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Articles tagged "Counterclockwise"

Counterclockwise: CPU cores grow not just in numbers, but in variety too

Counterclockwise: CPU cores grow not just in numbers, but in variety too

We traced the “Gigahertz wars” in a previous Counterclockwise article. It veered off into counting CPU cores because mobile chipsets hit a wall, just like desktop CPUs did a decade earlier. It’s a simple, but unforgiving equation – increasing the...

07 July 2019 24
Counterclockwise: phones that rotate

Counterclockwise: phones that rotate

Phones have had rotating controls since the early days. In the 19th century, if you wanted to call someone, you had to crank a handle (it generated the electric pulse that rung the bell of the other phone). In the 20th century, there was the rotary...

30 June 2019 46
Counterclockwise: the rise of Gorilla Glass and how it changed the phone industry

Counterclockwise: the rise of Gorilla Glass and how it changed the phone industry

Back in 2007 a certain CEO got annoyed that the screen of his prototype phone got scratched up in his pocket. So, mere weeks before unveiling it, he decided to swap the plastic cover of the screen for chemically-strengthened glass. Plastic was...

16 June 2019 65
Counterclockwise: the quest for the all screen front in numbers

Counterclockwise: the quest for the all screen front in numbers

A couple of years ago we looked at the ever shrinking bezels and the rising screen to body ratio. While 2016 wasn’t that long ago, things have changed considerably since. The last article stopped at 2016’s Xiaomi Mi Mix. Fitting that 6.4” screen...

02 June 2019 52
Counterclockwise: searching for the meaning of max, mini, pro, plus and other such names

Counterclockwise: searching for the meaning of max, mini, pro, plus and other such names

Is "Pro" better than a “Plus”? Which is bigger, "Max" or "Note"? Which has the bigger battery? How small is a "mini", anyway? Some of these qualifiers do carry some meaning, e.g. "note" always means a larger device. Larger than the company’s...

19 May 2019 30
Counterclockwise: weird phone accessories

Counterclockwise: weird phone accessories

The Ericsson T68 is famous for having a camera add-on – one of the earliest examples of a mobile phone that can shoot photos. But modern smartphones have so many features that there are no gaps in their capabilities. Still, add-on companies have to...

12 May 2019 38
Counterclockwise: wireless charging came first, but fast wired charging is more popular

Counterclockwise: wireless charging came first, but fast wired charging is more popular

The Palm Pre was ahead of its time – it introduced the mobile world to wireless charging. Unfortunately, for all its innovation, the phone didn’t catch up. In fact, manufacturers would ignore wireless charging up until 2013 when they started pushing...

29 April 2019 65
Counterclockwise: As 5G arrives we track the 3G and 4G adoption

Counterclockwise: As 5G arrives we track the 3G and 4G adoption

With the dawn of 5G upon us, we wanted to look at how quickly new networks are adopted. The first 2G networks appeared in 1991 then the first commercial 3G networks came alive in 2001 (but wouldn’t reach Europe and the US until 2003). We’ll use...

21 April 2019 50
Counterclockwise: old tech repurposed

Counterclockwise: old tech repurposed

The infrared port was one of the first ways for a phone to share data locally with other devices. For example, you could sync the calendar from your PC to your PDA over IrDA. It fell out of favor after the bugs and compatibility issues of Bluetooth...

14 April 2019 64
Counterclockwise: naming things  is hard,  so every new phone is called the

Counterclockwise: naming things  is hard,  so every new phone is called the "One"

People made many jokes when Microsoft named its third-gen console the "Xbox One". It doesn't make much sense for the third product in the line, but it gets worse - "one" could be the most overused name for a tech product ever. For example,...

07 April 2019 45
Counterclockwise: water resistant phones

Counterclockwise: water resistant phones

Water was never a friend to electronics, but there have always been phones with an adventurous spirit that have protection against the elements. The Benefone Esc! from 1999, famous for being the first cell phone with a built-in GPS receiver, was...

31 March 2019 94
Counterclockwise: the rise of OLED smartphones and why it happened

Counterclockwise: the rise of OLED smartphones and why it happened

We’re at a pivotal point in the history of mobile screens – OLEDs have finally matched LCDs. Looking at the user interest, OLED-packing phones have climbed up to equal LCD models and are set to surpass them very soon. Back in 2017, we looked at...

24 March 2019 74
Counterclockwise: periscope cameras are old news, optical zoom dates back to 2004

Counterclockwise: periscope cameras are old news, optical zoom dates back to 2004

Periscope cameras are set to become "the next big thing" in smartphone photography, but they are not exactly new - they've been around for years actually. The history of optical zoom on mobile goes way back. Keep in mind that mobile phones have had...

17 March 2019 45
Counterclockwise: remembering the classic mobile games

Counterclockwise: remembering the classic mobile games

The Nokia 3310 is a nostalgia machine – people remember it as indestructible, even though it’s not the most rugged phone form Nokia. Similarly, people view the game Snake through rose-colored glasses. In fact, the relaunch of the 3310 leaned heavily...

10 March 2019 46
Counterclockwise: counting cameras as single camera phones are on the way out

Counterclockwise: counting cameras as single camera phones are on the way out

We’re at a turning point – as of last year, over half of new phone models have a dual camera on their backs. The last time something like this happened was in 2003, except then the switchover was from “no camera” to “one camera”. If you look...

17 February 2019 55
Counterclockwise: the story of 5G and the Gs that came before it

Counterclockwise: the story of 5G and the Gs that came before it

As the first 5G smartphones are nearing launch, we thought it was the right time to trace back the various “Gs” - the generations of mobile telephony and data. Note: we’ll focus on the GSM side of things, GSM and CDMA converged on 4G technology,...

10 February 2019 32
Counterclockwise: the past and present of fast charging technologies

Counterclockwise: the past and present of fast charging technologies

In the beginning, USB could deliver up to 500mA of power at 5V, which worked out well enough for early phones. But as chipsets became faster and screens grew bigger, batteries ballooned in size (we covered the growth of battery capacity in a...

03 February 2019 54
Counterclockwise: flip phones rise with the tide then sink

Counterclockwise: flip phones rise with the tide then sink

The first flip phone dates back to 1996 – the Motorola StarTAC – that’s essentially the Jurassic Period of mobile phones. And at one point the hottest handset in the world was a flip phone (Motorola again with the RAZR V3). And now they are all but...

27 January 2019 19
Counterclockwise: 10-year challenge

Counterclockwise: 10-year challenge

Phone makers are not immune to memes - just look at how many brands tweeted out photos of eggs. Another meme popular right now is the "10-year challenge" - posting a photo of yourself from 2009 and from today. Let's see how far phones have...

20 January 2019 57
Counterclockwise: the rise, death and rebirth of the slider phone

Counterclockwise: the rise, death and rebirth of the slider phone

Sliders are experiencing a resurgence as the form factor has found a new use. In the early days it was used to make a phone smaller and protect the keypad from accidental presses (by putting the keypad on a slider), today they are used to maximize...

13 January 2019 51
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