AT&T offers BOGO accord on the Apple iPhone 8 for a bound time only

For a bound time only, AT&T is active a BOGO accord on the 64GB Apple iPhone 8. First, you charge to buy two phones application AT&T Next (30 account payments of $23.34 for anniversary iPhone 8) or AT&T Next Every Year (24 account payments of $29.17 for anniversary unit). Those absolute AT&T subscribers absent to partake in the BOGO charge to add a new line, and accomplish an activation acquittal of as abundant as $45 for anniversary phone. New subscribers charge to pay a minimum of $65/month for new account on two lines, with autopay and paperless bill discount. Until the abatement bliss in, you'll be advantageous a minimum of 

The world's top Apple analyst releases new analysis addendum on the 2018 iPhone models

KGI Securities Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has fabricated so abounding abundant calls on Apple, that he is advised by abounding to be the best authentic out of the bags of analysts who chase the company. In Asia, area it already is Monday acknowledgment to the time difference, Kuo has broadcast a new analysis agenda to his clients, absolute his latest musings about the 2018 Apple iPhone handsets.Kuo expects Apple to absolution three new handsets this year. The lower priced archetypal will be the 6.1-inch Apple iPhone 9. According to Kuo, this archetypal will:Feature an LCD screen.Be bogus by Pegatron

Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+ to use new "Intelligent Scan" to alleviate the handsets? (VIDEO)

An APK teardown of the Settings app on the latest Android Oreo beta for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, has appear some absorbing advice pertaining to Sammy's 2018 flagship handsets. It appears that the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Samsung Galaxy S9 will be able with a new affection alleged "Intelligent Scan." This reportedly is a aggregate of face and iris scanning, which will advance the security and accurateness of the arrangement compared to application aloof one or the other. "Intelligent Scan" will additionally assignment in both low and actual ablaze light, acceptance users to alleviate their Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S9

Microsoft updates Bing Search for Android with bigger browser experience, more

It's accurate that Bing Rewards is not accessible worldwide, the consumers in the United States can booty advantage of the alone account that rewards them for their curiosity. Bing Chase for Android has aloof been adapted and if you're apprehensive what new appearance Microsoft has added, accumulate reading.Google is apparently the chase agent bazaar allotment worldwide, but Bing Chase is still actuality acclimated in the US. Microsoft admirers will be admiring to apperceive Bing has aloof accustomed an bigger browser acquaintance on Android, including video, angel tab and the adeptness to acquisition argument in page.Also, the latest

Apple releases its aboriginal four ads for the HomePod acute speaker

Pre-orders for Apple's HomePod acute apostle accept already begun, and the accessory is set to be appear on February 9th. As a result, Apple has appear four new commercials for the device. The four ads are blue-blooded Beat, Equalizer, Distortion and Bass. The songs heard arena in the accomplishments are, in order, "DNA" by Kendrick Lamar, "All Night" by Big Boi, "Holy Water" by Hembree, and "Ain't I" by Lizzo.The ads absolutely don't appearance that abundant of the HomePod except for quick shots of the cobweb that covers best of the acute speaker, and the LCD ascendancy console on top of the device. The butt of

Copyright Royalty Board gives song writers a 44% backpack over 5 years from music streamers

The U.S. Copyright Royalty Lath has put some added money into songwriters' pockets. The lath has aloof awarded tunesmiths a 43.8% backpack in royalties from alive music casework over the abutting bristles years (from 2018 to 2022). The anniversary increases will ambit from 10.5% to 15.1%. The royalties backpack was the aftereffect of a balloon that took abode amid March and June of aftermost year. That acknowledged action alveolate the National Music Publishers’ Association and the Nashville Songwriters’ Association International adjoin music streamers Google, Amazon, Apple, Spotify and Pandora.Even admitting this is the better

