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That said, if the tech matures to the point where it's as speedy and accurate as a conventional fingerprint reader, I can see myself changing my mind. |
Another quirk of the Mate RS is the storage options on offer: the entry level phone costs €1695 (about $2,090) and packs an astonishing 256GB of space to store apps, photos, and songs (which, by the way, is more storage than on the laptop I'm currently using to write this review). This is the version that Huawei seeded... |
There's another level after that. €2,095 (about $2,580) gets you a truly bonkers 512GB of storage. As far as I know, there are no other phones on the market that offer this storage configuration. |
That's probably for a good reason. I'm what you'd consider to be a phone power user, and I can't think of any reason why you'd need this. Even if you hoard photos and songs, and download apps with reckless abandon, you'll struggle to fill this. |
I should point out that that holding such a piece of kit made me extremely self-conscious. Although the Mate RS is pretty tasteful (there's no obscene gold plating, or ridiculously eye-popping logos), I was aware that I was using a device that costs more than the monthly salaries of some people. |
Even though it wasn't my own personal phone, the high price made me terrified that I'd break it. The idea of shattering the display on such an expensive phone filled me with dread. Although, then again, if you've got the cash for this, you can probably afford to buy a screen replacement. |
So, here's the million dollar (well, €2,095/$2,580) question: if money was no option, would I buy the Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS? |
At the core of this ultra-opulent phone is something truly special. From the design and the feel, to the boundary-pushing technical extras (even if they ultimately underwhelm, like the in-screen fingerprint reader), this is probably the best Android phone on the market right now. |
It's bold and it's adventurous, and it's just so damn cool. Huawei, Leica, and Porsche Design all deserve praise for this effort. |
Perhaps a better question to ask is: do you get €2,095 - or $2,580 - worth of phone for your money? |
Not really. But that's not really the point, is it? The Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS is fundamentally a bold fashion statement. It's a status symbol. |
No doubt it'll fly off the shelves in China and the Gulf countries, where punters regularly buy ultra-extravagant phones to show to others that they've done well for themselves (one of the strongest markets for Vertu, the since-deceased UK luxury phone manufacturer, was China, for example). |
With this in mind, I must admit I felt extremely strange carrying it in my back pocket of my Primark jeans. Deep down, I knew that this phone wasn't for me. |
But I digress, if you've got money and you want to flaunt it, this is the phone you'll buy. Huawei knows this. Every device comes with its own certificate of authenticity. |
If you're the type of person who'd stump for a gold-plated iPhone, or something similarly obscene, this is the handset for you. But at the same time, Huawei and Porsche Design have managed to craft something that's ultra-luxurious while avoiding being gaudy. That's quite an accomplishment. |
If you've got a spare couple of grand burning a hole in your pocket, you can pre-order the Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS here. Units should start shipping early next month. |
HARTFORD -- A Connecticut man accused of holding his ex-wife hostage inside their home for hours before allegedly burning it to the ground is due in court today. |
Richard Shenkman has been on suicide watch since his arrest a week ago at his burning South Windsor home, several hours after his ex-wife, Nancy Tyler escaped. |
Police say Shenkman kidnapped Tyler from a Hartford street the same day a judge was expected to order him to turn his house over to her. |
Shenkman's standoff with police ended after Tyler was able to break free from the wall to which she was handcuffed. Police say Shenkman then set fire to the house. |
Regional airline Flybe will go head-to-head with Loganair on routes to Orkney, Shetland and the western isles after their long-standing franchise deal ends in the autumn. |
Flybe has said uncertain customer confidence and poor weather contributed to a slow start to the final quarter of its financial year. |
