Smartphones have come a long way from what they are in 2011 or 2012. But Samsung just took us back to the initial stages of smartphone era by launching the Samsung Z4, the successor to Tizen OS's Samsung Z3 released back in 2015. Samsung has been betting big on the Tizen OS to replace it with Android, but it is just a dream for the firm. The new Samsung Z4 doesn't inspire confidence in any aspect- design, specs, and pricing. The phone comes with specifications such as a 4.5-inch WVGA display, 1.5GHz quad-core chip, 1GB of RAM, and a mere 2050mAh battery. The specs are just unbelievable on paper, considering we're in 2017. But, Samsung has its own reasons to release the smartphone. Coming to the USP of the phone, it's the Tizen OS, which is the less secured OS, not many apps in the store, and many other drawbacks. Not at all a great thinking from the world's best smartphone brand, not at all.
Google has announced yet another project that will fix the slow Android updates in its partner phones. The 'Project Treble' from Google will fix the slow Android upgrades. Google with the Project Treble will 're-architect' the core Android. Google says that it can achieve the same by “re-architecting Android to make it easier, faster and less costly for manufacturers to update devices to a new version of Android.” So, Google will separate out the vendor implementation section controlled by chip makers.
“With a stable vendor interface providing access to the hardware-specific parts of Android, device makers can choose to deliver a new Android release to consumers by just updating the Android OS framework without any additional work required from the silicon manufacturers,” says Google. The Project Treble is already integrated into the Android O Developer Preview. In the past as well, Google started various projects to fasten the Android OS upgrades, but all of them went in vain. Hopefully, the Project Treble should solve the issue.
It's raining Moto X (2017) leaks nowadays. Yesterday, we saw a presentation video allegedly confirming the specs of the phone and now, popular tipster, Evan Blass claims that the phone won't be called as Moto X (2017). Instead, the Moto X (2017) will be named as Moto X4. Seems somewhat unusual, right? But, Blass is pretty sure that Motorola will name is as Moto X4.
If you recall, Motorola released three generations of the Moto X- the Moto X, Moto X2, and the Moto X Style, which was the third generation. And, it's no wonder that Motorola is looking to resume the product portfolio by naming it as Moto X4.
The Moto X4 will feature a 5.5-inch Full HD glass layered with 3D glass on top. It will be powered by the Snapdragon 660 chipset along with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. The device will sport dual camera at the back, metal body, and a 3800mAh battery.
Motorola's Moto X (2017) was in the limelight some days ago because it was touted as the company's first dual camera smartphone. Several people imagined that Motorola has killed the Moto X series and replaced it with the Moto Z series. But, that not the case folks as Moto X (2017) will be released alongside the rumoured Motorola smartphones. And now, a strange video has been leaked online, where some one is demonstrating the features of the Moto X (2017). At the background, the key specifications of the device are listed. The video says that the phone will be powered by the recently announced Snapdragon 660 SoC with 4GB of RAM. There will be a 5.5-inch display up front, but what's interesting is that it will have a 3D glass on top, rather than the regular 2.5D curved glass. With the 3D glass, the display will be more curved and it will be the world' second smartphone to boast of 3D glass after Huawei Honor Magic. The device will have a dual camera at the back, but the implementation is a msytery. The smartphone will have metal body and will be an IP68 dust and water certified one. There will be a beefy 3800mAh battery with Quick Charge support. Surely, it will be Quick Charge 4.0 as the Snapdragon 660 officially support it. Motorola may launch the device in coming days, but no official confirming yet. With the leak coming as a presentation one from Motorola, there's no barrier to call it as a fake one. That said, these might be the final specifications of the phone.
Last month, we saw a render of the Moto Z2 Play is Crown Gold color, and now we have a render of the Lunar grey color variant of the same Z2 Play along with its Style Mods. As seen with the Moto Z Play, the Z2 Play will also get style mods in five colors. The Moto Z2 Play won't feature drastic changes from the Moto Z Play because Motorola promised that the Moto Mods will fit their devices for the next two years.
Not only in the form of design, the device won't feature any drastic hardware changes as well. The phone will feature the same 5.5-inch display with increased brightness levels. The Snapdragon 626 will power the phone, but this time around there will be 4GB of RAM and 64GB onboard storage. The Z2 Play will use the same camera sensor as the Moto G5 Plus along with 5MP front-facing camera with dual tone LED flash. The battery size may also be trimmed down to 3000mAh, which will be a huge downgrade. SOURCE
