,000 mAh battery, an octa-core Hisilicon Kirin 960 processor, Android Nougat and 4 GB of RAM. Lowest price: Huawei Mate 9 Best price The Huawei Mate 9 is not for those with tiny hands. / © AndroidPIT The best Chinese phones not officially available in the US Honor 9 While Honor says they have no plans to release the Honor 9 in the US for now, I'm keeping my fingers crossed, because it's a fantastic device that looks simply stunning. The way the light reflects off the back is even more mesmerizing than its predecessor, the glass-backed Honor 8 (also on this list). In addition to the design, the new flagship has great performance specs. The Honor 9 boasts the same Kirin 960 processor as the Huawei P10 (for a lower price) and 4 GB of RAM, in addition to a 3,200 mAh battery capacity. In our review, that translated to smooth performance and average battery life. The camera is feature-packed and provides great results, especially with the Pro mode. If you like the look and feel inspired to buy this phone, you can wait and hope it comes to the US officially or try to import it from Europe, the UK or China, at the equivalent price of about $500. The Honor 9 / © AndroidPIT Xiaomi Mi 6 The Xiaomi Mi 6 has taken the place of its predecessor on this list as it has just been released in China on April 28. Unfortunately, this device isn't coming to the US officially, but it may be worth looking into importing one. For between $360 and $435 (plus import costs), you get some of the best specs on the market - on par with those of the Samsung Galaxy S8. It offers curved glass on the back and front, the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor and 6 GB of RAM. To keep the 5.15-inch display going all day, it has a more than adequate 3,350 mAh battery. We can't wait to get our hands on this device to try it out. Xiaomi Mi 6: premium design and specs, mid-range price. / © Xiaomi Lowest price: Xiaomi Mi 6 Best price (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Xiaomi Mi Mix Nowadays, Xiaomi even improves the innovation of what they copy. The Xiaomi Mi Mix recycles the idea of a mid-range phone released in 2015, manufactured by Sharp, the Aquos Crystal. This curious device came and went from store shelves without making any sort of splash. Yet, the same idea in the hands of Xiaomi has become innovative and futuristic. The bezel-less display is remarkable, taking up 91.3 % of the device's surface. The corners of the display are also rounded, which further improves the screen edge. Since there isn’t any space above the display, the front camera has been moved to the bottom, similar to the Aquos from Sharp. This is a truly amazing looking device. This smartphone went on sale in China on November 4. It has two variants: 4 GB RAM and 128 GB of memory, and 6 GB RAM and 256 GB of memory with gold details. Without any border, the Mi Mix’s display covers 91.3 % of the device's front. / © Xiaomi Huawei P10 The Huawei P10 replaces the P9 on this list. It has a trendy dual camera, great build quality, powerful processor and a gorgeous 5.1-inch display. The 3,200 mAh battery keeps the impressive Kirin 960 processor and 4 GB of RAM going throughout the day. The phone comes with the latest version of Android, Nougat, plus its internal memory can be expanded with a microSD card. On notable thing about the Huawei P10 is that its design resembles the iPhone, especially the rear of the device. While it isn't going to be made available in the US, the P10 is a really impressive, beautiful device worthy of your consideration. Lowest price: Huawei P10 Best price The Huawei P10 / © AndroidPIT Meizu Pro 6 When you want to import the best Chinese smartphone, features are an important thing to take into account. In principle, Chinese smartphones offer a good value for money, and this is indeed the case with the Meizu Pro 6. The smartphone is impressive on many fronts but it has two weak points to take into account: no 800MHz 4G and a unique UI. The phone is well-designed, but that's only because it's an iPhone clone. Fans of stock Android might get scared away by the unique FlymeOS, which is based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The 5.7-inch display is protected by Gorilla Glass 3. Under the hood, there's a Mediatek MT6797T Helio X25 processor, 4 GB of RAM and 32 to 64 GB of internal storage. It also has a 21 MP rear camera and a 5 MP selfie camera. The Meizu Pro 6 was definitely inspired by the iPhone's design. © AndroidPIT Lenovo ZUK Z1 You may not have heard of the ZUK Z1, but you'll wish you had. Backed by Lenovo, the ZUK Z1 has outstanding battery life, a rock-solid fingerprint scanner, good performance and a very decent camera, all for the low price of $220. The ZUK Z1 also features a 5.5-inch Full HD display, Snapdragon 801, CyanogenMod OS 12 (based on Lollipop), 64 GB internal storage, 3 GB of RAM, a 4,100 mAh battery and 13 MP Sony sensor. Not bad at all. Lowest price: ZUK Z1 Best price The Zuk Z1 is a great all-rounder. / © AndroidPIT Lenovo Vibe P1 Lenovo's Vibe P1 has one feature that will absolutely destroy what you thought was possible for a $160 phone: a 4,900 mAh battery. That's not a typo, the Vibe P1 has a battery that's double the size of many other smartphone batteries right now. But that's not all – the Vibe P1 also delivers super fast-charging technology to get that monster battery charged pronto, as well as a fingerprint scanner, 5.5-inch Full HD display and Android Lollipop. Did we mention this thing only costs $160? Lowest price: Lenovo Vibe P1 Best price (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Lenovo Vibe P1 has a battery double the size of most smartphones. / © Lenovo How do I get one of these phones? Where there's a will, there's a way. In our device reviews, we always provide info on the best price for a device and share links for where you can buy one (just make sure you check the phone's LTE frequencies to ensure they will work with your carrier before you buy). There are also a bunch of excellent online retailers in China willing to ship a device globally, many of which can be found in our article on how to buy Xiaomi phones in the US. via Blogger http://ift.tt/2u0eWTv

