Moto Z available in two weeks, pre-order next week

 By Felipe Berhau on July 14, 2016       

Motorola and Verizon today hosted an event in New York City to announce the release date and price of the Moto Z and Z Force Droid Editions.

The phones will be available for pre-order on July 21st, that's next thursday, and it will finally be on sale the following week, on July 28th. Verizon will be offering them for $26 and $30 per month respectively (paid for 24 months), so its price is comparable to last year's Droid Turbo 2.

Verizon will also offer a trade-in program in which you will be able to trade in your old phone for up to $300 dollars. Isn't that cool?

The new Motorola Moto Z will be available in the rest of the world beginning September. It was announced in June at Lenovo's Tech World event.

Update: our source, Mashable, took down their link, meaning their article was not ready to be published, but we got a screen capture of it!

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Lenovo just unveiled Motorola Moto E 3rd Generation with 5" Display

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 14, 2016       

Moto E was always a budget Smartphone with amazing specification and this time its back with new design and a great upgrade over the previous gen Moto E .



Motorola and Lenovo Just unveiled the new Motorola Moto E 3rd Generation . It's a kind of pre-unveil , The Smartphone will go on sale starting from September in UK .

The Smartphone is priced at £99 (roughly $132) . The Moto E3 will be having a 5" 720p Display with water repellent nano coating and a 2,800mAh battery . 



The device will be powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410  processor and come with Android Marshmallow . The Moto E3 will have an 8MP rear cam and a 5MP selfie shooter .

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Leaked Samsung Galaxy Note 7 images shows iris scanning technology

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 14, 2016       

Samsung is now all set to unveil the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 . According to leaks the device will be coming with a new security feature i.e IRIS Scanner .



The newly leaked Note 7 images now shows the IRIS Scanner feature in action . The Galaxy Note 7 will use infra-red scanning method for the iris scanner to unlock the device. The biggest advantage of this technology is that you will be able to unlock the device even at night .

User has to position their eyes in such a way that they are pointing directly towards two circles shown on the display . 


source | via - SAMmobile

Android N Nougat for Moto G4 /Plus /Play: News , Release date and more

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 14, 2016       

Few months back , Motorola released 4th generation Moto G's namely ( Moto G4 Plus , Moto G4 and Moto G Play ) . The Moto G4 and G4 Plus comes with 5.5 inch FHD Display , while Moto G Play has 5 inch Display .



All the devices comes with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow , but weather they will get Android N 7.0 Nougat update or not ?

In This Article , We will be talking about Android N ( Nougat ) for Moto G 4th Generation ( G4 Plus , G4 and G4 Play ) . 

Official Android N Nougat for Moto G4 Plus -

Yes , The Motorola Moto G4 Plus will be getting Official Android N 7.0 By Motorola . 

Accordingly Google will release Android Nougat in August or September and Motorola will get hands on to Nougat's source code from Google in August or September. 

Motorola will start roll out of Android N Nougat for several Motorola devices in first quarter of 2017 , and Moto G4 Plus will be one of the devices getting Android N .

Official Android N Nougat for Moto G4 2016 - 

Yes , The Motorola Moto G4 will also be getting Official Android N 7.0 By Motorola . 

Accordingly Google will release Android Nougat in August or September and Motorola will get hands on to Nougat's source code from Google in August or September. 

Motorola will start roll out of Android N Nougat for several Motorola devices in first quarter of 2017 , and Moto G4 will be one of the devices getting Android N .

Official Android N Nougat for Moto G Play - 


Moto G Play and Moto G 3rd Generation inhabits almost same specifications , Moto G Play ( The smaller variants of Moto G4 series ) will also be getting Official Android N 7.0 By Motorola . 

Motorola will start roll out of Android N Nougat for several Motorola devices in first quarter of 2017 , and Moto G4 will be one of the devices getting Android N .

Also Read - List of Motorola Moto Devices That are likely to get Android N ( Nougat )

Screenshots of Android N ( 7.0 Nougat ) -

We will keep updating this Article , As soon as any news or any custom rom based on Android N Nougat comes for 4th Gen Moto G's .

Comment below and become a part of Discussion !

Breaking all the records Pokemon Go becomes the most popular smartphone game in U.S. history

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 13, 2016       

The Viral game is now on more than 5% Android Smartphones in the US and is about to cross twitter's daily user engagement !



Breaking all records , The game has become the most popular smartphone game in U.S. history. According to Survey Monkey, peak average daily smartphone users for Pokemon Go now tops the previously reigning title holder , Smashing "Candy Crush Saga " behind !

