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If you live in an area with slow Internet connection and you want to be a game developer and have tried to download the Unreal Engine (The best game making engine in the world).There are some processes to get the engine.
First: Go and download the Epic games launcher (Make sure you have an epic games account)
Second: Install it and sign in
Third: Choose engine version and start downloading.
But some people like me went through all this but everytime I opened the launcher it would start auto updating itself. So I went out to find how to stop the auto update feature (Since the launcher doesn't have it) and I located this post:
Unreal Forums.(Mac users go to this link instructions are there)
and did what I was told and now my engine is finally downloading after nearly 4 months of waiting for the auto update.
Steps
1) Right Click the epic games launcher
2) Select properties
3) In the target tab hit space bar once and paste "-noselfupdate"
Amazon appears to have leaked a huge selection of new backwards compatible games that will launch on the Xbox One next month. The games that will be released for the Xbox One are mostly EA published games including Skate 2 and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. Xbox One backwards compatibility launched in November last year and new games are added almost every week to every month. The games that are added have no announcement before they are released and most remain a surprise until they are made backwards compatible. Amazon appears to have leaked the following EA games coming to backwards compatibility, according to the listing made on the sales page for each of the games. Dragon Age II Skate 2 Fight Night Round 4 Burnout Revenge Fable Anniversary Crackdown 2 Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Among the games listed above, Halo: ODST and SSX were also rumored to be coming soon to Xbox One backwards compatibility but we haven’t heard anything officially about them yet.
Microsoft will host their E3 2016 press conference on June 14th so it is highly likely that they are going to announce a big list of games coming to Xbox One backwards compatibility at their E3 conference. We will get an official confirmation of the list of games and possibly more at the upcoming E3. Let us know what do you think about the games that are going to be backwards compatible in the comments below.
The Xbox One is a paradox of sorts. It has sold at a far faster clip than previous Xbox consoles, which should be celebrated. But it’s also been outsold by as much as 2-to-1 by the PlayStation 4. So “fixing” the Xbox One in 2016 is tricky: Microsoft will need to continue with what’s working while making the platform more appealing to a wider audience.
I have a few thoughts.
Price matters. The biggest takeaway from the Xbox One launch—which is sad, because this was also the biggest takeaway from the PlayStation 3 launch years earlier—is that price matters. In this case, a far-too-expensive price. The Xbox One launched at $500, fully $100 more than the PS4, and while fans will argue that you got more—e.g. the Kinect—for that price, Microsoft eventually figured out that few people wanted that, and made the Kinect optional. And, more important, lowered the price. Today, the starting price of the Xbox One is $350, the same as the PS4. And you can almost always find Xbox One bundles in the $300 range. This needs to continue.
We need another low-end console. On that note, Microsoft’s recent decision to halt production of the Xbox 360 leaves a hole in the low-end of the market, and it will need an Xbox One console to fill that gap. There are different ways to arrive at such a thing—go the Apple route and just offer refurbished/older console revisions, or rely on less expensive new silicon to create a cheaper version of the console. I vote for the latter approach, because ….
We need a higher-end console too. With Sony reportedly working on a PS4K that would ship this year and offer both 4K graphics quality and improved virtual reality (VR) capabilities, Microsoft simply must do the same. There is absolutely no reason why Xbox One games can’t ship with support for both consoles, and while existing games would simply play unchanged on the new console, new games could offer both better graphics and, when it makes sense, VR capabilities.
We need a living room solution. If there is anything less efficient for living room entertainment than the current tank-like Xbox One model, I have yet to see it. The Xbox One probably uses about 100 times as much electricity as a Roku or Apple TV, even when it’s not being used. (And my own Xbox One’s power supply is so loud—seriously, the power supply—that I routinely unplug it just to rid my office of the steady ruh-ruh-ruh-ruh sound that greats me every morning.) We need a real living room solution.
We need a Cortana box too. And some coming Xbox-based living room entertainment solution could also serve the same purpose as Amazon Echo or Google Home: A way to interact with Microsoft’s (Cortana) digital personal assistant and its back-end machine learning capabilities without needing to break out a phone or other mobile device.
