09.Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Release Date, Specs Rumors: All-Metallic Curved Body with Aluminum Edge Seen

Although Samsung has not yet made any official announcement on the impending release of its Galaxy Note 5, mobile blogs and websites are churning out details on what the new phablet will look like in terms of size, resolution, processor and other details.

It is rumored that Samsung will release Galaxy Note 5 in time for the IFA trade show for consumer electronics slated on Sept. 4 to 9 in Berlin, Germany just like when it released the Galaxy Note 4 last September.

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 sports a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display with Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 and Exynos 5433 chipsets.

According to the blog Note5US.com, Samsung Galaxy Note 5 will likely have a 5.9-inch 4K Super AMOLED display with 600+ ppi and a 4GB RAM.







Internal storage will range from 16GB to 64GB that can be expanded to 128GB.

Galaxy Note 5 will also have an aluminum edge with an all-metallic curved body that will feature water resistance, the source said.

It also claimed that the upcoming device will have an Octa core processor clocked at 2.9Ghz with a 64-bit architecture.

"Finger print sensor and retina scanner is more than likely to be included," the blog said.

Galaxy Note 5 is said to have an 19 megapixel camera with 4K recording capability and a 5 megapixel front-facing camera.

Another blog, Gizbot, said the Galaxy Note 5 will have Snapdragon Qualcomm 808 chipset with an Octa Core 2.9 GHz CPU.

The Galaxy Note 5 is expected to be released in September in many countries including the U.S., U.K., India, Australia, Japan and Russia.

As to the price of Galaxy Note 5, it is speculated that it will cost between $800 to $1,000.




Source:
http://www.christiantimes.com/article/samsung.galaxy.note.5.release.date.specs.rumors.all.metallic.curved.body.with.aluminum.edge.seen/51133.htm

New aluminum air battery could blow past lithium-ion, runs on water

As battery technologies go, the world has a love-hate relationship with lithium-ion. On the one hand, breakthroughs in Li-ion designs and construction are responsible for the Tesla Model S, new installations, green energy research, and the modern smartphone. On the other hand, lithium-ion limitations are the reason why most EVs have a range of 40-60 miles, the Model S costs upwards of $80,000, and why your smartphone can’t last all day on a single charge. For all its promise and capability, lithium-ion has limited long-term utility — which is why a new announcement from Fuji Pigment is so interesting. The company is claiming that its new aluminum-air batteries can run for up to two weeks and be refilled with normal water.






How an aluminum-air battery works

First, some basics. The problem with battery technology isn’t whether or not we can build better batteries — as the chart below shows, we can build batteries that blow traditional lithium-ion out of the water. Keep in mind that the chart below is exponential, meaning that fuel cell technology has 10 times the energy density of a typical cobalt-Li ion battery.


Source:
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/198462-new-aluminum-air-battery-could-blow-past-lithium-ion-be-refilled-with-water