Reportedly, Samsung is keeping the same Galaxy Note8 design for the Note9 to cut costs

Reports of the upcoming Galaxy Note9 have been fairly vague, but every single one of them adds to the puzzle piece by piece. The latest one points at no design changes, whatsoever. On the left is the real Note9 Screen Protector pic.twitter.com/BS8rydeqnS— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) June 5, 2018 According to the same leakster who brought you Galaxy Note9's screen glass protector revealing the front design, we know have a solid confirmation that the overall looks won't be much different than the Note8. Reportedly, this is because the company is looking to save on some manufacturing...

Read More

You can now buy Amazon's Alexa-powered fashion camera Echo Look

Amazon's Echo Look that was announced back in April is now on sale on Amazon.com. The fashion smart cam was up until now only available in limited quantities and through an invite system. For the price of $199 you get an Alexa powered smart camera that can snap photos and 6-second video. Using its built-in LEDs and depth sensors the Echo Look can capture photos with background blur and put emphasis on your clothes. These photos and videos can be organized in the Echo Look app in collections of your favorite "looks". Daily Look takes a photo of your outfit each day for future...

Read More

HTC continues to lose money, makes 46% less than in May of 2017

HTC has released unaudited results for May 2018 and they don't look good. Revenue for the month of May is NT$2.45bn (around €70m) which is down 46% compared to the NT$4.53bn (around €130m) of May 2017. HTC posted its January through May 2018 results as well. Total revenue was NT$13.33bn (€380m) - that's quite poor compared to the NT$23.77bn (€678m) of the January-May period of 2017. The one silver lining is that the May 2018 revenue is 16% higher than earnings from April. May is also the month HTC announced the U12+ and started selling the Vive Pro. The U12+ will go on sale this...

Read More

ZTE nubia Z18 photographed in the wild

ZTE's nubia Z18 mini is official and it has already been through a few rounds of sales. And yet its bigger sibling, the ZTE nubia Z18 is still missing. The phone has been teased, it posted impressive scores in AnTuTu and we even saw a live photo of it. Here are a few more photos, this time without the odd angles and reflections. For example, you can now clearly see the Essential-style notch that holds the selfie camera. The next photo shows the viewfinder of the camera. ZTE nubia Z18 poses for a few unofficial photos According to TENAA, we're looking at a 24 MP + 8 MP dual...

Read More

Deal: Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ with a free Gear 360 (2017) camera

You may have noticed some YouTubers switching to 360° cameras - the great thing about them is that you get to rotate the camera around in post-production. Or maybe you want to shoot videos for VR headsets, either way capturing omnidirectional video can be cool. Best Buy is currently running a promotion that will net you a free Samsung Gear 360 (2017) camera if you buy a Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9+. The retailer lists the camera at $170, though if you wait for a promo you can get it as low as $100. -Still, a $100 for free is nothing to sneeze at. The Galaxy S9 is $670 unlocked (64 GB)...

Read More

OnePlus 6 receives an update in China, adds selfie portrait mode and battery percentage

With all the missing features and bugs that came along, we can't get over the feeling that the OnePlus 6 is a half-baked product, but we also can't miss the fact that the company is pretty fast with the software updates and swiftly fixes most of the problems that occurred. Case in point, the latest OTA update to hit the HydrogenOS in China fixes some of the reported issues. The update adds support for selfie portrait mode - or the so-called bokeh effect - and includes the battery percentage icon that was missing since launch. The list also adds "game optimization", which probably means...

Read More

Moto Z3 Play goes official, works with all Moto Mods

Motorola has just unveiled the new Moto Z3 Play. The phone comes just one year after the Moto Z2 Play and pioneers the new Z3 series. The Z3 Play, just like the previous Z phones, is built around the Moto Mods concept. This means it accepts all existing Moto Mods and as such is rather limited when it comes to design. The Z3 Play has a thin aluminium frame and Gorilla Glass 3 panels for both the front and the back. While the Moto Z3 Play is keeping the same footprint as the Z and Z2, the maker still managed to put a taller 6" Super AMOLED screen of 1,080 x 2,160 pixels. The...

Read More

Moto Z3 Play hands-on review

Today Motorola announced the next-generation Moto Z series with the Moto Z3 Play serving as the headliner. Being a placeholder for both flagship (Force) and mid-range (Play) devices, all Moto Z phones have one thing in common - they all support the iconic Moto mods.

Read More

vivo NEX S will be the Snapdragon 845 flagship of the three

By now we know that the vivo NEX will be released in three versions - NEX, NEX S and NEX A. We know that two of those phones will pack Snapdragon 710 chipsets and there will be one will have the Snapdragon 845 ticking inside. Now we appear to know which one - the vivo NEX S. According to a Geekbench run, the vivo NEX S has a Snapdragon 845 chipset, 8GB of RAM and is running Android 8.1.0. A recent specs leak revealed that the vivo NEX A will have a huge 6.59-inch display of 2316x1080px resolution and a 4,000mAh battery. Another leak suggests than the vivo NEX will have a 6.01-inch...

