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 .

OxygenOS 3.2.1 now rolling out for OnePlus 3

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 07, 2016       

Recently OnePlus started rolling out OxygenOS 3.2.0 for OnePlus 3 which came with sRGB mode , Memory management fix and much more . 

Though they stopped the roll-out of the update in-between because of some issues with the OxygenOS 3.2.0 , Read full news . 



Now , OnePlus is rolling out a new update of OxygenOS 3.2.1 for OnePlus 3 skipping  OxygenOS 3.2.0 .

Here's the new changelog with OxygenOS 3.2.1 -

• Fixed some notification issues
• Addressed SIM recognition issue
• Enabled sRGB mode in developer options
• Improved RAM management
• Improved GPS performance
• Enhanced audio playback quality
• Updated custom icon packs
• Improved camera quality/functionality
• Fixed some issues in Gallery
• Implemented latest Google security patches
• Fixed bugs in Clock/Music apps

source - OnePlus

OnePlus 3 Tops AnTuTu and becomes the king for the first half of 2016

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 07, 2016       

Six months have already been passed in checking dozens of Smartphones and finding out the best of them . 

Most Popular benchmark maker AnTuTu has released list for the Top 10 Performance Smartphones for the first half of 2016, and guess what ? This time OnePlus 3 is king of AnTuTu’s Top 10 smartphones for 2016 .



Beside Poor RAM management and some display issue , the smartphone just made out the first place defeating flagships of 2016 . 

The 6GB RAM Smartphone is now the king of Antutu for the first half of 2016 .  

Comment below If you want to express or add something to this story !



source - Antutu

Verizon to reveal Moto Z and Z Force pricing on July 14

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 07, 2016       

Motorola's First Modular Smartphones i.e Moto Z and Moto Z Force are all set to get a price tag from Verizon on July 14 .

Verizon will reveal Moto Z and Moto Z Force pricing and launch date of  Droid sub-branded Moto Z , on July 14 in an event which is in New York . 

Verizon will be the only network to sell The Modular Droid Smartphones ( Moto Z and Z force ) and Moto Mods in USA  .While The Moto Z will go global with unlocked models in September . 

Till then , Watch out Specs and Features of Moto Z and Do comment below whether you are going to buy this modular beast or not !

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The Motorola RAZR that was never released.

 By Felipe Berhau on July 07, 2016       

In this History of the RAZR, part 2.5, we will talk about the Razr3 series and why it was never released. We are talking about the third generation Razr, set to be released in late 2008 to early 2009.

Also read Part 1 and Part 2 here.

The History of the Motorola RAZR: the Razr that never was...

It was mid-2008 and Motorola had no flagship for that year. Its product cycle was delayed by one year due to issues with a supplier and every news outlet was jumping onto the Moto-hate bandwagon. 

Sanjay Jha, Motorola's former Co-CEO said once that during his first day at Motorola he asked to see the roadmap of all the upcoming phones and there wasn't even a single smartphone in it.

Motorola had two options then: to release a third generation Razr phone or to wait until they had their first smartphones ready. As we all know, they chose the smartphone-way, but because of this, a truly amazing phone never saw the light of the day. You may have seen some leaks or heard some stories, but this phone we are about to show you is the cancelled RAZR3 by Motorola.

Going the smartphone way meant the death of this phone, but there are also some other reasons. To begin with, the Razr series needed a break since Motorola was criticized non-stop for releasing Razrs. The phone was still the best selling phone in the USA in 2008 but it wasn't seen as an icon anymore, so they knew it would be risky to release yet another Razr.

Plus, they needed to cut costs by late 2008 due to the economic downturn and one of their decisions was to kill development for all future Linux and Symbian devices to focus on Android. And this Razr came with Symbian so it had to be killed.

By November 2008 every Moto fan was expecting this phone to be released or announced at any time. However, it was announced that the phone codenamed "Ruby" was cancelled, leaving many fans in tears. But that was not the end!

Around MWC 2009, official press shots for Motorola model VE1 were leaked by Mobile-Review, leaving everyone confused. Were they cancelling the phone or not? Was it coming at MWC?

It seems that for a moment they thought about launching it but they made a last minute change and killed it back again, sadly. But that wasn't it, again.

By 2009, Motorola moved to Android-powered devices and was on top of the game again because of the Droid smartphone. But they quietly released the phone somewhere: South Korea. That country has always been known for having some exclusive Moto phones but we wish they had released it somewhere else. Ruby was finally alive somewhere in all its metal and glass glory.

It had some lower specs and a different (and Korean) OS, but the concept was the same. In a weird branding move to make people forget about the Razr series, the phone was renamed to Motorola Klassic V13. And that was the end of the RAZR series for some time.

The mysterious Razr3 VE1 often pops up on Youtube and other sites. Some of them were produced, and it was about to be released, but for some unknown reason it never happened. By 2010 a video of a prototype leaked, showing the original phone running Symbian UIQ.

As you can see this is a very interesting device that has become every collector's dream. I am one of the biggest Motorola collectors out there (that's how TechDroider reached out to me and then I became Editor here!) and I still can't find this phone. It's impossible to get but I won't give up. 

For the next chapter we will discuss the Droid RAZR, and how the Razr series were reborn, now running Android and becoming a hit once again.



Here are some specs of the cancelled RAZR3:

• Symbian UIQ
• External 2.0" touchscreen, 2.2" internal QVGA display
• HSDPA
• WIFI
• 5.0MP w/Autofocus and LED flash
• 105g
• microSD support, up to 32GB, 300MB internal
• GPS support

Android Powered Nokia P1 leaked Online : Looks Awesome

 By Vaibhav Jain on July 06, 2016       

Remember Nokia ? Yeah , We all do ! Nokia is finally now all set to enter into Android Market with its new Upcoming Android Smartphone namely "Nokia P1" .



Today , a press render of a device allegedly revealing Nokia's first Android Smartphone " The Nokia P1 " has been leaked . The device was reportedly developed by engineers at InFocus/Sharp.

The Device will be available in two colors ( blue and salmon ) . For now we don't have any information ( Specs and features ) about this new device .

According to the terms of the agreement Nokia made with Microsoft when the buyout was completed, the company isn’t allowed to create smartphone products until the third quarter of 2016 . 



Get Your Money Ready 'Cause Nokia is back' !

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