16 Best Mobile Tech News in 2015, You Should Know

In 2015 the smartphone vendor launched many new innovative product. New Firmware, new device, and many more. Roonby team record all important products and events in 2015.  What is the interesting news in 2015? This is the all interesting news.

1. HTC Launch HTC One M9 

HTC One M9 has premium material body and the great design. It officially introduced to the public in Barcelona, Spain, on Sunday (03/01/2015). It has the same screen size as the HTC One M8. HTC One M9 has a wide-screen 5-inch Super LCD 3 types of Full HD 1080p resolution. It comes with better specs than the HTC M8. HTC One M9 equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with octa-core (8-core) with a speed of 2 GHz. HTC One M9 equipped with 3 GB RAM, 32 GB of internal memory and microSD slot up to 128 GB. HTC also provide a place to store the data in Google Drive (free) of 115 GB. HTC also updated One M9 interface with Sense 7.0.1. Thus, users of the HTC One M9 has many options to change the appearance. This device runs on the Android Lollipop (5.0.2).

2. Samsung S6 and S6 Edge April 2015

Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge are the best smartphone design by Samsung (especially the S6 Edge). Both introduced in the MWC 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge was released in April 2015. The Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge physically just look different. You can look on the screen side of the arch. Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge has a unique design and seems more elegant with the dual curved display on the front body. Moreover, there is no noticeable difference between the two.

Here is a comparison of Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge

Body and Design:

A striking difference is the S6 Edge has slightly curved design on the left and right. Galaxy S6 has a dimension with a size of 143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8 mm and weighs 138 grams. While the Galaxy S6 Edge has dimensions of 142.1 x 70.1 x 7 mm with a weight of 132 grams.

Display:

Galaxy S6 vs S6 Edge carries the same specifications. Both have a screen with a size of 5.1 inches and a resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels with a density of 577 ppi. Both phones are equipped with Super AMOLED technology that is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 4.

Processor:

Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge is powered by an octa-core processor. It is split into two parts, namely the Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 and Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57. This powerful CPU is supported by the presence of Mali T760 GPU, Exynos 7420 chipset, and RAM with a capacity of 3 GB. While the operating system that used is Android Lollipop. It has battery capacity of 2550 mAh, while the Edge S6 is equipped with a larger battery, it is 2,600 mAh.

3. Apple Watch on April 2015

Apple Watch is the first smartwatch from the Apple Company. The launch was carried out at an event held in San Francisco USA on Monday (09/03/2015). Apple fans who are interested want to buy Apple Watch can be bought on April 24, 2015. The first sale was only performed in several countries including the US, UK, China, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Hong Kong.

Apple Watch is available in 3 models, namely Sport, Regular, and Edition. All three models are available in two sizes, 38 mm and 42 mm. Apple Watch Sports version, (watch unit) made of aluminum alloy and rope from impact resistant material with two colors, silver and gray. For the Regular version using stainless steel material with some variation of the rope with two colors, silver, and black. Whereas Edition version made from 18 carat gold with two colors, rose and yellow. Apple Watch claimed has 18 hours battery life and running in watchOS.

4. LG G4 on April 2015

Several hours after the official introduction in the US, LG immediately released a new smartphone G4 for the Asia Pacific region. The launch was held at the Art Science Museum, Marina Bay, Singapore, on Wednesday (29/04/2015). LG G4 has a physical form that is similar to the previous G series, G3. As a differentiator, LG offers a choice of the casing made of leather.

LG G4 comes with a 5.5-inch screen specification with the resolution of 1,440 x 2,560 pixels. While the density levels reach 538 pixels per inch. The screen is protected by Gorilla Glass 4th generation. It equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 chipsets. Mostly, other companies choose the Snapdragon 810 chipset. G4 equipped with 3 GB RAM with 32 GB of internal storage. LG also provides a free Google Drive storage of 100 GB for two years at LG G4. LG G4 equipped with 16-megapixel resolution camera on f /1.8 aperture. It has 2nd gen of optical image stabilization technology. The cameras can be set manually and can produce images in RAW format.

5. Android Marshmallow comes on May 2015

Google finally officially give the name of the successor to Android Lollipop as “Marshmallow“. Google and the Android team has added a variety of new features to enhance Android Lollipop.

