Samsung Galaxy J4 and J6 get certified by the NCC

This is not the first time we've heard about the Galaxy J4 and Galaxy J6 but there's plenty of stuff we don't know about them. Now quite a few blanks have been filled by their NCC certification pages, which reveal some key specs of the two devices. Samsung Galaxy J4 Let's start with the Galaxy J4. It will feature a standard 16:9 display with Samsung's usual hardware buttons below it. The front photo also reveals a front-facing flash for better low-light selfies. As for the Galaxy J6 we learn of 4G LTE support of different networks, WCDMA, GSM, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and...

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Xiaomi smartphone codenamed Cactus appears on Geekbench

A new Xiaomi handset, using the Cactus codename, just appeared on Geekbench featuring Mediatek's P40 (MT6765). It has its CPU to be clocked at 2.0 GHz and 2GB of RAM. The Cactus runs Android 8.1, presumably with a MIUI 9 on top. We are probably still some way off from an official launch since the Cactus phone doesn't have an official name yet, but we'll be on the lookout for more info and keep you posted. Via

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Xiaomi's next European store is in Vienna, coming this month

A new Xiaomi store is opening up in Vienna's SCS shopping center. It was expected in March and then April but is now scheduled for this month - coinciding with Xiaomi's official arrival in France and Italy, and possibly with the launch of the Xiaomi Mi 7, rumored to be coming May 23. Whether this Austria store is an official Mi Store or an Authorized Distributor is yet to be confirmed. So is the catalog of devices and services it will carry. Xiaomi itself hasn't yet announced anything regarding a move to the Austrian market. Source | Via

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Walmart confirms purchase of 77% of Flipkart in $16B deal

Walmart, the largest retailer in the world, has struck a deal worth $16B with India's top e-commerce retailer Flipkart. The deal, which is pending regulatory approval in India, gives Walmart a 77% stake in Flipkart, putting the company's total value at $20.8 billion. Flipkart's other investors - Tencent, Tiger Global and Microsoft will stay on and work with Walmart. Before Walmart sealed the deal, Amazon offered to acquire a 60% share of Flipkart through a $12B investment. India is the second-largest Asian market after China, and one of the fastest-growing in the World. And it...

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HTC U12+ to come with translucent color option, high price

As the HTC U12+ inches towards official status, more and more details become available. The most recent tidbit details the color options: Black Red Rose, Violet and Translucent (a semi-transparent back that was introduced with the U11+). Most of the specs are already known, but now we're getting info on what's going to be available in Europe - a 64 GB model in single and dual SIM flavors "And it won't be cheap", concludes @rquandt without citing a specific number. Anyway, you can get in the U12+ spirit with this wallpaper: HTC U12+ wallpaper @LlabTooFeR has promised to posts a...

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Canalys: Smartphone shipments in Europe decline, Xiaomi makes the top 5

Canalys released its quarterly report on smartphone shipments in Europe and the numbers do not look good. Overall shipment fell 6.3% between January and March, with British, French, and German markets declining 29.6%, 23.2% and 16.7%, respectively. The entire Western part of the continent declined 13.9% to 30.1 million total shipments. The picture is brighter in Central and Eastern Europe which grew 12.3% to a total of 15.9 shipments, with Russia seeing a huge 25.4% jump. Canalys went into detail about leading manufacturers and their performance throughout the first quarter of...

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Vodafone is acquiring Liberty's business in 4 EU countries for €18.4 billion

Vodafone has agreed to pay €18.4 billion (about $21.8 billion) for the Liberty Global business in Germany, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic that spans cable TV, brodband and mobile. Reuters reports that the deal is part of Vodafone's attempt to more successfully compete with Deutsche Telekom in Europe. With the new acquisition, Vodafone will be able to offer cable and fiber network, and to sell services and devices to 54 million homes in the 4 EU countries. The deal is tutted as one of the biggest in Vodafone's history, following an agreement for Spanish cable operator...

