The Sony E4 is a estimates phone with amount to propose

The Sony E4 is a estimates phone with amount to propose

Sony wants to be your first choice for a mobile phone, even if you're not looking to spend big-bucks. Unlike the Z series, the E series phones from Sony are a little bit modest. But don't let that put you off, because like the Motorola Moto G, there's plenty of features in these handsets to make them worth investigating.

For one thing Sony is claiming two days battery life from the new E4. That's pretty good, and Sony is one of the few phone companies that manages to deliver on power-related promises. Its Stamina battery tech is pretty nifty and does a good job.

Interestingly though, while the E3 enjoyed a 4G option, that's missing from the E4. Other specs are improved over the E3, but only very slightly. The screen resolution has increased from 480x854 up to 540x960, but because the screen has gone from 4.5-inches to 5-inches, that's going to make very little real-world difference to how it looks.

The Sony E4 is a estimates phone with amount to propose

At its core there's a very slight processor speed boost, and storage goes from 4GB to 8GB - still not enough, if you ask us. The back-mounted camera is still 5-megapixels too, but the front camera can now record video at 720p and 2-megapixel photos, a huge improvement from the E3.

Sony hasn't told us how much it will be yet, but we'd expect it to be as cheap as the proverbial chips if the Japanese firm is expecting to shift many of them. The E3 is about £100, so we'd expect it to be a bit less than that, what with the lack of 4G.

All Smartphone Should Come With Free VR Googles

Autor: Mario Aguilar

LG just announced that people who buy a new G3 smartphone will get a free VR headset to match. That’s an idea we can get behind.

This new, cheap VR for G3 hardware is closer to Google Cardboard than Samsung Gear VR, but fits somewhere between the two. The headset is based on the Google Cardboard platform — though presumably tweaked to fit the G3 specifically — and will work with the existing Google Cardboard app. Drop your phone into the front and you can hold the viewer up to your head and use it to peer into a virtual world displayed on your phone’s screen. The promotion rolls out this month in “select markets.” No word on how long that promotion will last or if the USA will be amongst the lucky ones.

But we’re enamoured with the idea that every smartphone could ship with an inexpensive version of Google Cardboard. It’s almost a waste to have a large, ridiculously pixel-dense phone like the LG G3 if you aren’t ever looking at it so close to make that PPI matter.

Even if it’s still half-baked tech, getting more eyes to see virtual reality could help move it forward, not to mention helping users get a little extra value out of their pricey smartphones. It doesn’t take much to show off the potential of the technology, even if it’s not the full-blown experience.

You don’t even need to go as far as LG is with its custom unit; I’d settle for a phone that just came with a cardboard deal-y. We already pack-in headphones. Why shouldn’t headsets be next? [LG via Engadget]

Source: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/02/every-smartphone-should-come-with-a-free-vr-googles/