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NVIDIA Q1 FY2015 Financial Resultsby Brett Howse on 5/8/2014 10:00 PM EST
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lazarpandar - Thursday, May 08, 2014 - linkAm I missing something here? Reply
nandnandnand - Thursday, May 08, 2014 - linkWelcome to the woooorld of tomoooorrrrooowww!!! Reply
ddriver - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkYou are 40% welcome. Reply
tipoo - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkFiscal quarter, not normal people quarter. Nothing to miss. Reply
hamiltenor - Thursday, May 08, 2014 - linkDid I miss 2014, or did someone break an NDA? Reply
Brett Howse - Thursday, May 08, 2014 - linkFunny you say that. Apparently NVIDIA did accidently release their results early for this quarter.
But FY 2014 is over for them :) Reply
tipoo - Thursday, May 08, 2014 - linkFiscal quarter does run ahead of real life, but I'm not sure this is right. Reply
Brett Howse - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkIt's correct. There's a link at the bottom of the article to the news release if you would like to confirm. Reply
melgross - Monday, May 12, 2014 - linkFiscal quarters can be anywhere in the year. They don't have to follow any calender schedule. It depends on when the company incorporated. If they incorporated January 1, then that convenient. But if they incorporated in June 6, then that's the beginning of their fiscal year. Reply
Morawka - Thursday, May 08, 2014 - linkbesides the date discrepancy, lets hear some good discussion on how this data compares to AMD's earnings, and what products you think will help nvidia's sales grow.
I'm surprised tegra 4 is doing so well, considering its not in many devices. Surface 2, Shield, Tegra Note 7, and a few other AIO's is about it. Surface and shield must be pushing those numbers up. Remember, K1 is not in these earnings.
Nvidia is showing perf per watt is important, not just price vs perf. Reply
testbug00 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkNVidia probably selling loads of Tegra chips due to a deal with a Chinese manufacturer + the MS/HP deals.
Tegra SOLD a lot, but, they don't talk about how much money it made... for good reasons. 139 million in sales does not mean anything if you spent 150-200 million+ on the division. Nvidia would never be willing to release profits of its Tegra division... Mostly because it has none. Tegra has always been a par chip that Nvidia overinflated to OEMs/consumers. Doing it to OEMs cost them every large mobile OEM (except that chinese one, but, those chips were probably sold with very low margins. And, that OEM had not used Tegra before).
Now that Tegra K1 has a nice GPU, they have a part they really can sell as beating the competition, but, sadly, they have driven away most of their customers... I hope they make a SHIELD 2 (with K1) I would love to pick up one of those. The SHIELD screen rez is to low for me to justify (I pick out pixels really easily) but, the device is really cool. Reply
ams23 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkIt is not just the GPU that is impressive in Tegra K1. The CPU is also impressive, with reportedly superior performance and superior per watt compared to Tegra 4 and Snapdragon 800.
FYI, NVIDIA does release data on Tegra profitability on an annual basis. NVIDIA does not release data on profitability by line of business on a quarterly basis. Anyway, that is now largely a moot point because R&D costs will be shared and leveraged between Tegra and other lines of business moving forward. Reply
testbug00 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkno, Tegra 4 was aweful in perf/watt compared to SD 800.... this part is no different.
According to Nvidia themselves, it draws over 10W (well, they say <11) "working hard"
it is probably 20% faster (CPU at that speed) and uses WAY more power (not sure how much is GPU, which is certainly faster than the 800) Reply
ams23 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkLOL, you have no idea what you are talking about. See measured application processor + DRAM perf. per watt of Tegra K1 vs. Snapdragon 800: http://cdn.pcper.com/files/imagecache/article_max_... . Tegra K1's CPU is > 1.3x more power efficient in this task!
Your <11w number is very misleading too. That is CPU+GPU+mem+I/O for a dev platform that is not mobile optimized. With very compute heavy tasks, the Jetson TK1 dev kit consumes slightly north of 6w for application processor + mem. For a mobile optimized TK1 variant, this would be closer to ~ 5w. Remember that this is > 300 GFLOPS GPU throughput!!!
At the end of the day, based on what we have seen so far, it is pretty clear that TK1 has superior CPU and GPU perf. per watt compared to S800, on the same fab. process node to boot. Reply
tuxRoller - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkWell, if Nvidia's slides tell us that... Reply
testbug00 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkhow many phones is Nvidia in with Tegra 4? How many is Qualcomm on with SD800?
NVidia has proven itself inept at making a low power chip... Note, that 11W is not the max power draw, that is "working hard" the max power draw for the whole thing is probably closer to 15W... with at least 10W going to the SoC.
Why you seem to think Nvidia managed to magically change from losing perf/watt with Tegra, Tegra 2, Tegra 3 and Tegra 4 into slaughtering competition with Tegra K1 (when compared to products that have been out and IN PRODUCTS for over a year, mind you).
Remember, Tegra 4 was faster than Apple's iPad 8 month old iPad chip... Than Apple released a new chip... Tegra 4 was slower. It is not enough to beat competitors chips.
Also, you do realize Tegra K1 will be competing with 20nm chips... right? Reply
melgross - Monday, May 12, 2014 - linkDon't believe anything Nvidia says, or their controlled laboratory testing. None of their stuff ever meets their inflated numbers. Reply
tuxRoller - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkhttp://semiaccurate.com/2014/03/05/nvidias-tegra-k...
Also, the dev board has a frickin fan attached.
For comparison, the dragonboards (the dev boards for snapdragon, don't seem to have fans attached---http://mydragonboard.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/0...
So, yeah, it's easy to have great performance if you don't mind blowing your power budget. Reply
melgross - Monday, May 12, 2014 - linkThe problem with the Tegra's, and Nvidia in general, is that their chips never meet the overinflated specs Nvidia releases for them before they hit the market. By the time they arrive, they are no longer what Nvidia has gotten people to expect for them, and other manufacturers, such as Apple and Qualcomm, have passed them by, except for a few specs.
That's why they aren't in a lot of devices, the OEM's are very well aware of all this. Reply
phoenix_rizzen - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkAccording to the article, the Tegra sales are up due to use in car infotainment packages, not phones/tablets. Reply
jjj - Thursday, May 08, 2014 - linkin the call they said
"It's about to be Tegra k1 season, i'm pretty excited about Tegra K1 , and... we don't have anything to announce today , but hopefully as we go into the second half we'll see some pretty exciting products coming out from TK1."
so i wouldn't expect much from TK1 in Q2.
They really need to get a lot more aggressive with Tegra. Too low volume is just rendering them irrelevant and can't really support all the costs of a custom core, baseband and so on.If they can get to 300 million per quarter and keep growing ,it would most likely be okish, but without that it seems futile to keep going without tuning the strategy. Reply
grahaman27 - Thursday, May 08, 2014 - linkWhere did you see that? Reply
jjj - Thursday, May 08, 2014 - linkhttp://investor.nvidia.com/events.cfm Reply
testbug00 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkTegra is being killed off except perhaps in cars. They managed to drive away all large mobile OEMs without resorting to selling their chips at low margins (one chinese OEM)
Hard to be profitable when you have no way to sell high volume, and, the pricing on mobile chips is so low. Reply
Morawka - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkLast time i heard, Nvidia is going to start selling the Graphics IP. Like PowerVR, ARM etc... There would be a licensing cost sure, but it would be up to device makers on how to implement into their products. We'll have to see if Nvidia is price competitive on their licensing agreements with other ARM/x86 GPU Makers Reply
tuxRoller - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkWho would buy it? Vivante? I'm not sure how much of their ip is applicable to these very post constrained environments. What I'd expect to happen is that new ip is going to be generated by img, qual, ARM, Nvidia, and possibly apple(if they do decide to go that route). What is trying to be done with mobile gpus hasn't been attempted before and if expect different approaches to reign. Reply
Morawka - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linktheir architecture is leading the market in Performance per watt. Especially when you look at Maxwell's numbers which is said to also be available for License. So yeah, Apple, Qualcomm, or even Samsung would have reason to buy it. Reply
testbug00 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkoh, really? How many licensees has Nvidia announced? Zero.
There are many reasons for that... One likely reason is that Nvidia probably does not hold the pref/watt crown. Tegra K1 not maxed out on CPU/GPU clock already consumers uses "<11 W" which means over 10W. source: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bl8_-GCCcAABW8r.jpg
Another one, is that, the terms of the license probably requires NVidia to have taped a SoC with the GPU before others can start integrating the GPU the moment NVidia had a chip with it... Meaning, if NVidia's chip first taped out in 2013 early-middle, your own SoC with that GPU would be coming late 2014-mid 2015. By that time, if Nvidia had a perf/watt lead with said GPU, it would have lost it.
It also would require any company licensing it to share their roadmap and chip plans with Nvidia... Which is a big competitive no-no.
There is a reason few companies that make hardware manage to license non-essential things to competitors. It is a bad deal for the competitor in most cases.
Oh, and, Maxwell comes late 2014 tape out on an ARM chip (at best) which means any launch for it in anyone's products but Nvidia's would be in 2016... Reply
testbug00 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkI would also like to point out that Apple has a GPU design team. They are likely to try (and likely accomplish) to design a custom GPU at some point soon. So, they have no reason to license from NVidia.
Neither does Samsung (same reason) or Qualcomm (who has WAY better low power tech than NVidia, btw.) Given the terms of license are cheap, and NVidia is willing to optimize SMX for area, Rockchip or some low-end cheapo (Rockchip sells 28nm quad cores for under $5 a pop) manufacturer will license NVidia mobile graphics IP. Reply
ams23 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkActually Apple has every reason to license NVIDIA's GPU technology if they desire to expand the reach of their in-house GPU's. NVIDIA probably has more fundamental graphics patents than any other company in the world. And with Kepler (including the Tegra K1 GPU, which is ~ 1.5x more power efficient than the best ultra mobile GPU's available today) and especially Maxwell, NVIDIA arguably makes the most power efficient and highest performance GPU's in the world too. Reply
iamlilysdad - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkCurious about the source of your information. Reply
grahaman27 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkTestbug00,
They have sold zero, mostly because they are not seeking yet. The k1 is at least a year ahead of the competition in GPU performancs and performance per watt. They will start licensing with next years maxwell architecture, which will only have better performance and crazy good perf per watt. Its the only mobile GPU that supports full opengl 4.4 and all other nvidia gaming optimizations.
Why would anyone not want that? Reply
testbug00 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkBecause:
1. You have to give Nvidia your roadmaps and a look into your tech
2. Apple clearly wants to make a fully custom chip, Nvidia likely does not want to allow licenses to change how the architecture works. This is based off of how NVidia's management acts. __THIS COULD BE WRONG__
3. No proof that Nvidia's GPU is best in perf/watt (Except what Nvidia says...) and, while it might have beaten everything when it was announced, so did Tegra 2 (which ended up not being the fastest or best perf/watt) as did Tegra 3 (See tegra 2) and also Tegra 4 did ( see tegra 2/3). Nvidia has a history of hyping its products in mobile space only for them to be average at best (Although, the K1 should be above average)
4. Kepler would only work on 28nm node. Why licenses a 28nm tech when you are working on 20nm? Gains from shrinking it could easily be obtained by licensing a PowerVR design much like they did with ARM... AKA, licensing the architecture, and designing a fully custom GPU. Reply
grahaman27 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkA)OK, if youre not going to listen, then please don't reply. Kepler is the most efficient architecture in mobile, but nvidia WILL NOT BE LICENSING until they unvail their maxwell mobile architecture next year.
B)Apple uses powervr by imagination right now, and they have no plans of changing that, thats not custom.
C) Kepler is not based on one lithography. There are two versions of the tegra k1, one which is 28nm, the other(Denver) has not yet been determined. But it doesn't matter, the maxwell architecture will be independent from the process used, it would work on 3nm chips if a third party company wanted to.
4) go home you're drunk. Reply
testbug00 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkA. You have proof? NVidia has not managed to make a system that wins in perf/watt in mobile in REAL DEVICES compared to Qualcomm, Apple, and a few others. When NVidia's K1 gets into a phone, and we can test the power/pref talk to me. Until than, I must go by the fact that Tegra, Tegra 2, Tegra 3 and Tegra 4 were all uncompetitive on perf/watt and say that K1 is not competitive either.
2. They can do custom PowerVR the same way they do Custom ARM... It is not that complicated.
