Samsung lovers out there ended up with a broken hear after the Note7 fiasco.Some of them swiched to another company, others who remained with the brand and went for a Galazy S7 or S7 EDGE instead.
Well, now that everything has settled down and we all know the Note 7 is not coming back, the company decided this is a time to give a bonus to those loyal costumers letting them have that elusive and attractive Blue Coral color scheme on their phones.
There’s nothing really special about this S7 series besides the color, the same hardware we all know and love.
Great camera, performance, battery… Etc, but what brough you here wasn’t that. It was the chance of having something different than the rest.
Unfortunately, that’s not going to happen soon, The device is going to be launch in Taiwan by November 1st and in Singapore by the 5th.
There’s no news about availability regarding other countries but we can expect that to happen, especially thanks to the great demand that color had with the Note7.
In case you can’t wait for them to realased over our shores and you don’t mind importing, the price will be NT$24,900 ($790) which is, (to be honest) a bit higher considering the only change is a paint job.
But you tell us, Will you go for this phone just because a new color option? Do you still think the S7 EDGE is the phone to beat this year?
Let us now your though in the comment section below, or join the conversation on twitter
Just this week we were showing the new phones for “Android Purist” right after the official unveiling.
But today we learnt something about them that was completely omitted during the presentation and even on the official specs page from Google. Come to think of it there was a few more things left out..
Both the Pixel and Pixel XL come with IP53 (Water and Dust Resistance)
Apparently this was clarifed by Google to Droidpolice, but we wonder why they skipped it during the presentation.
Although this is good, don’t get to exited about it, IP53 doesn’t mean you can go and start filming underwater shots with your phone. Actually, it is only protected against little rain and some dust ingress.
Which is not bad but I’d be careful anyway to not get near water with these two.
What do you think of this? Will this make you get into the Pixels wagon?Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.
Although Samsung announced the Note7 recently, the S line up is not to be forgotten as they just got a new family member.
A Pink Gold coloured version
Maybe the photo doesn’t let you really appreciate the theme on this variant for it’s way more impressive live.
The only downside, as far as now you can have this phone in the US onlythanks to a BestBuy deal. The good side is the fact there’s a model for each carrier including Verizon wireless.
Adding new colors at this time probably is their way to boost S7 sales now the Note7 is in town.
But to be honest, I’d have jumped right on was the beautiful Emerald Green color they have for the S6 edge.
But let us know, Would import this version if not available elsewhere? Or if you are in the States, will you get one for that special lady? Sound off below or join the twitter conversation
Just a few days ago, we read about the public release of a consumer ready Android 7.0 Nougat for the masses. But although this is great news, the well known Android update stress began.
But amongst all that chaos, there are some OEMs that have served well their customers when it comes to OS updates, one of them is Sony who just anounced which devices will be updated first.
Xperia Z3+ Z4 Tablet Xperia Z5, Z5 Compact and Z5 Premium Xperia X, XA, XA Ultra and X Performance
These devices were the ovious choices as actual or former flagships, but something that caught our attention was the ommision of the regular Xperia Z3 as the company let users installed an early version of the OS.
As it has happen before, probably this first list of phones will be updated later with new additions like the M or C series of phones released on 2015.
But what do you think about this? What are your most expected features of this update? Let us know in the comment section below.
Thanks to an IFA invite, we confirmed Samsung’s new Smartwatch is just around the corner.
Although the event will take place in Berlin, today the company shows everyone that the Gear S3will be unveiled on August 31st, a couple of days ahead of the main IFA presentation.
The Gear S3 is said to come in three variants, whether we’ll see a bigger display is still unknown, but we can expect the same rotary bezel found on previous generations.
Are you exited to get the next Smartwatch of the company? Will you upgrade over the S2?
Let us know in the comment section or sound off over twitter.
In case you missed it, LG is going to unveil the V10 successor in an event in San Francisco on September 6th.
The V10 was LG flagship until the G5 came out, despite the low sales, the company is aiming a hit with this gadget.
The V10 was an already excellent device and recently was updated to Marshmallow. With a build-in32-BIT HI-FI DAC the audio quality of this phone was the best of 2015, but this time, the revamp model will come with a quad arrangement that promise to produce 50% less ambient noise that’s comparable to a “Live Performance“.
The company behind this technology will be ESS Technology, the same who brought the outstanding sound to the V10.
Here’s what Juno Cho, LG’s president thinks about it:
As smartphones mature, we’re seeing more and more customers looking beyond just fast processors and big displays in their devices,” said Juno Cho, president of LG Electronics and Mobile Communications Company. “Higher quality audio is simply the natural evolution of the smartphone, as the industry moves toward a more holistic multimedia consumption experience. We’re pleased to continue this long-term partnership with ESS and bring best in class audio to LG V20 users.
