In case anyone cares, one of the last year’s J-series Samsungs, Galaxy J7, will be receiving an OS update to Android 7.0 Nougat. Yaay. This information comes from GFXBench. Benchmark does not specify the date of the update. Right now, J7 (2016) is operating on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Monthly Archives: June 2017
Huawei Honor 9 will be unveiled on June 12th
It is official. Huawei is sending out invitations for a reveal event taking place in Shanghai, China on June 12th. While the invitation itself does not contain any information on the device itself, its TENAA listing from a while ago has already provided phone’s potential specification:– 5.15′ display, FHD,– 3,100mAh battery,– 4GB and/or 6GB RAM, 64GB internal storage,– Huawei Kirin 960 SoC,– 20mpx + 12mpx dual main camera, 8mpx rear camera,– Android 7.0 Nougat with EMUI,– price – rumoured to be roughly 300 bucks. ...
Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) coming to Germany. Will that be a full Europe release?
Galaxy J5 (2017) is an updated version of the 2015 entry-level smartphone. The device is said to be avaialble on Cyberport, a German online retailer store, on 22nd June. Samsung is silent on the topic, so we do not know whether or not this is the date when the phone will be released across whole of Europe. We also don’t have the slightest of ideas when will the other renewed J-series phones – J3 and J7 – make an appearance. I guess it’s time for the waiting ...
HMD confirms: Nokia 3, 5 and 6 will be getting Android O
We already know that all three Nokia phones will be coming out this month and globally, too. Now, HMD has revealed that all of them wil have their OS’ upgraded to Android O (Oreo?) as soon as the software is released. Pretty cool, right? Nokia is said to want to release three other phones than the 3, 5 and 6 this year. I wonder if these devices will also receive the Oreo upgrade. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Moto Z2 Play – specs, release date
Moto Z2 Play is a modified version of the Moto Z Play, last year’s mid-ranger. Z2 Play is quite similiar to its older, inferior brother, but there is also a number of differences that make this device noteworthy.Specification:– Moto Mods compatibility (duh),– Snapdragon 626 chipset, 8-core,– 3 or 4 GB RAM, 32 or 64GB storage,– 12mpx main camera,– Android Nougat 7.1.1,– 3.5mm headphone jack, USB – C port,– 3,000mAh battery (downgrade from Z Play’s 3510mAh),– slightly thinner and less weighty than the Z Play.The device is ...
Canadian carrier Telus will be selling BlackBerry KeyONE after all. Ha!
Turns out that quite a few people want BlackBerry KeyONE! Launch day demand for the device with large battery and a QWERTY keyboard is so large that it forced Telus, one of Canada’s larger carriers, to change its mind and offer the device to customers. Originally Telus did not plan on selling BB KeyONEs as it did not expect demand for the phone to be this large – company believed that only business users would want it. Free market has proven the company wrong, though, and Telus is now working on implementing BB KeyONE into its offer as soon as possible. Information on the ...
Android Pay now available in Canada
Android Pay is slowly expanding its reach. Starting in the US, it then rolled out in Russia, Taiwan, Spain and Brazil. Yesterday, the app debuted in the land of peace and snow known as Canada. Launch supports both MasterCard and Visa credit cards, with Interac joining on June 5th. American Express and Tangerine will become serviceable later this summer. Every phone with Android OS version 4.4 or higher will be able to house the app. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Russians are working on a new Skype
Everyone here knows Skype, right? One of the most popular instant messengers, allowing for a single and group chatrooms as well as video and audio calls. It is thanks to Skype that, for example, a citizen of Canada can talk to his bud working in Israel. Well, it looks like Russians have heard of Skype too and are now working on their own. Rostec (darn, a name like that can do in a sci-fi movie. Just change this c into a k or ck and voila), a Russian technology company that works on the ”Russian Skype”, has already shared a bit of info on their project. Function-wise, their ...
LG G6 Pro and G6 Plus to be launched by the end of June
According to etnews, a South Korean news site, LG is preparing to launch two new versions of the well-received LG G6 by the end of this month. ”End of June” is a South Korean ”date” of release – rest of the world will have to wait a little longer. Why is this news interesting? Partly because it would be the first time LG has released more than one smartphone at a time. As for the other part, device’s specs: LG G6 Plus would have its storage capacity increased to 128GB, as well as receiving wireless charging feature. Its price will be, roughly, 890 ...