The Game just bought our Childhood back and is now breaking all the records . It's not even a month , Since the game has launched in few countries and its tearing apart the historical records !



Source- SurveyMonkey

So , Which one are you playing Candy Crush or Pokemon GO ? 

Pokemon GO v0.29.2 reduces accuracy of Pokemon capture locations

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 13, 2016       

Pokemon GO v0.29.2 is out and the new update now adds support for Android Nougat and Intel x86 hardware . Apart from These few changes , Android Police just noticed that Pokemon GO v0.29.2 also reduces the accuracy of Pokemon capture locations .

Image via - AndroidPolice

Left Image is from Pokemon Go v0.29.0 an Right image is from Pokemon GO v0.29.2 . 

As you can see , the right circle's diameter is now four or five miles, and the center of the circle is a solid two to three miles from the actual capture location, too.

via - AndroidPolice

Moto G4 and G4 Plus now available in the US Moto Maker website

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 13, 2016       

Motorola Moto G4 and G4 Plus which were launched earlier are now available  in United States Moto Maker starting at just $199. 

Also Read - 

• Moto G4 Plus review : The Budget King

• Moto G4, Moto G4 Plus, and Moto G4 Play [ Official Specs and Images ]

People living in US can now customize Motorola Moto G4 / G4 Plus and choose different colors, accents, cases , Engraving and Greeting .



You can check out Moto Maker website and can try different combos to style Moto G4 / G4 Plus .

Going to buy a Pokemon Go Smartphone ? Wait for Motorola Moto Z!

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 13, 2016       

Pokemon Go Trainers , All we need is a Smartphone that must be compatible for Pokemon Go , should have Gyroscope sensor , a great battery life and a big NO to Intel processors .



So if you are thinking "what phone should I get" for getting best Pokemon Go experience . The answer is "Wait for Motorola Moto Z".

The Modular Motorola Moto Z is going to be the best all rounder Smartphone for Pokemon Go and even for normal considerations of photography, social media, office organisation, enterprise access, music and videos .


Moto Z is the world's thinnest phone at 5.2mm, comes with a 13MP camera, 4GB of RAM, the snapdragon 820 CPU, and a 5.5" QHD screen. The Z Force ( Shatter proof  )will come with a 21MP camera and 40 hours of battery life. Motorola also says its new TurboPower will charge your phone one hour per minute, so 15 minutes will give you 15 hours!

The Moto Modules adds additional features to the Moto Z like , Projector , Speakers and Extra Battery . You have to just attach the magnetic module to the Moto Z . 

The Moto Z will be available from this Summer in the US , while it will go on sale globally this September . 

Also Read - 

• Verizon to Reveal Moto Z Pricing on July 14

Just wait a little , Best Pokemon Go Phone is on its way !

Android 7.0 Nougat update coming to HTC Nexus 9

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 13, 2016       

Rogers , Canada's largest mobile operators has updated its software update schedule list revealing that Android 7.0 Nougat Release is near .

According to Roger's update schedule , HTC Nexus 9 is to receive Android Nougat 7.0 soon . 

Earlier this month , Google revealed Android Nougat 7.0 which the company is all set to release later this summer .

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Lenovo Vibe C2 goes official

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 12, 2016       

Lenovo Vibe C2 which was leaked earlier is now official at Lenovo's Russian Website , Though there is no info about pricing and availability of this Smartphone .



Also Read - This is How Motorola Moto E 3rd Generation will look like !

The Lenovo Vibe C2 features a 5-inch IPS LCD HD Display and a pixel density of 294 PPI . The device comes with MediaTek MT6735P Quad-core processor which is clocked at 1 GHz .



The Smartphone carries 1GB RAM and comes in two variants , The 8GB model and 16GB Model . The device has 8MP Rear and 5MP Front camera . The device has impressive 2750mAh battery ( Though rumor says that there will be a Vibe C2 Power model with greater battery ) .

The device will be available in two colors ( namely Black and White ) and runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow with integrated Vibe UI Out of the box !


via | source

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 real-life photos leaked online !

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 12, 2016       

We have already seen renders of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 . The Device is all set to get revealed in less than a month. . 
This time Samsung is skipping The name "Galaxy Note 6" and directly Jumping to "Galaxy Note 7" .



Leakster Steve Hemmerstoffer has tweeted some images of the Galaxy Note 7 from different angles !

According to rumors , Note 7 will come with Dual edged display ( Just Like S7 edge ) and integrated Grace UX ( New Touchwiz ) . The Galaxy Note 7 seems to be featuring an iris scanner with three lenses .



