Meizu Zero, Cellphone without Button

Meizu said that Zero, a cellphone that was recently released, did not have a button, without speaker holes, no slot for SIM cards, and charging ports. The exterior of the body looks seamless aka smooth without connection and made of ceramic material.

Even Meizu was not shy about advertising Zero as the world's first non-hole cellphone. Of course there are a number of adjustments that must be made by Meizu on a cellphone with this 5.99 inch AMOLED screen.

Reported from the Verge page, Thursday (1/23), Zero does not have a notch on the screen, but has a thin bezel above and below the Galaxy S9. The fingerprint sensor is below the screen, complete with Meizu mSound 2.0 technology which makes it able to function as a speaker.

For charging is done wirelessly. Charging time is promised quite fast, because the wireless charging has a maximum power of 18 watts through the Super Wireless Charger technology. Much higher than Apple's wireless charger which is only 7.5 watts and Samsung's only 9 watts.

Although it does not have a button, Meizu is equipped with a haptic feedback system called can offer a virtual button on the side of the phone instead of the power and volume buttons. Then the SIM card slot is replaced with eSIM technology. The absence of holes on the outside of this device makes it have an IP68 rating that is water and dust resistant.

Valet Parking at UK Airport Use Robot

Users of Gatwick Airport, England, will soon be spoiled by a more tech-driven parking system. Not long ago, the relevant airport management tested the valet parking using robots. The technology developed by French company Stanley Robotics is expected to help park cars more efficiently.

Reporting from the Ubergizmo page, Friday (1/24), how to use this robot is fairly easy. Users only need to drive their cars to a special drop-off zone and order robots through the application.

The robot then comes and lifts the car with a forklift. Then with embedded GPS (global positioning system) technology will bring the user's car to the parking lot. The good thing is, users don't need to give the keys to their cars.

The technology scans every size and shape of a vehicle to safely drive them to the parking lot.
The advantage of using a robot is that there is no need for space for the driver to enter, so that the car is parked without leaving enough space. Each order is associated with a passenger flight number to ensure their car is ready to be taken when the user returns.

Gatwick Airport is not the first time to test the robot. Similar trials have been carried out in Paris, Lyon and Düsseldorf.

"The tests were received well from passengers even some of them were unaware that the robot had been involved," said one of the founders of Syanley Robotics, Stéphane Evanno, as quoted by Standard.

Gatwick Airport will test the robot in the southern terminal. By providing space for 270 vehicles for this trial.

Motorola Razr Born Again

Motorola gives happy news. In February, the American vendor will re-release its legendary cellphone, the Motorola Razr. As is known, the cellphone debuted first in 2004.

According to the Wall St Journal report, Lenovo technology companies and Verizon have collaborated to create a sophisticated version of the popular cellphone.

Reporting from the Stuff page, Thursday (17/1), reportedly will not be easy to get this cellphone, because Motorola will only produce 200 thousand units of the latest Razr.

Then, there are still not many leaks regarding the design and specifications. However, it is reported that the cellphone will have a screen that is bent in the middle with a hinge.

The Razr is the most iconic cellphone Motorola has ever made. But, it is not known exactly what the full specifications of the latest Motorola smartphone are. However, if you look at the launch time, it looks like it will be a strong signal for Lenovo as Motorola's parent company to rival Samsung.

Unmitigated, the brand-new Razr is priced at US 1,500 or more than Rp21 million. The plan, Lenovo will produce more than 200,000 unique new version of Motorola Razr.

The Motorola Razr was first released in 2004. One of the most successful models of this variant was the Razr 3. The cellphone sold around 130 million units. So, it's not strange if Motorola re-released the cellphone with a new model on the market.

Fingerprint sensor at the bottom of the screen

Xiaomi claims to have a new implementation of fingerprint technology below the screen. The claim was distributed by the president and co-founder of Xiaomi Lin Bin in his post on Weibo. In this post, Lin showed a video demonstrating the implementation of this technology.

In the video a prototype cellphone that uses a new fingerprint sensor that has an active area of ​​25x50 mm is seen. That is, users can more easily unlock their cellphones with a larger area without looking at the screen.

Usually, cellphone manufacturers only provide a small area - usually only the size of the thumb - where the fingerprint sensor is stored. As a result instead of making it easier to use, the user must even make sure that his thumb touches the right screen to unlock the cellphone.

Quoted from the page of The Verge, Friday (1/18), Lin also called this new sensor can 'wake up' and unlock the phone with just one touch. But keep in mind, Xiaomi is not the only company that works on similar technology. Vivo had previously exhibited Apex, which half of the screen could be used to recognize fingerprints.

Unfortunately this technology is not implemented on Nex, which is a commercial version of Apex. Then there is also Oppo who claims the fingerprint sensor below the screen has an area 15 times larger than the previous implementation, although it doesn't mention its specific size.

But Lin also did not mention whether this technology will be implemented in commercial products. Because the cellphone in the video on display is just a prototype product.

More fun playing with Huawei Y7 Pro

Starting the year, Huawei released Y7 Pro. This smartphone promises power that can mengilisasi digital world with the performance of an amazing runway kitchen. Huawei Y7 Pro is equipped with a 4000mAh capacity battery that promises to use more than a day for a single recharge, even with intensive use.

Huawei Y7 Pro's performance is supported by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 octa-core chipset. This 14nm technology chipset contains eight ARM Cortex-A53 cores that are very efficient with speeds up to 1.8GHz, to provide exceptional multi-core performance but with efficient battery use.

With Andreno 506 GPU graphics processor supported by Vulkan, it produces smooth graphics performance when you play games that require high graphics. The fun of playing games won't be interrupted by phone calls thanks to the Do Not Disturb Mode feature.

In the Do Not Disturb Mode, the caller will be notified that the recipient is unable to receive a call, while informing the recipient via SMS about the phone call. With this mode too, all notifications (except for important remaining battery types, alarms, etc.) are made quiet.

The X6 LTE modem in the Snapdragon 450 chipset enables Huawei Y7 Pro to support Dual 4G connectivity. With this feature, users can run data on one SIM Card while making phone calls on one SIM Card again. In fact, both SIM cards can be filled by different operators.

"In the digital age now, we need a smartphone that promises extraordinary power, starting from large and efficient batteries, and awesome performance thanks to a great combination of chipsets and GPUs," said Lo Khing Seng, Huawei Device Indonesia's Deputy Country Director. "All you can get in the Huawei Y7 Pro smartphone is being launched soon. Don't worry, you don't need to spend too much, "he said again.