According to a report from Bloomberg, Samsung’s 10th anniversary Galaxy S10 smartphone will definitely support the 5G connectivity. Report also confirms phone’s other features, such as triple-camera array, in-display fingerprint sensor and a real (we shall see…) edge-to-edge display. There is no word on whether or not that display will be notched – lets hope for the best. As for the 5G connectivity, it is assured that the US’ release of the phone will feature it; other countries will have to wait until their network providers adapt the neccessary technology. ...
Monthly Archives: October 2018
Last week Apple celebrated iPod’s 17th birthday
Hip hip hooray I guess. It was seventeen years and five days ago that Steve Jobs first presented the original iPhone to the world. iPod was one of the milestones that made Apple what it is today; compact music player with large memory and simple, intuitive (for 2001) controls, as well as auto-sync with iTunes. The $399 device that could hold ”1,000 songs in your pocket” was released following a successful marketing campaign. After its success, Apple took to releasing new iPod models every year, although the series is seemingly nearing its end, what with Apple closing off the ...
Lenovo Z5 Pro is just around the corner
Z5 Pro, advertisted by Lenovo as ”the first truly borderless smartphone”, has just got its official release date. Teaser graphic of the device has been released on Weibo. Other than some, probably very smart, marketing slogan written in Chinese, it offers us a release date of November 1st. It looks like we are only six days away from learning more about that phone. Lenovo kept its secrets well: all we know about it so far is that it will have a 4x main camera. Tweet Vote on ...
Motorola smartphones on sale in BestBuy
Today starts BestBuy’s ”2 Day Sale” event. In it, BestBuy offers nearly every Motorola model available on the market with significant discounts plus gift cards up to $50. Bargains offered by BestBuy include:– Moto G6, $229.99, $25 gift card,– Moto G5S Plus, 32GB $25 gift card, $230, $225 plus $50 gift card for 64GB,– Moto X4, $288 for 32GB and $360 for 64GB variants. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Google wants to force Android-smartphone producers to regularly update their phones
You have probably heard about the little Google vs. European Union war, right? One of the outcomes of that scuffles is supposed to be higher prices of Android-wielding smartphones, which is sad. Thankfully, some good may come out of it too. According to The Verge, one of the entries of the new deal between Google and Android producers is that they are obligated to update their smartphones’ operating systems every 90 days for at least two years after release. The new deal includes every Android smartphone released in the European Economic Area. Failing to comply may result with ...
Samsung Galaxy S10 5G model will have a whooping 12 gigabytes of RAM
According to a recent report by the GF Securities brokerage, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphone may be coming out with a very impressive 12 GB RAM. The catch is that the device will be available in four variants, and only one of them, the one supporting 5G connectivity, will have this huge RAM. Other variants’ random access memory chips’ size will vary from four (Galaxy S10) to ten (Galaxy S10 X) gigabytes. Cool I guess. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung and Apple forced phone-slowing updates on users in Italy, received a fine
Nearly an year ago, in January 2018, Italy government begun its investigation of Samsung and Apple’s antitrust violations. Investigation when Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM for short) discovered that both companies have intentionally updated its devices in Italy (and other countries as well, at least in case of Apple’s infamous battery and Samsung’s Note 4 updates) with performance-throttling software, with their goal being to incentivize users to buy newer devices. These actions have been found in violation of a number of Italy’s ...
Oh my, I did not see this coming – Motorola now sells branded repair tools for its smartphones
It is nice to write about something positive every now and then. Motorola has entered into a partnership with iFixit. The fruits of this partnership are first in the world official, Motorola-branded tools for repairing Motorola smartphones by their owners. Every such package includes tools for interchanging displays, batteries and digitizers (digitizer is a thin layer of a special material that allows toushcreens to actually respond to touch). Every Motorola smartphone requires its own package – right now tools can be bought for Moto X, Moto Z, G4, Moto G5 i Droid Turbo 2. Their ...
Facebook Messenger is getting Dark Mode
It took them a while, but they have finally done it. Facebook has announced that part of its grand Messenger redesign project, which it dubs Messenger 4, will include adding an optional Dark Mode to the communicator. Hooray for not being blinded by the white background anymore! Sadly, FB decided not to share any other details on the mode, saying that they will, quote, ”be back with more soon”.One of the other changes in Messenger 4 will be putting some of its tabs into a single ”Discover” tab so that we can continue to ignore them. ...
Galaxy A6s, the first Samsung phone that is not made by Samsung
Samsung Galaxy A6s, a mid-low-tier smartphone made with Chinese market in mind, has just been officially unveiled. While the device was designed by Samsung and is branded as such, its actual production is being taken care of by an unknown, China-based manufacturer (some believe it to be Wintech, but there is no proof). Device will cost 1799 yuan, which roughly equals 260 USD. Its specifications include 6GB RAM and 64GB storage, Snapdragon 660 processor, 3300mAh battery, Super AMOLED Full HD+ Infinity display and dual camera.Interested? Too bad, because there is no word about Galaxy A6s ...