User-serviceability matters. One thing that kills me about the humongous current-generation Xbox One is that the user can’t even replace the internal hard drive. There’s so much room in this box, and forcing us to use external storage is inexcusable. I would have long ago replaced the internal HDD with fast SSD storage had Microsoft simply allowed that. Which it should have. I hope they do so with gen 2, and I’d remind readers that the first two Xbox 360 generations allowed such upgrades. It was a pretty elegant system.
Performance matters. I mentioned the need for a higher-end console, but I want to call out a major issue with the current Xbox one that we as Xbox or Microsoft enthusiasts tend to sweep under the proverbial rug: The console simply doesn’t perform quickly enough. And I’m not talking about game resolutions or frame rates, another embarrassment, but rather just your basic UI speed and responsiveness. Even with the massive update from late 2015, the Xbox One UI crawls, and there is a pause or wait every time you do anything that isn’t playing an already-loaded game. Microsoft really needs to fix this.
I use the Xbox One every single day, and I prefer it over the PlayStation 4 by a fairly wide margin. But there are so many obvious areas to improve, maybe too many. As I previously reported, Microsoft will announce new hardware at E3 next month, but it’s not clear yet what that hardware will be. What it won’t be, I suspect, is one or more solutions to all of the issues I’ve raised here. But effectively relaunching the Xbox One is in fact necessary, and even Sony—which, again, dominates this market—appears to be doing so as well. This isn’t some kind of capitulation, it’s about Microsoft applying its evolution in Windows servicing to the Xbox as well. That is, just because previous console generations worked a certain way, doesn’t mean that we have to keep doing things the same way. It’s time for a major change, and the only real question is how far the Xbox team is willing to go.
Well, we’re about to find out: Microsoft’s E3 media showcase is on June 13, just three weeks from now. What we find out that week will define the Xbox One console not just for the rest of 2016 but, I think, for the remainder of this console’s lifetime.
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has made a huge splash in the markets so far in 2016 as a major disrupter in the retail industry. The stock’s performance might not currently reflect this, with shares up only about 4% on the year thus far, but one key analyst sees this as a jumping off point. Keep in mind that Amazon is up over 60% from the same time last year.
Merrill Lynch reiterated a Buy rating for Amazon with an $840 price objective, implying an upside of nearly 20% from the current price level. Ultimately the firm believes that Amazon Business opportunity is widely underappreciated.
Amazon launched Amazon Supply in 2012 and re-branded the initiative Amazon Business in April 2015. It is a marketplace that combines positive attributes of Amazon’s consumer marketplace – selection, convenience and value – with features and benefits tailored to businesses, government organizations and the education sectors.
With “hundreds of millions of products” in the industrial/scientific, packaging and shipping, food service, nursing, education, building and other supply categories and integration with procurement applications, Merrill Lynch thinks Amazon Business may be a bigger opportunity than the street realizes. The company recently indicated that Amazon Business reached $1 billion in sales in its first year, is serving 300,000 customers and had 20% month-over-month growth. Issues Amazon likely will need to address in the category are the need to build out more specialized procurement platforms/interfaces and offer specialized customer service, which will aid Amazon’s ability to compete versus well established competitors.
According to Frost & Sullivan, global business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce will reach $6.7 trillion in 2020. In the U.S. alone B2B e-commerce is expected to hit $1 trillion in 2018, according to Forrester, which is more than double Merrill Lynch’s U.S. e-commerce market estimate for 2018 of $485 billion.
Merrill Lynch believes B2B provides a significant runway for growth, which could help Amazon sustain its growth rates and premium valuation for many years. The firm estimates Amazon Business 2016 gross merchandise value (GMV) at $3.5 billion, with GMV exceeding $25 billion by 2020. Furthermore, the brokerage firm sees its estimates as conservative considering the larger addressable market, very low current awareness of Amazon’s efforts in the category, and disclosure of recent category traction.
The investment rationale given by Merrill Lynch was as follows:
Amazon is an eCommerce leader with market share and margin potential stemming from its global scale, fulfillment footprint and technology platform investments. We think Amazon’s focus on the customers and the buyer experience is right for the Internet, and we consider Amazon a transformational company. We think Amazon is well positioned to capitalize on the global growth of eCommerce and other secular trends such as cloud computing, online advertising, connected devices, and mobile commerce.
Shares of Amazon were trading at $699.02 Monday morning, with a consensus analyst price target of $793.26 and a 52-week trading range of $419.14 to $722.45.