Flybe unveiled a new chief executive yesterday, saying Christine Ourmieres-Widener would be in the hotseat from January 16. |
A children’s gymnastics company has said it is ‘truly devastated’ at being refused a permanent home in Worthing. |
The Gymnastics Company, also known as Gymco, was denied permission to convert an industrial unit in Woods Way, into a permanent facility at a meeting of Worthing Borough Council’s planning committee in February. |
With the committee split, the decision came down to chairman Paul Yallop’s vote, who rejected the application in favour of council policy to preserve industrial space. |
“As a club we just want what is best for our gymnasts, coaches and the community,” a spokesman for the club said. |
“We are truly devastated by Paul’s decision. We run six mornings a week and five evenings a week and if we had the chance we would run more, we have got so much more we want to offer. |
“We struggle for space, we cannot clear our waiting lists and we are unable to purchase the right equipment as we need a full time venue. When this one glimmer of hope was taken from us, it really was heartbreaking. |
Gymco sessions are attended by 379 children, according to a planning report, with a 100-strong waiting list, and operates from Field Place, Thomas a Becket Junior School and West Park School. |
Mr Yallop described the decision as his ‘most difficult’ in two years as chairman and published a Facebook statement defending his vote. |
The statement said he was ‘hugely impressed’ by the people that spoke in favour, but that he was driven by council policy, and that judging which of the many community groups were most deserving of a space would create division. |
He also said losing industrial units would limit space available to small businesses and, as the unit was under renovation, he felt it would be relatively easy to find an industrial tenant. |
A possible solution was extending the football facilities at Palatine Park, he said, which could be funded by the rent Gymco would pay for the Woods Way unit. |
He also suggested incorporating community space into the new West Durrington housing estate. |
I have a lot to say, but writing something like this and figuring out just the right words to say is proving difficult. Actually, I don’t really know what to say so this might come across as rambling, so forgive me in advance if it does. |
You see, I’ve never really written much about my personal feelings in this space, but right now I think is an appropriate time to do so. As a journalist I’m saddened beyond words about the loss of the print P-I. When I was a kid I read the P-I sports pages on weekends and studied box scores over breakfast. When I decid... |
Six years ago I was given the opportunity to write a concert review for the P-I because the entire A&E staff was covering Bumbershoot. It was the happiest workday of my life. That one assignment led to more than 200 bylines in the P-I and helped me establish myself as a music journalist and started this very blog you’r... |
Obviously it goes without saying that my career went in a different direction than the sports reporting gig I was hoping for, but I never wavered from wanting to write for the P-I. In fact, I’ve been writing reviews for the P-I and elsewhere for the last decade and a half in hopes of one day replacing Gene Stout as the... |
Unfortunately, Gene didn’t voluntarily decide to step down from his post and neither did the 140 or so journalists who lost their jobs due to Hearst’s decision to shut down the print P-I. That means today there are about 140 fewer story tellers, 140 fewer truth seekers and 140 fewer voices questioning authority, celebr... |
So I say Godspeed to my journalistic brethren. Thank you for all that you’ve done for this city and for the journalistic community. You will be missed and I hope those who are left behind can do as good of a job as you’ve all done with helping chronicle the history of the past 146 years. |
Favorite Search Engine: Northern Light (of course) — a product that I wish I’d had years ago. |
Surfing Manifesto: I’m easy to amuse, and that can make the Web dangerous. I limit surfing to situations in which I need immediate, practical information. |
In my spare time, I race cars, watch car racing on TV, and play car-racing games. This site has comprehensive coverage of all the big racing series. |
A model of how to use the Web to achieve change through direct action. |
