#(minus lani and plus radio!)

[greatshell-rider]

Jerry battered away the soldier’s sword and whipped his sword back, knocking the hilt into their jaw and stunning them. He kicked them in the chest, sending them stumbling back into their fellows. In this close-quarters fighting, even that created a brief opening, a moment of respite, for Jerry to wipe the sweat trickling into his eyes and back up a few paces, give him some space—

His back hit Radio’s leg, and both jumped apart—Jerry nearly landing himself directly into the swing of another soldier. He barely got his sword up in time, yet the blow still jarred nastily up his arm. A second soldier joined the first, attacking him in tandem. Teeth gritted, Jerry gave ground slowly, all his attention focused on keeping them away from the dragon. If Jerry fell and they got their hands on him . . .

“Back!” he shouted to Radio, who still cowered uncertainly. “Move, dammit!”

The dragon scrambled away, clambering over rocks and squeezing between foliage. Jerry followed, managing to dispatch one of the soldiers only for another to take their place. At least the uneven footing hindered them as much as it did Jerry—for now. Soon, their numbers would overpower him, unless he could get that damned lizard to do something.

Radio hesitated as the trail narrowed into a tunnel carved through the rock. Jerry couldn’t tell if it was big enough for the dragon, but—he exchanged a fierce flurry of blows with one soldier and dodged a stab to his stomach by another—there wasn’t a choice.

“Go!” he bellowed, gesturing wildly, and Radio plunged into the tunnel with Jerry close on his tail, the soldiers following after with angry shouts—but jammed briefly at the entrance before forced into single-file.

The tunnel was short. Radio had to squeeze through a tight spot, then burst out into a wider area. Jerry crouched and scooped a rock off the ground, chucked it at the head of the nearest soldier, then hurried out, head swiveling as he took in their situation. Radio stood a short distance away, head craned up, forced to stop as the canyon trail came to a dead-end, sheer rock walls preventing further retreat.

“Fuck,” Radio panted, his breath coming short and panicky. “Fuck, fuck, fuck!” He whirled a circle, eyes darting wildly, and a growl rumbled from his chest. “There’s no way out!” He instinctively flared his wings. 

“Don’t!” Jerry yelled, but too late, the charm activated and magic crackled down Radio’s wings. Radio shrieked in pain, wings flopping uselessly down his sides, and he keened quietly, huddling against the wall.

Jerry cursed and started towards him, but checked himself, his training screaming at him not to turn his back on the soldiers racing down the tunnel. He jerked back around, scanning the tunnel exit, looking for anything he could do, could use, to slow their coming. On one side, a jumble of tight-packed dirt and rocks from a long-ago rockslide, with a crooked little tree growing sideways out of it, was his immediate best guess. But it was far too large for him to push over . . . for him.

“Radio, I’m sorry, but I need your help,” he yelled, running to the side of the rockslide and pressing his shoulder to the loosest-looking section. Radio staggered to his feet.

Pounding feet on stone.

“Radio!” The dragon threw himself over to Jerry’s side and roared, slamming his body against the rocks. His head snaked around and jaws opened to clamp down on the tree, ripping its roots free and throwing the whole of it down before the exit, bashing the head of the front soldier and forcing them to stumble back. A second later, the top half of the rockslide crumbled down, half-covering up the opening.

“Again!” Jerry threw his meager weight against the rest of the stones, Radio repositioned and did the same, and grunting and swearing, the two shoved more rocks and dirt over the opening, creating a shitty half-decent barrier that would give them a minute, two at best, before the soldiers managed to either climb over or dismantle it.

One minute to get out, or come up with another plan.

Jerry stumbled back, picking up his sword where he’d dropped it and wiping the blood and dust off it on the bottom of his tunic. He was jittery from nerves and excitement, and his head buzzed almost too much to think.

But he had to. “Okay,” he said aloud, forcing the words out, forcing the whirling thoughts in his head to assemble into something like order. “Okay. That was—that’s something.”

“It’s nothing,” Radio said. He sank slowly down on his haunches beside the remnants of the rockslide, staring at the barrier. “We’re stuck here.” He winced and clutched at his foreleg where it had gotten cut earlier, squeezing hard enough for blood to trickle down his green scales.

Jerry stepped forward. “Are you alright?”  

“I’m fine,” Radio said shortly. He was shaking. The strange beetle-like device stuck stubbornly to his shoulder sparked, and a twitch shuddered down his wing. “I just don’t see how we can survive this.”

“We’ll get it off you, somehow,” Jerry said, reaching a hand towards the device. As his hand neared, the pupils of Radio’s eyes thinned to slits and he snapped at Jerry’s hand, narrowly missing his fingers before Jerry snatched his hand away.

“Don’t fucking touch me!” Radio snarled, and Jerry stepped back, eyes wide. Then Radio blinked and dipped his head, immediately contrite. “Sorry. I don’t know why I—why I did that—”

But Jerry hadn’t been scared. His heart was racing, sure, but adrenaline burned through his blood already. “No, I’m impressed,” he blurted.

The soldiers in the tunnel had paused at the roar, but now they resumed digging in earnest. Radio tipped his head at Jerry skeptically.

Jerry said hurriedly, “I am! Radio, I know you don’t know how to fight—”

“I don’t want to fight,” the dragon corrected. “I don’t like it.”

Jerry huffed. “Right. But, Radio, look at what you just did!” He gestured to the barrier. “Admit it or not, you can help in a fight! You can be scary.”

Radio scowled at the barrier. Two of the soldiers had begun poking their swords out over the top of the barrier, waving them in the hopes of hitting something, Jerry guessed. Moodily, Radio reached a forefoot over and plucked one blade, then the other, free of their owners and tossed them over his shoulder, metal plinking unpleasantly against stone. The soldiers shouted and shuffled backwards, though Radio did nothing more.

Jerry gestured with his sword. “See?”

