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Google Pixel 3a is now out in Australia

Both Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL variants are available. They offer 5.6-inch / 6-inch displays, 2160 x 1080 OLED, Snapdragon 670 CPUs, 4GB RAM and 64 or 128GB ROM, 12.2 8 mpx rear and 8 mpx front cameras, 3000 mAh / 3700 mAh batteries that can be charged in 15 minutes and, last but not least, headphone jacks. Both phones are or should soon be available from Harvey Norman, Officeworks, JB Hi-Fi and Google Store, with Pixel 3a costing $649 and Pixel 3a XL sold for $799. Only Just Black and Simply White colour variants are available. ...

Is HTC pulling out of China?

It seems so. According to the message on HTC’s Weibo account, the TMall and Jingdong Chinese online stores are no longer selling that company’s smartphones. HTC devices can still be bought via either HTC’s online store or the physical one in Shenzhen, but supplies seem to be running dry as some of their newest phones are listed as Out of Stock.What might be the reason behind this disappearance? No one knows for sure. The official spiel of HTC is one of long-term business strategy for China, and that can mean anything. Some people believe that HTC needs to drastically cut ...

We now know some of Nokia TA-1182 specs

Partial specs of this phone have just appeared in FCC. According to the document, Nokia TA-1182 will come be 16 centimeters tall, 7.5 centimeter wide, it will support Bluetooth 5.0 LE and will be powered by the 4000mAh battery. The phone will probably be a budget device, or at least a low-mid one. Tweet Vote on HN ...

ASUS Zenfone 6 – new leak

The Geek Loko YouTube channel has just released a video in which it displays a soon to be released Zenfone 6 smartphone by ASUS. The video can be watched here. If you cannot or do not feel like seeing it, here is the list of observations that Geek Loko made on the device:– dual selfie shooter and Harman Kardon loudspeaker hidden uner a double, twi-sided slider,– no notch,– rear-mounted fingerprint scanner,– 5000mAh battery,– probable stronger version of the device called Zenfone 6Z.The phone will be released on May 16th on an event in ...

Predator: Hunting Grounds announced. Finally a good game with Predator, perhaps?

That would be nice. Studio IllFonic has just released a trailer of its new asymetrical multiplayer game. Predator: Hunting Grounds will take cues from games such as Friday 13th, pitting a group of humans against a single potent enemy, with both controlled by real people. The short teaser tells us very little about the game: it will take place in the jungle, the ”victims” party will be armed and that is pretty much it. Predator: HG will be released in 2020 on unknown gaming ...

Rome: Total War – Barbarian Invasion released on iPhones

Feral Interactive has just released the mobile edition of Rome: Total War’s expansion. Barbarian Invasion, as the name suggests, introduces new factions of ”barbarian” tribes into the game, fighting with the weakening Roman Empire for territorial and monetary gains. Player can take control over either force, either leading them to victory over the dirty barbarians or toppling what remains of Rome. One of the biggest additions to the gameplay is the so-called Horde mechanic, which imitates some of the barbarian tribes’ nomadic lifestyle.The game will work on iPhone 5s ...

Japan is creating its own, official malware as means of keeping national security

Yep, it is official – viruses and hackers’ attacks are now being used as war deterrents similiar to nuclear missiles. Japanese Ministry of Defense has announced that it is creating its own malware program as a means of ”defense” against any such attacks committed against it by other nations. The program is supposed to be finished by the end of the year. We do not know any details about its inner workings.Japan is not the first country to have its own e-nuclear bomb: Russia, Iran, USA, Germany and a few others have their own programs. Lets hope that, if we cannot ...

Renders of new iPhone XR have leaked

Released by the Steve ”OnLeaks” McFly himself, these renders depict Apple’s upcoming new iPhone XR budget phone. The video that depicts this smartphone’s renders can be watched here. What exacly does it show us?– 150,9 x 76,1 x 7,8 mm dimensions,– symmetrical, large frames,– dual main camera placed on a square ”box”,– a large notch, with FaceID sensor and selfie shooter hidden inside of it.To summarize, new XR will be ugly. So ugly, in fact, that it might receive some kind of ”ugliest iPhone in years” award. We do not ...