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گوشی blackberry leap

گوشی blackberry leap

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You get a 5″ HD display, dual-core processor, 2GB RAM, an 8MP shooter and a rich connectivity package – not the kind of specs to make a geek’s pulse race, but adequate for the mid-range that the Leap is targeting. The design is instantly recognizable – square edges, plastic unibody and dotted rear panel with a huge BlackBerry logo. It’s more of the classic kind, rather than modern or fresh, but that’s a good thing to say for a business-oriented phone.

Key features

  • 5″ 720p LCD capacitive touchscreen, 294ppi
  • Dual-core 1.5GHz Krait CPU, 2GB of RAM, Adreno 225 GPU; Snapdragon S4 Plus chipset
  • 8MP autofocus camera, single-LED flash; HDR, Panorama
  • 1080@30fps video recording
  • 2MP front camera, 720p video recording
  • 16GB of built-in storage, expandable via a microSD slot
  • Cat. 3 LTE (100/50Mbps); Wi-Fi b/g/n; Bluetooth 4.0; GPS with A-GPS; FM; microUSB
  • 2,800mAh battery
  • BlackBerry OS 10.3.1 with native Android app support (4.3 Jelly Bean API)

Main disadvantages

  • BlackBerry OS 10 not quite as functional as major rivals
  • Processor is decidedly underpowered
  • Non-IPS screen
  • No NFC
  • Non-removable battery

The BlackBerry Leap is hardly a hero device set to lift the profile of the company – instead it’s a workhorse that should bring in some extra sales and help keep the maker afloat until it figures out its next strategic move. And on paper it looks capable of handling the task.

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گوشی Asus Zenfone 2

گوشی Asus Zenfone 2

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Now, Asus doesn’t make it easy on the prospective buyer as they offer the Zenfone 2 in a number of model variants – a range of devices under one and the same name. The entry-level ZE500CL comes with a five-inch 720 display, Intel Atom Z2560 chipset with its quad-core processor clocked at 1.6GHz, and 2GB of RAM. The ZE550ML ups the screen size to 5.5 inches, while keeping the HD resolution. The processor inside the Atom Z3560 ticks at 1.8GHz, and RAM is the same.

Then there’s the ZE551ML, which sports a 5.5-inch diagonal and a FullHD resolution. Even the ZE551ML moniker wouldn’t tell you what’s packed inside, as there’s a version with the same Atom Z3560 and 2GB of RAM and a top model, sporting an Atom Z3580 with specs going all the way up to 2.3GHz and 4GB of RAM.

To give Asus credit, probably not all models will be available on all markets and that may settle it for you, depending on where you live. The one we have at the office is the ZE551ML with the lower-specced hardware, meaning an Atom Z3560 and 2 gigs of RAM.

With that confusion cleared up, we’re now moving to the task at hand.

Key features

  • 5.5-inch IPS capacity touchscreen with 1080p resolution and 403ppi density, Gorilla Glass 3 protection
  • Intel Atom Z3560 chipset with a 1.8GHz quad-core processor, PowerVR G6430 GPU
  • 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage and a microSD slot for further expansion
  • Dual-SIM, Dual Call capability
  • LTE Cat.4, NFC, Bluetooth; GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot; microUSB 2.0 port, MHL, USB host
  • 13MP main camera with dual-LED dual-tone LED flash, 1080p@30fps video recording; 5MP front camera
  • 3,000mAh battery, fast charging to 60% in 40 minutes
  • Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box with Asus ZenUI overlay
  • Nice build quality, sleek looking back cover

Main disadvantages

  • No 2160p video recording
  • Non-removable battery despite the removable back cover
  • Rather large and hefty
  • Zenfone 2 has a confusing naming convention – not only are there several of them, but ZE551ML comes in two hardware versions