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The nubia Z60 Ultra: A new era in mobile photography with comprehensive versatility and enhanced image processing

nubia, the leading global smartphone manufacturer and a pioneer in innovative smartphone technology, today launched its new-generation under-display camera smartphone, the nubia Z60 Ultra. This latest model comes equipped with the NeoVision photography system, featuring high-definition optics with three main cameras, setting a new standard in mobile photography. The innovative UDC Full Screen, supported by a fifth-generation flexible under-display camera technology, offers an unstoppable view, boasting a more vibrant display and more natural-looking selfies. Ni Fei, Chairman of nubia Technology Co., Ltd., stated, “Innovation in smartphones that leads to transformative experiences primarily revolves around two elements: the screen and photography. We have dedicated ourselves to five generations of under-display technology, striving to deliver the most pristine and ultimate full-screen experience.”

Engineered for the adventurer, the device is fortified with IP68-rated dust and water resistance, ensuring it stands as a beacon of durability. Additionally, the phone is powered by the groundbreaking Snapdragon 8 Gen3 chipset, a robust 6000mAh silicon carbon negative electrode super battery with the sleek and efficient MyOS 14 operating system, making it a comprehensive and versatile choice for enhanced image processing. 

High-Definition Triple Cameras with Advanced OIS Optical Image Stabilization


Optical system forms the foundation of photography. nubia’s commitment to mobile photography is exemplified by its bold challenges to industry norms and the advancement into the realm of high-end optics. The nubia Z60 Ultra is equipped with the innovative NeoVision photography system, featuring three main cameras — 18mm Ultra Wide Starry Sky, 35mm precision master, and 85mm telephoto explorer camera with high-definition optics. This sets a new benchmark in mobile photography, offering comprehensive advancements across all focal lengths and catering to consumers’ needs in various scenarios.

The new 50-megapixel 18mm ultra-wide-angle starry sky main camera employs a 1/1.55-inch outsole sensor, a 7P aspherical lens, and an f/1.8 large aperture. This combination breaks away from the traditional “wide-angle theory of uselessness,” achieving an industry-leading ultra-low distortion wide-angle main camera. The 50-megapixel 35mm camera features a high-definition optical combination with a 1G+6P lens and f/1.59 large aperture, enhancing light intake, pixel density and photo clarity. 35mm lenses continue to be the ultimate focal length for detailed photography, whilst the 64-megapixel 85mm periscope telephoto portrait lens with a 1/2-inch sensor significantly improves portrait photography.
The focal length layout of the nubia Z60 Ultra is meticulously balanced, and its stabilization system ranks among the best in the industry. It supports triple OIS full optical image stabilization, ensuring steadfast stability in all shooting scenarios whilst further enhancing capture efficiency. Additionally, the main camera is equipped with a blue glass spin-coated IR filter as standard, effectively reducing glare and synergizing with laser focus to easily lock in extraordinary moments.

Computational Photography: Enhancing Starry Sky, Humanistic Photography, and Portraits

Building on its superior optics, nubia NeoVision also advances computational photography capabilities. The Galaxy Night Scene algorithm, a first for nubia, optimizes and adjusts effects on ultra-wide angles. It works in tandem with the sky and earth separation calculation broadening and brightening the captured starry sky. The unique starry sky portrait algorithm allows for clear portraits against the backdrop of the Milky Way. The starry sky coloring function effectively minimizes light pollution and color cast, enhancing the transparency of the starry sky and the Milky Way. Additional features like Star hunting and starry sky time-lapse photography offer users a richer experience in astrophotography.

All three main cameras support lightning capture. In portrait mode users can choose from 50mm classic, 35mm environmental, and 85mm portrait options, capturing the essence of portrait photography at its golden focal lengths. The nubia Z60 Ultra also features a 65:24 ultra-wide movie format and supports 4K 120 frame video, video pre-recording, super night scene video, and super stabilization functions, ensuring high-definition and stable video in all scenarios.

Fifth-Generation Flexible Under-Display Camera Technology: A Comprehensive Upgrade

As a leader in under-display camera technology, the nubia Z60 Ultra showcases the latest generation of flexible UDC full-screen. This includes a screen density of up to 400PPI in the under-display camera area, a full-screen blue diamond arrangement, and support for independent pixel drivers, achieving a clearer and more refined display. The UDC Ultra independent screen display chipset enhances natural color transitions, while the new BOE Q9+ luminescent material significantly improves color display stability. The industry’s largest front-facing single-pixel photosensitive area of 2.8μm, coupled with a front-facing transparent algorithm, further improves the brightness and clarity of front-facing photography and video calls.