Radio snorted, smoke puffing from his nostrils, but turned reluctantly towards Jerry. “Fine. I guess . . . there’s no other choice, is there?” He gave the stone walls a critical look-over, and looked longingly to the sky, so cruelly wide and opening.

“This is their fault,” Jerry said, nodding to the charmed device. “The wizard put that on you. They sent these soldiers. They’re here to drag you back. Put more charms on you.”

Radio growled, lip curling back just enough to expose some teeth, and for more smoke to trickle out.

“There is a choice,” Jerry pushed. “Either we let them do that, or we fight.”

“And kill them.”

“And fucking kill these bastards.”

Radio tapped his claws in a rhythmic pattern. “I can get behind that. Very well. What do you want me to do?” He grimaced as he said it, and admitted, “I don’t know what I can do.”

Jerry laughed. If he hadn’t been holding his sword, he might’ve started rubbing his hands together. He felt like Lani right now. “What can you do?” he marveled. “Radio, you’re a fucking dragon. What can’t you do?”

“Would you like a list,” Radio said acidly, “or . . .”

Jerry shook his head and pointed at the barricaded exit. “Here, try this. Use that fire and burn them to a crisp.”

Radio got to his feet and shuffled over to stand in front of the barrier, lifting his head to peer down the gap at the top. “There’s only three of them up here at the front,” he said doubtfully. “I can’t get them all in one blast, the others will move out of the way . . .”

“Trust me,” Jerry said. “I’ll tell you what to do next.”

“Right, trust the human,” Radio muttered, then took a wide stance and breathed in deeply. Jerry couldn’t help grinning as a warm glow brightened against the scales of Radio’s belly, then arched up his chest and neck, for a stream of orange flames to surge out of Radio’s maw and crash down onto the soldiers’ heads.

They screamed, and the fire faltered, but Jerry eagerly stepped up beside Radio. “Keep going,” he encouraged, watching greedily. “When it’s done, don’t wait. Break the wall down.”

Radio rumbled in acknowledgement and moved closer as the flames began to slow, pushing the tail-end of them into the tunnel. Once the last flame flickered out, he reared up and slammed his forefeet down on the barrier, crumbling the stones. A few more swipes of his claws, and a sizable hole emerged.

Radio stumbled back. “Now what?” he panted.

Jerry marched past him. “Anything gets past me—” No, nothing was getting past him. No one was touching Radio again. “Just keep breathing fire whenever you can. Stay safe. I’ll take care of the rest.” Jerry stepped into the passage.

“Just keep breathing fire . . . Jerry? Jerry! You’re in there too!”

“Trust me!” Jerry yelled without turning. He kicked aside an ashen corpse and sliced through the neck of a half-burnt soldier slumped against the wall, then stalked deeper inside, lifting his sword in greeting as the recuperating soldiers rushed him. In the tunnel, they were forced to come at him one at a time.

Where before Jerry had fought defensively, desperately, now he moved without fear. He smashed through the front soldier’s clumsy guard and jabbed up underneath their arm in a gap in their armor, then shoved them into their fellows. Listening to the growing hiss behind him, Jerry quickly backed away, passing the burned corpses from before. The soldier next in line swore and pushed past the one crying in pain, darting for Jerry right as—

Jerry ducked, pressing himself against a corner of the tunnel and ruined barrier a heartbeat before another blast of fire shot from Radio’s gullet, missing Jerry’s head by a hair and bathing the pursuing soldier in flames. This time, Jerry got a close-up view of the barbeque, and he sucked the stench of it down his throat and bared his teeth.

The screams ended before the fire-breath did, so there was that. Jerry was on his feet the moment it was clear again, and marching down the tunnel once again. Radio was right. He’d been lucky the same trick had worked even a second time, and only because that soldier had been too pissed off to think straight, but the rest would be cautious now. Even out of range of Radio’s fire-breath, his continued blasts would keep the enemy wary.

They were scared now.

Jerry sneered as he brought up his blade.

Good.

[chrancecriber]

Antenne Vorarlberg Chillout Lounge (August 15, 2023)