3. Oh? Those me any roadmap suggesting a 20nm Kepler is coming? Don't you think JHH would have mentioned "Nvidia has the first 20nm SoC taped out for mobile chips" when he presented Tegra K1 if he could have? JHH is GREAT at seizing PR moments (And always wants to have the FASTEST chip) Reply
ams23 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkIf Apple wants to create their own fully custom GPU's that reach beyond simply phones and small tablets, they will likely need to turn to NVIDIA in order to license NVIDIA's world-leading GPU patent and IP portfolio.
Kepler and Maxwell GPU power efficiency has been proven time and time again. The top 10 most green supercomputers in the world are powered by Kepler GPU's. The most power efficient high end gaming computers in the world are powered by Kepler GPU's. The most power efficient gaming laptops in the world are powered by Kepler (and now Maxwell) GPU's. And Tegra K1's GPU on 28nm HPM is ~ 1.5x more power efficient than the very best ultra mobile GPU's available today. Previously generation Tegra GPU's are so much different in architecture and design that there is really no comparison. Reply
testbug00 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkNo, not really. Most of Nvidia's patents don't have anything to do with mobile GPUs.
End of story. Besides, until we can see an independent review test K1, we cannot say it is better.
Tegra 1, 2, 3 and 4 all lost in perf/watt. Nvidia all said they were amazing, the best chips, they beat all the competitors as date they were announced. Come launch, they did not beat competing chips. I hope Tegra K1 is different, but, putting hope in Nvidia's Tegra division is like Hoping VIA becomes the worlds largest x86 manufacturer. Reply
Ghost0420 - Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - link28nm and 20nm TSMC are pretty much same node, except shrunk down...so any issues seen in 28nm will be worse on 20nm...so shrinking Kepler to 20nm, is not a huge issue since it's mostly a shrink in node...same materials used. Why would Kepler NOT work with 20nm? Maxwell is on 28nm, but i'm sure it'll go 20nm by sometime next year... Reply
Morawka - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkTegra K1 is <5W, Its even in Anand's own articles. He explains exactly how they got there. Your speculation about license stipulation is pure guess work, you shouldn't have even used that in your argument.
They dont have to share their roadmap or chip plans. The only time a company would want to do that, is if they wanted guidance on how to make their SoC. This is the same thing ARM does. You can license the IP, and make a chip yourself, or you can license and work with our engineers to optimize your SoC Reply
Morawka - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkBrian Klug Talking Tegra K1 Power: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7622/nvidia-tegra-k1... Reply
testbug00 - Saturday, May 10, 2014 - linkGee, NVidia's claims sure are pretty. Now, here is what Nvidia has talked about "GPU is over 900Mhz, over 350GFLops (or whatever it is) and the CPU is 2.3Ghz"
What clockspeed did they give for 5W? Considering Kepler was designed to be an approx 25-250W architecture from the start, the fact they scaled it so low IS AMAZING, however, I would guess it runs at around 500Mhz MAX at "5W"
Also, 5W is still to much for most phones.
My information about WHEN you can use the IP is fine (Although, it is not good)... About how you can change it, I am not sure. HOWEVER 28nm will be cheaper per transistor than 20nm for quite some time... Nvidia is not shrinking Kepler to 20nm, you would have to yourself... that costs lots of money, if Nvidia would even allow you to (I do not see why they would, they are the ones who said that 20nm costs will not be lower than 28nm...) Reply
tuxRoller - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkAt the desktop, sure, but this is a different environment. That's my point. If performance has to keep improving, NEW solutions are going to have to be created, and I'm not sure that Maxwell is going to fix that at the 1-3W level For one thing, Nvidia is running their ultramobile gpus at relatively high speeds (compared to most of the others---the highest clocked adreno part runs at 578 compared to the tk1 850). Reply
ams23 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkThat is not true at all. Tegra is a growing business and will continue to grow in various areas. The Tegra consumer revenue and Tegra gaming revenue will keep going up this year and next year and will be larger than Tegra automotive revenue, even as Tegra automotive revenue goes way up too.
Tegra 4/4i family was used not just by Xiaomi but also by very reputable OEM's such as Asus, Toshiba, LG, ZTE, Microsoft, HP, EVGA, Wiko (among others). Considering how good Tegra K1 appears to be, I'd say that this list will keep expanding to include other significant OEM's who are looking to differentiate their devices. Reply
beck2050 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkNvidia continues to make good profits in a challenging environment and they have established very promising new revenue streams in supercomputing, autos, and cloud. K1 has tested very well and could be a big winner going forward. The GRID products for data centers are looking good. The next 20nm generation should be awesome. Reply
testbug00 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkfind me an LG with Tegra 4 or higher.
Find me a Samsung with Tegra 4 or higher.
Find me a HTC with Tegra 4 or higher
Find me almost any large mobile OEM that uses Tegra 4.
Xiaomi is the only large mobile phone company to use Tegra 4. That is because NVidia blatantly lied about Tegra 2 and Tegra 3 to mobile OEMs so no one buys it anymore. I also doubt that Xiaomi is paying full price for Tegra 4... I could be wrong however."
Also, once more, Tegra K1 uses over 10W (nvidia says <11, see: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bl8_-GCCcAABW8r.jpg) without reaching full load. How far do you think it has to downclock to be in a phone without killing the battery life? Reply
testbug00 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linknote: the imagine is full of typos, but, it is legit: https://twitter.com/ProfMatsuoka/status/4591574225... Reply
michael2k - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkUm, the LG G2 mini LTE is being released with the Tegra 4i.
The problem with your assertion is that there are very few large mobile OEMs right now; LG, Samsung, Huawei, and Apple, with Samsung and Apple making over 45% of the phones out there with their own SoC. The #3 OEM is Huawei at just shy of 5%. Reply
phoenix_rizzen - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkNote: Tegra 4i uses Cotex-A9 CPUs, not the Cortex-A15s in the full-fledged Tegra4. The GPU is also fairly different. The Tegra 4i is closer to a speed-boosted Tegra3 than a full-fledged Tegra4. Reply
michael2k - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkThe A15 is power constrained, so I'm not sure it's at much of an advantage to the A9r4 seen in the Tegra 4i, especially in a smartphone. Reply
testbug00 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkTegra 4i is a great chip. Best Tegra chip yet... to bad so few phones have it :(
Still, Tegra 4i IS NOT Tegra 4. Reply
iamlilysdad - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkHP has many different products using Tegra 4. LG also has T4i in the G2 Mini for certain markets.
Are those not large enough mobile OEM's for you?
You seem to continue to want to push that slide that was shown at GTC, You do understand that the quoted power draw in that slide isn't indicative of power draw in all form factors right? Reply
testbug00 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkHP is a large mobile OEM? Compared to who? Microsoft?
Anyhow, I know it is not for all form factors... however, if your chip not running full speed draws over 10W (even with IO included) than it will not run anywhere NEAR full speed in mobile devices... Well, it could, just, it would last about 1 hour. Reply
Morawka - Saturday, May 10, 2014 - linkhell Apple's A7 pulls 11W on the iPad air and 8W on the phone. The numbers are crazy off. The phone K1 devices will run at a lower clockspeed but the performance per watt is still there, it's the constant. Reply
Morawka - Saturday, May 10, 2014 - linkplus testbug, your first post on this article says "they finally have a gpu that's beating the competition" you contradict yourself in your following post. Reply
testbug00 - Saturday, May 10, 2014 - linkI believe that the GPU should be able to eek a lead out (at its max clockspeed) given you want to go by that. Only because their competitors aim at the market as a whole, not as some "max clockspeed we can get out of the part" because the money is in perf/watt, not absolute perf.
I do not believe it will be beating competition in phones and small tablets (large tablets, it __MIGHT__ be able to) Reply
testbug00 - Saturday, May 10, 2014 - linkTegra K1 can pull over 10W just on the SoC, I would guess between 12 and 15W max. iPhone and iPad consume those with all parts running at max. Reply
grahaman27 - Sunday, May 11, 2014 - linkThe tegra k1 pulled 10 watts powering the tk1 bored, which had desktop components. I don't think you have much room to make that claim. You are right the iPad draws 11 watts at max, so does the k1 on a development board with desktop components and a fan, we cannot judge what it would be like in a tablet. Quit blowing smoke, we get that you don't like tegra, but don't make crap up. Reply
ams23 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkYou are cherry-picking phone-centric OEM's now. LG uses Tegra 4i in one of their products, and Xiaomi uses Tegra 4 in one of their products, but Tegra's emphasis and focus is not on phones. Tegra's emphasis is on tablets, micro-gaming consoles, automotive, embedded. Tegra may get some high end smartphone design wins in the future with Tegra K1 and beyond for those OEM's looking to differentiate their products, but the lions share of smartphone SoC's outside of Apple and Samsung will use Qualcomm and Mediatek. Reply
testbug00 - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkTegra 4i is a great product.
Now, we were talking about Tegra 4.
How many tablet wins do they have? MS, HP, their own tablet.
How many Phones wins do they have? One Chinese manufacturer
How many "micro-gaming consoles" wins do they have? Two(?) SHIELD and Ouya. I don't think you can even truly call the SHIELD a "win" it was made by Nvidia.
Automotive.. Well, NVidia has a decent chunk of the market, sadly, that market is quite small... and, those systems are approaching using very low-end SoC for stuff car needs, and running the multimedia/etc using phones power.
embedded? Perhaps. Reply
grahaman27 - Sunday, May 11, 2014 - linkNvidia was talking about the k1 only MONTHS after they announced the tegra 4. They were showing battlefield 3 demos running the next gen (come to be tegra K1) before the tegra 4 was even release. Nvidia is hyped about the k1 and they should be, its revolutionary, truly it is.
Also I just want to clarify that there was no tegra 1 soc, so stop referencing that (there was an original tegra, but it was a seperate chip, as it was not an soc). also the tegra 2 was the most advanced chip at the time, very competitive. Reply
melgross - Monday, May 12, 2014 - linkI do t expect much from this—period. We've heard this before from them. They sound more like AMD every day. Reply
Da W - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkAMD did post good resultst too, with the GPU division doing extremely well also.
#1 My take on this is that if you bought a core i7 2600k years ago, it's still good enough. GPU performance is now the important factor in computing performance, and if your CPU can old longer than the usual 18 months it used to, you have spare money to spend on a beefy GPU upgrade.
Intel is the looser here.
#2 With game streaming from your powerful desktop coming (Shield / Steam OS / i'm sure AMD will follow), notebook GPU will begin to be less important. And the rise of 500+W GPU cards shows that mobile GPU can't give you all the power you need due to power contraint, contrary to CPU. All you need is a potent SoC (tegra K1 / Mullins) and a powerful desktop. Reply
CiccioB - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkAMD results were quite not that good at all.
All the profits they advertise are all compensated by an almost equal long term debt increment. Reply
CiccioB - Friday, May 09, 2014 - linkAnd by a constant reduction in research investments.
And they showed the best quarter of the future incoming ones, as the request for APUs for consoles was at its maximum.
Still they didn't get a profit. nvidia gets 66x4 millions by licensing their old IP to Intel in a year. And that's without investing anything in silicon or future shrinking and so. You can see who made the deal when nvidia said that doing SoC for console market was not profitable at all (or not as it would be investing the same money and brains in other things). Reply
theqnology - Saturday, May 10, 2014 - linkWhy nobody pointed out that Tegra4 was based on over a decade old GeForce ULP? And that TK1 is NVidia's first product with a modern GPU architecture? Why nobody pointed out that OEMs were also drawn to Snapdragons because of on chip LTE? Really, previous tegras were incremental changes, thats why im excited to see where K1 can take us. Stop the hate, sit back end enjoy... Not like you lost large sums of money on Nvidia shares. Reply
theqnology - Saturday, May 10, 2014 - linkOops, meant for everyone, not on your comment.. :P Sorry hard to distinguish, using a phone. Reply
Hrel - Monday, May 12, 2014 - linkok Nvidia, you made plenty of money, now lower the prices of your desktop GPU's significantly. GTX760 should be <200. Reply
CiccioB - Monday, May 12, 2014 - linkAs long as they can sell them at >$200 they will keep that price.
People do not understand the basic business law of offer and demand: you have to sell your product at a low price only if it cannot be sold at a higher one.
nvidia sells tons of their GPUs at high prices.
AMD fanboys cannot understand this and keep on speaking of perf/dollar nonsense. They just cannot understand that criteria is not the only one, and for those that really understand something, it is also not the most important.
If perf/cost was the only criteria used when buying something we would all drive Skoda and KIA cars. Or have Samsung electronics devices.
nvidia can sell a lot at a higher price making money (well, not plenty but enough), while AMD not to have a one digit market share must keep its prices so low that they cannot have a gain even at what it probably was the best quarter of the year. Reply