Beyond its full-screen capabilities, the overall screen quality of the nubia Z60 Ultra is exceptional. It boasts a 6.8-inch AMOLED large screen with 2480×1116 high resolution, a 2.5D flexible straight screen, and an anti-accidental touch design. The screen covers 100% of the DCI-P3 wide color gamut, supports a 1.07 billion color display, and achieves a local peak brightness of up to 1500nit. Additionally, it supports a 2160Hz ultra-high frequency PWM dimming function and has received SGS low blue light certification, safeguarding eye health.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and 6000mAh Large Battery: Setting a New Performance Benchmark

In terms of performance, the nubia Z60 Ultra is powered by the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 8 Gen 3 flagship chipset, significantly enhancing CPU and GPU performance and energy efficiency. The combination of UFS4.0 and memory ensures fast operation, quick application startup, and rapid game loading. The device also features a 6000mAh silicon carbon negative electrode ultra-large capacity battery and is IP68-rated dust and water resistance, providing a comprehensive performance experience for all scenarios.

For gaming, the nubia Z60 Ultra supports a 120Hz screen refresh rate and a 1200Hz instantaneous touch sampling rate, delivering smooth visuals, and responsive controls. The X-axis linear motor provides strong vibration, varied vibration effects, and lower noise, making it suitable for various games and UI interactions. AI frame sensing technology intelligently adjusts frequency and core based on gaming scenes and actions, improving energy efficiency and reducing minor lags. An upgraded battery charging system allows for customized power levels, supporting a power supply mode without charging, maintaining a comfortable temperature and ensuring stable performance.

Isomorphism Universe Design: A Distinctive Flagship Masterpiece

The striking module design on the back of the nubia Z60 Ultra highlights its unique and powerful photography capabilities. Inspired by the isomorphic universe, the design extends the imaging module area to the edge of the phone, offering an expansive and impactful visual experience. This design not only showcases the beauty and depth of the universe but also ensures that the arrangement of the three main cameras avoids internal magnetic interference caused by the OIS and AF systems of the lenses, maintaining optimal photography performance.

The back of the device uses AG flash-sand glass with millions of micron-level crystal structures, giving the phone a flowing silver metallic texture and a cyberpunk futuristic aesthetic. The sides are adorned with an aerospace-grade metal middle frame and support ergonomic customizable sliding keys with five functions: photo taking, mute, recording, flashlight, and game space, all easily customizable and activated with a single toggle.

The nubia Z60 Ultra is available in two color options: Black and Silver. nubia also continues to offer the classic Starry Sky Collection Edition, available exclusively in China for now. Inspired by Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”, the design incorporates the emotional expression and classic colors of the painting, using a starry sky micro-etching process on the glass, and combining it with rich technological overlays to present an eyewear-free 3D star effect. The diamond relief effect perfectly integrates technology with art.

Pricing & Availability

 

The nubia Z60 Ultra will be available in global markets at the following MSRPs:

 

Prices per Currency North America & Global Europe United Kingdom Mexico
8+256G $599 €679 £679 Mex$12,499
12+256G $649 €749 £749 Mex$13,499
16+512G $779 €899 £899 Mex$14,999

You can pre-order the nubia Z60 Ultra, starting today on nubia official website and enjoy our special offers at the nubia Official Website on the following dates: 

  • Official Launch: December 19, 2023 (8.00 p.m. HKT, 1.00 p.m CET, 7:00 a.m. EST)
  • Pre-Order: December 19, 2023 (8.00 p.m. HKT, 1.00 p.m CET, 7:00 a.m. EST)
  • Open Sales: December 29, 2023 (8.00 p.m. HKT, 1.00 p.m CET, 7:00 a.m. EST)
  • Amazon Open Sales: January 6, 2024 (8.00 p.m. HKT, 1.00 p.m CET, 7:00 a.m. EST)
  • Mexico Mercado Libre Open Sales: Mid-January, 2024 (8.00 p.m. HKT, 1.00 p.m CET, 7:00 a.m. EST)

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Tech Review – XGODY X18 6.3″ Android Phone with Quad-Core Android 10, Dual 4G LTE

The XGODY X18 is a cheap Android device and one of many from the brand that is on offer saving you money they also have an array of other products to pick from and again affordable such as tablets theatre dash cams and GPS equipment so go check them out afterwards. The device we had came in a nice stand out colour and looks more than you would think it costs which might be a good start for some but pretty common with these type of phones. And true to fashion you get a case and a screen protector and a charger in the box which is a win to begin with.

The device is light to hold and does not feel so cheap either in comparison to other devices I have tested in the past that comes in cheap, the spec sheet rings out many specs and it does scream iPhone in some departments but this is how it goes today and it is down to real life testing that matters to see if all is executed.

The screen is a decent 6.3 with a teardrop camera in screen but I found it dull in comparison but you have to remember the price paid here and corners will be cut with any manufacturer boasting all the specs as it does cost money to make a phone and so does the BOM which is the bill of materials and the screen is one area where you can see the first case here.

Having said that it does the job and again it is a budget phone so do not expect the bells and whistles like you might come to expect it is fine for watching movies and doing your social media and so on.

XGODY X18 mobile phone rear

When it comes to power it does the basics I had no issue doing my social media emails and browsing and not a hitch to be seen and this is what most people do today and do not need higher end devices with power consuming apps etc so it gets a pass here from me, it comes with 2GB RAM and 16 GB ROM with 256GB storage via sd card which by today’s standards is low but plenty for those who just want the basics.

