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iPhone 5s vs iPhone 6 comparison preview: What's the difference between iPhone 5s and iPhone 6?

iPhone 6 vs iPhone 5s

The is rapidly approaching its first birthday, after being launched by Apple in September 2013. That means Apple is preparing to launch its next iPhone, presumably called the . But what will the difference between the iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 be? We investigate the rumoured new features to help give you an idea of what to expect. See also:

iPhone 5s vs iPhone 6: Screen size

First things first let's talk about screen size. Expect bigger from the iPhone 6, that's for sure.

The iPhone 5s has a 4in display, which for a flagship smartphone in 2014 is actually pretty tiny. Even mini versions of flagship phones from Samsung, LG and HTC have displays bigger than 4in.

It's widely expected that the iPhone 6 will have a 4.7in display. There's also talk of a second new iPhone coming this year, this one dubbed iPhone Air with a 5.5in display.

The screen of the iPhone 6 could also be higher resolution than the iPhone 5s. The iPhone 5s has a 326ppi display, but it's possible that the iPhone 6's display could have a pixel density of up to 538ppi like the . See also: . 

iPhone 5s vs iPhone 6: Design

iPhone 6 leaked chassis

Not only is the iPhone 6 expected to have a bigger screen, it's also expected to have a significantly different design to the iPhone 5s.

The iPhone 5s has straight edges, but it looks like the iPhone 6's edges will be rounded, a bit like the iPad Air and iPod touch. It's also expected to be thinner than the iPhone 5s's 7.6mm.

Apple could achieve this thinner and lighter design through the use of super-durable sapphire glass for the display, combined with lightweight and strong Liquidmetal, which Apple has exclusive rights to use.

This means that, not only will the iPhone 6 be lighter and thinner than the iPhone 5s, it should also be less likely to scratch, crack or shatter.

Several allegedly leaked photographs of the iPhone 6's back seem to suggest that the iPhone 6 will have an illuminated Apple logo on the back. The iPhone 5s's Apple logo is made of metal.

It's thought that the iPhone 6's power button might be on the side of the device instead of on the top like it is in the iPhone 5s.

iPhone 5s vs iPhone 6: Features & specs

In addition to the changes we can expect to see on the outside of the iPhone 6, you can also expect significantly improved internal specs. The iPhone 5s has a powerful A7 processor, so we're expecting an even better A8 processor in the iPhone 6.

There's an M7 co-processor in the iPhone 5s that's expected to carry across to the iPhone 6, and both iPhones will share the Touch ID fingerprint sensor.

We've heard rumours about a bigger and better battery in the iPhone 6, but some of that extra power could be used up by the iPhone 6's bigger display.

Other additions that we could see in the iPhone 6 include wireless charging, an NFC chip, 802.11ac WiFi and a new 128GB option, none of which are available in the iPhone 5s.

iPhone 5s vs iPhone 6: Camera

The camera in the iPhone 6 is likely to represent a significant improvement over the iPhone 5s. The iPhone 5s has an 8Mp camera with an f/2.2 aperture, but rumour has it that Apple is planning on boosting that to a 10Mp camera with an f/1.8 aperture and an improved filter. Image stabilisation and other image editing enhancements are expected, too.

iPhone 5s vs iPhone 6: Price & availability

The iPhone 5s is available to buy from Apple now, with a starting price of £549. The iPhone 6 is expected to become available in September, and will probably have a similar starting price. We'll update this article when we find out more about the iPhone 6 release date and price, as well as the design, specs and new features you can expect from the new phone. You can find out even more about the iPhone 6 in our .

XFX Radeon R7 240 review: Budget AMD graphics card comes in under £50

AMD Radeon R7 240 review

We've seen some rather impressive pixel-punchers from AMD over the last few months. The new AMD Radeon R7 240 , though, is about as lowly as it gets - and consequently comes with a bottom of the barrel-grazing £46 price tag.

On the face of it, such a price tag isn't a great expense. But most of the potential customers of this product will be looking to replace their onboard graphics - which, likely, added next to nothing to the price of the system.

AMD Radeon R7 240 2GB review: Price

Given that it's a choice of spending nothing, or lavishing £46 on a card like this one, the decision over whether to buy suddenly looks more of a dilemma.

So who is such a product aimed at? Well, onboard graphics solutions are now sufficiently impressive that you can find good video reproduction without feeling the need to upgrade. Where integrated graphics solutions do still fall down, though, is gaming.

This AMD Radeon card won't put you in a position to destroy wave after wave of enemies in a top resolution; but it will, as we're going to see, add a significant burst to sluggish onboard frame rates.

AMD Radeon R7 240 2GB review: Hardware and specs

But first, let's get the big disappointment out of the way. Despite being a new product (at least in theory - these cards have effectively been floating around in OEM form for over a year now), the 240 doesn't get the benefit of the new features appearing on some of AMD's latest launches.

The significant omission is TrueAudio. That's may be a shame, as this feature would better surround sound with some games, and would be a very obvious selling point for those looking to add spice to their system. However, you will get support for Mantle, should AMD’s proprietary new graphics API take off, and DirectX 11.2 support is good.

This XFX version comes with 2 GB of GDDR3 RAM. There is also a 1 GB version, costing £5 less. Sapphire offers its version with 4 GB, which takes the card to the £66 mark. Frankly though, we can't imagine many users needing to push the 240 beyond 2 GB, so the 4 GB version really does seem like overkill.

The core-clock speed goes up to 750 MHz on this overclocked card. That's actually 20 MHz more than the standard-issue R7 240, although all these cards already have a Boost mode that maxes out at 780 MHz.

The XFX is slightly behind other examples on memory-clock speeds, and its figure of 400 MHz (1600 MHz DDR effective) is a notch down on the 450 MHz (1800 MHz) offered by some of the competition.