Read More

Three new mid-range vivo phones appear on TENAA

The Chinese company vivo might be planning the launch of the NEX series, but midrange devices are also in the pipeline. The regulatory website TENAA just posted three new entries that suggest vivo is about to launch two new phones - a vivo V9 with 6 GB RAM and an affordable vivo Y device, likely called Y81. vivo V1732A/V1732T The listings of the phones with model numbers V1732A and V1732T reveal likely a Helio P60 chipset with CPU, clocked at 2 GHz. The RAM is 3 GB, while the internal storage is 64 GB. There is only one camera on the back that is 8 MP (but reaches 13 MP with...

Read More

LTE Apple Watch Series 3 coming to UAE, Mexico, Brazil, and Korea

Last month, the availability of the cellular-capable Apple Watch Series 3 model expanded to a bunch of markets including Denmark, Sweden, India, and Taiwan. And now, you can add a handful of more countries to that list. The names include the UAE, Mexico, Brazil, and South Korea. Pre-orders in all these markets begin June 8, with availability set for June 15. As for pricing, in the UAE, the Etisalat network will support the device, which will carry a price tag of AED 1,364, which translates into around $370. In Mexico, it will be compatible with AT&T and Telcel, with pricing...

Read More

Just a day before the official launch, BlackBerry Key2 leaks in full + pricing

Just a day before BlackBerry's official release of the Key2 in New York, the device's complete specs sheet leaks online revealing decent specs and cool features that are quickly overshadowed by the price, however. The specs sheet reveals almost everything from physical dimensions and pre-loaded apps to supported bands. The display is a 4.5-incher with an old-school 3:2 aspect ratio (1080x1620px resolution) protected by Gorilla Glass 3 layer. The iconic physical keyboard has 35 backlit keys with an integrated fingerprint sensor for extra security. The sheet confirms the...

Read More

Samsung Galaxy A9 Star passes through Geekbench, launches tomorrow

The Samsung Galaxy A9 Star has been leaked like nothing else but it will finally become official tomorrow. For now, the A series flagship will be a China exclusive but we're hoping to see it in our stores too. The latest public appearance by the Galaxy A9 Star is on Geekbench, where it confirms its Snapdragon 660 chipset and 4GB of RAM we first saw in a TENAA listing. Geekbench shows the software version as Android 8.0. The Samsung Galaxy A9 Star will look like the Galaxy S9+ with a dual camera and fingerprint scanner on the back, only instead of glass, the Galaxy A9 Star uses...

Read More

OnePlus 6 in Silk White gone in under 24 hours after launch

Yesterday OnePlus released a limited edition OnePlus 6 in Silk White, which is only available in 8GB/128GB memory configuration. Along with the phone, the OEM launched its Bullets Wireless earbuds. Today OnePlus reports that less than 24 hours after both products launched, they are both out of stock. Despite the relatively hefty price tag of the Silk White version of the current flagship, it sold like a hot cakes in Europe. The same goes for the earbuds, which were out of stock in just three minutes. There's no mention of figures, so there's no way for us to know how many devices...

Read More

Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium appears on TENAA with photos

Yesterday we told you that a Sony smartphone with H8166 moniker appeared on TENAA. We think it might be the Xperia XZ2 Premium that arrived silently in April and today photos arrived, confirming our assumptions. Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium on TENAA With a screen, physical dimensions and specs similar to the dual-cam Xperia smartphone, the phone is likely the same device. The battery is listed as 3,400 mAh, but just like we said yesterday, it is likely an error in measuring it. This phone is either a TD-SCDMA version of the Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium or a new phone called...

Read More

Honor Play unveiled with Kirin 970 and a low price, Honor 9i is also gamer-friendly

Gaming phones are hot right now, but all of them aim at the segment market. Huawei's Honor brand is perfectly positioned for an affordable gaming handset - meet the Honor Play, which just launched in China. Honor Play It's important to start with the price - CNY 2,000, equivalent to $310/€265. We mention it up front because at that price level you don't expect a Kirin 970 chipset. Huawei has engineered GPU Turbo, which will offer a boost in performance. The graphics will be rendered to a 6.3" screen with a 19:9 aspect ratio and 1,080 x 2,280 px resolution. The company's Histen audio...