Report claims that the Upcoming Galaxy Note 7 will be the most expensive device in Samsung’s lineup till date.

Moto G4 Amazon Prime Edition First Look

 By Felipe Berhau on July 12, 2016       

Two weeks ago, Motorola and Amazon announced an exclusive version of the Moto G4 family for Amazon Prime users in the USA.

Now the phones started to ship and some lucky customer got his phone early so he uploaded a video about this Amazon Edition of the Moto G4. As you can see from the video, the phone has a custom Amazon-signed software, which includes apps and lockscreen ads. 

This version is $50 cheaper than the regular version, so if you can cope with the ads then this could be a great deal for you. You can buy this version here.

Watch the video here: 

LG G5 is a flop

 By Felipe Berhau on July 11, 2016       

Life is not good, it seems... LG has been having some rough times lately, making once cent profit for every phone sold some quarters ago while Apple was making 200 dollars per phone sold, and now it seems that its flagship phone, the G5 hasn't been a hit as it was expected to be.

The G5 was released as a modular phone with top-notch specs. LG estimated to sell 12 million of it through the year, but it seems it won't even be able to reach half of that. 

A new report from Digitimes sugges the LG G5 will only reach 5.5 million sold with LG shipping 2.5 million this quarter and sales slowering quicly. That's quite bad for a flagship phone with so much hype.

The Mobile business will post a loss of 110 million dollars this quarter too, shipping only 15 million phones. What did LG do wrong with the G5? Was it its design? Or its specs? Or people simply didn't like the modular concept?

Digitimes

Pokemon GO saves Nintendo

 By Felipe Berhau on July 11, 2016       

Let's talk about Nintendo. Everyone remembers their amazing consoles, right? The iconic Wii, the ground-breaking DS and all its variants and some amazing games in the last ten years. But during the last years, they faced lots of challenges and tough times.

Releasing sub-par products, some of their hyped releases were a flop, and soon Nintendo stopped being the cool company it was once known to be.

This brings us to their last attempt: Pokemon GO. The game -though not launched in most countries yet- is already a huge hit, and it was already installed in 5% of all Android phones in the US, before its official launch.

You know what this means? Nintendo has a hit in their hands and it's cool again. Since its launch, Nintendo's market value has increased by 7 billion dollars. In comparison, that's what Microsoft paid for Nokia.

The Guardian reports that Nintendo will release four Android games through the year riding this success of Pokemon Go. And who knows...maybe a smartphone? Let's keep dreaming about that but anything could happen.

Guardian

Is Your Smartphone Compatible With Pokemon GO ?

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 11, 2016       

Pokemon Go is already out , but not all Smartphones will be able to Run the augmented-reality mobile video game that uses your phone’s camera and GPS to capture, battle, train, and trade virtual pets who appear in your surroundings .



Nintendo has already listed "Must have" specs for a Smartphone to run the Pokemon Go !

Android  -

• Android 4.4 to Android 6.0.1
• (Android N will not supported until the official Android release)
• Preferred resolution of 720×1280 pixels (Not optimized for tablet)
• Strong internet connection (Wi-Fi, 3G, or 4G)
• GPS and Location Services
• Intel CPUs are not supported

iOS

• iPhone 5+
• iOS 8+
• Strong internet connection (Wi-Fi, 3G, or 4G)
• GPS and Location Services
• Jailbroken devices are not supported

Apart from These above specs , Your Device should have gyroscope sensor to use AR Mode ( Camera / AR mode to see the Pokemon in your environment ) .

Download Moto Z wallpapers, boot animation NOW!

 By Felipe Berhau on July 09, 2016       

The wait is over! Here we bring to you the official Motorola Moto Z Droid wallpapers and boot animation.

As you would expect, the phone comes with a Droid-branded boot animation for its Verizon variant. We will have more details about that next week when Motorola and Verizon hold their Moto Z event. Other than that, there are four new wallpapers carrying the usual Verizon designs.

We've said it a thousand times already, but we miss the batwing. In fact, it is rumored that many fans will make a petition soon to bring it back, but that's another story. Here are the wallpapers so you can download them:

And here is the boot animation. Download it here: bootanimation.zip

Lenovo's Vibe-powered Moto Z: First Image Out

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 09, 2016       

Exactly a month back Motorola and Lenovo revealed the Moto Z and Moto Z Force in Lenovo's Tech World event . Moto Z and Moto Z Force are the first Modular devices by Motorola and Lenovo .



Both The Smartphone comes with Stock vanilla Android OS , but Lenovo have other plans for Market in China . As previously said , Motorola Moto Z and Moto Z Force will be coming with Lenovo's Vibe UI in Chinese Market .

