This one will be short. According to speculations by the Chinese website Weiboo, Galaxy S9 will come with a battery size 3200mAh, which is 200mAh more than Galaxy S8 had. Weibo also believes that Galaxy S9’s battery will come with a Quick Charge feature.This rumour is just this – a rumour – so treat it with a pinch of salt. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Monthly Archives: December 2017
”Dune!” mobile game collects a lot of info about its user, and it is not the only one
It is time for more Terror From The Web stories. Redactors of Polish website Androidcompl found out that an extremely popular mobile game Dune! (5 million downloads and still going) possesses a large number of functions in its system which only tasks are to collect as much private information about the user as possible. Among the info ”stolen” is the app user’s country and localization, phone’s OS and phone number, battery level & other. The app is also connected to the third-party libraries which may be able to find and gather much more data.That does not sound ...
Android 8.0 Oreo beta for Galaxy S8 will soon be out in in France, Poland and Germany
Android 8.0 Oreo beta has been available in the UK and US for a good few weeks now. While Samsung has not officially announced phase two of the beta program, SamMobile believes that, any day now – or even any minute – beta version of the Oreo will come out in Poland, Germany and France. It may be the last chance to sign up for the beta program – if you want to do that, download the Samsung Members and register there. First to come will be the first to be served, so hurry up! ...
Alibaba Pandora Lab successfully jailbreaked iOS 11.2.1
Apple phones are recognized as probably the most difficult smartphones to find vulnerabilities in. Therefore it is all the bigger news when someone manages to make a dent in their proverbial armour. Alibaba Pandora Lab is one such group of people. The group claims that they have achieved an untethered jailbreak of iOS 11.2.1 on an iPhone X device. The proof of the group’s boast is a picture with an iPhone X with two Apple-unsanctioned apps, Pandora and Cydia, installed.Pandora Lab will not release their jailbreak tool. The group just wanted to proove that jailbreak is ...
Samsung Galaxy S9 may be revealed in February, launched in March
According to the report by Bloomberg, Samsung wishes to officially reveal both Galaxy S9 and S9+ on February 27th, the second day of the Mobile World Congress 2018. Still, some believe that the reveal will take place on February 25nd instead. Launch of the phones is said to take place somewhere in March. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Specs of one Sony H8216 leaked
If these specifications are to be believed, Sony H8216 is to be a small upgrade over the Xperia XZ1 model. Here is what we have learned:– size: 148mm x 73.4mm x 7.4mm,– weight: 156g,– 5.5′ display, 1080p panel,– 4GB RAM & 64GB internal storage,– dual 12mpx main camera setup, 15mpx selfie shooter,– Android 8.1 Oreo OS with Sony’s overlay,– microUSB port,– 3130mAh battery with Quick Charge support.The above info is in no way official, so do not expect the H8216’s specs to be exacly like that. As for release date, Sony is ...
HQ, an iPhone trivia game, becomes more popular than ever
HQ – Live Trivia Game Show is a free-to-play live trivia game show (duh) by Intermedia Labs, and an extremely popular one too. On last Sunday evening, the simple ”answer a question” game has reached over 680 thousand users online. Ever since its release in October, the game’s popularity has grown from a few thousand players online and prizes the size of $100 to roughly 400 thousand players per game, with prizes reaching ten thousand bucks. HQ’s growing popularity means that the game is facing some technical issues, ranging from a simple lag to question not ...
New renders of Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) leaked
Dutch website Galaxyclub.nl has just released official renders of the Galaxy A8 (2018) mid-range smartphone. Renders confirm the rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, 2:1, nearly bezel-less display and a lack of physical Power button.We do not know the exact date of release of Galaxy A8 (2018), but it is expected to happen soon. As far as the phone’s specs go, this is what is expected:– 6-inch Super AMOLED Infinite Display, Full HD resolution,– single 16-mpx main camera, f/1.7 aperture, OIS; dual 16mpx + 8mpx selfie shooter,– Exynos 7885 CPU, 8-core,– 6GB RAM, 64GB ...
Samsung releases a limited edition case for Galaxy Note 8
Samsung tries to keep the in-between of flagship phones interesting with this new fancy case for the Galaxy Note 8 model. Company has just announced that it will be releasing a number of limited edition cases for the Galaxy Note 8 smartphone. Possibly an ”extremely small number of super duper limited edition” would be more fitting, since only 99 cases will be made. Each one of them will even be numbered – sounds like a treat for a collectioner with way too much money. Samsung says that a special theme will be applied to the owner’s Galaxy Note 8 upon putting the ...
That did not took long – new renders of Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus
As it turns out, @OnLeaks and 91mobiles have not forgot about the Galaxy S9+ smartphone; right after making the Galaxy S9 renders, they also did the Galaxy S9 Plus ones. The phone can be checked out here. Just as with S9, S9+’s renders are based on gossip and what leaks are available. That means that S9+ might as well look completely different.Some of the more interesting details the render depicts are:– phone’s overall design is almost the same as Galaxy S8+’s, only slightly more modern,– dual camera setup with LED flash and heart rate monitor,– ...