This site describes how my racing team uses motor sports to promote healthy, nonsmoking lifestyles. |
A click-and-drag Web version of those Magnetic Poetry kits. A great game to play during a boring conference call. |
Market-research studies on the Net. |
I’m a Civil War buff, and this site has lots of hard-to-find data on costs and casualties of that war. |
Dunking sensation Zion Williamson and the Duke Blue Devils will open the 2018-19 men's basketball season as a projected No. 1 seed for the NCAA tournament and are joined by Gonzaga, Kansas and Kentucky. |
In-season bracket projections will be slathered with dialogue about KenPom.com rankings, strength of schedule, the new NCAA Evaluation Tool formula and various other advanced statistics. Huge wins and awful losses will spur the conversation about the biggest movers. |
For preseason projections, though, it's all about research and gut feelings. In each region, we'll discuss one team in the field that didn't go to the Big Dance last year, one team projected for a much better seed than last year and one team that isn't looking quite as strong as it was in 2017-18. |
Before that, we'll start with the bubble, like we always do. And after the region-by-region breakdown, I'll explain why the No. 1 seeds are ranked in the order that they are. At the end is a list of overall seeds by conference as a handy reference guide. |
On the one hand, Maryland has a lot of holes to fill after losing five of the eight leading scorers from a team that didn't even get an invite to the 2018 NIT, much less the NCAAs. |
On the other hand, Mark Turgeon is in great position to do just that with one of the top recruiting classes. Jalen Smith, a 5-star forward, will join forces with sophomore Bruno Fernando to give the Terps one heck of a frontcourt. And incoming 4-star guards Aaron Wiggins and Eric Ayala should pair nicely with Anthony C... |
There's not a ton of depth, so one injury bug could derail the season. But as long as Maryland stays healthy for a change, it should be a top-five Big Ten team in what figures to be a mediocre year for that conference. |
Miami's backcourt lost a ton with the departures of Bruce Brown, Lonnie Walker and Ja'Quan Newton, but big man Dewan Hernandez (formerly Dewan Huell) is on the short list of 5-star players from the 2016 class who are still playing college basketball. He'll be the rock-solid anchor for a team that surprisingly still has... |
Still, the 'Canes are in great shape with Chris Lykes, Dejan Vasiljevic, Anthony Lawrence II and Florida Gulf Coast transfer Zach Johnson (16.1 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 3.0 APG, 2.0 SPG, 39.2% 3PT last season). If Ebuka Izundu or Sam Waardenburg has enough of a breakout year to give Hernandez (who changed his last name to honor h... |
Much like Maryland, Vanderbilt lost four of the top six scorers from a team that wasn't anything special last year, but the Commodores have hope thanks to a loaded batch of freshmen. Simi Shittu and Darius Garland were both McDonald's All-Americans, and Aaron Nesmith is no slouch of an incoming shooting guard. |
The 'Dores also add Notre Dame transfer Matt Ryan after he sat out last season. It wouldn't be surprising to see all four of those new players starting alongside Saben Lee. |
Lather, rinse, repeat. USC lost its three leading scorers, but it signed three top-85 recruits to plug those gaps. |
The real potential for the Trojans, though, lies in the players who didn't make as much of an impact as expected last season. Former ACC transfers Derryck Thornton and Shaqquan Aaron should be full-time starters now, and sophomores Jordan Usher and Charles O'Bannon Jr. ought to thrive in their increased roles. |
If this is the year Bennie Boatwright finally stays healthy, USC could win the Pac-12. |
Oregon State quietly had a solid rebuilding year, going from 5-27 to 16-16. And aside from losing big man Drew Eubanks as an (undrafted) early entrant to the NBA, the roster is intact. Stephen Thompson Jr., Ethan Thompson and Tres Tinkle give the Beavers a solid trio to build around. |
They certainly don't have the stud freshmen that USC or Vanderbilt does, but JUCO transfer Kylor Kelley could be all the difference they need to get back to the NCAA tournament. |
