Counterclockwise: an abridged history of LG's phones

Seoul, South Korea is home to two tech rivals - LG and Samsung. While the latter is the larger company, LG has also brought plenty of innovation in tech even if it often goes underappreciated. So, let us tell you its story and see if you gain more respect for the company. Let's start with the LG Prada - it first emerged in December 2006 and launched in May 2007, it was the first phone with a capacitive touchscreen. Yes, LG beat Apple by a few months. The company even suspected that Apple ripped off the design, though nothing came of that. Alas the Prada could never be the success that...

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Samsung makes Spotify its go-to music platform

On Thursday Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note9 smartphone, the Galaxy Watch, and the smart speaker with Bixby called Galaxy Home. There was also a partnership announcement, where the Korean company is teaming up with Spotify to provide seamless music experience across plenty of devices. Daniel Ek, Spotify CEO, explained later in a press release some details about the deal. All new Samsung smartphone owners will have the Spotify app on Samsung Smart Switch and when they launch the music service, you will be immediately prompted to link accounts from the two networks. Spotify...

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HTC confirms Android 9.0 Pie update for 4 of its phones

HTC is yet another maker to detail its plans for Android 9.0 Pie updates. It announced which of its phones are getting the delicious Pie update in a tweet yesteraday. We're pleased as pie to confirm updates to Android Pie for the HTC U12+, U11+, U11, and U11 life (Android One). Timeframes for roll-out will be announced in due course. We can't wait to know what you think of Google's freshest slice of Android! pic.twitter.com/mPJePFegne— HTC (@htc) August 10, 2018 As you can see, this year's U12+ is the first on the list along with the U11+, U11 and U11 Life. The U Ultra and U play are...

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Huawei mocks Galaxy Note9, promises real flagship upgrade

Huawei Mobile has been seemingly unimpressed by the Galaxy Note9 that launched the other day and used its Twitter account to take a dig at Samsung for it. We took a leap when we launched the #HuaweiP20Pro, we're all about real upgrades that will make a difference everyday like a triple lens camera with 40mp, 5x zoom and much more. Imagine what will come next. pic.twitter.com/AjUS86YHyK— Huawei Mobile (@HuaweiMobile) August 9, 2018 "This is called a real generation upgrade." says the tweet comparing the P10 Plus and P20 Pro and it's clearly suggesting that the Note9 is a rather minor...

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Fortnite fo Android is no longer limited to Samsung devices but you still need to wait

When Samsung launched the Galaxy Note9 a few days ago, it announced a partnership with Epic Games. As part of the deal, Fortnite was exclusive to Samsung devices for the first few days before going public. Well, that period has ended and you can now download the official installer and run it on your non-Samsung smartphone. But don't get too excited. As the game is still in beta testing, there are limited slots available and unless you have an invite, you can't download it. If you install the app and try to run it, you will be shown a message inviting you to get on the waiting...

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Samsung takes another shot at Apple with two Ingenius ads, this time with the Note9

Remember those Samsung Ingenius ads? The company is issuing their sequels, only now they are focusing on the newly released Galaxy Note9 rather than the Galaxy S9+. The first one takes a shot at Apple's Pencil stylus and the second one comes to tell us that the Galaxy Note9 is feature-rich and really powerful. Check them out! Via

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BlackBerry KEY2 LE specs and photos are out

Old-school BlackBerry fans were excited to see TCL releasing a follow-up to the original BlackBerry Keyone and it turned out to be a pretty decent smartphone. However, the letdown was the pricing. The KEY2 isn't packed with flagship hardware, but it asks a price premium and costs around $100 more than its predecessor. A budget version is on its way, though, aiming to deliver better bang for your buck. By looking at the leaked photo, the KEY2 LE will have a slightly altered keyboard that's closer to the original Keyone while retaining some of the new functionalities like the shortcut...

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Pocophone F1 to be the fastest handset in its class, Snapdragon 845 confirmed

Two days ago Xiaomi teased the arrival of its new sub-brand POCO to India and now the company is teasing the Pocophone F1 itself. As mentioned before, it's believed to be the cheapest Snapdragon 845-powered phone on the market and recent teasers come to confirm that, focusing on its performance. "Not just peak performance speed, but actual, real world, speed." #GoPOCO #GlobalPocophone Learn more...https://t.co/t9hjnn0jwj pic.twitter.com/6a1mDtxEba— Mi (@xiaomi) August 11, 2018 Meanwhile, a POCOPHONE Global Facebook page has gone live and started teasing the smartphone with Qualcomm...

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Android 9.0 Pie to hit six Sony smartphones starting September

Android 9.0 Pie was announced this week and manufacturers have started releasing their update schedules. Sony appears to be pretty swift with the new version of the OS promising the OTA update as early as this September. Sony said six of its phones will get the latest and greatest from Google. Here they are: Xperia XZ2 Xperia XZ2 Compact Xperia XZ2 Premium Xperia XZ1 Xperia XZ1 Compact Xperia XZ Premium The rollout will start in September and finish sometime in November. That's a pretty tight timeframe and we hope Sony will pull it off. Via

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