The 128-bit memory interface is fairly paltry, and doesn't permit the 240 to stretch its pins fully. Combined with the low 1600 MHz clock, the result is a memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/sec.

The older HD 7770 is similarly hamstrung by its 128-bit interface, although stronger clock speeds do drive it to a better bandwidth figure of 72 GB/sec. The 240's 320 stream processors also struggle against the competition.

It's a diminutive little card, and there is a low-profile version available for more confined cases - the latter card does suffer from a quite hideous cooling system, though. Unsurprisingly given the less than stellar specification, the card is very quiet, even under load.

We mention the HD 7770 because, while it's £20 more expensive, it is a very much superior card; and the R7 250 is around £15-£20 more expensive. Again, there's a marked difference in performance. If £46 is your absolute budget, then clearly those cards will be out of bounds. However, it will be worth the extra if you can find it.

AMD Radeon R7 240 2GB review: Benchmarks

Even at medium and low levels of quality, the R7 240 struggled to get much above 40 fps in our tests. Its 43.2 and 37 fps in Stalker: Call of Pripyat (at 1680 x 1050 and 1920 x 1200 respectively) are playable rates, but they struggle to compete with 87.0 and 75.8 fps on the HD 7770; or 68.1 and 63.4fps on the R7 250.

Again on BattleForge, the 240 averaged figures of 42.6 and 39.9 fps at those resolutions, while the 7770 managed a much more emphatic 87.0 and 75.8fps, and the R7 250 60.3 and 56.6fps.

Bioshock would hardly be playable on the 240 at normal settings, so we dropped it to low-quality settings. Here, the 240 managed respectable figures of 46.3 and 34.0, but that’s against the 7770's 90.1 and 77.6 fps.

How to rip a DVD to a computer - three easy methods

There are endless reasons why you might want to rip and convert a movie from a DVD and store it on your . You might want to watch a new DVD on your or (which do not have ); you might just want to backup your expensive movie collection; another reason might be that your DVD collection is bulging and you want to free up some room in your house (a terabyte full of movies could save a huge amount of cubic meters in your house). Anyway…enough rambling on about why you might want to do it, here's what we think is the best way to go about ripping DVDs to your computer.

How to RIP a DVD with Handbrake

Step one

To rip a DVD you have to download specialist software, don’t panic though, we’ve found some DVD ripping software that is free and works brilliantly. Simply go to and select the link for your operating system, then install the Handbrake software when the download is complete.

How to rip a DVD: Step 1

Step two

The next thing you need to do is insert the DVD you want to rip into your PCs optical drive and then open the Handbrake program. You then need to click on the Source button located in the top left of the window.

How to rip a DVD: Step 2

Step three

From here you need to locate and select the DVD drive and click open.

How to rip a DVD: Step 3

Step four

Now that you have select the DVD that you wish to rip, you need to set a destination folder for the ripped content to be saved in. This can be done by clicking on the browse button on the right hand side of the window.

How to rip a DVD: Step 4

Step five

The last thing of note that needs doing is choosing the file preset for your ripped DVD. Handbrake comes with a good list of standard presets for you to chose from, so you can rip a DVD to the correct format for popular mobile devices (Apple and Android).

How to rip a DVD: Step 5

Step six

Now you have the Source, the Destination folder and have set which file format you want the DVD to be ripped to, the next and final task is the easiest off all; simply hit the Start button at the top of the Window and let Handbrake do the rest.

That's it.


How to rip a DVD with DVD Shrink

Note: some poepe - but by no means all - have reported issues with DVD Shrink installed malware onto their computers. If in doubt do not download this program, instead use the Handrake software featured above.

Step one:

a DVD ripping program. There are hundreds of these programs available for download on the internet, some will require you to pay for them, some won't. We've found and tested a program called , this is free and easy to use.

Step two:

Once you have installed DVD Shrink, click on the 'Open Disc' icon near the top rleft of the window, then ensure you have selected DVD drive you want to rip the movie from.

How to rip a DVD step one


Step three:

Before you start ripping a DVD you might want to 'Shrink' the file size of your ripped DVD. The smaller the file, the more the quality will be affected. If you wish to do this, click on 'Edit' > 'Preferences' and in the drop down box on the new window select 'Custom' and then enter your desired file size.

How to rip a DVD step three

Step four:

To avoid ripping unwanted DVD titles of trailers to your device, click on 'Re-authoer' at the top of the window, then open the 'DVD Browser' tab, after that you need to locate and select the file that is the biggest. This will more often than not be the movie/content you are looking for. If you are unsure, you can preview the file in the bottom left of the screen.

How to rip a DVD step two


Step five:

Click on the 'Backup!' button at the top of the window. A new sub-window will then open asking you where you want to save the file. Once you have chosen the file's destination, click 'Ok' and DVD Shrink will start to rip the content on your DVD. A normall DVD should take between 30-50 minutes to rip.

How to rip a DVD step four

29 Jul 2014

Dashboard for Distimo

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Track your app downloads from all app stores (Amazon Appstore, Google Play Store, BlackBerry World, GetJar, Apple App Store, Apple Mac App Store, Nokia Ovi Store, Samsung Apps, Windows Phone Store and Windows Store)

View your app downloads each days and analyse the trend with the previous day and same day in the past week. You can also view a chart of your download during the last month.

To use Dashboard, you need before to create your Distimo account for free on desktop and configure your app stores. Your credentials are safe with us, we use OAuth 2 for connecting to Distimo.

WARNING : You need to allow third party applications to read your data through the Distimo API. Go to Preferences of your account and check the box "allow API access" :
https://analytics.distimo.com/settings/preferences