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At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, HTC and Valve today announced the availability and prices of HTC in full version Lives for the consumer audience. The futuristic viewer for virtual reality also introduces a mode that the manufacturer defines hybrid between virtual reality and the "material". It's called Lives Phone Services, and allows you to receive and reply to incoming calls, view messages, send a quick response and control the agenda. All through the helmet. In the new model the strap to the head has been redesigned to be more comfortable and stable, while the display is brighter than the model Lives Pre. Along with HTC Vive will be released two "experiences" dedicated: Job Simulator Owlchemy Labs that will experience the meaning of the word "work" in a world where robots have replaced humans in any production activities; and Fantastic Contraption, experience of game where you can wander around an island floating in the sky using t...

At the Mobile World Congress 2016 which is held these days in Barcelona, Huawei has unveiled a new device aimed at the world of productivity. The new product, which is nothing more than a portable 2-in-1, introduces the company as part of the laptop, where the goal of the Chinese is to solve some of the historical problems of the category considered: excessive weight, poor quality the display, poor operational autonomy of single charge to name only a few. Huawei MateBook, this is its name, is based on the experience gained by the company over the years in the more mobile blatantly areas (smartphone and smartwatch in the first place). As for the appearance, MateBook resembles a cross between an iPad Pro and one of the last of Surface Pro models. While maintaining exemplary lightness and thickness values thanks to a meticulous design and construction process, comes with Windows 10 (Home or Professional Edition), the same operating system you use on your desktop or notebook at work. ...

ZTE at Mobile World Congress presents an evolution of its smart projectors family, products that integrate an internal projector with an active type display: it is, like the Spro Spro models and 2 of a small projector that mounts in the top housing a touch screen. Sport Plus is the name of this new product, of course, focused on the Google Android operating system thanks to the integration of touch screen 8.4-inch diagonal with a resolution of 2.560x1600 pixels. Drive a small tablet and a projector requires a high capacity battery, and this is what ZTE has implemented: well 12.100mAh, can ensure high usage times of up to 6 hours of continuous play. The projector is capable of projecting an image up to 80 inches diagonal, from a distance of 2.4 meters with WXGA resolution (1280x768 pixels); The used DLP technology allows to ensure a brightness of 500 lumens, while the integrated stereo audio subsystem developed by JBL audio system has a maximum of 4 watts sufficient to soundproof...

Alcatel is the first company to announce innovations at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, an event which will open officially tomorrow but Sunday 21 lives a day marked by numerous ads and press conferences. Alcatel has upgraded its smartphone Idol family by presenting two new models, Idol Idol 4 and 4S, respectively characterized by diagonal display of 5.2 and 5.5 inches. Idol 4 uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 SoC with 8-core Cortex A53 architecture, combined with 3 Gbytes of DDR3 memory LP. The 5.2-inch screen has a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels and uses IPS technology; the front camera is 8 megapixels and the rear 13-megapixel, while the battery has capacity to 2.610mAh. The onboard storage has 16 Gbytes of capacity, expandable through a MicroSD memory card. For Idol 4S model we find 5.5-inch screen with 2560x1440 resolution, AMOLED type, SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 with four core Cortex A72 combined 4-core Cortex A53 always with 3 Gbytes of system memory. The front camera i...

Ubisoft has revealed that the next expansion pack for Rainbow Six Siege will take place in the United States, respectively, in Brazil and Japan. The three locations were revealed through a slide Ubisoft appeared during the Investor Day that took place yesterday, and their publication is indicated, respectively, for the second, third and fourth quarters of 2016. Each of these additional packages introduces two new missions Operators regarding the task forces of each country and a new map. The redemption will be made by an in-game currency called "Renown". Alternatively, players can access the Operators also purchasing the Season Pass the game, priced at 29.99 €. The first expansion, titled Operation Black Ice, was published in early February and has introduced two missions Operators regarding the Canadian unit Joint Task Force 2. We remain therefore waiting to know the exact date of publication of other content.

