Deal: LG Q6 for $160 this Sunday on Amazon

If you're looking for a new and inexpensive smartphone that's also attractive, look no further than the LG Q6. Amazon already sells the LG Q6 at a discount of $50 for the Prime Exclusive version - this comes out to $200. LG has let us know that the Prime Exclusive variant of the phone will be going on sale as part of Amazon's Daily Deal on Sunday, February 25 for a grand total of $160 - a killer value If you ask us and a great smartphone for a young teen or anyone who only needs the bare essentials. The LG Q6 is related to the G6. It has very similar design language and even offers a...

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First cheap Android Oreo (Go edition) phones will be unveiled at MWC alongside more Android One handsets

Google has revealed that the first smartphones running Android Oreo (Go edition) will become official at MWC next week. The company hasn't named any of the upcoming products, but mentions that some of them will sell for less than $50, which is rather amazing if it pans out (and there are no caveats). Android Oreo (Go edition) is the version of the OS that's specially optimized for low-end hardware. It's a streamlined iteration of Android, which ships with optimized default apps and an optimized variant of the Play Store that highlights lightweight apps. Google tells us to expect 15% faster...

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New leak prices the Galaxy S9 at €841, Galaxy S9+ at €997

At the beginning of this week some contradictory pricing information for Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S9 and S9+ got leaked. Today Evan Blass, a.k.a. @evleaks, only adds to the confusion with the newly outed images you can see below. So according to this usually reliable source, the S9 will set you back €841, while the S9+ will be priced at €997. The big question here is where these prices are supposedly from - what country or market, specifically. Since they're in euros you'd expect them to be valid across the Eurozone (or at least in one of the countries in it), but very rarely have...

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BQ Aquaris VS and VS Plus officially released with SD430, 4GB of RAM, promised Oreo update

Spanish company BQ has launched two new Android smartphones today, both of which are already available from its international online store. The Aquaris VS and Aquaris VS Plus share a lot of specs, as you'd expect from the naming convention, and yes, the Plus model is bigger. The BQ Aquaris VS has a 5.2-inch 720p IPS touchscreen with 2.5D glass and up to 520 nits of brightness, a 12 MP main camera with f/2.0 aperture and 1.25µm pixels, as well as 1080p video recording. For selfies you have an 8 MP sensor with f/2.0 aperture and 1.12µm pixels, and even a LED flash. The phone is...

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Energizer Power Max P16K Pro smartphone arrives at MWC with 16,000 mAh battery

Energizer wants to make a big splash at MWC this year, and it's definitely going to achieve just that with the Power Max P16K Pro smartphone that it will unveil on that occasion. The company is best known for its batteries, so it makes perfect sense that its next handset will have battery life as a huge focus. Keyword: huge. The Power Max P16K Pro sports a gargantuan 16,000 mAh battery. That's four times bigger than what you would expect in this day and age in order to call a device one that comes with a big battery. The new Energizer will obliterate its competition in this area....

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AirPods to get "Hey Siri" detection, water-resistance in future

The next generation of Apple's popular AirPods will feature "Hey Siri" voice detection support, according to a report by Bloomberg. A subsequent model is also expected to bring water-resistance. The current AirPods model uses the W1 chipset and requires the use of a double tap gesture to invoke Siri. The next generation model will reportedly use a new version of this chipset, which will be able to detect the "Hey Siri" command without having to use the gesture, much like the iPhone or the HomePod. That is what's expected this year. However, according to the report, the AirPods will...

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More Nokia 7 Plus images leak, showing the Black and White colors side by side

The Nokia 7 Plus is no stranger to the rumor mill - we've seen renders in black and white, even a stealthy live photo. It's back for more, this time around both color options stand side by side. Nokia 7 Plus in Black and White (leaked images) The Nokia 7 Plus is likely to be unveiled at the MWC in a few days (along with a couple of other handsets). It will be HMD's first 18:9 phone and will use Snapdragon 660 chipset, so it won't quite challenge the Nokia 8 for dominance. Interestingly, it might use Android One, making it even closer to AOSP than HMD's already pretty stock...

