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Most phones in 2019 are equipped with huge displays. This applies to all segments, including the low one. In fact, it is now more difficult to find a phone with a comfortable diagonal of 5.5 inches. Next - a selection of the best models for little money with screens with a diagonal of more than 6 inches.

1st place - Redmi Note 7

A smartphone can be taken for 13,500-14,000 rubles on average. This is a high-quality "state employee", which, according to its characteristics, is better than some "middle peasants".

What's Good:

Low price.
Screen size 6.3 inches with Full HD + resolution + glass Gorilla Glass 5. Brightness - 479 cd / m2; contrast - 1338:1.
Autonomy - 4000 mAh is enough for 32:35 hours of calls and more than 14 hours of video playback and web surfing at a brightness of 200 cd / mm2.
QC 4.0 fast charging function.
Cool glass body.
Camera with new Sony sensor - 48 MP resolution; here a Quad-Bayer filter is used, with which it is possible to combine neighboring four pixels into one. As a result, the quality of the shooting really improves.
USB Type-C + Wi-Fi 5 GHz + Bluetooth 5.0.

What's wrong:

Color accuracy is low - the average error is DeltaE 5.4. White color slightly goes into cold shades, which is not good.
Included incompatible with QC 4.0 adapter; only QC 3.0, so the potential of the technology is not fully realized. The smartphone gets 30% in 30 minutes.
No NFC and no 4K video shooting function.
When shooting at 48 megapixels, the photo quality is poor. It is necessary to shoot by default with a resolution of 12 megapixels.

Sample photos from the camera:

Benchmark results:

GeekBench 4.1 (multi-core) - 5411
GeekBench 4.1 (single core) - 1650
AnTuTu 7-139075
GFX 3.0 Manhattan (1080p offscreen) - 22

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Possible problems:

2nd place - Honor 10 Lite

Another "Chinese", this time from Huawei. The device is more expensive than Redmi Note 7, but in general it is of high quality and reliable - you can take it.

What's Good:

6.21” IPS display, Full HD+ resolution, 415 ppi. During testing, a maximum brightness of 441 cd / m2, a contrast ratio of 1282: 1 was determined; color rendering error - 2.7.
3400 mAh battery provides 28:16 hours of communication; 11 hours of video playback at medium brightness.
Android 9 Pie out of the box + optimized MIUI 9 shell.
The average HiSilicon Kirin 710 processor is ideal for the money.
Good cameras - rear and front, quite suitable for a middle-class phone. You will find examples of photos below, in the spoiler.
There is NFC + Google Pay.

What's wrong:

No fast charging + old Micro USB connector.
Cheap plastic case, although it looks okay.
No video stabilization, no 4K shooting function.
Even with the cons, the Honor 10 Lite is a good choice for little money.

Examples of photos from the camera:

3rd place - Redmi 7

The cheapest big screen phone on the market. It costs only 8500-9500 rubles, and on Aliexpress it’s really cheaper to take.

What's Good:

Declared protection against water using the P2i coating - that is, the smartphone will survive if liquid is accidentally spilled or splashed, but the device cannot be immersed in water.
Large 6.26 inch screen; resolution - 1520 × 720 + Gorilla Glass 5.
A good 14nm Snapdragon 632 processor is a logical solution for the middle class.
The 4000 mAh battery with low power consumption of the processor and HD screen will ensure a long service life without recharging.
A good camera for the low price segment, although any "middle peasant" takes better pictures.
Infrared port for controlling household appliances.
Android 9 Pie out of the box.

What's wrong:

No NFC and 5GHz Wi-Fi, only connects to 2.4GHz networks.
HD screen with a large screen, as a result, a low pixel density of 269 ppi. Pixelation is possible - the visibility of individual dots on the matrix.
Old micro USB connector, no fast charging.

Camera photo examples:

Redmi 7 stock app Google Camera on Redmi 7 Stock application Google camera

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4th place - Samsung Galaxy A20

The South Korean brand Samsung has long conquered the high price segment, but it has problems in the low one. The new state employee Galaxy A20 is designed to change the situation - the device really competes with the "Chinese" Redmi Note 7 and Honor 10 Lite, as well as hundreds of other models.