When talking about SSD Toshiba should always open a parenthesis, because the situation is quite smokey. After the acquisition by the Japanese company OCZ, it is difficult to understand what the strategy of Toshiba SSD field, signposted often in contradiction with each other within a few days while referring directly to interested companies. We start from the certainties: Toshiba always has a very direct relationship with OEMs, why can be found within the different PC SSD Toshiba known brands, almost unknown to the public, since they are rarely sold directly to the consumer market . This consideration reinforces the belief that Toshiba has acquired OCZ just to have good cards to play where it was not present, although the issue is minimized by the parties, if questioned. Sometimes even denied. With this premise, it is hard to understand for those who are targeted by the new Toshiba SG5, although we can assume that they can be targeted to OEM (Toshiba SSD client generally indica...

Techland has reassured his fans by announcing that it will continue to support Dying Light until the end of 2016. The confirmation comes from an open letter written by CEO Pawel Marchewka, in which he thanked the public and the press for the support shown towards Enhanced Edition of the game and the expansion the Following, available since last February 9. "We've always had faith in the project, but seeing so enthusiastic opinions among players and high marks in reviews written in the press is very touching. At the same time it is a clear signal that there is still high demand for this specific experience allowed by Dying Light ", writes Marchewka in his speech. "To ensure that both new players that auditioned veterans the fun you deserve, we decided to continue our support for Dying Light least until the end of this year. We are already working on new content not yet announced, so stay tuned for future innovations. " The Techland leaders also c...

As I mentioned earlier Hideo Kojima spoke during the DICE 2016, and for the occasion he shared some personal opinions about the development of his work. According to the father of Metal Gear it would not be to be false that the securities to which works require Pharaonic resources and involve development time very diluted over time. "Many people say that I spent too much money or helped me too much time, but they are mistaken beliefs. My latest project (Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain) was delayed by five or six months, but I've always kept my word about the timeline and budget. For example, I need three to four years to create my games, but this is also the plan from the beginning, "replied Kojima during an interview with GameSpot. "I need a long time to create my teaser, posters, and I also work on the creation of boxes for sale. The Japanese makers are famous for being lengthened maturities, and I think the people I place it in this category, but it is...

Microsoft has placed particular emphasis on the style of Surface devices, given that this is an accessory that, objectively, gives an edge to tablets and 2-in-1 Surface Book. Not surprising that the Redmond continues to carry on the path of refinement of this accessory patenting technologies that, in the future, could further enrich its capabilities. Yesterday the US USPTO has granted a new patent to Redmond (US Pub. No. 2016/0048221 A1) that relates to a new type of stylus can recognize colors and textures of real objects, turning them into digital representations . The usage scenarios are manifold, starting from the most simple ones that provide the possibility of use in a graphics program the colors captured in the real world. Among the various use cases illustrated by Microsoft one concerns the possibility of associating the initiation of specific applications to the recognition of certain colors, but the same technique could be used to start the individual functions of an applic...

Mark Hamill and Alan Tudyk are part of the cast of actors who lend their voices to dub Master of Orion, the expected Wargaming spatial management, the software house of World of Tanks, and remake of the very celebrated title of 1993. The announcement comes via the official website of the game where you will find many more details on dubbing process of Master of Orion, and the complete list of voice actors. Along with the trailer on the dubbing, also, it is revealed that Master of Orion will enter Steam Early Access next week (26 February), and will be playable for all those who buy the Collector's Edition of Master of Orion via GOG.com or Steam to price of € 45.99. This version will include the legendary three titles of the original series, the skin in the rear version for vessels, a modern interpretation redone soundtrack and an exclusive race can not be obtained in other ways, the Terran Khanate. In the new version of Master of Orion, players can choose from 10 playable...

The latest Strategy Analytics data shows that Apple Watch has remained the most popular model of smartwatch in the fourth quarter of 2015. The smartwatch of Apple has captured 63% of the global market with sales estimated at 5.1 million units. It follows, at a considerable distance, Samsung, with 1.3 million smartwatch sold and 16% of the market share. In total, according to figures of SA on 10 products sold in the Christmas season 8 they are Apple and Samsung. Another interesting fact that we can read in the statistics is related to that of the Swiss watch market sales, the same as Jonathan Ive considered (of course, not officially) in trouble because of the arrival of Apple Watch. And, indeed, during the Christmas season the new category of smartwatch has done better, with 8.1 million devices placed on the market compared to 7.9 million Swiss watches sold in the same period. On the smartwatch market it is growing by 316% from 1.9 million units sold in the last three months of...

