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[Update 4: In Gold]Here’s the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus in Different Colors

Samsung is widely expected to unveil the much-anticipated Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus during a press conference in New York City on March 29th. The specs and design of these devices are no longer a mystery, as the device have been already leaked multiple times.

Today's leak is coming from the most prominent tipster Evan Blass (@evleaks). In his tweet, he posted images of the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus in different colors, which looks absolutely stunning and is on-par with the earlier leaked rumors. Yes, this also confirms our earlier report "Source: Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ to come in these color options".



So, here's the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus (top to bottom) from different angles, as well as in three different colors – Midnight Black (Black Sky)Orchid Gray(Grayish Purple), and Arctic Silver.
 Here’s the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus in Different Colors

 Here’s the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus in Different Colors



March 29 is quickly approaching. 


Update 1: 19/03/2017


As per the latest tweet by Evan Blass, the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 Plus would be priced at €799 and €899. The DeX station, GearVR, and the Gear 360 will carry price tags of €150, €129, and €229, respectively


Update 2: 20/03/2017 

Even more Galaxy S8 images leak, showing it from back (Orchid Gray and Black Sky):


Update 3: 21/03/2017

Even more images of the Galaxy S8 from different angles:




Update 4: 23/03/2017


Here's the Samsung Galaxy S8 in GOLD color:



You Can Now Pre-Order The Moto G5 Plus From Carphone Warehouse

You Can Now Pre-Order The Moto G5 Plus From Carphone Warehouse

Motorola’s all-new smartphone can now be pre-ordered from Carphone Warehouse in the UK, in case you’re interested in getting one. The Moto G5 Plus is available in Lunar Grey and Fine Gold color options, both of which come with 32GB of internal storage.

You get a Sim-free form for £249.99. Alternatively you can also grab the device on two-year operator contract that costs £18.99 per month and £0.00 upfront cost. The e-commerce platform claims to deliver the Product by 04 April 2017.



The Moto G5 Plus packs in a 5.2-inch IPS FHD display. Inside, we get a now ageing Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 chipset. You get a microSD card slot that accepts cards of up to 128GB in capacity. Coming to the Camera, the handset features an 12MP camera on the back and a 5MP unit up front. The Device carries a 3000mAh Non-Removable battery.

Pre-order the Moto G5 Plus (UK): Carphone Warehouse

New Nokia phones coming to the USA


Connecting people, once again. Nokia has announced through Twitter one of the most asked questions it got since launching the new devices at MWC 2017 in Barcelona. Many people were wondering whether or not these devices would see a US launch.

The answer is...YES! Nokia phones are coming to the US sometime this year, as Nokia stated the following:



The US has never been a strong market for Nokia, but maybe they want to fight this time and bring all their new portfolio to the country. Are you buying any of the new Nokia devices?

OnePlus announces "Midnight Black" version of the OnePlus 3T

After the huge success of OnePlus's latest limited "Colette Edition" version of the OnePlus 3T which went on sale in Paris on 21st of March, The company has announced a new limited edition Midnight Black OnePlus 3T for those who have been waiting for a darker version of the handset.



OnePlus 3T Midnight Black is the latest edition to the OnePlus family. With space-grade aluminum and three dark coatings at just 14 microns thick, the OP3T All-Black maintains the natural look and feel of metal. It comes only in 128GB Storage option. 
OnePlus announces "Midnight Black" version of OnePlus 3T


It costs $479/€479/£439 and will go exclusively on sale at 4pm GMT/9am PST on Friday, March 24 at hbx.com (Hypebeast). There will only be 250 units available for this pop-up sale, though. If you live in North America or Europe or Asia, you can grab the device at OnePlus.net for a limited time “at a later date”. It will be available in India on Mar 31, 14:00 (IST) at Oneplusstore.

Back in black.

OnePlus announces "Midnight Black" version of the OnePlus 3T

OnePlus announces "Midnight Black" version of the OnePlus 3T

Lenovo-Motorola mocks Apple's RED iPhone 7

Lenovo-Motorola mocks Apple's RED iPhone 7

Recently Apple announced iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus (PRODUCT)RED Special Edition in a vibrant red aluminum finish. The latest product from the company will be available to order online worldwide and in stores beginning March 24. Although these iPhone versions do not offer any software or hardware improvements compared to the Standard iPhones 7 from 2016.

With the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus Red Special Edition launch, Motorola and Lenovo take some sly swipes at its biggest rival with a Post on Chinese social media website "Weibo".
Someone imitates my face, and someone imitates my "products", but you can not imitate my taste! (Translated) Lenovo wrote in a Weibo post.

Lenovo also asks users to re-share the Weibo post in order to get a chance to win the Power Pack Micro power bank.



Note that Lenovo isn't making fun of the RED charity campaign, but making fun of apple for copying concepts.


Oops.