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I came across this hilarious video at Feministe.
It is a wonderful parody on why news agencies have not aggressively covered an incident in 1992, when John McCain allegedly referred to his wife as a cunt. Yes, the dirty C word. In most cases the uttering of such a word is worthy of a swift kick at the very least. The part of this video I wish to call to your attention too begins at 1:00 in and ends at 1:08.
Anonymous Black woman: John McCain called his wife the worst word there is.
Anonymous Black Man: What, She's not even black
Anonymous White Man: No cunt, John Mccain called his wife a cunt
Anonymous Black Man: No way
While this video takes a jab at John MCcain, if you are listening closely you can see a problem that is just as large, that is skipped over as meaningless commentary. Clearly the word that the anonymous black male had in mind was nigger. Even though he was told that the conversation was about a white woman, his first thought was nigger. I think that this is a very revealing look at the black male psyche. In their mind the only oppression that is real, is related to race. Gender very seldom factors into the equation, and this is a problem. The key here is that, while a black male is usually oppressed due to race or class, they still operate with a form of male privilege. What frustrates them is the inability to act on their privilege akin to white males.
While all POC must negotiate racism, it is only women that must negotiate sexism. Even though black men represent an oppressed group within society, they are still intent on creating a patriarchal power structure that mirrors the one currently run by white males. It is seen as hyper masculine for a man to privilege male concerns over female. We are after all just whining, over sensitive women. Though the male in the video was ready to jump on ball with the critique of John McCains language, it is nevertheless telling that his first thought was not gender, but race.
For WOC this is not a case of competing oppressions. Our color does not in any way cause more oppression than our gender. In fact the two combine to create a unique kind of social stigmatization that is specific only to us. According to bell hooks, the black woman has no institutionalized other, and I firmly agree with this statement. While black men may claim to be our allies, we must question this assertion. Until gender becomes a priority in the decolonization struggle of people of color, WOC must recuse ourselves on the grounds that this movement does not speak to all of our issues. Newsflash the word cunt gets thrown at black women too, and it is equally demeaning as the word nigger.