23:58 Nora En Pure - Oblivion (Extended Mix) 23:55 Sam Feldt Feat. Deepend & Teemu - Runaways 23:51 Schiller - Midnight In Shiraz 23:47 Shallour & Riah - Lie 23:44 Depeche Mode - Goodnight Lovers 23:40 Nora Van Elken - Interstellar 23:37 Kidsø - Finja 23:32 Perfect Silence - Di (Original Mix) 23:29 Edx - Neptune 23:25 Lions Head - Begging (Rami Remix) 23:22 Riva Starr Feat. Imaginary - Ride This Sound 23:19 Tiësto - The Motto 23:16 The Alan Parsons Project - Mammagamma (Instrumental) 23:13 Sam Feldt Feat. Lateshift - The Riddle 23:06 Jean-michel Jarre - Equinoxe, Pt. 4 23:02 Alphawezen - Out Of Sight 22:58 Bolier & Leandro Da Silva - Floripa (Extended) 22:51 Dale Anderson Feat. Anil Chawla - Pimento Grove 22:46 White Elephant - Sir John 22:44 Nora En Pure - Wetlands 22:41 Daniel Portman - Sensual Desires 22:31 Antenne Vorarlberg Chillout 22:27 Hearts & Colors - Lighthouse (Andrelli Remix) 22:24 Blank & Jones Feat. Mick Roach - Magnolia 22:19 Schiller - Ultramarin 22:14 Faithless Feat. Nathan Ball & Caleb Femi - I Need Someone 22:10 Blank & Jones - Into The Sun 22:03 Plus Minus - Meeting Of The Worlds 21:59 Alex Breitling - Faith 21:52 David Hohme - Fear Less (Hraach Remix) 21:49 Avicii - For A Better Day 21:45 Lucy Neville - Shameless 21:42 Mousse T. - Boyfriend (Alle Farben Remix) 21:38 Derrick - Love Away 21:35 Kryder & Natalie Shay - Rapture 21:31 Lstn - Sïstër 21:25 Nora En Pure - Don't Look Back (Extended Mix) 21:22 Audien - Blue 21:17 Flamingo Star - Lost In Music 21:12 Tinlicker Feat. Roos Jonker - Come Back Home 21:06 Anrey - The Forgotten (Extended Mix) 21:01 Jacob Gurevitsch - Lovers In Paris 20:58 Sofi Tukker & John Summit - Sun Came Up (Radio) 20:55 Blank & Jones - Coastline 20:51 Rithma - The Return 20:48 Purple Disco Machine - Hypnotized 20:45 George Geccoo Feat. Maik Pinto - Dolce Vita 20:39 Tom Odell - Another Love (Zwette Edit) 20:32 Colyn - Lightyears 20:28 Maxim Lany Feat. Freya Alley - Anymore 20:23 Velvet Lounge Project - Dimelo Tu (Mix And Magix Remix) 20:18 Tinlicker Feat. Hero Baldwin - Rebirth 20:13 Beanfield - Planetary Deadlock 20:09 Nora En Pure - Stop Wasting Time 20:05 P. Lion - Happy Children (Special Remastered ) 20:00 L' Art Mystique - Le Jardin Secret (Original Mix) 19:57 Rosa Linn - Snap 19:54 Olga Scheps - How Much Is The Fish? 19:50 Bedouin Soundclash - Brutal Hearts (Flicflac ) 19:48 Nora Van Elken - Honshu 19:44 Emily Burns - Im So Happy 19:41 Michael Gray & Shelly Poole - Borderline (Lee Muddy Baker Acoustic Mix) 19:38 Gamper & Dadoni Feat. Joe Jury - Satellites 19:35 Eelke Kleijn - Midnight Affair (Samaha Slow Edit) 19:30 Stefano Saletti & Piccola Banda Ikona - Tagama 19:23 Le Roy - See The Light Ahead (Extended Mix) 19:19 Rameses B - Never Forget (Original Mix) 19:16 Tomas Skyldeberg - Outside The Window 19:12 Loud Luxury Feat. Morgan St. Jean - Aftertaste 19:08 Mikael Delta - The Last Storm Of Words 19:01 Valeron - Jamal 18:57 Lstn - Sky & Sand 18:53 Sphere - I Fly Away 18:50 Avaion, Paulwetz, Nu Aspect Feat. Yuma - Sleepless 18:46 Jako Diaz & Margret - Mirror 18:43 Tenfold Loadstar - Sun And Rain 18:39 Bronson Feat. Lau.ra - Heart Attack 18:32 Edx - Conundrum 18:25 Fc Kahuna - Hayling 18:21 Passenger 10 - The Lonely Boy Who Wanted To Make Friends 18:17 Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes 18:14 Glockenbach - Dirty Dancing 18:11 Felix Jaehn Feat. Zoe Wees - Do It Better 18:08 Alan Walker Feat. Gavin James - Tired 18:05 Colorblast - Message In A Bottle (Colorblast Version) 18:03 Lucas Estrada & Henri Purnell & Neimy - In My Fantasy 17:59 Five Seasons - In Your Town 17:54 Deep Dive Corp. Feat. Dennis Le Gree - Water 17:51 Sons Of Maria - Always 17:45 Schiller Mit Moya Brennan - Falling 17:43 Dj Antoine Feat. Ablai - My Corazon (Dj Antoine Vs Mad Mark 2k21 Mix) 17:40 Vize & Alan Walker Feat. Leony, Edward Artemyev - Space Melody (Edward Artemyev) 17:34 Leftfield - Melt 17:31 Sum Wave - Milkyway 17:26 Frank Borell - Epic Dreams (Fifty Shades Of Dreams Mix) 17:23 Blank & Jones Feat. Kyle Pearce - All Of Me 17:16 Beyhude - Akasha 17:14 Zonderling Feat. Josh Cumbee & Damon Sharpe - Lifetime 17:11 Feder & Ofenbach Feat. Dawty Music - Call Me Papi 17:08 Eli & Fur - Come Back Around 17:02 Maestro & Cabal - Clifton Bay 16:58 Kid Massive, Yuji Ono, Dtale - Pray (Wolf Krew Remix) 16:53 Cecilia Krull - Agnus Dei (Benny Benassi & Bb Team Remix) 16:48 Agnostica - Lost 16:46 Buchs Feat. Nokyo - Cheverolet 16:41 David Guetta, Robin Schulz, Cheat Codes - Shed A Light (Blank & Jones Remix) 16:38 Rita Ora Feat. Alesso - Anywhere 16:33 Avira & Kiko Franco Feat. Nathan Nicholson) - Ocean 16:28 Bush - Letting The Cables Sleep (The N.o.w. Remix) 16:21 Boral Kibil & Gulec - Lost Language 16:18 Lost Frequencies Feat. 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Filburt - Place Of Love (Mp Edit) 13:28 Bliss - End Titles 13:21 Monolink - Don't Hold Back 13:15 Antennasia - First Flight (Lemongrass Remix) 13:08 Bay Area - Dolphin Rider (Pianodreamsession) 13:06 Edx - Ecletric (Mixed) 13:00 Aaron Mcclelland, Marianne - Lets Get Physical (Touch & Go Laidback Dub) 12:57 Nora Van Elken - Okinawa 12:54 Consoul Trainin Feat. Steven Aderinto & Duoviolins - Obsession 12:49 Lux - Northern Lights 12:46 Blank & Jones Feat. Jan Loechel - Beautiful Life 12:43 Mike Candys & Séb Mont - What's On Your Mind 12:36 Claptone - No Eyes Feat. Jaw 12:33 Backstreet Boys - Chances (Instrumental) 12:29 Schiller & Peter Heppner - Leben... I Feel You 12:25 Patrick Baker - Call Me Up (Original Mix) 12:22 Chaël Feat Kaii - Don't Speak 12:18 Kygo & Whitney Houston - Higher Love 12:11 Atb - No Fate 12:06 Lstn - Times Of Sorrow 11:59 Stan Kolev, Yuji Ono - Try (Original Mix) 11:55 Portishead - Revenge Of The Number 11:53 Neptunica & Lunax - We Don't Even Talk Anymore 11:50 Depeche Mode - Uselink 11:48 Max Johann & Layrz - Tell It To My Heart 11:45 The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card 11:37 Burudu - Sun Theory (Original Mix) 11:34 Mike Candys & Jack Holiday - Saltwater (Rework) 11:30 Above & Beyond Feat. Zoe Johnston - We're All We Need 11:26 Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle 11:19 Firtz Kalkbrenner - Golden (Fideles Remix) 11:16 Rihanna Feat. Mikky Ekko - Stay 11:12 Kygo With Avicii & Sandro Cavazza - Forever Yours (Tribute) 11:08 Gardenstate & Bien - The Best Part 11:02 Guenter Haas - Look Inside Yourself 10:57 Atb & Anova - Route 66 10:54 Wave Wave Feat. Evie - Real 10:50 State Of Sound - Wake Up Where You Are 10:48 Hugel - Can't Love