[UPDATE] – Xperia XZ has also started receiving the Android 7.0 Nougat update. Sony has started rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat update for Xperia X Performance. The stable build comes soon after the update was available in beta earlier this month.
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Meizu just announced M3X, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone at an event in China. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p Sharp TDDI LCD 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P20 16nm processor, making it the first smartphone with with the processor. It runs on Flyme OS based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and will get the Flyme OS 6 update soon. Continue reading “Meizu M3X with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Helio P20, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced”
Meizu today introduced PRO 6 Plus, its latest flagship smartphone and the successor of PRO 6 that was introduced earlier this year. It has a 5.7-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED always-on display with 0.53mm narrow bezels, 3D press that perceives different levels of pressure on the screen, is powered by an Octa-Core Samsung Exynos 8890 SoC, runs Flyme OS based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 12-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX386 sensor, pixel size of 1.25μm, four-axis optical image stabilization, dual-tone 10-LED ring flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and laser auto focus. Continue reading “Meizu PRO 6 Plus with 5.7-inch Quad HD 3D Press display, Exynos 8890 SoC, heart rate sensor announced”
Google released final Android 7.1.1 Developer Preview 2 for Nexus devices earlier this week. Now we have an idea of the exact release date of the update. Continue reading “Android 7.1.1 Nougat update will start rolling out for Nexus devices from Dec. 6”
OPPO has announced A57, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘A Series’ in China with a 16-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture and 1.12um pixel size. It has a 5.2-inch HD display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 435 processor, runs on Android Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with ColorOS 3.0 and a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF). Continue reading “OPPO A57 with Snapdragon 435, 16MP front camera, fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE announced”
HTC has announced that it has started rolling out Android Nougat update for unlocked HTC 10 smartphone. Mo Versi, HTC’s VP of Product Management said that unlocked versions of the HTC 10 will begin receiving Android 7.0 Nougat on November 25. Continue reading “Android Nougat starts rolling out for unlocked HTC 10”
Microsoft is doing something cool that will give everyone but especially kids from the 90’s a major throwback moment. The company is bringing Solitaire to Android, iPhone and iPad.
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HTC has announced Desire 650, the company’s latest smartphone in the mid-range Desire series in Taiwan, along with the HTC 10 evo. It has a 5-inch HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, is powered by a quad-core 64-bit Snapdragon SoC and run on Android 6.0 Marshmallow with HTC Sense UI on top. It comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, BSI sensor, 1080p video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with a BSI sensor.
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Nextbit has finally started rolling out Android 7.0 (Nougat) for its community beta testers. Nextbit said that it has worked with members of Paranoid Android, who are now part of its development team. Both have joined forces to bring a faster, less power-hungry OS. It said that after the update phone is going to feel faster and perform even better. Continue reading “Nextbit Robin gets Android 7.0 Nougat community beta”
WhatsApp beta for Android is testing a new video streaming feature that allows users to view the video while it is being downloaded. This means you no longer have to wait to watch the video till it is downloaded completely.
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Google released Android 7.1 Nougat developer preview for older Nexus devices last month, now it has released final Android 7.1.1 Developer Preview 2 for these devices that adds the developer features already available on Pixel and Pixel XL devices. In addition it adds optimizations and bug fixes. Continue reading “Google releases Android 7.1.1 Developer Preview 2 for Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 9 and Pixel C”
Google is rolling out an update for Pixel and Pixel XL in Canada which adds two new ways to wake up these smartphones The latest update will allow users to double tap and lift the phone to wake it up.
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The Smartron tphone arguably has one of the most interesting and unique designs among smartphones in the market. However, it is not just a pretty face and there is plenty going on underneath the hood that makes it quite powerful.
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Google has announced that is is discontinuing support for Gingerbread and Honeycomb in Google Play services. Version 10.0.0 of the Google Play services client libraries, as well as the Firebase client libraries for Android, will be the last version of these libraries that support Android API level 9 (Android 2.3, Gingerbread).
HTC just announced HTC 10 evo, the company’s latest smartphone in the ‘HTC 10’ series in Taiwan and UK, as expected. It is also the global version of the HTC Bolt that was introduced for U.S. carrier Sprint earlier this month. It doesn’t have a 3.5mm audio jack and comes with HTC BoomSound Adaptive Audio, which scans your ears and the ambient noise around you to adjust audio output to suit your personal hearing capabilities. It also has Hi-Res audio that delivers 24-bit audio.
