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Having a glass front doesn't make having an metal back a 'minor' interference issue. Asus changed the design of their early transformer tablets extremely quickly when they realised that the all alu back killed reception. It's also the reason that iPads (and other tabs and phones) have a plastic strip area on their backs.
Having a metal back to your phone makes the signals unidirectional instead of omnidirectional, meaning you have to face the right way so your phone can 'see' the closest signal tower. Certainly not 'minor'. Unless one also counts iPhone 4's grip of death minor.
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Posted: 2014-01-17 21:16:42
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On 2014-01-17 20:45:51, MNX1024 wrote:
@Wintermute
You'll love your MDR-1R. By far one of my favorite headphones out there!
This will be my last post about them, so as not to get off-topic, but after listening to them for about an hour, I can say OH MY GOD. This is my first proper pair of over-the-head headphones, so I don't have a baseline (I have extensively used some XBA-BT75 'buds, though, which I think sound fantastic), but I am extremely impressed with these. I expected them to sound good, but didn't really think it was possible for them to sound this much better than what I'm used to with the same source material. The most surprising aspect to me is how insanely detailed the low-end is. Previously, I thought the XBA-BT75s sounded good (and they do), but now it's like everything else sounds compressed and muddy at the bottom. Incredible low-end clarity, and a good flat response everywhere else. I don't want to take these off.
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Posted: 2014-01-17 21:24:59
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re: carbon fibre: shield or not
This study suggests carbon fibre is a great shield of electromagnetic waves. With effectiveness well over 60% (comparable to aluminium) depending the frequency of the given wave. It also contains all the base theory and formulae for predicting shielding effectiveness in this scenario.
Interesting read.
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Posted: 2014-01-17 21:25:34
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On 2014-01-17 21:16:42, Ricky D wrote:
Having a glass front doesn't make having an metal back a 'minor' interference issue. Asus changed the design of their early transformer tablets extremely quickly when they realised that the all alu back killed reception. It's also the reason that iPads (and other tabs and phones) have a plastic strip area on their backs.
Having a metal back to your phone makes the signals unidirectional instead of omnidirectional, meaning you have to face the right way so your phone can 'see' the closest signal tower. Certainly not 'minor'. Unless one also counts iPhone 4's grip of death minor.
That's what I meant when I said that I'm sure designers have "tricks" they can use (like the aforementioned glass panels on the iPhone 5S or the strips on the HTC One, iPad, etc. that you mentioned) to improve the signal. It's possible to make an aluminum device with good reception, but why bother when the reception will never be as good as a glass/plastic phone and there are (IMO) no other benefits. I don't see aluminum as a premium material. I personally send about 5 cans' worth of aluminum to the landfill every single day. How premium could it be?
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Posted: 2014-01-17 21:28:20
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@all
reading all the metal reception thing, suddenly a glass back seem very attractive aside of its looks! i guess sapphire is the next big step in smartphone materiel. too bad it's still too expensive to cover a whole phone.
[ This Message was edited by: amirprog on 2014-01-17 20:34 ]
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Posted: 2014-01-17 21:31:19
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Sony Xperia (Altair) could potentially be the next flagship
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Posted: 2014-01-17 21:45:40
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On 2014-01-17 21:45:40, DACHA wrote:
Sony Xperia (Altair) could potentially be the next flagship
Nothing is true, leaks are prohibited.
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Posted: 2014-01-17 22:03:11
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Sony really need to fix their Camera software. Once they can get it to at least Apple-level, their superior sensor technology will basically mean, they have the best overall smartphones available on the market.
That and use IPS screens exclusively (until AMOLED, becomes reliably higher quality than a IPS LCD).
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Also, they NEED to have Optical Image Stabilisation. Absolutely NEED to have it. Yeah their digital steady-shot does a decent job, but a good optical one, will always do better.
If they can somehow find a way to get the entire sensor and its lens assembly to "Float", with gyroscopic stabilisation, within say....a 9mm frame....I would be blown away, cause that would provide unparalleled stabilisation. You know what, Sony have the technical capabilities to actually do it too.
But that software....Jeez. Their image processing software is still far behind other companies, like Apple's, or Nokia's. I still don't understand why they don't leverage their camera division. Yeah, they say that its "the best of Sony", but there is no evidence that their imaging division have spent any time working on the Z1's camera software even though they should.
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Posted: 2014-01-17 22:53:59
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Sony Balanced Optical Steady Shot exists.. another tech they seem to withhold from mobile.
BOSS is only 2 axis.. it should be three, but thats a minor niggle.
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Posted: 2014-01-18 00:45:27
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On 2014-01-18 00:45:27, my ninja wrote:
Sony Balanced Optical Steady Shot exists.. another tech they seem to withhold from mobile.
BOSS is only 2 axis.. it should be three, but thats a minor niggle.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it exists in a larger scale for things like handycams. I suppose the question is whether it can be miniaturized for phone use, or if some other technique will need to be used.
BTW, on the subject of materials for phones, would magnesium alloy that's used for things like camera bodies have any advantages over aluminum?
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Posted: 2014-01-18 01:40:43
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