Federal Communications Commission has just uploaded a screenshot made with the Galaxy A8s smartphone. A careful glance at the shot gives us some information about this device. The screen’s proportions seem to be 19,5:9, which is a step forward from Samsung’s usual 18,5:9. The upper left corner of the screen is also quite interesting. If you look closely, you can see that the icons there are somewhat pushed away from the edge of the display towards its middle – that is probably to make room for the in-display camera that will be embedded there.By the way, both Galaxy A8s ...
Monthly Archives: November 2018
YouTube Red will soon be free
YouTube Red, paid subscription giving access to, among other things, ad-free videos and the Originals videos, will soon be available for free. As usually, there will be a catch – Originals videos will be available, yes, but only with ads. Of course those of us who still pay for YT Red will see those videos without the advertisements.What do you think about it? Personally I never cared about the Originals videos, but I will be sure to use this chance to see what all the ruckus was about. ...
Turns out that OPPO is also working on a foldable device
Samsung, Huawei, LG and now OPPO – more and more developers want the first bites froe the foldable cake. Chinese company has just announced via its spokesperson, one Chuck Wang (awesome name), that it will officially present its first foldable device during the MWC 2019. That is all we know about it for now. Speaking of OPPO, they also want to release their first 5G smartphone by 2020. ...
Android One program HTC U11 Life has its OS updated in Europe
The Android One program continues its relentless work against the Android OS fragmentation. Its newest victory is updating the 2017 smartphone HTC U11 Life’s operating system to its newest version, 9 Pie. Device used to run on Oreo and, without the Android One program, it probably would not see the Pie update for a long time, if ever. The update is currently available over-the-air in parts of Europe, and will eventually cover the whole old continent (hopefully). The US update will have to wait, as their U11 Life comes with a Sense skin that requires more work in order to get it to ...
Samsung’s foldable device may be called Galaxy Fold
Samsung’s mysterious foldable tablet/smartphone will be released sometime in 2019. Much about this device is kept in secret, its name among other things. This, in turn, leads to a number of rumours and gossip spreading around what will this ”Galaxy F” be called. Well, one such rumour has just been created by leaked trademark filed by Samsung. It has the company protect the ”Samsung Galaxy Fold” moniker for possible future use. This is a pretty strong inclination that Fold will be the device’s name. Of course this may as well be a name for some future ...
Microsoft Office gets new icons, finally looks decent
I understand that the looks of Office are not a very important part of the suite, but it is nice to know someone cares about them as well. New icons look modern, and what is more important, they are easy to find – something that is pretty important for mobile device users with small displays. Office’s new robes are an effect of Microsoft using the Fluent Design design, which has also been used in new Windows 10 looks. The new icons can be checked out here. ...
Asus ROG Phone is now available in India – the first gaming smartphone on the market
ROG Phone, the first gaming smartphone made by the Republic of Gamers, is now out in India. It has the pleasure of having no competition in India, as none of the other gaming smartphones – Razer Phone, Xiaomi Black Shark et cetera – have been released there yet. ROG Phone is certainly a fancy looking device, what with its ”aggressive”, very gamer-esque design. Its specs include:– Snapdragon 845 chipset,– 90Hz AMOLED display, 6′, 18:9 aspect ratio,– 8 GB RAM, 128GB/512 GB storage,– Qualcomm Adreno 630 GPU,– 12mpx + 8mpx main camera, ...
Official renders of Nokia 8.1
HMD Global has been recently robbed of information regarding its Nokia 8.1 smartphone. Today’s leak gives us both the specs and the renders of the device in question. Its specification is the same as that of Nokia X7. Why? Oh, well, because it is Nokia X7, only rebranded.– 6,18′ PureDisplay, Full HD+,– Snapdragin 710 CPU, 8 core,– 4/6GB RAM, 64/128GB ROM, microSD up to 400GB,– 3500 mAh battery,– 12 + 13 mpx main camera, LED flash, 20 mpx selfie shooter,– fingerprint scanner,– Android 9 Pie,– modem LTE, dual SIM, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, ...
Honor 8C is out in India. ₹11,999
Another competitor is joining the fray that is the Indian smartphone market. Honor 8C will soon be available there for ₹11,999. It can be bought in Gold, Black, Blue and Purple colour variants. The device will be on sale on Amazon.in and HiHonor stores starting December 10th. It will be sold with ₹4450 worth of benefits and a 100GB additional data. Device’s display include Snapdragon 632 CPU, 6.26′ HD+ display, 4000mAh battery with EMUI battery management and a 4GB RAM + 32GB storage. Its cameras are a 13mpx + 2mpx main camera and 8mpx selfie shooter. It also has a ...
Moto G7 Power will have a pretty large battery
Motorola is currently working on a new line of smartphones, the Moto G7 series. The line will not be unveiled until early 2019, but that does not stop leaks regarding them from surfacing online now and then. One such leak, regarding the Moto G7 Power model, has just surfaced in form of an FCC listing. While the listing is rather poor, it does tell us that the smartphone will come with an impressive 5000mAh battery. As far as older rumours go, Moto G7 Power may or may not measure a 167mm x 159mm x 76 mm and might be running on a Snapdragon 632 processor; its camera capabilities are rumoured ...