What's Good:

Amoled-matrix - in the low segment there are no other phones with an Amoled screen. Diagonal - 6.4 inches; resolution is 1560×720.
The main camera is 13 MP, f / 1.9 + additional with a wide-angle lens. A camera with a "wide" in the low segment is no longer found.
Android 9 Pie out of the box.
Large 4000 mAh battery – with the low-power Amoled display and underperforming Exynos 7884 processor, the phone should theoretically last 2-3 days of active use without recharging. So far, there is no exact data on autonomy.
Claimed fast charging. It is not yet known how fast the phone charges, but it is worth counting on 30% in 30 minutes.
There is NFC, a USB Type-C connector, Bluetooth 5.0, a dedicated slot for a memory card.

What's wrong:

Weak Samsung Exynos 7884 processor - don't count on games at all.
No 5GHz Wi-Fi, only connects to 2.4GHz networks.
Low pixel density - 268 ppi; pixelation is excluded.

In the low price segment, this is the only smartphone with an Amoled screen, a wide-angle lens and a large battery.

Helpful information:

5th place - Meizu Note 9

A brand new "state employee" of the Chinese brand Meizu deserves attention. Here is the same camera as on Redmi Note 7 (1st place in this review), plus a good screen and hardware.

What's Good:

IPS-matrix with a diagonal of 6.2 "; resolution 2244×1080, 403 ppi - no pixelation.
The processor is the new 11nm Snapdragon 675 with normal performance and low power consumption + Adreno 612 graphics.
Main camera: 48 MP + 5 MP depth sensor. There is a Quad-Bayer sensor here, just like on Redmi Note 7. That is, when shooting, four pixels are combined into one large one, which really improves the quality of the picture and expands the dynamic range.
20MP selfie camera with f/2 aperture.
4000 mAh battery + Meizu MCharge fast charging, 18W charger included. No speed testing done yet, but you can expect 30% in 30 minutes, which is good given the battery capacity. Judging by the reviews: 5% of the charge is spent on 30 minutes of watching a YouTube video at maximum brightness.
USB Type-C, Wi-Fi ac standard, 5 GHz network connection available.

1. Family of Pavel Semenyuk, Ukraine

The number of its members is 346 people: 13 children (now living 10), 127 grandchildren, 203 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. The eldest daughter is 66, and the younger great-grandchildren are not yet a year old. The head of the family that could have settled the village is 87-year-old Pavel Semenyuk from Dobroslav. All his life he worked as a builder and, most surprisingly, he lived with a single wife. And I didn’t think at all about what could become a champion - especially in such an interesting area.

The record is not the main thing for me, the only thing that really matters is that I was not alone in my old age

Pavel Semenyuk

2. Ziona Chana's family, India

Currently, the conqueror of the Guinness Book of Records is the carpenter Zion Chan. His "family regiment" at the time of registration included 192 people. Only here the situation is slightly different. To give birth to 94 children, he needed ... 39 wives. Yes, the man is not only a champion, but also a womanizer. Also, the family was replenished with 33 grandchildren and 14 daughters-in-law. Relatives settled in a four-story 100-room house, which even has its own school, workshops, barn and chicken coop.

Now I feel that God marked me, allowing me to take care of such a family.

Zion Chana

3. The family of Luis Costa de Oliveira, Brazil

A 90-year-old resident of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte became the father of 50 children, whom he had with four women. Among them are two sisters and even their mother. In addition, the loving man has 100 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. Casanova admits that she loves women and may have children on the side.

The best thing God has created is a woman!

Luis Costa de Oliveira

4. Family of Daad Rahman, UAE

Daad Murad Abdul Rahman is the father of 94 children, and, according to him, he is not going to stop. The man tied the knot 20 times, but never had more than four wives at the same time, so as not to violate local laws. He owns 17 houses and the same number of cars. And the father of many children receives a pension from the government and does not pay for public utilities in all their apartments.