The audio is not great as you will see in the unboxing it has a single firing speaker but it will do the job again for those on a budget..

Battery life however is decent and I easily got a day out of it using in full capacity as a daily driver so for those who want juice you have it here and you have to take into account it is using Android Go which is a stripped down version of the latest and greatest and designed for low end phones and this works well.

The cameras is another area which did not shine to much but does the job and in brighter conditions you will get better snaps depending on what you aim for there is not all the features you find in higher end phones or some mid tier devices for that matter present so it is just a basic camera with a HDR option on it to improve the quality of your snaps and videos which again you can see below in the review. You get a 5MP front camera and 8MP  rear  camera with AI and this actually worked quite well.

You also get face unlock with this phone and it works quite well and not something you see in this price range so convenience is there if you want it rather than using pin numbers etc.

Overall this is an ideal phone for young teens or someone on their first phone as it is affordable and has plenty on board to keep you going for anyone looking for more I would move on but it gets the basics done OK and that is plenty for many and a huge market for it and again the price is what you have to take into account here and it is worth the money.

XGODY X18 phone front

 

Features

XGODY X18 Android 10.0 Smart Face Unlock The Phone, Suitable For Europe, America, And Most Of The Worlds Carrier SIM Plans

【6.3-inch high-definition water drop screen】Silky and sensitive. The built-in water drop full screen brings you a broader visual experience.

【Support 4G dual standby, 3 card slots】 Easy to insert cards, adopts 2+1 card slot design, can use 2 SIM cards + 1 micro SD/TF card at the same time, avoiding the problem of frequent replacement of mobile phone cards.

【2MP+8MP Wide Angle Camera】Let you see more or more in your photos.

【4000mAh Large Battery】The battery life allows you to keep doing what you love to do, and the smart charging mode can extend the battery life.

【Face Unlock】Smart face unlock only takes 0.5 seconds, freeing your hands, upgrading,s and facilitating your life. Make your life better.

【2GB+16GB+TF 256GB】Expandable storage space, making your phone far surpass other 2GB RAM phones in terms of speed and smoothness! 16 GB RAM and 256 GB expandable storage support massive video and photo storage, allowing you to enjoy music, movies, games, and social networking in an affordable X18 smartphone!

Conclusion

This phone is overall a phone that does the basics and I mean basics, I could not download any video editor app to do the usual video and image samples thankfully I did go through some in the video below  it has not been updated and cant be from my testing and is stuck at sept 2022 and when I went to gather the images and videos shot, they just vanished. And the App store kept crashing.

 

Parameter:

Screen Size: 6.3″qHD 18:9 （Waterdrop Full Screen）

CPU: MT6737A

Frequency: 1.3Ghz

Operating system: Android 10.0

Flash memory: 2GB + 16GB

Camera: 5MP+8MP

SIM card: 2 SIM cards + 1 T card

Battery: 4000mAH

Body size: 159.6*78.2*9.9mm

Function keys: Software implementation

Side key: Volume key + switch key

Color: Deep Black、Far Peak Blue、Dark Purple

Screen Type: FHD IPS Touchscreen

Structure: G+FF

Touch: Multi-point

Gravity sensor: Support

Global Positioning System: Global Positioning System

Rear camera: Rear camera 800W

Front Camera: Active 500W

Card slot: 256GB

GPRS: Support

LTE: Support

Wireless LAN: Support

Bluetooth: V4.0

USB: Micro

Headphones: 3.5mm

BUY

Video Review

Fairphone calls on smartphone industry to embrace true sustainability with its 2022 Impact Report

Fairphone, the Dutch social enterprise building a market for ethical smartphones, has released its 2022 Impact Report, showcasing the company’s progress towards a more sustainable electronics industry for both people and planet.

The annual report highlights the most recent developments across all four of Fairphone’s core areas of impact, including device longevity and the avoidance of electronic waste, the sourcing of fair and recycled materials, as well as the company’s ongoing efforts to improve the working conditions of people in the supply chain.

It also shows that Fairphone was able to achieve all its targets for 2022 in the different impact areas – a first time milestone. Overall, in 2022 these efforts resulted in avoiding 999 tons of CO2 and 15 tons of electronic waste, with over 54,000 people benefitting (adding up to over 83,000 people since 2017) from Fairphone’s measures.

In a preface to the report, Fairphone CEO Eva Gouwens emphasizes that swift action is needed to bring about change in the electronics industry, calling on industry peers to stop delaying reforms and to follow Fairphone’s example to embrace true sustainability, meaning the well-being of both the planet and its people.

