New photo: Does the iPhone 5 like that?

Apple has apparently begun to ship prototypes of the iPhone to 5 on selected cooperation partners. Attributes are circulating pictures of the supposed new smartphones.

If you believe the recordings, which can be found about the IT-blog "MicGadget", then looks like the iPhone, the iPhone 5 4th The New hidden "under the hood. " IPhone rumored to be working in 5 of the "A5" processor from Apple, which is installed in the iPad 2, where it provides for increased speed. Plus, the iPhone will give it 5 from launch also in white - in this case Apple slips up in the previous text generation.

Whether the iPhone 5 next to the aforementioned processor receives a more powerful camera with an eight-megapixel image sensor, a NFC chip and LTE support is still not known. Cautious rumors chefs do not believe in a real leap in evolution and is baptized, the fifth-generation iPhone as a precaution "iPhone 4S" - in reference to the iPhone 3G, which offered over the previous small too new.

Activate immediately theft protection for smartphones

With a few tricks, mobile phone thieves spoil the fun quickly or even find the device again. COMPUTER IMAGE shows you how to protect your mobile phone.

Who lost the mobile device, easy to panic - especially when it was stolen. Mainly because with the equipment and phone numbers, important contacts, text messages, emails and photos are gone. Mobile phone thefts can not always prevent. COMPUTER IMAGE shows you how to protect in the event of a case your data from unauthorized access or may not get back even your mobile phone easier.

What protects against unauthorized use?

Lock: aggravated unauthorized access to the phone menu - it can not be operated.
SIM lock: Locks the phone when a foreign SIM card is inserted and automatically notifies you by SMS.
Parental control: Restricts access to certain mobile phone features, including the purchase of mobile programs or access to photos.

Protection against cell phone-Klau: find, lock, delete

More and more mobile phones have three other arrows in the quiver against thieves - as you in the gallery: see "Safety Tips locate mobile phone ". The meeting only if a thief takes your SIM card from the phone. COMPUTER IMAGE shows how to use the functions with the phones from Apple, Samsung, Motorola and HTC.

Some phones can also be upgraded via software with a theft protection. Miss out so the program Anti-Theft by F-Secure smartphone with Android operating program, Symbian S60 or Windows Mobile is a positioning and locking function. How to use the program, COMPUTER IMAGE shows an example of Nokia phones.

What protects against misuse?

Not only the mobile phone theft has serious consequences. Even if unauthorized persons get your phone in your fingers, is in danger. Parents are just burned children - for example, when changing their offspring on the mobile phone by mistake the lock code or phone number whatsoever.

And who would want any prying contemporaries presented on a silver platter, with whom he exchanged phone calls or SMS? The best protection against snoopers and playing children: Enter the phone is not out of hand, can you not lying about it. But because it sometimes happens, you should at least turn on the menu lock your phone and use parental control features, provided that the model possesses it.

Regularly back up your data smartphones on the computer. This works with all mobile phones with computer port using the software that came with the device. If the phone is off, you do not have to laboriously reconstruct your entire phone book.

The cell phone is gone - what do I do?

Clearly angry, you just may be so, but you should respond with a cool head. Proceed as follows:

• Your own phone number to call: The easiest way to recover mobile phones in the home or moved to address honest finder. What you should do it quickly, before the battery is empty.

• The network operator SIM card lock: Do not wait too long or a thief using the phone at your expense. Please order while a replacement card to be quickly accessible. Therefore, depending on the operator due up to 25$.

• Display report: Enter the police out of the model name, the so-called IMEI number. This is a kind of license platefor your mobile . This allows the device to recognize unique if it reappears. The IMEI number is displayed on the mobile phone display when you type * # 06 #. In addition, the IMEI number on a sticker on the phone box.

Insurance pointless

Cell phones are rarely protected in case of loss of the household or car insurance. But there are special mobile phone insurance. According to advertising, they not only compensation for loss, but also when the phone breaks. But in practice, the degree is not worth such a policy. The reasons:

• High costs: The policies cost between 1.45 $ and 7.95 per month or pay a one-time fee of 60 to 80 euros. This is in proportion to the cost of the device.

• Unnecessary time pressure: insurance there are many providers for cell phones that when the contract is not older than three months.

• High Deductible: All insurance companies require a deductible in case of damage 15-60 $, so that the final only to mobile phones from 120 $ purchase price calculated. But also very expensive for mobile phones is worth a degree is not, because most insurance companies only replace between 150 $ and 350 $. Higher coverage is only on payment of substantially higher premiums.

• Klau Klau is not the same: If the mobile phone stolen when it is lying around unsecured, will pay a little insurance. The majority of the insurance pays only if a phone is lost during a break - most thieves coveted fishing equipment but from open bags or jackets.

Cold comfort: only when the phone switches force the owner to pay a large part of the insurance. But not all.

The cell phone trends and smartphone news in 2011

The war of mobile operating systems is in full swing. Two winners have been: Google and Apple. Provide equipment and Trends 2011 What a sensation.

The technique 2011

Large touch screens, tidy case with a few buttons, virtual and sliding keyboard - the recipe to keep almost all smartphone manufacturers. The all-rounder to take in everyday life even more features. The transmission standard NFC (Near Field Communication) enables the easy payment by mobile phone, making debit and credit card competition. Music, videos and television programs are available on Cloud Services (online storage) per data connection. The LTE wireless standard satisfies high-bandwidth mobile data hungry. Thus all liquid buy running the manufacturers more processors. The first of the new dual-core generation, the LG P990 Optimus Speed​​, the fastest mobile phone, the computer image has been tested (April 2011).