Microsoft has disabled its controversial Wi-Fi Sense feature, a component embedded in Windows 10 devices that shares access to WiFi networks to which you connect with any contacts you may have listed in Outlook and Skype — and, with an opt-in — your Facebookfriends.
Redmond made the announcement almost as a footnote in its Windows 10 Experience blog, but the feature caused quite a stir when the company’s flagship operating system first debuted last summer.
Microsoft didn’t mention the privacy and security concerns raised by Wi-Fi Sense, saying only that the feature was being removed because it was expensive to maintain and that few Windows 10 users were taking advantage of it.
“We have removed the Wi-Fi Sense feature that allows you to share Wi-Fi networks with your contacts and to be automatically connected to networks shared by your contacts,” wroteGabe Aul, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s engineering systems team. “The cost of updating the code to keep this feature working combined with low usage and low demand made this not worth further investment. Wi-Fi Sense, if enabled, will continue to get you connected to open Wi-Fi hotspots that it knows about through crowdsourcing.”
Wi-Fi Sense doesn’t share your WiFi network password per se — it shares an encrypted version of that password. But it does allow anyone in your Skype or Outlook or Hotmail contacts lists to waltz onto your Wi-Fi network — should they ever wander within range of it or visit your home (or hop onto it secretly from hundreds of yards away with a good ‘ole cantenna!).
When the feature first launched, Microsoft sought to reassure would-be Windows 10 users that their Wi-Fi password would be sent encrypted and stored encrypted — on a Microsoft server. The company also pointed out that Windows 10 users had to initially agree to share their network during the Windows 10 installation process before the feature would be turned on.
But these assurances rang hollow for many Windows users already suspicious about a feature that could share access to a user’s wireless network even after that user changed their Wi-Fi network password.
“Annoyingly, because they didn’t have your actual password, just authorization to ask the Wi-Fi Sense service to supply it on their behalf, changing your password down the line wouldn’t keep them out – Wi-Fi Sense would learn the new password directly from you and supply it for them in future,” John Zorabedianwrote for security firm Sophos.
Microsoft’s solution for those concerned required users to change the name (a.k.a. “SSID“) of their Wi-Fi network to include the text “_optout” somewhere in the network name (for example, “oldnetworknamehere_optout”).
I commend Microsoft for taking this step, if albeit belatedly. Much security is undone by ill-advised features in software and hardware that are unnecessarily enabled by default.
I've been searching for sites where I could download The Flash Tv series but with no luck.
Youtube had all videos on it removed and so on. But I recently stumbled upon a new site: Tvshows4mobile.com. Here I downloaded season 1 and currently downloading season 2. Try it out.
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Alright. For people with slow internet connection downloading files from MEGA.co.nz either through your browser or through MEGAsync can be a pain, mostly because its slow and if your connection fails well...you understand. So let me show you how to download those files through IDM. Just follow the steps in the video below:
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I just upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1(an OS i really loved) two days ago and i realized that my brightness wouldn't adjust even if i reduced it to the lowest it remained at the highest. After searching the net relentlessly I gave up.
But i fixed it yesterday when i was installing the AMD driver for Windows 10 on my PC (because my games had horrible performance) as I was installing mine my screen tripped off and returned and since I had left my brightness level at lowest my brightness suddenly went to the lowest and in surprise I tried increasing it and it actually went up. So for those of you who have the same problem try installing the latest drivers for your GPU.
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The Bugatti Chiron entered North America not with a bang but with a whisper. No Klieg lights, no dubstep soundtrack, no ballad-belting siren, no bloggers throwing elbows for the privilege of snapping a shitty iPhone photo. Just the Chiron, alone in an art gallery, with Veuve Clicquot in flutes and Herb Ritts on walls. The takeaway was clear: This is not your typical 1,500-horsepower car.
The Chiron was the two-ton mirrorball at the center of Christie’s spring photography sale preview on April 1, in Midtown Manhattan. As keen Instagramers would know, though, the car had slummed for a couple days earlier at Manhattan Motorcars, the unobtanium dealer on the island’s west side. No bother. Bugatti executives and champagne weren’t there, so it didn’t count.