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Samsung Galaxy S8 Lite renders leak in Burgundy and Black

High-quality renders of the Samsung Galaxy S8 Lite have surfaced, confirming the design of the device as well as at least some of the colors in it will come in. The renders feature the device's back in Burgundy Red and Black. Sadly no pictures of the front have surfaced yet. Samsung Galaxy S8 Lite render The Galaxy S8 Lite features a recycled Galaxy S8 design with the fingerprint scanner to the right of the camera. The Samsung Galaxy S8 Lite is rumored to have a Snapdragon 660 chipset with 4GB of RAM, 64GB of expandable storage, a 3,000mAh battery and either a 16MP or 12MP...

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Qualcomm launching a new chipset for wearables

Qualcomm's senior director of wearables, Pankaj Kedia, has announced that Qualcomm will unveil a successor to its aging Snapdragon Wear 2100 platform this Fall. While Kedia stopped short of providing specifics, such as die size and actual battery life, he was very forthcoming on several key features. Qualcomm's new chipset promises: Rethought system architecture Reduced physical size facilitating smaller designs A "significant" upgrade to battery life All chips will have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi as standard Fitness and sports-focused chips will have GPS Many will have...

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Android P Beta page goes live with links to download the Beta

Yesterday Google announced Android P alongside a myriad of improvements, updates and new features. And, answering our hopes, Google released the Android P beta right away to a number of supported devices. To help those that want to play around with the first developer preview, Google has created a support page that lists all devices and the respective links to their Beta download, a hot link to report an issue and a support page for that device. To sum up, the devices that support the Android P Beta as for right now are the Google Pixel and Pixel XL, the Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL, the...

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Xiaomi Mi 7 leaks in live photos and of course it has a notch

Xiaomi Mi 7 is expected to debut on May 23, but live spy shots of the phone already started surfacing on the Chinese social network Weibo. Two different users posted pictures of the upcoming flagship, revealing that it be quite similar to the iPhone X with a notch and a vertical dual camera setup. A separate photo of the About page in Settings reveals there is MIUI 9 8.5.2 on board, but it is most likely the beta version from May 2. And if you think the front camera cutout is a mock, there is also an overexposed photo that reveals the setup is indeed real. Xiaomi Mi 7 live...

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vivo X21i surfaces on a Geekbench listing with Helio P60

The vivo X21 and X21 UD got their official releases back in March and powered by the Snapdragon 660 - the same chip that drove their predecessors - the vivo X20 and vivo X20 Plus UD. Now a Geekbench listing reveals a new version of the phone named vivo X21i - with almost identical specs to the other two alterations but with Helio P60 on board paired with 6GB of RAM and Android 8.1 Oreo. Allegedly, the official name of the phone will be vivo AI Smart Photo X21i, which is quite the mouthful. In addition, the a post on Weibo reveals that the smartphone will launch "really soon". Given...

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BlackBerry Key2 receives Wi-Fi and Bluetooth certifications

The successor to last year's BlackBerry Keyone has passed a couple of major milestones in its journey towards officialdom. The device - which is likely to be called Key2 - has received Wi-Fi and Bluetooth certifications. Not much is known about the handset at the moment. Its TENAA listing had confirmed dual camera setup on the back, a 3.5mm audio jack, and a Type-C port. Rumors have also mentioned a Snapdragon 660 chipset with 6GB RAM, and Android 8.0 Oreo under the hood. Source 1 2 | Via

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Huawei Y3 (2018) is official with Android Oreo (Go Edition)

Huawei is joining the Android Go party, following the likes of Asus, HMD and alcatel. The Zambian division of the company just showcased its first Go device, named Huawei Y3 (2018). Huawei Y3 (2018) official renders Huawei Y3 (2018) will have a 5" screen with a regular 16:9 ratio and resolution of 480 x 854 pixels. The chipset is the Mediatek MT6737M, and it comes with 1 GB RAM and 8 GB storage, There are two cameras on board - an 8MP snapper with AF and LED on the back and a 2MP fixed-focus one on the front. More Huawei Y3 (2018) official images Connectivity...

