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Honor 9 with 20MP + 12MP dual rear cameras starts rolling out globally

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Huawei’s Honor brand introduced Honor 9 flagship smartphone in China earlier this month. Today at an event in Berlin, the company introduced the smartphone for global markets. To remind you, it packs a 5.15-inch 1080p curved glass display, is powered by an Octa-Core Huawei Kirin 960, has up to 6GB of RAM, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) with EMUI 5.1 and a 20-megapixel rear camera along with a 12-megapixel camera for 2x hybrid zoom and laser autofocus for quick focus. Continue reading “Honor 9 with 20MP + 12MP dual rear cameras starts rolling out globally”

Lenovo K6 Power and K6 Note Android 7.0 Nougat update starts rolling out in India

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Lenovo launched the K6 Power smartphone back in November last year and launched the K6 Note in December, both running Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). It also launched 4GB RAM version of the K6 Power. Today the company has announced that it has started rolling out Android 7.0 (Nougat) update for both the smartphone, as it had promised.

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InFocus Turbo 5 with 5000mAh battery, fingerprint sensor launching in India on June 28

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Last week Infocus sent out invites for the launch of a new smartphone with big battery in India on June 28th. Now the smartphone has been listed as a placeholder on Amazon India website that confirms the design and specifications of the smartphone. Continue reading “InFocus Turbo 5 with 5000mAh battery, fingerprint sensor launching in India on June 28”

WhatsApp extends support for Android 2.3 till 2020

WhatsApp has announced that it will continue to support Android 2.3 till 2020. The Facebook owned messaging app has updated its old blog stating that Android 2.3.7 and older will continue to work until February 1, 2020.

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Google to end Android Market support for Android 2.1 Eclair and older

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Google is ending support for the Android Market app on Android 2.1 Eclair and older devices on June 30, 2017. When this change happens, users on these devices will no longer be able to access, or install other apps from, the Android Market. The Android Market was replaced by Google Play in 2012.

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YotaPhone 3 with 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED and 5.2-inch e-Ink screens coming this year for $350

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Yota Devices is back with their third smartphone after over 3 years. It introduced the YotaPhone 3 at the Russian-Chinese Expo. Even through the officially specifications have not been revealed, the smartphone is said to pack a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display, will be powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor and will run Android Nouat. It has a full-touch control on its 5.2-inch HD always-on electronic paper display (EPD) on the other side. Continue reading “YotaPhone 3 with 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED and 5.2-inch e-Ink screens coming this year for $350”

Microsoft’s AI-powered Pix app for iPhone updated with Prisma-like filters

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Microsoft has updated its AI-powered Pix camera app with filters similar to Prisma. The feature was developed in collaboration with Microsoft’s Asia research lab and Skype. Pix Styles, transforms pictures into styles inspired by popular works of art or adds an effect such as making the picture look like it is on fire.
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New iPhones will be waterproof and support wireless charging, confirms Wistron

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Wistron, the primary iPhone manufacturer in India has confirmed that new iPhone models will be “waterproof” and include wireless charging capabilities, according to the Japanese website Nikkei Asian Review.
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Google introduces ‘Android Excellence’ program that highlights best Android apps

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Google has introduced new collections for apps and games dubbed as Android Excellence. According to Google, the new collections will showcase apps and games that “deliver incredible user experiences on Android, use many of our best practices, and have great design, technical performance, localization, and device optimization.” Continue reading “Google introduces ‘Android Excellence’ program that highlights best Android apps”

Gboard for Android gets hand drawn emoji recognition, improved search and more

Google is adding bunch of new features to Gboard for Android that offers improved search results and ability to draw emojis while texting.
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Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 Android smartphones launched in India starting at Rs. 9499

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HMD Global today launched the Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 Android smartphones in India, as it had promised. All these smartphone have dual SIM support and has support for 4G VoLTE for Reliance Jio. The Nokia 3 and Nokia 5 have a polycarbonate body, while the Nokia 6 comes with a unibody metal design. Continue reading “Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 Android smartphones launched in India starting at Rs. 9499”

OPPO R11 and R11 Plus with Snapdragon 660, 20MP + 16MP dual rear cameras announced

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OPPO today announced OPPO R11 and R11 Plus smartphones at an event in China. The R11 comes with a 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED display with 1.6mm narrow bezels and 77% screen-to-body ratio and the R11 Plus comes with a 6-inch 1080p display. Both these have a 16-megapixel camera with wide-angle lens (f/1.7) and a 20-megapixel secondary camera with telephoto lens (f/2.6) along with Qualcomm’s Spectra 160 ISP for optical zoom, Hybrid Autofocus and other camera features. These also have portrait mode like the iPhone 7 Plus. Continue reading “OPPO R11 and R11 Plus with Snapdragon 660, 20MP + 16MP dual rear cameras announced”

Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with tons of new features

Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16215 for PC in the Fast ring. The latest build brings a number of features and improvements.
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Google confirms Android O as Android 8.0, releases Developer Preview 3 with final APIs

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Google released Android O first developer preview back in March, at the Google I/O last month, it released the second developer preview and also opened registrations Android O beta. Now it has released Android O developer preview 3 with the final Android O APIs (API level 26). It also revealed that Android O will be Android 8.0. Continue reading “Google confirms Android O as Android 8.0, releases Developer Preview 3 with final APIs”

OnePlus 3 and 3T OxygenOS 4.1.5 update brings new features, optimizations and bug fixes

OnePlus 3 and 3T Oxygen OS 4.1.5

OnePlus has started rolling out OxygenOS 4.1.5 update for the 3 and 3T that brings new push notification feature for important information from OnePlus along with updates to its apps, several bug fixes including fix for VoLTE issue on Jio SIMs and optimizations for battery, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS and more. Android version is still 7.1.1, but this adds Android security update for May 2017. Continue reading “OnePlus 3 and 3T OxygenOS 4.1.5 update brings new features, optimizations and bug fixes”