Samsung’s newest flagship phone can now be pre-ordered in the land of communism, oppression and very bad MMORPGs. It will be released into stores on August 31st. Base model with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage will cost 6,999 yuan. Model with 8GB RAM and whooping 512GB storage will cost 8,999 yuan. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Monthly Archives: August 2018
Motorola will upgrade next eight phones to Android 9 P
Motorola has taken to its blog to announce the upcoming update of its eight smartphones’ operating systems. The devices in question are Moto Z3, Z3 Play, Z2 Force, Z2 Play, X4, G6, G6 Play and G6 Plus. This list covers most of Motorola’s this-and-last year’s devices, although the lack of E5 Play, E5 Plus and the entire G5 lineup did not go unnoticed. The update is supposed to take place, quote, this fall. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Render and some of Huawei Mate 20 Lite’s specs
Both render and specifications have been officially released to the press by Huawei. There is no gossip or leaks here.– notch,– 6.3′ display, LCD, 2340 x 1080p,– Kirin 710 CPU,– 6GB RAM, 64GB flash memory,– dual main camera,– 3650mAh battery. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Four HTC smartphones will be upgraded to Android 9 P
Taiwan smartphone producer HTC has just announced that four of its devices will receive an OS update. These will be HTC U11, HTC U11+ oraz HTC U11 life and HTC U12+. First three of these smartphones were HTC’s top of the line models from 2017, while the last one belongs to the Android One program. Sadly, we have no information on when exacly will the update take place. We will live and learn. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Moto P30, looks and specs
New series of Motorola smartphones, Moto P30, will debut tomorrow. It will be made of three devices: P30, P30 Note and P30 Play. Today we learn the looks and some of the insides of first of these models. It has a notch, first Motorola smartphone to have one, on a 6.2′ screen made of 19:9 2.5D curved glass. Inside the notch there is a 12mpx selfie shooter, f/1.9, that supports portrait mode and AI. The rest of the phone’s known specs are:– 16mpx + 5mpx main camera, f/1.8,– 3000mAh battery, QuickCharge,– fingerprint scanner,– 6GB RAM, 64/128GB ...
Apple puts the Group FaceTime calls feature on hold
The feature, which was already available for iOS 12 and MacOS Mojave betas, has now been removed, with its another release supposedly taking place soon. The reason? Apple did not tell. Possibly there was a hidden issue with the program. Group FaceTime calls will be released once again later this autumn. In case you do not know what am I talking about, Apple’s Group FaceTime calls is a feature that allows – or will allow – up to thirty two people to simultaneously communicate either via FaceTime audio or video. Long story short, it is a group call with video ...
New gameplay video of Doom: Eternal. Oh boy!
Load your shotguns and put on some metal music, because it is on! Bethesda Software has released three long gameplay videos of Doom: Eternal, sequel to the Doom remake from 2016. The video can be watched here – https://youtu.be/dG2lJ3mmQC4 – and what can I say… it is amazing! Boom, new enemies and weapons! Boom, new skills! Boom, great maps on Earth and Phobos! Boom, even more mobility! Boom, multiplayer mode where players invade your campaign as daemons! ...
Google is constructing a list of banned words for its Chinese release
I wanted to start this news with my typical O tempora o mores, but… seeing as things are going worldwide, perhaps this news is not as horrible as it would be some time ago. Much has been said about the Google-China conflict; communist country wanted the american company to deliver them a properly censored browser, while Google did not. Past tense is right in place, too; as it seems, Google has given in to temptation and is now creating a censored wersion of its browser specifically for China. Censorship will ban citizens of China from reading about anything that their government does ...
An elegant emojis for more civilized times
New emojis incoming! The Unicode Consortium is currently composing the list of emojis it will add to Unicode 12 in 2019. Today, Emojipedia has released some information on those upcoming emoticons. New emojis will be a varied bunch, some among them depicting mixed race and gender couples, people with disabilities, axes (huh), flamingos, prophet’s eye (again, huh) and much more. Few proposals for 2020 emojis were also made, like a screwdriver or magic wand. Tweet Vote on ...
Android 9 with EMUI 9.0 will be available on Huawei P20 Pro, P20, Mate 10 Pro and Honor 10
Huawei has officially announced that its phones will be the second on the market (the first ones will be these) to have their OS’ upgraded to the new Android version along with the new interface. Huawei’s work on updating its phones has reportedly been in beta stage since August 6th. Huawei also promises that more of its phones will be updated to 9.0 Pie in the future. Tweet Vote on HN ...