US unlocked Galaxy S8 and S8+ are finally receiving Oreo updates too

Yesterday Samsung finally started rolling out the Android 8.0 Oreo update to Galaxy Note8 units sold unlocked in the US, and today it's done the same for the unlocked Galaxy S8 and S8+. The new software arrives as a 1.3GB download, so maybe grab it via Wi-Fi. After applying it your S8 will be on build number G950U1UEU2CRB9, while the S8+ gets G955U1UEU2CRB9. Both will be running Samsung Experience 9.0 of course. The security patch level will be March 1, 2018. There are many new things in this update aside from the change in Android version. These have been detailed by the Korean company...

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Honor is holding an event in London on May 15, Honor 10 likely to be outed

Huawei sub-brand Honor is holding its next unveiling event in London on May 15. It has started sending out press invites for the occasion, and you can see the associated promo image below. That's obviously the outline of a smartphone, so it's pretty clear what the event will be about. The must-have buzzword of 2018, "AI", is present too, so you know this will be a high-end device of some sort. That's why we assume the Honor 10 is the handset in question, the one making its debut at this May 15 London event. It would complement the Honor View 10 in the company's portfolio, and should...

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Huawei P20 Pro: a photo walk around Paris

Huawei's new Leica-branded Triple Camera setup is supposed at the cutting edge of mobile photography. We took it out to the streets of Paris for a quick photo shoot to see how well it holds up.

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Archos unveils Saphir 50X rugged phone, it's only partially new

French tech company Archos just released a new rugged phone - the Saphir 50X. That sentence does, however, require some clarification. When we say "released", we really mean commissioned from Logos Instrument, since Archos doesn't really manufacture most of its products. That's not the odd bit here - curiously, the Saphir 50X is a new release, but it is actually a downgrade over last year's Archos 50 Saphir. The two phones share the exact same rugged and rough body, measuring 146.6 x 76 x 13 mm. They have the same IP68 ingress certification rating and also share a 5-inch HD LCD,...

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iPhones with curved screens and touchless gestures coming in 2-3 years

A new report purportedly coming from "people with knowledge of the matter" says Apple is working on bringing curved screens to its smartphones, a move which may happen in around 2-3 years. These panels will curve inward gradually from top to bottom, and not down at the edges like Samsung's recent flagships. It's unclear if Apple sees any additional benefit in ergonomics by going a different direction with its curves, or this is simply a measure meant to preemptively stop people from saying it copied Samsung. Apple iPhone X Although the OLED panel of the iPhone X curves at the...

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Apple Pay now live in Brazil

Apple's expansion efforts for its digital payment platform might have slowed down a bit, but it is still scoring important wins, nonetheless. After Denmark, Finland, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates joined the Apple Pay ranks, last year, now Brazil is officially on the supported list as well. Cupertino is a bit behind the competition when it comes to the vast Latin American market, since both Google and Samsung already have their solutions up and running in the country. Still, it's all about third-party support, when it comes to the digital payment game and Apple is off to a...

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OnePlus 6 will let you hide its notch

It should come as no surprise by now that, like many other Android handsets lately, the OnePlus 6 will have a display cut-out near the top of its panel. Ever since sister company Oppo released its R15 pair there has been little doubt about the design of the upcoming OnePlus. If that wasn't proof enough, co-founder Carl Pei, later described the notch in detail as well, stating that it will measure 19.62 x 7.69mm and that it will be "adding more screen real estate instead of taking anything away". That reasoning was apparently insufficient for many anti-notch fans, currently voicing...

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Nokia 8 Sirocco, 7 Plus, 6(2018) launched in India

After officially launching the INR 5,499 ($85), Nokia 1, Android Oreo (Go Edition) in India, late last month, it was only logical for HMD to release the rest of its current lineup at today's event. The Nokia 6 (2018) aluminum-clad, Snapdragon 630 mid-ranger will start selling on April 6 at the Nokia Mobile Shop and select mobile outlets for INR 16,999 ($260). You can read our initial first-hand impressions of the handset here. Up next on the list is the Nokia 7 Plus. It can be picked up at the Nokia shop and select retailers as well, but will also be offered on a special Amazon...

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Huawei makes its own app store global

Huawei might be one of the biggest smartphone companies in the world right after Samsung and Apple, but unlike its competitors, it was lacking an in-house globally available app store. This changes now as the Chinese company announced the launch of AppGallery, available for download by all Huawei smartphones. Owners P20 and P20 Pro are lucky enough and already have it pre-installed. Huawei AppGallery screenshots AppGallery comes with 5 tabs - Featured, Category, Top, Manager, and the last one being Me where is all the user settings and app preferences. Since Huawei is...

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Exynos 9820 and 5G RF chips already in development

Samsung revealed the Exynos 9810 chipset at the beginning of 2018, but everyone is already talking about 5G development. Qualcomm, as previously reported, will unveil a 5G Snapdragon modem next year and will start employing it into smartphones. According to the latest information, though, Samsung's in-house Exynos platform is heading that way as well with the Exynos 9820. According to the leak, a Samsung Electronics employee is working on the Exynos 9820 project since January 2018 on various tasks like CPU validation, Debug architecture and solving issues. The same worker is also...

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