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# High Scores
# Demonstrates list methods
scores = []
choice = None
while choice!= "0":
High Scores
0 - Exit
1 - Show Scores
2 - Add a Score
3 - Delete a Score
4 - Sort Scores
choice = input("Choice: ")
# exit
if choice == "0":
# list high-score table
elif choice == "1":
print("High Scores")
for score in scores:
# add a score
elif choice == "2":
score = int(input("What score did you get?: "))
# remove a score
elif choice == "3":
score = int(input("Remove which score?: "))
if score in scores:
print(score, "isn't on the high scores list.")
# sort scores
elif choice == "4":
# some unknown choice
print("Sorry, but", choice, "isn't a valid choice.")
input("\n\nPress the enter key to exit.")
I'm working on this program in my Python book, and for some reason it doesn't seem to be working.
I've read my code, it seems fine to me. Here's what the book says:
The High Scores program uses list methods to create and maintain a list of the user's best scores for a computer game. The program uses a simple, menu-driven interface. The user has a few choices. He or she can add a new score, delete a score, sort the scores, or quit the program.
When I run my code, it just keeps printing the same thing infinitely.
Any help?


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Hi Friends!
Some time ago I was looking for resources for 'How can we build an app with FrontlineSMS external command?'. I learned it from many different websites and Frontline team also helped me a lot. Now I want to share my learning with you!
I assume you are familiar with PHP and also have a local server ( because remote host would show slow response while testing the app. once you have made it then you may change to remote server to implement it to you website :-) ). The local server I use is XAMPP by apachefriends.org. it's open source and (if you haven't already) you can download and install on your computer easily, just check "Install Apache as service" during installation.After installation is complete point your browser to http://localhost to confirm installation of server, If it shows language selection screen with XAMPP logo, voila !! you've installed Apache as your server.
Now when you've installed we are ready to start the "Amazing SMS App" :-)
Go to C:\xampp\htdocs and create a new folder named "SMS" (or whatever you like I would use it for ease) it would be accessible by browser at http://localhost/sms create a file index.php in sms folder , Now rest of the work we'll perform through editing this file and command setting of FrontlineSMS.
Start frontlinesms and create a keyword 'APP'. (I've come to know that keywords are case sensitive so be sure while creating and using them any where because for instance, using APP and App would show totally different results.)
Now for keyword 'APP' go to External Command -> HTTP response.
and enter the following Command:
and check The "Auto reply" box.
Now what would this command do? Well ,It will be forwording all the SMSs with keyword APP to our index.php file with sender number and sender's message and we'll leave the rest for PHP and MySQL to handle. :-)
ohh guys I didn't realize that how time ran during talking to you. It's time for dinner and my Mom is calling me before she comes with a stick :-( in hand, Please let me go. :-)
As everybody is always a learner, So am I. Please correct me where I'm wrong and do post comments.
See you tomorrow with next part of our Amazing app tutorial. Bye.
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Hi Moin
Am using ubuntu and i was trying this tutorial to save the contents of an sms to a database. When i send the text with the created keyword(take) nothing happens but the HTTP Request on the keyword shows a hit.
then i added a port number in the keyword like this:
then i sent a message (take 5). on the http trigger screen i get this error:
No handler found for request: sms/index.php?sender_number=%2B26588.....&message_content=5
what am i doing wrong?
Kind regards
Hi Juan!
you don't have to go for complex things. just go to ''External Command -> HTTP response'' and enter the URL where your php script is located.
E.G; http://localhost/sms/index.php?num=${sender_number}&msg=${message_content}
and check the auto reply box.
I'm available for any further help, just let me know.
Hi Juan!
Have you installed the XAMPP?
And where is the problem, in PHP or in starting the Frontline SMS?
Please explain.
Hi Moin,
Thanks so much for sharing the FrontlineSMS knowledge you have picked up with other users here! It is really helpful to share lessons learned here on the community, so appreciate the input! \o/
Hey ssembajjwe !
Just keep reading the blog posts and you will come to know everything or at least what you are asking.
It's quite easy and I'll show you in my upcoming posts...
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Hi Folks, and happy new year. In this edition of the Wiki News Digest
Name Change Poll
The closing results of the Name change poll, part 2 are now in.
The first question, authorising the admin team to change the Wiki's name has passed unopposed, with 31 YES votes, and no maybes.
The Results of the second in full:
- Fallout Wiki: 15 Votes (plus 1 excluded vote).
- Fallout Universe: 4 Votes
- GeckiPedia: 3 Votes
- Nukapedia: 20 Votes (plus 1 excluded vote)
So perhaps proving your can't beat the real thing, Nukapedia appears to have won the poll on unconfirmed figures. Before you Nuka Fans get excited - the vote and change need to be confirmed and actioned with the admin team, I intend posting a special message when this is done.
Full coverage of the poll here
I've suggested that for the logo stage we act in a similar pattern to the Name Change poll, but with a few changes. Firstly, I want to hold off any poll for a week - allow the confirmed name (when its confirmed) to inspire you all to create some great logos. This should also give us time to sort out how we're going to do this - my suggestion is after a week or so if we get enough entries we do a "vote for as many or as few as you like poll" again, and have the leaders move on to a single vote poll - but if you've got another idea on how to handle this, or have your logo ready, I'll be opening up a forum page (and linking it here) after the new name is confirmed.
- Edit: As we're now Officially NukaPedia: The Fallout Wiki, We have a logo poll
Best Wiki 2011
The Best Wiki of 2011 has concluded. We managed 11th, managing to beat our arch rivals in the Elder Scrolls/Skyrim Wiki (which is well done as they have their big release) and the Call of Duty wiki. Unfortunately we're about 10,000 votes short of first place - which went to My Little Pony: Friendship is magic. can find more on their page
Oh, yeah, and apparently we beat Degrassi, which means I'm obligated as per the comments of that news piece to post this link. However I do not recommend clicking it: http://youtu.be/CcFhnpZvcpk : Shoulda waited a few days and threatened to sing the My Little Pony theme instead.
Speaking of votes
After a few discussions on various talk pages, I've opened up a forum page to discuss the voting eligibility criteria for future polls. Whether you're happy with the current rules, would like to see higher requirements, or think that certain types of poll should have different requirements, have your say here
Moderator Changes
We have 2 new Moderators!
- TwoBearsHigh-Fiving has received your unopposed approval with 8 Votes.
- SigmaDelta54 has also received unopposed approval with 12 votes.
Isn't it nice when we all agree on things?
Relic of the war that wasn't
Here in the UK if the Russians were to ever launch their nukes, it was estimated that the country would have a whole Four minutes to get ready, at best. Thats Four minutes to detect the launch, and tell people to get to shelter.
Clearly, a public warning system was required, the problem is, building a national signaling network that at best (or is that worst?) you were going to use once could be seen a colossal waste, and a pain to test.
Thats where today's relic comes in: The Speaking clock. For the unsuspecting citizen the Speaking Clock was an amazing thing, you dialled a number on your phone, your call gets routed through some dedicated network links, to a machine that tell you the exact time.
Those links didn't just link the Speaking clock to the UK phone network - it also linked to a special device in all major police stations, and to a master control device at RAF High Wycombe. In the event of a launch the devices in each police station would ring, the designated operator would pick up the handset and hope the next words he heard weren't "Attack Warning: Red" - if he did, he'd be responsible for sounding the alarms - these alarms might be connected to the phone lines of unsuspecting citizens, or even hand-crank sirens.
This solved two large problems - the cost of building the alarm network was slashed through its peacetime use, and the links were always being tested - people would call their phone provider if it didn't. There were however tests of the full system every 6 months.
The alarm parts of this system, called HANDEL were removed in 1992, but the speaking clock still answers calls - there are 60 million tests... I err of course mean calls to the speaking clock every year. You can do your part to safeguard democracy by dialling 123 in the UK, or +44 871 789 3642 if you're international.
You can find out more on how the system worked here. If you have a forgotten piece of Cold War Tech, propaganda, or a cold war site you'd like to see featured, please drop a line on the old talk page - I'd really appreciate your ideas if you want this feature to stick around.
Well, that concludes the Wiki News Digest. Stay safe out there. 20:30, January 1, 2012 (UTC)


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So Apple are crying because they think the Samsung Galaxy III is a successor to the Nexus, which is a Google phone & not a Samsung one they will try anything to block devices that outshine theirs.
next it will be TV lol when they release an Apple TV, any company that makes TV will be sued.
Wow that's really messed up of apple. Why does apple have anything to worry about?
Wow as someone that owns a phone and tablet from both Apple and Samsung this makes me laugh. Apple makes more profit than anyone why are they so scared? people still buy Iphones just off name alone even when there are better options. Maybe they feel that people will start to look for other options because people are becoming more tech informed. All of these manufacturers just look stupid to me spending resources on lawyers instead of making products better. To me it looks like Apple starts it with most company's but I could be wrong. Will anyone stop with the lawyers? Shame shame shame Samsung and Apple shame.
Sometimes I think apple should grow a pair and ******* grow up
Rocky hit it right on the head. This is not the successor to the Galaxy Nexus but the Galaxy S2. Completely different phones.
Why do people say they are scared? They are just protecting their patents, which Samsung happened to infringe. It's like saying you made a new laptop, and some one completely ripped that off, and bystanders would just say "why are you so scared?"
Just because they stuff all the hardware they can into the phone doesn't mean it's superior. Ironically people claim Apple is not scared, and cannot be harmed by this, same time they say S3 will take most of their market. Contradict much O_o?
Apple needs to get off their brains, take their heads out their asses, and release new iPhones earlier, it's not other companies faults that apple will lose $$ due to ppl buying other phones because of apples' slow assness in releasing a new iPhone.
People would like a new iPhone as early as possible in the year (march/april), so it can be used for the summer, not have to wait till the following summer to use it.
I'm pro iPhone, just sick of apples' "slow assness", and their b*tching about other companies because of it.
Release iPhones earlier yuh friggn idiots.


