We have confirmation – BlackBerry Hamburg previously known as Neon is rebranded Alcatel Idol 4 with worse PoC.I have hope that Rome (previously known as Mercury) will be more standard construction for BlackBerry (it will have QWERTY keybord).All information will be reveald probably July 26.Source: Android Authority Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 – more and less
We’ve few new renders and informations. So 5 updates on what we know:– Golden color – we knew about blue, silver and black, now we have golden;– S Pen will work unerwater;– Iris scanner will not work on range less then 20cm (optimal for 25-35cm), glasses, contact lenses and babies;– RAM will be 4GB not 6 – it shouldn’t be that big difference;– Battery is less then in Galaxy S7 edge (2500mAh vs 2600mAh) – this I don’t belive.At end one last info: those are leaks – it’s not 100% sure (iris scanner is quite likely) ...
New informations about Redmi Pro
CEO of Xiaomi confirmed rumors that in Redmi Pro will be MediaTek Helio X25 and that it will have dual rear camera – what makes it first model with this type of cammera and CPU.Second information is quite clear photo of back of cover and its… brushed metal.If price of 1499 Yuan (aroud $225) will be confirmed it will be hit but with each info I’m less sure about it’s probability.Source: gizmochina Tweet Vote on HN ...
LG will show bending smartphones in 2017?
LG and IGNIS Innovations say yes. Making banding screen isn’t that big problem now but another thing is making case that will bend with screen.And this is problem to solve for IGNIS Innovations from Canada.2017 will be busy year for LG, because beside bending smartphones it want to releace smartwatch and is manufacturing screens for Apple Watches.Source: telepolis (polish) Tweet Vote on HN ...
HOMTOM HT16 – cheap and cute
With this model components aren’t most important but here they are:System: Android 6.0;Screen: 5″ 720p, IPS;CPU: MediaTek MT6580;RAM: 1GB;Storage: 8GB + microSD;Cameras: 8MP rear and 5MP front;Battery: 3000mAh;Others: Dual SIM;Size: 144×72.1×8.9mm;Price: $59.99 but on Aliexpress $49.99.As I mentioned earlier components wasn’t priority with projecting this phone. Design of this model is just gorgeous, another advantage is price – $60 is ok and if you can wait for package $50 is just ideal if look is important for you and you don’t need powerfull ...
Oppo F1S – ideal for selfies?
System: Android 5.1;Screen: 5.5″ 720p, IPS, Gorilla Glass 4;CPU: MediaTek MT6750;RAM: 3GB;Storage: 32GB + microSD;Cameras: 16MP rear and 13MP front;Battery: 3075mAh;Others: quick charging, dual SIM (hybrid slot nanoSIM/microSD), full metal body.This phone probably will have premiere August 3 and I must say that with resomable price it can be hit – with this class of front camera, good components, metal body and speculated biometric scanner.Additional advantages are quite big battery (not a giant one but still) and quick charge feature which allow you to play with it without fear ...
BLU Studio Touch – simple smartphone with metal body
Blu released new low-end phone this time with two interesting features – full metal body and fingerprint scanner.System: Android 6.0;Screen: 5″ 720p, IPS;CPU: MediaTek MT6735P;RAM: 1GB;Storage: 8GB + microSD;Cameras: 8MP rear i 5MP front;Battery: 2750mAh;Others: fingerprint scanner;Size: 143.2×71.2×8.4mm;Weight: 139g;Price: $114.94 for gold color and $115.95 for black.It’s not bed fone aspecially when we take into account metal body.Source: gsmmaniak (polish) via ...
New Gorilla Glass
Corning announced new version of their Gorilla Glass – it’s 5th generation.Manufacturer claims that this version have 80% chances to endure fall from 1.6m, for bigger hights chanse is lesser but still improves in comparison with older generations.All of this without losses in scratch resistance. First models of phones with Gorilla Glass 5 may hit shelves even this year.Source: telepolis (polish) Tweet Vote on HN ...
iPhone 8 insead of 7s?
Sun Changxu – analyst from China – informed on her Weibo blog that at bext years autumn we can expect iPone 8 with 10-nanometers TSMC processor (A11 prbably) and OLED screen from Samsung.Is this probable? Well, yes – it will be 10th anniversary of first iPhone and changes would be bigger then cosmetics typical for “s.”Source: gizmochina via weibo Tweet Vote on HN ...
iPhone etui with Android
Do you have enough of iOS on your iPhone 6/6s/6 plus/6s plus? That’s great couse we have Mesuit – etui with battery (1700mAh for smaller models and 2500mAh for bigger), internal storage (32, 64 or 128GB) SIM slot and… Mesuit 1.0 which base is Android.Android based Mesuit runs through lightning and app what makes it unique solution at the moment.Prices are quite resonable: $150 for smaller and $165 for bigger. Prices are probably for 32GB versions.Source: telepolis ...