Microsoft Windows 10 devices NYC event
Building on the success of its recent Windows 10 launch, Microsoft is turning its focus to hardware at an October 6 press event in New York City. Next generation versions of the Surface tablet, Lumia phones and the Band fitness tracker are widely expected.
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 2:37:51 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 2:37:53 PM
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:37:53 PMThat was for the geeks in the room, Panay jokes.
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 2:37:55 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 2:37:58 PM
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dan.ackerman 10/6/2015 2:38:07 PMShades of the iPhone antenna-gate problem?
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:38:15 PMThe 950 uses the Hexacore processor and the 950 XL uses the Octacore processor, both from Qualcomm.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:38:28 PMWe want to push these machines as hard as we could to bring Windows 10 to life, he says.
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dan.ackerman 10/6/2015 2:38:37 PMLiquid-cooled phones? We really are living in the future.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:38:41 PMThe phones are 5.2 inch and 5.7 inch displays.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:38:49 PMThey feature OLED displays.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:39:06 PMThe 950 has a 518 PPI, while the XL is 564 PPI.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:39:13 PMIt features "glance screen tech"
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 2:39:18 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 2:39:20 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 2:39:22 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 2:39:25 PM
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:39:49 PMWhen you pull your phone out of your pocket, the glance screen pops up with notifications, emails, texts, time, date -- all without touching the screen.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:39:53 PMAnd it uses zero battery life.
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dan.ackerman 10/6/2015 2:39:59 PM"Glance" tech is a good use-case for bigger phone screens.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:40:03 PMIt's better than turning on the phone and logging into the device.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:40:24 PMBeing connected to your family is important, he says. Yes, I would agree.
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 2:40:35 PM
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:40:41 PMThe cameras have a 20MP sensor, triple LED RGN Natural Flash, 5th generation optical image stabilization (OIS).
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dan.ackerman 10/6/2015 2:40:42 PMInteresting play here on the topic of "phubbing" -- or phone snubbing -- people have been talking about lately.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:40:46 PMIt has a dedicated camera button.
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Scott Stein 10/6/2015 2:40:48 PMbe more present? with devices? at home? I'm feeling so sad right now
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:41:06 PMPanay says it takes great low-light photos. There is an RGB sensor for more accurate colors.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:41:13 PMThe G4 has that same tech, as do other phones.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:41:29 PMPanay says he's pumped. He's a pretty enthusiastic guy.
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dan.ackerman 10/6/2015 2:41:30 PMThe MS solution is to be more "present" in the moment, and just doing a phone glance rather than unlocking the phone and browsing for info is how you accomplish
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:41:52 PMApple is starting to look like it's lagging behind by neglecting OIS (optical image stabilizer) in its iPhone 6S. You need to upgrade to the Plus to get OIS.
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 2:41:52 PM
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 2:41:53 PM
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:42:01 PMOIS seems to have become a standard feature on all phones.
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dan.ackerman 10/6/2015 2:42:05 PMSmart watch "glances" work the same way. Do they help? Hard to tell at this early stage.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:42:21 PMYou can capture 4K video with the phone.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:42:38 PMAll of the info is automatically uploaded into the cloud.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:42:49 PMThe phone has 32GB of storage.
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:42:57 PMYou can expand the memory with an SD card.
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Sarah Tew 10/6/2015 2:43:05 PM
Did someone say dedicated camera button? YES.
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Scott Stein 10/6/2015 2:43:18 PMthis has all gotten SO FAST
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:43:22 PMThe phones have a USB Type C connector.
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dan.ackerman 10/6/2015 2:43:31 PMI do appreciate an SD card slot in a phone...my sad 16GB iPhone is weeping in my pocket...
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Roger Cheng 10/6/2015 2:43:48 PMIf your phone is almost dead, you can plug in the Type C charger to get 50% charge in less than 30 minutes.