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|Forums: Index → Narutopedia Collaboration → Possible references to Japanese legends
Today I was reading an article I had printed out sometime ago, one listing legendary Japanese creatures and giving brief descriptions, and came across some that seem similar to creatures, techniques, etc. in Naruto media. I thought about adding trivia to pages, but I wanted to run it by everyone first. Here are the possible references in question.
The Hannya is a Noh mask representing a jealous female demon. There was a tool called the Curse Mask which was worn by a princess filled with hatred.
The Hyōtan-kozō is a gourd spirit. Itachi's Susanoo has a gourd with the Sword of Totsuka, an ethereal weapon (I know it's a stretch).
The Ikiryō is a kind of living ghost, a person whose soul can dwell outside his or her body. Dan Katō has the Spirit Transformation Technique, which allows his soul to exit his body.
The Nekomusume is a cat in form of girl. Matatabi is a monster cat which was sealed in a young female jinchūriki, Yugito Nii.
The Noppera-bō or Zunbera-bō is a faceless ghost. The Vanishing Facial Copy Technique leaves its victims faceless corpses.
The Ōmukade is a giant human-eating centipede that lives in the mountains. Pain's Giant Centipede seems to match that description pretty well, and the Forest of Death also had a giant centipede (the one Naruto impaled with a kunai).
Yatagarasu is the three-legged crow of Amaterasu. Itachi uses crows and has a jutsu called Amaterasu. Also, Pain had a Giant Drill-beaked Bird which had three legs and was defeated by Itachi's Amaterasu.
If anyone agrees with any of these entries, please let me know or add it yourself. Raidra (talk) 03:15, December 14, 2012 (UTC)
- Seems legit, and I wouldn't mind adding some stuff like this to articles, but more like trivia that going outright and saying [Possible] Influences.--Cerez365™(talk) 06:02, December 14, 2012 (UTC)
You're saying put it as "Trivia" instead of saying "Influences"? That makes sense. Shall I edit the articles (when I can get around to it) or do you want the honor? If you do it and anyone complains, just point me out and I'll take the fall. In any case, thank you for the input. Raidra (talk) 16:49, December 14, 2012 (UTC)
- Think you need to wait bit for more input, though I don't think people would object. You can go ahead with it, whenever you have the time.--Cerez365™(talk) 20:50, December 14, 2012 (UTC)
I think that it should be added. I mean it's no surprise that Naruto has stuff in it influenced by japanese mythology stuff, just look at Tsunade and Jiraiya.184.108.40.206 (talk) 21:13, December 14, 2012 (UTC) Yhwach
Nice research, I must say. Miraibuu (talk) 18:56, February 1, 2013 (UTC)


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12/7 Chorus, Orchestra
|Locus Iste
|Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
|This place was made by God; a priceless holy place, it is without fault.
|Sicut Cervus
|G. P. da Palestrina (ca.1525-1594)
|As the hart yearns for the water springs: so longs my soul for thee, O God!
|Carol of the Bells
|Traditional arr. Kirby Shaw
|Hodie Christus Natus Est (à 8)
|Giovanni Gabrielli (1555-1612)
|Today Christ is born; today the Savior has appeared;
|Today the Angels sing, the Archangels rejoice;
|Today the righteous rejoice, saying: Glory to God in the highest.
|And on earth peace to all those of good will.
Bryson Held, trumpet; Jeff Worrall, trumpet; Alex Clayton, euphonium; Kali Sheldon, tuba
WSC Chamber Singers
|Counterpoint of the Animals
|Adriano Banchieri (1567-1634)
|arr. Norman Greyson
|Three Spanish Christmas Carols of the 16th Century
|Anonymous, ed. Noah Greenberg
|from Villancicos de diuersos Autores…, Venice, 1556
|2. Dadme albricias, hijos, d'Eva
|Sons of Eve, reward my tidings! Why should we make gifts to you?
|Born is He, the Adam new. Almighty God, what glad tidings!
|Pay my boon, and sing for joy, for tonight is born our Savior,
|the Messiah promised to us, Man and God, a virgin's boy.
|By his birth He gives us pardon for the sin and wrong we do.
|Born is He, the Adam new. Almighty God, what glad tidings!
Soloists: Sara Harger, Kali Sheldon, Katie Simmons, Briana Vigil
|3. Ríu, Ríu, Chíu
|Refrain: Ríu, ríu, chíu guard our homes in safety.
|God has kept the black wolf from our lamb, our Lady.
|He who's now begotten is our mighty Monarch, Christ our Holy Father in
|human flesh embodied, He has brought atonement by being born so humble;
|though He is immortal, as mortal was created. Many ancient prophets told
|that He would come; now within our own time we know it has come true.
|God in shape of human we see on earth's domain, man in heaven reigns,
|so He wished it done to aid us. He has come to offer life to dead and dying,
|He who comes to atone for the fall of all mankind; light of hope, farshining,
|is He, this baby boy, Lamb of God, our joy, just as good Saint John related.
|In His wish to please us, God could do no other, loving us so deeply,
|than make of her a mother. He who was His Father was born of her tonight;
|He who gave her life, was His own Son mild and gracious. We have now the very
|One we've always prayed for. Let's all go as neighbors and presents we will bear.
|Let's no longer tarry our love and faith to give, since He came to live here among us as our Savior.
Soloists: Andy Brown and Kendra Sheldon; Lyndsie Conklin and Keenan Walter; Enid Holden and Jeremy Kroeker;Dakota Brown and Kayla Greenlee; Randi Andersen and Sunshine Quintana; Ashtyn Rossman, tambourine
|Various Themes on "Fa-La-La"
|arr. Chuck Bridwell
WSC Concert Choir
|Selections from "Water Music"
|G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
|Ave Verum Corpus
|W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) Arr. Charles Woodhouse
|Simple Symphony
|Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
|I. Boisterous Bourree
|II. Playful Pizzicato
|III. Sentimental Sarabande
|IV. Frolicsome Finale
WSC Chamber Orchestra
|Hallelujah Chorus from "Messiah"
|G. F. Handel (1685-1759)


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EASTBOURNE skipper Cameron Woodward is hopeful his Eagles can secure a long-awaited away victory when they travel to Swindon this evening.
After beating the Robins 53-40 on their own patch on Monday, the Arlington side come to Blunsdon without a victory on the road since a success at Coventry in June 2012.
However, with every point vital as the Eagles bid to hang onto the fourth play-off place, Woodward is hopeful that trend can be bucked in Wiltshire.
"The only lucky thing for us is that (Peter) Kildemand is probably not there again, but the rest of their boys are still fast as hell around that track," he said.
"We're up for it and looking forward to it because we all know how critical meetings like this can be, and that away win has to come soon.
"It's been so long, but we have some big opportunities coming up with Swindon away and then Coventry and they are absolutely critical. We have King's Lynn and then Poole away to come which are two that are very hard, but the next two are big ones for us.
"Even just a point would be great, and Joonas (Kylmakorpi) and Bjarne (Pedersen) go good round there so hopefully they can lead from the front and we can get the job done."
Despite Woodward's Eagles taking victory over the Robins on Monday night, the Aussie admitted things are increasingly difficult for the Arlington club after Lewis Blackbird's season-ending leg break suffered in Denmark last week.
"We were fearful of Swindon really because they had Simon (Gustafsson) Troy (Batchelor) and Nick (Morris) who go good around our place, but we knew how critical it was so it really good for us to get all the points and also for all of the boys to contribute," he said.
"We had to do it without Lewis (Blackbird) and that was hard because he's been going so well for us, and it's particularly tough for us to have to go into a busy period of away matches without him because he's been so good and has been scoring a lot as a guest away from here.
"That's the way it goes though and hopefully we're on the case to sort out those guest bookings because it's going to be important."