Garmin today announced, in anticipation of some days the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, two new products belonging to VivoActive and Vivofit families. Let's talk about VivoActive HR and Vivofit 3, both based on the products the company already offers on the market and which have been modified with some interesting additions. VivoActive HR, as the name implies easily, integrates the heartbeat optical sensor that detects both during sports activities both in the use daily tick. The integrated GPS sensor can detect correctly the distances during sports activities and no shortage of ordinary notification feature of the messages coming from your smartphone. Like other Garmin models of medium to high-end HR VivoActive also supports Connect IQ, for the installation of App specifications developed by the community Garmin. The autonomy of operation with activated GPS is increased compared to that of the VivoActive model, passing from the previous 8 hours to 13 hours declared. Ca...

News from Seagate with the presentation of the new 2.5-inch mechanical hard drives and 2TB HDD Mobile 7mm thick. The dimensions are typical of drives that can fit in most laptop PCs, although the use of this drive are also others. The unit is part of a family that actually also includes a 1TB model, with which it shares the Shingled Magnetic Recording storage technology (SMR). Shingle in English means tile, and in fact the storage mode follows the typical layout that we see on the roofs, or part of an industry that goes to soprapporsi other. In the area of hard drives this allows greater use of the available surface, from which the record capacity of 1TB per platter (the 2TB version has two). The engine speed is 5400 rpm, while on the front says Seagate performance transfer rates of around 100MB / s, or about 50% less than the best performing 2.5-inch mechanical commercially. The series is clearly to provide much space as possible, which is why it is not surprising if perfo...

The renovation carried out by the new Canon EOS 80D compared to the previous model is definitely full-bodied result, going in two very specific directions. Photo on the front of the new AF module 45 to the cross points - 27 of which are also used to F8 (nine cross even at F8), one highly sensitive f / 2.8 and one dual cross f / 5.6 sensitivity - is a nice step forward compared to the EOS 70D.  Moving on to the video department we find even more irons in the fire: the Dual Pixel CMOS AF system has been improved and coupled optics Nano USM promises focus in live view and video with fast and accurate tracking, but also adjustable in speed . The touch screen support allows you to quickly and easily decide the point to be focused (and track), while the 3.5 mm connector for headphones (which is in addition to the one for the microphone) makes the machine usable in the field in the easiest way. Canon has finally then also implemented on prosumer movie recording at 60p Full HD.

Global sales of smartphones to end users was 403 million units in the fourth quarter of 2015, an increase of 9.7% over the same period of 2014. In any case it is the lowest growth rate since 2008. in 2015 as a whole have smartphones tottalizzato 1.4 billion units, up 14.4% compared to 2014. "The low-cost smartphones in emerging markets and strong demand for premium smartphones, continue to be the driving factors. A strategy of aggressive price from local and Chinese brands in the mid-range and entry-level segments lead consumers to upgrade more rapidly toward more affordable smartphones "said Anshul Gupta, research director for Gartner, who conducted the analysis. The 85% of users in emerging markets in the Asia / Pacific region are replacing their mid-range phones with devices in the same category. In addition, the devaluation of the currency against the dollar in many emerging markets is placing further pressure on margins of many vendors who import the devices. Current...

During the use of the Netflix service used by the suggestion algorithms they may seem simple but in reality there is a specific science behind them, based on various characteristics. But today, with the company operating in 130 countries around the world, the code behind the suggestions has seen a remarkable revolution. They have spoken Yves Raimond and Justin Basilico last technical post on the official blog, explaining the difficulties in delivering specific content to users in different countries. The new algorithm does not use more regional models, but analyzes the types of videos you like to users around the world relying on subscribers who share the same tastes. The data is then synchronized no longer considering the state in which they live Netflix members, but suggesting what is popular at a given time among fans of a certain category. In this way, the company claims that the tips can have a level of detail never before seen on Netflix. The new algorithm is based on four el...

