Hooray, the newest iOS is out. iOS 11.3 has just been delivered to us, and it brings with itself a number of new features. The most noteworthy (relatively…) of them are:– four new Animojis; a lion, a bear, a dragon and a skull,– ARKit 1.5 update which allows ARKit to recognize more objects and surfaces,– battery update that offers more information about the state of your phone’s battery, like its capacity and when it is time to charge. You can now also decide whether or not your iOS should throttle your old battery’s performance, finally. This particular ...
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Chinese Job, or how smartphone smuggling gang was caught trying to smuggle $80 million worth of iPhones
People trying to smuggle iPhones out of Hong-Kong (where these devices are much less expensive than in the rest of China) are nothing new; just lately a guy trying to smuggle $150 thousand worth of iPhones has been caught in an airport. Today’s news, however, is something a bit more impressive. Slightly before the holidays, as reported by Reuters:”Authorities arrested 26 suspects who used drones to fly two 200-meter (660-feet) cables between Hong Kong and the mainland to transport refurbished iPhones with a total value of 500 million yuan [in a] crackdown by Shenzhen and Hong ...
Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 (2018) operating systems are being updated to Android 8.1 Oreo
HMD Global keeps moving; the company has now updated two of its budget devices’, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 (2018) operating systems to version 8.1 Oreo. The update is available over-the-air, which means that it will download itself onto your smartphone as soon as it becomes available in your region. The update weights 875 megabytes, so better make sure that your phone is charged up before downloading. Here are some of the changes included into the Android 8.1 Oreo:– new settings and power menus,– Bluetooth accessories charge-up indicator,– March security ...
Samsung Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy C7 Pro and Galaxy A8+ (2018) receive March security patch
Another day, another security updates. This time Samsung releases March security updates for three of its phones simultaneously: Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy C7 Pro and Galaxy A8+ (2018). Galaxy S7 edge patch is now available in a number of European markets; Galaxy C7 Pro one is out in India; Galaxy A8+ (2018) receives its update in Russia, Uzbekistan and other eastern markets first. March security patch fixes nine critical Android vulnerabilities, five Samsung vulnerabilities and a large number of lesser issues. ...
Massive MyFitnessPal data breach, 150 million user accounts accessed
It was announced yesterday that MyFitnessPal, popular iOS health and fitness application, has become the victim of a large-scale hacker attack. Roughly 150 million user accounts have been compromised, with their data becoming accessible to the hacker. Emails, passwords and usernames of the MyFitnessPal users are now free for the taking for whoever committed the breach. Driver license numbers, social security numbers and credit card information were, thankfully, not accessed. The breach itself reportedly took place in late February – good job on catching up fast there. Under Armour, ...
Moto G6 catwalk
Yay, more Moto G6 leaks. For those of you interested in the Moto’s newest affordable smartphone, Killer Features website has just leaked a bunch of pictures depicting the phone from every angle. Pictures do not show anything that we did not know about the device already, but they do a good job at confirming all the previous leaks – a classic Moto design with no fancy-schmancy additions and a 18:9 display ratio.Specification:– 5.7′ display,– Snapdragon 450 CPU,– 12mpx + 5mpx rear camera, 16mpx selfie shooter,– 3/4GB RAM and 32/64GB storage ...
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium. So, it exists after all?
The story goes like this: roughly a month ago Sony has officially presented two of its smartphones, Xperia XZ2 and Xperia XZ2 Compact. During the event, Sony’s CEO let out that the company will also present the Xperia XZ2 Premium model. The man quickly backed out of his words, saying that he got overly excited, but not everyone believed him; rightly so, as there is a number of evidence towards Xperia XZ2 Premium actually existing. Putting aside various theories about Xperia’s naming and succession conventions, specification of the device that probably is Xperia XZ2 Premium has ...
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 gets its first benchmark, specification revealed
Or some of it at least. Smartphone with a model number SM-N960U has just appeared on Geekbench. Benchmark has revealed a handful of information about the phone’s specification, perhaps most interestingly it’s OS version; as it turns out, Galaxy Note 9 will run on Android 8.1 Oreo instead of just 8.0. Other specs revealed include 6 gigabytes of RAM and Snapdragon 845 CPU. There is also a rumour about Galaxy Note 9 being the first Samsung device to have an optical fingerprint scanner.Galaxy Note 9 will probably be launched around August and September ...
Huawei Honor 7A render and specs leaked
Thanks, Slashleaks, for another successful delivery. What would we do without you. Anyway, you can look up if you want to see how will Honor 7A look like, and you can look down to read about its supposed specification:– 5.7′ display, 1440 x 720 resolution, 18:9 aspect ratio,– Snapdragon 430 chipset,– 3GB RAM, 32GB storage,– 13mpx + 2mpx main camera, 8mpx selfie shooter,– microUSB port,– 3000mAh battery,– Android 8.0 Oreo with EMUI 8.0,– seemingly no fingerprint scanner.Honor 7A is supposed to be announced tomorrow, March 30th, with a ...
Huawei P20 and P20 Pro have passed DxOMark tests, smacks down the competition
Huawei is doing it, brah. Its two newest phones, P20 and P20 Pro, have just made it to the DxOMark benchmark and oh boy, both of them just trumped the competition. Samsung Galaxy S9+? Ten points below P20 Pro. iPhone 8 and X? Even further behind. The moral of the story is, at least as far as DxOMark is concerned, that Huawei wins and all other phonemakers should feel bad. US customers, with that country’s ban on Huawei products, probably already do.P20 and P20 Pro still have not appeared in stores. Depending on the country you are in, you might get some pretty sweet bonuses if you ...