ACC: Notre Dame: Mike Brey always seems to turn C+ recruits into A- assets, but losing Matt Farrell, Bonzie Colson and Martinas Geben from a team that didn't even make the NCAA tournament last year isn't easy. Along with significant improvement from the likes of DJ Harvey and John Mooney, the Fighting Irish desperately... |
Big 12: Texas Tech: The Red Raiders were gutted by the departures of Keenan Evans, Zhaire Smith and others, but there's still potential. Jarrett Culver will be the new go-to guy, and transfers Tariq Owens (St. John's) and Matt Mooney (South Dakota) could be critical starters. |
Big East: Butler: Replacing both Kelan Martin and Tyler Wideman is going to be a challenge. The Bulldogs still have Kamar Baldwin and Paul Jorgensen, but they'll need a lot of guys to make a leap. Duke transfer Jordan Tucker won't be eligible until the second semester. He could make a real difference in Big East play. |
Big Ten: Iowa: I absolutely love Fran McCaffery's potential. The Hawkeyes lost almost nothing this offseason and could really compete in this conference if they just play a little bit of defense for a change. However, there are so many outlets projecting Iowa to finish in 10th or 11th place in the Big Ten that I've los... |
Pac-12: Arizona: The Wildcats lost their entire starting five and didn't add a 5-star player. They'll be relying almost entirely on transfers (Chase Jeter, Justin Coleman and Ryan Luther) and guys who should have been more valuable as reserves last year (Emmanuel Akot, Ira Lee, Brandon Randolph and Alex Barcello). It m... |
SEC: Arkansas: The ultimate mystery team. The Razorbacks have an outstanding player in Daniel Gafford, but what else is there? JUCO transfer Mason Jones and New Mexico transfer Jalen Harris need to be impact performers for the young Hogs. |
AAC: Houston: It won't be easy to replace Rob Gray Jr., but Houston will be a factor in the conference if Massachusetts transfer DeJon Jarreau pans out. |
A-10: Davidson: Of these 10 teams, Davidson would've been the next one into the field if there was another spot available. The Wildcats have an excellent backcourt tandem in Kellan Grady and Jon Axel Gudmundsson. |
MWC: San Diego State: The Aztecs are clearly the top challengers to Nevada, but they will only have a few opportunities at marquee wins. Unless they plan on upsetting the Wolf Pack in league play, the Aztecs better snag at least one quality win in the Maui Invitational. |
WCC: BYU: It's probably going to be a down year for Saint Mary's, but BYU will make sure someone gives Gonzaga a challenge during conference play. Keep an eye on Yoeli Childs as a potential AP All-American. |
Outside of Duke's quartet of phenoms, there's not a more highly anticipated freshman in the country than Romeo Langford. The reigning Mr. Basketball in Indiana was a legend in the state long before he signed with the Hoosiers, and now he's primed to become one of the biggest one-and-done stars the Big Ten has ever had. |
Langford is just one half of what should be a phenomenal inside-outside duo along with senior forward Juwan Morgan. Both Hoosiers have legitimate All-American potential. |
The unknown is what they have beyond that pair. Devonte Green, De'Ron Davis and Saint Mary's transfer Evan Fitzner figure to be the other three starters. Maybe freshman forward Jerome Hunter can sneak into that mix. But even Langford, Morgan and three scarecrows might be enough to reach the tournament. |
UCLA lost two good ones in Aaron Holiday and Thomas Welsh, but the Bruins are making up for it and then some with this freshman class. |
First of all, let's not forget that Jalen Hill and Cody Riley will be joining the team as redshirt freshmen. LiAngelo Ball was the name most often referenced in the whole shoplifting in China incident, but only because of his family. Hill and Riley were the players UCLA actually missed during the season-long suspension... |
On top of those late arrivals, the Bruins added five more top-100 recruits from this year's class, most notably McDonald's All-American big man Moses Brown. One of them, Shareef O'Neal, has already been ruled out for the season due to a heart condition. |
There's not a ton of returning talent beyond sophomores Kris Wilkes and Jaylen Hands, but UCLA should be the top challenger to Oregon for the Pac-12 title. |
Michigan still has several key pieces from last year's national championship runner-up. Charles Matthews is the biggest star out of that group, which includes Zavier Simpson, Jordan Poole, Isaiah Livers and Jon Teske. |