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Huawei MediaPad M5 10 (Pro) key specs revealed

Demand for tablets might be down, but Huawei posted a huge 28% YoY growth in 2017. According to leaked info, the company plans to keep it going and is planning to launch the MediaPad M5 10 (Pro) anytime soon, probably at the MWC 2018. According to Roland Quandt on Twitter, the new device will have metal body, 4 GB RAM and 16:10 screen. Huawei MediaPad M5 10 (Pro) The format of the panel might be a bit off, but will have a massive resolution of 2560 x 1660 pixels. The home button/fingerprint scanner is on the short side of the slate while on top sits a front camera. The...

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Huawei Mate 10 Pro learns to drive a car thanks to Kirin 970's NPU

In smartphones, AI powers digital assistants. In cars, it wants to be a digital chauffeur. But what if those two branches of artificial intelligence came together? Huawei set off on a 5 week mission to find out - the RoadReader project. Engineers taught a Huawei Mate 10 Pro to drive a Porsche Panamera - throttle, steering wheel, breaks. It leveraged the phone's NPU, the part of the Kirin 970 chipset that accelerates machine learning tasks. Using the phone's cameras and object recognition, the team managed to teach the phone to recognize obstacles in the road and maneuver around...

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Gboard beta comes with email auto-complete, unified search for emoji, stickers, GIFs

Google pushed a new beta of its keyboard app Gboard. Version 7.0.2 comes with the ability to "Search all media" and to autocomplete emails. There are also some design tweaks and rearranged Settings menu. Screengrabs from Gboard beta 7.0.2 Instead of "Universal Media Keyboard", as previously rumored, Gboard 7.0 has Search all media box for all the emojis, stickers and GIFs. Now it is the first tab and features a carousel for swiping through the results of whatever you are looking for. You can search for any particular type of media with the other tabs that are not new in the...

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Samsung Galaxy Note8 long-term review

While some phones are inspired by the ‘less is more' mantra, Samsung's Galaxy Note family has always proudly claimed that ‘more is more'. More features, more options, more settings, more ways to interact with your handset, more choice made possible by the use of the best components adding up to the biggest and baddest spec list. To paraphrase a well known...

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Flipkart gets ready to welcome the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+

Flipkart has already rolled out the red carpet for the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. It put up a landing page saying "Coming on 25.02.2018", which references the date of the Samsung Unpacked event. It doesn't say when pre-orders will start, however (rumors say we may not have to wait long). Last year, Flipkart had exclusivity on the Galaxy S8 duo. This year, however, there's no mention of exclusivity - either Flipkart is holding back that particular announcement or someone muscled in on its territory. Source | Via

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro sells out in seconds

Xiaomi announced the Redmi Note 5 Pro with dual cameras last week and today was the first flash sale of the phone. According to Xiaomi India, over 300,000 units sold out in less than three minutes, but enraged fans took over the Reply button on Twitter, explaining the phone was out of stock in 10 seconds, and some orders were even canceled after that. The first flash sale of the Redmi Note 5 Pro was boldly called "the biggest sale in the history of smartphones" by Xiaomi India. One user responded with "stop fooling us", then explaining the site crashed "within a second" and...

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MWC 2018: what to expect

The Mobile World Congress 2018 kicks off this weekend and there are many stars on the guest list. Some smartphones are sure to attend, the presence of others is only guessed at. Here's a preview of what we expect to see in Barcelona. Samsung The Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ have checked the "will attend" boxes - the Samsung Unpacked event is set for February 25 (this Sunday). Leaks have left little to the imagination and official teaser videos have confirmed some of the more salacious features - slow-mo camera, low-light shooting and 3D emoji. Samsung Galaxy S9 • Samsung...