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Catch squashing comes to cell phones: Ars surveys the Xperia Play The Xperia Play, a gaming telephone with a slide-out arrangement of PlayStation-style.

The Xperia Play, an Android-fueled, gaming-improved telephone planned by Sony Ericsson, tries to overcome any issues between PlayStation recreations and the portable stage. The Xperia Play's most huge element is the consideration of a slide-out DualShock controller-sort set of controls, designed for clients who wind up conveying a handheld reassure alongside their telephone since they are baffled by touchscreen-arranged portable diversions and favor the more exact understanding of a controller.

Regarding outside equipment, the Xperia Play could replace a gamer's handheld and PDA; tragically, the inside equipment and choice of amusements sufficiently aren't. Sony is working diligently pushing more recreations, both unique titles and ports of more seasoned ones, to the $199-with-two-year-contract Xperia Play. Nonetheless, the greater part of the accessible titles are retrofitted touch-arranged amusements that play similarly too without catch controls. While there are two or three titles that present a convincing defense for the consideration of catches, the present choice doesn't ingrain a great deal of trust in what is to seek the telephone.

The Xperia Play is robust for a telephone (it's 16 millimeters thick and weighs 175 grams) yet on the thin side for a handheld gaming console. Both the front and back boards are bended plastic, making it very agreeable to hold, and however it feels overwhelming in the hand, it's not a task to hold while playing an amusement.

The left half of the Play highlights an earphone jack and smaller scale USB port. The rest/control catch is on the upper right and furthermore works as a quiet switch, while a volume rocker sits on the correct side between the L and R catches. A mouthpiece is put at the base focus of the lower layer.

The telephone has no noticeable speakers; stereo sound rises up out of between the two sliding layers. The sound quality is great and uproarious at top volume, however there's very little profundity and the lows need punch.

The Play has the four standard keys required by Android OS: Back, Home, Menu, and Search, in a specific order from left to right. The telephone's two sliding parts are spring stacked; the system feels strong, and sliding it shut makes a fantastic smart sound. The open telephone uncovers a full supplement of PlayStation controller catches: a directional cushion, two cushions that remain in for simple sticks, four activity catches, Select and Start catches, and a moment Menu catch under the D-cushion. None of the catches are illuminated.

In spite of the fact that the format looks like a genuine DualShock controller, the catches have a particular snap to them when squeezed that gives marginally more material criticism and resistance.

The L and R catches require less compel than the other controller catches, however laying your fingers on them is unbalanced, since the back of the telephone is just so thick. L and R would be a great deal more agreeable to utilize if their surfaces were tilted more toward the back of the telephone, as opposed to sitting at very nearly a correct point to the screen.The cushions that remain in for the simple sticks, nonetheless, are a better than average trade off between the requirement for a position of safety and affectability. The surface of the controller segment of the telephone is a brushed plastic that finger cushions can float over easily. Moving a character with the cushions was a superior ordeal than attempting to point a reticule, yet we expect that solace with the simple cushions will fluctuate with the nature of amusement configuration too.

While managing our warrior fly in Star Battalion, however, the simple cushions were a poor substitute for the d-cushion. Unless I attempted to manage the plane with unmistakable swipes toward the path I needed it to go, my motions were again and again deciphered as a direction for the fly to plunge downwards.

We for the most part enjoyed utilizing the controller with the included diversions (what few there were), however we're not completely sold on the size/weight tradeoff expected to incorporate that controller��particularly when the Xperia Play will rapidly fall behind its rivals on the equipment front and components an amusement choice that battles to match offerings on different stages.

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The camera on the back of the Xperia Play is 5 megapixels and takes great shots; the shading equalization is somewhat off, however the self-adjust functions admirably if the lighting is great (else, it will experience considerable difficulties a subject, however there is a LED streak introduced). Concerning video recording, the camera just takes WVGA-determination recordings, which are properly fluffy looking. The front camera is additionally WVGA determination, so it's reasonable just for video-visiting. A pinhole mouthpiece on the back records acceptable sound.

