A couple of smartphones - one from Huawei and other a Sony Xperia - have received price cuts in the US. Starting with Sony, it's the Xperia XA1 Ultra that's been discounted, currently going for $300, down $100 from its previous price point. The Huawei Honor 6X is currently going for $149.99 ($50 off). It's worth mentioning that the Huawei Mate 9 is also currently available at discounted rates in the US. Major US retailers like Amazon, B&H, and Best Buy are offering some nice deals on it. For more info/details on these deals, head to the Source links below. Source 1 2
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Kamis, 09 November 2017
Essential's 360 Camera can now live stream videos to Facebook Live 360
Essential has announced that the 360 Camera modular accessory for the company's PH-1 smartphone is now capable of live streaming 360-degree videos to Facebook Live. The announcement came in the form of a tweet. Immerse your friends and family in a moment as it unfolds around you. Starting today, you can now broadcast Facebook Live 360 straight from Essential Phone and Essential 360 Camera. Find out how: https://t.co/4MEO5kQV4k http://pic.twitter.com/UoMhqI2uro— Essential (@essential) November 9, 2017 The company also published a blog post, explaining how users of the Essential Phone...
Blowing into mic/charging port area fixes Galaxy Note8 and S8/S8+ mic issues as well
Just yesterday, we told you Google Pixel 2/2 XL users are reporting that the device's muted mic issue can be fixed by blowing into the bottom speaker. And now, it has come to light the same process works for Samsung's Galaxy Note8 and S8/S8+ flagship smartphones as well. Hilarious, but true. If you take a look at the official Samsung forums (links at the bottom of the story), you'll see that users of both the Note8 as well as the S8/S8+ have also been complaining about mic not working during calls, or while using virtual assistant apps. And many of them were able to resolve the issue by...
Google's ‘Files Go' app released as a Beta after recent leak
If you recall, Google accidentally posted an unfinished app on the Play Store, one called "Files Go". This app would let users manage their internal storage and microSD card memory by clearing unnecessary files, wipe junk, and remind you to uninstall unused apps. Check out a quick tour of the app from that news post. In response to the leaked app getting reposted and covered by many other outlets, Caesar Sengupta, a member of the Google Team in Singapore has tweeted a link for the same app, this time back on the Play Store, at the same web address as the broken link from the original...
T-Mobile and Qualcomm demo Gigabit Class LTE speeds
T-Mobile has spent massive amounts of money to improve its LTE network across the US and it shows the most with the carrier's latest announcement. T-Mobile and Qualcomm both took the stage in San Jose, California to showcase the speed and power of the carrier's Gigabit Class LTE. T-Mobile has expanded its LTE-Advanced network with more than twice the coverage since last year, spanning 920+ markets. This new class of LTE will be supported on Qualcomm Snapdragon Gigabit LTE modems, particularly those found on the Snapdragon 835 CPU with the X16 modem. This LTE-A network combines...
Deal: Huawei Mate 9 drops to $399.99 unlocked
Huawei's Mate 10 Pro is reportedly headed to AT&T in early 2018, and the Chinese company may or may not choose to also sell it on Amazon like its predecessor. But until any of that happens, the Mate 9 is still the only Huawei-branded high-end phablet you can officially buy in the US. Thankfully, the launch of its successor has meant last year's model received a nice price cut. The Mate 9 can now be purchased from Amazon for just $399.99 unlocked. That's $100 less than its previous price and $200 below its launch price of $599.99. The Mate 9 might be packing 2016 tech, but it's top...
Verizon offers up to 50% off a Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL with trade-in
It's pretty rare these days to see the Pixel 2, and the Pixel 2 XL especially, in the news for anything other than the newest hardware issue cropping up. But this is one of those times, so brace yourself - it's a deal we're talking about. Specifically, Verizon is now offering you up to 50% off a brand new Pixel 2 or Pixel 2 XL if you trade-in an eligible device. To grab the biggest price cut you will need to part with a top of the line device released within the past two years or so, as you can see from the image below. That said, even older and lower-end smartphones could net you...
iOS 11.1.1 is now out to fix a weird auto-correct bug
Today Apple has made iOS 11.1.1 available, the latest version of its mobile operating system. It comes a little more than a week after iOS 11.1. As the very small number incrementation shows you, it's not a big feature update, only a bug fixing release. It does however resolve two issues that are quite important. First off, iOS 11.1.1 finally takes care of that weird auto-correct bug which prevented people from writing "I" by always changing "i" to "A[?]". This has been discovered not long ago, but it's one of those things that's incredibly annoying if you're unlucky enough to be...
