Released earlier this month, the US release of U11 Life is now getting upgraded to the latest Android operating system. The news were delivered by Mo Versi, HTC’s Vice President of Product Management, via Twitter. According to Versi, the update is available ”starting today”, which means that some units will probably get it today and others will have to wait a day or two.Cool, I guess. ...
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Sony H8541, specification
Something interesting has just been uploaded on Reddit, namely a chart with specification of an upcoming Sony phone named H8541. It looks pretty interesting:– 5.7′ screen, Gorilla Glass 5,– Snapdragon 835 CPU,– 4GB RAM, 64GB ROM,– 3420mAh battery, Quick Charge 3.0,– USB-C,– Android 8.0 Oreo OS.Noteworthy is also the size of the phone. 149 x 74 x 7,5 mm is pretty small for a 5.7′ display device. Someone plans on having really thin bezels… Sony H8541 is said to be released in February 2018. ...
Facebook may soon be verifying accounts with selfies
Facebook lately has, or at least believes it does, a huge problem with bots and fake accounts. Company tries many differet things to solve it. Latest idea of Zuckerberg & Company is to make people use selfies in order to verify their accounts. New system is already being tested in a small, closed group.How will it work? Simply. You know captcha, right? Different methods of verifying if the user is a real person or a bot? Typing numbers and letters provided, answering a question et cetera? Facebook’s idea is like that, except what the user has to provide is her/his selfie picture. ...
Motorola continues the Android 7.0 Nougat roll-out for the US release of Moto X Pure Edition
Good tidings, Moto X Pure Edition users! At least those of you who live in the US. Few months ago Motorola begun to update its Moto X Pure Edition smartphones’ OS to the 7.0 Nougat version. The update had to be put on hold due to a widespread screen issue related to it, it had to be postponed. Now that the issue is fixed, the update can continue, bringing with it a September security patch as a bonus.In order to update, tap the Software Update button every now and then – if the new OS is not available to you yet, it will be soon. Also, enjoy this update, as it is be the last one ...
Samsung Galaxy S8 gets another Oreo beta in the US
Samsung has just rolled third Android 8.0 Oreo beta for Galaxy S8 in the United States. A list of bug fixes is pretty long, but there is nothing particulary major in it; no big, new features, just a number of issue fixes and stability improvements.New to the 8.0 Oreo on Galaxy S8? You are in for a treat! Oreo’s features include an always-on display, Samsung DeX, enhanced video player, improved keyboard, new edge lighting effects and more. ...
iPhone X is much more popular than iPhone 8. Duh
iPhone X is not only more sought after and bought more often than iPhone 8, but it is unlocked more often as well. According to Sim-unlock’s statistics, there is at the very least a 5th more iPhone X’s on the market than there are iPhone 8’s. In other words, for every hundred iPhone 8 smartphones that are unlocked by Sim-unlock, there are 125 iPhone X devices that get the same treatment. It is not hard to see why, too; it is more expensive, granted, but iPhone X offers a much bigger technological advancement than iPhone 8, which is dubbed ”an iPhone 7, only a bit ...
Samsung Galaxy A7 2018 may be released in a limited 6-inch Plus display variant
According to unknown sources, Samsung plans to release a limited number of Galaxy A7 devices in Europe. These A7’s are said to come equipped with 6’+ display. Release will take place in only a few European countries, namely Poland and Germany – as well as Russia but, contrary to what some people believe, Russia is not a part of Europe.Neither price nor date of release of that phone are known. It is not even certain if it will be called Galaxy A7 (2018), Galaxy A7 Plus, Galaxy A8 or something else. ...
ZTE Axon 7 is discontinued in the US
ZTE can be seen slowly taking hold in the United States of America, largerly thanks to the relatively low cost of their phones and prepaid wireless service provider tie. ZTE’s newly found success in the land of freedom and justice will not, though, help a one and a half-year old Axon 7 from being discontinued. The phone is reported to be out of production, so after the stock available is gone from the stores, that is it, game over, man, game over. It is already out of stock in the OEM’s official US store. It can still be found on Amazon, where it costs $399.99. Grab them while ...
Google Sneak Peek Detector, or how Google wants you to know when someone is peeking into your phone
Smartphone is nowadays one of the most important, if not -the- most important, every day use objects in our lives. It is a great multitool thatnot only serves as a mean to complete multitude of tasks, but also holds various important information about its user. Browsing history, text messages,bank account info and more can be collected from our device if anyone gets their grubby hands on it. Still, many of those things do not require an evilhacker to take hold on our phone and crack its security – lots of info can be stolen by people simply peeking over your shoulder. To that, Google ...
Honor V10 received an impressive AnTuTu score
Huawei cannot say their latest phone is not getting some decent advertisement! Honor V10 has just passed AnTuTu benchmark, where it received a pretty impressive score of 165,587. Seeing how the phone’s score nearly matches that of considerably more expensive Mate 10 (175,426) and Mate 10 Pro (178,510), it may be a good idea to pass the ”Mates” in favour of honouring the better deal.Get it? Ha haa.Huawei Honor V10 was presented in China yesterday. It will reach Europe on December 5th, where it will probably cost between 340 nad 400 euro,depending on the memory variant ...