Pictures of alleged box of Samsung Galaxy S9 have recently leaked online, and they are quite informative – if true. According to the info on the box, Samsung’s Galaxy S9 will have:– 5.8″, 1440p AMOLED display, rounded corners,– Super Speed camera, either f/1.5 or f/2.4 aperture, 12mpx rear and 8mpx front,– Super Slow-mo slow motion capabilities,– 4GB RAM and 64GB storage,– IP68 water and dust resistance,– iris scanner,– wireless charging,– AKG-tuned earphones.Overall, specs leaked suggest a solid evolution from the S8 series ...
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Samsung Galaxy A8 now available in the United Kingdom
Although from only one retailer – Clove. The release is not perfect, unfortunately. Firstly, the device’s price is £480, which is higher than if bought from an European retailer (€500 + shipping). Secondly, A8 is sold with an European charger, which means that the UK user has to buy an UK charger to be able to recharge the phone. Units with the proper UK charger should arrive later this year.Specifications are available here. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Leaked render of Alcatel 3C
Alcatel 3C, a new budget line of Alcatel smartphones, sees itself leaked online for the first time. Two renders available depict the device in white (silver?) and black colour variants, with a 2:1 aspect ratio display, a single rear-facing camera with an LED and fingerprint scanner. Specs-wise, Alcatel 3C is said to have:– 6′ display, HD+ resolution,– MediaTek MT8321 CPU,– 1GB RAM, 16GB storage,– 8mpx main camera, 5mpx selfie shooter,– 3000mAh battery,– Android Nougat OS, upgraded to Oreo in the future.All of that will cost only 120 bucks. Sounds ...
American officials are taking a closer look at Apple
It is old news that Apple is now facing twenty six lawsuits regarding the battery downgrading scandal. ”New news” is that not only private citizens have an axe to grind with Apple; senator John Thune, president of the Federal Trade Commission, have issued a letter to Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, where he touches on a few subjects that are mighty uncomfortable for the bitten apple company, like:– why did Apple not react to a large number of downgraded battery complaints before the downgrade was indisputably proven by a third party, and– why is Apple charging, even if the ...
US HTC U11 receives a large update
This one is a biggie! Weighing 737.5 megabytes, software update 2.42.617.1… has a suspiciously small changelog. All we are seemingly getting in it are the December Android Security patch and some unspecified system enhancements. There must be more to this update than meets the eye, but so far we do not know what could it be. We will let you know when we learn more.Anyway, the update is available over the air, but it may be some time before it reaches your region. Remember to make sure that your phone is charged and connected to wi-fi before downloading ...
Netherland Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) receives its January security update
Hurray, I guess. After a large December update, this one is pretty small. Weighing 22 megabytes, firmware version A520FXXU4BRA8 brings with itself 91 Google fixes for the Android OS and 13 for the Samsung Experience OS. Right now the update is available only for the unbranded models. We do not know when will it become more widely available. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Apple iOS 11.2.2 greatly throttles the performance of some phones
Like, really greatly. 50% of performance drain kind of greatly. Apple has recently released an iOS 11.2.2 update for iPhones. The update was supposed to protect the phones against a newly infamous Spectre vulnerability. Apple predicted that it will cause the phones’ performance to drop, but numbers estimated were no bigger than 2.5% drop. Well… one Melvin Mughal, a seemingly well-known tech developer, has calculated that the performance of his iPhone 6 dropped by roughly 40% after downloading the latest iOS 11.2.2 update, and there are people who report losing even more working ...
Pokemon Go drops support for most iPhone 5 series and earlier. Reason? Too old OS
In a move that may annoy some of the less modernized iPhone users, Niantic, developer of Pokemon Go, decided to stop supporting devices that cannot run iOS 11. That includes iPhone 5c, iPhone 5, iPad mini, iPad 4, iPod touch 5 and earlier devices. iPhone 5s users ae lucky, as that phone supports iOS 11. This is what Niantic had to say on the subject:”In an upcoming update to Pokémon GO, we will end support for Apple devices not capable of upgrading to iOS 11, such as iPhone 5 and iPhone 5c models. This change is a result of improvements to Pokémon GO that push the application beyond ...
Another new year Samsung security update for another budget phone – Galaxy J1 mini Prime
Samsung Galaxy J1 mini Prime is one of the cheapest Samsung phones sold. Hence, it may be a bit weird that it is a second Samsung phone to get January security update. Samsung’s update policy is weird. Anyway, the update’s content consists mainly of security fixes – five critical Android vulnerabilities, thirteen Samsung vulnerabilities and a bunch of lesser ones. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Two new Moto Mods revealed!
Yaay, first Moto Mods of the year! So, what do we have here? Two new accessories: Lenovo Vital and Livermorium Slider Keyboard. Vital Moto Mod is a health accessory that can measure five vital signs, from respiratory rate to blood pressure. Slider Keyboard on the other hand is a QWERTY slider keyboard – perfect if you don’t want to use the touch pad. Both mods will be available for order through the the Moto Z Market app, though they will be sold only in places where Moto Z is available. Keyslider’s price is $99, and it will be available in a month or two; Vital is sold ...