In this video, we benchmark the Samsung Galaxy Note II and HTC Droid DNA Android smartphones, both of which are available on Verizon Wireless, using the standard benchmarking utility known as Quadrant. The Droid DNA clearly wins that round convincingly; however, if you take a look at the benchmark results using other apps, like...
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Samsung has posted a video showing how they tested their 2012 flagship smartphone lineup consisting of the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II. The Android handsets were apparently put through a litany of durability tests that some may consider smartphone abuse. The video demonstrates the load test, button press test (200-300g of pressure,...
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T-Mobile’s Device Validation Lab is where the company’s engineers perform a series of tests on various handsets and tablets from HTC, Samsung, Nokia and more. These tests range from network signal quality, handset durability (includes extreme weather conditions – heat/rain), voice call quality, data throughput, video optimization, and in-depth testing of the latest software,...
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After unboxing the Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE Android smartphone and coming away with positive initial impressions, it’s now time to push it to its limits with various benchmark utilities to see how it compares to the competition. In this video, I put the EVO 4G LTE through a series of benchmarks using apps...
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Curious to see how the Google Nexus 7 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean tablet handles a chest-high drop test onto concrete? How about a submerge test in a bathtub? Check out the video below to see each scenario play out; you may be surprised of the results! Hint: $200 gadgets can be more durable than...
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At CES 2012 in Las Vegas, we stopped by Corning’s booth to check out their next generation Gorilla Glass 2, which improves upon the previous hardened glass technology by going thinner while maintaining the same durability. In the video above, Corning compares Gorilla Glass 2 to the previous generation and other chemically strengthened glass...
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The 10-inch, 8.3mm thin Asus Transformer Prime Android tablet is due to be formally announced on November 9th. It’s expected to be one of the first, if not the first, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet on the market. To power the latest software Asus has incorporated Nvidia’s new Tegra 3 quad-core chipset, formerly...
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In this video, we benchmark the Samsung Epic 4G Touch Galaxy S II Android smartphone from Sprint. It features Samsung’s impressive Exynos dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 4.52-inch Super AMOLED Plus WVGA display, 1GB of RAM, and it runs Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread with TouchWiz 4.0. This is by far the most powerful handset that we’ve had...
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In this video, we unbox the recently released Motorola DROID X2 Android smartphone for Verizon Wireless. You can purchase it now for $199.99 with a two year contract or $449.99 without. Although it looks similar to the original DROID X, it now features more power with NVIDIA’S Tegra 2 dual-core 1GHz processor on-board. The...
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A fellow by the name of Dom Armstrong has posted a series of benchmarking results for the Samsung Galaxy S II Android smartphone, which sports a powerful 1.2GHz dual-core processor. The tests were taken with the device straight out of the box with no custom settings or tweaks. Check out the screenshots and videos...
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