We Got the first image of Moto Z Running Lenovo's Vibe UI with some Moto Applications pre-installed .

According to our Source , The Vibe-powered Moto Z inhabits the same Specification as Regular Moto Z  . 



Though , The New Vibe-Powered Moto Z will come with some new Moto Application ( Moto Survey is one of them ) and dual sim capability   . 

How to get Pikachu as your starter in Pokemon GO

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 09, 2016       

The viral Game "Pokemon Go" is now all around the web . The Game is now available for Android and iOS devices .In Pokemon Go , Players start with Charmander, Bulbasaur, or Squirtle . But they can actually pick Pikachu instead !



So , Here Goes the first secret Pokemon ( Pikachu ) in Pokemon GO ! Folks at Polygon found a way to catch Pikachu as a starter !

All You have to do is -

When Professor Willow tells you to go choose your starter Pokemon , Clicking on one will result in obtaining your first Pokemon . Just Don't click on any of the three ! Instead just keep moving ( walking away ) until the Three of the Pokemon disappears . Though , They will re-spawn again , but you have to keep doing it Four times .

If you managed to ignore Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur four times, they’ll come back with another friend ( Pikachu ) in tow.

Just Try your best to catch the Electric Mouse . 

Also Read - 

• Pokemon Go will only work on Android 4.3+ or iPhone 5 ( and above )

• These Pokémon Go Memes : Are real now !

Exclusive: Moto Z boot logo, download, see it

 By Felipe Berhau on July 09, 2016       

After playing with the leaked XT1650 firmware for a bit we could extract its boot logo. No, this isn't the bootanimation.zip, this is the image that you see first when the phone powers on. 

As you would expect, the batwing is gone to bring in the Moto trademark and then a Lenovo logo probably. Don't worry though, the phone is still a Motorola-made phone, as you can see all the details here. It's designed and manufactured by Motorola, but Lenovo started to include its brand too in the box and the boot animation for future phones. 

We haven't been able to extract much from the firmware, although we can confirm it comes with the old 2004 HelloMoto ringtone (hasn't been used in any Motorola device since 2011-2012) and does bring the 2015 boot animation, even though we don't know if it will be the final one or if we will see one with a Lenovo logo. 

It should be noted though, that the Droid editions might come with the batwing (fingers crossed!). We'll know more about it next week when Verizon and Motorola announce its pricing and availability during their event.

Anyway, here's the new Boot logo that will come with the Motorola Moto Z XT1650. It's certainly much better than the Moto G4 one, and it looks quite nice indeed. We'd rather see the iconic batwing and then the Lenovo logo, but hopefully they can add that back through a software update or something. Enjoy!

Android N Nougat for Moto G Turbo edition : News , Release date and more

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 09, 2016       

Motorola Moto G Turbo edition was launched back in December 2015 . The G Turbo was an upgrade over the Moto G 3rd Generation .

Moto G turbo edition came with Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and was updated to Android Marshmallow this year . 

In This Article , We will be talking about Android N ( Nougat ) for Moto G Turbo edition ( AKA Moto G3 Trubo ) .

Official Android N 7.0 Nougat for Moto G Turbo edition  -

Yes , The Motorola Moto G Turbo edition will be getting Official Android N By Motorola . 

Accordingly Google will release Android Nougat in August or September and Motorola will get hands on to Nougat's source code from Google in August or September. 

Motorola will start roll out of Android N Nougat for several Motorola devices in first quarter of 2017 , and Moto G Turbo edition will be one of the devices getting Android N .

Also Read - List of Motorola Moto Devices That are likely to get Android N ( Nougat )

Unofficial Android N 7.0 Nougat for Moto G Turbo edition - 

Moto G3 Turbo users will be able to Install Android 7.0 Nougat on their Smartphones unofficially ( By Rooting and Installing via TWRP ) .


Moto G Turbo edition has a great developer support and It will get Android N very soon ( In 2016 ) after the release of Android N AOSP source codes OR Cyanogenmod 14 source codes .

Screenshots of Android N ( 7.0 Nougat ) -

We will keep updating this Article , As soon as any news or any custom rom based on Android N Nougat comes for Moto G Turbo edition .


Comment below and become a part of Discussion !

2016 Nexus Smartphone "Sailfish" Concept is Amazing

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 08, 2016       

Following the success of the Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X , Google is all set to release other two new Nexus smartphones later this year , probably along with Android Nougat . 