The Xperia Play accompanies a 8GB microSD preinstalled and packs a battery appraised at 1500 mAh and gives 6 hours 25 minutes of talk time on 3G. It sounds little, yet we found the battery stood up genuinely well even to processor-escalated diversions.

Still, the processor can just do as such much: a setup with a solitary center 1GHz Snapdragon processor and 400 usable megabytes of RAM isn't particularly focused with even the present yield of non-gaming focused telephones, however the Adreno 205 GPU reclaims it a bit. (The Play can wrench out 37.7MFLOPS in the Linpack benchmark.) A cutting edge execution situated telephone owes itself, at least, a full gigabyte of RAM.

With telephones like the comparably estimated HTC Thunderbolt, the Motorola Atrix, and the (so far unreleased in the US) Samsung Galaxy S II destroying their current progenitors in Quadrant and Linpack benchmarks, we're somewhat baffled to see the Xperia Play falling behind the Motorola Droid X and Google Nexus One. The Xperia Play does okay for itself now with the little yield of diversions it has, however the absence of punch from the equipment implies that designers can't push portable gaming's breaking points on a telephone that, with its controller, is in a perfect world suited to gaming.

The capacitive screen on the Play is somewhat diminish, even at full brilliance. The determination of the screen (854 x 480 pixels) isn't incredible either, and we'd anticipate that a gaming telephone will have no less than a focused pixel check. The screen strengthens the thought that Sony isn't generally anticipating that you should play new wonderful diversions to such an extent as ports of old, polygon-upbeat PSone ports.The hues on the screen are pleasant, however, rendering recreations like Crash Bandicoot in all their splendidly shaded transcendence. Concerning the touchscreen, we were likewise inspired with the responsiveness and exactness that it loaned to writing, ideally an ordeal that will furnish great gameplay with amusements intended to utilize the screen rather than the catch controls.

Some news outlets have noticed that Xperia Plays touch base with the plastic skin of a screen defender as of now introduced. A screen defender decorated the audit unit Ars got, as well, likely on the grounds that Sony picked not to utilize a harder, more scratch-safe plastic like Gorilla Glass. At the point when Ars asked Albert Aydin, expert for Verizon Wireless, about the screen defender, he said that "a larger part of our telephones send with an unmistakable stick on the screen. The greater part of the unmistakable sticks have a tab to draw so you can expel them however not all do."

The screen defender is unquestionably not intended to help with fingerprints and other oily smears; we found the Xperia Play's screen defender grabbed prints substantially more effectively than an iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 (another vote in favor of utilizing the catches rather than the touchscreen). Still, as we stated, contribution to the touch screen is precise, so the main conceivable mischief the defender does is transform the telephone into a unique finger impression magnet.Why touch when you can D-cushion?

The Play runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread easily. We encountered a couple of minor falterings or hangs all over, so it wasn't a perfect affair, yet generally the non-gaming parts of the telephone were as usable as the normal Android telephone available.

However, the Play is about the diversions. Just a modest bunch come preinstalled, all streamlined for the controller: The Sims 3, Star Battalion, Madden 11, Crash Bandicoot, Bruce Lee, and Asphalt 6. This in itself isn't a shortcoming, yet the preinstalled diversions are pretty much the main ones intended to utilize the catches. A different application titled "Xperia Play" recommends more diversions, large portions of which are generally accessible on different stages, yet in the event that you aren't a Sims 3 lover or a Crash Bandicoot fan yearning to play the first title once more, there's very little for you here that you can't get on an average touchscreen cell phone.

Exchanging between the touch and the catch controls can some of the time befuddle a diversion; we saw one occurrence where going from one to the next while playing Sims 3 made the amusement bolt up for a short time.One of the recreations that plays best on the Play was Bruce Lee: Dragon Warrior, which was discharged on iOS a year prior. With regards to battling recreations, touchscreens have nothing on catch control; pounding physical catches remains the most ideal approach to move quickly between moves, evades, and orbiting your adversary.

At different circumstances, despite the fact that the Xperia Play is intended to be a gaming telephone, it was by all accounts working at its breaking points. Amid infeCCt, an astound amusement where you control a developing vine in one of four headings, the design were rough in spots.

By and by, the amusement that most attracted me to the Play was Minecraft Pocket Edition. While no dates have been reported for the amusement's discharge, a playable demo at E3 a week ago demonstrated the diversion taking genuine preferred standpoint of the catch controls and running easily (however given Minecraft's old-school configuration, that is not precisely an accomplishment).

Still, just a particular kind of individual would focus on a telephone for a long time to have the capacity to play one particular diversion in a hurry a couple of months before it turns out to be more open (the forthcoming handheld Sony Vita will likewise have Minecraft: Pocket Edition accessible).

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