Apple iPhone 6S Plus costs the company about $236 to manufacture, a new teardown analysis has revealed. The new smartphone from Apple is $16 more expensive than its predecessor because the developer implemented several new functions, added more advanced components and used higher quality materials, according to IHS. “3D Touch …
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Canon announces creation of 250 megapixel camera sensor
Although the consumer smartphone market may have largely moved on from the Megapixel race when it comes to improving camera image quality, there are some benefits to be found from maximising the number of pixels sucked in by a camera lens. Take the new prototype CMOS sensor that Canon has …
Read More »Columbia Pictures DMCAs official Pixels trailer
Pixels launched earlier this month and the movie is not off to a good start with critics, with an abysmal score of 17% on Rotten Tomatoes. However, it seems that Columbia Pictures is still pretty worried about piracy as the company has been sending out mass amounts of DMCA claims, one …
Read More »Samsung develops 11K display with 2250ppi pixel density
Samsung Display has begun development of a new screen for smartphones that will boast with incredible resolution and extreme pixel density. The new display will be demonstrated three years from now and will dramatically improve visual experience on smartphones. Samsung is working with 13 other companies and education institutions on …
Read More »Asus PA328Q ProArt 4K Monitor Review
Ultra HD 4K monitors have been dropping in price this year, although quality IPS models still command a premium. Today we look at the ASUS ProArt PA328Q, priced around £1,000. While still expensive, it is a far cry from the launch price of the IGZO 4K ASUS PQ321QE, which was …
Read More »Adam Sandler’s Pixels movie trailer references games
When trying to come up with a title for this piece, I wanted to be as accurate as possible and the above is about the best I could come up with. Yes I could have mentioned the fact that Kevin James is the President in this movie and I could …
Read More »Google: USB 3.1 type-C connector coming to Android phones shortly
The recently introduced USB 3.1 reversible type-C connector has a number of breakthrough benefits that will eventually make it the most popular type of wired interconnection for various devices in the world. However, before that happens, it should be adopted by device makers. Apparently, Google is confident that upcoming Android-based …
Read More »Google will apparently launch a new Chromebook Pixel soon
A while back, Google launched the Chromebook Pixel, a premium laptop designed to showcase Chrome OS with a really nice high-resolution display. The Chromebook Pixel is now two years old but apparently Google has a new model coming soon. Apparently the upcoming device was confirmed on stage at the TeamWork …
Read More »ASUS announces new PA328Q 32in 4K display
Ah CES, the time of year when a journalist's eyes bleed there's so much ‘news' out there and you can't help but wish your pockets were a bit deeper so you could afford all the new goodies being announced. One such company that's showing off a lot of new gear …
Read More »Asus Chromebook C300 Review
After all the fanfare around Chromebooks when they were first launched in 2011, the concept seems to have dropped off the radar in the last year. Samsung, once a Chromebook champion, has stopped selling them in Europe, and indeed pulled out of the entire notebook market as well. But there …
Read More »Apple’s new MacBook Air 12-inch to sport Core M chip, USB 3.1, retina display
One of the key selling points of Apple’s next-generation MacBook Air laptop is expected to be very slim form-factor, fanless cooling and long battery life. However, it turns out that the new system from Apple will also sport a number of technological breakthroughs that will hit the market for the …
Read More »Samsung announces Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3 super slim smartphones
Samsung has been a leader in the Android smartphone market for a few years now and today it has announced its “slimmest smartphones to date”, the Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3. Both devices do away with the traditional plastic build that Samsung is known for, they also come in at …
Read More »MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 3K 2QE Review (Gold w/ GTX970m)
If you are looking for a gaming laptop with Nvidia's latest Maxwell architecture then our review today of the new MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 3K 2QE will interest you. This machine features the GTX970m mobile GPU, alongside Raid SSD's, an Intel Core i7 quad core processor, 3K screen, 16GB of …
Read More »Apple announces iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3
Apple has just revealed the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 at its press event this evening, featuring “technology jam packed” in an “incredibly thin and light package”. Starting off with the iPad Air 2, this year's model comes in at just 6.1mm thick, making two iPad Air 2's …
Read More »AMD and Nvidia already preparing for 8K (7680*4320) UHD displays
Nowadays the Holy Grail for core gamers are 4K (3840/4096*2160 resolutions) monitors as well as graphics cards capable of providing decent performance in such high resolutions. However, it is well known that makers of displays have already started to work on 8K (7680*4320 resolution) screens, which are not going to …
