{"id":8699,"date":"2014-03-05T08:50:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T16:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=8699"},"modified":"2014-03-03T13:35:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T21:35:21","slug":"age-of-geeks-major-mobile-motions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2014\/03\/05\/age-of-geeks-major-mobile-motions\/","title":{"rendered":"Age of Geeks<\/em>: Major mobile motions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Within the first few days of the Mobile World Congress, there has already been a long list of launches of anticipated releases and other exciting announcements, which include the launch event of Samsung\u2019s flagship phone for this year: the Galaxy S5.<\/p>\n

Sony also unveiled their flagship phone, Xperia Z2, whose predecessor saw a considerable amount of success last year.<\/p>\n

Both of these phones have 1080p displays, Snapdragon 801 processors, and high-resolution cameras, but that\u2019s about it as far as similarities go. All the major carriers in Canada have already announced the arrival of Galaxy S5 in the line-ups, sometime in April. But, Z2 is yet to be confirmed (if it\u2019s even coming to Canada, given how Z1 came here: very late and exclusively to one major carrier).<\/p>\n

As far as new features go, they are both now waterproof, dust resistant, and IP67 certified. Galaxy S5 sports a 16 MP camera with auto focus and Z2 has a 20 MP sensor. Galaxy S5 also has an iPhone-like biometric fingerprint scanner and real-time heart-rate monitor.<\/p>\n

One significant improvement is that both phones can now record 4k (ultra HD) videos.<\/p>\n

Another major announcement during Mobile World Congress is Blackberry adding Z3 and Q20 to their line-up of smartphones. Both these phones, and the S5, will be hitting the stores in the spring.<\/p>\n

Nokia unveiled their first Android line-up, as well. They released their X family of smartphones, which run on a \u201cforked\u201d version of Android, which looks like a mix of Windows\u2019 phone OS and Android\u2019s OS. Time will tell what comes of this experiment. But Nokia considering Android is a big move. The stability of Nokia phones and the awesomeness of Android: can it revive the diminishing Nokia? What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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