Yesterday we reviewed the best that 2015 has left us to say goodbye to the year and to receive the new touch, of course, to do everything we know that will bring us 2016, which is not much yet, and speculate a bit about things that are still uncertain but promising. What is it the most interesting What can we expect the year to bring us when it comes to tablets and phablets? That evolutions we'll meet? What do we already know about phablets and tablets called to shine this year?
A new leap in power
One of the issues on which we have more information is already that of the processors which, as you already know, are always announced a few months before the smartphones and tablets debut in which they will finally arrive in stores. In fact, by now we have had the chance to see records in AnTuTu of all of them, although it is true that the reliability of the results is not the same in all cases, since some records correspond to devices that have already been launched and others to test units. What it does seem that we can count on, in any case, is that despite the maximum frequencies announced in the technical specification listings they are only slightly higher, the difference in power that they are going to bring us is going to be considerable. Even the one that has scored the least of them all, the Kirin 950, strongly surpasses the figures achieved by the Exynos 7420, this year's winner with some 70.000 points, with more than 90.000.
More resolution?
What it seems that we are not going to witness this year is a new leap in resolution: in 2015 the Quad HD resolution for the high-end and Full HD for the range was consolidated, and it seems that here we are going to stay a while longer, since the adoption of Ultra HD resolution are big words and it seems that neither Samsung ni LG, who are always the ones in the lead in this regard, are ready to put it into practice. That does not mean, in any case, that I will not see any kind of evolution in this section, but rather that they will focus on other issues: As we have already commented, everything indicates that in 2016 manufacturers will give priorities to other types of innovations and that what we will continue to find are new technologies to reduce consumption and to improve image quality beyond the number of pixels.
The Force Touch extension
One of those new technologies related to screen but not image quality that we should expect to see spread rapidly is the Force Touch, which has popularized Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), with the name of Touch 3D and that you already know that it is nothing other than the sensitivity to the different pressure degrees that we can exercise and that opens up new forms of interaction with the device. It is true that not everyone is equally convinced of its usefulness, but finally the importance that the apple company continues to have as a benchmark in the sector has been felt and it did not take long to start hearing news from other manufacturers. bet on it, the most outstanding case being that of future Samsung Galaxy S7. It will be necessary to see, yes, how much advantage it can get out of it on Android, since having applications that take advantage of this technology is essential for it to be attractive.
A new iPad
Although 2015 has finally allowed us to meet the long-awaited iPad Pro already a new iPad mini 4 That really deserves the label of “new” after the disappointment of the iPad mini 3, it cannot be denied that it has been missed that a new edition of the iPad Air was also presented. Fortunately, yes, we will not have to wait too long to attend the debut of the iPad Air 3, which according to fairly reliable predictions will see the light before summer. We do not know much, however, about the characteristics that we can expect to find in it, although there has already been speculation about it. The credibility of each of them, however, is quite different: while it seems quite certain that it will not come with technology Touch 3D still, it costs something more to believe that he is going to ride the same processor iPad Pro and, above all, that it will increase its resolution.
And new Nexus 7?
If 2014 was a disappointment for many fans of the Nexus range, 2015 has left them some joys, with the return of the popular Nexus 5 de LG and thanks to the great work done by Huawei with the Nexus 6P. Well, combining the return of an emblematic device and the partnership with Huawei, 2016 could bring us equally good news, except in this case for the field of tablets, since the latest information suggests that the company could be the one in charge of manufacturing a third generation of the celebrated Nexus 7, one of the tablets with the best quality / price ratio (both in its first and second generation) and one of the most popular devices in the range. Unfortunately, in this case, we do not yet have details about its characteristics, although it seems logical to think that it would be a mid-range model that serves as an alternative to those looking for something cheaper than the one. Nexus 9 or the Pixel C.
More Windows tablets
Although the position of the Windows tablets the market has always been somewhat precarious, it seems that under the influence of the success of the last Surface Pro and with the push of Windows 10 We should be witnessing a moment of expansion this year. In fact, we have already known in the last months of 2015 some new models of professional tablets with the operating system of Microsoft We are still awaiting the arrival of the stores in our country, and there is already news of new ones that could be announced soon. Of all of them, the one that arouses our interest the most is one that would be borne by Samsung and of which records have been found in recent days in some regulatory bodies. We don't know much about him yet either, except that he would have a screen of 12 inches. Taking into account that surely the Koreans do not want to be left out of the competition led right now by the Surface Pro 4 and iPad Pro, we are sure that it will be a tablet of the highest level.
The Galaxy S7 will also have a Plus version
It seemed that Samsung, which had been a pioneer in the field of phablets thanks to the Galaxy Note range, was the only manufacturer that had no need to adopt the model of the "plus" version that Apple has popularized, but all the news we have so far about the future Galaxy S7 they insist that this one will also arrive in at least two sizes, although it is not entirely clear how much larger exactly it will be (there is, in fact, a report according to which there will be not two sizes, but three and one of them would reach 6 inches). It is also not clear if there will be extra features in this other version, as usual, or if it will just be bigger. The latest information in this regard has suggested that what is going to happen is that it is the version "edge" the one that will grow until 5.5 inches, while the standard will remain at 5.2 inches.
Endless rumors for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus
The pull of smartphones from Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), is evident in the huge amount of rumors that have already circulated about the future iPhone 7, even if its launch is the most distant in time of all the flagships. Precisely because there is so much left to see the light, it is difficult to give too much credibility to any of them, which in the best of cases can hardly be anything more than some of the possibilities that will be shuffling in Cupertino. In any case, the most interesting things have been heard and it is difficult to resist the temptation to join in the speculation. To cite just a couple of the more surprising rumors, it has been claimed, for example, that outdoor antennas could be removed to do so. Waterproof and that I could replace the headphone port with a lightning one to be able as well further reduce its thickness.
Will flexible displays finally come?
We end with a theme that is in the pools every year, but that never ends up being a reality, even if patents never stop appearing, Samsung Mainly, they seem to indicate that the moment of truth is around the corner, and this year has been no exception: the launch of the first mobile device with a truly flexible screen. As you can deduce from our tone, countless failed predictions in this regard make us quite skeptical about the possibility that 2016 is finally the year we see one of them in stores, although it can never be ruled out either. What we may find, however, are more curved screens, since after the success of the Galaxy edge S6 we do hear quite a bit about other manufacturers preparing to launch their own edge.
I just wait for the new LG G5 that is expected a revolution and innovation in every way battery, new 3D shots Iris reader, double function according to the pressure on the screen. etc. .. Also the SGS7 that will be my two reference phones waiting for the Xperia Z6 to see what camera surprises us with.