This one is a biggie! Weighing 737.5 megabytes, software update 2.42.617.1... has a suspiciously small changelog. All we are seemingly getting in it are the December Android Security patch and some unspecified system enhancements. There must be more to this update than meets the eye, but so far we do not know what could it be. We will let you know when ...

Hurray, I guess. After a large December update, this one is pretty small. Weighing 22 megabytes, firmware version A520FXXU4BRA8 brings with itself 91 Google fixes for the Android OS and 13 for the Samsung Experience OS. Right now the update is available only for the unbranded models. We do not know when will it become more widely available.

Like, really greatly. 50% of performance drain kind of greatly. Apple has recently released an iOS 11.2.2 update for iPhones. The update was supposed to protect the phones against a newly infamous Spectre vulnerability. Apple predicted that it will cause the phones' performance to drop, but numbers estimated were no bigger than 2.5% drop. Well... one Melvin ...

In a move that may annoy some of the less modernized iPhone users, Niantic, developer of Pokemon Go, decided to stop supporting devices that cannot run iOS 11. That includes iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPad mini, iPad 4, iPod touch 5 and earlier devices. iPhone 5s users ae lucky, as that phone supports iOS 11. This is what Niantic had to say on the subject: ”In ...

Samsung Galaxy J1 mini Prime is one of the cheapest Samsung phones sold. Hence, it may be a bit weird that it is a second Samsung phone to get January security update. Samsung's update policy is weird. Anyway, the update's content consists mainly of security fixes - five critical Android vulnerabilities, thirteen Samsung vulnerabilities and a bunch ...

Yaay, first Moto Mods of the year! So, what do we have here? Two new accessories: Lenovo Vital and Livermorium Slider Keyboard. Vital Moto Mod is a health accessory that can measure five vital signs, from respiratory rate to blood pressure. Slider Keyboard on the other hand is a QWERTY slider keyboard - perfect if you don't want to use the touch pad. ...

Alcatel has made an appearance on last week's CES 2018, where it talked about its three upcoming smartphone series - namely Alcatel 5, 3 and 1. We will have to wait until MWC 2018 to learn more about them, but we already know enough to get a glimpse of what will those devices be. Here is what we know. Alcatel 5 will be this year's Alcatel flagship, ...

Interesting? It should be. Honor 7X will be one of the first phones in its (relatively) low price range that will be equipped with a facial recognition security feature. None of the globally released mid-rangers yet can say that it has this feature. Facial recognition for Honor 7X will start working with the next software update. Well well, face ...

BlackBerry Motion, BB's first water-and-dust proof smartphone, is coming to the United States! Device will be sold unlocked via BestBuy and Amazon with a price tag of $449.99. Features of Motion include a mid-range specs such as 5.5', 1080p scratch-resistant screen, 8-core Snapdragon 625 CPU, 4GB RAM and a 4000mAh battery - all of it controlled by an Android ...

But at least it will be available in the US at all. Huawei has officially, and modestly, stated that ”We remain committed in this market now and in the future. U.S. customers need a better choice, and as a leader in technology and innovation, Huawei is prepared to fill this need”. The device will only be found in Huawei online stores and at authorized ...

Marshmallow is still the most popular Android OS, with 29.7% of Android users still running it, but Oreo is... well, ”catching up” is way too big a word, but it is slowly growing in popularity, reaching 0.7%. In comparison, last month it was only 0.2%. Nougat is still at 2nd place with 26.3% and Lollipop's still at third with 25.1%. That ...

The device has just been spotted on Samsung's official website, which means that it will be released soon. Galaxy J2 Pro (2018), available in three colour variants, will be up for sale for $145 starting next week; while the device may be released globally, it will start off small in a few selected markets. Whether or not will anyone want to actually ...