The Ukrainian businessman Andrey Tkachenko published on Product Hunt a nice project undoubtedly nostalgic tones. It is a promotional tool for sites of "app ranking" Appstorio, Softwario and Androio, made using the theme Bootstra.386 for Bootstrap. The end result is the realization of a store of modern applications in garment typical graphics in the late 80s. If the blue background embellished with low-resolution characters will not mean much to the younger generation, the other side will be much appreciated by those who have witnessed the technological evolution of the 80's in computer science, when MS-DOS is beginning to move on to in windows environments. The user interface is certainly not engaging on the graphic plan, however it is particularly functional. Displaces a bit ', we admit, the cold contact with modern graphics that is slapped us with no frills when you try to download an application. The project is called App Store Retro is allows you to quickly...

Routers are sometimes one of the devices to which it gives less importance in the home. While analyze and discuss the performance of PCs, laptops, smartphones and tablets is an activity in which even the average user is dedicated from time to time, perceive the differences in performance between existing devices that make up the home network infrastructure it is not always so straightforward. Yet, in some usage scenarios, the traditional modem / router provided by default by the various providers shows its limits suggesting the choice of the most adapted products to support the major workload in a domestic scenario characterized by the proliferation of connected devices. ASUS, aiming to meet the needs of those who is looking for such kind of products, today enriches the router offering, presenting RT-AC88U, an 802.11ac wireless router AC3100 class. A product that promises not only speed, stability and wide coverage, but that does not neglect gamers, providing appropriate technical ...

He is coming very strong technological world response to the latest demands of American justice. After Google and WhatsApp, even Facebook and Twitter, who had previously responded with a terse no comment on the issue, took to the field spalleggiando Tim Cook in the "war on encryption." Sparked debate an open letter to the CEO of Apple, after the company had received a request from the FBI to penetrate encryption iPhone 5C Syed Farook. "We will continue to fight aggressively against the weakening of the requests for information systems security," said Facebook, of which we give the full notice. "We condemn terrorism and we have total solidarity with the victims of terror. Those who seek to promote or planning terrorist acts have no place in our services. And we also appreciate the difficulties and the essential work of law enforcement to keep people safe. However, we will continue to aggressively fight against the demands that companies receive about the weake...

In the past few hours Apple has released a new version of iOS 9.2.1 which allows you to restore the iPhone that had accused the Error 53. This presented itself for security reasons after replacing the Touch ID sensor through welfare services and third-party blocking the device could not be used in any function. The company has been accused in recent weeks of poor transparency and threatened with a class-action. iOS 9.2.1 then goes to the build 13D15 13D20, with the latter will be granted only to a few select people. It is not a traditional update that will be in the OTA updates screen, in short, but a version designed exclusively to make possible the recovery of the victim dell'Error devices 53. It is the latter, of a long-standing problem in the environment iOS but that jumped to the honors of the chronicle in early February for an article in the Guardian. According to an earlier statement released by Apple, the error concerned a security measure introduced to not allow mal...

Square Enix will make available some of its securities on the cloud gaming platform NVIDIA GeForce NOW. Starting today you can play Tomb Raider, the adventure of Crystal Dynamics with a young Lara Croft output in 2013, and later will also arrive Sleeping Dogs, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Quantum Conundrum, and Murdered: Soul Suspect, as to read on the NVIDIA blog. Altogether GeForce NOW includes over 80 titles today and is available for free for the first three months, then move just 9.99 EUR per month. Who pays for the subscription, then, can freely access and no additional cost to Tomb Raider, which is a title currently sold at € 19.99 on Steam, as well as other Square Enix games.

Canon announces the new compact PowerShot G7x Mark II, an evolution of the previous model that offers the same 1.0 CMOS sensor "and 20.1 megapixels of the Mark I, however, improving ergonomics and performance thanks to the new image processor DIGIC 7. The vast computing power increases the focusing speed (improved recognition of the scene) and to manage a burst of 24 frames at 8 fps rate in RAW format in One Shot mode H (5.4 fps in Servo mode H) - a marked improvement over the 6.5 to 1.2 fps of the previous model. Moreover, thanks to the greater computing power, the RAW is now 14-bit instead of 12, and the native ISO range (125 to 12,800) can be expanded to 25,600. Also significantly refined ergonomics, which now benefits a handle more pronounced in non-slip material, a front bezel that can be stepless or "jerky" and a rear display support mechanism for them to tilt even 45 ° downwards, over that of 180 ° upward. The goal is the same 4.2x zoom equivalent to 24...

