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Insane - a review of the movie filmed using the iPhone! Steven Soderbergh can not get away from directing, which he declared a few years ago. New technologies and the ease with which the film can be made today made the creator of Ocean's 11 broke his promise. Insane is a genre cinema, made casually, with a small budget and using a smartphone. Although this is not a masterpiece, fans of crazy thrillers will not pass by this title indifferently. Sawyer Valentini (Claire Foy from The Crown ) tries to live a normal life after she was forced to leave her hometown to free herself from the man who persecuted her (Joshua Leonard). She has a new job, a new circle of friends, but it still seems to her that the tormentor is stomping on her heels. She goes to a medical clinic to sign up for therapy, but she is closed against her will, because she poses a threat to her and others' lives. Initially only for 24 hours, but through the outbursts of anger he is there to spend at least seven days...

Honor Play already in Poland. What can a mid-range smartphone with a flagship specification do?  Honor Play - the new medium of the Chinese manufacturer has just been pre-sale in Poland. The smartphone is directed to the players, however - as I have learned - it will be an interesting proposition not only for them. Here are my first impressions after three days of use. Although Honor Play had its premiere in China in June , for now it's in vain to look for it in stores outside the Middle Kingdom. Interestingly, a separate European premiere is planned for the end of  August . However, it did not bother the manufacturer to start pre-sales in Poland. Honora Play can be ordered for now for PLN 1499 with Band 3 band as a gift. The presale will last until August 19 , and on August 20, the smartphone will go to stores at the same price, but without the band. Is it worth any interest in this model at all? The size and convenience of use The smartphone has been equipped with a well-siz...

Motorola Moto Z3 Play, a modular compromise  Moto Z3 Play is a very nice smartphone with an idea that Motorola had to adapt to new market rules. First. This idea is modules. It is not new, because Motorola has been promoting it since 2016. What is it about? For example, we can attach a camera module (with a 10x optical zoom), a loudspeaker, an additional battery, a module that converts the phone into a portable game console, or even a module that immediately takes a picture of us. Thanks to this, our smartphone either gains a new function or, to a very advanced degree, develops the one already possessed, and we have one device for everything. Secondly. New market rules are the proportions of the screen. When Motorola introduced the first modular smartphone to the market, the standard was 16: 9. Today is 18: 9. Others are not being done anymore. And Motorola promised her that for the next three years, the next versions of the phones will be compatible with the modules. You bought Mo...

Many methods are especially useful on applications such as WhatsApp , which bring a flow of users often exaggerated. In fact there are so many people chatting, that it is often very difficult to satisfy their requests made. Many often make developers understand that some features are implemented, while others want the impossible. Many times it has come the request for a useful method to spy on users in the chat, but WhatsApp, of course, has put the instant veto. Despite this we must inform you that there is a way to track the movements of users without them knowing. We have seen so many functions that often fall into oblivion , but certainly there are other useful tricks . One above all is what many users would like, that is what allows users to spy, but contextualizing their meaning. First of all, we tell you in advance that we will never provide you with methods to enter other people's chats , since they are 100% illegal . Therefore what we talk about is a useful trick to know wh...

Doubts, perplexities, but also fears. The Galaxy X could be a big disappointment, especially since now the rumor has spread that the much-vaunted flexible screen will instead leave room for a more pragmatic folding screen. Samsung Galaxy Rumors Those who expected the smartphone to fold like a piece of paper will most likely be disappointed. Still nothing is certain, but it seems that instead this Galaxy X will be a kind of Axon, the device already launched on the market for quite a few months by ZTE . The latest rumors then tell us that the folding smartphone called Galaxy X will be presented in February 2019, at the MWC in Barcelona. The output probably in April, but limited availability. How come this rush and above all because the limited availability? The first answer is that the competition moves forward, even Huawei has recently patented a similar product, not to mention Apple and LG, which seems to be working together for a project dedicated to a fully flexible and foldable disp...

After several months of waiting and dozens of rumors about its specifications and spy photos that portrayed the design, the new Samsung Galaxy Note 9 has finally become reality: presented by the Korean company on August 9 in New York, now has to convince not only users, but also reviewers and hardcore enthusiasts. And judging from the first reviews if it is doing quite well, especially as regards the display. According to DisplayMate , one of the most authoritative portals in terms of qualitative analysis of the screens, the panel mounted on the Galaxy Note 9 is up to 27 brighter than the one used with the previous model, the Note 8, in the High Brightness mode . But the most conspicuous and significant step forward was made in the accuracy with which the terminal reproduces colors, which is judged by the site as "visually indistinguishable from perfection"; a mix of innovations and general quality capable of establishing, and at the same time breaking, new performance record...

