Nokia 5 is now available in 3GB RAM Variant

 By Vaibhav Jain on November 06, 2017       

Nokia 5 with 3GB RAM Option has been announced for Indian markets. The smartphone will be available exclusively on Flipkart for one week starting Tuesday, November 7. After the first sale, Nokia 5 will also be made available in select retails stores.

"Nokia 5 has already forged a reputation for being a beautifully crafted phone which punches well above its weight. Now we have added more memory so fans can get enhanced performance in the same precision engineered design," said Ajey Mehta, Vice President India, HMD Global in a press statement.

With Nokia 5, you get 5.2" HD display, Seamless aluminium unibody, Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor, 2/3 GB RAM, 16GB storage with Support for up to 128 GB, Stock Android 7.0 Nougat. It comes with a 3000 mAh battery.

Camera wise, the Nokia 5 features 13MP rear camera with PDAF, 1.12um, f/2, dual tone flash, to the front there's a 8MP with AF, 1.12um, f/2, FOV 84 degrees. It comes in Tempered Blue, Silver, Matte Black and Copper color options.

OnePlus 5T pricing won't exceed $600

 By Vaibhav Jain on November 06, 2017       

OnePlus CEO Pete Lau on his weibo just revealed that 4,000 yuan ($600) would be enough to buy the upcoming OnePlus 5T Smartphone.

While that doesn't means the OnePlus 5T will be priced exactly at $600, but the pricing will fall around $550 - $600 only.

The OnePlus 5 was launched with the starting price of $479 for the 6GB/64GB model going upto $539 for the 8GB/128GB one. Going with rumors the OnePlus 5T might cost something around  $540 6GB/64GB for and $600 US for 8GB/128GB. Thoughts?

Umidigi Z2: World's First iPhone X Clone?

 By Vaibhav Jain on November 05, 2017       

Umidigi is now all set to reveal the world's first iPhone X Clone "Umidigi Z2" and we already have few leaks and rumors about this upcoming Smartphone.


The Umidigi Z2 is expected to come with Mediatek Processor, 6GB RAM, Dual Camera and an Integrated Fingerprint sensor!

Download Official Android 8.0 Oreo Beta for Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus [Stock ROM]

 By Vaibhav Jain on November 04, 2017       

Recently Samsung announced the Samsung Experience 9.0 based on Android 8.0 Oreo beta for the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus.

Apart from the Android 8.0 Oreo Goodies including new Settings and Notification panel UI, Picture in Picture (PIP), Adaptive icons, Autofill, Notification timeout, Samsung has added several new features to the Samsung Experience 9.0.

The OTA from Nougat to Android Oreo Beta weighs in at around 1.4GB. The sad part is the Beta is only available for the Galaxy S8 and S8+ users based in South Korea, the U.S. and the U.K. There's no information when Samsung is going to roll it out for other countries.

Well, if you own a Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus and want to taste the Official Android 8.0 Oreo right now then this recent development might be of interest to you.

Thanks to XDA user "hussein1", You can now download the Official Android 8.0 Oreo Beta Stock ROM for your Galaxy S8 Plus. Before proceeding, you'll first need to Unlock your Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus bootloader and Install TWRP Custom Recovery.
Here's the Installation Process:

1. Go to Wipe (In TWRP)
2. Select Format Data and type "yes" and confirm
3. Go to Wipe 
4. Select Advanced Wipe
5. Make a full wipe (System, cache, dalvik cache)
6. Install Rom (Android Oreo Stock)
7. Reboot to download mod
8. Flash BL & CP by Odin

We won't recommend you guys to Install it via this method as you may end up bricking your device. It's better to wait for the Official OTA. 

Update: Download Link Removed, it seems that the Firmware doesn't works.

Downloads:

XDA

OnePlus Phones Android 8.0 Oreo Update Info - November 4, 2017

 By Vaibhav Jain on November 04, 2017       

The OnePlus Smartphones Android 8.0 Oreo update continues to make significant progress and today we want to take a look at everything we know about the OnePlus devices Android 8.0 Oreo update and its release as we push deeper into the year.

Android 8.0 Oreo updates for OnePlus Smartphones are pushing out every single day so it can be hard to keep track of the company’s progress.

Android 8.0 Oreo for the OnePlus devices (Changes and Features)

Apart from the Android 8.0 Oreo Goodies including new Settings and Notification panel UI, Picture in Picture (PIP), Adaptive icons, Autofill, Notification timeout, OnePlus has add several new features to the OxygenOS.

OnePlus 5 Android 8.0 Oreo Update

OnePlus is due to launch the Android 8.0 Oreo Beta Firmware for the OnePlus 5. Recently OnePlus's Co-founder Carl Pei on his twitter handle announced that the OnePlus 5 will be soon getting Android Oreo Beta.

[Update: November 4, 2017] The Android 8.0 Oreo Beta build for the OnePlus 5 just got leaked and is available for download.

Check out OnePlus 5 Android Oreo (Leaked) Screenshots

OnePlus 3T Android 8.0 Oreo Update

OnePlus has already started testing the Android 8.0 Oreo on the OnePlus 3T.  Just a few weeks back OnePlus released the first Android 8.0 Oreo based OxygenOS Public Beta for the OnePlus 3T for testing purpose. However, the Beta build contains tons of bugs and is not suitable for daily usage.

OnePlus 3T Developer Previews (Android Oreo)

• OxygenOS Beta 17
• OxygenOS Beta 16

OnePlus 3 Android 8.0 Oreo Update

Just like the OnePlus 3T, OnePlus has already started testing the Android 8.0 Oreo on the OnePlus 3.  Just a few weeks back OnePlus released the first Android 8.0 Oreo based OxygenOS Public Beta for the OnePlus 3 for testing purpose. However, the Beta build contains tons of bugs and is not suitable for daily usage.

OnePlus 3 Developer Previews (Android Oreo)

• OxygenOS Beta 26
• OxygenOS Beta 25

Android 8.0 Oreo for other OnePlus devices?

We haven't seen any sign of the Android 8.0 Oreo update for any other OnePlus device apart from the few mentioned above.

The OnePlus devices likely to get Android 8.0 Oreo includes OnePlus 5, OnePlus 3T, and OnePlus 3.

OnePlus plans to roll the final Oreo update for the eligible OnePlus devices by the end of 2017.

That said, we'll update the article as soon as we get more information regarding Android 8.0 Oreo for OnePlus devices. Kindly let us know if we missed anything! Stay tuned to our Facebook and Twitter page to get the first News.