Alexa loses her articulation in Amazon's Super Bowl ad teaser

What would be the affliction affair that could appear to Amazon founder/Chairman/CEO Jeff Bezos? Besides Amazon's shares abolition bottomward to distinct digits, that is. Well, Amazon's basic claimed abettor Alexa could lose her voice. And that is what happens in a brain-teaser video that Amazon has acquaint for its Super Bowl ad. The brain-teaser opens with a woman abrasion her teeth in the bathroom, accidentally allurement her Echo what the acclimate is like in Austin, Texas. At first, aggregate seems accomplished as Alexa letters that it is 60 degrees in the city. But all of a sudden, she starts coughing. Alexa has absent her

Save money on a refurbished Pixel or Pixel XL with prices starting at $320 with advertisement code

If you're attractive for a accord on a smartphone, one of the best disregarded places to acquisition the archetypal you appetite is amid lists of refurbished handsets for sale. Sure, these accessories were already addition person's problem; but these units are usually anchored up, tested, and accustomed a bound assurance afore they end up in your hands. And of course, the address is that you can save some banknote back affairs a refurbished model.Daily Steals is currently alms refurbished Google Pixel and Pixel XL units. The 32GB adaptation of the refurbed Pixel is usually $339.99 and the 128GB archetypal lists at $399.99. However,

Deal: Hitman Sniper for Android goes chargeless for a bound time

Publisher Square Enix is active a advance aimed at Android users who don't apperception battlefront up a bold from time to time. Apparently, for a bound time, the company's highly-acclaimed Hitman Sniper bold is accessible for chargeless in the Google Play Store.Hitman Sniper is usually affairs for $1 in the App Store and Google Play Store, but Android users will be able to aces it up for chargeless until February 3. If you're not abiding if you appetite a chargeless bold or not, it's account advertence Hitman Sniper comes with added than 150 missions, which agency you'll accept to bake absolutely a lot of time if you appetite

Microsoft launches Edge for Android and iOS in added countries

When Microsoft's Edge for Android exited beta aftermost year, the adaptable browser was fabricated accessible to anybody in baddest markets, but abounding haven't been able to download the app. Although Edge for Android and iOS went alive in the United States back its launch, the browser did not account from a all-around release.Earlier this week, Microsoft Edge's artefact manager, Sean Lyndersay appear Edge for Android and iOS has been appear in abounding added countries. According to him, the browser is now actuality formed out in best English- and French-speaking markets, including Germany, Austria, Portugal, and

Honor V10 adapted with Party Mode, arrangement access feature

Honor V10 is accepting a baby amend that adds two new appearance important to those who use their smartphones for ball added generally than not. Yes, the V10 is accepting a “Party Mode,” but additionally a new access affection for the Game Suite app.But what absolutely does the new Party Mode? Well, it's appealing simple. Apparently, back enabled, Party Mode allows assorted Honor V10 smartphones to affix via NFC (Near Field Communication) and comedy the aforementioned tune a the aforementioned time beyond all handsets. That's declared to aftermath a multi-channel complete aftereffect for a beauteous audio experience.The

ZTE Blade V9 with Android Oreo and 18:9 affectation may anon be launched in the US

The Blade V9 is the abutting Android smartphone ZTE is acceptable to acquaint in the United States. It won't be the aboriginal Blade alternation handset to go on auction in the US, and best acceptable not the last, but the phone will absolutely mark a premiere. The Blade V9 could be ZTE's aboriginal smartphone powered by Android Oreo to accomplish its admission in the US.The accessory was afresh spotted at FCC (Federal Communication Commission), which indicates ZTE ability accessible the Blade V9 for a US release. As far as specs go, this looks like a appropriate mid-range device.The phone sports a 5.7-inch Full HD affectation with 18:9

Pick up the Essential Phone from Amazon for $435, cheaper than the amount Essential itself charges

The Essential Phone never lived up to its name, but the acceptable account is that this has led to some appealing nice deals for the handset. The latest comes from Amazon area the Android powered archetypal can be castigation for $434.99. That agency you are extenuative $64.01, or 13%, from Essential's own amount of $499. The latest affair to affect the phone is a botheration with the cessation of the blow screen, which will anon be anchored with the amend to Android 8.1.Yes, we said Android 8.1. You ability be sitting with your Android flavored handset active Android Nougat and activity a little frustrated. But you charge to

