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Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 - 10nm chipset focuses on AR and AI: Qualcomm announced its new Snapdragon 700 series in February and is now making the first of the two chipsets to lead the official lineup. The Snapdragon 710 mobile platform, as Qualcomm calls it, is located above the Snapdragon 660 and below the Snapdragon 835 and 845, with the aim of filtering the main functionality to the media. For a full comparison of Snapdragon 660 vs Snapdragon 710 vs Snapdragon 845. The Qualcomm partners already have access to the new Snapdragon 710 and the first phones that will use it will be received in the second quarter of the year, basically at any time.

Business App from WhatsApp: WhatsApp launched a new WhatsApp Business application for small business owners to communicate with their customers. Many companies are already using WhatsApp and with this, they can be more efficient and provide better information. Companies can download the new application and set up their account. The business application will allow adding a business description, the email address or the store location and website, which will help customers reach to them. The Business application will also have messaging tools that will let users send quick replies to provide fast answers to frequently asked questions, greeting messages to introduce themselves to customers, and away messages when you are not available. Users will also be able to see simple statistics for reading messages. The account will be marked as a Business account so customers can identify them and WhatsApp will also verify some accounts over time so customers know they have reached the officia...

Huawei Mate 10 hitting US for $799 with Mate 10 Pro: As informed earlier, Huawei is planning to launch officially in the United States. Huawei has now confirmed that Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro unlocked will hit the US market. The phone won't have any carrier logo.  Check out Mate 10 Live Stream here! Huawei has confirmed that Mate 10 Pro will be available in the US in three different colors which includes Brown, Black and Midnight Blue. Other than Mate 10 Pro, Mate 10 Porsche Design is also hitting the US soon. In case you don’t know, Mate 10 Pro and the Mate 10 Porsche design are same in features but Porsche Design brings a more premium hardware and unboxing experience. Porsche Design includes two charger cables, a home and car Super Charger, a pair of earbuds, and Huawei's flip cover case. More details about pricing here.

Honor 7X to get Face unlocking feature through an update: At the CES 2018, Honor announced that their latest smartphone "Honor 7X" that was launched in December 2017 will receive an update in the first quarter of 2018 to get a facial recognition feature. Also check Huawei P10 Oreo Beta Program Started in Europe In the framework of CES 2018, the young Chinese brand announced that their "flagship model" would receive an update allowing it to benefit from a system of unlocking by facial recognition. The exact date of deployment is not yet revealed, but this update is already scheduled for the first quarter of 2018. When presenting the Honor V10, the brand had introduced a facial recognition system using the same principle as Apple's Face ID, and even its Animojis. Unfortunately, this technology requires a hardware module consisting of a standard RGB camera, an infrared camera and a VCSEL laser projector. However, the Honor 7X is not equipped with such s...

The new iPhone SE 2 could be presented at WWDC 2018 by Apple: According to new sources, Apple would work well on an iPhone SE 2, with a glass back for wireless charging. The iPhone SE gain its fame due to its competitive selling price and good hardware. This small 4.0" smartphone is one of the only ones in the market with Apple logo, integrated with the same components as the iPhone 6S, for a price under € 370. For several months, rumors around Apple speak of a smartphone renewal planned for 2018 that could integrate components of the iPhone 7. As every year, Apple held a conference in June which is dedicated to developers, the WWDC. According to several sources gathered by Gizmochina, it is at this event that the manufacturer had planned to unveil a new version of the iPhone SE. It is also at this event that Apple could unveil its ambition to create universal applications both compatible with iOS and MacOS. The iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X use a glass back to ...