New update for Sony Xperia XZ Premium fixes camera issues, adds November security patches
A new update is currently rolling out to Sony's Xperia XZ Premium, bringing new security patches and fixing a nasty camera bug. The XZ Premium was the first Sony handset to be upgraded to Android 8.0 Oreo last month, and now it seems like the company is intent on also keeping it up to date when it comes to security. That's because the new release has the November security patches for Android built-in. These were just outed by Google for its Nexus and Pixel devices at the beginning of this week, so it's swift moving on Sony's part here. The new software also fixes a camera issue that...
Sony Xperia XA1 Plus lands in the UK for £329.99
Sony's Xperia XA1 Plus got announced at IFA at the end of August, and now it's finally time for it to reach the UK. The phone is being exclusively offered by Carphone Warehouse. It's available today for £329.99 SIM-free and unlocked. Although this retailer usually also sells handsets with operator contracts, the XA1 Plus is only up for grabs without such a commitment for the time being. Compared to the XA1 launched in April, the Plus model comes with a bigger screen, bigger battery, a fingerprint scanner, better audio, an extra GB of RAM, and a dual-SIM slot. The new device keeps the...
Potential Galaxy X user interface detailed in patent
A lot has been written about the folding Samsung Galaxy X, but we haven't actually seen much of the device. This patent application by Samsung could perhaps shed some light - it details the operation of a foldable, dual-screen phone. The two screens will function like a physical split screen - each running its own app with its own app switcher. This works in both portrait and landscape orientations. Using each of the two screens for different apps Another mode is similar to the Nintendo 3DS with the apps or games drawing different parts of their interface on each screen. This...
Phew: The notch photos of the Mi Mix 2s are fake
So, the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2s from yesterday is most likely a fake - a fake made with the XOutOf10 app, which allows common Android users experience the notch life that iPhone X owners live. Here, we took a couple of shots of the Mi Mix 2 we have in the office with the app running: Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 with a faux screen notch Now, certain Android makers were quick to abandon the 3.5mm headphone jack once rumors started circling that Apple will do just that. So we have little doubt that eventually someone, maybe not Xiaomi but someone, will make a phone with a notch.
Skype for Mobile adds effects and stickers
Skype for Mobile launched cheeky "AI" effects for photos and highlights. The Snapchat-like features add more personalization through a magic wand button that appears in the top of the screen. Sprinkles by Microsoft and its machine learning tech could guess your age or emotions. The photo effects can customize both selfies and pictures taken with the back camera. The different captions and masks are reachable with a simple left or right swipe, once the magic wand is clicked. Microsoft says some of them change depending on holidays and days of the week. Edited photos in Skype for...
Samsung SM-J337 Galaxy J3 (2018) hits GFXBench with new chipset
The J-series is one of Samsung's strongest performing lines and this could be the first of the 2018 models. The SM-J337 - likely the Samsung Galaxy J3 - showed up on GFXBench with familiar specs except for the chipset. A pretty modern Mali-G71 GPU provides the graphics power. The number of cores is unknown (likely just one), but this architecture is used in the Galaxy S8 (Exynos 8895) and in the Galaxy A5 (2018) with its still unofficial Exynos 7885. The Galaxy J3 (2018) uses neither of those as it comes with only four Cortex-A53 cores. The 7885 has two Cortex-A73 cores for additional...
OnePlus Lab lets 10 lucky fans test the OnePlus 5T
The OnePlus 5T is on its way, and the company launched its "The Lab" project that lets fans review the latest phone before the official announcement. In a message on OnePlus' forum, a staff member said that the "10 savviest Never Settlers" will be among the first people to get their hands on the new phone. Their mission is to share impressions and reviews with the OnePlus community. Candidates should follow a link where they have to fill in some basic info about themselves and a short review (up to 300 words) of the most impressive phone they have ever used. OnePlus gives bonus...
vivo will expand to Europe and Africa in 2018 with Qualcomm's help
vivo is one of the top smartphone makers yet the brand is not well known outside of its key markets - China and India. That will change next year as the company expands into Europe and Africa. To bolster its position, vivo signed a $4 billion memorandum of understanding with Qualcomm. This will entail technical partnership and patent sharing to bring 5G phones to market and diversify biometric authentication features. vivo was the first to do demo a fingerprint reader below the display, but the two companies also want to develop 3D facial identification (think iPhone X), along with...
