The amazing Zenfone 3 Deluxe ... really surprised me !!

The detailed specs of Zenfone 3 Deluxe:

• A full HD 5.7 inch AMOLED
• All metal unibody
• Snapdragon 820 chipset, 6GB of RAM, 128GB ROM
• GPU Adreno  520
•  Quick charge 3.0 technology, fingerprint tech
• LTE Cat 13
• Rear camera: 23MP ( up to 92MP), 4K recording

Updated design language with aluminium unibody

Unlike the glass-clad ZenFone 3, the Deluxe model has a curved aluminium back, though it shares the same rear camera design and a fingerprint sensor on the back.

Full HD AMOLOED screen

The Zenfone 3 Deluxe also sports an alluring design with an aluminum construction that features ‘invisible’ antenna lines, a world first, according to Asus. The 5.7″ display has a 1080 x 1920-pixel resolution and it’s a Super AMOLED panel.

Great rear camera, 23MP, can up to 92MP

For the ZenFone 3 Deluxe, ASUS brought a 23MP main camera with Sony’s latest Sony IMX318 image sensor, an f/2.0 aperture lens, and 4-axis optical image stabilization for photos. 3-axis electronic image stabilization is utilized when shooting 4K videos, perhaps to prevent the moderate to offensive “jello” effect sometimes associated with optically stabilized smartphone footage.

The rear camera of this phone can ”boost” the image resolution up to 92MP when compared to the physical sharpness 23MP

Incredible performance with 6GB of RAM, and Snapdragon 820

6GB of RAM seems to be the most impressive factor to the fame of this phone, which, for sure, can support and process any kind of multi-tasks during the day. Further than that, the provision of Snapdragon 820 can be another valuable additional composition to the handset. For all these reasons, I do want to  re-affirm that Asus is ready for the battle against other manufacturers on the comtemporary market, ranging from Apple, Samsung to Xiaomi. And in the upcoming weeks, the comparative video between Zenfone 3 Deluxe and other flagships will be released in this site, so please, keep updated.

Apart from the great chipset and the RAM capacity, the Deluxe will come with different storage capacities that go all the way up to 256GB. It blows my mind that a smartphone will soon have more onboard storage than the laptop I’m using to write this right now. As well as that, Adreno 530 GPU is suitable for heavy lifting, such as 4K video playback and encoding, and running the latest games.

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Hugo Boss Smart Classic review

The Hugo Boss Smart Classic is the latest designer smart analogue watch born out of a partnership between luxury watchmaker Movado and tech company HP. While Movado brings the design, HP is powering the smarts so it'll play nice with your smartphone.

Much like the Michael Bastian Titan Juxt, Isaac Mizrahi and Movado Bold Motion hybrid smartwatches, the Smart Classic drops a small digital display inside the watch face to let you view notifications and fitness tracking data.

Priced at $295, it'll cost you the same as a traditional Hugo Boss Chronograph, so if you're already eyeing up a Boss timepiece, you're not paying extra to make it a smarter purchase.

We've seen some great examples of smart analogue watches and some not so good ones, so where does the Hugo Boss Smart Classic fit into that spectrum? We've been wearing it out and about over the last couple of weeks to find out.

Hugo Boss Smart Classic: The app and battery life

There's not a lot going on with the Hugo Boss BOSS Watches app and that's perfectly fine. It replicates the same black and white/silver colour scheme used throughout the watch design and it's very easy to get to grips with.

Along with sections dedicated to notifications and activity tracking, there's also a section that pushes you to the Hugo Boss online store (surprise, surprise), just in case you fancy matching your expensive watch with a similarly pricey shirt. It's also here where you can keep an eye on battery status as well, as you can't view this on the watch display. There are some additional features that are worth exploring in the settings menu like the ability to snooze notifications during a particular period of the day and adjust activity tracking goals.

You won't need to spend much time in here apart from the initial setup because there's very little reason else to go back. The daily, weekly, monthly breakdown of step data is pretty easy to ignore and unless you want to reduce notification support, it'll probably live untouched on your phone's homescreen.

As far as battery life is concerned, the Smart Classic's analogue movements are good to go for some time as it's powered by standard coin cell battery. When you factor in the smartwatch features, I managed to get a solid seven days out of it before it started to flash up a warning that the battery was low. If you don't have full notification support switched on, you can comfortably get four or five days of life more out of it. It's a super snappy charger as well when you do run out of battery.

Hit

• Attractive Hugo Boss watch design
• Solid battery life
• Good notification support

Miss

• Unattractive digital display
• Some syncing issues with fitness data
• No sleep monitoring

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Panasonic GX85 Review

The Panasonic GX85 comes close to offering the ideal blend of image quality, functionality, speed and size in our book, packing a ton of advanced features and performance into a compact, well-built body, all at a fair price. The camera produces crisp images that are competitive with other 16-megapixel Micro Four Thirds cameras, 4K video quality is excellent, and overall performance is impressive, making this interchangeable lens camera an attractive option for beginners and enthusiasts alike. Is this the perfect compact mirrorless camera? Read on to find out!

PROS

Excellent build-quality; Good ergonomics for its size; Built-in 5-axis Dual IS, Built-in EVF; Tilting LCD touchscreen monitor; Competitive still image quality; Excellent 4K video quality; Fast autofocus and burst modes; Generous buffers; Tons of advanced features; Built-in Wi-Fi.

CONS

EVF could be better; Sluggish RAW and RAW+JPEG buffer clearing; No external mic and headphone jacks; Slow x-sync speed; Mediocre battery life.

PRICE AND AVAILABILITY

Offered in both a two-toned silver and black model as well as an all-black color, the Panasonic GX85 began shipping in May 2016 bundled with the retracting, ultra-compact 12-32mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH MEGA OIS LUMIX G VARIO zoom lens for US$799.99.

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