Myself (Feat. Mishaal& Lpw) 10:43 Three Drives On A Vinyl - Greece 2000 (Sebastian Davidson & Melosense Remix) 10:38 Maa, Seven24, R.i.b. - Frozen 10:34 Alina Baraz & Galimatias - Fantasy (Felix Jaehn Remix) 10:32 Möwe - Bad Intentions 10:27 Beth Orton - Central Reservation 10:23 Alok Feat. John Martin - Wherever You Go 10:20 Sam Feldt - Be My Lover 10:17 Tomas Skyldeberg - Chillin With You 10:10 Blond:ish Feat. Shawni - Wizard Of Love 10:05 Espresso Del Lago - Come On 09:58 Armen Miran - Nani Jan 09:56 Steve Forest, Te Pai - Never Gonna Give You Up 09:49 Relaxraum - Endless Horizons 09:46 Chicane Feat. Bryan Adams - Don't Give Up 09:41 Schiller & Tricia Mcteague - Guardian Angel 09:37 Mandalay - Beautiful 09:34 Majestic & Boney M. - Rasputin 09:31 Ck West - Aldebaran 2021 09:26 Armin Van Buuren, System F - Exhale (Tim Besamusca's Lounge Mix) 09:24 Sans Souci - Fenton 09:15 Tactful - No Fear 09:12 Vamero & Lizot - Bleeding Love 09:03 Blond:ish Feat. Bahramji - Omnipresent 09:00 Klingande, Stevie Appleton - Sinner 08:57 Edx Feat. Jess Ball - Take Me Home 08:53 Loud Luxury - Cold Feet 08:49 Bebo Best & The Super Lounge Orchestr - Come As You Are 08:46 Klingande, Wrabel - Big Love 08:35 Monkey Safari - Hi Life (Cheeky Bold Cover) 08:30 Kosheen - Hungry 08:26 Fritz Kalkbrenner - Daylight Is Falling 08:23 Shapov & Avian Grays Feat. Kifi - Light Up The World 08:17 Mahoroba - Soft Breeze (On Air Mix) 08:14 Jan Blomqvist & Bloom Twins - High On Beat (Sofi Tukker Remix) 08:08 Mads Arp Featuring Julie Harrington - Alive 08:02 Rodg - Heights 07:57 Monolink - Harlem River 07:54 Blank & Jones - Fall In Love 07:50 Paul Oakenfold, Bolier, Luis Fonsi - The World Can Wait (Bolier Remix) 07:48 Alle Farben & Flynn - I Need To Know 07:44 Armin Van Buuren & Garibay Feat. Olaf Blackwood - I Need You 07:41 Nora En Pure - Sign Of The Times 07:35 Twocolors - Together 07:30 Nor Elle - Dubsolution 07:26 Armin Van Buuren Feat. Jake Reese - Need You Now 07:23 Kyla La Grange - Cut Your Teeth 07:19 Alphawezen - Gai Soleil 07:16 Nora Van Elken - Heaven Is A Place On Earth 07:11 Orbient - Transition 07:07 Christopher Von Deylen - Heliotrope 07:03 Sanah - Invisible Dress (Maro Music X Skytech Remix) 07:00 Era - Ameno 06:53 Hraach & Armen Miran - Nowhere 06:50 Lost Frequencies & Mathieu Koss - Don't Leave Me 06:41 Worakls - Nocturne 06:39 Hbz, Anna Grey & Agent Zed - Aloha Hey 06:32 Consolidation Feat. Moguai - Ode To Joy 06:29 Blank & Jones Feat. Coralie Clément - Jardin D'hiver 06:26 Together Alone - Let Go 06:19 Rìfìs Du Sol - On My Knees (Oliver Schories Remix) 06:14 Arnej - People Come, People Go (Chillout Mix) 06:10 Ec Twins, Oda Loves You - Wonderful Life 06:07 Sixth Finger - If I Can't Have You 06:04 Sans Souci - Condor 05:59 Hein Klein & Cheyenne - Every Breath You Take 05:54 Loui & Scibi Feat. Nuwella - Your Love (Ian Tosel Remix) 05:51 Armin Van Buuren Feat. Angel Taylor - Make It Right (Trinix Remix) 05:48 Kygo & Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It 05:43 Croquet Club - Awake 05:40 Topic Feat. Nico Santos) - Home (Alle Farben Remix) 05:37 Alex Zind Feat. Lisa Schwab - Cruel Summer 05:29 Pet Shop Boys - Love Etc. (Gui Boratto Mix) 05:22 Beyhude - Alabora 05:17 Rìfìs Du Sol - Alive (Anyma Remix) 05:12 Lux - Golden 05:09 Bernward Koch - Flowing Colors 05:06 Edx - Missing 05:03 Alan Walker Ahrix - End Of Time 04:59 The Hitmen - Turn Off The Lights 04:55 The Alan Parsons Project - Lucifer 04:51 Arty Feat. Cimo Fränkel - Daydreams (Sultan Shepard Echoes) 04:48 Nora En Pure - Life On Hold 04:44 Kygo Feat. Maty Noyes - Stay 04:38 Röyksopp & Jamie Irrepressible - The Next Day (Mind Against Remix) 04:33 Robin Schulz - Moonlit Sky (With The Void Pacific Choir) 04:30 Lissa, Freddy Verano - Move Like Me 04:24 Airstream - Your Tears (Del Mar Mix) 04:19 Shakedown - At Night (Afterlife Remix) 04:15 Xillions - Somebody Like Me 04:10 Lyke - Stay With Me 04:05 Alex Christensen & The Berlin Orchestra - Infinity 04:03 Tiësto & Karol G - Don't Be Shy 04:00 Le Shuuk Feat. Xilions - Goodbye 03:56 Elmara - Sky In Your Eyes 03:52 Trinix - Vision Deluxe 03:46 Deep Dive Corp. & Setsuna - Transatlantic 03:44 Julian Perretta - Miracle 03:41 R3hab X Lukas Graham - Most People 03:39 Sum Wave - Passing Clouds 03:34 Ganga - Time Spent 03:30 Cosmic Soul & Tom Novy - Like A Dream 03:27 Nora En Pure - Branches 03:25 Lost Frequencies Feat. James Blunt - Melody 03:19 Röyksopp Feat. Susanne Sundfør - If You Want Me 03:15 Kadebostany - Save Me 03:12 Sans Souci - Take My Breath Away (Original Mix) 03:09 Lunax & Zana - Gone Tomorrow 03:03 Camiel - Take Me To This Place 02:57 Monolink - Otherside (Club Mix) 02:54 Trinix - Soweto 02:49 Rodg - Life Is Life (Chill Mix) 02:45 Mandala Dreams - Mirror Lake 02:39 Lamb - Wonder 02:34 Fous De La Mer - Conmigo 02:31 Dizkodude & Dj Antoine - Your Eyes (Dj Antoine Vs Mad Mark 2k21 Summer Mix) 02:29 Dj Antoine & Flip Capella Feat. Evelyn - Dark Love 02:25 Federico Aubele - Postales 02:22 Gestört Aber Geil & Anna Grey - Thank You 02:18 Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You 02:13 Enui - Adieu (Arielle Lb Remix) 02:09 Thomas Gold Feat. Bright Sparks - Seventeen 02:05 Stone Van Brooken, Henri Pfr - Tarida (Original Mix) 02:01 Lstn - Floral Decor 01:57 Sons Of Maria - Elevate 01:53 Thievery Corporation - Bario Alto 01:49 John Summit & Hayla - Where You Are 01:38 Cell - Above The Clouds (Live Version) 01:35 Loud Luxury & Bryce Vine - I'm Not Alright 01:32 Brando - Don't Call Me (Galantis Remix) 01:28 Dvine - Unknown Reality 01:23 Chris Malinchak - So Good To Me 01:20 Twopilots - Take My Breath Away 01:17 Blank & Jones - Wyb (Deeper) 01:14 Italobrothers - Stay 01:10 Claptone Feat. Dizzy - Queen Of Ice Queen Of Ice 01:05 Nardis - Sunrise 01:01 Pretty Pink Feat. Mark V - Don't Dance 00:58 Shaun Frank & Takis Feat. Shells - Don't Say I Love You 00:52 Sven Van Hees - Ocean Jive 00:49 Alok, Zeeba And Iro - Ocean 00:47 Alok Feat. Alida - Love Again 00:43 The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This 00:41 James Carter & Ofenbach Feat. James Blunt - Can't Forget You 00:34 Avira & Diana Miro - The Worship (Mark Knight Extended) 00:30 Mr. Probz - Waves 00:28 Tiësto & Ty Dolla $ign - The Business, Pt. Ii 00:23 Boozoo Bajou - Lava 00:20 Munich Monstrs - Shine 00:17 Nto (Fr) Feat. Sofiane Pamart - Invisible (Piano Version) 00:13 Klangperlenspiel - Before The Sunrise 00:09 Sum Wave - Goodbye Earth 00:08 Christopher Von Deylen - Arco Iris 00:03 Lelo - On Your Mind (Lemongrass India Mix)