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Facebook makes big structural changes and launches blockchain division

Yesterday Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg ordered a huge structural change in the company's management staff in order to make room for a new blockchain division. Fortunately for Facebook's staff, no firings were made. With two of WhatsApp's co-founders resigning it left an opening for Facebook to make some changes. Chris Daniels, for example, will succeed Jan Koum as head of WhatsApp. The CTO Mike Schroepfer and VP of Growth, Javier Olivan, will oversee divisions related to "new platforms and infrastructure" and the ads system. David Marcus explained in a Facebook post that he...

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You'll soon be able to use Google Assistant to order food for pickup and delivery

In addition to calling businesses, Google Assistant will also be able to order food for you soon. This was revealed by the company at its IO conference yesterday where the functionality was even demoed (video link at the bottom). What's more, Assistant will even remember things you order frequently, making the whole ordering process easier for you. Google has currently partnered with multiple outlets including Starbucks, Domino's, Dunkin Donuts, Doordash, 7-Eleven, Just Eat, Panera, and Applebee's, with the list set to grow in future.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 and Snapdragon 730 specs leak in full

Back in FebruaryQualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 700 series with a focus on AI, as is the trend. According to the latest information, the first two chips in the lineup will be the Snapdragon 710 and Snapdragon 730 and their full specs just leaked online. Sitting between the 600 series and the flagship 800 series, the 7xx will feature octa-core CPU where six of the cores are for efficiency and two of them for performance. Interestingly enough, the Snapdragon 730 will be built on the 8nm LPP process, making it the smallest one ever, manufactured by Samsung. While the 10 nm LPE...

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Twitter quietly testing 'Secret' (encrypted) conversations feature

Way back in December 2016, whistle-blower Edward Snowden asked Twitter to come up with secret or self-destructing DMs. At that time, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey just said it's "reasonable and something we'll think about." reasonable and something we'll think about— jack (@jack) December 14, 2016 Well, it turns out the company has taken the suggestion seriously, as a new Secret conversation feature has been spotted in the Twitter for Android application package. Twitter is working on End-to-End Encrypted Secret DM! pic.twitter.com/2lLr5i1p42— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) May 4,...

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Harga HP CoolPad E501 dengan Fitur Aduhai Mei 2018

Sebelum membahas harga HP CoolPad E501, kita bahas sedikit dulu seputar vendor HP bernama ‘CoolPad’ ini. CoolPad adalah vendor asal Tiongkok terkemuka yang mendirikan Telecommunication Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd di April 1993. Meski terkenal di negara asalnya, CoolPad masihlah asing di telinga kita. Pasalnya, CoolPad belum lama ini baru masuk ke pasar smartphone Indonesia. Produknya: […]

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Nokia 6 (2018) 4GB model India launch set for May 13

The 4GB RAM variant of the Nokia 6 (2018)/Nokia 6.1 is all set for launch in India later this week. Sales will open May 13, with Amazon India being the exclusive retail partner. While there's no confirmation on pricing yet, rumors say the model will set you back around INR 18,999 ($280). For comparison, this is INR 2,000 ($30) more than what the 3GB RAM model costs. Source | Via

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Oreo-powered Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) gets Wi-Fi certified

The Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) and A8+ (2018) have been spotted on the website of Wi-Fi Alliance. What's news-worthy here is the 'operating system' entry in the certifications shows Android version as 8.0. That's good news as it means the Oreo update for these devices is in the final stages before roll out. Sadly, it's difficult to predict exactly when Samsung will begin pushing the update, but it's reasonable to assume it isn't far now. Source | Via

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All Android P devices will feature support for Android Auto Wireless

Last month, Google officially announced the availability of Android Auto Wireless, a feature that lets you connect your phone to your car's Android Auto head unit using Wi-Fi. As of now, the list of supported smartphones only includes Pixels (both first and second gen), Nexus 5X, and Nexus 6P. However, going by what Kenwood's latest press release says, the list of compatible phones will grow as Android P starts rolling out. Here's the excerpt we're referring to: The only devices that currently support wireless Android Auto are four versions of the Google Pixel—the...

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