Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 to have iris scanner and Intelligent Scan

Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 has been leaking for quite some time, and something was off the entire time. The new tablet appeared with thin bezels and no home button on the front, raising the question what type of biometric security it would have. Rumors have been suggesting iris scanner and face recognition features, and finally, SamMobile reported that the Galaxy Tab S4 would indeed sport them both. The information was leaked from a firmware video that shows how both features work. The animation that explains how the iris scanner and face recognition act when powering the device is the...

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Honor Note 10 launch scheduled for July 31

Honor just announced on its Weibo account that the Note 10 will be unveiled in Beijing on July 31. The event will be exclusively for the Chinese market, with the global event taking place in Berlin on August 30, as we already told you yesterday. The post says to prepare for an AI flagship with big screen that will arrive in just 10 days. Size-wise the display is rumored to be AMOLED panel by Samsung with a 6.9" diagonal. According to a leaked photo from earlier this week, the Honor Note 10 is expected to have tiny bezels on top and bottom and even tinier on the sides. The phone...

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Waze now compatible with Android Auto app

Waze finally gets an Android Auto version that works on the standalone app. The Android Auto app lets anyone with an Android phone use a hands-free optimized interface for basic communication and music controls when mounted to a dashboard. Previously, the app was only compatible with head units equipped for Android Auto. But about a couple of weeks or so ago, according to Android Police, an update to Waze added support for the app. When you go into the Android Auto car dash mode, you should see Waze as a second option for navigation. Let us know if you'd rather use Waze...

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Instagram adds green dot on profile pictures to show you who's online

Because you obviously aren't using Instagram enough, the Facebook-owned service has added a helpful new feature that should make it even harder to ever leave its interface. From now on, a green dot will show up on in the bottom right corner of the profile pictures of the people who are currently online and using the app. The dot will be seen in Instagram Direct as well as your friend list when you share a post from the feed. According to Instagram, the dot will let you know when your friends are available to chat. And we assume the hope here is that you'll use Direct instead of...

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Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium arrives in the UK in late September

Sony unveiled the flagship Xperia XZ2 Premium in April, and it's expected to become available in the US at the end of this month. While we've seen it on pre-order in some other places, so far it hasn't received anything resembling a global launch. That may slowly change in the coming weeks, however. Clove, an online retailer from the UK, has just announced that the phone is due to land in that country at some point in late September. It will carry a price tag of £799 VAT included, for a SIM-free unit. If you want to pre-order one right now, you can by visiting the Source linked...

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SoftBank and Leica invest $121 million in Light, smartphone coming by year's end

Light has been ahead of the curve - it introduced a camera with 16 lenses back in 2015, before LG kicked off the multi-camera craze in the smartphone world with the G5 in 2016 (and most phones are still at 2). Now the company has scored a sizable $121 million Series D round lead by SoftBank's Vision Fund (but Leica also participated). A smartphone with Light's technology is set to launch by the end of the year. It won't go up to 16, but the smartphone tech supports up to a still-insane 9 cameras. Concept of a Light-powered phone camera • Automotive applications are also on the...

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Huawei working on smartphone with a display hole for the camera instead of a notch

According to a Korean media outlet, Huawei is working on a strange smartphone design that could potentially mean the end of a notch era. But don't get too excited, because what follows might be even worse. The design features a display cutout for the camera, only this time it's smaller and surrounded by screen on all sides. Instead of placing the front-facing snapper on the notch, the engineers want to put it away from the top bezel so they can squeeze a bit more display on the front and get rid of the notch. This concept might introduce an entirely new problem. For example, how...

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TSMC expects high smartphone SoC demands in contrast to cryptocurrency mining chips

2018 iPhones are coming in September, just like every year, so TSMC is gearing up to mass produce the next chip from the A-series. And it seems that the semiconductor manufacturer is optimistic about this year's lineup. Despite the rather "lethargic" chip sales of smartphone SoCs, the Taiwanese company is expecting "high single-digit" sales growth mostly due to the release of 2018 iPhones. Speaking of, Apple will equip its smartphones with a 7nm A12 chip and the next jump will be to the 5nm manufacturing process some time in 2020. Anyway, TSMC also says that their cryptocurrency...