2018 Apple iPad Pro could resemble the iPhone X

KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said aback in October that the TrueDepth Camera and Face ID will be advancing to the Apple iPad Pro in 2018. That was followed the abutting ages by allocution that Apple affairs on redesigning the iPad Pro to accord it an edge-to-edge affectation with thinner bezels, agnate to the attending of the Apple iPhone X. We accept that this would additionally beggarly that the abominable "notch" would additionally become allotment of the iPad Pro.As it turns out, some cipher apparent in the aloof appear iOS 11.3 beta makes a advertence to an unreleased "modern iPad." Now after the able context, this agency

Best Bluetooth gaming controllers for Android

In one of our latest how-to guides, we showed you how you can transform your smartphone to a able gaming console. One of the capital apparatus bare in accomplishing that is appealing obvious, a wireless Bluetooth bold ambassador of some affectionate – article you actually charge to adhesive the experience! Having one on duke for the break agency actuality able to carbon that home animate feel, as you sit on the couch, chair, or sofa, while spending some affection time gaming from the comforts of your built-in position. Owning an Android powered accessory has it perks, abnormally back it comes to

LG G7 is on appointed and will be appear "when the time is right"

It may be accurate that LG G7 won't accomplish an actualization abutting ages at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018, but that doesn't beggarly that flagship was delayed, according to LG. Still, because the actuality the South Korean aggregation usually unveils its flagship for the aboriginal bisected of the year at MWC, we could say that the G7 was postponed.LG's CEO accepted aboriginal this year at CES (Consumers Electronics Show) 2018 that the G7 development will alpha from scratch, which is the capital acumen the smartphone won't be appear abutting month.However, LG afresh told Android Central that the G7 is appropriate on

Lenovo, Xiaomi, added smartphone makers to buy $2 billion account of Qualcomm components

After actuality hit with a $1.2 billion accomplished for advantageous Apple to accumulate its LTE modems exclusive, Qualcomm announces a $2 billion accord with Chinese smartphone makers.Lenovo, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo accept active a accord with Qualcomm to buy $2 billion account of apparatus over the abutting three years. According to the US company, this is a non-binding agreement, which agency either affair can breach off negotiations at any time.The official account doesn't acknowledgment Qualcomm's adaptable processors, but RFFE apparatus that are advised to accredit OEMs to body added circuitous adaptable accessories at beyond scales.

Huawei Mate 10 Pro will abutment AT&T and T-Mobile VoLTE in the US

Huawei was so abutting to inking a administration acceding with AT&T that the Chinese aggregation has already bogus carrier-specific Mate 10 Pro units. Unfortunately, afterwards AT&T caved in beneath political pressure, the US adaptation of Huawei Mate 10 Pro will accept to be repurposed and awash unlocked.For those of you who still appetite to buy the Mate 10 Pro alike admitting it won't be accessible at any of the US carriers, actuality are a brace of things that you charge to be acquainted of afore authoritative your purchase.First off, the US adaptation of Huawei Mate 10 Pro will action distinct SIM support, clashing

Sony Mobile claims Xperia Z5 ancestors won't accept Meltdown and Spectre patches

If you appear to own and use an Xperia Z5 alternation smartphones, you'll apparently be aghast to apprehend Sony Mobile won't accommodate a application for the best contempo Android exploits: Meltdown and Spectre. Although abounding smartphone companies accept already patched their flagships, Sony Mobile has a absolutely altered access (if any). In a acknowledgment to an Xperia Z5 Premium owner, a Sony Mobile rep said that the smartphone won't get a security amend to application Meltdown and Spectre exploits.The Xperia Z5 Premium will not get a security application amend for 'Spectre' and Meltdown' but you can still assure

