Device Data

New Properties added to our free Basic cloud product 51Degrees has now added 7 new properties to the Basic cloud service. This means 66 properties are available for free! The new properties include: IsSmartPhone, IsTablet, IsEReader, IsMediaHub, IsTV, IsConsole, IsSmallScreen?

Last week there was 253 Devices added to the 51Degrees device detection database and we will have a look at some of the smart phones and tablets that have been recently released by Archos

Snapdragon is a system on a chip (SoC) product family by Qualcomm, targeted to smartphones or tablets. This company has long been one of the benchmark companies in mobile devices.

Last week 51degrees added different devices with Snapdragon processors.

Device vendors as varied as the mighty Samsung, to brands like Pantech and Micromax all recognise the importance of identifying different device models when accessing web sites. However, Apple do not fully support this approach.

Some device detection solutions have tried to address the problem by artificially stressing the iPhone or iPad to determine how quickly its processor can complete iterative tasks. Understanding how the device performs under stress provides an indication as to the CPU available and therefore the model of the device. The approach can yield more information but ironically at the expense of user experience as the page load time increases and the battery is drained more rapidly.

If every web site were to stress iPhones and iPads to gain model information the web would slow down for Apple users. This isn’t in Apple’s interest. However, if Apple make a simple change the problem can be avoided.

51Degrees data analysis team stress tested a range of real iPhone and iPad devices, both old and new using all the major web browsers in order to determine if CPU stress testing is a viable additional method to identify iPhone and iPad models alongside User-Agent analysis, screen information and WebGL API

The full results are available for download along with the analysis of the differences between each device and browser.

Several new Sony Xperia devices have been added this week hot on the heels of the rumoured Sony Xperia Z5 line-up coming this fall, only shortly after the recent release of the Xperia Z4 in Japan and just last week, the Xperia Z3+, which despite the confusing naming scheme is simply the international version of the Xperia Z4.

Last month, LG announced its collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the news website, LGNewsroom. In this article, LG encouraged citizens to take positive environmental action to protect the Earth and alongside this were running a social media campaign encouraging consumers to submit their photos and videos that best illustrate this year's theme, Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care. LG products, including the latest LG G4 were to be awarded to the best environmental photos and videos submitted.

With the recent announcement that Windows 10 will finally be available for public release on the 29th July 2015 we take a look at the breakdown of the current web traffic generated by all Windows operating systems during May 2015.

The latest Data Team device data update blog. Providing the latest numbers on the 51Degrees database and a look at two new devices that have been added to the database.

This week we added the latest smartphones from the worlds largest telecommunications manufacturer Huawei. The company has been described as China's most globally successful company and last year became the number 1 applicant for international patents and is currently the forth largest smartphone maker in the world.

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