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Samsung Galaxy Watch gets FCC certified, we get a schematic and some specs

The FCC has certified the Samsung Galaxy Watch and while it hasn't posted any photos, it did provide a detailed schematic of its back. You can see the name of the watch engraved on the bottom and digging through some of the other docs we find some of the specifications. The screen measures 30.2mm - that's 1.19" - and body of the watch is 51.2 x 43.4mm. The supplied charger (ETA0U60JBE) provides 700mA of power over a meter-long USB cable to the wireless adapter. LTE was tested, so this is a 4G-enabled model spanning bands 2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 25, 26, 66. Wi-Fi b/g/n (only at 2.4GHz) and...

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Story time: making the Mirror Black color for OnePlus 6 wasn't easy

OnePlus loves black. It published a detailed story on how the Midnight Black option of the 3T came to be, now it has detailed the development process of Mirror Black for the OnePlus 6. The team took inspiration from functional glass you encounter every day - a car's windscreen and sunglasses. The end result is a Gorilla Glass 5 mix of both. Follow the source link to read OnePlus' full story on Mirror Black. The inspiration between the Mirror Black glass of the OnePlus 6 Over 70 prototypes were tested before the right recipe was found. It includes five laminated layers,...

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Canalys: Samsung catches up to Xiaomi in India, both post record shipments in Q2

Canalys reports that Samsung and Xiaomi each shipped a record 9.9 million smartphones in India during the second quarter of this year. The total number of phones shipped in the country was just under 33 million. Samsung has bounced back and is only a hair behind Xiaomi in terms of shipments, after losing its lead in the previous two quarters. The company's share grew almost 50% quarter to quarter, those are the best gains it has seen since the end of 2015. The best-selling phone in Q2 was the Xiaomi Redmi 5A with 3.3 million units shipped, giving it a healthy margin over Samsung's...

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Galaxy S9 and S9+ update adds 480fps super slow motion mode, but with a catch

When the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ launched, they featured a 720p @ 960fps slow-motion mode that could record up to 0.2s of real time. The latest software update for these two enables a 480fps mode, which brings up the recording time to 0.4s real time. Now for the catch - shooting in manual Super slow motion mode is at 480fps only. If you want 960fps, you'll have to switch over to the automatic mode. We're not entirely sure what the reasoning behind this change is, but we can take solace in the fact that auto mode is quite good anyway. Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Exynos) receiving...

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Huawei P20 Pro long-term review

It was an exciting flagship season this spring, yes, but once the dust has settled, there was only a handful of devices that left lasting impressions. On top of that shortlist is the tri-eyed beast that is the Huawei P20 Pro and it was high time we do a long-term review of this one while using it as a daily driver.

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Vivo NEX S launched in India as the Vivo NEX, goes on sale July 21

Vivo has launched its flagship NEX S in India. Simply called NEX for the Indian market, the phone will be available for purchase on Amazon and Vivo online store starting July 21 for INR 44,990 ($651). The NEX S' claim to fame is its motorized front camera. Although not the first phone to have a motorized camera, the NEX S' party trick is to hide it completely within the body and then pop it out when its needed, complete with artificial sound effects. The hiding of the camera module has resulted in a complete lack of top bezel, although there is still a noticeable chin at the...

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Oppo Find X will launch in Pakistan on August 4

The Oppo Find X and its amazing slide out mechanism have made their way to Pakistan. The phone will be available throughout the country in brick and mortar stores. The price is PKR 129,999 ($1,000/€870), availability is set for August 4. That's a day after it launches in India and a couple of days before the Philippines get it. The Bordeaux Red and Glacier Blue colors will both be available, there's no hint of the rumored White color. Source | Via

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Honor to announce a new device on August 30, could be the Honor Note 10

Honor just sent out invites for its upcoming IFA event scheduled for August 30. The invite promises a new device launch and given the timing we'd expect it to be a major one. Since the Honor 10 flagship is already official and rumors about the upcoming Honor Note 10 are piling up there's a good reason to believe that it will be the star of the show. We don't have as many details as we would like to, but we know some things for sure - it will have a huge display, it will probably sport Huawei's Kirin 970 SoC and a 6.9-inch Super AMOLED panel. We will know the rest come August 30...

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OnePlus CEO says the OnePlus X wasn't a success

Pete Lau, OnePlus' CEO, sat down and answered some questions from fans. Only the first part of the interview is published, but it gave us some interesting insight about behind the scenes and how the company develops a phone. One thing that caught our eye was the CEO's disappointment with the OnePlus X. In the interview, he gets asked what's the product that he was expecting more of. He replied: The OnePlus X. We aimed to create a best in class flagship-lite product, and although the community loved the design and thought the product was beautiful, most still preferred flagship...