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Mint Green Tea Spritzerby Amie Valpone in Healthy Holidays, Healthy Recipes, March 17, 2013
For a refreshing and festive non-alcoholic St. Paddy's day beverage, try this cooling mint green tea spritzer. Green tea is full of good-for-you antioxidants and the revitalizing fresh mint leaves provide drinkable stress relief. Plain seltzer water makes this drink super fun and bubbly. No table sugar here – honey acts as a natural sweetener. Serve these drinks spruced up with some fresh lemon wedges on the side of the glass.
Mint Green Tea Spritzer
Serves 6
3 cups water
3 green tea bags
1/3 cup honey
2 cups plain seltzer
Lemon wedges, for serving
Ice, for serving
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh mint leaves
Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan; add tea bags, cover and remove from heat. Set aside to steep for 10 minutes.
Discard tea bags (don't squeeze them).
Add honey; mix well. Transfer to a large pitcher.
Add seltzer, 2 lemon wedges and fresh mint; place in the refrigerator for 1 hour or until chilled.
Serve chilled with additional lemon wedges over ice.


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Three microphones and HD voice support make the iPhone 5 the best calling devices from Apple yet
19 Comments
1. Peter27 (Posts: 233; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
Best iphone yet... best calling device from apple yet.
Did samsung ever did their new galaxy S worse than the older one ?
I expect the new phone be better than their previous one.
So I expect every new Samsung be the best Samsung Galaxy yet.
So why do you have to highlight it so much ?
5. jaoowolabi (Posts: 201; Member since: 07 Jun 2012)
lol yea i getch ya.. like was the iphone going to get worse or something?
7. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
lol, I don't know about that dude. I still think the Galaxy SII was loads better than the Galaxy Nexus
8. Peter27 (Posts: 233; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
Is galaxy nexus not in different category?
I thought successor to S2 is S3.
That is why the numbering! Or does the numbers stands for something different?
2. RyanM4g63 (Posts: 15; Member since: 20 Aug 2012)
i mean lets be honest.. people are buying more iphones than GSIII's so obviously people buy into that horse crap
3. Mxyzptlk (unregistered)
I'm not buying into you.
4. Birds (Posts: 1171; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
In my opinion, the iPhone is finally worth checking out. The iPhone 4S and previous models all sucked at being phones and excelled at being gadgets. if the claims Apple make are true, then this is a very good option. The iPhone 4S and 4 had decent call quality 7/10 at best. The iPhone 3GS was just pathetic as well as all previous i-Devices.
18. RyanM4g63 (Posts: 15; Member since: 20 Aug 2012)
The 3gs was the ony iPhone worth buying
6. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
I agree with Birds.
The only bad thing about this iPhone is really the screen size, and UI/OS (okay and the non expandable memory and mediocre non expandable battery lol)
In all other areas Apple actually excelled and put together a really cutting edge product.
I'm sure the overall quality level of this phone is unmatched.
9. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
Daniel p., did u use phone when you wrote title?
10. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
It's BS feature. Honestly no one shoiuld be having any Torgasms (Techie Orgasms)over this feature. It's pathetic if techies are now trying to "fish" for features when none can be found and they find this as something to go gaga over.
12. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
If the carrier doesn't support the feature, it is as if the feature was not included. Does AT&T support it? VZW? Sprint?
13. wumberpeb (Posts: 453; Member since: 14 Mar 2011)
Sprint will on their LTE network, as the Evo LTE supported HD Voice out of the box...
Can't wait to hear the difference, should be cool
14. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Got to have HD-LTE network available to be able to get the benefit. Other than a few isolated areas, the west coast of the U.S. is not on Sprint's LTE roll-out, with no indication of when it will get Sprint's LTE love.
11. lumialove (Posts: 75; Member since: 16 May 2012)
So is Nokia lumia 920 with 3 microphones
15. rihel_95 (Posts: 301; Member since: 21 Mar 2012)
I found this to be the 'only' one new feature in iP5
16. Jobes (Posts: 364; Member since: 27 Oct 2011)
And the Samsung Galaxy S3 is the best "Samsung Galaxy Sx yet!!!"
17. BattleBrat (Posts: 1476; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Moto phones have had multiple mics since at least the X


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Sydney Airport has argued that the federal government's demands for it to bring forward the release of a plan about its future needs could result in it being rejected because of a lack of consultation.
In its latest clash with the federal Transport Minister, Anthony Albanese, the airport is appealing his decision that its draft master plan be completed a year earlier than scheduled.
The airport launched the legal proceedings against the minister in June, but has had to wait until Tuesday for the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Sydney to begin hearing its case.
At the tribunal, the airport's counsel, Kevin Andronos, said the draft master plan could eventually be rejected by the minister if it was not given sufficient time to consult the public and other stakeholders.
"The irony is that [lack of consultation] would be grounds to refuse the plan," he said.
Furthermore, he said, a rejection of the plan would lead to further delays of the release of its 20-year vision.
Mr Andronos said the airport was required to undertake an extensive amount of consultation with the public, councils, community groups and users such as airlines.
He also argued that fierce debate about the need for a second airport in the Sydney basin – which led to the release of a joint study by federal and state authorities early this year – had clouded the minister's decision to speed up the master plan for Kingsford-Smith.
"Where and when to put the second Sydney airport has bled into the reasons for accelerating the master plan ... [but] they are two separate issues," he said.
Sydney Airport's lawyer also criticised some of the forecasts in the joint study concerning its ability to meet demand from passengers and airlines over the longer term.
He cited the study's conclusion that the airport would need an extra 25 aircraft parking aprons by 2015.
The Transport Minister wants the draft long-term plan for the airport to be on his desk by July 1 – a year earlier than expected. He makes the final decision on whether to approve or reject airport master plans.
The airport has been working towards completing its first version of the plan by the end of January, in the event that it is unsuccessful in its appeal.
The government's lawyers are due to make their opening statement to the tribunal shortly.


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PASADENA, Texas - A 36-year-old man is in police custody for what investigators say he did to a 10-year-old girl at her mother's birthday party.
Prosecutors accuse that man of using S&M items on the girl, all while her mother was downstairs celebrating her birthday.
Flanked by his attorney, Frank DiStefano entered a Harris County courtroom Monday to respond to accusations that he lured a 10-year-old girl into a bathroom and tricked her into wearing items meant for sexual use.
"Frank is pleading not guilty today. We look forward to our day in court and proving our innocence," said defense attorney Paul Darrow.
According to court records, the alleged incident happened at a house in a Pasadena neighborhood during a birthday party for the little girl's mother. Prosecutors say DiStefano lured the little girl into an upstairs bathroom, saying he had a present for her -- a Hello Kitty mask -- but he wanted to make sure he had the right size.
The girl told investigators DiStefano then blindfolded her with a silk mask, bound her arms with velcro and gagged her. She said DiStefano was planning to take pictures of her, but her mother came pounding on the locked door, demanding it be opened.
DiStefano then walked out of the bathroom, mask in hand.
On Monday, it was a courtroom he walked out of, free on bond.
He wasn't around when we arrived at his home, but his neighbors were and they had plenty to say.
"It's very sad for something like that to happen to a child. There's nothing worse than that. That's the worst it can get," said Dave Bernosky.
DiStefano is charged with performance with a child. Because this little girl is under 14 years of age, this is a first degree felony. And if he's convicted, DiStefano faces anywhere from five to 99 years in prison.
During the course of the investigation, Pasadena police say two more victims were discovered. And since the story has aired, one more victim has come forward.
Pasadena police detectives encourage anyone else who may have information regarding additional victims to call the Pasadena Police Department's Juvenile Division at 713-477-1221.
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Percival Boyd would have loved the internet, he was a prolific indexer and produced the Boyd's Marriage index and the lesser known, but as important Boyd's Inhabitants of London and Boyd's Family Units. I can imagine that if he was alive today he would be pleased to have his indexes available on the internet and I suspect he may have been quite a presence on the genealogy blogging scene!
What is Boyd's Inhabitants of London?
Boyd's Inhabitants of London are sheets that contain details of a family living in London, the sources for the information are varied and not always documented. The time period covered is generally 16th to 18th century. The collection has in the region of 60,000 sheets, all handwritten.
As a source for family history Boyd's Inhabitants of London are invaluable as they can link families outside of London with those who migrated to the city. It is well worth searching this collection even if you haven't discovered any ancestors in London.
What is Boyd's Family Units?
Boyd's Family Units were designed by Percival Boyd to be an extension to Inhabitants of London, it comprises of a further 10,00 sheets with families coming from a wider geographical area. The two collections have been amalgamated by FindMyPast into one index which contains over half a million names as more than one person is named on each sheet. The time period covered is lengthier than the Inhabitants of London, 14th to 20th century.
Where are the Boyd's Inhabitants of London & Boyd's Family Units?
The original sheets are in the care of the Society of Genealogists, London, but have been scanned, indexed and placed online by FindMyPast.
What can you expect to find on Boyd's Inhabitants of London & Boyd's Family Units?
Each Boyd's Inhabitants of London sheet starts with a man who often, but not always, was a citizen of London, it has the parish in which he is living also it may, or may not, have his wife's name and the date and place of marriage, his parents details, his children's names and dates of baptism, his occupations and other such notes that may have been found on the documents consulted to make up the sheet.
The Boyd's Family Units sheets can start with a man who has links with England, he may be living anywhere worldwide. they then have similar details noted as the Inhabitants of London. The British Empire countries are well represented here as well as America, this makes this a valuable collection for those who have ancestors who have left England to make their fortunes elsewhere.
As both of these collections are fully indexed they are easily searched so really it would be worth while for anyone to enter their family names in the search box.
Below is an example of a sheet from Boyd's Inhabitants of London, it is for Matthew Pottinger an ancestor of mine who I had no reason to think had left rural Berkshire to establish a business in London. The sheets mentions his will in which he named his brother John & his wife Dorothy, his brother Nicholas & his wife Dorothy and their son Richard and his sister Mary. This was enough information to make me surmise that this Matthew was "my" Matthew. A copy of London Matthew's will confirmed that he was indeed mine. The clincher was his bequest of monies for the poor of his home parish of Compton in Berkshire. What wasn't mentioned in the Boyd's sheet was that he left the majority of his estate to his maid servant this must have surprised his seemingly very conventional farming family!
Below is an example of one of the Boyd's Family Units sheets. This is for Richard Pyott who was from Staffordshire and names his wife, her parents, their children and their spouses, his occupation, reference numbers of wills for both Richard and his wife and a description of his arms. Valuable information for those researching the Pyott family history.
Thanks must go to the memory of Percival Boyd who worked so long and diligently to provide the genealogical world with such valuable indexes.


