The OnePlus 5T has started receiving a new update. Arriving as OxygenOS 4.7.6, the update brings along multiple changes, including those related to camera and system. To start with, camera-related changes include clarity improvements for selfie in low light, performance improvements for third-party camera apps, and some stability improvements. Moving on, system-related changes include screenshot and WiFi display improvements. The update - which weighs in at 86MB - also adds assistive lighting for face unlock, and bumps the security patch level to December. In case you missed, an...
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Kamis, 28 Desember 2017
The 20 most popular phones of 2017
While we wait for 2018's phone launches with anticipation, let's take a moment and glance back over our shoulder and have a look at your most popular phones of 2017. Before we get into the phones themselves, it became apparent that 3 brands dominated the top 20. The top 20 most popular phones, brand breakdown Samsung led the way with 35%, followed by Xiaomi 25% and Nokia 15%. The remaining 25% comprised OnePlus, LG, Motorola, Huawei and Apple with 1 entry a piece. So let's get going and look at the top 20 in more detail. Top 10 Your most popular phone of 2017 was the...
HTC and Motorola don't intentionally slow down older devices, unlike Apple
The mother of all mobile-related conspiracy theories was shockingly confirmed one week ago, when Apple admitted that it purposefully slows down old iPhones. While the company's intention is actually to prolong the life of those devices that are affected by aging batteries, this admission was obviously very controversial on the internet, where even much smaller issues turn into all-out flame wars at times. What Apple does is it throttles the CPU of iDevices that have old batteries, in order to prevent situations in which the battery life becomes worse. And today two of its competitors have...
Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra is the H4233 that leaked in September
Back in September an upcoming 2018 Sony smartphone had its specs leaked by a benchmark run. So far, however, all we've had to go on was its model number, namely H4233. And while that in itself betrayed the phone's mid-range status, it's always good to know exactly what a device is actually going to be called. In this case, the H4233 will be sold as the Xperia XA2 Ultra, the successor to the XA1 Ultra which launched this May. The official confirmation of its name comes by way of SIRIM, the Malaysian product certification body, which has outed it through its documents. The XA2 Ultra...
Here's a leaked list of devices sporting the Snapdragon 845 in 2018
By now it's pretty clear that most of the top of the line Android smartphones of 2018 will have the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoC at the helm, which was unveiled at the beginning of this month. Thus, the situation next year will pretty much emulate what happened in 2017 with the Snapdragon 835. Today from a source in China comes a list of handsets that will be using the SD845 in 2018 along with their expected announcement timelines. We can't verify the validity of this information, but the presence of these devices in the list is anything but surprising. In February, Samsung will...
Apple & Samsung take 70% of holiday activations
During this holiday season Apple & Samsung accounted for 70% of devices activated according to Flurry Analytics, with Apple taking the Lion's share with 44%. Google was a no show. Flurry took a look at the most gifted smartphones and tablets around the globe this holiday season, examining activations throughout the week leading up to Christmas day. Flurry Analytics, part of Oath, is used by over 1M mobile apps and has insight into 2.1 billion devices worldwide. Apple Dominate Similar to last year, 44% of new phone and tablet activations were Apple devices. Whilst Samsung's...
Gionee S11 to launch in India in January 2018
Gionee will be launching its S11 smartphone in India in January 2018, according to the sources at Techook. The phone first launched in China last month along with three siblings. The Gionee S11 has a 5.99-inch, 18:9 FullView Display and a MediaTek Helio P23 processor with 4/6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. It boasts a dual camera system on the front and back, with the rear having a 16MP + 5MP system and the front having a 16MP + 8MP system. Apart from that, the S11 has a 3410mAh battery, hybrid dual SIM slot, and Amigo OS 5.0 based on Android 7.1 Nougat. The phone is priced at...
Deal: The LG V30 is down to £700 at CarphoneWarehouse
The LG V30 is still fresh on European shelves but it's already seeing its first discount - in this case a 12% drop in price at CarphoneWarehouse in the UK. Originally a £795 prospect in both Silver and Blue, the 64GB LG V30 is now down to £700. Other retailers in the UK offer the V30 as well, but their price is harder to swallow. The V30 is in stock and available for next day delivery and there doesn't appear to be a timer on the new price. Mind you, at £700 the LG V30 is still rather expensive but so are its competitors such as the Pixel 2 XL, Galaxy S8+ or iPhone 8...
ZTE briefly lists the Blade V9 listed on its website
An official product page for the ZTE Blade V9 briefly went online and was subsequently pulled down. But, luckily, it was online long enough to grab all the information about the upcoming phone. The Blade V9 is ZTE's first phone with an 18:9 aspect screen (the tallest so far was the 17:9 ZTE nubia Z17s). The Blade V9 has a 5.7-inch LCD of 1080x2160px resolution. Inside there's a Snapdragon 450 chipset coupled with either 2GB, 3GB or 4GB of RAM with 16GB, 32GB and 64GB of internal storage, respectively. There's also a MicroSD card slot which doubles as a second SIM housing. There...