Android Marshmallow has many advantages:
1. ‘Doze’ Mode: “Doze” is a new technology that is able to minimize the battery power consumption when the smartphone is on standby or sleep mode. Doze mode is very effective for conserving battery power in a Android Marshmallow device.
2. Support USB Type C: USB Type-C has been fully supported on Android Marshmallow, thereby enabling battery charging 5 times faster than ordinary micro USB connector type.
3. Android Pay: The digital payment technology which utilizes connections Near Field Communication (NFC) that has been fully run smoothly on Android 6.0 operating system.
4. App Permissions: Improved features of “App permision” on Marshmalllow. It allows Android smartphone users to organize permits an application by pressing the “Allow” or “Deny”.
5. Auto Backup Applications: Android Marshmallow also brings Auto Backup feature that allows the smartphone to store user data and settings of applications or games into Google Drive. That means when you perform a hard reset, the previous applications and games that you have will still be used complete with the settings on a smartphone before.

6. Galaxy Note 5

Galaxy Note 5 launched at a grand event in New York, USA, on August 13, 2015. Galaxy Note 5 going head to head with Apple iPhone 6 Plus and other premium phablet.  One attraction is offered by Samsung in addition to the large display is the presence of a stylus called the S Pen. Like the pen in general, the S Pen has functions to help user productivity.

In terms of design, look clearly Galaxy Note 5 bring a fresh change. The latest phablet comes with a slimmer body than previous generations with dimensions of 53.2 x 76.1 x 7.6 mm. This makes the Note 5 has more comfortable grip.  Following the trend that already exists, Galaxy Note 5 now uses aluminum and glass materials. The front and rear made of Corning Gorilla Glass 4 material. Samsung hoped, it can be free of scratches on a daily use.  Galaxy Note 5 has brought the unibody concept, where you can not remove the battery from the rear casing or shell. The concept is similar to the Galaxy S6.

7. One Plus 2

One Plus 2 launched at Aug 11, 2015. It is available in two versions, namely 4 GB RAM with 64 GB of storage version and 3GB of RAM with 16 GB of storage. OnePlus 2 is a phone with a 5.5 inch screen 1080p. 64-bit 810 Snapdragon processor with 3 GB of RAM and 4 GB LGDDR4.

The battery capacity of 3300 mAh, and claimed to be strong to survive a long day. Front and rear cameras 5 and 13 megapixel resolution. The main camera is equipped with optical image stabilization (OIS) and dual LED flash. While the OS, OnePlus 2 using OxygenOS, based on Android 5.1.

8. iOS 9

Apple finally unveil the release date of iOS 9, ie on 16 September. This announcement coincided with the launch of a brand-new Apple devices such as iPad Pro, iPhone 6S and the other in San Francisco, United States.

Apple’s latest mobile OS’s had a number of updates and fixes. But the main focus was to make the iPhone more intelligent, fast and efficient.

As for the iPad – is limited to a few types of iPad – iPad iOS 9 to make it had a refreshing features, namely multitasking mode, which can run two applications simultaneously on the same screen.

Additionally, Siri also has a new feature in IOS 9 named Proactive. This feature makes Siri can learn the habits of users. By doing so, Siri can offer certain functions in accordance with custom, location, or time of the user.

Spotlight feature will be stronger, which makes users can search for content through this feature, it also converts the unit without the need to perform searches through Internet sites.

IOS 9 will also be more friendly storage, because the update requires only an empty space of 1.8 GB, or half of the places it needs to install iOS 8. There is also a low power mode, which can increase battery life for 3 hours on a single battery charge.

9. iPhone 6s and 6s iPhone Plus

iPhone 6s and 6s Plus launched at Sep 25, 2015. Both phones are still carrying the same size as its predecessor. iPhone 6S has a 4.7 inch screen and the iPhone 6S Plus has a 5.5 inch screen. However, Apple added a new feature on both the new iPhone screen.

Apple pinning feature 3D Touch. This feature is claimed to facilitate the operation of an iPhone, without having to press a lot of buttons. Other updates lies in the camera sector. Where Apple did increase in size to 12-megapixel rear camera. While the size 5-megapixel front camera.

By design no visible difference compared to the previous iPhone. However, Apple uses different materials, namely aluminum series 7000. These materials are claimed to be more powerful than ever before. So Apple ensure there are no more banding cases occurring in brand-new iPhone.

Talk about specification, the company founded by Steve Jobs pinning A9 chipset. CPU and GPU capabilities promises higher, respectively 70% and 90% compared to the previous iPhone.

10. Nexus 6P and 5X

Both phone released at Nov 2, 2015.  Nexus 5x is a phone with a screen size of 5.2 inch 1080p using Snapdragon 808 as its brain. While the Nexus 6P has a screen size of 5.7 inches, with a resolution of QHD, and Snapdragon 810 processor.