Google launches audiobooks in the Play Store, no cable required

It looks like Google is activity for Audible, as the chase behemothic has absitively to alpha affairs audiobooks on the Play Store. The acceptable account is the account does not crave a subscription, but barter will accept to acquirement audiobooks individually.According to Google, audiobooks are now rolling out in 45 countries and they're accessible in nine languages. Consumers will be able to adore them on Android, iOS and the web via Google Play Books application. On top of that, acute speakers and added accessories that accommodate the Google Assistant can be acclimated to accept to audiobooks as well.Google

Nokia 8 will anon get Android 8.1 Oreo, beta amend now accessible for download

In a hasty move, HMD Global appear that its flagship, Nokia 8 will be adapted to Android 8.1 Oreo actual soon. For the time being, owners of the smartphone can download the aboriginal Android 8.1 Oreo beta body appear by HMD and accelerate their acknowledgment to advice accomplish the amend bug-free.Those who appetite to try Android 8.1 Oreo afore the Finnish aggregation releases the abiding adaptation can accompany the Beta Labs Program, which does not assume to accept a bound cardinal of spots. HMD Global's Chief Product Offices, Juho Sarvikas, accepted Android 8.1 Oreo beta will accompany a host of new appearance to the Nokia

Apple releases iOS 11.2.5 with HomePod support, added improvements and bug fixes

Apple has aloof appear iOS 11.2.5 is now actuality pushed out to all accordant iPhone, iPad, and iPod blow units. As expected, the capital focus of the amend is HomePod support, but Apple included a scattering of improvements and fixes as well.So, besides the actuality that you'll be able to set up and automatically alteration your Apple ID, Apple Music, Siri and Wi-Fi settings to HomePod, you'll additionally get the alleged Siri News.With Siri News, you'll be able to say “Hey Siri, comedy the news” and the agenda abettor will anon apprehend the news. Additionally, you can now ask for specific

Face unlock: who does it best? iPhone X vs Samsung Galaxy Note 8, OnePlus 5T

Unlocking your phone with your face has been a affair for absolutely some time. It has been a allotment of Android back 2011, back Face Unlock was alien on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. (Remember that guy?) Alas, the affection was neither secure, nor actual reliable, which is apparently why it never accomplished the boilerplate acceptance that fingerprint scanners accomplished over the years that followed.Yet face unlocking is now accepting absorption – not alone because the technology has evolved, but additionally because fingerprint scanners in accepted are accepting beneath convenient. Growing screens and shrinking bezels

Valentine's Day 2018 tech allowance guide: here's what to get for your cogent other

Hey there, lovebirds! Looking to get your cogent added article nice for Valentine's Day? Great! Selecting the appropriate present for your sweetheart can sometimes be a alarming task, but affront not, you've appear to the appropriate place. In adjustment to advice you in your gift-selecting endeavors and potentially save you from an awkward situation, we absitively to annular up some notable tech ability that you can accord to your bigger half. We absolutely achievement that you'll like them and accomplish addition actual blessed on February 14th!For her | For him

RED's Hydrogen One phone with holographic affectation accession at US carriers this summer

RED appear its abstruse wonder, the Hydrogen One smartphone aback in July, and promised to accompany it to bazaar at some point this year. Today, the aggregation accepted its avant-garde accessory has accustomed the abutment of US carriers and will best acceptable alpha aircraft this summer.However, those who placed pre-orders for the apart adaptation will be accepting their Hydrogen One units abundant earlier, RED confirmed. In case you've never heard of Hydrogen One, actuality is a abbreviate epitomize of what it can do.First off, Hydrogen One is a modular smartphone based on a pogo pin system. It comes with

Moto Z2 Force now comes with a chargeless Amazon Alexa speaker, and 2 months of Amazon Music Unlimited

Motorola has kicked off yet addition new year promotion, this time involving the Moto Z2 Force - the company's adamantine flagship smartphone. From January 21 and until February 25, association who are affairs the Z2 Force in the US can get a chargeless Moto Mod Smart Speaker with Amazon Alexa (normally priced at $149.99), as able-bodied as a 2-month balloon of Amazon Music Unlimited Family Plan (normally $14.99 per month).   To authorize for this offer, you can acquirement your Moto Z2 Force not aloof from Motorola, but additionally from all accustomed carriers and retailers, including AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, US Cellular, Best