The V20 is said to sport the same dual selfie cameras at the front, and well the secondary display found on its predecessor. An improved rear camera, SD 820 and 4GB of RAM among other interesting things.
Another important feature to have in mind is the premier release of Android 7.o Nougat, LG already confirmed that the phone will come with the latest version of Android right out of the box.
What do you think about this? Will you be getting the new LG flagship? I would if I can!
Let us know your thought below or join the twitter conversation.
It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone by now, but ’till yesterday everything was nothing but speculation about whether or not the next Note series was going to be the 6th or the 7th.
It Was Samsung itself who clarified everything, with a special invitation to book in our calendars August 2nd as the day of the Unpacked 2016 event. Where we will meet the new Galaxy Note 7.
There’s been plenty of rumors about new design language but still nothing official, what we DO know for sure now, is that the new Note will bring enhanced S-Pen features(as you can tell from the image above) and an Larger screen.
The main event will take place in New York at 11:00 a.m. EDT but just in case you’re worried, this Note will find its way to the UK this time as simultaneous event will be held in Rio de Janeiro at noon and in London at 4:00 p.m.
Just in case you live under a rock, Pokémon Go has been the trending topic the last few days, simply because it has surpassed the consumer base of allegedly “bigger” companies.
And more than that, simply because its Pokémon! Maybe our dear Jim is not a big fan of the series, but I personally was when I was younger.
Been one of the few games that uses Augmented Reality or (AR) to play and that alone is a huge progress. The team behind the GO part of it, is no other than Niantic, the team that brought to us INGRESS.
Thus far everything sound great about the game, but recently, something really disturbing has happened.
When you first open the app, as in every other app out there, you need to log in with credentials. Within the app there’s just two options, or accessing through a Pokémon account (which is impossible if you don’t have one already) or with Google’s.
When you use the Google account (which is what we all probably do on Android phones) the app generally show a pop up widget after letting you know which features will be accessing. But when you do this on iOS “nothing happens“.
The blogger Adam Reeve, found behavior rather weird and went to his Google page to see what he had given access to. The answer make all his alarms to ring off:
Pokemon Go has Full Access to your Google account
When you grant “full access” to an app, it can see and modify practically all information on your Google account. For you to have an idea, this is what the Google security page say:
Read all your email
Send email as you
Access all your Google drive documents (including deleting them)
Look at your search history and your Maps navigation history
Access any private photos you may store in Google Photos
This is something that shouldn’t happen as what an app would need to use in the case you forgot your password or something is, in ay case your name and email address.
Apparently this is not consistent across the APK, as has happened just to some iOS or Android users. But if you want to see if you’re one of them you can do it HERE
Apparently, Niantic has acknowledge the case and made a statement about the incident:
We recently discovered that the Pokémon Go account creation process on iOS erroneously requests full access permission for the user’s Google account. However, Pokémon Go only accesses basic Google profile information (specifically, your user ID and e-mail address) and no other Google account information is or has been accessed or collected. Once we became aware of this error, we began working on a client-side fix to request permission for only basic Google account information, in line with the data we actually access. Google has verified that no other information has been received or accessed by Pokémon Go or Niantic. Google will soon reduce Pokémon Go’s permission to only the basic profile data that Pokémon Go needs, and users do not need to take any actions themselves.
So, although it seems to be nothing to worry about, it would be better if you keep an eye on your Pokémon Go access ’till everything is settled down.
Also remember that, apart from this issue, there’s a ton of fake apps that carry a malware which would harm your device.
If you don’t live in a country where is fully available at the moment find a secure and known source to get the APK from.
Something that’s becoming a tradition lately, is having an “Special Edition” phone from “x” line up from a strong company, but in recent times Samsung has put it “out-of-the-park” with their Limited edition models.
At the beginning of the year they brought to us the “Batman Edition” (in a trend of having superheroes theme phones, this was the best offering) and now, as sponsors of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, they have something else to show us.
The Galaxy S7 Edge Olympic Games Limited Edition
Hardware-wise is the same S7 we all know, with top-notch specs and IP67 ratings, but what makes this device unique is the outside look (as if having a dual curve functional glass on the front wasn’t enough).
With custom patterns to give the usually plain finish, some colorful details.
All of which, will match the five official color rings from the Olympics.
Another thing to have in mind is the “limited quantity” of copies are available. Only 14,516 phones ill be made, 12,500 out of which, are for the “Olympians” which will be bundled with the Gear IconX headphones, letting just 2,016 copies to consumers.
There’s still no word on price, but we can expect an extraordinary tag to the already “not so friendly” GS7 price tag.
But let us know! What do you thing about this trend of releasing “themed phones” which sometimes has nothing really important to offer, than a simple “make over“? Would you pick one up if you have the chance?
Take a look at how it would be having this “Special! model:
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