Mophie launches two charging cases for the Galaxy Note8
Mophie has launched two new cases for the Galaxy Note8. The first is the standard Mophie Juice Pack that features a 2950mAh internal battery that Mophie claims provides more than total 33 hours of use. The case is also compatible standard Qi wireless chargers and has support for Mophie's Charge Force technology. The Juice Pack for Note8 is priced at $99.95. Mophie Juice Pack The other is the Mophie Charge Force Case, which is a thin leather case that does not actually have a built-in battery but is compatible with Charge Force technology. Mophie Charge Force...
Pixel 2 XL screen produces a bright flash when locking or unlocking the phone
The Google Pixel 2 XL is plagued with a thousand issues, quite a few of which concern the screen. Now a new issue has come to light - many users report that the screen flashes when locking or unlocking the phone. The issue seems to be related to the ambient display. Some have found that disabling this feature prevents the issue, others say that even just toggling it off and then on is a temporary solution. This could prove to be a software issue so it could be fixed with a future update. So far the smaller Pixel 2 seems unaffected. Recently, the Pixel 2 XL screen has had black...
Infinix to launch Zero 5 smartphone on November 14
Infinix will be launching a new smartphone on November 14. The company has sent out invites for an event that will take place in Dubai. We don't have all the details yet but the smartphone will be called Zero 5, and the Indian pricing is under INR 20,000 ($308), although the phone will also go on sale in other countries simultaneously. It is said to have a bezel-less display, probably with the popular 18:9 aspect ratio, Corning Gorilla Glass, dual rear camera system with 2x optical zoom, 6GB of RAM, 128GB expandable storage and will be available in multiple colors, including the...
Energetic Blue vivo V7+ arrives
Two months ago vivo V7+ debuted in two colors - Champagne Gold and Midnight Black. Today the company announced a third color option of the phone - Energetic Blue. vivo V7+ in Energetic Blue According to the company, the unique color option "complements the energetic personality" of the young vivo customers. The Amazon India-exclusive V7+ in Energetic Blue will be available for pre-order between November 10 and November 14. One day after that the actual sales begin at the price of INR21,990 (€286), which is the same as the other two color variants. The vivo V7+ arrived with...
Canalys: iPhone 8 Plus is first Plus model to outsell the smaller iPhone
Ever since the introduction of the iPhone 6 Plus, the larger model was always outsold by its smaller counterpart. Numbers by analysts at Canalys reveal that for the first time ever, the Plus model won - the iPhone 8 Plus outsold the iPhone 8 in the third quarter of 2017. Still, it was Apple's older models that were the top phones by shipments worldwide. The iPhone 7 took the top spot with 13 million units, followed by the iPhone 6s (nearly a tie with the Galaxy J2 Prime). Even the iPhone SE saw an uptick in demand. The demand for the new models was lower than last year - the iPhone 8...
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is Niantic's new game
Niantic, maker of the hugely successful Pokemon Go, is ready to take you on the next adventure - a venture into the magical world of Harry Potter. The new game, titled Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, will be similar to Niantic's first two games in that it will overlay a whole new reality on top of your familiar neighborhoods. This time around you will be doing the fighting, not critters you've captured. This will involve a new game mechanic - learning spells - discovering mysterious artifacts and there's even a hint of WoW-style raiding parties to take down the tougher bosses. The game takes...
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2018) to come with Infinity Display
The next-year Samsung Galaxy A5 is already in testing and it started appearing across many listings. The phone will come with Exynos 7885 chipset, Bluetooth 5.0 and an Infinity Display. Latest info comes from HTML5 tests of the browser which reveal the tested resolution. It is 412 x 816 pixels or 18.5:9 ratio, the same as the Galaxy S8 duo and the Galaxy Note8. Switching to Infinity Display would mean the Galaxy A series would ditch the home button and put the fingerprint scanner on the back to make room for the actual screen. Some renders already suggested it might appear...
Nokia 2 now on sale in Russia
The Nokia 2 is now available to purchase, with Russia becoming the first market to get the entry-level smartphone. There you can buy the device from the official Nokia Russia online store. The Nokia 2 was on pre-order in the country for around a week. It costs RUB 7,990, which currently translates to $135 or €117. The device was made official in India earlier this month. Officially, HMD said the phone will be available sometime mid-November, carrying a €99 price tag, but due to taxes and import fees smartphones tend to be more expensive in Russia than the EU. Source
Oppo F5 now available in India for $308
Right on schedule, the Oppo F5 has been released in India. The device is available from online retailers like Flipkart and Amazon for INR 19,990 ($308). While the handset officially comes in both 4GB/32GB and 6GB/64GB memory configurations, it's only the former that's available in India currently. The latter will go on sale in December. The Philippines was the first country to get the device last week. Amazon | Flipkart