Ancentus Akuku was nicknamed Danger during his lifetime, because he magically influenced women who could not resist his charm. He played his first wedding in 1939, the last - in 1992. In total, the man tied the knot at least a hundred times, resulting in about 160 children. But, according to Ansentus, there may be more of them - at some point he could no longer keep track of all his offspring. For his huge family, he even built a school and a church in western Kenya, in the city of Kisumu. But now the women of that region are not in danger: the passionate man died in 2010 at the age of 90.

"Keith" is a walking wallet, an amateur with a bottomless bankroll, the main target of top professional players. This is a very rare specimen in the poker world, which briefly floats to the surface of the ocean to get adrenaline in the most expensive games, and then again goes into the depths.

When high-stakes regulars notice such a character online, the waitlist at the poker table can be compared to long lines for sausage in the USSR. Every poker player is trying to take a bite out of a huge pie, and if they managed to do it, some even managed to secure a carefree life for themselves for the rest of their days.

Let's take a look at five poker players who have shown the worst game at sky-high stakes, although not every one of them can be called a real "whale". All charts were taken from the Highstakesdb statistical resource, which counts starting from $50/$100 stakes.

Paul "Malacesia" Foix

The Chinese billionaire has always been a welcome figure at the high stakes tables. In 2013, he broke into the poker world and lost over four million dollars at the $400/$800 limits. It took Paul only one year to shove such a large amount into the pockets of the regulars, after which he lost interest in online poker. Before leaving, however, Phua decided to take a peek at the PokerStars Sharks. And also unsuccessfully - he lost almost $ 500,000.

5 023 777$
475 082$

Chun Lei "SamRostan" Jou

This man is a real example of perseverance in poker. High roller from Macau appeared on the poker fields in 2013 and plays at expensive tables to this day. First, he chose PokerStars, where he lost about two million dollars under the nickname patpatman in a short time, and then he lost another 2.6 million dollars on Full Tilt (nickname patpatpanda).

Chun Lei Zhou realized that things were not going well and decided to change his nickname to Samrostan. However, luck did not overtake the player - on FTP he enriched his rivals in the amount of more than $10,000,000.

Now SamRostan has gained experience, and his level of play has noticeably increased, so the regulars no longer consider him easy prey. To date, Joe has a positive profit on PokerStars - he has $513,221 in his assets. Perhaps the player hopes that the distance will return everything to him.

Total loss in online cash games: 14 320 817$
Biggest pot in career: 553 080$

Guy Laliberte

The creator of the Cirque du Soleil, billionaire philanthropist and space tourist is the most generous person in the poker world. He participated in hot battles in the high stakes and gave way to life for many young poker players, such as Tom Dwan or Patrik Antonius, who managed to get large bankrolls in a short time.

In total, Guy Laliberte lost almost thirty million dollars, while using several accounts at different times: lady marmalade, patatino, elmariachimaco, bleachbum, Zypherin and Noataima. By the way, the last nickname was the most unprofitable for Laliberte, but this fact is unlikely to upset him.

Total loss in online cash games: 29 491 379$
Biggest pot in career: 609 730$

Samy "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro

The Finnish poker player started his professional career quite successfully. Already in 2009, he had $2.5 million in his account, as well as a very bold achievement - once he won a pot of $637,353.

During this period, many legendary personalities played at the expensive tables of FTP, so Samy went into the courage and quickly lost his earnings, leaving a loss of three million. And then came Black Friday, which forced the player to migrate to PokerStars. By the way, Kelopuro cannot beat the field on Stars either. On the this moment he loses $700,215.

Total loss in online cash games: 3 707 163$
Biggest pot in career: 637 353$

Gustav Hansen

The Dane's poker career has two sides of the coin. On the one hand, he can be qualified as a legendary tournament player who has repeatedly become the winner of major events, having won more than ten million dollars.