[smartphonehrvatska]

Samsung je ovog proljeća ponudio čak tri Galaxy S10 modela, što i priliči jubilarnoj 10. generaciji njihova flagshipa. Prvi kojeg sam obradio je onaj u sredini imena Galaxy S10, a više zajedničkog ima s većim Galaxyem S10+. Je li Galaxy S10 najbolji u trojcu, doznajte iz ove iscrpne recenzije. 

SPECIFIKACIJE

Samsung Galaxy S10

dimenzije

masa

149.9 x 70.4 x 7.8 mm

157 g

zaslon

6,1” Dynamic AMOLED 1440 x 3040 (~550 ppi); HDR10+; Gorilla Glass 6

CPU

GPU

8x Exynos 9820 @ max 2.73 GHz

Mali-G76 MP12

RAM

8 GB

podatkovni prostor

128/256/512 GB + microSD

glavna kamera

     selfie kamera

12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm, 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS; 4K@60fp 12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telefoto), 1/3.6″, 1.0µm, AF, OIS, 2x optički zum 16 MP, f/2.2, 12mm (ultrawide), 1.0µm; 

10 MP; 10 MP, f/1.9, 26mm (wide), 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF; 4K@30fps

povezivost

4G/LTE; WiFi; Bluetooth 5.0; GPS; NFC; Wi-Fi hotspot; 

baterija

Li-ion 3400 mAh integrirana;  15W brzo punjenje, bežično punjenje, Wireless PowerShare

OS

Android 9.0 + Samsung One UI

DIZAJN I ERGONOMIJA

Vodeći se logikom da ne mijenjaš ono što je dobro, Galaxy S10 ima dizajn vrlo nalik na onaj s lanjskog Galaxya S9 pa i Galaxya S8 prije njega. Tehno sendvič kojeg čine zaobljeno Gorilla 6 staklo sprijeda i Gorilla Glass 5 straga te nikad ljepši metalni okvir ponovno je tu i to sasvim onim otvorima i gumbima koje volimo pa i onom jednim bez kojeg bi preživjeli (mhm Bixby). 

