Black Friday is coming and with it a plethora of sales. One of the items on sale is Motorola’s Moto G5, one of the best cheap phones around. For £129.95 – originally 170 – one can get a phone with a metal body, fingerprint scanner, HD display and more.Stock is said to be limited, so make up your mind fast! Tweet Vote on HN ...
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Alleged pictures of Huawei Nova 3 leaked
Yes, Huawei is preparing another mid-range phone for us to notice and then forget about ten minutes later. A few pictures of the Nova 3 have just leaked from an unknown source in China. According to this source, Huawei Nova 3 will be running on a Kirin 670 CPU with 3GB RAM and either 32 or 64GB ROM. Phone’s display will be 5.93′ wide and featuring a 2160 x 1080p resolution and an 18:9 aspect ratio. All of this will be kept running by a 3340mAh battery and – this is a surprise – Android 8.0 Oreo OS. Nice.Phone is said to be released by the end of the year. It should ...
Nokia research shows that iPhones are the safest, malware-wise, phones of all
Nokia has just completed a research that sums up what pretty much everyone already knew, namely that Apple smartphones are among the least susceptible to malware attacks. According to the diagram above – as well as experience of millions of smartphone users over the years – Android phones are most likely to be attacked by a computer virus. On second place of cyber security are Windows phones (Galaxy Pixel 2 etc), while third place is being taken by, quote, Other Phones, iOS devices among them. According to Nokia’s research, grand majority of mobile malware is created ...
Oh my gawd Skynet attacks, or apps install themselves on your phone automatically
Calm down, things are not that bad yet – I just saw an opportunity to write a heading so sensational it is stupid and took it :D. Today’s subject is Huawei and a small faux pas it committed. Here is the explanation.A few of Huawei smartphone models – 9, P9, P10 and 10 Pro – have a weird issue where a GoPro Quik app installs on them by itself. GoPro Quik is a video processing app. GoPro and Huawei have recently established co-operation, one of results of which seem to be GoPro Quik automatically installing on some of Huawei’s devices. Naturally, app can be ...
Design and specifications of Huawei Honor V10
Pictures and specifications of Honor V10 have just been revealed on TENAA. How does Huawei’s latest device look? Alright, but also not particulary great. As popualr as Huawei may be of late, it still has a way to go if it wants to keep up with Samsung, Apple and the other tech giants.Specifications:– 5.93′ screen, ratio 18:9, FullHD resolution, TFT LCD panel,– 8-core CPU, 2.36GHz (probably a Kirin 970),– 4GB RAM, 64GB ROM, microSD up to 256GB ROM,– 16mpx + 2mpx dual main camera, 5mpx selfie shooter,– 3240mAh battery,– Android 7.0 Nougat ...
SM-W2018, new Samsung phone video leaked
A large number of pictures of SM-W2018 have already leaked online. Today we have something more interesting than a still – a nearly three minutes long video depicting the device. What does it show us? A flip phone, yes, with Snapdragon 835 CPU, 6GB RAM and 64GB ROM, 12mpx rear and 5mpx front cameras, two 4.2′ displays and a 2300mAh battery.SM-W2018 is going to be revealed on December 1st in China. Phone’s price may or may not be something around 338 dollars. Tweet Vote on ...
Nokia 2 is coming out in the US soon
Nokia has its flagship (Nokia 8) and its nostalgia trip (Nokia 3310 3G); what it needs now is just a plain old fashioned budget phone. Nokia 2 is going to scratch that low budget itch. The phone will be available on Amazon soon, unlocked for T-Mobile and AT&T.Specifications:– Snapdragon 212 CPU,– 1GB RAM, 8GB ROM,– dual SIM, LTE,– Black, White and Copper colour variants,– 5′ display, 720p,– 4100mAh battery,– Android 7.1.2 OS, upgraded to Android Oreo in the ...
Huawei Honor 7X. (Relatively) Low price for (relatively) high specs
Honor 7X is Huawei’s newest mid-ranger (oh the surprise – Huawei, The Mid-Ranger Company) and a follow-up to the Honor 6X back from July 2017. Honor 7X will be released on December 5th in the UK – dunno about the rest of the world. We also do not know the price of the device, although it is speculated to cost something around $249.99.Design and specifications:– metal unibody design,– thin bezels, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner,– microUSB port, 3.5mm headphone jack,– black and blue and gold colour variants, possibly more,– 5.93′ ...
Samsung Galaxy S8 Active is now available on T-Mobile and Sprint
Both these phone carriers have today launched their versions of Galaxy S8 Active in the US. Sprint sells its version both online and in retail for a temporarily reduced price of $17.71 per month on a two-year Sprint Flex plan. T-Mobile only offers its stock online for either $820 outright or $30 per month on a two-year plan. They will begin selling Galaxy S8 Active offline on November 22nd.Specification:– 5.8′ Super AMOLED display, 1440 x 2960p,– Adreno 540 GPU,– Snapdragon 835 CPU,– 4GB RAM, 64GB ROM,– 12mpx main camera, 8mpx selfie shooter,– ...
Huawei Honor V10 to be released in November
According to a statement that Huawei has released on Weibo, Huawei Honor V10 will be officially revealed on November 28 – a whole week before previously rumoured date of December 5. Place of reveal is also changed, from London to Beijing. That is nice, as so far we know very little about Huawei’s upcoming smartphone. All we know/believe is that:– it will possess an enhanced AI capabilities, whatever that means,– it will also have a dual camera setup,– it will be powered by Kirin 970 CPU,– and it will be run by Android 8.0 Oreo with EMUI version ...