Some other highlights of this year’s report include:

  • Being profitable for the third year in a row, despite a difficult market situation.
  • In 2022, 40% of Fairphone’s 14 focus materials could be sourced from fair or recycled sources, meeting the company’s targets for 2022.
  • A worker in the Fairphone 4 final assembly factory received almost an extra month of salary through Fairphone’s living wage program. In total, 305,000 USD was paid to factory workers of Fairphone’s suppliers in 2022 to support living wages in the supply chain. This includes the workers of an indirect component supplier, an industry first.
  • Fairphone co-developed a pilot project on Fairmined Gold Credits that was applied to account for part of the gold used in the Fairphone 4 and Fairphone’s TWS earbuds.
  • Fairphone made significant progress towards reducing the company’s carbon footprint. Committing to reach net zero by 2045 – five years ahead of the suggested timeframe – Fairphone successfully reduced Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (indirect) greenhouse gas emissions by 100% by the end of 2022.

The full report, as well as a summary document highlighting the most important takeaways, can be found here.

Global Movie Day: 10 tips for making award-winning films with your smartphone

11 February 2023 marks Global Movie Day, which was established to celebrate our favourite films, and sits alongside the Oscars. With smartphones driving  the digital world, the film industry is also taking notice of how phones can capture award-winning videos.

As early as 2011, movies like “Olive”  which was created on a Nokia N8 smartphone were Oscar contenders; while BAFTA recognised a short film Missed Call shot on iPhone X. More recently oscar-winning filmmaker, Charlie Kaufman shot a short film called Jackals and Fireflies, using Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Ultra smartphone.

Every year on the second Saturday of February, people share their excitement over movies with the hashtag  #GlobalMovieDay and you can join in too, with inspiration from gimbal and lighting manufacturer Zhiyun. The firm recently launched its Make It Real short film collection and here outlines 10 must-try tips on taking better smartphone films.

  1. Bring subject and scene to life with natural lighting

Lighting the subject and the scene is everything. This does several things, like drawing the viewer’s attention, establishing the mood, and also ensuring the audience can see what you want them to see. You can do that either using natural light or by creating a basic lighting setup that illuminates your subject sufficiently. Take a test shot after your frame is set to determine how it looks on camera.

The easiest lighting option is to use the sun; both powerful and free. Letting the sun illuminate your subjects provides a beautiful, even light that helps hide blemishes and brings out the colours in their eyes.  However, the sun isn’t always available, whether hidden behind a cloud or shooting in the dark, so film makers should use whatever light is accessible to capture the most flattering shots. Shooting on cloudy days or in the shade or using a very sheer white curtain can help soften sunlight if it’s too harsh.

  1. Use LED lighting in indoor and low light set ups

There are key lighting don’ts to avoid if you want the best possible shot of subject and backdrop.  While the sun is an awesome tool to illuminate your subject, it can cause unwanted shadows. Ensure your back is to the sun to avoid your subject ending up as a silhouette. On the topic of lighting your subject, avoid heavily backlit-settings. Smartphone cameras without advanced HDR capabilities usually can’t see the same detail that the naked eye can and in playback, will output footage with a bright light haloing a dark figure with often no discernable features. To avoid this situation, try configuring a basic light setup.

If you don’t have access to natural light, it may be tempting to use bright LED flash from a phone. However, this can result in overexposed images and washed-out colours and should be avoided. As an alternative, use some fill lights that are designed to render colours faithfully.
Finally, avoid mixing all your light sources. When setting up video lighting, fight the urge to use everything you have. Using competing colour temperatures (think: warm light from a lamp combined with cool sunlight) isn’t ideal as your camera will try to adjust to the new white balances. As a solution, daylight colour bulbs (5,000-6,000K) are available but when in doubt, stick with natural lighting.

  1. Focus on the detail

Think about your story telling. What do you want to portray and how could that be done through imagery that adds interest and depth to your narrative?

For instance, as well as light, our eyes are drawn to reflections. Look for opportunities to play with them in videos such as puddles, larger bodies of water, mirrors, sunglasses, drinking glasses, and metallic surfaces are just a few. Elsewhere,  close-up images that capture small, intricate, and delicate details can add interest to scenes. Explore textures and patterns like peeling paint, rough tree bark, a serrated rooftop or a dirt road.

4.   Change up how you frame each shot
Placement of your subject in a film is important.  Completely fill the frame with your subject or for added interest film them slightly off-centre to create a more visually interesting scene. Play around and see what looks best.  Let’s look at one of the most basic principles of film composition; the rule of thirds.

Picture a 3-by-3 grid laid over the field you’re filming. Instead of placing your subject right in the middle of the shot, you should place your subject along one of the lines of the grid. The points where the lines cross are particularly strong areas of visual focus, so if you can, do place important elements of the video there.

5.  Unleash creativity with smart editing

You can edit footage directly on your phone if it already has editing software built in  or by downloading an editing app. For those of you using a gimbal, there are plenty of apps with a bunch of clever effects that come with them.

The ZY Cami app for example can provide an intuitive solution for the creation and editing of video content. Why not let your imagination run wild with a 4K video recording at 60 frames per second? Alternatively, explore panorama mode to capture the beauty of landscapes. Timelapse, hyperlapse, and motion lapse modes add dimensions and perspectives to your movie.

6.  Accessorise with add-on lenses
There are so many great accessories available now in smartphone video kits which can enhance your footage with new effects.