Next-year Snapdragon 670, 640 and 460 specs leak
Qualcomm announced its flagship chipset in the beginning of December at the Snapdragon Technology Summit. According to the latest leak from Weibo, the chipset company from San Diego is preparing three more SoC platforms for 2018 - Snapdragon 670, Snapdragon 640 and Snapdragon 460. The SD670 comes as a successor of the SD660. The biggest change is the process it is built on - it will be 10nm so it will be more power-efficient. The CPU will have eight cores - 4x Kryo 360 at 2 GHz and 4x Kryo 385, clocked at 1.6 GHz. The GPU will be Adreno 620 and dual 14-bit Spectra 260 ISP. It will...
LG reveals upcoming Google Assistant powered ThinQ Speaker
LG has revealed its upcoming Bluetooth speaker called ThinQ Speaker. The key feature of this speaker is that it comes with Google Assistant built-in. Along with being able to do your typical Google Assistant tasks like asking about the weather or the news or anything else, the ThinQ Speaker will also be able to integrate with LG's line of smart home appliances. You will be able to tell Google Assistant to turn on your air purifier or your robot vacuum cleaner. LG has also partnered with Meridian Audio for the speakers and the device is capable of streaming high quality lossless...
Image of Meizu 15 Plus confirms bezel-less design
Images of the 15 Plus, the anniversary phone by Meizu, appeared earlier this month, revealing no bezels from three sides. A new render from Weibo today confirms the design and reveals the phone will have dual cameras at the back, coupled with what appears to be a 10-LED dual-tone flash, last seen in the Meizu Pro 6. The front will have only a single bezel at the bottom under the screen. The Meizu 15 Plus will have a single selfie camera, implemented on the front screen like the Essential PH-1 or the Sharp Aquos S2. The display will have rounded corners and will span all the way to...
Huawei Mate 10 Pro giveaway: We have a winner!
Our long-running Huawei Mate 10 Pro holiday giveaway is finally over and we have a winner. Congratulations: Mihai S. If you are reading this, check your email. We already reached out to discuss a few details before we get that shiny new Mate 10 Pro rolling your way. To all the other participants - thank you for the impressive turnout and interest and we wish you better luck next time! Our Gleam statistics counted almost 15,000 users this time around and for good reason. The Huawei Mate 10 Pro is truly one of the best phones of 2017. It managed to shine in both our 2017...
Motorola Moto X4 (standard model) gets Oreo as well
After the Android One variant of the Moto X4 started getting it last week, Oreo for the standard Motorola Moto X4 has begun rolling out as well. The update is currently hitting units in India, where the device launched last month. Thanks so much 😍😍😍😍😍 @motorolaindia Just received oreo update on my #motox4 (regular moto x4 in india) http://pic.twitter.com/XfR1377Hps— QuickTech Mohit 🐦 (@mohit00km) December 27, 2017 The update, as you can see in the screenshot above, arrives as version OPW27.2, and also includes Android security fixes for...
New LG Tribute Dynasty smartphone surfaces, coming to Sprint, Boost, and Virgin mobile
User manual for a new LG Tribute series smartphone has surfaced. Dubbed Tribute Dynasty, the device carries a model number of LG-SP200. A device with the same model number has already been certified by the FCC. Nothing much is known about the device at the moment, except that it will be available in the US through Sprint, Boost, and Virgin mobile. It's already end of the year, so it's reasonable to assume the phone will be made official sometime early next year (CES 2018, perhaps). Via
Android Oreo update for G6 being tested by LG
A day after LG announced the roll-out of the final Oreo build for its V30 smartphone, it has come to light that the South Korean company is already testing Oreo update for the G6. The beta testing is currently going on in China. A user even shared screenshots of an Oreo-powered G6 unit. Take a look: The software version is V19A, and the list of supported models includes LGM-G600L, LGM-G600S, LGM-G600K, LGM-G600LR, LGM-G600SR, LGM-G600KR, LGM-G600LP, LGM-G600SP, and LGM-G600KP. No information yet on when the final rollout will begin, although that shouldn't take long now. For more...
AT&T's Huawei Mate 10 Pro launch pushed to February
A report from earlier this month confirmed that the Huawei Mate 10 series will hit AT&T and Verizon in the US sometime in January 2018. However, now it's come to light that the launch - at least for the AT&T Mate 10 Pro - has been pushed to February. The latest piece of news comes from a new report from The Information, which also quotes the Chinese company's CEO Richard Yu as saying that certain elements of Huawei's custom Android skin EMUI were "stupid." The comment was made by Yu in an internal company memo. In case you missed, a leak surfaced recently, revealing Huawei's 2018...
