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Lumia 950 XL fast charging comparison - #OPPO, #samsungS7 who wins ?

Windows phone flagship Lumia 950 XL equipped with "USB-C Fast Charging" which can get up to 50% capacity with just 30 minutes of charging. That's very fast till now, as the crown of less charging time has been taken by Chinese phone maker OPPO with their 'Flash Charge' technology. The recently launched Samsung Galaxy S7 also includes fast charging fast charging and its is claimed to charge 81% in 30 min. While the official  Samsung  website says, " Stop waiting for your phone to charge. With fast wireless charging 2 , the Galaxy S7 powers up from 0 to 100% in no time. And with our biggest battery yet 3 , the Galaxy S7 gives you the power to keep going. " Looking at he details it can't be 100% accurate to say that it can charge 81% in just 30 minutes, But still it is fast charging and seems to faster than what Microsoft is offering with Lumia 950 XL. Now let's talk about OPPO, according to  OPPO  website, " A thi...

Android vs Windows : Only 16 recent apps with 4 GB RAM Soc 820 in 2016

We like windows phone as you do, that is why we are here at Windows Latest. Many unique features to it are not possible to come in other platforms Android, iOS. But we should not defend Windows Phone if we love it. As technology grows each day, each platform grows in parallel to that too. But if anyone slows to catch up he will be left behind. This is the motive of "Android vs Windows" comparison posts that we started few days back.  There is no denying that Android is a market leader for many years. There are reasons to that as well. We will cover that in a separate post, for now, today we will be looking at the way people are using the smartphones now a days. I agree that some of my observations may vary from person to person but most of them will be common and here they are, Never power off the phone with a thought that I might get a notifications from many sources like whats app etc. Try to keep apps even if we don't use them, by thinking ...

Fix Rich Capture or HDR Mode in Windows 10 Mobile

Windows 10 Mobile Tips : Rich capture is a feature from Lumia Camera and is merged into the new Camera application. Rich capture has two modes: On and Auto. The new auto-mode captures multiple images such as Dynamic flash, HDR and Dynamic exposure (low light fusion) when needed. Single pictures are captured for normal scenes, which results in an increased performance and reduced memory consumption. What does Rich Capture do in Lumia Camera? Rich Capture is an improved version of the normal auto mode that gives you more options in challenging conditions, allowing you to adjust the photo after taking it. For example, you can use the flash when taking the photo, but remove its effects later. You can adjust the following settings separately or together: Amount of HDR with dynamic EV steps Amount of flash Exposure time for improved low-light results Whats the problem ? The phone which supports Rich captures and if they do have good internal storage say 16 GB / 32 GB the...

OneNote app received major update with many new features

Microsoft OneNote has been update with new features. There seems to be a lot new improvement in performance too. In our initial usage after app update, it is working very smooth and fast. Editing and typing has really gone faster now. According to version Notes, More organized notes Move/copy pages and sections to keep everything organized, just the way you like. Shape recognition Automatically transform your drawings into shapes. Office Lens Use Office Lens from inside OneNote to capture that document or whiteboard. Know who's here See where others are working with you in a shared notebook.

Elite X3 phablet from HP leaks in new images before launch

HP's Elite X3 phablet is scheduled to launch very soon in MWC 2016. This phone is one of the most high end phones in windows phone history if we go with rumored specs sheet. In recent leaks the images has been surfaced again. Looking on the images is looks premium with metal finishing. Here are the images that we have seen so far, According to WMPoweruser the specs can be, 5.96-inch QuadHD display Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Quad-Core SoC 4 GB RAM 32GB storage, microSD expansion up to 200 GB USB 3.0 Type-C (USB-C) Qi wireless charging Iris Scanner (Windows Hello) Fingerprint reader Continuum support 16-megapixel camera on the back 8-megapixel front camera Windows 10 Mobile IP67 dust and water resistance STD810 military MIL-rating (for 1-foot drop protection This phone can be called as a beast considering the specs.

set windows phone time to 100 years back

Windows 10 Mobile Bugs : what happens when you set windows phone time to 100 years back   Have your ever tried to change the time of your windows phone running windows 10 mobile ? Mostly it is set to automatic update. If you have not then you might have done it in your old Nokia feature phones for sure. ( complete demo is at the end of the post ) I tried to play with "Date & Time" settings in windows 10 mobile build 10586.107 running on Lumia 640 XL. Here are some of the facts I found for the Date & Time, There is a range of 200 years in W10M (Windows 10 Mobile) Minimum allowed time is "January 1 1916" Maximum year that you can reach by doing some stuffs (that's we are going to see) is 2252. If you do able to reach to 2252 then still difference will be 200 years only and minimum time (year) will be 2052 then. W10M is not able to change the time to back if you are connected to internet even if you have disabled the "Set Date and Time Autom...

Lumia 550 Dual SIM

Announced 2015, October. Features 3G, 4.7″ Capacitive touchscreen, 5 MP camera, Wi-F. NETWORK Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE 2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps GPRS Yes EDGE Yes LAUNCH Announced 2015, October Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2015, December BODY Dimensions 136.1 x 67.8 x 9.9 mm (5.36 x 2.67 x 0.39 in) Weight 141.9 (5.01 oz) SIM Nano-SIM DISPLAY Type Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size 4.7 inches (~64.7% screen-to-body ratio) Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (~315 ppi pixel density) Multitouch Yes PLATFORM OS Microsoft Windows 10 Chipset Qualcomm MSM8909 Snapdragon 210 CPU Octa-core 1.1 GHz Cortex-A7 GPU Adreno 304 MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 200 GB Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592 ? 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash Features 1/4'' s...

Microsoft Lumia 650 LTE

Announced 2016, February. Features 4G, 5.0″ AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 8 MP camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, ... NETWORK Technology  GSM / HSPA / LTE 2G bands  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) 3G bands  HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 4G bands  LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) Speed  HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps GPRS  Yes EDGE  296.0/236.8 Kbps LAUNCH  Announced  2016, February Status  Coming soon BODY  Dimensions  142 x 70.9 x 6.9 mm (5.59 x 2.79 x 0.27 in) Weight  122 g (4.30 oz) SIM  Optional Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) DISPLAY  Type  AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size  5.0 inches (~67.1% screen-to-body ratio) Resolution  720 x 1280 pixels (~297 ppi pixel density) Multitouch  Yes Protection  Corning Gorilla Glass 3 ClearBlack display PLATFORM  OS  Microsoft Win...

Using Glance Screen on Windows 10 Mobile

Glance screen  is a unique feature similar to ambient display features in Nexus and Motorola phones on Android and is has been available for a many of the Nokia Lumia phones like lumia 1020, 830, 1520 etc and Microsoft Lumia phones like 640 XL, 950 XL etc. Nokia introduced this to Lumia phones running Windows Phone 8/8.1. Glance  sets your Lumia to display many information on its screen and the good thing is that when you leave your phone on stand by it will show you things in the way you configured it. Using the proximity sensor it will show you information with your phone movement without wasting any significant battery power and that too is better when your phone has AMOLED display like Lumia 1020, as the screen is not using any backlight to display this information. Lets quickly see how to use and configure the glance screen on windows 10 mobile, Where to Find Glance Screen ? Before that you need to check whether your phone...