Read More

Amazon's Echo devices coming to France next week with 50% discount

Amazon Echo products are increasingly popular in a lot of countries and the fairly wide range of products offers a choice for everyone. Well, starting next week, France is getting the Echo lineup of devices a well. Pre-orders start today and to celebrate the occasion, Amazon is charging 50% less on the Alexa-powered Echo Dot, Echo and Echo Spot devices. They now cost €29.99, €49.99 and €64.99, respectively. You can expect them to arrive after June 11, but if you've laid eye on the Echo Spot, you will have to wait until next month. Source

Read More

vivo NEX leaks fully in promo videos and photos

The vivo NEX series will be announced on June 12. The device will be the retail version of the Apex Concept Phone and already appeared in a video of a popular video channel in China, called Unicorn Show. Say hello to the vivo NEX The video points out the massive screen with a comparison to the iPhone X, which surely looks staged. People are also surprised by the periscope camera that comes out of the top bezel. You can also see there is no fingerprint scanner, meaning it will most likely be under the display. vivo NEX with an underscreen fingerprint scanner At...

Read More

AMD announces Threadripper's successor with 32 cores and RX Vega 56 Nano GPU

AMD's Computex keynote ended with two new major product announcements - a CPU and a GPU. The processor is a direct successor to last year's monstrous Threadripper and doubles the cores from 16 to 32. And as for the GPU, it's a micro version of the Vega 56 named RX Vega 56 Nano. And as you've probably figured it out by yourself, the die size of the Threadripper is humongous and houses 32 cores backed up by 64 threads. There's not much information about the product - only that it's based on a more refined 12nm Zen+ manufacturing process. Naturally, it should promise better power...

Read More

Report says Instagram planning support for hour-long videos

Facebook-owned Instagram currently allows users to publish videos with length up to one minute. However, if a new report is to go by, that limit is set to change. The report notes the company is planning offering users the ability to post whopping hour-long videos. The functionality will focus on vertical videos (those that have more height than their width). Instagram has been in touch with content creators and publishers over long form videos, the report says. While Instagram hasn't officially confirmed anything yet, the report notes these plans are tentative and can change...

Read More

Xiaomi Mi A2 tested on Geekbench, reveals well-known hardware

Xiaomi may finally be closing in on an announcement for the much anticipated Mi A2. The phone is already running benchmarks on Geekbench so it has to be close to an unveil. It's well known that the Xiaomi Mi A2 is the stock Android counterpart to the Xiaomi Mi 6X, just like the Mi A1 was to the MIUI-running Mi 5X. As such, the Mi A2 packs identical hardware to the Mi 6X - a 5.99-inch LCD screen, 12MP+20MP dual camera on the back, 20MP camera on the front and a Snapdragon 660 chipset with either 4GB or 6GB of RAM. As you can see, the Mi A2 that ran Geekbench has 4GB of RAM and is running...

Read More

Google's Gboard app may soon get battery saver mode

Google's popular Gboard keyboard app may soon get a useful new feature. A new APK Insight story from 9to5google reveals code snippets from the Gboard beta app that suggest a new battery saver theme/mode is being tested by the company. It's referred to as a "dark theme," which, when enabled, would turn off the bright theme as well as disables animation-heavy features of the app (like stickers and bitmoji) to save battery. The functionality can be enabled manually, although it'll also automatically trigger when the Android battery saver mode is enabled. The teardown of the beta...

Read More

Xiaomi Redmi 6 arriving on June 12

We have seen the Redmi 6 on TENAA, followed just a couple of days later by the Redmi 6A. Today Xiaomi lifted the curtain and announced on Weibo a launch date for the affordable series. The company will showcase the devices on June 12 at an event in Beijing. The Redmi 6 is expected to come with a white notch on the front where the selfie camera, the earpiece and the proximity sensor will be positioned. According to previous TENAA listings, the panel could be 5.84" with Full HD+ resolution and 19:9 tall ratio. There might also be a Redmi 6 Plus or Redmi 6 Pro that will be taller and...

Read More

Google Pixel 2 XL users reporting screen wake up delay after June update

Looks like the June security update has brought along an annoying new problem. Many Google Pixel 2 XL users are reporting that after installing the update, their unit lags when they try to wake it up using the power button. The delay is significant - up to 3 seconds in some cases - and can also be observed during the fingerprint unlock process. AOD seems to be playing a role here as there's reportedly no lag when the feature is enabled. There's a dedicated thread related to the matter on Google's official Issue Tracker website, and as it currently stands, the problem has been passed...

Read More

Motorola One Power passes 3C certification

It's not the first time we hear about the so-called Motorola One Power smartphone but information so far is pretty scarce aside from some renders, a real-life photo and an unconfirmed list of specs. It literally came out of the blue last week but it seems that it's not too early for the device to be certified by the Chinese authorities. On the 3C certification website, the Motorola One Power pops up with its model number listed as XT1942-1. It could be another Motorola-branded device, but since this is the latest device the company is working on - and the Moto Z3 Play is going to...

Read More