But when you look at the other side, it is shrouded in darkness, as the former member of the Full Tilt team of pros lost over $20,000,000 in 1.5 million hands over a span of 8 years at the online cash game tables. And that's just on FTP. At PokerStars, Hansen played under the nickname broksi, where he lost $1.5 million.

Total loss in online cash games: 22 199 380$
Biggest pot in career: 537 750$.

Historically, Russia has been part of Europe and Asia at the same time, being the largest power in the world in terms of the area it occupies on planet Earth. Despite the fact that our country is geographically closer to Asian countries, most of the population lives in its central part, which is closer to European states. Therefore, it is generally accepted that our place of residence is in Europe. Today we will look at the 5 largest in Europe.

Russia - I place in terms of occupied territory in the world

The capital of the country is the city of Moscow. Russia occupies 12% of the earth's surface on the planet, which is 17,124,442 km2. It is not only the largest country in Europe in terms of area, but also in the world. Distant Slavic ancestors roamed the eastern part of what was then the future state. But the unification of all the peoples of a powerful state took place precisely on the territory of Europe, and then Kievan Rus was formed. And today, the heart of the country is located in its "central" part, although geographically, relative to the state, it is very far from this term, rather closer to the borders of Europe. The population is about 146.4 million people, which is also the dominant place among European countries.

Ukraine - II place in terms of area in Europe

Ukraine occupies an honorable second place in Europe. It also applies to big country in Europe by area, numbering about 559,713 square kilometers. The capital of the state is Kyiv. Most of the country is located within the East European Plain. The climate can be classified as temperate continental: average temperature in January from -1C to -6C, in July + 18C-23C. Almost the entire territory is flat, and mountains occupy only 5% of the country's area.

Due to the difficult political situation in the country, the population of the state has significantly decreased (Crimea and Donbass separated, military operations within the country affected), from 46.5 million (as of 2008) to 42.3 million people, according to official estimates.

France - III place

The capital of France is the city of Paris, which is known, perhaps, to any adult inhabitant of the planet. France is the largest country by area foreign Europe. Its land is 547,030 square kilometers. But this country has other islands that belong to it, and they are located in South America, West Indies, also in Indian Ocean and several archipelagos in the Pacific Ocean. The number of inhabitants of the country is about 64.9 million people.

France is known for its navigable rivers, of which there are about 200. The most big river- this is the Rhone, and the largest valleys of the rivers Seine, Garonne and Loire. It is also the richest country in terms of water resources among European countries.

Spain - IV place

Spain is located in the southwestern part of Europe. Its territories cover 504,782 square kilometers of land. Madrid is the Spanish capital. The population of the country is 45.9 million inhabitants. This is one of the picturesque, warmest and largest countries in Europe in terms of area. Spain also owns the Balearic and Canary Islands, and also includes some lands of northern Africa.

The Gibraltar site belongs to the British colony, but is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Spain. The Spaniards continue to claim these lands for quite a long time. Gibraltar - is a symbol of the country, it is depicted on the legends of ancient ancestors, this place marked the end of the world.

The most south point of continental Europe is the cape of Morocco, which is the narrow part of Gibraltar, and crosses part of Africa. It turns out that Spain is within walking distance from Africa - only 14 kilometers.

Sweden - V place

The Swedish kingdom is the largest in Scandinavia. It is located in Northern Europe and has an area of 449,964 square kilometers. The country includes two large Baltic islands - Gotland and Öland. The first man entered these lands about 12,000 years ago, but only from the 9th century in Europe they started talking about Sweden. The well-known Vikings penetrated the sea harbors and engaged in robbery and robbery. Only from the XI-XII centuries the country acquired the status of a state.

This country differs from many with its unique nature: forests, mountains, villages, well-kept estates, valleys, medieval buildings and hundreds of architectural monuments. There is also busy cities interspersed with wooden houses, fresh, salty reservoirs and islands.

Sweden is also one of the largest countries in Europe in terms of area. The population of the state is almost 10 million people. The Swedish capital is the city of Stockholm.