Add-on lenses are a great place to start. A filtered lens will give a tint to the scene, and incite a certain emotional response from your audience. Certain add-on lenses can bring cinematic depth of field to your shooting, others can create a fishbowl effect, which is often used in action sport filming like skateboard videos.

7. Stabilise your shots

A gimbal is essential for smartphone filmmaking and essential to avoiding shaky footage that looks amateurish and disorienting and will take hours to correct in post-production.

The gimbal head is an accessory you can purchase to add to your tripod, giving you the ability to move the camera around the scene while maintaining that necessary stability. The grip rig is slightly different as it is a handheld accessory with a similar purpose—stabilise the image. This type of device may be better suited for videos that require a lot of movement or action.

For example the SMOOTH 5S gimbal has helped filmmakers simplify their shooting and unleash their creativity, especially for small teams with limited budget. You can also find more film inspiration to help you create here.

8. Create cinematic sound

Sound is crucial if you want to keep your audience engaged. There are many options allowing you to capture quality audio externally for your smartphone footage. The simple addition of an audio recorder, boom mic, and even wireless microphones can make a huge difference to sound quality.

Audio recording devices can pick up every little sound, even an air conditioning unit or a train in the distance. With this in mind, as well as audio enhancing tools, pay attention to the locations where you are shooting. Locations with high background noise such as train stations will mean you have to deal with train and announcements noise. When indoors, check for echo and reverberation from the hard surfaces or other distracting sounds.

9. Bring extra charging power

Be aware that your smartphone battery is not going to last for a full feature film– especially if you’re spending hours shooting footage. The last thing that you want is your phone dying  in the middle of a crucial scene.

Before filming, ensure that your phone is fully charged. Pack a backup charger, preferably a wireless one to allow yourself to continue filming even if your battery starts to get low.

10. Back it up
Always back up your footage onto an external device just in case you lose the movie saved to your smartphone. Simply use an external memory card or upload your film to your computer and create a copy of everything for  extra assurance. An external memory card will also give you extra storage space if your phone is short on it.

Short video contest

If you fancy having a go at making your own movie? Zhiyun launched a global competition for short videos,  the ZHIYUN Annual Short Video Contest for video content creators last year with a prize fund worth over $100k.

The contest was hosted by Zhiyun, with Nikon as the title sponsor and partners including RØDE, Aputure, YC onion, Desview, SmallRig, iFootage, and Lexar, among others. The 2022 version attracted 1,429 entries, and 25 groups of entries awarded prizes and now we are excited to see what 2023 will bring.

Related Links: http://www.zhiyun-tech.com/

Funny way to say, “Sent from Smartphone.”

You receive many emails ending with “Sent from my iPhone” or another mobile email signature. Whatever you think of these email signatures, they serve their marketing purpose. When communicating with customers on mobile devices, you may send emails that contain typos or formatting errors, and your message may come across as hostile, short, and rude. Email signatures explain to people why they should contact you. There are various creative ways to let your contacts know you are using a mobile device to communicate. For example, you can use an iPhone email signature generator to create interesting signatures and mobile mailing lists of your message to all interested parties.

Accusation technology

Some smartphone features like autocorrect and voice recognition are designed to make your life easier. But sometimes, they do the opposite. Your colleagues and clients will likely be involved in these matters, so mentioning them in your signature can be helpful and exciting. The email signature may be just a minor addition to our Email. Just enter your company name in the sender field, and recipients will know all about you. There is nothing more accessible – the email signature is one of the essential elements of your mobile mail. Therefore, make sure that your email signature is prepared correctly. A mobile email signature is your business card, which provides better communication with recipients and creates a positive image for you. What we should avoid when creating a mobile email signature is ensuring that it is not perceived as unprofessional in the age of social networks. In addition to informational purposes, an email signature can make your message more attractive. What else could be in it? Be proud of your achievements. Has your company won a prestigious award? 

Do you have valuable certificates? Provide such information, and you will win your customers’ trust. Social media works best with your company’s image, so allow your recipient to join the community or share your content with relevant links. You can actively promote your brand by providing your recipients with answers to specific questions. For example, do you have a phone number or dedicated email address for customer service? Place this information in the email signature, which will shorten the recipient’s path to accurately expressing their needs. List additional services such as free shipping, loyalty club, warranty period, current offer, and other exciting things. Direct the recipient to unique places by placing valuable links in the mobile email signature. Do you have a blog, custom landing page, or website that you want your recipients to visit? Place the link in the mobile email signature. Check messages on all mail clients. Remember: just because a mobile email signature looks right in your inbox doesn’t mean it will look the same in everyone else’s. 

The mobile email signature is also a convenient place to insert information about future events organized by your company – training, seminars, and conferences. Check what an email signature can do for you. Use it to make a positive impression, grab attention, and show what recipients expect. Give them something interesting. When preparing an email signature, the most important thing is to find the golden mean that will distinguish you – a professional marketer – from others. Remember: the email signature should provide the recipients with the essential information about you, and all additional elements, such as a logo, and a link to a website, will help you create a positive image.