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Nokia X6 officially begins global rollout as Nokia 6.1 Plus

HMD Global finally announced the Nokia X6 for the rest of the world under a new name - Nokia 6.1 Plus. And it was Hong Kong that got the handset first as reported last week. Nokia 6.1 Plus in Black and White The Nokia 6.1 Plus features identical hardware to its Chinese counterpart with the only difference being the software. The phone runs Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box and is a part of the Android One program. We do have to note, though, that while the original Nokia X6 comes with various storage configurations, the 6.1 Plus comes only in 4GB/64GB flavor. Nokia 6.1...

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HTC exits Indian smartphone market

Taiwanese manufacturer HTC is calling it quits in India, according to a report by Economic Times. Several of the company's top management, including country head Faisal Siddiqui, sales head Vijay Balachandran and product head R Nayyar have put in their papers, according to three senior executives who talked to ET. Several of the other employees are also being asked to leave. The company is stopping all its distribution agreements. Local manufacturing has been stopped for almost a year now. HTC will continue to operate its VR business, which includes sales of the HTC VIVE and...

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Honor Note 10 launch scheduled for July 31

Honor just announced on its Weibo account that the Note 10 will be unveiled in Beijing on July 31. The event will be exclusively for the Chinese market, with the global event taking place in Berlin on August 30, as we already told you yesterday. The post says to prepare for an AI flagship with big screen that will arrive in just 10 days. Size-wise the display is rumored to be AMOLED panel by Samsung with a 6.9" diagonal. According to a leaked photo from earlier this week, the Honor Note 10 is expected to have tiny bezels on top and bottom and even tinier on the sides. The phone...

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Waze now compatible with Android Auto app

Waze finally gets an Android Auto version that works on the standalone app. The Android Auto app lets anyone with an Android phone use a hands-free optimized interface for basic communication and music controls when mounted to a dashboard. Previously, the app was only compatible with head units equipped for Android Auto. But about a couple of weeks or so ago, according to Android Police, an update to Waze added support for the app. When you go into the Android Auto car dash mode, you should see Waze as a second option for navigation. Let us know if you'd rather use Waze...

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Instagram adds green dot on profile pictures to show you who's online

Because you obviously aren't using Instagram enough, the Facebook-owned service has added a helpful new feature that should make it even harder to ever leave its interface. From now on, a green dot will show up on in the bottom right corner of the profile pictures of the people who are currently online and using the app. The dot will be seen in Instagram Direct as well as your friend list when you share a post from the feed. According to Instagram, the dot will let you know when your friends are available to chat. And we assume the hope here is that you'll use Direct instead of...

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Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium arrives in the UK in late September

Sony unveiled the flagship Xperia XZ2 Premium in April, and it's expected to become available in the US at the end of this month. While we've seen it on pre-order in some other places, so far it hasn't received anything resembling a global launch. That may slowly change in the coming weeks, however. Clove, an online retailer from the UK, has just announced that the phone is due to land in that country at some point in late September. It will carry a price tag of £799 VAT included, for a SIM-free unit. If you want to pre-order one right now, you can by visiting the Source linked...

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SoftBank and Leica invest $121 million in Light, smartphone coming by year's end

Light has been ahead of the curve - it introduced a camera with 16 lenses back in 2015, before LG kicked off the multi-camera craze in the smartphone world with the G5 in 2016 (and most phones are still at 2). Now the company has scored a sizable $121 million Series D round lead by SoftBank's Vision Fund (but Leica also participated). A smartphone with Light's technology is set to launch by the end of the year. It won't go up to 16, but the smartphone tech supports up to a still-insane 9 cameras. Concept of a Light-powered phone camera • Automotive applications are also on the...

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Huawei working on smartphone with a display hole for the camera instead of a notch

According to a Korean media outlet, Huawei is working on a strange smartphone design that could potentially mean the end of a notch era. But don't get too excited, because what follows might be even worse. The design features a display cutout for the camera, only this time it's smaller and surrounded by screen on all sides. Instead of placing the front-facing snapper on the notch, the engineers want to put it away from the top bezel so they can squeeze a bit more display on the front and get rid of the notch. This concept might introduce an entirely new problem. For example, how...

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TSMC expects high smartphone SoC demands in contrast to cryptocurrency mining chips

2018 iPhones are coming in September, just like every year, so TSMC is gearing up to mass produce the next chip from the A-series. And it seems that the semiconductor manufacturer is optimistic about this year's lineup. Despite the rather "lethargic" chip sales of smartphone SoCs, the Taiwanese company is expecting "high single-digit" sales growth mostly due to the release of 2018 iPhones. Speaking of, Apple will equip its smartphones with a 7nm A12 chip and the next jump will be to the 5nm manufacturing process some time in 2020. Anyway, TSMC also says that their cryptocurrency...