QCC5100 Bluetooth chip by Qualcomm: Qualcomm took advantage of the CES 2018  and present its new QCC5100 chip which is dedicated to Bluetooth audio. The company already presented  Snapdragon 845  and Snapdragon 636 at the end of 2017. Qualcomm QCC5100, a low-power Bluetooth audio chip: Qualcomm QCC5100 chip is designed to equip tomorrow's Bluetooth audio accessories, such as headsets or speakers. It is equipped with a Bluetooth radio a class D headphone driver which is 192 kHZ / 24-bit codec with active noise reduction technology and aptX HD technologies. But the big news about this chip is its energy consumption. The QC5100 promises to consume up to 65% less energy than the previous generations. These numbers are almost third times more than the regular Bluetooth devices. One thing is for sure, Bluetooth headsets like the Bose QC35 or the Sony WH-1000XM2 should love this new chip. Qualcomm says that this new chip has twice the processing compared to its pred...

Android Oreo 8.0 in Huawei P10 roll out in Europe: Huawei has launched Android Oreo 8.0 beta program for the P10 and P10 Plus in Europe. Previously it was only available in Romania. P10 smartphones with software versions VTR-L09C432B180, VTR-L29C432B180, VKY-L09C432B181, and VKY-L29C432B181 reportedly getting the updates now. To join the program, P10 users must download an app from their website and sign in with their Huawei ID. In this way they can join the beta test program by downloading Oreo in their devices. They can leave beta program at any time they want if they want to get stable version in their daily driver. If everything goes as per the plan, the Huawei P10 handsets in Europe could get the stable version of Android Oreo by the end of February 2018. The Oreo update will add tons of new features in their devices including picture-in-picture mode, smart text selection, improved notification settings etc. The P10 smartphones were the second series of devise who’re ...

Samsung launched Exynos 9810 officially:  Samsung is introducing its new home made Exynos 9810 next week during CES 2018. Exynos 9810 is capable of AI Applications and Richer Multimedia Content. This Samsung processor will power the upcoming Samsung flagship Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ in several markets around the world (other than US). Built on Samsung’s 2 nd generation 10nm FinFET process, Exynos 9810 has eight-core CPU, four of them are third-generation custom cores that can reach max 2.9GHz, the other four cores are optimized for efficiency. In this way the performance increased by around 40% compared to old Exynos predecessor. For benchmark results, we have to wait and see if this processor can go head to head with Apple's A11 Bionic. Also check out Snapdragon 670, 640 and 460. In connectivity, the Exynos 9810 features 1.2Gbps LTE modem which supports 6x carrier aggregation (CA) for 1.2Gbps download speed and 200 Mbps upload speed. In addition to the above sp...

Xiaomi Mijia MADV Mini: Xiaomi has just released a small smartphone accessory: It’s a Xiaomi 360 spherical camera capable of photographing a 5K spherical image. In the Xiaomi family of connected objects, Mijia MADV Mini has just been presented by the Chinese company. Mijia is a 360 degree spherical camera capable of photographing a spherical image in 5K. It has two 13 megapixel sensors. It is not extraordinary but in the price of € 50 its worth a lot. Xiaomi also launched Yeelight speaker powered by Alexa Mijia by Xiaomi films in Full HD equivalent (1920 x 960 pixels) at 30 frames per second. Of course, there are much better options in the market like the GoPro Fusion or the Ricoh Theta V. It has two sensors (13 megapixels) with wide-angle lenses like fish-eye (210 degrees). Beyond its small price, what is special about this camera is its size and weight. It’s (4.25 cm x 3.55 cm x 2.52 cm) for 22 grams only. It plugs into the USB Type-C connector and best this about thi...

Huawei Enjoy 7S to be sold as Huawei P Smart outside China: Last week Huawei announced their new midrange phone Enjoy 7S. This Huawei smartphone has Huaweis home made Kirin 659 chipset with dual cameras on the back and the latest EMUI. This huawei's latest mobile phone has Android Oreo out of the box. The Huawei P smart has the same specs as the Enjoy 7S. Huawei P Smart has a unibody metal design and packs a 3000mAh battery. For detailed specs, visit our website.

