This year has been good for Vivo, with the company doubling its market shares in the first quarter of 2019; hopefully, the release of Z1Pro will make it even better for them. This mid-ranger’s main selling points are its hole punch selfie camera and triple rear camera, topped by a modest price.– 6.53″ display, FHD+, IPS LCD– Corning Gorilla Glass, 6th gen– Snapdragon 712 CPU– 4/6GB RAM, 64/128GB storage, microSD up to 256GB– 16mpx (f/1.78) x 8mpx x 2mpx main camera– 32mpx (f/2.0) selfie shooter– 5000mAh battery, 18W charging ...
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Samsung Galaxy S10 Cardinal Red available in the UK, but only in EE
The new, blood-red variant of the Galaxy S10 smartphone comes out in the United Kingdoms, but its availability is limited to just one store, the EE. For now, Cardinal Red can only be bought there via retail; it is unknown if other selling channels will be opened in the future.Cardinal Red colour variant is not only available for the S10 model, but for the entire S10 series except the 5G model. This means that Galaxy S10e has a total variety of five colours now, making it the most colourful of all Samsung smartphones. Neat. Oh, word to the wise: for some reason, Cardinal Red colour only ...
Pixel and Essential phones are now getting their July security updates
Both devices receive the update simultaneously, though the update is not the same for both of them. Pixel phones have drawn the long straw in this contest, getting not only a number of security fixes, but also a a small list of improvements:Improves “OK Google” and music detection (Pixel 2 and newer),Fixes an issue for some devices getting stuck during boot (Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL),Fixes an issue for some devices getting stuck in EDL mode with a blank screen (Pixel 3 and newer),Improves Unicode Japanese language support (All Pixel smartphones),Improves Titan M module (Pixel 3 ...
Google will put an underwater internet cable between Europe and Africa
Project Equiano is the third one of its kind. The first one, connecting Chile and Los Angeles, is already complete; second one, a cable laid between France and USA, will be completed next year. Equiano, as you can see on the above graphic, will be an underwater cable laid between Portugal and South Africa Republic, with Nigeria in-between the two. The goal of Equino is to allow a broadband internet connection between these countries. Cool, I guess. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Honor 20 Pro Moschino Edition comes out in China tomorrow
Moschino is a special edition of the already released Honor 20 Pro smartphone. When compared with the original, Moschino Edition is… exacly the same, at least on the inside. Its specs include 8 GB RAM, 256 GB storage, 4x main camera and a Kirin 980 chipset, just like the normal Honor 20 Pro. The only thing that arguably justifies its price is a Moschino-branded theme that covers the phone’s rear and front panels. Speaking of price, it is CNY3,799 ($555). The phone comes out tomorrow, July 2nd, for now only in ...
The crisis is over? US has lifted Huawei from its black list
Donald Trump, during the conference press that took place after the latest G20 sumnit in which he spoke with the leader of China Xi Jinping, has avowed that he will now allow the US companies to sell their products to Huawei. The cheeto-president has stated that he legal procedures will be taken up soon, and admitted that ”some of the US companies were not completely happy” about the ban. Declarations of ending the trade war betwee US and China have been made, along with promise of picking up negotiations that were dropped a year ago. On the other hand, Trump has not yet talked ...