As reported earlier , the upcoming Nexus Smartphones  will be seemingly made by HTC, codenamed Sailfish and Marlin . While the smartphones are expected to sport displays measuring 5 inches and 5.5 inches, respectively, they may look very similar.



Few days back , AndroidPolice leaked the first concept image of Nexus Sailfish , following Android Police , a Redditor ( ApSciLeonard ) just created New Nexus Sailfish Concept in 4 different colors .

source - reddit

Moto G4 Plus review : The Budget King

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 08, 2016       

Motorola Moto G has always been the smartphone that offered strong performance, decent specs, timely upgrades, all at a reasonable price. 

The company recently launched Moto G4 series , though they really messed up doing a three-way split by launching Moto G4 , Moto G4 Plus and Moto G4 Play . 

The Moto G4 Plus and Moto G4 are almost same , but the Plus has a better camera, adds a fingerprint scanner, includes a TurboPower charger and comes with 2GB as well as 3GB variant .

So , Lets take a closer look !

Design 

The round-edged smartphone with a square-shaped fingerprint looks amazing and feels much better in hands . It comes in Black and White color , Though you can make your own via Moto Maker .

The Square shaped fingerprint sensor is not a button , but it looks and feels like a button . 

The Smartphone has 5.5-inch FHD display, 153 x 76.6mm dimensions and is 9.8mm slimmer . The Device is really very light ( Yeah even lighter than previous generation Moto G devices ) .

The device has a nano coating which protects it from water splashes .

Specs and Performance

The Moto G4 Plus comes with a 2GB / 3GB / and even 4GB RAM ( Moto Maker ) options with 16GB/32GB/64GB Storage with MicroSD card support  . 

The device comes with an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 chipset, with four cores clocked at 1.5GHz and the other four at 1.2GHz, paired with a 550MHz Adreno 405 GPU.

The specifications are not that nice but they are competitive at this price . The Performance is fast and smooth , Stock Android Marshmallow adds more sweetness to its performance .

The device has a 3,000mAh battery which usually lasts more than a day even with a heavy use . It becomes very easy to charge the device quickly using the Turbo charger . It take actually takes 15 minutes to get six hours of power .

Camera 

Moto G4 Plus comes with a 16-megapixel camera with f/2.0 aperture, PDAF, Laser auto-focus and dual-tone LED flash . It has a 5-megapixel front-facing selfie shooter with f/2.2 aperture.

The 16MP camera is just wonderful , but the 5MP is not that good !

I have already done a full camera review of Moto G4 Plus with Camera samples , Head ahead to Moto G4 Plus Camera review .

Pros and Cons -

Pros -

• Speedy , Smooth 
• Light weight
• Amazing Camera
• Great Display
• Fingerprint sensor

Cons -

• Gets heated while charging and while using Camera
• No NFC 

Verdict 

The Moto G4 Plus is an amazing Smartphone which comes with a great feature , Though the specs are not that impressive but the G4 Plus provides a better quality and design than any other Smartphone in this range . 

The Moto G's are and will always remain Smartphone's "Budget King" .

Here are the Top 5 Android Nougat features

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 08, 2016       

Google has finally announced The name of Next Android version after asking all of the world "What N should be" . So , Android N 7.0 is for Nougat .



Google will reveal the Final Android Nougat along with New Nexus Devices later this summer . Android Nougat will be coming with some awesome features and Here the top features you need to look out for in Android 7.0 Nougat .

1. Night Mode 

This new Android Nougat feature will allow user to switch to a darker color scheme ( Not black , but dark grey ) . If you don't like White color scheme , then just switch to Night mode for a darker scheme .

There will be an option to automatically switch to Night Mode after the sun set .

2. The Notification Shade

The Notification bar and the Notification toggles are completely changed and the new redesign looks spectacular . 

Android Nougat will give you ability to reply a message within Notification shade .

Additionally, users can also long press a notification and choose whether they would like to block or display them.

3. Doze Mode -

Google is making changes to Doze mode in Android Nougat . 

In Marshmallow, Doze activates its battery-saving features when the phone was stationary , while In Nougatit will get activated even when the screen is turned off  .
Hence, it will save upon more battery.

4. New Settings  -

The new Android Nougat will come with a new Settings Application that gives us more information , One will be able to see how much data is consumed , WiFi Status etc without selecting that option . 

The Another change in settings is that , One will be able to swap from One to another Setting menu easily .

5. Multi-Window -

This feature will enable users to use applications in split screen mode and picture-in-picture mode as well . 

The feature already comes with Samsung's Note series and some of the Smartphones . But Now Android is finally introducing this new feature with Android Nougat .