Qualcomm will introduce Snapdragon 670, 640 and 460: In December, Snapdragon, who made announcements about the flagship chip SD845 within the scope of the Snapdragon Technology Summit, leaked information about the new chip, which will be released in 2018. San Diego based company Snapdragon is known for its high quality and calculated chipsets especially developed for users who are looking for quality phones but suitable for mobile phones. As of day one, the hardware specifications for the Snapdragon 670, 640 and 460, which the company is preparing to release in 2018, have emerged. Snapdragon 670: There seems to be nothing new about the Snapdragon 670 other than what we heard about a month ago. This chipset, which will take the place of the Snapdragon 660, will pull up the middle segment phones one more step. Apart from that, we see that the GPU has been upgraded from Adreno 512 to Adreno 620. If you look at your camera, the Spectra 260 ISP will offer you a 26MP single came...

OnePlus 5T: Open beta of Android 8.0 Oreo: OnePlus makes it clear that the open beta of Android 8.0 Oreo will begin shortly on the OnePlus 5T . Before the end of the year. OnePlus continues on its good momentum. After deploying the update to Android 8.0 Oreo (via OxygenOS 5.0) on its OnePlus 3 and 3T, then on the OnePlus 5, the Chinese manufacturer is preparing to share its latest, the OnePlus 5T . The open beta on the flagship of the brand should very quickly start. In any case, this is clearly suggested by the German branch of the company through a tweet. Weihnachten ist zwar vorbei, aber wir haben trotzdem ein Geschenk für euch! ;) Wie wär's mit der Open Beta für Android Oreo auf dem #OnePlus5T ! pic.twitter.com/LvKR3A6duC — OnePlus Deutschland (@OnePlus_DE) December 27, 2017 In the post, OnePlus Germany writes that "Christmas is over, but we still have a present for you! How about the open beta for Android Oreo on the OnePlus 5T! ". If no specific date is i...

Xiaomi Mi A1: Oreo update allows you to quick charge your device With the update to Android 8.0 Oreo, the Xiaomi Mi A1 can finally be recharged faster, thus remedying one of its flaws. Picture: Frandroid The Xiaomi Mi A1 had aroused the curiosity of a lot of people at the time of its announcement. Far from being a flagship, this smartphone has the main interest to be the first of the brand to run Android One, the very minimal version of Google's operating system. However, the interface was based on Android Nougat, but the beta of Android 8.0 Oreo is in progress (for beta users only). This update has brought a big positive point: fast charging. While testing the Xiaomi Mi A1 , we noticed the fact that the battery was charging too slowly and it took about an hour to go from 0 to 60% - and about two hours to refuel. But, as Telecomtalk.info points out, the phone, after going under Oreo, now needs 92 minutes to go from 0 to 100% battery. This is a nice improvement that ...

Android P: Operators could hide the power of their network signals In current Android versions, you have the option to access network signal strength in Settings. A new piece of code spotted by XDA Dev gives us a strange indication for the next major update of Android. Android P could allow operators to hide the signal strength of their network, but not totally. Reports say that this feature was requested by different carriers and Google agreed to their demand. The motivation behind this change remains quite mysterious. It gives the impression that Google wants to allow operators to hide the real quality of their network. It is extremely difficult to select an operator, as information about the quality of their network remains unclear. However users can still measure their phone signal strength by using different applications and general developers will still be able to access the actual intensity. Source: www.newsaboutphones.com

Samsung Galaxy S9 leak images: An accessories manufacturer Ghostek, shared some images of upcoming Samsung flagship Samsung Galaxy S9. Ghostek is well known manufacturer of shockproof cases. The company is already taking orders of rugged shockproof cases for Korean giant for their next flagships. Here-under some images of the shockproof case: [caption id="attachment_659" align="alignnone" width="728"] Image: GSMArena[/caption] As per the image above, the design of S9 is pretty much the same as S8. As expected, Infinity Display with 18.5:9 ratio in bezels on top and bottom. A Bixby button will keep company to the volume rocker on the left with the power button staying on the right side.   This time the fingerprint sensor is in a more convenient position for fingers (in the mid). [caption id="attachment_660" align="alignnone" width="728"] Image: GSMArena[/caption] Gladly, Samsung is not ditching 3.5mm jack l...

