GST Effect: Nokia 6 and Nokia 5 July launch in India

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 25, 2017       

A little few weeks ago Nokia announced the Nokia 3, Nokia 5, and Nokia 6 Android phones during a launch event in India. The Nokia 3 went on sale starting June 16, while the Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 will be available from mid-july because retailers are getting ready for the India's new tax system on goods and service, which is kicking off starting July 1.

As per the reports, "Nokia has been told by its retail partners that they want to start from a clean slate in the GST regime, and hence will start to stock the Nokia 6 and Nokia 5 only after the first week in July". (Download Nokia 6 Wallpapers)

Nokia 5 will be sold exclusively offline for ₹12,899, it will be available for pre-booking from July 7. The Nokia 6 costs ₹14,999 and will be exclusively sold on Amazon India, and will be available from July 14.

With Nokia 5, you get 5.2" HD display, Seamless aluminium unibody, Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor, 2GB 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.

The Nokia 6 features a 5.5" 1080p screen with Gorilla Glass, classic Nokia design and an impressive audio quality. The phone comes with an aluminum unibody and runs on a Snapdragon 430 SoC paired with 4GB of RAM. Its camera should follow the Nokia trend and impress everyone. It's 16MP with an 8MP front shooter.

TWRP custom recovery is out for the OnePlus 5

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 24, 2017       

The OnePlus 5 is now official and so is the Device Trees and Kernel Sources, which can be used for development purpose.

OnePlus is one of the few manufacturers that let you keep your warranty if you unlock the bootloader and flash custom ROMs. Now, thanks to the developers you can now root and install TWRP custom recovery on your brand new OnePlus 5.

TWRP 3.1.1 is now available for the OnePlus 5. A custom recovery can be used to flash zips, install new custom ROMs, root, take backup and  much more.

You'll need to unlock bootloader first in-order to Root and Install TWRP recovery. Note that Unlocking bootloader will erase all your data. So head to the XDA Developer forum to grab the TWRP recovery.

Motorola Moto X Force XT1580 Android Nougat 7.0 update starts rolling out

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 24, 2017       

A few weeks ago, Motorola posted release notes for the Android 7.0 Nougat update for the Moto X Force XT1580. However, the company has finally started rolling out the update for the Moto X Force users.

The Software update includes latest Security Patch, Video calling Duo application, New Moto Actions and all the usual Nougat goodies like quick settings customization, split-screen apps, and improved Doze Mode. The build no. of this latest update is 25.11.12.en.EU.

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: Motohelper - hellomotosg

Motorola Solutions announces LEX F10 Smartphone with Android Lollipop, 4,800mAH battery, and IP68 Rating

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 24, 2017       

Motorola Solutions, the company behind public-safety, retail, home-networking devices has announced the LEX F10 rugged quad-core smartphone that runs a secure Android version.

The LEX F10 Smartphone features 4" WVGA display with Corning Gorilla Glass, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 SoC paired with 1GB RAM and 16GB Internal storage. You also get not so latest Android 5.1.1 Lollipop OS.

With F10, you get a 8MP auto focus rear camera with LED Flash, 1MP fixed focus selfie shooter, LTE support, Water/dustproofing IP68 rating, and a giant 4800mAh battery.

Motorola Solutions plans to launch this product for partners and customers pretty soon. Note that this Smartphone is not for general public.

Full Specs sheet | Via: MotorolaFans

Android O to bring Animated Clock Icon and Widget, Get it right now!

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 24, 2017       

Earlier this week, we reported that Android 8.0 could be named Android Oatmeal Cookie, as the sweet name was mentioned multiple times in Android Source code during Google I/O presentation.

With every Android version, Google brings a lot of new features to enhance and improve the Android OS. We have already seen a number of new features which came along with Android O Developer preview. 

Now, according to the latest reports, the final version of Android O might bring Animated Clock Icon and Widget. The latest Android O Developer preview's "Google Clock app" contains images and code of the upcoming Animated clock.

That said, we might get Animated Clock Widget and Icons with Android O. However, you can use the Animated Clock right now by Installing the Action Launcher v25.0 (Play Link).

HMD CEO Promises 2 Years Of Android Version Updates For Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6

 By Vaibhav Jain on June 23, 2017       

The iconic brand "Nokia" is back with the revamped Nokia 3310 and Nokia Android Smartphones (Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6), which is readily available in most of the countries.

During the launch of Nokia Android Smartphones in the South Africa, HMD Global CEO Arto Nummela told Gearburn that "What we are now committing (to) is that whenever a consumer buys a device, two years from that we will do the updates…”, He also adds that despite the fact "MTK (MediaTek) doesn’t support 7.1.1. Qualcomm supports that… We said to MTK, if you are our chipset provider, you have to commit to get the latest and greatest.”

HMD also plans to provide the fastest and latest Android updates to the Nokia 3 and upcoming MTK powered Nokia smartphones in partnership with MediaTek. 

Along with the commitment of 2 years Android version updates, HMD CEO reiterated that monthly security updates would also be rolled out to the Nokia Smartphones. 

Source: Gearburn