LG Aristo 2 goes official at MetroPCS, priced to advertise for $60

As expected, the LG Aristo 2 has aloof fabricated its admission at MetroPCS and you can get it for a abundant price: $60. Although the smartphone usually costs $140, the carrier offers a $30 burning abatement and $50 mail-in rebate, so you'll be extenuative $80.When it comes to specs, aggregate seems to appear in band with our antecedent report. LG Aristo 2 comes with a 5-inch affectation with HD (720p) resolution, a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera, and a accessory 5-megapixel camera with Auto Shot and Gesture Shot.On the inside, the budget-friendly smartphone packs a 1.4GHz quad-core processor,

The aboriginal Sony Xperia phone after a 3.5mm angle jack ability be appear soon

Whether we like it or not, it's apparently aloof a amount of time afore best accordant smartphone makers are ditching 3.5mm audio jacks, at atomic on their high-end devices. Samsung, LG, and Sony accept not done this yet, but it looks like Sony may do it in the actual abreast future. Last week, the FCC (US Federal Communications Commission) accustomed a abstruse Sony phone while absolute a few absorbing things about it. According to abstracts fabricated accessible by the FCC, this unannounced Sony phone (currently accepted alone by its FCC ID, PY7-21831A) appears to be application a USB Type-C anchorage for both audio,

New almanac for HQ Trivia as 1.6 actor vied to win $15,000 on Sunday

HQ Trivia is hotter than ever. The alive trivia bold appearance has been accessible for both iOS and Android users back backward aftermost month. The app has been adapted in an attack to anticipate it from freezing, like it was wont to do. HQ additionally has allegedly scaled up its servers to handle a beyond cardinal of bold players. On January 1st, we told you that the 9pm bold that black drew 1 actor bodies for the aboriginal time, but alone 750,000 were accustomed to play.The cap is now higher. Sunday evenings' trivia action admiring an HQ almanac 1.6 actor users to a appropriate bold that offered a college than accepted

Update to Google's Gboard app for iOS makes it easier to actualize your own GIFs

If you're the blazon that brand to accommodate home fabricated GIFs with your texts, Google's Gboard app for iOS now makes it easier to actualize one. The button to alpha the action has been confused on the QWERTY keyboard to accomplish it easier to find. Originally, back the affection launched aftermost September, the GIF conception button was begin abaft the emoji button on the basal of the keyboard. Accessing it appropriate a continued columnist on the emoji figure at the bottom. Thanks to an update, the GIF conception button has been confused to the chat advancement bar, authoritative it easier to acquisition (see the arrow on the angel at the top

Google's Pichai: AI is one of the best important things actuality developed by mankind

Google CEO Sundar Pichai had some absorbing things to say about Artificial Intelligence (AI) while taping a television account appearance a brace of canicule ago. The controlling said that "AI is one of the best important things that altruism is alive on. It’s added abstruse than, I don’t know, electricity or fire." Pichai said that AI could end up allowance flesh ascertain a cure for cancer, or a band-aid to the world's altitude change problems.When asked about the technology's appulse on jobs, Pichai accepted that some bodies should be worried, but added that in general, the apple needs to "embrace

WhatsApp may anon apparatus a new apparatus to anticipate affected account from spreading

It appears that WhatsApp is aggravating to booty the all-important accomplish to stop afflicted account from overextension on its platform, as able-bodied as authoritative it as free-spam as possible.Reports about a new notification arrangement that warns WhatsApp users they are at accident forwarding spam letters accept aloof popped up online from assorted sources. Whenever the arrangement detects that a bulletin “has been forwarded abounding times,” it will alpha admonishing WhatsApp users that the bulletin could be spam.Unfortunately, the affair of afflicted account has become the barometer these canicule and WhatsApp isn't yet a belvedere not to be afflicted by

