OPPO R9s, launches on October 19

As its precedessor, the R9s model will concentrate on having a top notch camera. To this end, R9s will be the first phone in the world to come with a IMX398 Sony camera sensor. We do not know much more, though, other than the camera will have 16 megapixels and an f/1.7 aperture. The phone’s CPU will be an 8-core Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 625, working with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of ROM. Phone’s battery will be a 3010mAh. We do not know whether or not will R9s Plus, R9s’ big brother, be released along with it or at a later date. Sim-unlock.net is a system that offers ...

A handful of gossip on Huawei Mate 9

Mate 9 is the most anticipated Huawei phone of the end of 2016 (people have too much money…). It is also the source of myriad of more or less accurate gossip. These are the newest ones:– it is unknown what kind of cameras will Mate 9 sport. At first, we heard it will have double 20mp cameras; then, the rumour changed to a 20mp main and 12mp secondary camera; again, that soon changed into an 8mp secondary camera,– whatever kind of camera will Mate 9 sport, the phone will charge very, very fast. Thanks to having Huawei’s Supercharge technology, Mate 9 will charge to ...

Leak of a new Xiaomi (probably) phone

Some say that it is a Redmi phone model, while others believe that it is a Xiaomi. The latter idea seems to have more merit, since the phone is built like a Xiaomi – for example, it has its power button and volume rocker both on the left side, like Xiaomi phones do. So, what have we learned so far about this phone of unsure origins?– that it has a nice looking, black case made of metal,– it will probably be equipped with a fingerprint scanner,– it will have 3GB RAM and 64GB ROM,– not to mention an 8-core, 2.2GHz CPU,– all of that will be run by an Android ...

Huawei Nova with 4GB RAM launched in China

Huawei revealed its Nova and Nova Plus mid-rangers during the Berlin IFA 2016. Now, right before its October release, the company launched the 4GB version of the Nova model – strictly for the China market. Huavei Nova’s specs are: – 5-inch IPS display, 1080 pixel res,– octa-core 2GHz Snapdragon 625 processor,– 4GB RAM, 32GB ROM, 128GB microSD,– 12MP rear camera, LED flash and f/2.2 aperture, 8MP selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture,– 3,020mAh battery,– fingerprint sensor,– Android 6.0 Marshmallow ...

Samsung temporarily halts production of Galaxy Note 7

Poor Note 7 just cannot get a break. First, its original copies started exploding soon after their release, the fault for which was being put on defective batteries of- this is an important detail – outsourced making. The great, first of this scale, action of recalling faulty phones took place, with Samsung replacing almost 2.5 milion devices worldwide. Alas!, even after that the reports of Galaxy Note 7 phones combusting have not ended. Just last week one exploded aboard a plane, causing the whole flight to be cancelled. That is why Yonhap, a korean news agency, announced that ...

Google discontinues Nexus line, concentrates on its own brand

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google, has stated that “the Google-branded phones are the future of the company”. In addition, during the Pixel smartphones announcement not a word was said about the Nexus line. According to the company, Google has no plans on producing any more Nexus devices. It is a bit strange, considering that, after what we’ve seen of Google Pixel and Pixel XL, the new brand devices do not differ much from the Nexus smartphones – just as their precedessors, they are limited availability devices that do not push the design standards ...

Blackview A8 Max – a good cheap phone

Blackview’s newest product is a low budget phone with a good design, $80 price and other assets, like being sold along with a plastic screen protector and a headset, relatively high quality of making, metal trim, well-fitting buttons etc. Specification: – 5.5 inch sceen, 720p,– 13mp main camera,– removable 3000mAh battery,– 4-core MTK6737 CPU,– 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM,– Android 6.0 OS. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Foxconn plans on selling its own smartphones

Internet website DigiTimes reports that the Taiwan company Foxconn plans on creating its own line of smartphones and selling them in Japan. Until now, the over one-million employees corporation is known mainly for producing phones for contractors such as Apple or Nokia, though they have already published InFocus, a low/mid-range phone released in Asia. We have yet to learn any details on the upcoming product. All we know is that Foxconn plans on releasing it in the first quarter of 2017 and that it will be produced by Sharp, Foxconn’s subsidiary. Sharp, bought over by Foxconn this ...

LYF Flame 7S, specification

Indian company LYF has been working on a new smartphone and now, two months after its precedessor called Flame 7, Flame 7S is available for sale. Here is its specification: – quad-core 1.5GHz processor,– 1GB RAM/8GB ROM, microSD card slot for up to 32GB ROM,– 4′ display, 480x800p,– 1800 mAh battery. The phone is available for buying offline in various retailer stores. Its cost is 3,499 INR. Tweet Vote on HN ...