Motorola India has teased a new smartphone in India- calling as 'Hello #Smarterphone,' but it did not give any clue about which smartphone they are going to launch. Also, the launch date of the phone is still unknown. Motorola has a knack of teasing smartphones ahead of their official launch, and they are doing the same this time as well. In the video, Motorola is highlighting the speaker and display aspect of a smartphone. The upcoming smartphone may have powerful speakers and gorgeous display on board. Motorola is due to launch nine smartphones in India including the Moto E4 series, Moto C series which recently went official in some countries, Moto G5s series, Moto X (2017), and the Moto Z2 lineup. That said, the upcoming smartphone may be one from the Moto G5s lineup.
Maybe Motorola is looking to announce the Moto C series in India, or it maybe the Moto X (2017). That said, nothing is known for now from the company, and Motorola will tease it in upcoming days ahead of the launch, which will give a clear idea about what they are going to launch in the country.
The Shatterproof Moto X Force is now getting Android 7.0 Nougat. The Software update also includes April 2017 Security Patch, New Moto Actions and all the usual Nougat goodies like quick settings customization, split-screen apps, and improved Doze Mode. For now, only a few users have started receiving the latest Android update on their Moto X Force. This means that the Android Nougat won't be coming to all devices at once, but selected users will get the update.
Motorola’s instructions explain that for a successful installation, the battery in your phone should be at least 50% charged and your device should be connected to a Wi-Fi network or LTE.
If you haven't got the notification of this new software update yet, Just go to Settings - About Phone - Software updates, and It will automatically start downloading the latest update. The update will take around 10-15 minutes to get Installed on your device. Source | Via
The entire world is looking for next OnePlus flagship phone which is the OnePlus 5 to release at the earliest, but one has to wait until this summer to get hands on it. And leaks about the phone are keeping you at bay, especially about the rear camera placement.
The phone is said to come with a dual camera at the rear. Instead of giving its word on the camera setup, OnePlus has officially confirmed that the OnePlus 5 will come with Snapdragon 835 chipset, paired with 6GB of RAM. The RAM is based on various leaks. But OnePlus has confirmed that Snapdragon 835 thing though. Other details of the phone is still under the wraps. Qualcomm also said that the OnePlus 5 is coming soon. The device might be unveiled in mid-June. OnePlus is also tweaking the Oxygen OS to deliver superior performance with the OnePlus 5.
"With the OnePlus 5, our commitment to this philosophy continues. We're proud to announce the OnePlus 5 will feature the Snapdragon™ 835 processor, which sets the foundation for smooth, powerful, and efficient performance. With graphically-demanding apps, for example, you'll notice how fast they load and how well they run," OnePlus said in its forums page.
Google has finally brought its Google Opinion Rewards to few more countries including India, Turkey, and Singapore. With the Opinion Rewards app, you can earn credits for the surveys being conducted by Google in the app. Google will send surveys every week from now, and if you answer them correctly, you will be rewarded with some amount, which you can use to purchase any app or game in the Google Play. So, in the US, the company will give up to $1 for each survey, and in India, it will start from Rs. 10 and may go up for each survey. The survey amount credits will be linked to your Google account. Google has taken a long time to bring the app to India, but it's now official in India. Go and give your first survey to earn some amount.
Yesterday, the upcoming Moto G5s was leaked in full glory, and today, folks at Gear India have leaked the complete photos of its bigger variant-the Moto G5s Plus. The roadmap leaked earlier stated that it will come with dual camera setup at the back. On par with that, the G5s Plus in the render has two cameras at the back supported by a dual-tone LED flash. Also, it comes with a full metal body without any plastic sides, that adds a premium look and feel to the phone.
The Moto G5s Plus will flaunt a 5.5-inch Full HD display with a resolution of 1080*1920 pixels with 2.5D curved glass. The dual camera implementation is not yet leaked. The Moto G5s, on the other hand, will have a 5.2-inch Full HD display with a single camera at the back. The Moto G5s and G5s Plus will have a front-facing flash.
Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus is always known for its unique marketing strategies. Time by time, the company has impressed the audience with its marketing, and now, the vendor has come up with a unique marketing strategy in the UK. Although, it may be a marketing from OnePlus, but the new campaign will be helpful for the OnePlus smartphone owners in the country. Here's what the new campaign all about- OnePlus has added its Dash Charge technology to power the OnePlus smartphone users to the telephone boxes in the UK. There are over 45,000 telephone boxes in the UK, and OnePlus is converting each of it to a charging spot. Further, a user can adopt a telephone box for just 1 Euro. OnePlus says that the telephone boxes are connected to the National Grid, so there's no problem of power cut whatsoever. With this new campaign, OnePlus is providing a free source of ultrafast charging for users across the UK. Another great initiative from OnePlus, nevertheless.
You can now grab the Official Motorola cases and flip cover for the Moto G5 Plus in Canada. The Silicone Cover is available in Gunmetal, Red and Blue colors, while the Touch Flip Cover is available in Smoke Black.
The Silicone Cover can be purchased at 19.49 Canadian Dollar, while the Touch Flip Cover is available at 29.49 Canadian Dollar. You can grab the cases from Mobilefun. Moto G5 Plus Blue Silicone Cover Link
Moto G5 Plus Touch Flip Cover Link You can check out our Unboxing video of Touch Flip Cover for the Moto G5 (non-plus) which is available in India via Amazon.
Samsung is working on the successors to its mid-range Galaxy J series. The company already announced the Galaxy J3 (2017) in the US and the Galaxy J5 (2017), Galaxy J7(2017) are yet to be announced. Rather than the plastic body seen on Galaxy J (2016) phones, this year's Galaxy J phones will come with metal body. Reliable tipster, Roland Quandt also leaked the renders of the devices and they look similar to each other with new eyecatchy design. The Galaxy J5 (2017) and Galaxy J7 (2017) will be released in three colour options- blue, black, glod, and rose gold. And they will be separated by the screen size and battery capacity.
The Galaxy J5 (2017) will flaunt a 5.2-inch Full HD display, while the J7 will sport a 5.5-inch Full HD display. The J5 will get a smaller battery of 3000mAh and the J7 will carry a massive 3600mAh battery on board. Both the devices will be powered by the 1.6GHz octa-core Exynos 7870 SoC and they adore 13MP cameras on both front and back. The devices will also feature fingerprint scanner this time around. Launch date of the phones is yet to be revealed by the company.
With Super-slim bezels, tall screen, infinity display and speedy new Snapdragon 835 (or Exynos 9) processor, the Samsung Galaxy S8 comes with a ton of biometric authentication options. You get a fingerprint reader, iris recognition, and face recognition that lets you unlock the phone. According to the latest reports, it looks like that Samsung's "Ultra-Secure" iris recognition security feature can easily be fooled. Germany's Chaos Computer Club (CCC), a venerable group of white-hat hackers, claims to have figured out a relatively straightforward way to trick the iris-recognition system on Samsung's flagship Galaxy S8 smartphone.
According to CCC: The easiest way for a thief to capture iris pictures is with a digital camera in night-shot mode or the infrared filter removed. In the infrared light spectrum – usually filtered in cameras – the fine, normally hard to distinguish details of the iris of dark eyes are well recognizable. Starbug was able to demonstrate that a good digital camera with 200mm-lens at a distance of up to five meters (16.4 ft.) is sufficient to capture suitably good pictures to fool iris recognition systems. Samsung claims that the Galaxy S8 and S8+ are the securest phones yet. The iris scanner and face recognition that unlocks your phone in an instant comes with defence-grade security. Here's a video of CCC tricking the Galaxy S8 with a photo:
Huawei's child brand, Honor has announced a new smartphone in its homeland China. Called Honor 6A, the smartphone packs in decent specifications and rivals the counterpart Xiaomi's Redmi series of phones in the country. The Honor 6A will be sold in two variants- 2GB+16GB, 3GB+32GB. The base variant will be available for CNY 800 ($115), whereas the bigger variant will be sold for CNY 1000 ($145). Preorders for the phone will begin on June 1. The Honor 6A packs decent specifications on paper. The handset has a 5-inch HD display and is fuelled with a Snapdragon 430 SoC. A 13MP camera sensor can be seen at the back along with a 5MP front-facing camera. The device boots Android 7.0 Nougat on top of EMUI 5.0. The phone boasts of a metal body and has a fingerprint sensor located below the rear camera module. The Honor 6A is armed with a 3020mAh battery.