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DETROIT - Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election in 2014.
He released the following statement:
"I have decided not to run for re-election in 2014. This decision was extremely difficult because I love representing the people of Michigan in the U.S. Senate and fighting for the things that I believe are important to them.
"As Barbara and I struggled with the question of whether I should run again, we focused on our belief that our country is at a crossroads that will determine our economic health and security for decades to come. We decided that I can best serve my state and nation by concentrating in the next two years on the challenging issues before us that I am in a position to help address; in other words, by doing my job without the distraction of campaigning for re-election."
Levin was first elected to the Senate in 1978 and is the longest-serving senator in Michigan's history. The 78-year-old's retirement creates an open seat for Democrats in a state where Republicans have fared well in recent state elections. Democrats have to defend open seats in West Virginia, Iowa and New Jersey in the aftermath of three retirements.
President Barack Obama says no one has worked harder to bring manufacturing jobs back to America. He released this statement:
"If you've ever worn the uniform, worked a shift on an assembly line, or sacrificed to make ends meet, then you've had a voice and a vote in Senator Carl Levin. No one has worked harder to bring manufacturing jobs back to our shores, close unfair tax loopholes, and ensure that everyone plays by the same set of rules. As chairman of the Armed Services Committee, Senator Levin is a true champion for all those who serve, and his tireless work will be missed not just in his home state of Michigan, but by military families across our country. Michelle and I wish Carl, Barbara and their family all the best, and I look forward to working with Carl over the next two years as we continue tackling some of our nation's toughest challenges."
Michigan Republican Party Chairman Bobby Schostak issued the following statement regarding Levin's retirement:
"Michigan families are frustrated due to the lack of leadership and failed policies put forth by the U.S. Senate perhaps the most egregious example is the failure by the Democratic-led Senate to pass a budget for nearly four years. The status-quo is not acceptable and Republicans will offer bold and aggressive leadership that will restore common sense principles to Washington.
"Michigan Republicans have a lot of strong potential candidates and we are more than ready to have a real conversation with Michigan families why Republican leadership is necessary to fix Washington. Republicans understand the importance of a budget and using common sense conservative principles that put Michigan families and workers first."
Michigan Republican Gov. Rick Snyder said he commends Levin for his distinguished service to the state and the nation.
"For more than 30 years, Carl Levin has been a thoughtful, compassionate voice in Washington," Snyder said in a statement released Thursday night. "He effectively brought the needs and concerns of Michiganders to the halls of the Capitol. His service on behalf of Michigan and America is commendable. On behalf of our entire state, I applaud Sen. Levin for his dedication and wish him a healthy, fulfilling retirement."
Copyright 2013 by ClickOnDetroit.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Accrington v E Lancashire
Accrington are missing their captain Jimmy Hayhurst through suspension but Graham Lloyd plays.
East Lancs have a different look with ex-skipper Mark Bolton now in charge of the seconds. Ockert Erasmus leads them.
Key Man: John Turner
Donlan says: Accrington
Bacup v Lowerhouse
Bacup will look to repeat last season's opening day hammering of Lowerhouse and are at full strength amateur wise.
Lowerhouse are missing Jonathan Finch but have a strong looking side with the return of Joe Hawke.
Key Man: Joe McLuskie
Donlan says: Lowerhouse
Church v Rawtenstall
Sam Tucker is back behind the stumps for Church and Sam Holt also returns to Craig Fergusson's side. Barnoldswick pro Imran Khalid stands in for Saeed Anwar.
Rawtenstall field Kiwi Lou Vincent as sub-pro and that guarantees fireworks – but there is no Andrew Payne.
Key Man: Levi Wolfenden
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Colne v Enfield
Matt Wilson is back as Colne captain after last year's injury problems. Jeff Ellis has retired and John Lambert has left.
Enfield have signed batsman Nasser Hussain from Church and he takes his place in a strong side.
Key Man: Nasser Hussain
Donlan says: Enfield
Haslingden v Burnley
Lewis McIntosh is back from Baxenden for Haslingden, who also give a debut to new pro Harry Boam.
Burnley have Bharat Tripathi back at the club and have also signed Yakub Bhamji from Darwen.
Key Man: Bharat Tripathi
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Nelson v Rishton
It's a much-changed Nelson side for Neil Thompson to lead but Richard Meade, David Crotty and Thompson are big players.
Rishton have lost a number of players over the winter but Craig Smith's presence means they will score runs.
Key Man: Richard Meade
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Ramsbottom v Todmorden
Record-breaking former Barrow professional Pieter Malan could be one to watch this season as Rammy aim to start on a high.
Todmorden have lost three men to Walsden – but have replaced them well and Simon Newbitt is still a key man.
Key Man: Jon Fielding
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England's latest collapse left Graham Gooch admitting all personnel must prove they are capable of much better if they are to earn the right to stay on after the "debris" of their Ashes tour.
The batting coach and former Test captain included himself in the same category as he acknowledged players and management alike will be under scrutiny after England steered an ever more direct course to a whitewash at the SCG.
England were bowled out for just 155 on day two, before Chris Rogers' 73 not out helped Australia to 140 for four and a lead already - by stumps on day two of this final Test - of 311 runs.
On an awkward pitch, Alastair Cook's lbw dismissal to the second delivery of the morning to Ryan Harris set the tone.
Harris, Mitchell Johnson and Peter Siddle each took three wickets, and only Ben Stokes provided any worthwhile resistance.
Sadly for England, and an embarrassed Gooch, it was merely a continuation of similarly shambolic performances in each of the preceding Tests.
"Our players have not met the challenge with the bat, obviously," he said.
"We've not competed as we'd have liked to and not shown the skills that have been necessary ... we've gifted too many wickets.
"Therefore we have only one hundred in four-and-a-bit Tests, and that's not going to win you anything."
The upshot, Gooch accepts, is that - despite assurances from their employers that the roles of Cook and coach Andy Flower, at least, are not in jeopardy - the pressure is on for one and all.
"Everyone has to look at themselves - the coaches, the players," he said.
"We're all going to be under scrutiny, quite rightly, and we all have to take it on the chin - and we have to take the criticism.
"If you play the way we play, the brutal truth is it's not been good enough.
"We have to look for ways to move forward and ways to improve - and that might entail taking some more pain before it gets better."
Gooch, still England's record Test runscorer, added: "Personally, I have total belief in the messages I give to the players.
"But we'll have to look at it and see whether there's a better way, or the powers-that-be will definitely be reviewing everyone after this series."
Cook's shot, or lack of it, was that of an individual bearing the weight of responsibility in adversity.
"When things have gone the way they have ... there is more pressure, and you feel more responsible as a captain," said Gooch.
"I know that feeling ... it's particularly poignant when it happens like that at the beginning of the day when you're trying to set the tone and you're trying to lead from the front.
"I wouldn't say he made that mistake purely because he's captain and he's under pressure, but it's been a problem for us all through the tour.
"You make mistakes and sadly we've made too many."
Cook is one of several senior batsmen who have been unable to raise their game, as Australia have taken complete control.
Gooch cited very good Test match bowling from the hosts as one reason, but said as well: "You'd still expect players of that calibre, with that record behind them, to score a proportion of runs - and they've not been able to do it.
"If things don't improve then everyone's position is going to be under scrutiny.
"That goes for players. If you don't perform, ultimately you get left out.
"Everyone [here] would not like to leave under these circumstances ... and the debris of this tour.
"I can't speak for everyone but I'd be surprised if everyone didn't want to put things right."
Harris' assessment of the state of play was doubtless not intended as any consolation for England.
Even so, his words would make grim reading should any of the tourists dare to take a peak.
"Day two, 300-plus lead - it's a pretty good position to be in," he said.
"I don't think the wicket is getting any easier ... if we bowl like we did today we'll go all right.
"(Brad) Haddin said that - although he made it look pretty easy [batting in the first innings] - when the ball is fuller, he felt it had his name on and he could have nicked it at any time.
"Shane Watson said big cracks are opening up under the grass ... what you want to hear when you've got 300 on the board!"
Harris was not taking the whitewash for granted, however, and added: "It's obviously not a done thing yet ... we figure they're going to fire at some stage."
It is a moot point whether Gooch still retained the same sliver of faith.


