It's only natural for features to come and go as the tech evolves.
One such feature that was popular a few years back that has since been phased out on smartphones
is an IR blaster.
For those of you who have no idea what an IR blaster is, it basically turns your smartphone
into a universal remote.
The IR in IR blaster simply stands for infrared.
The hardware itself is also equally simple to understand.
If your phone has an IR blaster, it will allow you to send commands, via infrared rays, to
another device, such as a television, set-top box or sound system that is compatible with
IR remotes.
The main advantage of using an IR blaster-based device is that your phone doesn't need to
be in the line of sight with whichever product you want to control with it.
That means that if its a set-top box, for example, it can be placed out of the way and
still be controlled by an IR blaster-based smartphone.
Your phone can even control an IR Blaster-compatible device through the walls of your home if needed.
The last Samsung Note phone that had an IR blaster was the Galaxy Note 4.
It was a genuinely useful piece of tech, a lot of you raised your voices for years that
you need this tech back and I guess Samsung finally listened.
Ice Universe, the famous leakster is back again with another tweet that says, Da Vinci.
S-Pen Remote Control App.
Da Vinci is the code name for the Galaxy Note 10 if you don't already know that.
If I'm not wrong, this tweet could only mean one thing that Samsung will include an IR
blaster inside the S-Pen but the function will be in the app of the Galaxy Note 10.
There's a reason I said "could" because he didn't mention the word IR Blaster in his
tweet.
So it makes me wonder if it could also mean that the S-Pen just assists with remote controlling
apps on the Galaxy Note 10.
I'm not really sure, I hope it's the IR Blaster, it is one of the features which is really
practical while without high cost on manufacturing.
So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this tweet is indeed suggesting that an IR blaster
is making a return.
Also now there is a confirmation that the camera hole on the Galaxy Note 10 will be
in the middle and not at the side.
Like I've said in the past, a single hole looks good in the middle but not really sure
about two holes.
The Galaxy Note 10 will have a single camera hole and the Note 10 Pro will have dual front
camera hole just like the S10 Plus.
I guess we'll have to wait for the actual leak to see how it looks before making an
opinion.
But for now, judging from this photoshopped image, dual front cameras in the middle are
kinda turn off.
Maybe it's because we're so used to being the camera on the left.
I don't know but it reminds me of the early Galaxy S10 leaks.
Earlier it was expected that the S10 will have a camera hole in the middle but when
the news broke out that it actually has the hole at the right side, a lot of people got
really pissed saying it doesn't look good at the side.
They want it in the middle for symmetry.
Well, now we're hearing similar complaints except the camera position is now shifted.
So, I think we should wait and see how it actually looks.
Who knows it might grow on us eventually.
Anyway, let me your thoughts on this tweet.
Do you think he's talking about the return of the IR Blaster?
Let me know in the comments and I'll see you tomorrow...Peace out!