The OnePlus 5 is one of the most anticipated devices of 2017 and is expected to fill the success of OnePlus 3 and 3T. Expected to come with mouth watering specifications, the phone will give a tough competition to Samsung Galaxy S8 series and Xiaomi Mi 6. It's confusing and irritating. That's all we can say about the leaks about OnePlus 5. We have already seen multiple leaked images of the OnePlus 5 and all of them looks completely different from each other. However, it seems that OnePlus has officially confirmed the final leaked design of their upcoming flagship. In this facebook post (which was clearly not meant to have gone out yet), OnePlus Denmark officially shares the previously leaked OnePlus 5's prototype link.
What else can we glean from this OnePlus's social media rep's mistake? Well, as you can see in the image (leaked earlier by AndroidAuthority), the OnePlus 5 Prototype is having vertically placed dual camera setup and OnePlus branding on the back. Recently, we got an official news from OnePlus about the OnePlus 5. A staff member of OnePlus in OnePlus forums has said that the OnePlus 5's camera will be built in collaboration with the camera authority-DxO. OnePlus is all set to launch the device this summer. Thoughts?
A leaked product roadmap of Motorola some days ago revealed that Motorola is working on two relatively new smartphones- Moto G5s and Moto G5s Plus. At first, it seemed like a fake news because Motorola recently announced the Moto G5 and G5 Plus and why did it want to launch successors in such a short time. But this is Motorola under Lenovo, not Google. The first press renders of the Moto G5s are out, and the device looks similar to the original Moto G5 from the front. From the rear though, the device resembles the Motorola Moto M which was released last year. The Moto dimple is coming back and is placed below the rear camera module. The smartphone will be entirely made of metal, unlike the plastic edges are seen on the Moto G5. The Moto G5s will boast a 5.2-inch Full HD display, while the Moto G5s Plus will have a 5.5-inch display with dual cameras at the back. SOURCE
Currently, the talk of the town is the Finnish smartphone vendor, Nokia's upcoming phone, the Nokia . While the Smartphone got leaked few days ago in real life Images, it is now spotted on benchmarking site Geekbench. As you can see in the image below, it clearly states that the phone will bear a model number TA-1004, which was rumoured earlier as well. The device has a single core score of 2255, which is below the score of Apple iPhone 7 Plus but above the Samsung Galaxy S8+ and upcoming OnePlus 5. However, the phone achieved a multi-core score of 7770, higher than any other smartphone released till date. The device was running Android 7.1.1 Nougat while running the benchmark test. Until now, no phone has achieved the scores as the Nokia 9. In fact, the other Snapdragon 835 powered smartphones such as the Galaxy S8 duo, Xiaomi Mi 6, and Sony Xperia XZ Premium all have fewer benchmark scores.
Remember the Fuchsia OS, which we wrote two weeks ago? The ambiguous new mobile and tablet OS is said to replace Android when it becomes fully functional because it is built on Google's own kernel Magenta, rather than Linux.
Back in September 2016, Google was rumoured to be working on the Fuchsia OS, and two weeks ago, the OS was leaked online. Since then, there is a lot of buzz going on around the internet claiming that it will replace Android. However, that's not the case says Dave Burke, Google VP of Engineering Android. He contends that the project is still in its nascent stages and also stated that it will be independent of Andriod. Expect the OS to power some low-cost devices out there. Here is what Dave Burke has to say about the Fuchsia OS:
"How do you spell Fuchsia? Fuchsia is a[n] early stage experimental project. We, you know, we actually have lots of cool early projects at Google. I think what's interesting here is its open source, so people can see it and comment on it. Like lots of early stage projects it's gonna probably pivot and morph. There's some really smart people on it, people we've worked with who are great. and so [it's] kind of exciting to see what happens. But it's definitely a diff-- sort of independent project to android. and yeah, that's basically it."-Dave Burke,VP of engineering for Android, Google
So, it's now confirmed that Fuchsia OS is not a threat to Android, which would be a huge relief for many fanboys out there.
Every individual with an Android surely would have experienced this: When you're downloading an Android system update and the power goes off, or your internet connection goes off due to some unknown reason, or maybe you've to go out after starting downloading the update. For all these scenarios, the answer used to simple one- download the update from the start again. But that's gonna change with the Android O update as it adds a new 'Pause' feature to the OS allows users to pause a system update while downloading and resume it later.