Both have a number of similar features, namely Nexus Imprint, which is a fingerprint sensor technology owned by Google. They claim that this technology can identify fingerprints within 600 ms only.

Then there was also a 12.3-megapixel rear camera that can be capture more light, so the image quality is maintained even if used in a dark room. Other equations are 5X and 6P using a 64-bit processor made by Qualcomm, Type-C USB ports and of course uses the latest Android OS, the Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Nexus 5X price is USD 379 for the 16 GB version and $ 429 for 32 GB. While the Nexus 6P prices range from USD 499 to USD 649.

11. BlackBerry Priv

Released at Nov 6, 2015. This handset is the first device that used Android from BlackBerry. It using Android 5.1 Snapdragon 808 processor, the same as that used in LG G4. Combined with 3 GB RAM and 32 GB of internal memory. There is also a microSD slot. Priv supports LTE, Bluetooth 4.1 and NFC. MicroUSB port used for charging and data transfer only supports USB 2.0 specification.

Priv main camera resolution 18 megaixel with Schneider Kreuznach lens. There is a dual tone module flash. While the front camera of 5 megapixels.

Integration with the keyboard slider mechanism. It has solid impression. But the small gap susceptible to dust and dirt. While the screen is sharp and good contrast. The curved screen is used among other things to show the rechargeable battery, but this model has not worked.

One feature of privacy protection as promised. It is an application called safe guard which basically serves to analyze the handset security level.

12. iPad Pro

In November 2015, Apple Launched iPad Pro, a next generation iPad from Apple. It’s a competitor of Microsoft Surface. Apple iPad Pro price starting at $799.

In this new iPad. Apple added new feature like Apple Pencil (stylus), Larger screen than ipad Models, Support smart keyboard, etc.

Most interesting feature in iPad Pro is Apple pencil and Smart Keyboard, because iPad Pro is the first iPad which has support it. iPad Pro also has screen 12.9 inch with Retina Display, its bigger than others iPad Models. Apple pencil bring user easy doodling with iPad Pro. It has Facetime HD Camera. How about iPad Pro processor? iPad Pro use A9X third-generation chip with 64-bit architecture and with M9 motion coprocessor.

iPad Pro will be a competitor in tablet segment, also Competition with Microsoft Surface interesting to watch. How about Apple innovation tablet in 2016? Let’s wait!

13. MIUI 7

MIUI is a stock and aftermarket firmware for smartphones and tablet computers based on the free software Android operating system. MIUI includes various features such as theming support. MIUI developed by Xiaomi. In August 2015 Xiaomi Launched the latest MIUI in India. MIUI 7 can reduce battery power consumption, faster system response by 30%. MIUI 7 has new features like baby albums, Child Mode, Show time. In my phone, the design of MIUI 7 more smooth than before.

14. Microsoft Surface Pro 4

On October 2015, Microsoft Release Microsoft Surface Pro 4, Next generation of Surface. Surface has 2.5 pounds (1.13 kg) with their keyboard cover and stylus pens attached. User can easily doodling with this product.

Surface Pro 4 has 12.3 inch screen with a just-right 3:2 aspect ratio. Windows 10 as a default Operating System (OS). The price is $899 (£749). Surface also has 3 models of CPU Intel Core M3, Intel Core i5 and Core i7.

Most interesting is competition. Competition with iPad Pro is interesting to watch. I hope Microsoft and Apple give more innovation in this product!

15. Samsung Gear S2

November 2015 Samsung Released Samsung Gear S2. Use the Tizen OS, Samsung comes with circular and simple design. Samsung Gear S2 comes in three different version : the standard Gear S2, the Gear S2 Classic and the Gear S2 3G. Samsung Gear S2 has 1.2-inch Super AMOLED display with 360 x 360 pixel resolution. Samsung Gear S2 has two days battery live on a single charge. Samsung Gear S2 be a awesome competitor smartwatch in 2015. The competitor is Moto 360 2, Apple Watch, and Sony Smartwatch.

How about Samsung innovation in 2016? Lets wait!

16. Sony Xperia Z5

In Oktober 2015 Sony Launch Sony Xperia Z5. Sony Xperia Z5 is premium mobile from Sony. Sony Xperia Z5 has 5.2-inch IPS LCD. Default OS is Lolipop. This Device brings 32 GB internal memory and 23 MP camera. It available in 3 colors variant. It also has 2900 mAh battery capacity which is pretty good. Sony Xperia is a competitor in premium and high class smartphone. What is the Sony innovation in 2016?

How about inovation in 2016? What is your opinion? Any Comment?

Lets wait!