‘strayians can now buy Xiaomi not only from Mi Stores but also from the JB Hi-Fi retailer. Same goes for Vivo, which will become available in the land down under any day now. Only few of each company’s phones will be available at first: Xiaomi Mi A3 ($499), Mi 9T ($699), Mi Mix 3 5G ($1399), Vivo S1 ($449) and Y17 ($369). Every device will support Australian chargers and be covered by JB Hi-Fi warranty. Exact release date is unknown. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Monthly Archives: August 2019
Google removes a bunch of apps from Play Store. Reason? Adware
85 apps have said goodbye to Play Store after yet another Google purge. This one, instigated by the Trend Micro security specialists, aimed to remove apps infested with some pretty nasty adware. Those applications, mainly video games and camera software, not only had 5 minutes long unskippable adds but were also difficult to locate and uninstall from the phone. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Huawei P30 series’ selfie shooters receive night mode update
The mode is called ”Super Night Mode”. No one knows what is so super about it. The rumour is that it is support for software image stabilization, the same that the phones’ main cameras already support. The selfie shooter update is only one of few that are coming with the EMUI 9.1.0.193 patch: others include fingerprint scanner optimization and August security fix. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Oppo is making its very first smartwatch
This news comes from the mouth of Oppo’s vice president Shen Yiren, who wrote about it on Weibo. According to the man, the watch will be released sometime in 2020. As far as specifications go, all we know is that it will have a square display; the reason for doing so is that square display can, well, display more information than round one. We do not know if the watch will be released outside of China, nor what OS will it use. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung Galaxy A10s officially revealed. Specs
– 6,2′ Infinity-V display, HD+,– 8-core Exynos CPU,– 2 GB RAM,– 32 GB flash space,– microSD 512 GB,– 8 Mpix f/2.0 selfie shooter, a13 Mpix f/1.8 + 2 Mpix f/2.4 main camera, LED,– 4000 mAh battery,– Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 5.0, LTE modem, dual SIM, GPS/GLONASS,– fingerprint scanner,– Android 9 Pie with One UI.Smartphone’s release date is currently unknown. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Xiaomi Mi 9S appears on TENAA. Specifications
The specs are basically the same as those of Mi 9; the only differences are the 5G mode, better chipset and larger battery.– 6,39′ AMOLED display, Full HD+,– Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ CPU,– Adreno 640 GPU,– 6/8/12 GB RAM,– 128/256/512 GB flash space,– 20 Mpix selfie shooter, Sony IMX586 main camera, 48 Mpix f/1.47 + 12 Mpix f/2.2 + 16 Mpix f/2.2, LED flash,– Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS/GLONASS, NFC, 5G modem, dual SIM,– 4000 mAh battery,– USB-C connectivity,– in-display fingerprint scanner,– Android 9 Pie with ...
Release date of Huawei Mate 30 revealed
Huawei’s Consumer Business Software President Dr. Wang Chenglu has officially confirmed the release date of Mate 30 to be September 19 in Europe and September 20 in Australia. US, sadly, will not be getting it due to the continued trade war between it and China. Dr. Wang Chenglu has also added that the phone will come with Kirin 990 chipset. Other rumours about mate 30’s specs also mention 4,200mAH battery with 55W SuperCharge and 6.7-inch QHD+ screen. This release date is an early one for Huawei, which usually launches new devices on ...
Polish survival horror Chernobylite on a new teaser
The video can be watched here. Take a handful of Stalker, sprinkle it with The Forest, stir with a Polish ladle and voila, you will get Chernobylite. Survival horror made by Farm 51 studio will make an appearance on this year’s Gamesom, annual video game fair in Germany. We are certain that a longer, more detailed gameplay video will be released then; for now, all we have is the above teaser. Game’s release date is unknown, but presumed to take place this year. Tweet Vote on ...
Patent dispute causes HTC to stop shipping its phones to the UK
Ipcom vs. HTC, 1:0. Research and development company Ipcom, hailing from Munich, has entered a patent dispute with the Taiwanese developers. The dispute concerns car phones. Back in 2012, HTC agreed to sell their car phones in the UK with a workaround. Unfortunately (for HTC, at least), Ipcom has proven via testing that HTC did not in fact implement the workaround and instead continued to sell their products, which violated Ipcom’s patent, in a case of, as Ipcom put it, ”disregard for the law by contravening a UK court ruling”.HTC’s official response, given to the ...
Studio Obsidian released half an hour gameplay video of The Outer Worlds
Fans of full-blooded cRPG games can start getting excited now. Studio Obsidian, creators of the buggy but otherwise wonderful Fallout: New Vegas, are nearing the end of their work on yet another futuristic role playing game. The Outer Worlds has just received a 30 minutes long gameplay video. The video shows us everything that a true role playing game should have – customized skills and equipment, dialogue and world interaction options depending on our characteristics and decision making that alters the course of the game’s story. The game will be released on October 25th, and ...