This feature is already present in the latest Developer Preview 2 of Android O. That's a handy little feature to have around, and Google is bringing it with the Android O update. Also, Google revealed that the 'pause' feature comes with a Google Play Services update, but currently limited to the people under Developer Preview of Android O.
It's not that we haven't seen real-life images of the upcoming OnePlus 5, but a new leak has surfaced that probably gives you the another view of the flagship's rear.
We previously covered a leak by AndroidAuthority where the dual camera setup and antenna lines was clearly shown however this new leak has a very different story to tell. The below image shows that there are no antenna lines and the flash is now located between the dual camera lens.
Recently, we got an official news from OnePlus about its upcoming flagship phone, the OnePlus 5. A staff member of OnePlus in OnePlus forums has said that the OnePlus 5's camera will be built in collaboration with the camera authority-DxO.
There has been a lot of confusion about the camera setup on OnePlus 5. The confusion was all about the camera design of the phone, but not the implementation. OnePlus 5 may get two camera sensors at the back, which may be the same setup as the iPhone 7 Plus. One sensor will capture standard shots, while the other sensor will capture zoomed shots.
Yesterday, we reported that three new Nokia smartphones with codename Heart were spotted on Geekbench and one of them with the Snapdragon 835 was the Nokia 9. Today, a website claims that they have used the prototype unit of the Nokia 9. However, the phone was wrapped with a protective case to protect the design from not being leaked. But other details about the phone are leaked by the website. The Nokia 9 will have a dual camera at the back, but it is claimed that the camera quality is modest at its best. The phone will feature all the essentials such as the 3.5mm headphone jack, USB Type-C port, and all the major sensors.
Specs wise, the Nokia 9 will have a 5.27-inch QHD display with a resolution of 1440x 2560 pixels and will be powered by the Snapdragon 835 SoC along with 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of internal storage. And the model number is also the same 'Heart.'
The report also says that the phone was running Android 7.1.1 Nougat with near stock interface on board along with a fingerprint scanner embedded into the home button same as the current Nokia devices. The home button is not a clickable one. The report also says that the unknown Nokia device leaked in a video earlier this week is none other than the Nokia 9. That said, the Nokia 9 would be announced in coming weeks or by the end of June.
Recently, a few rooted Android users discovered that they can’t download Netflix from Google Play. In fact,Netflix is no longer allowing the rooted users to access the streaming service. As per the new changes spotted on the Google Play developer console, the app developers are essentially now able to choose whether their apps are available to rooted users in the Play Store. There's a new "device catalog" section on the Google Play developer console which includes an option called "SafetyNet exclusion" which can limit “devices that fail integrity tests or those that are uncertified by Google,” from installing a particular app. Netflix is probably the first application to implement this feature, we won't be surprised if any other app take advantage of it. However, this won’t stop users from downloading the app from sources other than Play Store.
Via: AndroidPolice
With every major Android upgrade, Google brings new emojis, and with Android O, it's not changing as well. Google added new emojis with the Developer Preview of Android O, and they look a lot better than the blob styled ones seen on the Android N. Finally, Google is ditching the blob emojis, which was hated by many out there and replacing them with much-rounded emojis and they look decent. That said, the new emojis is available only for the Android O users right now.
However, folks at xdadevelopers managed to port the emojis to other Android OS versions as well. Do make a note that your Android device should run on Android 5.0 Lollipop and above for the emojis to support. Head over to this XDA thread to download and install the Android O emojis on your Android smartphone right away.
These days only three smartphone brands are in the news- Motorola, Nokia, and OnePlus. Nokia' first batch of smartphones will be released globally later this month, and the internet is all about the upcoming phones. Today, three new Nokia phones with codename 'Heart' passed through Geekbench. Previously, the Nokia 3 was spotted with the same Heart codename. So, these new benchmarks may belong to the upcoming Nokia phones.
The benchmark leak showed that the phones will be powered by the Snapdragon 835, Snapdragon 630/626, and the newly announced Snapdragon 660. All the three phones were running Android 7.1.1 Nougat while the benchmark test was running.
The Snapdragon 835 phone may be the Nokia 9 with 4GB of RAM, while the Snapdragon 660 one might be the Nokia 8 with 3GB of RAM, and the Snapdragon 626 one might be the Nokia 7 with the same 3GB of RAM. These three Nokia phones will be announced by the end of Q2 2017 and will be up for sale in early Q3 2017.
