Portrait mode feature have finally made it to iPhone 7 Plus.

Portrait mode wasn’t sufficiently polished to be released along with the 7 Plus model. It’s been released now, with iOS 10.1, but, to be honest, it is still not polished – released version is a beta one. Oh well, the best quality assurance is free quality assurance. Portraid mode uses 56mm lenses capture the image and then the 28mm ones to differentiate between the foreground and background, adding the depth of field in the process. It’s not easy to make a good photo using this mode – good lightning and proper, careful angles are neccessary – but so far, ...

Xiaomi launches in Poland.

Right until now, Xiaomi phones were available in Poland only thanks to a couple independent importers. Now, though, an ABC Data company had become Xiaomi’s official distributor in Poland. ABC Data will also take care of Xiaomi’s maintenance and marketing in the country. Phone’s users can let out a sigh of relief, since most of the phone’s components will be available to ABC Data, thus mostly removing the need to look for spare parts abroad. Right now, three Xiaomi models are available in Poland; Xiaomi Mi 5 – 1799pln, Xiaomi Redmi 3S – 699pln oraz Xiaomi ...

Xiaomi Mi 5S – a handful of news.

Xiaomi’s new flagship release, Mi 5S, will see store shelves on 27th September. It is Xiaomi’s tradition to tease some of their device’s features before release, and Mi 5S is no different. We already know the phone’s specification, and now Xiaomi has revealed two more details about their newest model: – Mi 5S’ AnTuTu score (AnTuTu is a benchmarking app for all the devices that run on Android) has been revealed to be 164119. This score is significantly larger than that of another latest release, Le Pro 3, which scored 163,546– Mi 5S will most ...

LeEco Le3 Pro, LeEco’s new flagship.

Specification: – 5’5 display, HullHD– Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 2,35 GHz, quad-core CPU– Adreno 530 GPU– two versions available: 6 GB/64 GB and 4GB/32GB– Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi 2,4/5 GHz, GPS and USB-C port– fingerprint scanner– 16mpx Sony rear camera and 8mpx front camera– Android 6.0 OS with EUI 5.8 interface implementedsize and weight – 51,4 x 73,9 x 7,5 mm, 175 gprice – depending on a version, either $270 or $300 Tweet Vote ...

Samsung issues updates to all the Galaxy Note 7 users, prompting them to exchange their phones.

Whenever a person powers up their Galaxy Note 7, or even simply recharges it, a warning message will appear on display, reminding the user that Note 7 is dangerous due to its melting battery and that the phone should be exchanged. This flood of messages, along with the autonomous updates that iPhone is going through now, might be enough to make even the biggest hardheads quit using the flawed phone. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Bling bling, a 24k gold-plated iPhone 7.

Released but a while ago, iPhone 7 has already gained much popularity among the customers, particulary the fancy Jet Black version, sporting a neat shade of black. The problem, though, is that this version is almost all but sold out, and the remaining supply is expensive, since only the 128GB and 256GB versions of the phone are available in JB. What in the world can a bling-hungry customer with too much money do in such a situation? Buy an iPhone 7 in golden casing. If that is not enough, said client can also have any shape he wants engraved into the phone with a laser. Price of such luxury ...

HTC Ocean will have a touch frame.

Korean company HTC prepares the release of its new flagship, HTC Ocean. The upcoming device will be equipped with a very rare feature, a touch frame, that will allow the user a wider degree of actions, e.g. controlling the sound’s volume. Unfortunately this, and the fact that Ocean will sport a double front camera, is all we know for now. Tweet Vote on HN ...