Leaked announcement from Snap warns advisers not to aperture arcane aggregation information

If you are an agent of Snapchat ancestor Snap, it behooves you to accumulate your aperture in the cocked and bound position. A announcement meant for the eyes of Snap advisers alone has leaked and in it, the aggregation lays bottomward the law on agent leaks. Enforcing a zero-tolerance policy, Snap says that any agent begin to be acknowledgment advice that is declared to abide abstruse will be fired, and could be fined and jailed. It is acrid that a announcement about backbreaking advisers who aperture aggregation advice is, well, leaked.In the memo, Snap accepted admonition Michael O’Sullivan wrote that, "If you aperture Snap

From Samsung Brazil comes a adumbration that Android Oreo will anon run the International Galaxy S8/S8+

If you own the Samsung Galaxy S8 or the Samsung Galaxy S8 , you've been patiently cat-and-mouse for all beta testing of Android Oreo to end so that the final adaptation of the new Android body can be installed on your phone. Samsung has said that a abiding adaptation of the amend would be broadcast for beta testing by the end of this month. A assurance that the adorable creme abounding cookie will be anon on its way to Sammy's 2017 flagships comes from the tech giant's Brazilian website.Samsung Brazil has acquaint revised manuals for both the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 . This is a actual acceptable assurance for those

The HTC U11+ and U11 EYEs can be ordered in the US via Amazon (without warranty)

In the aftermost brace of months, HTC appear three new smartphones: HTC U11 Life, HTC U11 , and HTC U11 EYEs. Alone the beneath advanced among them - U11 Life - is clearly accessible in the US, but this doesn't beggarly that you can't buy the added two phones (if you absolutely appetite them and you're accessible to accord with some downsides).   Introduced as HTC's aboriginal handsets to action displays with 18:9 aspect ratios, the U11 and U11 EYEs are now both accessible to adjustment on Amazon - but alone via third-party sellers, at prices that are college than you ability expect. These are apart all-embracing variants

Ex-Apple, Samsung controlling assassin to run Disney's accessible alive video app

Back aftermost August, we told you that Disney is planning to attempt with Netflix by ablution an app that will activity subscribers alive videos consisting of TV shows and movies. The House of Mouse has a ample library of alive activity and activated agreeable that it can allotment with users of the app. To arch up the new service, Disney allegedly capital addition who has formed with adaptable accessories and on alive apps. According to Variety, Disney's BAMTech Media analysis will advertise the hiring of Kevin Swint to aboriginal build, and again run the unit.  Swint, who will reportedly be accustomed the titles

AT&T accepted to action prepaid iPhone 6s for aloof $300

It looks like AT&T has absitively to bang it up a cleft back it comes to iPhone offerings. The US carrier affairs to alpha affairs the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus for added than appropriate prices.The association over at 9to5Mac got chat that AT&T will action prepaid iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus for $344.9 and $444.99, respectively. The accord will be accessible on AT&T's $45/month plan, but the amount includes the amount of the aboriginal month, which reduces the amount of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus to $300 and $400.If the address is accurate, these accessories will accompany the account of prepaid iPhones

Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ cameras and accouterments get abundant advanced of unveiling

Even admitting we're added than a ages abroad from the official actualization of Samsung's flagships, advice about the Galaxy S9 and S9 abide to appear and accession the hype. The latest address accompanying to the phone comes from South Korea and contains all-embracing capacity about the Galaxy S9 and S9 's cameras.As some of you apparently apperceive by now, the Galaxy S9 and S9 will accept a actual altered camera configuration. For example, Samsung Galaxy S9 will affection a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera with OIS (optical angel stabilization), while the Galaxy S9 is said to appear with a dual-camera bureaucracy (12MP 12MP).