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Samsung Galaxy Watch gets FCC certified, we get a schematic and some specs

The FCC has certified the Samsung Galaxy Watch and while it hasn't posted any photos, it did provide a detailed schematic of its back. You can see the name of the watch engraved on the bottom and digging through some of the other docs we find some of the specifications. The screen measures 30.2mm - that's 1.19" - and body of the watch is 51.2 x 43.4mm. The supplied charger (ETA0U60JBE) provides 700mA of power over a meter-long USB cable to the wireless adapter. LTE was tested, so this is a 4G-enabled model spanning bands 2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 25, 26, 66. Wi-Fi b/g/n (only at 2.4GHz) and...

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Story time: making the Mirror Black color for OnePlus 6 wasn't easy

OnePlus loves black. It published a detailed story on how the Midnight Black option of the 3T came to be, now it has detailed the development process of Mirror Black for the OnePlus 6. The team took inspiration from functional glass you encounter every day - a car's windscreen and sunglasses. The end result is a Gorilla Glass 5 mix of both. Follow the source link to read OnePlus' full story on Mirror Black. The inspiration between the Mirror Black glass of the OnePlus 6 Over 70 prototypes were tested before the right recipe was found. It includes five laminated layers,...

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Canalys: Samsung catches up to Xiaomi in India, both post record shipments in Q2

Canalys reports that Samsung and Xiaomi each shipped a record 9.9 million smartphones in India during the second quarter of this year. The total number of phones shipped in the country was just under 33 million. Samsung has bounced back and is only a hair behind Xiaomi in terms of shipments, after losing its lead in the previous two quarters. The company's share grew almost 50% quarter to quarter, those are the best gains it has seen since the end of 2015. The best-selling phone in Q2 was the Xiaomi Redmi 5A with 3.3 million units shipped, giving it a healthy margin over Samsung's...

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Galaxy S9 and S9+ update adds 480fps super slow motion mode, but with a catch

When the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ launched, they featured a 720p @ 960fps slow-motion mode that could record up to 0.2s of real time. The latest software update for these two enables a 480fps mode, which brings up the recording time to 0.4s real time. Now for the catch - shooting in manual Super slow motion mode is at 480fps only. If you want 960fps, you'll have to switch over to the automatic mode. We're not entirely sure what the reasoning behind this change is, but we can take solace in the fact that auto mode is quite good anyway. Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Exynos) receiving...

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Huawei P20 Pro long-term review

It was an exciting flagship season this spring, yes, but once the dust has settled, there was only a handful of devices that left lasting impressions. On top of that shortlist is the tri-eyed beast that is the Huawei P20 Pro and it was high time we do a long-term review of this one while using it as a daily driver.

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Vivo NEX S launched in India as the Vivo NEX, goes on sale July 21

Vivo has launched its flagship NEX S in India. Simply called NEX for the Indian market, the phone will be available for purchase on Amazon and Vivo online store starting July 21 for INR 44,990 ($651). The NEX S' claim to fame is its motorized front camera. Although not the first phone to have a motorized camera, the NEX S' party trick is to hide it completely within the body and then pop it out when its needed, complete with artificial sound effects. The hiding of the camera module has resulted in a complete lack of top bezel, although there is still a noticeable chin at the...

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Oppo Find X will launch in Pakistan on August 4

The Oppo Find X and its amazing slide out mechanism have made their way to Pakistan. The phone will be available throughout the country in brick and mortar stores. The price is PKR 129,999 ($1,000/€870), availability is set for August 4. That's a day after it launches in India and a couple of days before the Philippines get it. The Bordeaux Red and Glacier Blue colors will both be available, there's no hint of the rumored White color. Source | Via

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Honor to announce a new device on August 30, could be the Honor Note 10

Honor just sent out invites for its upcoming IFA event scheduled for August 30. The invite promises a new device launch and given the timing we'd expect it to be a major one. Since the Honor 10 flagship is already official and rumors about the upcoming Honor Note 10 are piling up there's a good reason to believe that it will be the star of the show. We don't have as many details as we would like to, but we know some things for sure - it will have a huge display, it will probably sport Huawei's Kirin 970 SoC and a 6.9-inch Super AMOLED panel. We will know the rest come August 30...

