WiBa, wireless powerbank for iPhones

Do you like your iPhone 8, 8 Plus or X? Sure you do. Do you want to keep it going all day? If so, you might want to consider buying yourself WiBa, the newest powerbank for the aforementioned Apple smartphones. Some of WiBa’s features include:– 5000mAh battery,– compability with iPhone 8, 8 Plus, X and other Qi-compatible devices,– wireless charging for both the phone and the power bank itself,– magnetic attachment for the phone,– charging dock for the power bank,– Fast Charge compability, whatever that actually means.WiBa will launch ”later ...

New picture of Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus

Newest leaked picture has been dug out by the Androidandme website and then promptly put on Weibo. It depicts both devices’, Galaxy S9 and S9+, back covers. Phones in the picture seem to line up with what we already know/expect about Samsung’s new Galaxy; of course, these are unofficial pictures, so they may as well be fake.We will learn whether or not this is how Galaxy S9 / S9+ looks like at February’s Mobile World Congress 2018. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Samsung acknowledged the Galaxy Note 8 battery issue…

… and states that only a very small number of devices is affected. Last year I wrote a little article about some Galaxy Note 8 units having a nasty issue where their batteries went to 0% and did not work afterwards, even when fully charged. Well, reports of that problem have first surfaced in late December and it took Samsung until yesterday to officially acknowledge and address it. According to PCWelt, Samsung’s response is ”Samsung is taking all reports of this kind seriously, we only received a very small number of customer inquiries that could be linked to charge ...

Sony Xperia L2 – specifications

We do not really know when the Xperia L2 will debut on the market. Some believe that the phone will be released next week, during the Las Vegas’ CES 2018. It would be nice to see this phone come out – judging by its specifications, Sony’s new phone is a very decent mid-ranger:– 5.5′ screen, 16:9, HD,– Snapdragon 630 CPU, 8 cores, 2,2 GHz,– Adreno 508 GPU,– 4GB RAM,– Android 7.0 Nougat,– dimensions: 149,9 – 78,4 – 9,8 mm.Good CPU and graphics, decent display, old-ish OS (hopefully they will update it fast). Could be ...

Dex Pad – Samsung copyrights the name of their new docking station

Station is prepared with Galaxy S9 and S9+ in mind. Copyright encompasses the whole European Union region, which probably means two things – that the device will be available in every EU country and that the station may be called by another name in the far West and East. We do not know about the docking station itself; it is said to allow the phone to lie flat instead of standing up, and also to act as a keyboard and touch pad. As for its release, it is assumed to take place along with the Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones, during the MWC ...

New pictures of Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra

Sigh. Wide frames? Check. Empty spaces beneath and under the display? Check. Same old overall design? Check-check. If someone expected that Xperia XA2 Ultra will be Sony’s first promised attempt at re-designing their smartphone series, well, they were wrong. Xperia XA2 Ultra is just a mid-ranger, though, so hopefully Sony will show us something actually new and mildly exciting with their new flagship. As for Xperia XA2 Ultra, it is said to debut next month.– 6′ Full HD display, 1080p,– Snapdragon 630 CPU,– 4GB RAM, 64GB storage memory,– single 21mpx ...

Samsung Galaxy A5, A7 (2017) updated with new camera features

Nice to see Samsung updating its older-ish phones right away instead of having them – and their owners – wait for large OS updates. So, what are the new features that Samsung cooked up for these phones’ owners?– Selfie focus mode for the front camera, said to work well as long as the lighting is sufficient,– either November or December security patch, depending on your region,– color correction option for the skin tone in the front camera.As always, you can download the update manually, just go to Software update menu and tap the Download updates manually ...