Words about not knowing a smartphone

Sometimes it’s not the phone. Communication on the road with such a small device can sometimes be challenging.

Have fun with Siri

In case you didn’t know, Siri is a voice prompts and answers feature that Apple calls an “intelligent personal assistant.” Available for the latest iPhone and iPad models, some want to use Siri in their iPhone email signature.

A brief description of the random Email

Just because you have a smartphone with email access doesn’t mean you have to be prepared for everything. You can have a signature for the mobile phone from which it will be sent.

The opportunity to have fun

You don’t have to be specific about what device you’re using to let others know. You can easily create jokes to let people know you’re emailing them from your mobile device. Tell others you’re on the phone, such as “sent by carrier pigeon,” “sent by the shield,” or “sent by payphone.” If you joke about technology, it won’t be perceived as wrong or bad. On the other hand, “I’m better than you, so sent from my iPhone” or “Sent from my $400 smartphone” refers to using a particular mobile device as a status symbol. Remember that sarcastic lines in emails can be taken as overkill if others don’t understand your sense of humor.

What email signature do you use for mobile mail?

Have you encountered an interesting mobile email signature, or do you use it yourself? To create a funny signature, you can use the apple mail email signature generator, a special tool designed specifically for creating attractive, unique, witty signatures that you can send from your apple devices to your friends, colleagues, and partners. How does this email signature generator work? You can get a unique email signature for mobile mail in a few simple steps. If you want to stand out, trust this generator! This is a type of tool that allows you to create and edit email signatures for specific personal information. Create a footer, send it to your friend or partner, and save it as the default signature. This way, you can create it whenever you want to send a message to your customers. With this generator, you will create a virtual business card that can be identified with your brand on the Internet! Placing contact information in the email signature is an important thing. This builds trust, builds prestige, and gives you a professional image.

Your logo and photo are stored in the client’s memory, thanks to which he is more willing to contact a person he already knows. In addition, all contact information specified in the email signature created with the help of a professional generator will be shown to all recipients. A generator is one of the tools that will make this task easier! Many companies often downplay signature design. This is a big mistake you can’t make with a generator. A signature should guarantee success for you and your brand. Know that it is within your reach! Take a few minutes and create a professional email signature through your smartphone. You can put more content in an email signature than you can imagine, and using them skillfully will increase your brand’s ranking.

Encourage recipients to read messages with exciting designs that you can create in the iPhone email signature generator.

Are you good at choosing words but feel like something other than a graphic designer? Can you write exciting text but prefer to choose something other than fonts? Not a problem. The iPhone email signature generator offers a variety of email header layouts to choose from: bold, beautiful, and modern, so you can focus on creating an engaging signature. Choose a design, then submit your photos to customize the caption for an impressive caption. If you need help finding the image you need, you can choose from millions of available pictures and images on the Internet that perfectly complement your mobile signature. You have access to a vast number of free images to choose from, as well as premium images.

There is no reason not to use it. With the mobile signature generator, you can quickly create an informative message. You want to send swiftly exciting information to your friends from your smartphone. You must copy the ready-made design with the generator, change the text, and prepare the signature header for the next mailing. The generator stores all your projects in cloud storage so you can view, edit and share them anywhere you have an internet connection. Thanks to its availability on iOS, mobile signatures can be changed on the go. Make sure to limit yourself to mobile mail. Give your captions a new look. Share them on all social networks. Just click the “Share” button and post them directly to social networks like Facebook or Twitter.

Fujifilm’s New INSTAX SQUARE Link Smartphone Printer brings Augmented Reality and digital image sharing to instant photography fans.

Fujifilm Europe has today announced the launch of its FUJIFILM INSTAX SQUARE Link Smartphone printer (SQUARE Link). Available from 16 November 2022, the latest addition to the popular series of Link Smartphone printers, SQUARE Link creates INSTAX SQUARE format instant prints at 1.5 times the size of its INSTAX mini counterparts. 

SQUARE Link features a variety of new, unique features designed to encourage creativity, including AR (Augmented Reality) Print and INSTAX Connect™, both of which allow instant photography and smartphone printing fans to individualize and share their images in brand new ways. Like all products in the INSTAX Link Smartphone printer lineup, SQUARE Link includes a variety of frame templates, digital stickers, and print mode options that allow the image maker to boost creativity with the free, downloadable app.

Shin Udono, Senior Vice President, Imaging Solutions, Fujifilm Europe said:

“Designed with instant photography and smartphone printing fans in mind, we are excited about the introduction of the new INSTAX SQUARE Link. The new SQUARE Link combines everything that existing customers love about the existing Link formats, now in a SQUARE format – with the addition of exciting new features including AR Print and INSTAX Connect, presenting even more options for users to connect, customize, and share images.”

Key features of SQUARE Link include:

AR (Augmented Reality) Print: 

SQUARE Link offers the ability to add Augmented Reality features to images, including special effects, text, images, background colours, doodles, and animations. A QR code printed on the photo unlocks the augmented reality content that users can then view on and around their print by simply scanning the code with their Smartphone to see the effects in action. 