6.1-inčni zaslon lani je bio na S9+, a ove godine tako prostran zaslon ima S10, dok S10+ ide do još viših 6.4 inča. Mesa oko ekrana je nikad manje pa S10 zaista izgleda fantastično. Ipak ta je ljepota danak platila uklanjanjem notifikacijske LED-ice, za koju je je realno bilo mjesta, no prihvatite da je nema i nadajte se da će Samsung prema nekim glasinama, iskoristiti mogućnosti AMOLED zaslona kako bi nam budućim nadogradnjama osigurao nekakav vid notifikacijskog svjetla. 

U malo prostora ispod zaslona nema ničega, a gore uz sam okvir smjestio se procjep s frontalno usmjerenim zvučnikom, koji s onim na donjem bridu osigurava jako dobar stereo zvuk. 

Selfie kamera je unaprijeđena u svakom pogledu, a viri iz otvora u gornjem lijevom uglu zaslona u tom sve modernijem hole punch stilu. 

Na lijevom boku ćete pronaći tipku kontrole glasnoće i tipku Bixby, koju napokon možete i reprogramirati. Na suprotnoj strani je gumb za uključivanje/isključivanje postavljen prilično visoko za moj gušt ali ne toliko da da mi je nesavladiv.

Na vrhu su telefona hibridna ladica za dvije nano SIM kartice ili nano SIM i microSD te sekundarni mikrofon.

Dolje su USB C, glavni mikrofon, još jedan zvučnik i 3.5mm audio izlaz za slušalice, koji je danas sve veći ali cijenjeni raritet.

Oni koji su gledali moj unboxing ovog telefona, znaju da je s leđa bijeli i izgleda veoma lijepo. Tamo straga Galaxy S10 ima horizontalni modul kamere nalik na onaj s Galaxya Note9 ali s tri oka i standardnom LED bljeskalicom te onim optičkim pulsmetrom.

Taj modul kamere neznatno strši, a kad ga umotate u nekakvu zaštitnu maskicu pa i onu najtanju više neće. Svejedno, ne možemo se ne zapitati ne bi li bilo bolje da je taj djelić milimetra deblji pa da ta kamera ne strši nimalo, a da je zato dobio još jaču bateriju.

Čitača otisaka straga nema jer je on ugrađen pod zaslon, no o njemu čitajte u nastavku.  

Dojam kvalitete izrade je na nikad višoj razini, a opet je vodootporan po certifikatu IP68 i tako može pod vodu do dubine 1.5 metra na do 30 minuta. 

Gabaritima je Galaxy S10 meni osobno, a vjerujem i većini, idealne veličine. Ni prevelik ni premalen, u ruci leži lijepo pogotovo ako ga umotate u kakvu maskicu da manje klizi iz ruku. Samsung je svojim One UI sučeljem i gestama značajno olakšao korištenje jednom rukom.

ZASLON

Samsung je poznat po tome da ima najbolje zaslone na tržištu, a ovogodišnji Dynamic AMOLED paneli na cijeloj Galaxy S10 seriji ljestvicu podižu još više. Dotični Galaxy S10 ima takav zaslon praktički od ruba do ruba u formatu 19:9 i rezoluciji 1440 x 3040. Gornji okvir zaslona je minimalan zahvaljujući novom hole punch konceptu smještanja selfie kamere u otvor u zaslonu. Galaxy S10 i S10e imaju jednu, a S10+ dvije 10MP selfie kamere. 

Je li bolje imati notch ili ovakav otvor ili je pak najbolje selfie kameru skriti u nekakav iskočni ili klizni mehanizam je stvar osobnih preferencija. Meni osobno je posve svejedno pa mi tako ni ovaj koncept ne smeta iako mi je mali notch po sredini vrha zaslona kakav ima OnePlus 6T ipak nešto draži jer manje ometa stvari u statusnoj traci.

S 550ppi gustoće piksela, izuzetnu čitljivost pod kutom i vani na direktnom udaru sunca u to da ćete uživati buljiti u njega satima, ne morate uopće dvojiti. Fantastičan je.

Moguće ga je uključiti tapkanjem, podizanjem telefona pred lice ili pak skeniranjem otiska prsta novim ultrazvučnim čitačem koji je implementiran u sam zaslon, točnije ispod njega u dubini duše.

Dodatno unaprijeđeni Always ON štedljivi prikaz obavijesti tu je kako bi vam nadomjestio izostanak notifikacijske LED-ice.

Ono što me čudi je tvornički aplicirana zaštitna folija unatoč Gorilla Glass 6 staklu. Samsung to dosad nije radio, no ne bi vas trebala smetati.

Ukratko, zaslon Galaxya S10 je izvrstan.

KAMERE

Lanjski su Galaxy S9 telefoni bili opremljeni vrhunskim kamerama pa očekivati da su ove na Galaxyu S10 slabije, bilo bi suludo. Već rekoh kako je selfie kamera sprijeda smještena u rupu u zaslonu podebljana u odnosu na prethodnu 10MP senzorom i tvorom blende f/1.9. Jako bitan detalj vezan uz te selfie kamere je da su opremljene autofokusom, a vloggerima i likovima poput mene, veliki je plus što sad te selfie kamere snimaju i 4K video. 