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Xiaomi Mi Max 3 to come with wireless charging and iris scanner

Back in December 2017, Xiaomi was rumored to launch the Mi Max 3 with a 7" tall screen and 5,500 mAh battery, while a January leak suggested a dual camera setup. According to latest find, the phablet will have all these specs, plus a choice between Snapdragon 660 and 630 chipsets and wireless charging. XDA-Developers found the information in strings part of the firmware code of the MIUI Keyguard APK. The lines "Wireless charging has stopped" and the others listed should appear on the screen when the Mi Max 3 is placed on a charging pad. A graphic, showing how the Mi Max 3 should be...

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LG V30 and G6 are getting into the Android Enterprise Recommended program

Soon, the LG V30 and LG G6 will be enrolled in Google's Android Enterprise Recommended program, right after they receive the Android 8.1 update. This program is for large businesses who want to easily and securely deploy a large number of company phones. The phones are guaranteed to receive security updates every 90 days. They also features LG GATE (Guarded Access To Enterprise), which encompasses - platform, application and network security plus mobile device management (MDM). On the software side, there's support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, Data Encryption and VPN. LG has...

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CAT S61 unveiled with better thermal camera and new tools

CAT unveiled its second-generation phone with a thermal camera - the CAT S61. Actually, the company refers to it as a "tool" rather than a phone and that should tell you something. It features an upgraded FLIR thermal imaging camera with an expanded temperature range from -20°C to 400°C (-4°F—752°F) and higher resolution too - from VGA up to HD. The updated MyFlir app lets you livestream thermal video or get help from the community. There's more - the phone now features a laser-assisted distance measurement tool. You can measure point-to-point distance up to 10m (33ft) and calculate...

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Samsung to manufacture 5G Snapdragon 7nm chips

Qualcomm and Samsung announced in separate press releases that the Korean manufacturer would build the upcoming 5G Snapdragon chipsets. They will be made on the 7nm process technology, a massive step in introducing the extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV). Samsung factory in Hwaesong, South Korea Compared to the 10 nm FinFET chips, the EUV tech will provide 40% area efficiency, 10% higher performance and up to 35% lower power consumption. The deployment will break the barriers of Moore's law scaling and will lead the way to single-digit nanometer semiconductor tech...

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Samsung resumes the Oreo update for the Galaxy S8 and S8+

Samsung has corrected the issue with the Oreo update for the Galaxy S8 and S8+ and the rollout has resumed. The new firmware brings the software version up to G950FXXU1CRB7 for the S8 and G955XXU1CRB7 for the S8+. The update weighs 530MB for users who updated their phones before the rollout was suspended, those who haven't are looking at a larger download. Samsung Galaxy S8+ receiving the Oreo update (again) We don't know the exact timing of the latest rollout, though we've heard that Galaxy S8+ phones in Germany are currently receiving it. Thanks goes to Ovidiu for sending...

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6" Huawei Enjoy 8 with dual camera surfaces

Huawei launched the Enjoy 6 in October 2016, then a plus-sized Enjoy 7 popped in June 2017. The eight-month cycle continues with Enjoy 8 that went to get the TENAA approval and revealed its specs in the process. The midranger, listed with model numbers LDN-TL10 and LDN-AL20 will have dual cameras, low-powered octa-core CPU and two memory combos. Huawei Enjoy 8 on TENAA Arriving with 5.99" tall display and HD+ resolution of 1440 x 720 pixels, the Huawei Enjoy 8 is aiming for the lower midrange market. Its processor is clocked at up to 1.4 GHz that will be accompanied by...

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Honor 7C swings by TENAA, gets most specs revealed

Another Huawei midranger, most likely the Honor 7C, is being prepared for launch after being certified at TENAA. A listing on the Chinese regulatory website revealed most of the smartphone's specs - octa-core CPU at 1.8 GHz and a dual 13 MP + 20 MP camera. Honor 7C in Gold Arriving with 5.99" FullView display, the Honor 7C will have HD+ resolution (1440 x 720 pixels). There are two listings for devices with model numbers LND-TL30 and LND-TL40, the only difference between them is RAM - the phone will have 3 GB or 4 GB. Internal storage is listed as 32 GB, but there will be...

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