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Nokia X6 officially begins global rollout as Nokia 6.1 Plus

HMD Global finally announced the Nokia X6 for the rest of the world under a new name - Nokia 6.1 Plus. And it was Hong Kong that got the handset first as reported last week. Nokia 6.1 Plus in Black and White The Nokia 6.1 Plus features identical hardware to its Chinese counterpart with the only difference being the software. The phone runs Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box and is a part of the Android One program. We do have to note, though, that while the original Nokia X6 comes with various storage configurations, the 6.1 Plus comes only in 4GB/64GB flavor. Nokia 6.1...

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OnePlus CEO says the OnePlus X wasn't a success

Pete Lau, OnePlus' CEO, sat down and answered some questions from fans. Only the first part of the interview is published, but it gave us some interesting insight about behind the scenes and how the company develops a phone. One thing that caught our eye was the CEO's disappointment with the OnePlus X. In the interview, he gets asked what's the product that he was expecting more of. He replied: The OnePlus X. We aimed to create a best in class flagship-lite product, and although the community loved the design and thought the product was beautiful, most still preferred flagship...

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HTC exits Indian smartphone market

Taiwanese manufacturer HTC is calling it quits in India, according to a report by Economic Times. Several of the company's top management, including country head Faisal Siddiqui, sales head Vijay Balachandran and product head R Nayyar have put in their papers, according to three senior executives who talked to ET. Several of the other employees are also being asked to leave. The company is stopping all its distribution agreements. Local manufacturing has been stopped for almost a year now. HTC will continue to operate its VR business, which includes sales of the HTC VIVE and...

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Sharp unveils Aquos C10 and B10: Android mid-rangers with dual cameras

Sharp brought two new phones to Europe - the Aquos C10 and the Aquos B10. The C10 is the better-specced of the two and is a variation on the Aquos S2. Its battery is a bit of a concern, though, while the B10 has no such issues. Sharp Aquos C10 The Sharp Aquos C10 has a 5.5" IPS LCD with 1,080 x 2,040px resolution - that's a 17:9 aspect ratio. The screen is covered with Gorilla Glass and yes, it has a notch. It's a small one, only the 8MP selfie camera lives there (f/2.0, 1080p video). There's a dual camera on the back - a 12MP + 8MP setup. The 12MP camera has a relatively bright...

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VLC for iOS update brings Chromecast support

VLC just got an update for iOS app, bringing the version to 3.1.0. According to the changelog, VLC for iOS now offers Chromecast support. It means you can finally stream content on VLC at your TV via the Google dongle. The app update also finally allows you to watch 360 videos by moving the phone instead of swiping on the screen. The update, found on the App Store, also brings bug fixes, improved audio playback quality, stability and performance improvements and Google Drive logins. Also, when you download files, they will not disappear. Here's the full changelog: We added a...

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Sony Xperia X and XZ-series get a minor update

Sony just pushed a minor update to a number of its smartphones. Users still on the Xperia X and X Compact should see their build number bumped from 34.4.A.2.85 to 34.4.A.2.97 and have the July security patch now. Screenshots from the update Similarly, the Xperia XZ and XZs also got an update, moving from 41.3.A.2.149 to version 41.3.A.2.157. We expected the X Performance to also be on the same boat but users still haven't received the update for now. We assume the XZ Premium update is just around the corner too. Via

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Pichai responds to EU fine, hints Google might start charging for Android

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has written an open letter in response to the European Union's Competition Commission' €4.3b fine from yesterday. In a lengthy address he says that the "decision rejects the business model that supports Android, which has created more choice for everyone, not less." The EU wants Google to stop preloading its Chrome browser and its search engine to Android. Pichai argues that Google doesn't force anyone to use either of them, that it's easy to install other solutions and that Google lets phone makers and developers preload rival services on its version of...

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Gorilla Glass DX and DX+ for wearables unveiled: they cut reflectivity by 75%

Gorilla Glass SR+ got a sequel - Gorilla Glass DX and DX+. While these are being used mostly in smart wearables, Corning says they are working on versions of these materials that can be used on phones as well. The DX and DX+ follow the Gorilla Glass 6 and their main goal is to reduce reflection. Corning cut reflection down by 75%, which they claim improves screen contrast by about 50% at a given screen brightness. And if you can use a lower screen brightness, you can save battery - the screen is the primary power sink on a smart watch. Where the Gorilla Glass DX and DX+ differ is...

