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Ulefone recently announced Ulefone Power 3, the successor of Ulefone Power 2 that was introduced earlier this year, now it has stared pre-sale of the phone. It has a 6-inch FHD+ 18:9 display with 90.8% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by MediaTek Helio P23 SoC with 6GB of RAM and runs Android 7.1 (Nougat), which will be upgraded to Android 8.1 (Oreo) by March 2018. Continue reading “Ulefone Power 3 with 6-inch FHD+ full-screen display, 6GB RAM, 6080mAh battery announced”
WhatsApp will stop supporting BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 8.0 from December 31st, 2017 and support for Android versions 2.3.7 and older will end on February 1, 2020, as it had announced earlier. The company has already stopped support for Android versions older than 2.3.3 and Windows Phone 7 back in 2016. Continue reading “WhatsApp will stop working on BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 8.0 after December 31”
LG introduced the V30 smartphone at the IFA in August running Android 7.1.2 (Nougat). It started rolling out Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for the V30 users in South Korea through LG OS Preview program for all the carriers. last month. Now it is rolling out stable Android 8.0 (Oreo) update for the V30 users in South Korea starting today, as it had promised. Continue reading “LG V30 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out”
Popular chipset maker Qualcomm has received permission to test autonomous vehicles on public roads in California in its efforts to enter the self-driving car market. California’s Department of Motor Vehicles has issued the permit authorizing testing for one vehicle and three drivers. Continue reading “Qualcomm gets permission to test self-driving cars in California”
The future version of Android might give carriers an option to disable the “Signal strength” metric from appearing in Settings according to the findings of XDA developers in a recent commit to the Android Open Source Project. Though the intention and motivation for this move is a mystery for now. Continue reading “Carriers might hide signal strength in future versions of Android”
As a part of its aim to create custom processors for its upcoming flagships; Google is said to have hired John Bruno, a designer who founded and ran Apple’s silicon competitive analysis group and the chips that were used in iPhones and iPads. However, what he will be doing at Google is unknown at the moment. Continue reading “Google hires key Apple chip designer John Bruno, likely to build custom chipset”
OPPO has announced A83, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the ‘A series’ in China, after it was certified recently. It has a 5.7 HD+ full-screen 2.5D curved glass display, has 4GB RAM, comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with support for A.I beauty technology as well as face unlock that can unlock the phone in just 0.18 seconds by scanning 128 feature points on your face. No details about the processor yet.
Continue reading “OPPO A83 with 5.7-inch full-screen display, 4GB RAM, face unlock announced”
Reliance Jio introduced triple-cashback offer last month, after extending the offer twice, the offer is finally ending today. Now it has launched new surprise cashback offer for the new year that offers 100% cashback that offers Rs. 400 worth vouchers on recharge of Rs. 399 or more as well as cashback up to Rs. 300 from its wallet partners. This time it has partnered with new e-commerce players to offer vouchers of up to Rs. 2600 on every recharge. Continue reading “Reliance Jio introduces surprise cashback offer – Up to Rs. 3300 cashback on recharge of Rs. 399 or more”
[Update January 2: OnePlus has updated the forum post saying that the update has been cancelled due to a bug and Oxygen 5.0.1 will go alive soon]
Earlier: Just after a month of rolling out Android 8.0 (Oreo) open beta update for the OnePlus 5, OnePlus today started rolling out stable Android Oreo update for the users as a Christmas Gift, ahead of the promised early 2018 time-frame. OnePlus Co-Founder Carl Pei has finally confirmed that the OnePlus 5 will get OnePlus 5T’s Face Unlock feature soon due to popular demand from fans. Continue reading “OnePlus 5 OxygenOS 5.0 Android 8.0 Oreo update starts rolling out, Face Unlock coming soon [Update: Roll out cancelled]”
After its No. 1 Mi Fan Sale online, Xiaomi has announced sale at their Mi Home stores. This lets customers get the smartphones and accessories at a discounted rates at Mi Home Stores across 15 Mi Homes in 6 cities between December 23rd 2017 to January 1st 2018. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Home No. 1 Mi Fan Sale from Dec 23 to Jan 1: Discounts on smartphones and accessories”
HMD Global since it started selling Nokia branded phones just over a year ago has said to have shipped around 16 million units in the Q3 2017. According to the market share report for Q3 2017 shared by analyst firms, they have witnessed strong demand for Android-powered Nokia phones and feature phones as well. Continue reading “HMD Global estimated to have shipped around 16 million Nokia phones in Q3 2017”
Apple intentionally slowing down iPhones with aged batteries to preserve its life surely has raised a controversy over the past few days, and now it landed the company in class action lawsuit in Los Angeles. The lawsuit accuses the company saying that it a fraud designed to lure users in upgrading to the latest model. Continue reading “Apple faces class action lawsuits over intentionally slowing down old iPhones”
In a surprising note, Apple has been sanctioned in Qualcomm court case for withholding relevant documents. The lawsuit against Qualcomm by FTC alleges that Apple was forced to use Qualcomm modem chips exclusively. Continue reading “Apple sanctioned in Qualcomm court case for withholding evidence documents”
Reliance Jio today launched Happy New Year 2018 plans, just in time for the new year. The Rs. 199 and Rs. 299 monthly plans offer better data benefits for monthly users, compared to the existing Rs. 149 plan that offers just 4.2GB data for the month, but these have the same 28-days validity.
Continue reading “Reliance Jio Happy New Year 2018 plans launched starting at Rs. 199”
Freedom of the Press Foundation where Edward Snowden is one of the directors and Guardian Project have jointly developed an open-source app called Haven for Android that uses a sensors on the phone to provide monitoring and protection of physical spaces. The developers say that the app has especially been developed for investigative journalists, human rights defenders, and people at risk of forced disappearance. Continue reading “Snowden-backed Haven app uses your smartphone’s sensors for monitoring”
