Xiaomi Mi Band 3 in a new box

Haha, that news reminded me of my short stint as a telemarketer. My job was to call people, doctors to be specific, and tell them that the XXX medicine is now being sold ”in a new, exciting box shaped like a heart”. Ah, old times… Mi Band 3, a pretty popular smartband by Xiaomi, will soon be sold in a new package. You can see how it will look on the picture above: the new box is oblong instead of an old square, and every box is adorned in the same colour that the band unit inside is. Aaaaand that is all. Yeah. If you expected some wonderful changes then sorry, there are ...

Release of new ”Doom” movie postponed

Did you even know that a new Doom movie is in the works? I have not. Turns out that it is: the flick’s director is one Tony Giglio, with Louise Mandylor and Amy Manson in main roles. Other than a few names and a bunch of pictures from the studio, we do not have any information about the movie other than that it will come out this year. According to latest news, though, it will come out later this year than expected, and the reason for that delay is not half bad: it is said that the creators of the flick want to put more work into scenes taking place in hell. Seeing how the fiery pits ...

Russian Internet users will be forced to register their web-connected devices

Russia joins the list of countries fighting with online anonymity. Russian government (that is, Putin) has implemented a law bill according to which, starting on February 2020, every device connected to the Internet will have to be registered beforehand. This bill is supposed to help fight illegal trade of, for example, stolen smartphones, but it is not hard to figure out that it will give the Russian government means to trace anyone online using their MAC address or IMEI number. What is more, registration will not even be free, but will cost 100 ruble per device.The bill will supposedly ...

Some of Samsung Galaxy A10 specs surfaced

Smartphone with a model number SM-A105F have just had its benchmark released online. According to the leaked document, this smartphone will come out with Exynos 7885 CPU and 2 GB RAM – rather low specs that suggests Galaxy A10 will be budget phone of the new A line. Device’s core test score is fittingly low as well, scoring 1103 points in single and 3324 points in multi-core tests.We do not know when nor where will Galaxy A10 be released, nor its price. Tweet Vote on ...

LG is also working on a 5G smartphone, because of course it does

According to a report from ETNews, LG wants to reveal a 5G-enabled V series smartphone during this year’s Mobile World Congress event. LG has already made a ”normal”, non-5G V series smartphones; the decision to use the existing brand has been reportedly made to avoid the time and money-consuming process of creating a new one. Rumour is that the device was at first planned to be housed under the G series brand, but the word now is that the upcoming G8 ThinQ will be the last device in that line.No specs of this new 5G device are available. What we do know is that it will be ...

Metro Exodus will only be available on Epic Games Store

Well that is odd. Metro Exodus, another sequel in the pretty famous series about people living in the post-apocalypse Russia, was supposed to get released on Steam in few weeks; the game already had its page there, pre-orders were available, the works. Suddenly, out of blue, the game has been removed from Steam’s offer and instead moved to a different platform, namely the newborn Epic Games Store (yes, the same Epic Games that released Fortnite). Looks like Deep Silver, the publisher behind Metro Exodus, have made a last minute decision to change their game’s publishing platform ...

Moto Z3 Play now available for $300 with promo code

Moto Z3 Play did not enjoy a large overall success due to its price: $499 for a device with its specs was a bit too much. Now, though, this pretty fine smartphone can be bought for mere $299; the only thing you need to do to get it so cheap is to sign up for Fry’s Electronics promotional code. The offer is up until the end of the week OR until the supply runs out. Z3 Play’s specs include:– 6′ display, bezelless, Max Vision AMOLED, FHD+,– Snapdragon 636 CPU,– 4GB RAM, 32/64GB ROM,– side-mounted fingerprint scanner,– dual rear camera, 8mpx ...

Huawei Honor 7X’s Android Pie will probably have EMUI 9.0 interface after all

Honor 7X is a budget phone that has been released back in 2017; not a device you would peg as one to get any kind of update in early 2019. Well, you would be wrong. Honor 7X has not only had its OS upgraded fro 8.0 Oreo to 9.0 Pie, but now a beta build for Honor 7X’s EMUI 9.0 interface has been released for Chinese models BND-AL00, BND-AL10 and BND-TL10. We do not know when will the beta end or if it will be available outside of China (probably not), but the update itself will most definitely ...

Samsung Galaxy M10 and Galaxy M20 launched in India. Prices, specifications

Both smartphones are now out in India, offering their new-fangled V-displays advertised as a ”young millenials” thing.– Infinity-V design that tries to change an ugly notch into a servicable watermark. Top bezel in general is very thin,– rear fingerprint scanner placed in the the top left corner of the back,– 6.22′ HD+/6.3′ FHD+ displays,– 3400mAh/5000mAh battery,– Exynos 7870/Exynos 7 Series 7904 CPU,– LTE modem,– 13mpx + 5mpx main camera, 24mpx selfie shooter, 4k video recording,– 2 or 3 and 4 or 6 GB RAM, 16 or 32 ...

Xiaomi Mi 9 may come out in February

Xiaomi Mi 9, a flagship smartphone currently developed by the Chinese, might come out soon. Weibo journalists have somehow found out (I do not know how, so take it with a pinch of salt) that the device may be released on February 19th. That would make sense, as it would allow Xiaomi to beat Samsung and its Galaxy S10 to the punch, even if only by a day. We shall see. Tweet Vote on HN ...