Huawei Officially coming in the US: After months of rumors and unconfirmed reports, the Chinese based smartphone manufacturer giant Huawei has finally and officially revealed that some of its phones will be sold by US wireless operators.  The launch will begin in 2018. The first phone to be launch will be from Mate 10 family however no exact date confirmed by Huawei. The report comes from ABC News, mentioning Richard Yu who’s the president of Huawei Technologies consumer business. He said "We will sell our flagship phone, our product, in the US market through operators next year." The Mate 10 , and its high-end brother, the Mate 10 Pro , went on sale in China and other markets before. Previous rumors claimed that Mate 10 Pro would be sold by AT & T and Verizon in 2018. Yu did not specify details on which operators would sell their phones, but did reveal that more information about those sales plans will be announced in early January during CES 2018. Huawei ha...

Skype gets a makeover on Android and iOS: Skype is losing the battle of messaging service in smartphones for both Skype Android and Skype IOS. Attacked by more modern services and born with the mobile in mind as Whatsapp, Discord or Snapchat, the Microsoft messaging service Skype is losing momentum and is looking for a new life. After having launched a new interface, clearly inspired by Snapchat, at the beginning of the summer, which was very badly received by the users, Microsoft announces again a major interface change. Hereunder some changes they’ve made in Skype app for Android and iOS: Simplified navigation: The purpose of this new interface is to simplify access to Skype's essential features and thus make it more efficient for its users. For this, the developers have added a new navigation bar at the bottom of the application that provides access to chat, calls, contacts and the inspired part of Snapchat with the camera and highlights. This navigation bar has already a...

Xiaomi Mi A1 Red - Special Edition variant Today, Xiaomi has launched their Android One Xiaomi A1 in red color (special edition variant). Internal specs are the same but in Special Edition (Red color). This new variant has been launched in Indonesia only with the price of IDR (Indonesian Rupiah) 3,099,000. This equals to $215 approx. Now Mi fans has option to select from four colors including black, gold, rose gold, and red. No information about when this special edition of Android One Xiaomi Mi A1 will be available in other market. You may check the price decrease of Xiaomi A1 in India here.

HMD had been talking about it for a long time and it is finally becoming a reality today. Nokia Android phones started getting Oreo updates and this time it’s Nokia 5. Juho Sarvikas who’s the product manager with the HMD has announced on Twitter that users of Nokia 5 can now register on Beta Labs, the platform dedicated to the experimental grind of Android on Nokia devices. Nokia 8 already received Android Oreo and as per HMD all new Nokia Android devices released this year will get the taste of Oreo: #AndroidOreo for #Nokia5 has landed on Nokia phones beta labs! Android has never tasted sweeter. What's more, Android 8.0 Oreo™ beta for #Nokia6 is coming soon! https://t.co/91uhqstnnm pic.twitter.com/0slgeNbfdC — Juho Sarvikas (@sarvikas) December 12, 2017 Another  good news for the owners of Nokia 6 will also be able to "soon" enjoy it too. The deployment of the final version of Android 8.0 Oreo is already underway on the Nokia 8. To try the Oreo beta on...

Android Operating System distribution with growing numbers of Oreo and Nougat: Google released the Android OS shares in the Android smartphone market. The pie chart reveals that Oreo has nearly doubled its share in Android platform by capturing 0.5% of the market. The share was only 0.3% last month. Not just Oreo, Nougat shares are also up and now has 23.3% compared to 20.6% in November. People tends to shift to newer devices which cause decline in older Android versions. Source: developer.android.com[/caption] Marshmallow is down to 29.7% from 30.9%, Lollipop 26.3%, from 27.2% and KitKat to 13.4% from 13.8%. The remaining versions combined shares are now 6.8%, down from 7.2% in November 2017. Source:  http://www.newsaboutphones.com/android-distribution-dec-2017-growing-numbers-oreo-nougat/