Another day, another update. This time October security patch hits Galaxy S6 edge model SM-G925F in the United Kingdom. Firmware version G925FXXU5EQI8 contains 215 Android OS and 6 Samsung software fixes - nothing major, just small improvements. While the update is only available in UK at the moment, it will reach other countries very soon.

Apple & LG are working on a foldable, so is ZTE and Samsung. Huawei has seemingly decided that it is time to pick up the slack and follow the other big companies' dream of making us happy with a passport-shaped phone. This news was confirmed by Huawei CEO Richard Yu himself, who, in an interview with CNET, stated that Huawei already has a working prototype ...

Samsung flagship phones support wireless charging for good few years now, yet the company has never decided to make wireless charger of its own. Until now, that is - Samsung-made wireless charger patent has just surfaced online. Device is described as using QI standard and able to work in both induction and resonant modes, with possibility of switching ...

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 sales very well. It is a great phone, with shiny specification and, importantly, safe. Unlike its predecessor... remember how Galaxy Note 7s used to blow up? And how one blew up on a plane, after which many airlines disallowed them from getting aboard? Samsung remembers. Spanish division of the corporation has just set up a very ...

Mr. Roland Quandt has found the yet to be released Nokia 2 in future offer of BHP Photo Video store. Store is supposedly going to be selling that phone for mere $99. Of course such low price bring with it correspondingly low specification: - 5' HD display, - Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 CPU, - Adreno 304 GPU, - 1GB RAM, 8GB storage memory, - 8mpx ...

We have had to wait until almost the end of October, but they are finally here; Galaxy Note 8's latest security update is rolling out in China right now. While there is no official global release date, it will happen eventually. This update brings with it 215 vulnerability fixes for Android OS as well as Samsung software. No new functionalities, but hey, ...

Some phones have to wait for the update (my last post on HTC U11), while some are getting it here and now. Starting today, October 23th, an OS upgrade is rolling out for every Xperia XZ Premium, updating the phone's operating system to the latest Android 8.0 Oreo. Among the new features of the update are: - tuning improvements to the front-facing ...

That is what @LlabTooFeR, one of the more well-known smartphone leaksters, claims. He believes that the update is reaching last stages of development as we speak, and should roll out by the end of November/early December. Upgrade to Oreo would be a huge deal, since U11 has been running on 7.1 Nougat since day 1. There are plans to upgrade HTC 10 and U Ultra ...

Benjamin Geskin, famous Samsung insider, has just released a juicy bit of gossip. Not only does he claim that Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus will both be released with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage; he also got his hands on what may be those devices' future logo. Older rumours by Geskin have us believe that S9 and S9+ will also come with microSD slot. European ...

Two HTC devices are said to be released on November 2nd. One of them is HTC U11 Plus, phone that I wrote about yesterday; another is U11 Life. Life is rumoured to be the first HTC smartphone sporting Android Ore; thanks to the leak by Roland Quandt (source unknown), we now have more info on the device than that: - 5.2' display, 1080p resolution, ...

According to cybersecurity company Symantec, eight Google Play apps have been infected by malware called Sockbot. Infected apps have already been removed, but not before they infected something between trifle six hundred thousand to two and a half million devices. Virus was hidden in various apps, many of them offering free Minecraft skins. Most of the downloads ...

Hurray. Sony's June flagship, Xperia XZ Premium, is getting a new colour variant. It is called Rosso, although I imagine most normal people will be calling it red instead. XZ Premium Rosso should go out for sale sometime in November. What else? As it turns out, Xperia XZ Premium's OS will stay quite up to date for a while, as Sony wants to update ...