It seems a matter of time because the traditional SIM disappears permanently. Last year they wanted to rumors that Apple, Samsung and other companies and the industry were collaborating to create a new standard for the production of SIM integrated in the device. Specifically, programmable SIM with which it would be possible to switch from one carrier to another without the need to replace physical boards inside the device. The GSMA has announced new specifications for ESim smartwatch, fitness tracker and tablets, with Samsung S2 Gear Classic 3G will be the first device on the market to have the new technology. Notably absent, at least until next June, the category of smartphones, but also on that date the ESim not support multiple carriers on a single device. You can save multiple profiles for different players, but can only be used one. Embedded SIM she now speaks for several years, but the first concrete measure of technology we had on some newer iPad models. Apple has, however, us...

The Windows 10 operating system (desktop) is taking another step forward in the ongoing process of refining carried out from the house of Redmond with the release of build 14267 entered in recent hours in the fast ring. A release that is not limited to make the structural changes "under the body" but introduces refinements and new features that are immediately perceptible end user side. It starts from its new interface personal digital assistant Cortana is now present the icon in the upper right that lets you quickly start the function for the recognition of the music tracks. Three news for the Microsoft Edge browser. One concerns the improvements to the management of the bookmarks bar: you can now choose to display only the favicons and create a new folder. Both options are easily selected via the context menu called up by clicking the right mouse button on the bar. You, too, can now choose to automatically delete the browsing cache as a result of the closing of th...

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has chosen Fallout 4 as the best video game. The title Bethesda has beaten other candidates scope prize games, namely Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Rise of the Tomb Raider and The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt. Fallout 4 was also awarded the prize for direction of play and Best RPG. The main rival The Witcher 3, however, the awards went to the story, for the technical quality and the game design, but you will find the complete list at the bottom of news. During the DICE Summit welcomes the Awards of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Bethesda also revealed it is working on three new games: "We are carrying out three long-term projects," he said Todd Howard, Bethesda Game Studios Director . "We'll talk in the future. They are very different from everything we have done so far, but at the same time respect the Bethesda style". Howard does not consider in this account the projects in the pipeline such a...

HTC One M10, or the next top range of Taiwanese manufacturer, returns to the headlines following the spread of a new alleged real photo of the device, widespread network of exhaustive leaker Evan Blass (Evleaks). The source had already spread at the beginning of February, what has been described as the first smartphone photo and chose to double the amount of rumors by publishing a second click. The new photo depicts the front of HTC One M10 in the variant with white shell, a circumstance that allows in an even clearer identification of the various elements that compose it. The first difference from the canons of construction of the previous top of the line range One relates to the absence of the double front speaker facing BoomSound, replaced by a single speaker located in the upper part of the front. Absent also the HTC logo usual in the bottom of the front, but present a unique key that, in this second photo has a more rectangular shape than that of the previous photo leaked...

CAT S60 is the latest in a catalog of rugged phone for Caterpillar products, for several years, is engaged in the commercialization of smartphones and feature phones for use in scenarios where reliability and ability to withstand harsh environmental conditions represent elements essential. Products certainly not facing the consumer market, which, at the same time, integrate features that do not fail to excite the curiosity of the techno fans. Are two specifications that allow the CAT S60 to switch to the headlines: it is, in fact, the first smartphone in the world equipped with a thermal camera and, secondly, a terminal which has a unique resistance to liquids in the category: it can stand immersed in the liquid at a maximum depth of five meters per hour. CAT has substantially integrated into the smartphone body thermal camera developed by FLIR. Specifically, the camera lets you view real-time thermal representation of the scene framed by the objective, measure the temperature o...

The cloud is a really great innovation and, in the future, the amount of data that will find the hotel in the "cloud" is set to grow. Despite the growing trend, not everyone is now willing to entrust to remote servers and to subjects cloud service providers the archiving task of valuable data that, as such, we tend to guard jealously. Pursuing the objective of maintaining safely and completely released from the web their data, traditional optical media appear in many respects one of the safest solutions, if only by their nature inherently offline. If the safety aspect is then combines that of duration, then the optical media still has a lot to say. The M-DISC to Milleniata have been around for several years and focus the aspect of the duration of the support to provide something extra in the storage segment of data. According to the company, the M-DISC DVD and BR are designed to preserve the data stored for over 1000 years, the very near term to the concept of "eternit...

