Articles in the category Phones, Smart Watches & Tablets

8 Tips on How to Extend Your Phone's Battery Life

Even the best smartphones are still held back by their battery life. Powerful CPUs and advanced features suck lots of energy from the battery, but we can change this easily. Check out some practical tips on how to improve battery life and help increase phone performance.

How To Choose a Mobile Phone For Children

How do you choose between hundreds of mobile phones for your child? Whether it's for a ten-year-old know-it-all or a teenager, we'll advise you on what to look for and give you some tips on how to pick the best one.

How to reset your phone to factory settings? (GUIDE)

By resetting your phone to the factory settings, you will be able to remove any issues with a slowed-down system and get rid of unwanted data. You can resume the factory settings in only a few steps that will take you about 5 minutes. Our tutorial will teach you how to do it and what to watch out for. And if you can't restore through your phone's settings, we'll tell you what to do. Read more

Ingress Protection (IP)

The ingress protection (IP) is an internationally standardised code that identifies the resistance of electrical appliances against the ingress of foreign items and liquids, especially water. It is expressed in the so-called IP code, which consists of the "IP" followed by two digits: the first indicates the protection against dangerous contact and foreign objects, the second indicates the degree of protection against water ingress.

How to Choose a Smartwatch (GUIDE)

Our regularly updated smartwatch guide will help you choose the right smartwatch and tell you everything you need to know.

Die Schnellladefunktion Quick Charge ist eine Erleichterung für Smartphone-Besitzer

Die Quick-Charge-Technologie verkürzt die Ladezeit von Mobiltelefonen erheblich. Der neueste Standard ist Quick Charge 4+, der dank einer speziellen Technologie das Laden noch einmal deutlich beschleunigt. Möchten Sie mehr erfahren?

Haptic feedback

A modern control element used mainly in apps and games. Haptic technology is extremely touch-sensitive — modern devices with this technology can detect the degree of pressure you are applying. Different levels of pressure result in different effects. In the settings you can turn on the so-called tactile feedback, which means the system feeds you information on your actions. For example, in car racing, you have no pedals, but you have a steering wheel you can turn. If you strongly press the right side, the car speeds up; if you press the left side, the car slows down. If you press the steering wheel with enough force to trigger the brake function, the steering wheel gently vibrates to let you know it worked.

How to Choose a Tablet

With such a wide range of models available, each with a variety of equipment and features, choosing the right tablet can be a tricky process. To help make it easier, we've prepared this handy guide to choose a tablet, which provides a summary of the most important tablet features and parameters.

OLED Display

Often dubbed the display of the future, OLED displays are usually found on premium products. They offer high quality, a broad range of colours, low power consumption, high brightness, and excellent black colour reproduction. As a result, OLED displays are easy to view even in bright sunlight. Another advantage is the wide viewing angle, which reaches nearly 180 degrees.

TFT display

A method of rendering LCD-display images. In this case, the image is formed by a thin film of transistors. A thin part of the display consists of small transistors that control individual picture points, or pixels. Unlike previous technologies, it has brought high image quality, high contrast, lower power consumption and smaller size. Today, the biggest advantage of TFT displays is the price. Compared with premium OLEDs, they also have a significantly longer life.

Battery Capacity

A laptop battery's size, along with the efficiency of the components used and software optimisation, determines battery life.

How to Use NiCd and NiMH Rechargeable Batteries

Rechargeable batteries require proper storage and handling. The most common are NiCd and NiMH batteries. Find out how to properly store rechargeable batteries for drills and screwdrivers. You'll also learn how and when to recharge them and how to prolong their capacity.