Yearly Archives: 2016










Just as it wasn’t enough that some devices come with two year update support, other with only one year and some do not receive single bump in Android version. Even buying the top of the line device doesn’t guarantee anything. Samsung two year old flagship (Galaxy S5) received updates from Android 4.4.2 […]

Features come, features go






Some times I look at CPU benchmarks trying to understand how fast all the new hardware is. My understanding is that benchmarks try to plot the marks in a linear way so regular Joe understands what speed to expect (say how fast will apps compile).

Making (non)sense of CPU benchmarks


If the latest leaks of iPhone 7 diagrams are real, iPhones will be still stucked with their Lightning connector. USB-C port is slightly wider than Lightning port. Based on the measurements, it should be Lightning. Too bad, it would be nice to charge both phones and laptops with single connector.

No USB-C on iPhone 7