There has been plenty, and I mean plenty, of leaks and rumours miling around about the upcomong Moto G6 series. It is therefore only natural that the company has finally decided to officially unveil the devices – Motorola has announced that it will do so at an event in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It is unknown whether the place of the event means that the phones will start as South American-only devices. Maybe? Tweet Vote on HN ...
Monthly Archives: April 2018
Samsung Galaxy J1 mini prime gets its April security patch
Cool, I guess. Firmware version J106FJVU0ARC4 is being rolled out in Russia, where it is available over-the-air. The patch fixes seven critical Android and eight Samsung vulnerabilities, as well as dozens of lesser ones. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Surprise! BlackBerry Priv receives an update
Nobody expects two things: Spanish Inquisition and updates for old smartphones. We do not have to worry about the former anymore, but it seems that the latter is, thankfully, still a thing. BlackBerry Priv is an over three years old smartphone, and yet BlackBerry decided that it requires a new firmware version. The changelist of the update number (AAW068) is unknown, but the very fact that it has been released at all is a positive surprise. The update weights 100 megabytes, so there should be something significant in it. Possibly a bunch of security fixes. ...
Honor is coming – a mysterious new Honor smartphone to arrive on May 15
Tagline ”beauty in AI” and May 15 release date are pretty much the only bits of info that the above render provides us. Some people believe that the device will be a successor to Honor 9 flagship from June 2017. If that is the case then it has to top off a pretty good bunch of specs and features: Kirin 970 CPU, 18:9 display, advanced camera AI etc.Time will tell what to make of this new Honor smartphone. Tweet Vote on HN ...
LG G7 ThinQ, a bunch of facts
– phone’s name, ThinQ, suggests that it will be equipped with LG’s original AI assistant that is already available in some of its devices. Its features will include voice assistant and help in taking higher quality photographs,– G7 ThinQ will have a notch, but there will be an option to hide it,– 6′ display, 18:9 or 19:9,– dual 16mpx main camera, f/1.6 aperture,– Snapdragon 845 CPU, 4/6 GB RAM and 64/128 GB flash memory, microSD card slot,– 3300mAh battery.Phone’s render can be watched here. Its release is to take place sometime ...
Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 6 2018 are out in India
HMD has a soft spot for India, always making sure to release its phones in the, quote, one of the top three markets worldwide. After releasing its Nokia 3, Nokia 5, Nokia 6, and the Nokia 8 there, HMD Global promised another bunch of Nokia devices to hit the land of cows and elephants and overpopulation, and they delivered.Nokia 8 Sirocco is the group’s flagship. It prides itself on having a 16:9 aspect ratio, Snapdragon 835 CPU, dual 12mpx main camera, IP68 resistance certificate and a 3260mAh battery. Its price is ₹49,999.Nokia 7 Plus is no flagship but it is a very decent ...
Leaked renders of HTC U12
HTC U12, which may or may not be released as U12+, is planned to be released in early May. Near release date does not, of course, mean that we cannot feel free to grab at any bits of gossip regarding it. One such bit has just leaked in form of a few renders of the phone. These renders seem largely similiar to the older pictures of U12. They confirm dual camera setup and rear fingerprint scanner features, as well as lack of notch.HTC U12’s known specification includes Snapdragon 845 CPU, 6GB RAM and 64/128GB flash ...
Russians made a $20 thousand mail drone, then they hit a wall. Literally
Yay, another reason for me to have a low opinion on our eastern cousins. Russian company Rudron/Expeditor 3M has recently organized an event in which it tested its expensive, experimental mail drone in a town of Ulan-Ude, Siberia. Well, test did not went all that well. Moments after takeoff the pilot lost control of the drone, and the machine crashed into a nearby building. There goes your 20k! The video of the test flight can be watched here. It is speculated that the area’s high WiFi signals have messed up drone’s controls, but most people in the know-how consider that ...
Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 edge, A3 (2017) and A5 (2017) to receive Android Oreo update soon
After making sure that some of its the last year models – namely the S8 series – have got their sweet Oreo updates, Samsung is now looking to update its tad older devices. According to SAMMOBILE, Samsung models Galaxy S7/S7 edge, A3 (2017) and A5 (2017) will all get their Oreo update any day now. Reason for thinking so is the fact that all these devices have been spotted awaiting certification on Wi-Fi Alliance, and all of them had Android 8.0 Oreo in their specification listings. According to another source, a schedule from Samsung Turkey, Galaxy S7 and S7 edge will be updated ...
Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus get impressive price cuts in India
Galaxy S8 can now be bought in India for Rs. 49,990, while their Galaxy S8+ now costs only Rs. 53,900. 128GB version of Galaxy S8+ costs Rs. 64,900. The change of price is in effect both in Samsung online stores as well as offline retailers. Physical retailers in India are now also offering a Rs. 10,000 cashback for those paying via a Paytm wallet. If you live in India and want to get yourself a solid, if not the newest, smartphone then now is your time. Tweet Vote on HN ...