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Flash

SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0

Fast and small Flash Drive from SanDisk. SDCZ43-064G-G46

SDCZ43

CrystalDiskMark 3

SDCZ43_CrystalDiskMark_3

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apple Devices GSM iphone

iPhone 6S first impression

iPhone 6S looks absolutely like iPhone 6. Difference is in letter S an the phone back.

S letter on iPhone 6S

And color of camera lens. It seems like kind of optical filter added to 6S.

iPhone 6S with iPhone 6 cameras

Touch ID 2. Sensor looks outside exactly like previous model, but work about twice faster.
Apple Touch Id 2

Photo have better resolution (12MP). Video have better resolution (4K). SLO-MO have the same 240 fps at 720p.

New feature Live photo is quite interesting. In addition to photo iPhone store couple of seconds of video. Video is up to 15 fps, with 1440×1080 resolution. Can be imported on PC as a .mov file with same name as photo. Video MPEG4 AVC/1440×1080@Variable(upto15fps) Audio PCM/44/16/mono.

iPhone 6S live photo

Live_Photo_Motion_Example

3D Touch is also nice. It is actually an another dimension of the user interface. Interface of 6S now react on how hard you push. It may be simple context menu or preview/open depend on force of a touch.

mail_3dtouch

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GSM

Speedtest: 3G and LTE in Germany

Prepaid 3G/LTE mobile data in Germany
Germany_3G_speed_eplus

Germany_LTE_speed_eplus

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Devices HDD NAS

WD Red NAS Hard Drive 4TB

After 2.5 years of usage, my old backup drive (Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB) failed. Drive usage was minimal, but it was on 24/7. New disk decided to be NAS specialized 4.0 TB. Since I believe, it will be backup for this and next generation of home storage. I hope it will serve more than 2.5 year. So this time disk is WD Red NAS Hard Drive 4.0 TB WD40EFRX.
WD-Red-NAS-4TB

Before start using it as eSATA backup did some speed tests using USB 3.0 connection to Windows 7 PC.

CrystalDiskMark 3
WD40ERFX CrystalDiskMark 3

CrystalDiskMark 5
WD40ERFX CrystalDiskMark 5

HD Tune 5.60
WD40EFRX HD Tune 5.60

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Devices weather

Weather station that always show 20% RH

Relative Humidity Sensor. Detail in weather stations that live only about couple of years. It looks like:
Old_RH_Sensors

Size may vary. It may have different number of black lines but it always work same way and got broken same way. Special coating on sensor getting old and disappear. When it happened there is always RH=20% on weather station display. Why not RH=0%? Because this type of sensors cannot measure RH lower than 20%. Therefore, when it got broken there is ~20% RH on display.

RH Sensor must be replaced to fix the issue.

Before RH Sensor replaced
Oregon_RMR500_RH_Broken2

After RH Sensor replaced
Oregon_RMR500_RH_fixed2

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DVR

Incar VR-950

One of the best video quality DVR available at the moment. With Omni Vision 2560×1080 video image sensor (CMOS 1/3″ Omni Vision OV4689, Ambarella A7LA70, 2″ TFT LCD, LiIon 500 mAh, 1080/60p, USB 2.0, HDMI).
Incar_VR-950

Price ~150$
hotline.ua

Official Site:
www.intro-incar.ru

Video Quality
Suuny Day
Sunset
Night

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GSM iphone

Kyivstar 3G in Kyiv

Kyivstar DC-HSPA+ 3G network launched in Ukraine.
Since today (2015-06-16) in Kyiv.

First speed tests looks good:
2015-06-16-Kyivstar-3G-speedtest-net

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Devices

5 year old Ink Jet Prints

Did some test prints about 5 years ago (September 2010) using Ink Jet Printer. Prints was stored inside room without album and with minor expose to sunlight. There is an adhesive tape on a left bottom corner of each photo. To see how impact light compare to air contact. Also top left corner was immersed in water.

Original photo.
GRAND STEP

Printed using: Canon PIXMA iP1900.

5 Years old prints:
Print on HP Premium Premium Plus photo paper. 0.40 $
HP_Photopaper_Premium_plus
Print on Canon Photo Paper Plus II (PP-201) 0.24$
Canon_PhotoPaperPlus_Glossy_PP-201
Print on Canon Photo Pro (PR-101) ~ 1$ (not available now)
Canon_PhotoPaperPro_PR-101
Print on Canon Photo Pro Plus II (PR-201) ~ 1$ (not available now)
Canon_PhotoPaperPro_II_PR-201

Need to mention that HP Everyday photopaper (not participating in test) was faiding out like that in about 6 months.

others less expensive

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Devices

Gigabyte BRIX i7-5500

New Gigabyte BRIX GB-BXi7-5500 is the only nettop available now on Ukrainian market with Intel Core i7 CPU. Intel NUC 5i7RYH still not there. Therefore, I decide to get Gigabyte BRIX i7-5500 and among other compare it to my old Intel NUC D54250

Box

GB-BXi7-5500 BOX

Device

It is actually very similar to Intel NUC.
GB-BXi7-5500 front
GB-BXi7-5500 back

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Devices SSD

Samsung SSD 840EVO 1TB

New 1TB SSD from Samsung. For mSATA. Very small.
Samsung SSD 840EVO mSATA
Speed test by CrystalDiskMark 3
Samsung SSD 840EVO mSATA 1 TB CrystalDiskMark 3
Speed test by CrystalDiskMark 4
Samsung SSD 840EVO mSATA 1 TB CrystalDiskMark 4