Everyone knows, or at least the fans, what are the main differences between a traditional hard drive and solid state drive. The first offer large capacities at low prices, but compared to SSD are much slower and delicate. The cost per GB of hard drive is vastly lower than that reported to the SSD, which is why we must make a careful choice of which solution to choose as needed. In the consumer sector, things are changing a bit 'if until a few years ago SSDs costing lot offering a few dozen GB capacity, now you can spend a lot less than 100 Euro for a 250GB model of quality, quantity which may be enough for many needs. The enterprise sector, that of servers and databases, is much more complex and difficult to classify in one type scenario. There may be cases in which only counts the capacity and not the performance, and then mechanical hard drive without thinking. In other situations should a hybrid system, while in others there is a combination of demands on both the performanc...

20 years have passed since the release of Rayman, the famous side-scrolling platformer that has redefined the genre. To celebrate the event, Ubisoft released Rayman Classic, gaming experience to mirror the original, but declined for iOS-based devices. Rayman Classic can be purchased for € 4.99. They return the playing characteristics of the 1996 version, as well as famous levels like Forest of Wonders and the Gang Territory. There are also the magical powers of man-shaped eggplant as the telescopic fist or helicopter, as well as not miss the Electoon to try and free. In this new version for iPhone and iPad, there are two game modes: Hardcore, where we will have to finish the whole adventure with a single life; and Casual, where we have endless attempts. Rayman Classic can also be played with the traditional gamepad as a result of the MFi support and is available in several languages, including Italian. The download is 177 MB, and is required iOS 7.0. Apple recommends using at ...

The tough competition in the smartphone market has pushed the Taiwanese Asustek Computer to review the estimates for 2016 deliveries ZenFone products: instead of the 30 million originally planned (for all markets excluding China), there is now talk of 25 million units. The downsizing of the estimates was made due to the increasing competition from Chinese producers in the markets of India, Brazil, Russia, Southeast Asia and Africa. Asustek Computer has originally set a goal of deliveries 30 million ZenFone series of smartphones for all markets, except for China, for 2016. During a meeting with investors the company has, however, he retracted downward estimated at 25 million units. Market analyzes indicate that downsizing was done because of the increasing competition from Chinese producers of smartphones in India, Brazil, Russia, Southeast Asia and Africa. The Asustek last year handed over 20 million smartphones recording a significant increase compared to 8.5 million units deliver...

We had already spoken of a possible presentation by Samsung of a new line of SSDs for the consumer sector, just below the name of the 750 EVO. They came, but with some very unexpected news, the first of which is that we are not facing a rotation with the popular 850 EVO, as a whole new set for the entry level market, it should be remembered. We will repeat it again. Samsung 750 EVO is a "lighter" version than 850 EVO from controller: we are always in front of the MGX model homemade, but the cores used are two instead of the three present in the 850 EVO. Another key difference is found in the chip: 750 EVO uses the new Samsung 16nm TLC "planar", and not the 32-layer 128Gbit TLC V-NAND. A move that is betting everything to save, in order to offer SSD at an extremely competitive price. Unfortunately have been announced so far only two models, 120GB and 250GB, equipped with 256MB of cache in both cases (about 850 EVO 250GB quantity is double, the same 120GB). Per...

A few hours away from the firmware distribution, the intent of Microsoft, is expected to improve in an important way the performance of the 2-in-1 Surface line, multiply the net reports on the possibility of buying the Surface Book in several European markets. The news of the expansion of distribution channels is not surprising, since it had been anticipated by Microsoft in January and that, subsequently, the company kicked off the pre-orders in their Microsoft Store European Online. From the phase of pre-orders it has now switched to the actual availability of the product. A quick survey of prices in the Swiss market, identifies the most cost-effective, considering that it comes after the change of the official prices expressed in Swiss francs at the official online store. To get hold of the model with configuration "basic" or with Intel Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage required 1,699.00 Swiss francs, about 1537 euro exchange rate, while the most handsome model...