INSTAX Connect:

Using the SQUARE Link App, the INSTAX Connect feature allows users to share INSTAX images digitally by selecting a smartphone image, adding text content and/or effects, and sending it to any connected device (i.e. smartphone, tablet, etc.). Users can add text to their images and get text responses sent back directly on the image. Recipients who are also SQUARE Link users can even print a copy of the image with or without the text included. 

Ability to customize your INSTAX prints with Image Modes, Design Frames, and Stickers

Like all products in the INSTAX Link Smartphone printer line-up, SQUARE Link includes a variety of frame templates, digital stickers, and print mode options that allow the image maker to creatively enhance the image. Users can choose between two print mode options – INSTAX-Rich Mode for deep, enhanced colours and INSTAX-Natural Mode for a more classic look. Smartphone images can also be enhanced with artistic filters or by adjusting brightness, contrast, and saturation of the image. Users of SQUARE Link also can combine up to nine pictures into a single INSTAX print collage via the collage feature of the App.  

Lightweight Portability and Speed 

Compact, lightweight, and finished with a striped texture, SQUARE Link transfers an image from the user’s smartphone and commences printing in about 12 seconds, supports continuous printing, and is capable of printing about 100 INSTAX prints per charge seamlessly via Bluetooth.

SQUARE Link will be available in Ash White and Midnight Green and is expected to be available for purchase at Fujifilm stockists nationwide on 16 November 2022 at a manufacturer’s SRP of EUR 150.00. 

For more information about the INSTAX SQUARE LINK, visit https://INSTAX.ie/printers/square-link

 

INSTAX SQUARE LINK specifications

Recording method 3-color exposure with OLED
Film used FUJIFILM INSTAX SQUARE Instant Film (sold separately)
Image size 62 mm × 62 mm
Exposure pixel count 800 × 600 dots
Exposure resolution  12.5 dots/mm
(318 dpi, 80 μm dot pitch)
Exposure gradation RGB gradation of 256 colors
Interface  Bluetooth Ver. 4.2 (BLE)
Printable image format JPEG, PNG, HEIF, DNG
Printing time Image recording – photo output (fed out):
Approximately 12 sec.
Possible number of printed images Approximately 100 (from full charge; number of prints depends on usage conditions)
Power supply Rechargeable lithium ion battery (internal type: not removable)
Charging time Approximately 80 to 120 minutes (depending upon environment temperature at time of charging) 
Power consumption Approximately 3 W
Operating environment Temperature: +5 ºC to +40 ºC
Humidity: 20% to 80% (no condensation)
Main unit dimensions 105 mm × 37.5 mm × 127.5 mm (excluding projecting parts)
Main unit mass Approximately 236 g (excluding film pack)
Supplied accessory USB cable (Type-C, Length: 30 cm)
* The above specifications are subject to change for performance improvement.

INSTAX mini 11 PASTEL GREEN – Available now

At the same time as the launch of the new SQUARE Link, Fujifilm Europe is also launching the new INSTAX mini 11 in a new Pastel Green colourway. An enticing addition to the INSTAX line-up, the new INSTAX mini 11 Pastel Green is the sweetest of colours – designed with the latest fashion trends in-mind.

Like the rest of the INSTAX mini 11 family, this new colourway also features the “Automatic Exposure” function, in which the camera automatically senses the level of ambient light when the shutter button is pressed, and optimizes the shutter speed and flash output according to the condition. It allows users to take photos optimally exposed to the main subject and the background in a variety of situations including a bright sunny day outdoors and a dark indoor condition at a restaurant or a party venue, producing high-quality instant photo prints on the spot.

Another INSTAX mini 11 feature that makes taking instax photos easier than ever before is the Selfie Mode, which is ideal for selfies and close-ups. The Selfie Mode can be activated by simply pulling out the front end edge of the lens after powering the camera on. INSTAX mini 11 pastel green is available now at a manufacturer’s SRP of EUR 90.00.

 

Tech Review – Instax mini link 2 smartphone printer

Instax is a popular brand when it comes to their retro cameras and are popular with family and friends here when they come to visit not only that they have got  good views on our site and Youtube channel over the years too and it is fair to say they are a bit more than a niche product and garner much attention.

The product will look familiar however from before and has two new visible features which is a button up top and LED light on the side, the front is as before with the logo in center that can change colours and you can also set the tone here. The build quality is the same and it is a robust kit with a textured finish which will not slip out of your hand if you happen to have a few on your night out and so on, I did drop mine here at home on a tile floor with no beers on board and it still works fine so I can stand testament to the build quality and that is a good thing, it did not spring open and components  jump all around the place like some tech can and has done.