With its $2.7 million price tag and 500-unit production cap, the Chiron, which made its global debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March, is the kind of bauble that collectors of leather-daddy homoerotica by Robert Mapplethorpe, gauzy Americana from William Eggleston, or MTV House of Style-era supermodel nudes by Ritts might appreciate. Hell, might even buy. Hence the Chiron’s presence at the New York outpost of Christie’s, the London-based auctioneer, on the First of April.
The fine-art photography market has shown signs of overheating, but Bugatti design director Achim Anscheidt wanted to talk cooling—specifically, how to ice down the Promethean powertrain and brakes of the Veyron’s successor. “Thermal management drives almost every stylistic decision on this car,” he told The Drive. He gestured to twin chasms between each headlight and the car's horseshoe grille, which funnel air “at 100-percent pressure” directly to the front axle and brakes. The swooping crescents that bifurcate the Chiron into business (rear) and pleasure (front) zones also help direct air to the mid-mounted 8-liter W-16 engine.
The business end of the Chiron might be its most striking. It’s goddamn Gothic back there. A buttress-like spine arches over the exposed engine bay, evoking the car that Ralph Lauren may have sold his soul to acquire, the Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic. Haunches cradle that Rosemary’s Baby of an engine like the demon spawn it is, while the tail—a less technocratic version of the McLaren P1’s ellipse shape—ends so abruptly it’s as if a guillotine had fallen from the sky. Sure enough, that was Anscheidt’s intention.
“It’s not unique to us,” he said of the rear-end treatment. “The Shelby Daytona Coupe did it. The P1 does it. Even the Porsche 918, a bit.”
The Christie’s photography-sale preview began in earnest after Bugatti member of the board Stefan Brungs introduced the Chiron. As well-born patrons of the arts filed in, the few press in attendance were ushered out. For a moment, the fantasy of Chiron ownership had been allowed to flit through the proles' brains. Then, when people who could actually afford not just the fantasy, but the reality, arrived, it disappeared.
After the launch of LG G5 in MWC 2016 they are now looking at the next big game changer or which we can also call as the successor to the LG flex 2, the interesting LG G flex 3. The previous LG G Flex 2 known for its bended U shape body, this time we can expect more smooth finish with LG g flex 3. The device may launch in IFA Berlin September 2016. The Upcoming smartphone will come equipped with Snapdragon 830, now the 820 is almost used in all the main flagship device, that will be the reason that they will look for another upgraded processor which will be Snapdragon 830 processor. Previously it was expected that the flex 3 will arrive in MWC 2016, with Snapdragon 820, but they only focused at LG G5 this time.
If we look at the highlighted rumoured Specifications, it will come with a 20.7 megapixel rear camera which will be capable of recording 4K videos, and 8Mp front camera for selfies and video calling. It will be powered with 6GB RAM, because now the 4GB are getting older as time goes, new smartphones with more specifications will take place in future, and compete with best phones in 2016. The Best upcoming smartphone will be fuelled with bigger 3500mAh battery this time for more backup. Have a look at the rest of the specifications below.
Key Specs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor Powered with 6GB RAM 20.7/8Mp camera options 128GB storage option 3500mAh battery fingerprint scanner
2. Samsung Galaxy S7 ( plus )
Samsung galaxy S7 plus will be the next best Smartphone from Samsung. After Launching the S7 and S7 edge, Samsung is thinking to upgrade the Galaxy S7 Device with the upcoming smartphone s7 edge pluse. However there is no confirmed Release date of the device, but it seems as it may announced in upcoming 3 to 4 months. First the device will be made available in USA, Brazil, and other countries, then it will enters India. The Samsung Galaxy S7 plus. Samsung galaxy S7 and edge, they are packed with some high end specifications, and yes for sure the device will also come with some enhancement like improved camera improved the quality of display too, the specs will be over all same, and will be the one of best phone in 2016 when launched. The S7 edge and S7 comes with a very high pricetag, but the S7 edge plus will comes with low price.
3. Xiaomi Mi 6
Xiaomi Mi 6, people expect much more from Xiaomi Smartphones, As we all know that Xiaomi is the brand which is pretty famous for its Cheap, budget and high-end Smartphones as we have previously seen a lot of them. The people just expect some uniqueness from the upcoming series, but from our point of view Xiaomi will be making flagship killer this time, and will do something out of the world with this device.