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A BENEFITS cheat who falsely claimed more than £33,000 while living with her transgender partner has been ordered to pay it all back.
Grandmother Helen Ratcliffe, 44, received four seperate benefits over a 10-month period but failed to declare that she shared a house with Kate Nuttall - formerly known as Andrew, her husband.
Ms Ratcliffe was spared jail at Burnley Crown Court yesterday after a judge accepted that the couple had 'considerable domestic problems'.
Investigators from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) discovered the scam after receiving an anonymous tip-off that Ms Ratcliffe was lying about her circumstances.
Between February and November 2012 she claimed a total of £33,111.59 in housing benefit, income support, council tax benefit and disability living allowance (DLA).
On one occasion she was observed arriving for a DWP interview on foot despite claiming DLA for being unable to walk for more than 90 seconds.
Kimberley Obrusik, prosecuting, told the court Ms Ratcliffe had not informed the authority about 'a reduction in her care'.
Miss Obrusik said: "She stated she had got a taxi to the interview and had not contacted her husband since 2008."
The couple, from Mosley Street, Barnoldswick, care for two of their grandchildren full-time and also look after another granddaughter regularly.
Philip Holden, defending, said: "What effectively happened here, and I accept there has been an element of dishonesty, is that the two split up when he (Andrew) told her that he had been cross-dressing.
"She (Ms Ratcliffe) was confused. There was a period of time they didn't live together. For a couple of years, they didn't know what was going to happen to their relationship.
"Although she continues to live with her husband, who has now undergone her gender reassignment, the two of them effectively care for their grandchildren.
"The position now is that their relationship is likely to last for some time."
He added: "There no doubt that these are exceptional circumstances."
Ms Ratcliffe pleaded guilty to six offences of failing to notify the DWP of changes in her circumstances affecting her entitlement to benefits at an earlier hearing.
Sentencing her to six months in prison, suspended for two years, Judge Andrew Woolman said he had taken into account the couple's childcare issues.
He said: "You will have to pay back (the money) at a very slow rate."
The couple, who were married for more than 20 years, tied the knot for a second time in a civil partnership ceremony last December.
Roy Paul, the DWP's fraud manager in the North West, said: "Benefit fraud is a crime and we are dedicated to catching those who commit it.
"Only a small minority of benefit claimants are dishonest, but cases like this cost the taxpayer money that should be used to help those in need."


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The potential ripple effect of Google's new Nexus strategy
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A couple days ago, we talked about how Google's rumored new Nexus strategy of releasing multiple devices through multiple manufacturing partners could help to stop the vocal minority within the Android user base from complaining about "fragmentation". Today, we want to talk about the potential ripple effect, and how more Nexus devices will affect the ecosystem as a whole...
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Retirement Income Fund Lifestyle 1 (PRMAX)
Helping investors pursue monthly income in retirement
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Consistency of positive performance over five years
Performance represents 5-year returns in rolling quarter-end periods since inception.
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- Retirement income: Designed for investors who are in or near the "drawdown" phase of retirement, in which they seek to withdraw assets for income
- Conservative approach: Seeks income with careful consideration of capital preservation
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Current performance may be lower or higher than the quoted past performance, which cannot guarantee future results. Share price, principal value, and return will vary, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell your shares. To obtain the most recent month-end performance, visit putnam.com.
Performance assumes reinvestment of distributions and does not account for taxes. Returns before sales charge do not reflect the current maximum sales charges as indicated below. Had the sales charge been reflected, returns would be lower. Returns at public offering price (after sales charge) for class A and class M shares reflect the current maximum initial sales charges of 5.75% and 3.50% for equity funds and Putnam Absolute Return 500 Fund and 700 Fund, and 4.00% and 3.25% for income funds (1.00% and 0.75% for Putnam Floating Rate Income Fund, Putnam Absolute Return 100 Fund and 300 Fund, and Putnam Short-Term Municipal Income Fund), respectively. Class B share returns reflect the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), which is 5% in the first year, declining to 1% in the sixth year, and is eliminated thereafter (except for Putnam Floating Rate Income Fund, Putnam Absolute Return 100 Fund and 300 Fund, and Putnam Short-Term Municipal Income Fund, which is 1% in the first year, declining to 0.5% in the second year, and is eliminated thereafter). Class C shares reflect a 1% CDSC the first year that is eliminated thereafter. Performance for class B, C, M, R, T1, and Y shares prior to their inception is derived from the historical performance of class A shares, adjusted for the applicable sales charge (or CDSC) and, except for class Y shares, the higher operating expenses for such shares (with the exception of Putnam Tax-Free High Yield Fund and Putnam AMT-Free Municipal Fund, which are based on the historical performance of class B shares). Class R5/R6 shares, available to qualified employee-benefit plans only, are sold without an initial sales charge and have no CDSC. Class Y shares are generally only available for corporate and institutional clients and have no initial sales charge. Performance for Class R5/R6 shares before their inception are derived from the historical performance of class Y shares, which have not been adjusted for the lower expenses; had they, returns would have been higher. Class A, M, and T1 shares of Putnam money market funds have no initial sales charge. For a portion of the period, some funds had expenses limitations or had been sold on a limited basis with limited assets and expenses, without which returns would be lower.
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The sixth year of the successful SowBridge distance education program starts February 5, 2014. University of Minnesota Swine Extension Educator, Sarah Schieck, encourages participants to register by January 15, 2014 to ensure participants receive their materials in time for the first session.
"The SowBridge program is for people involved in managing or caring for boars, sows, and/or their litters, including allied industry personnel, access to timely, relevant, and accurate information regarding some of the major challenges facing the industry today" states Schieck. "Participants in the past have found the program to be very convenient, affordable, and worthwhile."
Twelve sessions take place monthly throughout the year. All sessions start at 11:30 a.m. Central Time and last for 45 minutes, which includes time for questions.
The year-long program is offered by subscription only. Cost is $250 for the first registration from an entity and $125 for each subsequent subscription from the same entity. Registration provides access to one phone line per monthly session and all program materials for each session. Prior to each monthly session, participants receive a CD containing the session's presentation, along with information to call a toll-free conference line to listen to and interact with presenters.
A brochure containing program topics and registration information is available on the Swine Extension website at www.extension.umn.edu/swine. For a sampling of previous SowBridge programs, visit www.ipic.iastate.edu/sowbridge.html.
SowBridge is sponsored by a group of 11 state universities with Sarah Schieck and Lee Johnston of the University of Minnesota Extension serving as program coordinators. The Iowa Pork Industry Center coordinates all registration and subscriber mailings.


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Help the victims of Hurricane Sandy by downloading this app, sharing with friends and completing a short survey
Lenovo Vibe Z smartphone was launched in November 2013. The phone comes with a 5.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080 pixels by 1920 pixels at a PPI of 401 pixels per inch.
The Lenovo Vibe Z is powered by 2.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and it comes with 2GB of RAM. The phone packs 16GB of internal storage cannot be expanded. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Lenovo Vibe Z packs a 13-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 5-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The Lenovo Vibe Z runs Android 4.3 and is powered by a 3000mAh non removable battery. It measures 149.10 x 77.00 x 7.90 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 145.20 grams.
The Lenovo Vibe Z is a single SIM (GSM) smartphone that accepts a Micro-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, FM, 3G and 4G. Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer and Ambient light sensor.
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Intex Aqua N8
Celkon Millennium Glory Q5
Gionee S9
Oppo Neo 5s
Videocon Z55 Krypton
Sony Xperia ZR
Xiaomi Redmi 3
Asus ZenPad C 7.0 (Z170MG)
Panasonic T44
Coolpad Rogue
Vivo Y31L
Spice Stellar Mi-425
Swipe Konnect 5.0
Obi Boa S503
Zen Admire Thrill
Fly F40
Meizu M5
Archos 50 Graphite
Blu Studio Energy 2
Yu Yuphoria
iBerry Auxus 4X
Adcom KitKat A54
Philips Xenium I908
Lyf Wind 7S
BlackBerry Priv
Wickedleak Wammy Titan 3 Octa
MTS Blaze 5.0
Maxx Mobile Genx Droid 7
Datawind PocketSurfer5