Na leđima je ovdje ista nova trostruka kamera, kakvu ima Galaxy S10+ pa je to razlog više da ne trošite dodatne pare na njega. Tamo straga, horizontalno postavljene su tri kamere među kojima se sad pojavila i UltraWide širokokutna kamera, koja je je ono baš širokokutna u u kadar natrpa hrpu toga. Minus ove 16MP kamere je što nije optički stabilizirana i što ima fiksni fokus pa ju nećete moći iskoristiti za snimanje cool makro fotki iz velike blizine. 

Ove druge dvije 12MP, opremljene su OIS stabilizacijom i Dual Pixel autofokusom. Glavna opet ima varijabilni otvor blende f/1.5 ili f/2.4 te velike piksele od 1.4µm. Telefoto oko ima otvor blende f/2.4 i osigurava 2x optičko povećanje.

Ovom ćete kamerom snimati odličan 4K video sve do 60fps, Super SloMo pri 960 fps u 720p kvaliteti, a snima i poseban još oštriji HDR+ format videa. 

AI pomaže pri boljem kadriranju

Softver kamere je prilagođen novom One UI skinu, a dodane su i nove značajke. Uz automatiku i odličan autoHDR, nudi hrpu drugih specijaliziranih režima rada, među kojima i Profesionalni za ručne postavke balansa bijele, ISO vrijednosti, duljine ekspozicije pa i RAW format. 

Selektivni Fokus – Samsungov pandan portretima sa zamućenom pozadinom podržan je i straga sprijeda, dodan je i novi režim snimanja nazvan Instagram kojim ćete svoje uratke na toj društvenoj mreži objavljivati još brže. Ono što nedostaje, a danas je iz nekog razloga sve veći hit je Noćni režim za snimanje statičnih meta u mrčini. Možda ga Samsung doda nekom nadogradnjom, a možda vas za tim boli uho, kao i većinu. 

Kao i dosad okidati fotke i pokretati snimanje možete tipkama na zaslonu i na boku, gestama i glasom.

Kvalitetom fotografija Samsung staje bok uz bok s najboljima na tržištu i tu nema nikakve dvojbe, a kvalitetom videozapisa po meni i dalje nadmašuje sve osim možda Appleove iPhone, koji također snimaju izuzetno dobar i gladak video. 

U kvalitetu fotki i videozapisa, uvjerite se i sami iz priložene galerije.

Fotke u Punoj veličini

SOFTVER

Samsungovo novo One UI sučelje temeljeno na Androidu 9 već smo imali prilike isprobati, a funkcionalnije je i glađe no ikad dosad. Samsung je svoj dosadašnji skin prilagodio korištenju na uređajima s današnjim velikim zaslonima pa su svi interaktivni elementi pomaknuti dolje, a hrpa praktični gesti dodatno olakšava rad jednom rukom. 

Zaslon zaključavanja i sam je doživio blagi redizajn, a kako ga učiniti još funkcionalnijim, kao uostalom i cijelo novo One UI sučelje pogledajte u mojem videu s najboljim savjetima za Galaxy S10 korisnike. 

Početni zaslon prije svega ima nove ikonice, koje vam se sviđaju ili pak ne kao i novu navigacijsku traku ispod doka. Multitasking sada horizontalno prikazuje nedavno korištene aplikacije i nešto kompliciranije no prije omogućuje podjelu zaslona i rad u dvije aplikacije istovremeno. 

Pozdravljam vrlo praktične geste spuštanja Statusne trake bez potrebe za razvlačenjem prsta sve do vrha zaslona i uklizavanje u izbornik s aplikacijama pa i uključivanje zaslona podizanjem uređaja pred lice. Izgled sučelja, očekivano je moguće prilagođavati Samsungovim Temamama. 

Na krajnjoj lijevoj stranici Početnog zaslona zadano je opet Bixby – Samsungov virtualni asistent, koji me ovaj put čak i pozitivno iznenadio svojim Bixby Rutinama pa mi je automatski nudio zasebne postavke dok sam na poslu, dok sam kod kuće ili dok vozim, što bi se dalo iskoristiti. Ako Bixby stranicu ipak ne želite, možete je isključiti, a i tipku na boku je sad moguće reprogramirati. 

Galaxy S10 je s ovim novim sučeljem i 8GB RAM-a na raspolaganju bez dvojbe najglađi i najfluidniji Galaxy S dosad. Isprekidane animacije (lagovi) srezani su na minimum, no ako me pitate ima li prostora da bude još glađe, moj odgovor je pozitivan. Uređaj je tek krenuo u prodaju pa očekujem da će se nadolazećim nadogradnjama, fluidnost podići na 100%.

Iskustvo surfanja internetom koje nudi Galaxy S10 je fantastično. Zaslon je prostran i oštar, a jakim osvjetljenjem neće vas razočarati ni kad nešto morate sguglati na zvizdanu. Samsungova tipkovnica ove je godine još bolja, no osobno preferiram Gboard, kao što radije surfam Chromeom iako je Samsungov web preglednik Internet sam po sebi izvrstan i napucan dodatnim mogućnostima. 

Galerija kao i obično katalogizira sve foto i video uratke na jednom mjestu, a integrira i alat za uređivanje fotografija te videa prije dijeljenja s drugima. Vizualno je osvježena u novom One UI stilu.

Samsungovu aplikaciju Glazba morat ćete instalirati jer ne dolazi u zadanom paketu aplikacija. Još bolji i jači stereo zvuk kojeg S10 ispucava zvučnikom poviše zaslona i onim na donjem bridu jak je adut ovog telefona, baš kao i standardni 3.5 mm audio izlaz, kojeg se Samsung još nije odrekao. Podržan je i Dolby Atmos, a zvuk je zaista moćan i kvalitetan i kroz AKG sluše koje dobijete u paketu.