As we have looked at the Mi 5 the device is really impressive from all the devices present in the market, not only the specifcations are impressive the device also gets some impressive price tag, the 4GB RAM varaint has been priced below only 500$ bucks. So for the 500$ you will be getting latestSnapdragon 820 processor, which is the most latest till yet, it has 128GB storage space, and it has given a 16MP camera that is capable of recording 4K videos, that much specs from brands like Samsung and LG will make you to may more than 1000 bucks.
The maine maine purpose of discussing some Mi 5 specifications is just we want you to get an idea about one of the best upcoming phone Mi 6 in future, what it will be coming with. If we assume some Mi 6 specs, it will be coming with 256GB of internal storage, for the processor they will use Snapdragon 830 this time. The upcoming smartphone will be packed with 6GB RAM, and also device will comes with Android N OS, which is also a upcoming Android version now in rumours. Have a look at the some detailed specifcations below.
OnePlus 3 will be the successor of OnePlus 2 the rumours are going on. But it is clear that this device will be more efficient and powerful than its previous version. The previous version OnePlus two is pretty famous for its camera and Performance which will surely enough to impress you. And now the people are expecting some uniqueness in OnePlus 3. The very recent leaked specs from Antutu benchmark clearly shows that OnePlus three will be packed with more improvements like, 820 Snapdragon Processor where in OnePlus 2 has 810, for camera the device will have a 16 megapixel camera instead of 13MP camera, whereas in the front of the device you will get 8MP camera for selfies and video calling as per the leak. The Upcoming smartphone Oneplus 3 will be equipped with 4GB RAM which looks similar to the oneplus 2. But the screen quality is pretty disappointing it will only have (1920 x 1080 ) resolution display, we are at least expecting (1440 x 2560).
Five stars to Samsung, as the brand iterates perfectly on an already award-winning smartphone, adding a brilliant camera and gorgeous design.
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Beautiful screen
Great feel
Super camera
The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge is a phone I'd hate to have had to make. Its predecessor was a multi-award-winning phone, simply because it packed all the power of the 'normal' Galaxy S6 and yet... that curved edge. I wasn't alone in loving it, whipping it out proudly whenever possible.
But that was last year, and the world is bored of the curved design. We've seen it. It's been done. So what can Samsung do to make the new phone a real step forward?
Well, unlike what it's done on the Galaxy S7, which looks (initially) like last year's model, the changes on the S7 Edge are brilliant, adding a zest to a design that could have quickly become tired.
The screen is larger, yet somehow the phone doesn't feel too much bigger in the hand. The rear of the phone is now curved too, making it sit nicely in the hand. It's waterproof. There's a microSD card slot. There's so much power in there I'm pretty sure I could strap it on the back of a speedboat and make my way across the Atlantic.
And that's even more possible because the battery – such a disappointment on last year's S6 phones – is boosted massively too, giving us a handset that's able to last over 24 hours between charges.
All this comes at a cost obviously, and a pretty hefty one. In the UK that cost is £640, while in the US you're looking at a huge $299 on contract. In Australia, the Galaxy S7 Edge attracts the highest price for a Galaxy yet: AU$1,249 for the 32GB version.
That's quite a jump from last year's AU$1,149 starting price, showing this is one of the most expensive phones around.
But, in my view, it's worth every penny.
Design
The Galaxy S7 Edge is a phone that lives and dies by its looks. If you're only interested in the power then just go for the standard Galaxy S7. The smaller, 'normal', model has got all the same smarts, but a slightly sharper screen thanks to packing the same amount of pixels into a smaller area.
What it misses is the clever elements that Samsung's used on the Edge. The display curves further away into the sides of the phone than ever before, which means that even though you've got a phablet-sized display, the phone is as compact as possible.
Place it side by side with the iPhone 6S Plus and you'll see what I mean. The amount of bezel used above and below the display on Apple's phone is almost laughable, especially when you compare it to how tightly packed everything is on the S7 Edge – and the Samsung has a much, much larger battery.
One of my favorite parts of the design upgrade on the S7 Edge comes on the rear. A process called 3D Thermo Forming – which sounds like it's been named by a sentient marketing machine – enables the brand to curve the rear of the phone into a single metal rim that runs all around the edge.
It's a feature that was used last year on the Note 5 (and is also used by brands like Xiaomi) to really help the phone slip into your palm and remove any sharp metallic edges.
