The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2, which was made official by the Chinese company yesterday, will arrive in India "very soon." This was confirmed by the company's global SVP Xiang Wang. Sadly, the executive didn't provide an exact time-frame, although reports say the launch may happen some time next month, around the time when festive season kicks off in the country. Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 There's currently no information on pricing as well. Just to give you an idea, the device - which comes with 6GB RAM and is currently only available in China - starts at CNY 3,299 (around $505) and goes up to...
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Senin, 11 September 2017
Nougat for Samsung Galaxy A5(2017) and A7 (2017) arrives in India
Samsung has started pushing out a new update to its Galaxy A5 (2017) and Galaxy A7 (2017) smartphones in India. Weighing in at around 1.4GB, and arriving as firmware version A520FXXUBQI5 and A720FXXU2BQI2, respectively, the update brings along Android Nougat. As for the changes, the list includes improved notifications and Quick settings, multi-window feature, and improvements related to AOD. The update also brings along features like Dual Messenger and Samsung Pass. As is usually the case with OTA roll outs, it may take time for the update to hit your device. So be patient. Via...
Essential Phone drop test yields unexpected results
The Essential Phone is finally available in the US and Canada, following many delays and a protracted pre-order period. YouTube channel JerryRigEverything is known for its scratch, burn, and bend tests and doesn't usually perform drop tests, but made an exception this time around for the Essential Phone, because it's built with materials not usually seen in handheld devices: titanium (the frame) and ceramic (on its back). Ceramic is thought to be more brittle than glass, so you'd expect the Essential Phone's back to crack. But no, it simply refuses to. On the other hand, the Gorilla...
Sony Xperia XZ1 review: XZibit one
Sony was never a company to blindly follow trends, having its own approach to the mobile market. A fact perfectly illustrated by the company's latest flagship duo - the XZ1 and XZ1 Compact, which you only need to look at once to recognize the Xperia pedigree. The 2017 Sony flagships proper combine the best elements across the lineup to try and cut themselves a solid piece of the holiday sales pie.
Asus brings the Zenfone 4 Max to the US, available today for $199 unlocked
The Asus Zenfone 4 Max was announced back in July, and launched in Russia first, followed by other countries. Now it's finally time for it to reach the US. The handset is available to buy today from Asus itself, as well as Amazon, Best Buy, Newegg, and B&H. It will set you back $199, and you're obviously getting an unlocked unit. Note though that it's only compatible with GSM-based carriers such as AT&T, T-Mobile, their various sub-brands, and MVNOs operating on their networks. CDMA-based carriers like Verizon and Sprint are not supported. The Zenfone 4 Max version that has landed...
Huawei Mate 10 front panel leaks, confirming the design seen in previous images
Huawei's Mate 10 just keeps on leaking ahead of its official unveiling on October 16. Today from China comes an image that is said to show the device's front panel somewhere in the wild, in someone's hand. What we see here, design-wise, lines up pretty well with at least one previous leaked image - that surfaced a few days ago and purportedly showed us a prototype Mate 10 being tested out and about. We get very slim bezels with this one, and a small Huawei logo on the bottom. On this Mate 10 model, the fingerprint scanner will be on the back, since it just couldn't fit on the...
Sony Xperia XZ Premium gets improved Wi-Fi through update
Sony has issued an over the air update to the Xperia XZ Premium, which brings the September 1 security patch, improvements to Wi-Fi performance as well as the run of the mill bug fixes and optimizations. The firmware carries the build number 45.0.A.7.137 and should roll out gradually among Xperia XZ Premiums. Its footprint is rather modest at 115.7MB so chances are it doesn't include any hidden features not mentioned in the change log. Leave us a tip if you received the update, mentioning the market where you got your phone. Source
Xiaomi Mi 5X gets a stable Android One ROM port
If you've bought into the Xiaomi Mi 5X, wished you haven't when you saw the stock Android of the Mi A1, then here's some good news. You now have the option to move from one to the other by flashing the right ROM. Thanks to a developer by the name of heli0us a port of the Android One ROM for the Xiaomi Mi A1 is available and you can find download links and instructions in the source below. According to the developer everything so far works without issue and the ported ROM is stable. Keep in mind that installing the ROM over MIUI on a Xiaomi Mi 5X requires you to unlock the...