Read More »AOC U3477PQU 34 inch 3440×1440 IPS Review
If you are building a new system for 2015 then the latest breed of ‘UltraWide' monitors might already be on your radar. With this in mind today we look at the AOC U3477PQU UltraWide WQHD which features a 3440×1440 resolution. This is an IPS panel with a 5ms GTG refresh …
Read More »VESA unveils DisplayPort 1.3 spec, adds support for 8K resolution, 4K at 120Hz
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) on Monday released the DisplayPort 1.3 standard. The new audio/video specification increases maximum link bandwidth to 32.4Gb/s, with each of four lanes running at a link rate of 8.1Gb/s/lane. The new standard will support new resolutions and modes, which enables to connect various sources …
Read More »Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 Ti iChill DHS 3072MB Review
If you are shopping for a new high performance graphics card, then Nvidia's GTX780 Ti surely has a spot right at the top of the list. Today we look at a highly overclocked and customised model – the Inno3D GeForce GTX 780Ti iChill DHS. This card ships with one of …
Read More »Here’s what Crysis 3 looks like in 8K
Crysis has always been one of the best looking games as well as one of the most demanding titles to run but what will it look like in ten years time? A resolution hack has allowed Flickr user, K-Putt, to run Crysis 3 in 8K to take some pretty good …
Read More »Oculus releases new Rift 0.3.1 SDK
Fans of the Rift might still be reeling somewhat from the recent Facebook acquisition news, but that doesn't mean the VR enthusiasts at Oculus have been sitting on the laurels. Today they announced the release of a new version of the software development kit, 0.3.1. This update, though good to …
Read More »Dell XPS 15 9530 Review
Today we take a look at a 2014 model laptop from Dell. The DELL XPS 15 9530 is a pretty standard looking 15″ laptop, but it incorporates an ultra high QHD+ resolution touch-screen (3200 x 1800 pixels), a quad core i7-4702HQ CPU with 16GB of DDR3 and a Nvidia GT 750m. …
Read More »Chromebook shipments totaled just around 2.1 million units in 2013
Although a number of PC makers are pretty vocal about the success of notebooks based on ChromeOS operating system, actual sales of such computers are pretty low, according to market analysts. Apparently, the global market share of Chromebooks in 2013 was about 0.6 per cent. ABI Research estimates that 2.1 …
Read More »Apple re-launches iPad 4 at $399/ £329, replaces iPad 2
Apple on Tuesday re-introduced the iPad 4 16GB at a new price-point of $399/£329. The old-new iPad with retina display will replace the iPad 2 and will significantly improve Apple’s competitive positions on the entry-level market segment. The fourth-generation iPad was originally introduced in 2012 and then discontinued in late …
Read More »Indiegogo campaign launched for the first 3D, 360 degree camera
A crowd funding campaign has been launched on Indiegogo to bring out the world's first 3D, 360 degree camera, which can be used to film video for virtual reality headsets to make you feel like “you are at the centre of the action”. The campaign is aiming for $25,000 in …
Read More »DinoPC Pegasus 17.3inch GTX 765M Review
The DinoPC Pegasus 17.3” GTX 765M gaming laptop is a hefty slab of slate grey plastic that weighs in just over the 3kg mark. It combines a Full HD screen with Core i5 CPU, boot SSD with 1TB data drive and nVidia GTX765M graphics so the specification is broadly similar …
Read More »Beautiful, pixel space opera Galactic Princess hits Kickstarter
Galactic Princess is a game we first heard about back in early December. For a game that hadn't launched its Kickstarter, or applied for Greenlighting on Steam, there was a lot of information on it – plenty of screenshots, a video of gameplay action, fleshed out backgrounds for races and …
Read More »Sharp unveils Windows 8.1 Pro tablet with 3200*1800 resolution
Sharp Corp. this week announced a new tablet for business and professional users that has 15.6” display with 3200*1800 resolution and runs Windows 8.1 Pro operating system. The slate could be an ideal solution for plethora of specialists who require high-quality display, but do not need to type a lot. …
Read More »KitGuru Annual Awards 2013
Every year, KitGuru considers hundreds of products and puts the best into the KitGuru Labs for testing. While you may tend to see things in terms of conclusions and awards, we actually have a pretty sophisticated scoring system on the backend, that allow us to rank everything we have seen. …
Read More »This pixelised space roguelike looks amazing
FTL was a great, great game. Honestly, I put 50+ hours into that little indie roguelike. I even wrote thousands and thousands of words of extra content for a mod called Infinite Space. But that doesn't matter because I don't play that any more. What I do want to play …
Read More »Xplay3S to be the first 1440p smartphone
Our smartphone screens seem to be getting bigger every year, from the 4″ Iphone to the nearly 6″ HTC One Max. A bigger screen calls for a higher resolution and most smartphones have started adopting 1080p; now though Vivo wants to push 1440p onto smartphone screens starting with its Vivo …
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