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Leagoo S9, or how Chinese try hard to make an iPhone X clone

China, the land of white-gloved oppression and limited Internet, is famous for its iPhone knockoffs. Leagoo S9 is the latest example of Chinese ”phony phone” ingenuity; a $150 clone of iPhone X, and by ”clone” I mean ”Look, it has a notch!”.– price: $149.99,– Face Access phone unlock,– 5.85′ HD+ display,– 8-core CPU,– 4GB RAM,– 32GB storage,– 3300mAh battery (considerably larger than iPhone X’s, got to admit that),– 13mpx dual rear camera,– rear fingerprint scanner.Leagoo S9’s specs ...

Germany, Italy and more countries’ prices of Samsung Galaxy S9

As I already let you know in the post from earlier today, Galaxy S9 will be an expensive phone. For the $720 to $800 it better deliver! How to put it… these prices are the ones promised for the US; outside the land of freedom and apple pie, S9 series will be even more expensive. Due to various taxation and import issues, S9 series will be up to 30% more expensive in some of the non-US countries. According to this list, which I think does not come from any official source, this is what some of the non-Americans will have to pay for Galaxy S9 and S9+:Galaxy S9:Germany – 849 EUR ...

Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact, specs

MWC 2018 is now over, but in its short few days the event managed to showcase quite a few products! Two of them are Sony’s Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact, two promising new smartphones. While we have not learned when will they be released and how much will they cost, what we do know is all about their specifications:Xperia XZ2:R- 5.7′ display, FHD+, Gorilla Glass 5, 18:9 aspect ratio,– Snapdragon 845 CPU, 8-core,– Adreno 630 GPU,– 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, microSD slot,– 19mpx rear camera, 5mpx selfie shooter,– USB 3.1, Google Cast, NFC, Bluetooth 5.0, ...

Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus finally officially revealed! Price, specs and availability

The wait was long, but now it is finally over. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, this year’s Samsung flagships. These two smartphones, just as many other Samsung devices, were a victim (beneficiary?) of multitude of leaks and rumours. Thanks to them, people interested in the subject of S9 could compose for themselves an almost full and, what’s important, almost completely correct view of the phones even before their official reveal. In other words, there will be no surprise; official reveal of the S9 series during the MWC 2018 was little more than ...

Specs of Honor 7C and Huawei Enjoy 8 are out

Both smartphones have just received their TENAA certifications. As is always the case with TENAA, it told us much about the phones’ specs, but nothing about their price or date of release.Honor 7C:– 5.99′ TFT display, 18:9 aspect ratio, HD+ resolution,– 8-core CPU, 1.8GHz,– Adreno 506 GPU,– 3 or 4 GB RAM, 32GB storage memory, microSD up to 256GB,– dual 13mpx + 2mpx main camera, 8mpx selfie shooter,– rear-mounted fingerprint scanner,– Android 8.0.0 Oreo OS, EMUI 8.0 interface,– 2900mAh battery,– dimensions: 158,3×76,7×7,8 mm, ...

Price and features of Samsung Galaxy S9 leaked

Picture of a Spanish promo leaflet for Galaxy S9 series has just leaked online, and it is quite informative. According to this piece of paper, Samsung Galaxy S9 will cost 849 euro, and Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus will have a price tag of 1000 euro – amounts similiar to what Evan Blass leaked a while ago (841 and 997 euro respectively). Leaflet also mentiones a number of features:– Midnight Black, Coral Blue and Lilac Purple colour variants,– faster chipset,– Super Slow Motion and Super Low Light camera features.Soon we will learn whether or not these information are true, ...

Rejoice, LG owners, for G6 and V30 will have their OS’ upgraded to 8.1 Oreo

As we speak, Android Oreo is being beta-tested on LG G6 back in China and on LG V30 in South Korea. While we do not know the exact date of update’s release, it is 100% certain that both phones will soon receive their OS updates worldwide. Interesting detail is that the update will knock their operating systems up to 8.1 – most other smartphone manufacturers go for 8.0 first.Update should be released in the next few weeks, up to a month. Tweet Vote on HN ...

LG will unveil new versions of K8 and K10 at MWC 2018

Mobile World Congress starts this Monday, on February 26th. Event will host a number of new and exciting smartphones, and while Samsung’s Galaxy S9 is probably the most sought after one of them all, other companies’ devices will make their appearance as well. Two of them will be LG’s 2018 versions of K8 and K10 smartphones. Original K8 and K10 were budget phones; their re-editions will still hold the same status, albeit with upgraded cameras and a little bit better specifications.LG K10 2018 will be released in three versions: K10, the K10+ and K10a. K10 and K10+ will be ...

O tempora o mores!, or there is an Android-powered scooter in the making

Damn, man, the things they are coming up with nowadays… Archos, French company that until now dealt in budget tablets and smartphones is reportedly working on an Android-controlled scooter. Vehicle’s name will be Citee Connect. It’s core will be a small touch-screen computer with Android 8.0 Oreo operating system. Computer’s specs include 1GB of RAM and a 4-core processor. 3G connectivity will allow for displaying Google Maps on the computer’s screen. As for the scooter itself, we have been told that it will have a 8.5′ diameter puncture-proof tires, 36W ...

Samsung Galaxy S9 in the flesh! New pictures show Galaxy S9 live

Two live pictures of Galaxy S9, rumoured to have been taken in Vietnam, have just surfaced online. They depict a Midnight Black colour variant of the phone. Speaking of looks, S9’s design is awfully similiar to S8’s, one? Hopefully phone’s features will make it so that there is actually a point in buying it. Galaxy S9 is said to offer, among other things, improvements to the camera’s interface, artificial reality emoticons and live translation by Bixby Vision.Samsung Galaxy S9 will be released on March ...