Battery Consumption Illustration by Snapdragon (Video)

I was just cruising this cool afternoon when when i saw this video on Youtube by Snapdragon; a giant CPU manufacturer. So i decided to share with my readers.

The video was illustrated to show how Chipset works and how much power they consume which leaves effects on the battery life of our smartphones. A device (dont know which device) having the Dual-Core Snapdragon Chipset on was compared with a competitor having a Quad-Core chipset. Both were connected to a power monitor.

The smartphone batteries were bypassed. That way, both phones are fed the same voltage (3.7 volts). The boxes are also able to measure the current passing through the phones. A call was then placed to each phone so you can see how much current is being used during the phones calls. With the displays on and off, the Qualcomm Snapdragon smartphone is the least power-hungry in the modem department compare to its competitor. 

Watch the video and see the results for yourself.

Video Credits - Snapdragon Processors

Qualcomm Launches its Snapdragon Battery Guru App

One of the giant chip manufacturer Qualcomm has launched an Android app that improves the battery life for devices powered by its Snapdragon chipset Processor.

The app Snapdragon BatteryGuru, is available free on the Google Play Store, works with both hardware and software to maximize power cell longevity by intelligently adjusting the device settings without disabling its often used features.

The app 'studies' users behavior and tweaks internal settings such as sync frequencies of apps accordingly, saving valuable charge from being expended needlessly as the device connects to Wi-Fi and mobile networks to update.

Since its launch, the app has seen over 100,000 downloads and is said to optimize performance offered by Android devices featuring the  integrated modem that comes as part of the Snapdragon chipset.

Qualcomm recently posted test results illustrating the low-power consuming qualities of its wares in which it was demonstrated that a device running a dual-core Snapdragon chip clocked at 1.2GHz used 42% less power than a non-Snapdragon competitor. Both handsets were fed the same voltage of 3.7v as a control during the experiment.

Snapdragon BatteryGuru was  initially released as a beta version in February of this year as part of Qualcomm's efforts to combine efficient and powerful processing with smartphone stamina.

The CPU giant says that its BatteryGuru app will work alongside its processors to extend the use smartphone owners get from their devices from a single charge, something that will no doubt be a boon to users for whom short battery life has been a bugbear since the advent of smartphones.

Below is a video on How the app works.



Credits - Knowyourmobile.com

New 4.5' Jolla Phone with Sailfish OS

A  startup company Jolla has came up with a new smartphone running on the Sailfish OS with one best exciting feature  ability to run the Android apps in it. This smartphone has colorful replaceable shells and beautiful casing, this device is definitely one of the most stylish smartphones and said to be shipped by the end of 2013.  However this device can now be purchased under the pre order program says Marc Dillon of Jolla. We have mentioned the hands-on video of Jolla below in which you can see the mode called “Ambience” that changes the whole UI in accordance to the selected mode. With an “other half” functionality, the back cover can be changed easily.

Surprisingly, there are 3 options to own this smartphone. One program would cost 100 Euros with which you can get the limited edition of Jolla along with an exclusive “other half” along with the priority delivery including a free T-Shirt along with the 100 Euro Voucher when you purchase the Jolla phone online. Another option is that which costs 40 EUROS, will get you a priority status for the pre-order, a T-shirt and a limited edition of Jolla. In all company says you will not end up spending more than 399 EUROS including taxes and VAT.

On the hardware log, this phone specs as stated below ;

• 4.5” Estrade display, 

• Dual Core processor

• 4G LTE Capability,

• 8MP Auto Focus Camera 

• Replaceable battery. 

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The sailfish OS is the gesture based UI and comes with the Android app compliance. This device comes with the 16GB of internal memory along with the external memory card slot. With brilliant built quality, this device will be a truly reminder of NOKIA smartphones as the company is situated in Finland, the land of NOKIA.