Smartphones are booming

Apple presented with over 16 million iPhones sold in the fourth quarter of 2010 to increase. The outstanding climber is Google's Android operating system. According to market researcher Canalys were 33.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2010 for the first time in more Android smartphones Nokia phones (31 million) were sold. Google fired in addition to the other great smartphones Trend 2011: With Android 3.0 is the first for tablet computers optimized operating system.

Nokia ties up with Microsoft

Turning strategy at Nokia: The world's largest mobile phone maker ties up with Microsoft to stop its downward trend. In the future, the Finns also rely on Microsoft's refurbished mobile operating system Windows Phone 7 In deciding against the prospect of Google's Android certainly helped on the billion-dollar support from Microsoft. Microsoft speculates in return for a significant increase in the previously manageable market share of Windows Phone 7.

Germany - smartphone-land?

In Germany, according to research firm ComScore 23 percent of consumers have a smartphone. The paragraph 2011 in this country for the first time exceed the ten million mark (up 39 percent). Then it would already be every third phone sold a smartphone.

Mini mobile phone or computer?

Smartphones, despite their wide range of functions are still phones. Therefore, it should be easy to use, provide long battery life and a robust housing. Numbers must be selected easily, quickly tap SMS, save new contacts easily in mobile phone. The COMPUTER-test checks these criteria, only a thoroughly enjoyable Smartphone conquered the top of the leaderboard.

The best smartphones

It was once the undisputed dominator and even today, the iPhone is probably the most popular smartphone. The fascination can not put into test tables, the result of COMPUTERBILD list surprised yet - only 11th place!

Android and Nokia push the iPhone out of the Top Ten

The most innovative new addition to the COMPUTER IMAGE-best list, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play: What looks like a chubby smart phone, turns out to be when pushed as a cross between the current Android phone and Playstation. At least the mobile part in convincing test. The test criteria are varied, but who excels in all disciplines, it creates as the Samsung S Galaxy to the top. Milestone 2 with Motorola, HTC HD Desire, Desire HTC Z, Google / S Nexus Samsung, LG P990 Optimus speed and the Nexus One eight Android devices are currently the fourth iPhone And Nokia's Symbian-N8 flagship captured 3rd place In the field of photo and multimedia, the N8 standards. But the unofficial successor of the communicator, the Nokia E7, it creates far forward (No. 9). The popular Apple's smartphone is the first time ever in the top ten in the competitive rankings.

Dual-core processor in the mobile phone

LG presented at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​​the P990 Optimus Speed ​​- one of the first smartphones with two computing cores. The performance is noticeable: The Optimus Speed ​​is the fastest mobile phone, the computer image has been tested (April 2011). Despite the fast processor, the battery life of the LG was not worse than other smartphones. With an overall score of 1.97, the P990 lands on the 8th place.

The COMPUTER BILD mobile phone test

The testers evaluated how easy and intuitive operation, navigation and move to the main menu are. Is one-handed operation is possible and there is a QWERTY keyboard? Speed ​​and appearance of the browser will be tested to the same standards as Firefox, Internet Explorer & Co.. The battery life measurement takes into account Internet connections via mobile and wireless networking and GPS.

iPhone 4 breaks the chains Provider - prices tumble

After delivery bottlenecks and iPhone-4 reception problems, there is again good news for Apple fans: The iPhone 4 is also on Apple's online shop - SIM-lock free. This and the new pricing structure should provide further growth.

iPhone power to the prepaid plan?

The iPhone is not cheap, does not come into question for everyone. But: Large touch screen, navigation, internet and e-mail support, camera and video capabilities, chat clients and the integration of social networks like Facebook and Twitter do not have to be expensive. The Nokia 5230 barely scraping by on a good test score over - it will cost barely more than 100 $ without contract and provides for free navigation. Who can do without a touch screen that receives a properly equipped with Nokia's C5 and with "good " smartphone also around 100 $ (April 2011). But beware: Many applications load data continuously from the Internet! Quickly come together without the proper contract a few hundred megabytes. Consider the choice of tariffs, or mutated, the "Saving Phone" cost trap.

Windows Mobile 7 - the wind in the smartphone market

Microsoft has released Windows Mobile smartphones with 7: The devices should also be attractive to consumers, Microsoft copied but almost all restrictions on data sharing, and Apple is on cloud computing (online storage). The first Windows-Phone-7 devices (HTC 7 Mozart, LG Optimus 7) won good test marks, seasoned with liquid handling. The keyboard HTC 7 Pro not suffered from the co-rotating surface. Whether Microsoft's cooperation with Nokia, the two sides leads to success remains to be seen.

Qualities of the Internet Smartphones

Basically, there are also the PC thought internet pages on the mobile screen. The larger the display and the resolution, the better the overview. How good surfing on the phone is, has shown us the iPhone 3G. The iPhone 4 does it better, but the real surf stars come from the Android camp: Samsung S Galaxy, Motorola Milestone 2, Desire HTC HD, LG P990 Optimus Speed ​​& Co. as well as play Flash content.

Point by point: Display quality

In terms of display sets the iPhone 4 benchmarks: 960x640 pixels, it offers the highest resolution currently on the mobile market. Individual pixels are barely visible. The reading is difficult for sunlight. This trumps on the LG P970 Optimus Black: In terms of brightness, it was a new record.

Free navigation

Most current cell phones have a GPS satellite receiver and can be customized with appropriate software as a navigation system with voice message use in the car. Nokia Ovi pressed ahead, and offers maps, including voice-guided car and pedestrian routes free for Symbian devices. Google counters with full-featured voice guidance for Android devices, version 1.6. Telecom customers with the iPhone, Android or Windows-phone-7 Smartphone enjoy "select Navigon" during the contract period free access to the full on-board navigation. All Windows-phone-7 devices offer free route guidance based on Microsoft's Bing maps.