The bad news is the Wolverines lost most of the stars from that team. Moritz Wagner, Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman and Duncan Robinson are all out of the picture. Thus, not only do the likes of Poole and Livers need to take a huge step to fill those voids, but they need a couple of their 4-star freshmen to make an immedia... |
They'll still be more than fine and should finish top-four in the Big Ten without much trouble. But the league isn't going to be that strong, so they wouldn't get a great seed in the dance unless they score big wins over Villanova or North Carolina in November. |
It's not often that a team misses the NCAA tournament, loses three of its top four scorers and then becomes the projected champion of a major conference the following year. But that's where Oregon is at thanks to the best recruiting class among schools not named Duke or Kentucky. |
Bol Bol is the biggest star of the bunch, both literally and figuratively. The 7'2" son of Manute Bol is an even better version of former Oregon star Chris Boucher. His three-point range and shot-blocking ability will make him equally difficult to guard and score against. Pair him with Kenny Wooten (5.2 blocks per 40 m... |
The Ducks also add 5-star SF Louis King and top-75 guys Will Richardson, Francis Okoro and Miles Norris. And though there isn't a ton of veteran experience on the roster, they do have a three-year starter at point guard in Payton Pritchard as well as fifth-year senior Paul White. Factor in sophomore wing Victor Bailey ... |
The Ramblers will not be a one-hit wonder. |
Leading scorers Clayton Custer and Marques Townes are both back as seniors, and big man Cameron Krutwig returns after averaging 10.5 points and 6.1 rebounds as a freshman. This is still the team to beat in the Missouri Valley Conference—and without a close runner-up. |
Whether the Ramblers actually move up a few seed lines will depend on how well they capitalize on nonconference opportunities. They'll host Nevada as the showcase game of the MWC/MVC Challenge, in addition to neutral-site games against Maryland, Saint Joseph's, Richmond and either Boston College or Wyoming. Loyola will... |
Going from the No. 1 overall seed to No. 9 overall isn't exactly a fall from grace, but it's worth mentioning I'm a bit lower on Virginia than most. |
The Cavaliers should still be great, especially if De'Andre Hunter taps into his near-limitless potential and becomes this year's version of former Villanova three-and-D wing Mikal Bridges. Combine that stud with Kyle Guy, Ty Jerome and a relatively deep frontcourt, and it's not hard to see the Cavs keeping pace with D... |
But replacing Isaiah Wilkins and Devon Hall will be no easy task. Wilkins was the heart and soul of that pack-line defense, and Hall was a huge asset on offense, leading the team in three-point percentage and ranking second in both points and assists. |
Andrew Rowsey led the Golden Eagles in both points and assists last season, so the offense may take a hit after his graduation. But they get back six other players who played more than 17 minutes per game, including Markus Howard and Sam Hauser, so the cupboards aren't bare. |
They're also adding Fordham transfer Joseph Chartouny and Nebraska transfer Ed Morrow as well as redshirt freshman Joey Hauser. All three should be immediate impact players, but Chartouny will be the most important. |
He might not contribute that much on offense, but going from Rowsey to Chartouny on defense is like switching from a screen door to a storm door to keep the cold air at bay. Rowsey was a liability on that end of the floor, but Chartouny has been one of the best on-ball defenders in the nation over the past three years.... |
The starting five accounted for 89.7 percent of Syracuse's points scored last season, and all of those players are back for another year. The only remotely important player the Orange lost was Matthew Moyer, who transferred to Vanderbilt. But he only averaged 1.4 points and 1.4 rebounds over his final 16 games, so how ... |
East Carolina transfer Elijah Hughes and freshman Jalen Carey will be more than enough to fill that small void, giving Syracuse an eight-man rotation capable of competing for a national championship. |
At any rate, Tyus Battle, Oshae Brissett and Frank Howard returning should be enough for the Orange to not sweat too much on Selection Sunday for a change. |
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