Curvy Samsung Galaxy Note 7 takes giant-screen Android phones to the next level

What do you get when you take the bended screen Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and include a stylus? The Galaxy Note 7, which Samsung uncovered today in New York. 

Indeed, even with its disparities, the Note 7's wraparound screens, 12-megapixel camera, expandable capacity and water-safe covering convey it nearer to the S7 arrangement than to a year ago's Note 5 (truth is stranger than fiction, there's no Note 6). What's more, that is something worth being thankful for. The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are two of the year's best telephones, with incredible cameras and battery life - not an awful approach to start your pedigreed life as a telephone. 

From what I've seen in this way, the Note 7 ought to fall in line as a marvelous, powerful gadget whose stylus traps take the Note to the following level. On paper, it rectifies the greatest setbacks of the Note 5, however our imminent testing will affirm this. Be that as it may, on the off chance that you as of now purchased a S7 or S7 Edge, don't stress - you haven't been deserted. 

This is what the Note 7 has that the Note 5 doesn't: 

Bended screens (more honed, less inclining than the S7 Edge) 

USB-C charger port (Samsung's first telephone to receive the new standard) 

Iris scanner to open the telephone with your eyes 

Gorilla Glass 5 screen (the main telephone with Corning's new screen tech) 

More delicate, exact S Pen stylus 

Water-safe telephone body and S Pen 

MicroSD card opening (like the S7 telephones) 

Bigger battery (3,500 mAh versus Note 5's 3,000 mAh) 

Better low-light camera 

New S Pen traps, similar to amplification and GIF-production 

Stylus won't get stuck on the off chance that you stick it in reverse 

Coral Blue shading decision (it's awesome) 

So if the S7 Edge and Note 7 are just about equipment twins, who is the Note 7 for? Power clients. Samsung targets individuals who need the telephone with the most products, and the Note's coasting stylus and additional written work, drawing and route apparatuses give it every one of the things.

Xiaomi Mi Max 6.4-inch smartphone to launch soon

NEW DELHI: Xiaomi will launch its Mi Max smartphone featuring a massive 6.4-inch screen on May 10 in Beijing. The company also shared a glimpseof the smartphone in a Weibo post stating the 6.4-inch smartphone will fit in denim pockets.

The device will look similar to the Mi 5 and will come with a fingerprint scanner. It is still early to comment whether the smartphone would be introduced in India or not. The specs are expected to be similar as well. The Mi 5 handset runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system and is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor. The device comes in 3GB/4GB RAM and 32GB/64GB/128GB storage variants.

Xiaomi decided to name the 6.4-inch smartphone as Max after an online poll. Some photos of the device's front panel have surfaced online. These pictures are reportedly straight from the production line.
The shots show the phablet's front panel and it appears huge. In tune with Xiaomi's design language, the image shows side bezels, capacitive keys and sensor array.

Recently, Xiaomi's rival Lenovo launched Phab phablet with a 6.9-inch screen. The Lenovo Phab sports a 6.98-inch HD display with 1280x720 pixels resolution. The device runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system topped with the Vibe UI of the company. It is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor clocked at 1.2GHz. The phablet offers 2GB of RAM and 16GB internal storage which can be expanded further using a microSD card.

The Lenovo Phab offers dual sim functionality and comes equipped with Dolby Atmos, 3 microphones and dedicated voice processor support. The device flaunts a 13MP rear camera with LED flash and a 5MP front-facing camera for selfies. The connectivity options of the device include 4G, LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. It houses a massive 4,250 mAh battery for smooth functioning.

New coating to ensure your smartphones don't spread 'superbugs'

LANDON: In a breakthrough, researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a transparent coating for everyday items such as smartphones and door handles that may protect people against deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including MRSA and E coli.

The discovery could control the spread of superbugs which experts fear are on course to kill 10 million people every year by 2050 -- more than will die from cancer, researchers said.

Using nanotechnology, the discovery is an effective and practical antimicrobial solution -- an agent that kills microorganisms or inhibits their growth -- that can be used to protect a range of everyday items, according to researchers from Institute of Technology Sligo (IT Sligo) in Ireland.

Items include anything made from glass, metallics and ceramics including computer or tablet screens, smartphones, ATMs, door handles, TVs, handrails, lifts, urinals, toilet seats, fridges, microwaves and ceramic floor or wall tiles, they said.

It will be of particular use in hospitals and medical facilities which are losing the battle against the spread of killer superbugs, researchers said.
Other common uses would include in swimming pools and public buildings, on glass in public buses and trains, sneeze guards protecting food in restaurants as well as in clean rooms in the medical sector.

"It is absolutely wonderful to finally be at this stage. This breakthrough will change the whole fight against superbugs. It can effectively control the spread of bacteria," said Suresh C Pillai from IT Sligo who led the study.

"Every single person has a sea of bacteria on their hands. The mobile phone is the most contaminated personal item that we can have. Bacteria grows on the phone and can live there for up to five months," said Pillai, who started the study at Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT).

The new water-based solution can be sprayed onto any glass, ceramic or metallic surface during the production process, rendering the surface 99.9% resistant to superbugs like MRSA, E coli and other fungi.
The solution is sprayed on the product -- such as a smartphone glass surface -- and then 'baked' into it, forming a super-hard surface.

The coating is transparent, permanent and scratch resistant and actually forms a harder surface than the original glass or ceramic material.

Researchers first developed the revolutionary material to work on ceramics and has spent the last five years adapting the formula - which is non-toxic and has no harmful bi-products - to make it work on glass and metallic surfaces.

The findings were published in the journal Scientific Reports