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Apple iPhone 5S in the test: is it suitable as a 100-euro cell phone?

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In autumn 2013, the iPhone 5S saw the light of day.  Meanwhile (2020) it is on the price level of affordable entry-level smartphones for less than 100 euros.  Is it still worth buying today? O although Apple has officially not sold it for a long time, the iPhone 5S is still available as new goods in retail stores: idealo.de currently lists the mini smartphone from € 99.  Sure: The  iPhone 5S released in 2013 cannot keep up  with current hardware breakers from its own family such as the  iPhone 11  or  iPhone 11 Pro  .  Nevertheless, the former top model has aged well and offers all the bargain hunters in the 100-euro smartphone segment interesting extras. iPhone 5S: premium class design In 2020, the iPhone 5S also scores with its design: the noble aluminum housing is of high quality and thanks to its small size fits comfortably in the hand.  By the way: The iPhone 5S was one of the first smartphones with a fingerprint sensor. Timelessly chic: Even if today's top dev

Pokemon Leaves Traces in the Brain

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Brain regions of two adults compared: on the left that of a non-Pokemon player, on the right that of a Pokemon player.  Colored red is the Occipitotemporale Sulcus, the area that shows the reaction to Pokemon images. Image rights: Jesse Gomez How does the brain learn where it stores what information?  Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle: Those who now only understand the train station have not grown up with Pokémon, the pocket monsters.  In case someone wondered if these beings with the miraculous names left their mark on children's heads - researchers have found out. In 1996, children immersed themselves in a completely new world of characters: Pokémon!  Curious, spherical, angular figures with even stranger names populated playing cards and gameboys, an infinite number of children squatted for hours on the same handy mini toys and playing cards.  For all parents who were frowning at the time, "What are these animal-like creatures, these pocket monsters, doi

Fallout 76 in the review: Why it deserves an upgrade thanks to Wastelanders, but has not yet reached its goal

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There are more rewarding tasks than a Fallout 76: Wastelanders test.  Catch electric eels, for example.  Or bongo drums on hot hobs.  Because many of you who are reading this review are about as positive about Fallout 76 as the Pope is about devil worship. And this is understandable, because Bethesda not only published the online fallout in an unacceptable technical state and made conceptual wrong decisions (please, no human NPCs?), But also raised loud parts of its own community against itself after the release.  You could still smile about  moldy Power Armor helmets  , foreheads frowned at fridges that can be bought for real money, even if they were  less bad than feared  .  And less bad than the  surprisingly expensive Fallout First subscription  for features like private games that are  standard  in other survival games like  ARK: Survival Evolved  . Key facts about Fallout 76: Wastelanders Release:  April 14, 2020 Price:  free for all owners of Fallout 76 platforms