Blow the sad trombone and play the world’s smallest violin, as Essential Phone is not selling well at all. According to EP’s Essential Camera application’s download figures from Play Store, roughly 50 thousand units of the Andy Rubin’s smartphone have been sold during the phone’s four months long release. Too bad, so sad. There are a few reasons to believe that the actual sales are lower, though; some of these devices could have been resold and signed to new account/s, Essential’s developers have probably used multiple accounts to test their apps out on a ...
Monthly Archives: December 2017
Not even 1% of Android devices run on Oreo
We all know that Android is fragmented, okay? Some devices never receive updates to their operating systems, some get them late, newer OS sometimes do not work on older devices or in certain regions, one provider allows for the specific operating system while the other does not, yadda yadda. Old story. The reason I am writing this is because, as old as this story is, it is now getting a bit ridiculous. According to data lately released by Google, only 0.5% (half-a-percent) of Android devices run on Android’s latest operating system, Android 8.0 Oreo. Right now Google Pixel phones all ...
Study claims that Galaxy phone users on Twitter are happier than iPhone users
Research has been conducted by the firm LikeFolio. The firm compared the number of positives said about Galaxy smartphones to the number of those said about iPhone smartphones, and the positive sentiment towards Samsung’s products seem to be prevalent. It dropped, naturally, after the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco, but then it quickly bounced back up, currently nearly reaching the pre-Note 7 levels. The ”happiness” level of iPhone users is overall lower than that of Galaxy users, but it has stayed on more or less the same level over the years. iPhone X may change this when it ...
Huawei Mate 10 Pro (or just Mate 10) to be released in the US on AT&T
Korean media report that very soon Huawei will be announcing Mate 10 Pro (or just Mate 10, the media are not sure) on AT&T, meaning that the device will become available in the United States of A. Many people believe that this will take place at the CES 2018 expo in early 2018.Mate 10/Pro making its way into the US market would be a huge first foothold that this – or any other – Chinese company gains there. Very profitable, too, since a huge percentage of the world’s smartphone trade takes place there. Now I only wonder how much will the Mate 10/Pro cost in the US. It ...
Nokia 6 (2018) appeared on TENAA
Phone appeared under the name TA-1054. Unfortunately, this entry does not contain any specifications of the device; the only thing we get are a few photos. According to them, what we will get is a device with 18:9 proportions display, single-lens rear camera and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner.More info is sure to appear online soon. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Huawei Enjoy 7S. Price, date of release, specifications
According to Slashleaks, new Huawei is to debut on 22nd December, right before Christmas. Its price is said to be 1599 juan, which translates into roughly 180 pounds or 240 dollars. The 4GB RAM/64GB memory version will be two to three hundred juans more expensive.Specifications:– 5.65′ screen, 18:9, FHD+,– HiSilicon Kirin 659 CPU, 8-core,– Mali-T830 MP2 GPU,– 3//4GB RAM, 32/64GB memory, microSD slot up to 256GB,– dual 13 Mpix + 2 Mpix main camera; 8mpx selfie shooter,– 3.5mm headphone jack, microUSB,– fingerprint scanner,– Android 8.0 ...
Samsung Galaxy S9 will have its fingerprint scanner in an odd place
Rumours about it have been floating around the web for some time now; today it looks like we get them confirmed. ”Confirmation” comes in form of a screenshot from Health S, an app that will supposedly be released along with Galaxy S9. Screenshot contains an instructional drawing which depicts a fingerprint scanner button placed right under the camera. It looks very similiar to the rear of Galaxy A8 series.Samsung Galaxy S9 will be released in February or March. I do not know how much the phone will cost, but what I do know is its specifications:– Super AMOLED screen, ...
Huawei will launch a new Honor phone on December 13
Huawei has been promoting its upcoming Honor device with promos starring famous (in China) actor and singer Hu Ge. Launch will take place in China. According to Huawei, device will be available immediately upon the release, which may or may not mean that it will be a China-exclusive. Promo materials suggest that the device will come with four cameras (number 4 on the poster and two pairs of glasses on Ge’s head).That is pretty much everything we know so far. Stay tuned in ...
Kim Jong-Un uses a HTC phone, in case you care
Personally I would rather he spoke through a banana, but okay. According to a picture captured by the intelligence agencies (do not ask me which agency exacly, I do not know), the beloved leader of the greatest country in the world is using what seems to be an outdated model of HTC smartphone, possibly clad in a case – better safe than sorry, right? As soon as the picture leaked online, Samsung denied that it is its smartphone; it most probably is not an iPhone because Evil America. That leaves, according to people better versed at smartphone models than I am, HTC.Makes me wonder how ...
New Jersey against drunk drone pilots: Fight!
Remember that time when a drunk drone pilot crashed his vehicle into the White House? Yeah, other people remember it too. In response to the growing popularity of drones and their pilots lacking in the ”common sense” department, New Jersey lawmakers are moving ahead a state law that will make flying a drone illegal when under the influence of either alcohol or drugs. I am weeping salty tears at the thought of ending my days of smoking pot, drinking beer and flying a $500 worth of heavy materials and sharp, moving rotors into other people. Sniff.The bipartisan bill has already ...