Priča po pitanju predinstaliranih aplikacija je tipična pa uz Googleov, predinstaliran je Microsoftov paket aplikacija, a od Samsungovih ćete najvjerojatnije koristiti Moje datoteke, Upravitelj telefona (integriran u Postavke), Smart Switch, Smart Things, Diktafon i slične. Sve prilagođene novom One UI dizajnu.

PERFORMANSE I BATERIJA

Tradicionalno, Samsung svoje top modele oprema najnovijim Snapdragonom ili vlastitim Exynosom, a mi na ovim prostorima isti tako tradicionalno dobijemo ove potonje. Ove godine sva tri Galaxy S10 modela pokreće Exynos 9820 s 8nm arhitekturom dok je Snapdragon 855 7-nanometarski čip pa bi time trebao biti u prednosti.

Novi je i grafički koprocesor, a RAM-a je u zadanom modelu više no ikad – punih 8GB dok je podatkovne memorije također raskošnih 128GB uz opcije 256 i 512GB s utorom za microSD kartice pod uvjetom da nećete koristiti dual SIM telefoniju.

Ponovit ću kako je Galaxy S10 u radu još glađi od svojeg prethodnika. Sve svakodnevne zadaće odrađuje šampionski premda će rijetko ali ipak hoće nešto malo trznuti u animacijama, što valjda primjećuju samo likovi poput mene. Jednako tako šampionski Galaxy S10 s lakoćom i glatko pokreće najmodernije gaming naslove poput Fortnitea, PUBG-a i sličnih, a jedino što bi vas moglo omesti u igranju je granična autonomija, o čemu čitajte malo niže. 

Kvaliteta poziva je na najvišem nivou, a isto vrijedi i z brzine mobilnog interneta. GPS poziciju na otvorenom određuje uredno i precizno. 

Čitač otisaka je na Galaxyu S10 i S10+ implementiran pod zaslon. Riječ je o navodno super sigurnom ultrazvučnom Qualcommovu čitaču, koji prepoznaje 3D otisak prsta, radi i dok je prst mastan od ćevapa. Sve to je super ali da je sporiji od onog tradicionalnog kapacitivnog kakav je Galaxy S9 nosio na leđima pa i onog optičkog pod zaslonom OnePlusa 6T isto stoji. Pomoći ćete si tako što ćete isti prst uskenirati nekoliko puta. Face Unlock prednjom kamerom je sad onaj vulgaris kojeg su u svijetu mnogi prevarili videom i fotkama lica vlasnika uređaja, no ja u tome nisam uspio. Možda mi je njuška prespecifična 🙂

Baterija je kapaciteta 3400 mAh i podržava Samsungovo 15W brzo punjenje, dok konkurencija sad već nudi i do 50W punjenje. Autonomijom me u ovih nešto više od tjedan dana nije naročito oduševio ali je ipak zadovoljio s nešto preko 5 sati uključena zaslona i neizostavnim punjenjem svaku noć. Oni koji su puno van kuće, van dometa Wi-Fi veza i oni koji se puno igraju, posegnut će za punjačem i u večernjim satima. Računam na to da bi se nadogradnjama i optimizacijama, dalo dobiti i bolju autonomiju od ove.

Uz spomenuto 15W žično punjenje koje od 0-100% traje 90 minuta, podržano je i brzo bežično punjenje pa i reverzibilno bežično punjenje drugih uređaja pod imenom Wireless Powershare, što je uglavnom tek trik ali može poslužiti ako ćete na njegovim leđima puniti neki od Samsungovih satova ili bežičnih slušalica dok ste na putu. 

OCJENA

Galaxy S10 je brat u sredini nove, jubilarne 10. generacije Galaxy S obitelji pametnih telefona i upravo u toj maniri nudi nešto više od Galaxya S10e, a nešto manje od Galaxya S10+ na vrhu. Preporučio bih ga svima onima koji žele prostran zaslon ali su im gabariti Galaxya S10+ ipak prevelik zalogaj. Galaxy S10 nudi najbolji zaslon na tržištu u dijagonali od 6.1 inča zaobljen po bokovima, izvrsne versatilne kamere i bez dvojbe najbolju selfie kameru na tržištu s podrškom za autofokus i 4K video.

Bogatom memorijskom konfiguracijom i performansama neće razočarati nikoga, a bogme ni dizajnom, koji je em prepoznatljiv em dodatno dotjeran novim bojama i s još manje prostora oko zaslona.

Kad tome pridodamo vodootpornost, stereo zvučnike, 3.5 mm audio izlaz pa i čitač otisaka pod zaslonom, posve je jasno da je Samsung ovdje ponudio najkompletniji uređaj na tržištu.

Očekivao sam nešto više od autonomije i brzog punjenja, no ni to nisu dovoljno jaki minusi da bih ga zbog njih zaobišao. 

Cijena je očekivano visoka, a na mobis.hr košta jednako koliko i Mate 20 Pro iz Huaweia. 

Sva tri nova Galaxy S10 modela pronađite u ponudi mobis.hr trgovine, a ovaj Galaxy S10 8/128GB kod njih košta 6999kn ili €944. 

  nedvojbeno najbolji zaslon na tržištu

dizajn i kvaliteta izrade

vrhunske performanse

bogata memorijska konfiguracija

izvrsne kamere na leđima

najbolja selfie kamera na tržištu

odlični stereo zvučnici + 3.5mm audio

podrška za microSD kartice*

USB OTG

ultrazvučni čitač otisaka pod zaslonom

podržano bežično punjenje baterije + Fast Charge + Wireless Powershare

dual SIM*

IP68 vodotporan

visoka cijena

autonomija je mogla biti i bolja

nema FM Radio (kome to smeta)

SAMSUNG GALAXY S10 VIDEO RECENZIJA

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Recenzija: Samsung Galaxy S10 Samsung je ovog proljeća ponudio čak tri Galaxy S10 modela, što i priliči jubilarnoj 10. generaciji njihova flagshipa.