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Do you really want to pay more than a thousand euros for a smartphone?

Terminal A. 6.4 inch screen. Quad HD + Super AMOLED, 2960 x 1440 pixels (516 dots per inch, ppi). By default it is Full HD + and can be changed to Quad HD + (WQHD +) in the settings. Dual rear camera with Dual Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS); wide angle with super speed and Dual Pixel 12 megapixels AF, f / 1.5 – f / 2.4, OIS; 12 megapixel AF telephoto lens, f / 2.4, OIS; 2x optical zoom. And digital zoom up to 10x; 8 megapixel AF front camera, f / 1.7. 6.4-inch Super AMOLED screen, 18.5: 9 QHD + (2,960 x 1,440 px), 516 pixels per inch.

We continue with Terminal A: 10-nanometer 64-bit eight-core processor (Max. 2.7 GHz + 1.7 GHz). Memory of 6 GB RAM, 128 GB + MicroSD (up to 512GB), or 8 GB RAM and 512 GB + MicroSD (up to 512GB). 4,000 mAh battery with fast charge, compatible with wired and wireless charges. Accelerometer, Barometer, Fingerprint, Gyroscope, Geomagnetic, Magnetic, Heart Rate, Proximity, RGB Light, Iris and Pressure Sensors. And biometric authentication by iris scanner, fingerprint and facial recognition. Intelligent Scan function, which combines iris scanning and facial recognition for convenient unlocking and, in some cases, provides increased security for certain authentication services.

They are not all, but they are some of the most significant of the new flagship of a Korean brand, which was presented in New York on August 9. The price? 1009 or 1259 euros , depending on the memory capacity chosen.

Terminal B: Qualcomm® Snapdragon ™ 845 processor, with LiquidCool Technology cooling system, industry benchmark; up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB of UFS 2.1 storage (available in Europe), and a long battery life with 4000mAh Dual rear camera with artificial intelligence (AI), featuring a 12MP Sony IMX363 main sensor with Dual Pixel Autofocus, a combination that allows you to take pictures in low light conditions or with backlighting. The front camera features a 20MP sensor that incorporates Super Pixel technology, combining information from four pixels into a large 1.8µm pixel for clearer and sharper images. Both the rear and front cameras have AI capabilities for taking pictures, such as AI Portrait, AI Beautify, and AI Scene Detection. Thanks to artificial intelligence, the camera recognizes 206 different scenes from 25 different categories or themes, to enhance each snapshot in automatic mode.

More features of the second smartphone: infrared illuminator and infrared camera on the front, which allows the device to be unlocked safely in the dark, as well as in daylight, using the AI facial recognition function. Optimization system called “turbocharged engine”, which provides speed to the use of applications and games and to the use of the screen, due to improvements in touch interaction and frames per second in animation. In addition, this device has a ‘virtual’ drawer of applications that can categorize them automatically, helping the user to find them easily.

Nor are they all the functionalities and characteristics of this new smartphone from a Chinese brand, which was presented in Paris on August 27, and whose price ranges between 329 and 399 euros, depending on the capacity chosen by the user.

Pocophone F1

It is probably comparing churras with merino, between the smart device A and B. But before acquiring any of them, or others, you should ask yourself some questions. Which one do I need? Which one do I want? How much money can I spend? What am I going to do with it? Am I interested in the artificial intelligence capabilities of the camera and if it recognizes me, for example, in the dark?

The first, terminal A, is the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, and the second, terminal B, is Xiaomi’s Pocophone F1. At the moment I can say, in terms of its intelligent features, is that the facial recognition authentication system of the Pocophone F1 is infallible, even in poor lighting conditions, something that a terminal presented with great fanfare at the Mobile World cannot say. Congress last February, and with a price that was very close to a thousand euros.

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