The most anticipated technological innovations of 2014

2014 brought technology to a whole new level. Here is a list of some of the best gadgets of this year.

December 31, 2014 04:10 pm | Updated December 28, 2015 01:42 pm IST

This year the tech giants came out with amazing wearable gadgets and some amazing smartphones. Apple entered the phablet range with its new Apple iPhone 6 Plus and the tech giant also introduced Apple Watch which is expected to be released in the coming year.

Samsung break the records with its Galaxy Note 4 and Motorola launched a smartwatch called Moto 360. Have a look at the top 5 gadgets and smartphones of this year and also what can be expected from the tech world in 2015.

Google Glass

This device can be connected to the smartphones. Hence the user can have their hands free.Google has also added the “search” option in the device. It carries a small LCD screen in front of the eyes and the device can be controlled by both voice and touch. The consumers can even make calls and surf the internet.

Apple Ipad Air 2

Apple upgraded its iPad Air with more features. The model has a thinner body along with the Tounch ID fingerprint scanner. It carries a better processor and a 8 MP camera.The device is available in new gold colour.

Motorola Moto 360

Motorola Moto 360 is the best option for a smartwatch. It has a good look with a leather band. It comes with features like heart-rate sensor wireless charging dock. It runs on Google’s Android platform. Hence, Google’s features for wearable gadget is available on this smartwatch too.

Amazon Kindle (7th generation)

Amazon Kindle is best for keeping all the favourite e-books in one place. This new model has added the feature of touchscreen. The new Kindle also comes with new software features like Kindle FreeTime, Vocabulary Builder and Goodreads integration and it runs on the same Operating System as Amazon’s Paperwite.

Sony Playstation 4

Sony’s new generation PlayStation is not only sleek it also boasts better hardware and exciting games like BloodBorne and Uncharted 4.’ The device has a 1.6GHz custom x86 8-core processor and boasts of faster GDDR5 RAM (8GB) clocked at 5500MHz which makes it one step ahead of Microsoft’s Xbox One. It comes with the new DualShock 4 controller.

 2014 was an extravagant year for the electronic world. There were so many gadgets and smartphones introduced which brought technology to a whole new level. Here is a list of some of the best gadgets of 2014.

Apple iPhone 6 Plus

Display : 5.5 inch with a Retina HD display of 1920X1080 resolution.

Camera: (Primary) 8 MP with optical image stabilisation and dual LED flash Secondary Camera: 1.2 MP with Face detection.

Operating system: iOS8 along with a chipset of A8 and a CPU of Dual-core 1.4 GHz Cyclone.

Battery: 2915 mAh battery.

Internal storage: 32GB, 64 GB,128GB

Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Display: 5.7 inches with AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with a 1440X2560 pixels resolution

Camera: (Primary) 16 MP with optical image stabilization.Secondary: 3.7 MP

Operating System: Android 4.4 KitKat along with a chipset of Qualcomm Snapdragon 805. It has a CPU of Quad Core 2.7 GHz Krait 450.

Battery: 3220 mAh

Internal storage capacity: 32 GB, 3 GB RAM. It also gives an external card slot for microSD upto 128 GB.

Sony Xperia Z3

Display: 5.2-inch Full HD screen with an IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

Camera: (Primary) 20.7MP camera along with autofocus and LED flash . Secondary Camera: 2.2 MP MP

Operating System: Android OS 4.4.4 KitKat, along with 2.5GHz Krait 400 quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor.

Battery: 3,100mAh battery

Internal storage capacity: 16GB and 32 GB, 3 GB RAM. It also gives an external card slot for microSD upto 128 GB

One Plus One

Display: 5.2-inch Full HD screen with an IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

Camera: (Primary) 20.7MP camera along with autofocus and LED flash . Secondary Camera: 2.2 MP MP

Operating System: Android OS, v4.4.2, along with 2.5GHz Krait 400 quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor.

Battery: 3,100mAh battery

Internal storage capacity: 16GB and 32 GB, 3 GB RAM. It also gives an external card slot for microSD upto 128 GB

Motorola Nexus 6

Display: 6-inch AMOLED display. The screen has a resolution of 1440 x 2560.

Camera: (Primary) 13 MP camera along with autofocus and LED flash. Secondary Camera: 2.1 MP

Operating System: Android OS 4.4, along with 2.7Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 quad core processor.

Battery: 3,220 mAh

Internal storage capacity: 32GB and 64 GB, 3 GB RAM

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