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Add all of that up, and you’ve got a well-rounded smartphone that feels sluggish way more often than it should. The Honor 8C comes with Android Oreo out-of-the-box, and I’m not sure if Android Pie (with EMUI 9.0) will make things better for this smartphone, whenever that update arrives. As it stands, this is not the smartphone for users who value a good software experience. All said and done, EMUI does have a few useful features like one-key navigation, and the face unlock works quite well too.

Smart lights work overtime to convince you that you get more function than form. You can change the color to the exact hue you want, have them turn on and off as you see fit, and even connect to other tech in your home to convince people you’re home when you’re not. These aren’t just lights, they’re making your house safer and you basically never need to replace them!

Nolan uses robots for some of the manufacturing procedures; this robot is sanding a helmet shell inside of a closed and contained room. This procedure is nicely illustrated in the video below.

The selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system cuts tailpipe emissions of NOx to very low levels. The system injects AdBlue diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) into the exhaust gas, where it reacts with the NOx and converts it into nitrogen and water.

The Premium Exterior Package is reserved exclusively for core (non-R-Dynamic) Velar derivatives, and includes lower exterior trim elements finished in high-gloss Narvik Black to enhance the vehicle’s elegant detailing. The addition of fog lamps, a tow-eye cover in Narvik Black, tow-eye cover surround in Indus Silver and lower bumper blades in Atlas Silver complete the transformation.

However, all this rubber does make putting your phone into your pants pocket a bit more difficult, and it may not even fit in smaller pockets. But that’s the trade-off you have to make with a case this protective. Cutouts are all accurate, and the rubber around the fingerprint sensor hole actually makes scanning your fingerprint comfortable. Branding on the exterior is limited to a small ‘Speck’ logo on the top right of the back.

We report the counterintuitive mechanism of increasing boiling heat transfer by incorporating low-conductivity materials at the interface between the surface and fluid. By embedding an array of non-conductive lines into a high-conductivity substrate, in-plane variations in the local surface temperature are created. During boiling the surface temperature varies spatially across the substrate, alternating between high and low values, and promotes the organization of distinct liquid and vapor flows. By systematically tuning the peak-to-peak wavelength of this spatial temperature variation, a resonance-like effect is seen at a value equal to the capillary length of the fluid. Replacing ~18% of the surface with a non-conductive epoxy results in a greater than 5x increase in heat transfer rate at a given superheat temperature. This drastic and counterintuitive increase is shown to be due to optimized bubble dynamics, where ordered pathways allow for efficient removal of vapor and the return of replenishing liquid. The use of engineered thermal gradients represents a potentially disruptive approach to create high-efficiency and high-heat-flux boiling surfaces which are naturally insensitive to fouling and degradation as compared to other approaches.

All of this you find inside of the L10. Including clever solutions to eternal issues, such as how to provide industry-standard full-size I/O ports in a device that must provide as much ingress protection as possible. How did Xplore tackle this? With external plugs like everyone else, but also by encasing all those ports in translucent silicon jackets that seal against dust and liquids even when a port plug is not in place. Impressive.

In 1985, Ive began studying industrial design at Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University). He had the profound experience of using a Mac for the first time: “I had a sense of the values of the people who made it.” He had two half-year internships at a London design firm, and his adeptness was embarrassingly evident: according to Clive Grinyer, who met him in that office, Ive was given some of the company’s most important work. Grinyer recalled visiting Ive in Newcastle: “I stayed the night in his living room, surrounded by hundreds of foam models—all white, of course. There was that little tiny difference between each one.” He called Ive “the most focussed human being I’ve come across.” This is also Ive’s description of Jobs.

Huawei’s sub-brand has been on some sort of a launch spree this year, having unveiled a truckload of smartphones, one after the other. To close off 2018, Honor recently launched the 8C, a lower mid-range smartphone. With a starting price of Rs 11,999, the Honor 8C brings a lot to the table (at least, on paper), including everything from AI-enhanced camera systems to a big battery. But when put together, do these things make Honor 8C a compelling package? Find out, in our full review of the Honor 8C.

In terms of protection, the DualPro would rank near the top of this roundup. It looks unassuming, but all four corners are covered by two layers, and the front lip is beefy. That also helps means it can clear a glass screen protector without issue when put facedown. The buttons are awesome, being tactile and easy to push down. Cutouts are all accurate, and I’m a fan of the subtle black accent around the camera. The only branding is some "INCIPIO" text raised over the silicone layer that sits flush with the hard plastic piece.

Despite Thursday’s outcome, Bennet gave Womack high marks, telling him, "your leadership has been extraordinary — both you and your co-chair."