– supposedly made under the name Hercules, unknown if it will be released as such,– speaking of launch, it will probably take place in autumn,– Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 CPU,– battery with wireless charging,– triple main camera,– in-display fingerprint scanner. Tweet Vote on HN ...
10 most popular smartphones of 2018 according to Counterpoint Research
Counterpoint Research, company specialized in analysing the mobile devices market, has just released a list of ten best selling smartphones of yesteryear. The list can be read here. If you cannot check it now then let me tell you what it shows: the 2018 market dominated by Apple smartphones, with Samsung phones taking the last few spots and Xiaomi Redmi 5A being right in the middle. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Hour long gameplay video of Borderlands 3 came out
The video can be watched here. In case you cannot or do not feel like watching it now, here is the gist of it:– as is usually the case with sequels, BL3 is basically the same as before, only more: more guns, new characters and skills, new regions to explore,– Sanctuary 3, space ship that will serve as our transport between planets as well as home base,– separate loot in co-op mode, that will also scale to each character’s level.Borderlands 3 will come out on September ...
Galaxy S10 5G went away in flames. Samsung claims it was not the phone’s fault
Ding dong, the phone is dead, which new phone, the Galaxy S10 5G. Or at least this particular unit is. A few days ago an image of burned Galaxy S10 5G smartphone was released online by a supposed South Korean consument. According to that person’s story, the phone was just sitting on the table when, all of a sudden, smoke started coming from inside it. After the smoke cleared out (heh), it turned out it was the phone’s battery that melt down.As of now, Samsung has stated that it believes the burning was not the device’s fault, but no one knows for sure. To be honest, this ...
Google Pay is now available in Switzerland
Google’s payment service will be supported by Cornèrcard, Bonuscard, Swiss Bankers and Revolut. This makes Switzerland the 29th country to support Google Pay. It is unknown if more banks will join the app: citizens of Switzerland prefer using hard cash to credit cards, which puts Google Pay’s future in that country in question. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Realme 3 Pro just came out in India and it is already a hit
Realme 3 Pro debuted in India around five hours ago, but it took only eight minutes to sell out the phone’s first shipment of 170 thousand units. Impressive. Thankfully (if you are from India and want to buy 3 Pro), next shipment should arrive later today or tomorrow. As impressive as 170k units sold is, it fails in comparison to the initial sales of standard Redmi 3. which sold 2100k units. Then again, 3 Pro is a more expensive variant. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Royole FlexPai, or the first foldable smartphone on the market, just came out and sold out
Sorry, Samsung, but you and your Fold did not make it. You are not the first company in the world to release a foldable smartphone; this honour belongs to the Royole and its FlexPai. The device was up for pre-orders ever since December 2018 – that, plus the fact that this is the first foldable device available on the market, combined into every single unit of FlexPai being sold out hours after the release. Sadly, we do not know the exact numbers. New units will reach store shelves on May 9th.Currently, FlexPai is only available in China. Its price ranges from, depending on the memory ...
Samsung Galaxy View 2 has just come out in the US of A
– device is currently available in the AT&T stores. It costs 740 USD,– currently only available in dark grey,– 17,3′ display, FHD resolution,– Exynos 7884 CPU,– 3GB RAM, 64GB storage,– 12000 mAh battery,– integrated modem,– Bluetooth 5.0,– 5 Mpix selfie shooter,– Android 8.1 Oreo OS. Tweet Vote on HN ...
It turns out that Galaxy Note 10 Pro will have a 4500mAh battery
Galaxy Note 10 Pro, a high-end Samsung smartphone that will be officially announced on August 2019, will have a pretty large battery. The device has recently been certified by the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology. With this cerficiation came proper documentation. A part of that documentation the above leaked picture. It shows a battery with assigned model number EB-BN975ABU; this model number fits the 4G (SM-N975) variant of the device that will be released. This battery will supposedly have capacity of 4500mAh, which, by the way, is 500mAh more than the Galaxy Note 9 had. The 5G ...
Samsung Galaxy A50 April update: Bixby Routines & some new camera features
The update has been introduced in India a few hours ago. Other than the April security update, it brings a few new features into the device. The biggest one is Bixby Routines, program devised to make usage of complicated applications & features easier. Other new features are Beauty Video Mode for rear and front cameras and call and message continuity support.The update should soon be made available in other countries of the world as well. Tweet Vote on HN ...