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Nokia 3.1 rolls out in India on July 21

The Nokia 3.1 was announced back in May and it's now gradually being rolled out across the globe. Today it's India's turn to open pre-orders and HMD Global is offering some incentives to boost the phone's early sales and make it more competitive. The available colors are Blue/Copper, Black/Chrome and White/Iron with a starting price of INR 10,499 ($152). Actual units will be available for purchase through offline stores or Nokia's official and Paytm online stores from July 21. The Nokia 3.1 offers 5.2-inch HD+ display with trendy 18:9 resolution, MediaTek MT6750N SoC with 2GB of RAM...

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BlackBerry Key2 to have Lite version, leaked photo suggests

BlackBerry Key2 arrived in early June and most major markets are getting it this month including the US and Canada. Which frees up R&D resources to focus on the next project - the just leaked Lite version of the phone, which should come as soon as next month when IFA is taking place in Berlin. BlackBerry Key2 Lite makes an appearance According to @evleaks, the plastic device will be available in Red, Blue, and Copper. Seeing how BlackBerry treated its Black and Bronze variants of the Keyone, the Key2 Lite is likely to have the new colors both on the rim and the front surrounding...

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Nokia X6 will start its global rollout in Taiwan

Two weeks ago, we heard that the Nokia X6's first appearance outside of China will be Hong Kong. However, the device might actually end up going to Taiwan first according to Nokia's official Facebook page. The post says the phone will run Android One, and comments repeatedly mention its Nokia 6.1 Plus name. As previously reported HMD Global is expected to call the phone that instead of the X6 outside China. Sadly, no other details were disclosed in the post, but it's probably safe to assume that the handset will come sooner than later and will also sport identical specs to its...

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Xiaomi Mi Max 3 arrives with 6.9" screen and 5,500 mAh battery

The Xiaomi Mi Max 3 was teased on Weibo and also showcased in press renders by Lin Bin, company founder. Today everything was officially unwrapped at an official event so we get to see the full picture. It has a 6.9" screen with Full HD+ resolution and 18:9 ratio and a massive 5,500 mAh battery. The Xiaomi Mi Max 3borrows plenty of specs from the Redmi Note 5. It runs the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 chipset with an octa-core CPU at 1.8 GHz. The dual camera setup is also the same - 12 MP main snapper with f/1.9 aperture, 1.4µm pixel size and dual-pixel phase detection AF, plus a ...

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Corning introduces Gorilla Glass 6

Today, Corning has announced a new version of Gorilla Glass, the sixth version, to be precise. Corning's scientists were able to engineer "an entirely new material" that would better survive multiple drops. Tests show that Gorilla Glass 6 survived fifteen drops from 1 meter before actually breaking. This is apparently twice as many drops that Gorilla Glass 5 can withstand. Gorilla Glass 6 is an entirely new glass composition that can be chemically strengthened to give it significantly higher levels of compression than is possible with Gorilla Glass 5. This enables Gorilla Glass 6 to be...

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Android P Developer Preview 3 (beta 4) released for OnePlus 6

The latest version of the Android P Developer Preview 3 (Beta 4) is now available to download for the OnePlus 6. A OnePlus forum post has outlined all the changes made to this version of the Developer Preview, which does lag a little behind the Pixel beta releases since Oxygen OS has some changes made to it. The latest beta brings the OnePlus 6 to the July 2018 security bulletin and improves the general stability of the system. There's also a hotspot bug that is fixed and camera improvements. Third-party app compatibility has also improved as well as compatibility between the camera and...

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Huawei has already sold 100 million devices in 2018

During the nova 3 launch event today, Huawei's consumer products boss Richard Yu was happy to report that his company has really outdone itself when it comes to smartphone sales this year. As of today Huawei has already sold 100 million devices. In 2018 it achieved that milestone in the least amount of time yet. Back in 2015 it was reached only on December 22; in 2016 it was October 14, while last year on September 12 Huawei announced 100 million sales. But we're only in July at the moment, so there's plenty of time left for Huawei to break its all-year sales record by the end...

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Honor 10 is set to receive GPU Turbo and Automatic Image Stabilization in August

Huawei sub-brand Honor is announcing that two exciting new features are headed to its current flagship offering, the Honor 10, next month. One of those is the already widely publicized GPU Turbo, while the other is Automatic Image Stabilization (AIS) for the camera. GPU Turbo, in Honor's own words, is "a groundbreaking hardware-software integration and graphics processing technology". It "guarantees fast performance speeds and addresses the common performance issues that plague the mobile gamer's user experience". In short, it dramatically increases the graphics processing power and boosts...

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