Annual update for flagship Samsung Galaxy S7 by Samsung

The Samsung introduces the program of the annual exchange of smartphones on the new model. A similar service iPhone Upgrade Program last year suggested that the main competitor of the South Korean manufacturer. Within the iPhone Upgrade Program users "apple" products offer every year to change an old smartphone to a new version.

After paying $ 32 for the first month, the user will have at its disposal the iPhone 6s with a storage capacity of 16 GB. For the 64-gigabyte version of the monthly fee will be US $ 36.58 for a 128-gigabyte - 40.75 dollars. For iPhone 6s Plus subscription costs $ 4 higher - 36.58, 40.75 and 44.91 dollars respectively. After 12 months of iPhone can be exchanged for a new one.

As it became known, Samsung introduces the same program for the flagship smartphone Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. It will be launched on the day of the start of official sales of new products on 11 March. Each purchaser of the Galaxy, who wants to upgrade at the same time with the release of the new model can sign a contract in which he agrees to pay the monthly payments.

A person must open an account with Samsung credit card for payment without interest payments for 24 months. However, in the following year (i.e 12 months) are replaced with new models of smartphones. As a result, the buyer can not miss a single update in the next year will receive Korean Android-communicator of the new generation immediately after release.

We assume they will be called Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 edge and the counter is reset and will go again. The service will be available for countries with three major telecom operators SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus. The action program is distributed in the Asian region, but in the future may appear in other countries.

Did I need Someone HTC Vive?

The helmet of a virtual reality by Taiwanese HTC has been a big surprise for all connoisseurs of high-tech. Of course, this is due to the fact that over the years the company engaged exclusively release smartphones. Whatever it was, the presentation took place and did not notice the novelty was impossible.

Advantages include good performance and a device in collaboration with Valve's, to the downside - a rather high price. With this advantage in the end whether the model and was popular after the start of pre-orders? Let's find out.

As mentioned above, the new device appears thanks to the cooperation HTC now Valve's. The result of combining their efforts to become a device with two displays a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and a frequency of image updating 90 Hz. All this sounds good, but after scoring the price is 799 dollars, many doubted the success of new products.

It turns out, in vain. Pre-order for all available devices has been issued within a few minutes. As representatives of the resource The Verge, for ten minutes, users pre-ordered for 15 000 units of the HTC Vive. Given the cost of the device, it becomes clear that the company earned $ 12 million. ViveIt seems, CEO Cher Wang, saying that are more important for HTC virtual reality devices than smartphones, was right. It is likely that as a result of such developments Taiwanese manufacturer finally manage to get out of financial problems. HTC ViveVive go to their users on 4 April. Do you welcome this news? Whether you are interested in the device itself? Share your answers in the comments.

VOYO VBook V1 Tablet Powerful as a Laptop

Lately, buyers are very popular tablets, which can be used as notebooks and the release of Windows 10 helped to further popularize this type of device. However, not always a really high quality tablet laptops manage to buy at a bargain price.

Due to limited GearBest store stocks you have the opportunity to become the owner of a great device called VOYO VBook V1, without spending a lot of money. This 10.1-inch ultrabook has a keyboard with a swivel mount, which can be converted into a convenient stand or remove to use the device as a Tablet PC.

The kit VOYO VBook V1 also includes a stylus that makes navigation of the operating system is much more comfortable. Under the hood is working quad-core Intel Cherry Trail Z8300 with a frequency of 1.44 GHz, which can be overclocked to 1.84 GHz. The screen with IPS-matrix has a resolution of 1280 by 800 pixels, so that the graphic content will bring you real pleasure.

Battery with a capacity of 8000 mAh will be enough for a lot of hours of active use without having to charge the device.

Vivo Xplay 5: Snapdragon 820 & 6GB of RAM

The premiere of the highly anticipated Vivo Xplay 5, on which work was carried out over two years. As expected, the smartphone received a record amount of RAM and a powerful Snapdragon processor 820.

In Vivo Xplay 5 market will be presented in two versions - standard with the Snapdragon 652/4 GB of RAM and a top with a Snapdragon 820/6 GB of RAM. In addition, the difference between the models in the audio hardware. Both smartphones will enjoy high-quality sound, but the top in particular. The standard model is equipped with a bunch of audio chip, including the DAC Cirrus Logic CS4398 and amplifier AD45257 (AD8397).

At the same time, the top was the so-called sound system HIFI 3.0. It includes as many as two flagship ES9028 DAC and three amplifiers OPA1612. It turns out that for each channel - left and right, a separate audio chip.

Features of Vivo Xplay 5:

5.43-inch curved Super Amoled 2K-display (2560 × 1440)

Chipset Snapdragon 652 or Snapdragon 820

RAM 4 GB or 6 GB of RAM

128GB flash drive

Camera 8 megapixel and 16 megapixel

WiFi + (need to clarify what we mean)

Audio CS4398 + AD45257 or 2xES9028 + 3xOPA1612

The fingerprint scanner

Metal housing

3600 mAh battery on

Software based on Android OS 6.0

Price expected very high. The standard model will cost 3698 yuan ($ 564), a top - 4288 yuan ($ 654).