We have pretty much the same as before here and the new instaxAiR which allows users to add graphics to their prints, via the free downloadable instax mini Link App 1, including bubbles, petals, neon, spray paint, or a glitter look by simply holding the instax mini Link 2, pressing the feature button on top, whilst aiming the side LED to start drawing in the air. What is drawn in the air will then appear on the print preview in-app and once the user is happy with the look, the graphics will appear on the print itself. Users of the instaxAiR feature can even record a video of the drawing and share the moment as a printable QR code that appears on the print. The QR code can be scanned to view the video, download it, or share it on social media. Not something for me but it will be for others being honest I am just the kind that will take photos, edit if required and print them as is but there is plenty of editing options asides this within the app that allows you get creative.

Perhaps me and my age might be a factor here in trying to enhance the natural effects I have always been one to moot airbrushed photos and so on and say to people just be yourself and with how things are today with filters AI and beauty. So beside this and what is available in the app there is plenty to toy around with and get a more personalised finished product as we will see in the video review below where we look at all the options at hand, including the app and more.

Overall this is a neat gadget and given it may not be for the masses it is something you should try anyway and have it there to print photos there and then even at home or at a party or family occasion, who these days actually remembers photos or would rather plaster their lives on social media then complain about data and ads.,. I know what I prefer and that is having photos in the hand in my house and be able to share them via this nifty little smartphone printer.

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First Look – instax mini Link 2 Smartphone Printer

It is that time of year again when instax launch a new smartphone printer and last years model was a big hit and I would expect the same this year, we also have new prints this time to make you more creative and not forgetting the really cool app that is available on Android and iOS, A key USP here is portability and also it is a robust printer that can fit in your pocket.

Today we will do a quick unboxing and tour of the latest on offer from FujiFilm and if you have any questions feel free to ask on all our channels and we will have a full hands on review with samples and a look at the app. For more information about the instax mini Link 2, visit https://instax.ie/printers/mini-link-2/
Where to buy? – Available at FUJIFILM stockists nationwide or visit instax.ie

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Fujifilm Europe introduces the new instax mini Link 2 Smartphone Printer

Fujifilm Europe, Photo Imaging Division, today announced the European launch of its FUJIFILM instax mini Link 2 Smartphone Printer, available from 22nd June 2022. instax mini Link 2 features a variety of new, unique features designed to encourage
creativity, including customizable frames and image color modes that help enhance the mood of an image. instaxAiR is an exciting new feature for instax mini Link 2, taking interactivity and personalization to a whole new level by allowing the printer to be a tool to draw “in the air” and apply the effects directly to the print. “instax mini Link 2 encourages image makers to express themselves creatively through their prints,” said Shin Udono, Senior Vice President, Imaging Solutions, FUJIFILM Europe. “With highly innovative, fun, and interactive features like instaxAiR, we’re establishing new ways to connect with and inspire instax users as they create their images.”

Key features of instax mini Link 2 include:

instaxAiR: instaxAiR allows users to add graphics to their prints, via the free downloadable instax mini Link App 1 , including bubbles, petals, neon, spray paint, or a glitter look by simply holding the instax mini Link 2, pressing the feature button on top,
whilst aiming the side LED to start drawing in the air. What is drawn in the air will then appear on the print preview in-app
and once the user is happy with the look, the graphics will appear on the print itself. Users of the instaxAiR feature can
even record a video of the drawing and share the moment as a printable QR code that appears on the print. The QR code
can be scanned to view the video, download it, or share it on social media.

Lightweight portability and speed

Compact, lightweight, and finished with a striped texture, instax mini Link 2 transfers a print in about 15 seconds, supports continuous printing, and is capable of printing about 100 instax mini
prints per charge, seamlessly via Bluetooth 2 .

Ability to customize your instax mini prints with Image Modes, Design Frames, Stickers,and more.

The instax mini Link 2 app contains a variety of design frames that can be overlaid onto the selected image for a one-of-a-kind instax instant print. Users can choose between two image color modes – instax-Rich Mode for deeper, enhanced colors and instax-Natural Mode for a more original look. Smartphone images can also be enhanced with artistic filters or by adjusting brightness, contrast, and saturation of the image. Users also can combine up to eight pictures into
a single instax print collage via the app.

In addition to smartphone compatibility, instax mini Link 2 is also compatible with the FUJIFILM X-S10 mirrorless digital camera, allowing photographers to send their images directly from the camera to the printer. instax mini Link 2 will be offered in Soft Pink, Clay White and Space Blue, and will be available for purchase on 22 nd June 2022 in Ireland and across Europe at a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of €130.00.

New film variety introduced

Accompanying the launch of the instax mini Link 2 will be the new instax mini Spray Art Instant Film, featuring a colorful rainbow spray design that reflects light. It’s the perfect complement to the instaxAiR feature, or fun on its own, making any special image pop with added color. This film variety will be available for purchase on 22 nd June 2022 in Ireland and across Europe at a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price of €10.50

For more information about the instax mini Link 2, visit https://instax.ie/printers/mini-link-2/
Where to buy? – Available at FUJIFILM stockists nationwide or visit instax.ie

Watch out for our review soon here on techbuzzireland and YouTube when we have our full hands on review and more.