Latest Apple iPhone 5 glitch could be a more serious problem


Latest Apple iPhone 5 glitch could be a more serious problem

The Apple iPhone 5 has had its share of problems from dings out of the box, tostatic lines on the QWERTY keyboard, and to purple tinted pictures. The latest glitch could be more serious. Some game developers are finding that the latest version of Apple's iconic smartphone is having problems with rapid diagonal swiping. Will RDS join Antennagate and the 'left handed death grip' in the annals of Apple iPhone history? What makes this as serious as those other problems is that the attempt to swipe in a diagonal direction rapidly leads to the screen's inability to detect any touch input, ineffect freezing the screen.




Will this new glitch be fixed by an iOS update?
The glitch, which also appears on the 5th-gen Apple iPod touch, does not appear on the Apple iPhone 4S. Any detective or scientist (or House MD fan) would know that the way to find out where the problem lies is to look at what is different with the screen between the Apple iPhone 4S and Apple iPhone 5. Besides size, the latter model uses the in-cell technology which removes a layer of glass to make the display thinner. This combination of the digitizer and touch panel is the first time the Apple iPhone and Apple iPod touch have shared the exact same screen which points the finger at the new technology as being the culprit. As serious as this problem is, the freezing of the screen and the skipping will not hurt most users of the phone and will be more of a pain to game players who do diagonal swiping in a rapid-fire fashion. One game where that movement is used is Fruit Ninja.

At the beginning of this month, Apple sent out iOS 6.0.1 to kill some of the bugs, like the QWERTY static lines, that had afflicted users. If this is a software related issue, it could be resolved with the next iOS update. If it is a hardware problem, no amount of rubber bumpers is going to fix it.

source: TheNextWeb via CNET

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LG Optimus G V Samsung Galaxy S III: Beast Wars

LG Optimus G V Samsung Galaxy S III: Beast Wars
Introduction

In an attempt to LG recapture some of its old glory LG released the first phone with the next generation Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset. The Samsung Galaxy S III has been out for several months now, but is yet to beaten as the best Androids smartphone on the market. The Optimus G looks like the strongest challenger so far and it seems to have a very good chance of being pronounced the new king by the end of this review.



Together, the two handsets represent the quad-core Android phone elite, so we just had to pit them against each other to decide who’s the best. We kick off with the most prominent advantages that each of the contenders holds over its opponent.
LG Optimus G over Samsung Galaxy S III
Next generation chipset, with new CPU and GPU architectures
Sharper screen
13MP camera on some models (others have 8MP cameras)
More compact
LTE and 2GB RAM on all models (international S III only has HSPA+ and 1GB RAM)
Samsung Galaxy S III over Optimus G
Better sunlight legibility
microSD card slot
User-replaceable battery
Already updating to Jelly Bean
Better battery life
Lower price

Having a next-generation chipset is a great advantage for the Optimus G, as it should give it both performance and power efficiency advantage over the Galaxy S III. On the flipside, the Galaxy S III and its Exynos 4 chipset have the optimizations of Jelly Bean on their side, so it might not be a walk in the park for the LG flagship.

LG also brought the best that its display divisions had to offer – the Optimus G is betting on a True HD-IPS+ LCD. The Samsung Galaxy S III on the other hand didn’t stay in the RD lab long enough to get a three-subpixel-per-pixel AMOLED like the Galaxy Note II, so it has to settle for a PenTile matrix. However, the AMOLED technology has some key advantages over LCD, so again we’ll have to do some testing before we find out who comes on top.

The camera sensors on both smartphone beasts are Sony-made, but while LG thought ahead and secured 13MP unit, Samsung used 8MP sensor. And while LG does have a theoretical advantage here, lens and image processing might make a big difference, too.


The LG Optimus G and Samsung Galaxy S III just before they go into the ring

In theory, the LG Optimus G should walk away with the win here. Having spend a few extra months in development and managing to snag newer components, the LG flagship is the clear favorite in this fight. However, the Galaxy S III won’t give up the crown without a fight. After all, there’s a reason why Samsung is the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer with a near two-fold advantage over the second-placed Apple.

Strap on your seat belts, as it might get rough.

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