Apple TV 4K leak shows 4K HDR support
Apple's macOS High Sierra finally introduced native support for h.265 (HEVC) videos and the company made a big deal about 4K video support on the new Macs. Apple TV is still stuck on 1080p, but it seems that this will change tomorrow. Info from config files confirms that the new Apple TV 4K will play 4K 2160p video with HDR support - both HDR10 and Dolby Vision. If you're streaming video instead of playing local media, you'll need a 15Mbps Internet connection or better (not all that much bandwidth is needed, thanks to HEVC) (note: this seems to be a part of Apple's much-rumored streaming...
Deal: Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact for £400 (it's normally £500)
Okay, this is probably a mistake but the Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact is available for pre-order at £400 at Argos UK - not £500 as Carphone Warehouse is charging. True, you don't get a pair of fancy headphones, but this is a killer price for the super mini. The large XZ1 is £600 as usual. Again, this may be a wrong price from Argos. You can also see that the black model is listed as "XZ1" (not Compact) even though it says 4.6" screen in the specs below (Source 2 link). That is to say that it's not clear if Argos will honor this price if you hit "pre-order". We poked around some other...
Red iPhone 8 briefly glimpsed on video
All iPhone 8 rumors so far have shown off the color scheme trinity - White, Black and Gold - but now a new video shows a unit painted in a bold red color. This won't be the first red iPhone but it will be the first time Apple offers a red unit from the get go. This video was sent to us by a tipster who says it was shot Guangzhou in what appears to be a showroom (or perhaps a QA facility). Interestingly, the iPhone 8 appears more burgundy and the iPhone 7 (7s?) behind it is a brighter red. And the gold color continues to not look like the precious metal, but closer to...
Samsung working on 7nm and 11nm chipsets for 2018
The path at the end of Moore's law is a winding one - today Samsung announced that it will be producing 11nm chips for high-end and mid-range phones. This is a Low Power Plus (LPP) process that is a scaled down version of the 14nm LPP process used for chips like the Snapdragon 660 and 630. It promises up to 15% boost in performance with the same power use. The chip area will be reduced by 10%, meaning the manufacturing price of chips will fall. Expect the first 11nm chipsets to come out in the first half of 2018. The premium phones of next year will be using the new 7nm LPP chips built...
Record pre-orders for Galaxy Note8 in the US, India sees 250,000 registrations
The Samsung Galaxy Note8 reports great pre-order numbers on all fronts. Samsung says that the new flagship broke the previous pre-order record for a Galaxy Note in the US. Interest is strong in India as well. The relatively high price did not deter fans of the S Pen - the new model costs $930 SIM-free while the Note7 was $850. Samsung is already shipping phones to some of those who pre-ordered while general sales will start on September 15. We have more concrete numbers from India - 250,000 people registered interest. Of that, around 150,000 are on Amazon. The country will get the new...
Apple's A11 will have six cores - two powerful, four efficient
Apple's next mobile chip - the one set to power Apple's iPhones that will debut tomorrow - is going to pack a six-core processor. The A11 will have two high-power Monsoon cores and four low-power Mistral cores and all of them will be independently-controllable and will be able to run at the same time. Just to clarify on the A11: it's two high-power Monsoon cores and four low-power Mistral cores, all independently addressable. No Fusion— Steve T-S (@stroughtonsmith) September 10, 2017 The bit of information was extracted by dev Steve T-S from the same iOS 11 Golden Master that...
Xiaomi Mi Note 3 debuts with dual camera, Snapdragon 660
As expected, the Xiaomi Mi Note 3 arrived alongside the Mi Mix 2 today. The Mi Note 3 is an interesting phone that sits slightly above the Mi 5X (or Mi A1) with a Snapdragon 660 chipset (not the expected 835) but has plenty of RAM and storage - 6GB and either 64GB or 128GB. Xiaomi Mi Note 3 Another similarity with the Mi 5X (and Mi 6) is the dual camera. The Mi Note 3 packs two 12MP cameras on the back - a regular and a 2x telephoto one. The back cameras offer Portrait Mode while the 16MP front snapper has Adaptable AI Beautify which smooths skin and can even change the...
Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 official with Snapdragon 835, 6" screen
The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 is finally official. This is the highly anticipated follow up to the original bezelless phone and Xiaomi has gone smaller with its successor. Instead of the 6.4-inch 17:9 display of the first-gen Mi Mix, the Mi Mix 2 opts for a 5.99-inch 18:9 FullHD+ (2160x1080p) making its overall footprint smaller and bringing a higher screen-to-body ratio. Xiaomi boasts of a 12% reduced bottom bezel too and the front glass is curved on all sides. The Mi Mix 2 naturally gets the top of the line Snapdragon chipset - the 835. It can be paired to 6GB or 8GB of RAM - the 6GB model has...
Xiaomi Mi Notebook Pro packs quad-core Intel Core i7 in a light magnesium body
Xiaomi's Air notebooks focused on portability, the new Mi Notebook Pro focuses on power. That is not to say it's not portable - it has narrow bezels, making it one of the smaller 15.6" laptops around, and its magnesium alloy body weighs 1.95kg. The laptop comes with a choice of 8th gen Intel Core processors - the base version has a Core i5 8250U (dual-core) but you can go up to Core i7 8550U (quad-core). These come with 8GB of RAM and 256GB storage (M.2 PCIe SSD). Graphics for the 1080p screen are rendered by a dedicated Nvidia GeForce MX150 GPU (2GB VRAM). The screen is guarded by...
Xiaomi publishes Mi Note 3 and Mi Mix 2 camera samples
Xiaomi just unveiled the Mi Note 3 and Mi Mix 2. The cameras of both are based on the Mi 6 camera, but the Note 3 has the full setup while the Mix 2 has only one of the modules. The dual camera features 12MP + 12MP modules and shoots portraits with bokeh. The camera also promises 2x optical zoom and OIS. Check out these official samples (note that they have been scaled down to 2MP). Xiaomi Mi Note 3 camera samples1 The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 has a single cam, which is the main module of the Mi 6 - it has the same 12MP sensor (IMX386) and OIS, which will improve low-light...
Xiaomi Mi Note 3 debuts with dual camera, Snapdragon 660
As expected, the Xiaomi Mi Note 3 arrived alongside the Mi Mix 2 today. The Mi Note 3 is an interesting phone that sits slightly above the Mi 5X (or Mi A1) with a Snapdragon 660 chipset (not the expected 835) but has plenty of RAM and storage - 6GB and either 64GB or 128GB. Xiaomi Mi Note 3 Another similarity with the Mi 5X (and Mi 6) is the dual camera. The Mi Note 3 packs two 12MP cameras on the back - a regular and a 2x telephoto one. The back cameras offer Portrait Mode while the 16MP front snapper has Adaptable AI Beautify which smooths skin and can even change the...
Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 official with Snapdragon 835, 6" screen
The Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 is finally official. This is the highly anticipated follow up to the original bezelless phone and Xiaomi has gone smaller with its successor. Instead of the 6.4-inch 17:9 display of the first-gen Mi Mix, the Mi Mix 2 opts for a 5.99-inch 18:9 FullHD+ (2160x1080p) making its overall footprint smaller and bringing a higher screen-to-body ratio. Xiaomi boasts of a 12% reduced bottom bezel too and the front glass is curved on all sides. The Mi Mix 2 naturally gets the top of the line Snapdragon chipset - the 835. It can be paired to 6GB or 8GB of RAM - the 6GB model has...
vivo X20 official unveiling set for next week
The vivo X20 will debut next week. This confirmation comes courtesy of a teaser by the Chinese company through its official Weibo account. As clear from the image (shown below), the unveiling is set for September 21. From what we've gathered so far, the V20 is powered by Snapdragon 660 SoC and sports a 5.8-inch AMOLED screen of 1080x2160px resolution. RAM is 6GB, while camera department features a 24MP dual camera setup on the back and a 24MP front shooter. The phone is expected to pack in a 3,500mAh battery, and also offer Face Unlock that will work within 0.1s. Via