Via: Lenovo (Weibo) | Moto (Weibo)


The OnePlus 3 or 3T might have a slightly tilted camera bump


This might surprise you, but your OnePlus 3 or 3T might have a slightly tilted camera bump. Incase you find a noticeable tilt, You're not alone!
A number of OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T users are reportedly having a peculiar issue with the camera bump. According to a thread on OnePlus subreddit, some camera bumps on the two phones are slightly tilted one way or the other.



Interestingly, the issue is not present with all the units. Only the camera bumps on some units appear to have a more noticeable tilt, than on others and this doesn't affect your Camera performance at all!



As you can see in the photo above (Shared by reddit user @hyperjit), the camera bump appears to be slightly crooked

Source: Reddit | Via: Mobilesyrup

[Download] Android O Preview Images for Pixel/ XL, Nexus 5X, 6P, Player, and Pixel C

Download Android O Preview Images for Pixel/ XL, Nexus 5X, 6P, Player, and Pixel C

Android O was surprisingly announced yesterday with tons of new features. The latest OS's Developer preview is now available for the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Player, Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel C, the official Android Emulator, and you also get an emulator for testing Android Wear 2.0 on Android O.

Also Read: Google announces Android O: Here's what's new


Download the Android O developer preview firmware images for the Pixel and Nexus devices from the direct link below:

Note that these are strictly development images and they could be very buggy and unstable, and are not suitable for daily use.

You can find the complete instructions of "How to flash a Factory Image" Here

Take a look at the latest images of the Sapphire Blue Moto G5


Motorola made their announcement of the new Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus a month ago at MWC. The 2017 Moto G series is already available in Lunar Grey and Fine Gold colors. There's also an unannounced Sapphire Blue Moto G5 (non-plus) edition, which was showcased at MWC.



Reputed tipster, Roland Quandt on his Twitter handle has posted the official renders of the upcoming Sapphire Blue Moto G5, have a Look:


Take a look at the latest images of the Sapphire Blue Moto G5

Take a look at the latest images of the Sapphire Blue Moto G5 Take a look at the latest images of the Sapphire Blue Moto G5 Take a look at the latest images of the Sapphire Blue Moto G5


Take a look at the latest images of the Sapphire Blue Moto G5

Take a look at the latest images of the Sapphire Blue Moto G5 Take a look at the latest images of the Sapphire Blue Moto G5



The Moto G5 (or Moto G 5th gen) sports a 5" Full HD display (1080p), 5MP front camera, 13MP rear camera, 2800mAh removable battery, Snapdragon 430 octa-core processor, 2GB/3GB RAM, 16/32GB internal storage with SD support and Rapid charging.

The Sapphire Blue Moto G5 will be available in the UK via O2 Refresh program. 

Google announces Android O: Here's what's new

Google announces Android O: Here's what's new

Surprise! Android O is now official with a lots of new features. The latest OS Developer preview is now available for the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Player, Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel C, the official Android Emulator, and you also get an emulator for testing Android Wear 2.0 on Android O.


Here's what's new in Android O


  • Notification channels: Notification channels are new app-defined categories for notification content. It let developers give users fine-grained control over different kinds of notifications. It also allows users to block or change the behavior of each channel individually, rather than managing all of the app's notifications together.


  • Background limits: Android O puts a big priority on improving a user's battery life and the device's interactive performance. It put additional automatic limits on what apps can do in the background, in three main areas: implicit broadcasts, background services, and location updates.
  • Autofill: With Android O. Users can select an autofill app, similar to the way they select a keyboard app. The autofill app stores and secures user data, such as addresses, user names, and even passwords.
  • Picture in Picture (PIP): PIP display allows users to continue watching a video while they're answering a chat or hailing a car.


  • Adaptive icons: With Android O, you can now create adaptive icons that the system displays in different shapes, based on a mask selected by the device. The system also animates interactions with the icons, and them in the launcher, shortcuts, Settings, sharing dialogs, and in the overview screen.

  • Connectivity: For the ultimate in audio fidelity, Android O now also supports high-quality Bluetooth audio codecs such as LDAC codec. We're also adding new Wi-Fi features as well, like Wi-Fi Aware, previously known as Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN).
  • Keyboard navigation: Android O adds more reliable, predictable keyboard model for "arrow" and "tab" navigation that aids both developers and end users.
  • WebView enhancements: Android O enables multiprocess mode by default and adding an API to let your app handle errors and crashes, for enhanced security and improved app stability.
  • Java 8 Language APIs and runtime optimizations: Android O now supports several new Java Language APIs, including the new java.time API. In addition, the Android Runtime is faster than ever before, with improvements of up to 2x on some application benchmarks.
  • Partner platform contributions: Hardware manufacturers and silicon partners have accelerated fixes and enhancements to the Android platform in the O release. For example, Sony has contributed more than 30 feature enhancements, including the LDAC codec, and 250 bug fixes to Android O.

You can download the Developer preview images for Pixel and Nexus devices from here.

Which Android O feature are you most excited for?

Source: Android Developers