Combine that with the same curve on the front of the device and you can see why it feels so smooth in the hand, almost pebble-esque in the way you can roll it around in your palm.
Intriguingly, this has left some people with the impression that it's not quite got the same premium feel as previous Samsung phones. By having less metal to grasp on to you're touching the Gorilla Glass 4 covering, which can feel a little like plastic due to its lightweight (but still very strong) construction.
Tap the back of the phone and it lacks the sheen of metal, but in fairness that lack of metal allows for the wireless charging that's a key feature of the S7 Edge.
That back does have one issue though: it's a fingerprint fairground, a veritable carnival for any crime scene investigators looking to nab you for some dirty villainy.
So many phones have that criticism thrown at them, but it's particularly true for Samsung's new curved phone. It's easy enough to wipe the sticky offenders off, but it's annoying to have to do it time and again.
The camera protrusion on the rear has been reduced to just 0.42mm, which means it's barely noticeable when you're placing the phone down, while still being strong enough to help protect the lens.
And then you remember something else: this phone, with its elegant rim and clean lines, and complete with exposed ports, is waterproof.
No, sorry, water-RESISTANT, as it's IP68 rated. That means it's still able to work after being dunked in fresh water for 30 minutes up to a depth of 1.5 metres, so you'll be able to use it happily in the bath, or beside the shallow end of the swimming pool, and not worry about dropping it.
It's less of a 'let's take our phone scuba diving to get some amazing pictures' feature, and more of a safety feature – and the phone will even refuse to charge if the port is too wet, such is its ability to manage moisture.
Sadly, we're still left with a single speaker firing out the bottom of the Galaxy S7 Edge, which doesn't really have the most premium of sound; however, it's serviceable, and noticeably louder than other mono speakers we've used.
Overall, I can't speak highly enough of the S7 Edge's design. It feels amazing in the hand, and Samsung has managed to bring enough upgrades to make this look and feel like a completely different phone; and most people trying it for the first time will – even if they're not a fan – be able to appreciate something different in a world filled with black, rectangular slabs.
Screen
The display, while technically part of the Galaxy S7 Edge's design, is worthy of chatting about in its own right – simply because it looks so great.
It's the defining feature when you pull this phone out among friends, and while it doesn't elicit the same response that the S6 Edge's display did last year (like I said, curved displays are nothing new these days), it still gets a lot of approving looks, especially as it's combined with the rounded back.
The QHD resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 still looks as good as anything I've seen on a smartphone. Despite being stretched a little from last year, the 5.5-inch size still looks absolutely pin-sharp, and it's very hard to see any artefacts lying around on the screen.
It's amazing to think that, two years after LG brought out the first mainstream QHD phone, we still don't have any dedicated content that can be viewed at this resolution. Despite that, however, I don't feel like the Galaxy S7 Edge really suffers, as that display makes viewing web pages and photos a really great experience.
The S7 Edge uses Super AMOLED technology, which Samsung's been chucking out for close to a decade now, and it really works well to make the phone look premium and the colors really pop.
The contrast ratio – the difference between the whitest whites and the blackest blacks – is still pretty sensational, which is because when they're not in use, the pixels are turned off; with something like the iPhone 6S or the LG G5 you've got a display that just blocks out the backlight when the pixel is showing a black image, so there can be a small amount of light bleed-through.
The Galaxy S7 Edge screen also has the added benefit of the side display, which is accessed by swiping your thumb along from the right- or left-hand side of the phone's screen (you can specify which in the settings).
Where this was a nonsense, useless feature in years gone by, the side display has a much more defined role on the Galaxy S7 Edge. You can easily get access to news, regular contacts, tools (the ruler, for digi-measuring is back – GET IN) and other elements that are currently in development.
Check out the Specs and Performance section of this review to hear a little bit more about this feature – or skip it entirely if you're bored of hearing me witter on about a piece of the display you can swipe.
Always-on display
One of the best features of the Galaxy S7 Edge is that it'll never be turned off (as long as there's still battery life left inside the thing).
Where before you'd have to wake the phone to see the time or check your notifications, now the screen permanently displays a clock, calendar or pattern.
It's something that impressed me much more than I was expecting. The number of times I'd approach the phone on a desk and wonder why the display was on were too many to shamelessly admit, but each time I found myself admiring the feature.