Samsung is one of the manufacturers that presents as many smartphones as possible, many to allow them to cover virtually every single price range possible . The wide Galaxy J series is aimed at entry-level consumers, the Galaxy A devices are positioned in the mid-range segment while the Galaxy S and Galaxy Note lines occupy the premium segment. However, it seems that Samsung's marketing staff have found a hole in this product portfolio and reveal it is the Bluetooth certification of a new smartphone. Its name should be Galaxy A4 , a terminal that will be positioned under Galaxy A8 , A8 +, A6 and A6 +  that all arrived early this year. Specifically, the following Galaxy A4 models have been identified: SM-A460F, SM-A460F_DS, SM-A460N, SM-A460U, SM-A460X, SM-A460XN and SM-A460XC. Many variants of the same smartphone, however, intended for different markets and with different LTE bands. In addition, the model SM-A460F_DS suggests that Galaxy A4 will also have Dual-SIM functionality . A...

It did not take long before the new Note 9 ended up under the magnifying glass of the various benchmark programs . In fact, Tom's guide tested the Snapdragon 845 version of the 6 GB Galaxy Note 9, using Geekbench 4 and 3DMark Slingshot Extreme 3.1. Without further ado, here are the results of the various smartphones being compared, including the iPhone X : Geekbench 4 multicore score: -  iPhone X 10.357 - OnePlus 6 9.088 - Galaxy Note 9 8.876 - LG G7 ThinQ 8.566 - Galaxy S9 + 8.295 - Galaxy Note 8 6.564 - Pixel 2 XL 6.282 As the name suggests, Geekbench 4 verifies the performance of all-core load processors. The Notes 9 got a much lower ranking than the much famed iPhone X . about 8,876 points. Arriving third, behind OnePlus 6, a device with a decidedly lower cost, however, confirms an improvement over its predecessor. Reports show that we are talking about a rather significant performance ratio: over 35%. Instead, Google's flagship phone totaled only 6,282 points. 3D Mark Slin...

Good news for the owners of the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus Exynos version , ie the models marketed in Italy. It seems, in fact, that the battery life of the international variants of the device has greatly improved with the Android security update of the month of August . Immediately after the release of the update, the network has multiplied the reports of users that the duration of the battery has lengthened, which is a sort of "reward" for those who bought these devices, accused of having a lower autonomy compared to the variants that use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor. Not all Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus owners have noticed battery life changes since the August patch, although some argue that the overall performance of devices is now more uniform. Recall that the Korean manufacturer kicked off the release of this update last week but still may not be available for all models marketed. Still a little patience.

Last August 9th, at the  Barclays Center in New York, the new Samsung Galaxy Note 9 was officially presented  , the new  phablet of the Korean company destined to represent the company's top of the range and a reference point in the market. Note 9 will arrive in Italy only on 24 August, while it is already present on the Asian market. These days, the web has also received the first reviews on the product: the first impression of professionals and users is absolutely positive: the  device , almost unchanged from the aesthetic point of view, has many significant differences compared to the previous model  in terms of of the functionality and the hardware and software features. The first aspect analyzed by analysts is that of its completeness. It is an efficient model under every profile, renewed in the camera, in the processor and in the audio system (the Achilles heel of Note 8). The introduction of the new S-Pen, significantly improved and extended in its possib...

The Serie A 2018-19 is ready to debut for the first time with some matches visible only in streaming , on the DAZN service of the Perform Group that we have widely presented HERE ; we also explained how it will be possible to follow the entire Serie A 2018/2019 championship in streaming with Sky Calcio or NOW TV and DAZN subscriptions and also how Sky customers can buy the DAZN TICKETS at discounted prices. It is precisely on the latter that we focus now, as there are reports of some problems that are experiencing Sky customers in activating the TICKET DAZN 9 MONTHS purchased at a price of 59.99 eurosto save about 30 euros compared to the subscription to DAZN for 9 months at the list price of 9.99 euros per month. The problem is the following: the Sky customer who bought the 9 month MONITOR TICKET and activates it on his DAZN account already activated previously to take advantage of the first month free is actually with the date of the next renewal of the 8 month subscription , instead...

No specific indication from the manufacturer Xiaomi, which should however update to Android 9 Pie different devices. For now we do not dare to unbalance too much and include those with more possibilities, but the list is certainly destined to stretch even further. Xiaomi Mi A2 (Android One) Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite (Android One) Xiaomi Mi A1 (Android One) Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S – in beta Xiaomi Mi MIX 2 Xiaomi Mi 8 Xiaomi Mi 8 SE Xiaomi Mi 6 Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro