Price and features of Samsung Galaxy S9 leaked

Picture of a Spanish promo leaflet for Galaxy S9 series has just leaked online, and it is quite informative. According to this piece of paper, Samsung Galaxy S9 will cost 849 euro, and Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus will have a price tag of 1000 euro – amounts similiar to what Evan Blass leaked a while ago (841 and 997 euro respectively). Leaflet also mentiones a number of features:– Midnight Black, Coral Blue and Lilac Purple colour variants,– faster chipset,– Super Slow Motion and Super Low Light camera features.Soon we will learn whether or not these information are true, ...

Rejoice, LG owners, for G6 and V30 will have their OS’ upgraded to 8.1 Oreo

As we speak, Android Oreo is being beta-tested on LG G6 back in China and on LG V30 in South Korea. While we do not know the exact date of update’s release, it is 100% certain that both phones will soon receive their OS updates worldwide. Interesting detail is that the update will knock their operating systems up to 8.1 – most other smartphone manufacturers go for 8.0 first.Update should be released in the next few weeks, up to a month. Tweet Vote on HN ...

LG will unveil new versions of K8 and K10 at MWC 2018

Mobile World Congress starts this Monday, on February 26th. Event will host a number of new and exciting smartphones, and while Samsung’s Galaxy S9 is probably the most sought after one of them all, other companies’ devices will make their appearance as well. Two of them will be LG’s 2018 versions of K8 and K10 smartphones. Original K8 and K10 were budget phones; their re-editions will still hold the same status, albeit with upgraded cameras and a little bit better specifications.LG K10 2018 will be released in three versions: K10, the K10+ and K10a. K10 and K10+ will be ...

O tempora o mores!, or there is an Android-powered scooter in the making

Damn, man, the things they are coming up with nowadays… Archos, French company that until now dealt in budget tablets and smartphones is reportedly working on an Android-controlled scooter. Vehicle’s name will be Citee Connect. It’s core will be a small touch-screen computer with Android 8.0 Oreo operating system. Computer’s specs include 1GB of RAM and a 4-core processor. 3G connectivity will allow for displaying Google Maps on the computer’s screen. As for the scooter itself, we have been told that it will have a 8.5′ diameter puncture-proof tires, 36W ...

Samsung Galaxy S9 in the flesh! New pictures show Galaxy S9 live

Two live pictures of Galaxy S9, rumoured to have been taken in Vietnam, have just surfaced online. They depict a Midnight Black colour variant of the phone. Speaking of looks, S9’s design is awfully similiar to S8’s, one? Hopefully phone’s features will make it so that there is actually a point in buying it. Galaxy S9 is said to offer, among other things, improvements to the camera’s interface, artificial reality emoticons and live translation by Bixby Vision.Samsung Galaxy S9 will be released on March ...

Three Moto G6 variants now have known codenames

This particular piece of news will not enrich your life nor make you a better person, but hey, it is always good to know things, right?* Thanks to a leak by Evan Blass himself, we now know codenames for the whole upcoming Moto G6 line. According to him, Motorola will name its smartphones as such:Moto G6 – Blaine,Moto G6 Plus – Teller,Moto G6 Play – Ashley.Looking for more Moto G6 info? Check out our older post to learn some of the phones’ specs.*Unless you are about to find out that Lovecraft was telling the truth and C’thulhu is about to consume our universe. ...

Specs for HTC Desire 12 just leaked

Thanks to Evan Blass (may he live forever), we already know a little bit about the HTC Desire 12. All the info the man provided is now confirmed – and much more added – thanks to a leaked specs list from the phone’s retail box. Here is the complete specification available:– 5.5′ display, HD+,– MediaTek 4-core, 64-bit CPU,– 3GB RAM, no word on storage,– 12mpx main camera, 5mpx selfie shooter,– microSD slot up to 2TB,– dual nano SIM,– 2730mAh battery.All in all, Desire 12 shapes up to be a very decent mid-ranger. Unless another ...

iPhone SE 2 to be officially revealed on WWDC 2018

iPhone SE 2 is the successor of iPhone SE from March 2016. We know quite a bit about this new device, although most of it is unconfirmed rumour and gossip. iPhone SE 2 is said to be an overall similiar phone to the first one – a compact budget device with relatively low specs. Here is what we know about the phone’s technicals:– 4.2′ Retina screen (0.2 inch larger than SE 1), 640 x 1136p resolution,– Apple A10 Fusion CPU, four cores,– 2GB RAM, 32GB storage memory,– iSight 12mpx main camera, f/1.8 aperture, 4x LED flash,– FaceTime 7mpx selfie ...

Samsung Galaxy J7 and Galaxy J5 (2017) receive their February security update

February 2018 patch brings six Android critical vulnerability fixes, 16 Samsung critical vulnerability fixes and an unspecified but large amount of lesser fixes. New firmware versions are J727UUEU3ARB1 (Galaxy J7) and J530FXXU2ARB2M (Galaxy J5). Patch is already available in the United States as well as France, and will certainly reach other regions of the world soon. Tweet Vote on HN ...

There is a leaked photo of Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact

Or at least so we are being told. Alleged Xperia XZ2 Compact picture has been released by Xperia Blog, who in turn got it from one of their commenters. Xperia Blog claim that the picture is legitimate, but we cannot know that for certain. Their contact claims that the device is a nearly finished prototype, soon to be ready for a release.How do you like the design? It seems different than Sony’s usual, what with the curved rear replacing Sony’s usual flat behind. According to the Xperia Blog’s contact, phone will lack a headphone jack and will sport a rear-mounted ...