Finally

We reviewed the top 5 largest countries in Europe in terms of occupied territories. It is difficult to answer unambiguously the question of which is the largest country in Europe by area. On the one hand, it is Russia. But if we talk about foreign countries then it is definitely France. In any case, our country is largest state around the world and we have much to be proud of.

Hi friends. Today I made a selection with the largest islands in the world. I will not make a long introduction, but immediately move on to the interesting.

The largest island in the world - Icy Greenland

The world's largest island nestled among arctic ice North America. This is Greenland, covering an area of 2,130,800 km². The territorially described island belongs to Denmark and is its independent unit.

And, although the name "Greenland" is translated as " green Island”, there is practically no vegetation here, in addition, it is very cold in Greenland. In winter, the air temperature can drop to -50°C, and in summer to -12°C, so only 56,295 people live in this segment. 7% of the surface of the entire territory is occupied by ice, the thickness of which reaches 3 km.

The capital of the largest island in the world is the city of Nuuk, whose name translates as "the city of good hope". The main attraction of Greenland is the world. And the most unusual folk treasure is a toy - a tupilak, created by local Eskimos from walrus skin and tusks and symbolizing an evil spirit - the ruler of the northern ice.

Mysterious New Guinea

New Guinea- a huge island located in the west Pacific Ocean. Its area is 786,000 km², the size of the island is the second largest on the planet and one of the five largest islands in the world. Geographically, this piece of land is located in two different states. The western part belongs to Indonesia, and the eastern part is a separate state of Papua New Guinea.

This island is the most mysterious and little explored in the world. The local population consists of thousands of different tribes, which until recently did not even suspect the existence of each other. Flora and fauna of one of the most big islands on the planet are still poorly understood. The city of Tufi is considered to be the diving capital of the world, its beauty underwater world will not leave indifferent even the most experienced underwater swimmer.

Local residents live by their own laws - the most unusual in the world. For example, the law on witchcraft states that a person who considers himself enchanted does not bear consequences for his actions. In New Guinea, there are 18 active volcanoes, whose ancient power is worshiped by the local population.

Borneo Island (Kalimantan)

third most major island on the planet is the island of Borneo (Kalimantan), covering an area of 734 km². This island is located in the heart of the Malay Archipelago and is the only island that simultaneously belongs to three different states: Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. Historically, this island was discovered by the navigator Magellan in 1521, but ancient writings indicate that life on this land existed long before that.

As early as the beginning of the 13th century, the island natives were actively engaged in the trade of spices and fish with neighboring states. The main part of the island is covered mountain ranges and jungle, and millennial forests are the oldest in the world. Plants and animals that are the most predatory on the planet have been recorded on the island.

The largest orangutan in the world lives in Borneo, and some species of giant plants are able to eat not only an insect, but also a large predator. The main attraction of Borneo is the hanging cable car, 480 m long and 20 m high. It is from this height that all the beauties of this wild land open up.

Majestic Madagascar

The fourth place among the largest islands on the planet belongs to the incredible Madagascar. Described Island state covers an area of 587,000 km². Unique Feature Madagascar is the presence of absolutely amazing plants and animals that live on the island.

For several decades, world scientists have been trying to comprehend the secrets of an amazing state and study its nature, however, amazing Madagascar surprises every time with new wonderful discoveries.

Over 30 species of lemurs live on the island. The local population considers this animal sacred. According to legends, the soul of a dead person moves into a lemur and continues its journey on Earth.

The harshest island

closes TOP largest islands in the world- Baffin Island, located in, and covering an area of 507,451 km². Due to the harsh climate, the population of the described island is only 11,000 people. The nature of the Arctic North fascinates with its beauty.

Local residents - Inuit move on sled dogs and snowmobiles. And the amazing reindeer move around the city quite calmly, without fear of people. The island natives have their own language and sacred traditions of their ancestors, however, they are very literate and intellectually developed inhabitants, fluent in several languages and developing infrastructure in such harsh climatic conditions.

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