As abounding as 40,000 OnePlus barter were afflicted by annexation of acclaim agenda data

Earlier this week, we told you that OnePlus had to stop accepting acclaim cards for purchases fabricated on its website. A security aperture accustomed customers' acclaim agenda advice to be baseborn while in the average of commutual a transaction online. According to the company, the aperture was accomplished by a awful calligraphy that had been active on one of its acquittal processing servers back the average of November. With a third affair security close investigating the matter, OnePlus says that it has apparent how and area the advance was alien to its server, although it doesn't apperceive if it was installed

Truecaller for Android adapted with Backup advantage and Contacts list

The accomplished association at Truecaller accept aloof appear their appliance has aloof been adapted with a brace of new features, some by accepted demand. As the appellation says, Truecaller now appearance a advancement option, which will acquiesce you to advancement all your contacts, alarm history, alarm logs, block list, and settings preferences.According to developers, the advancement is stored on your Google Drive for safe-keeping, so if you don't accept an annual you're be prompted to actualize one the aboriginal time you advancement Truecaller. The advancement advantage has a ambience that enables you to baddest how generally you appetite the app to

Honor View 10 amend adds Face Unlock and added chic features

Unveiled aftermost month, Honor View 10 fabricated its admission on the bazaar a few weeks ago. Alike admitting the smartphone ships with Android 8.0 Oreo and Huawei's latest EMUI 8.0, there are a brace of appearance missing from the Honor View 10 to accomplish it alike added ambrosial to customers.The best important is Face Unlock, the one affection that abounding handset makers accept absitively to add to their smartphones, some alike afterwards the barrage of their products. Thanks to the latest update, Honor View 10 adds to the account of smartphones that abutment Face Unlock function.But that's not all, as Honor has absitively

Get your baton and analysis out the aboriginal bivouac for the Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery game

Last month, we told you to apprehend the Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery bold to be appear for iOS and Android this advancing spring. The bold allows users to actualize their own appearance who gets to acquaintance activity as a Hogwarts student. A bivouac for the bold has been released, and you can appearance it by borer on the video that appears at the top of this adventure (with your finger, not a wand). This is an RPG game, which agency that how you book is abased on the choices you make. Sure enough, that echoes a animadversion fabricated by Hogwarts Headmaster Professor Albus Dumbledore, which is apparent at the alpha

Apple faces 32 chic activity lawsuits for throttling iPhone CPUs after chump knowledge

Yes, Apple apologized for throttling the CPU acceleration on the Apple iPhone 6 and newer models. As you ability apperceive by now, this was done because the aggregation feared that the weaker batteries on some iPhone handsets wouldn't be able to sustain a allegation while administration circuitous tasks. As a result, some of the afflicted iPhone units could shut down, banishment owners to attack a quick re-boot.Even admitting abounding of Apple's barter accept sipped the apple-flavored Kool Aid, there still was a backfire over the slowing of these iPhone models. It wasn't so abundant the act that agitated the faithful, although no one

How to install Apple's centralized SEED app aloof for employees' eyes only

Unless you assignment for Apple in the Apple Store, or in some added capacity, you best acceptable are alien with the the Apple Sales Enablement, Education and Development app. With the acronym, this is the Apple SEED app. Get it? Appleseed. As in that allegorical iOS user Johnny Appleseed whose name appears on iPhone commercials aback in the aboriginal days. Those who assignment in the Apple Store or in addition accommodation for the company, use the app to access some of the advice that they charge to do their job. Anyway, Apple ability not like it, but a abrupt window has opened up that allows anyone active

Results: we adulation new phones, don't we?

There are so abounding new phone models advancing out nowadays, they are basically benumbed over anniversary other. And while the tech is array of matured, there are still abundant developments and upgrades to accomplish you feel like your handset is accepting old aloof 6 months afterwards the archetypal had hit the market. So, for an enthusiast, it's usually a adamantine assignment to accumulate your wallet bankrupt back the abutting agleam phone comes out.But there are additionally those that accept immense zen skills... or accept added activity actuality to booty affliction of afore actuality able to allow the abutting superphone that they crawling for so much. We anticipation

Get Android One launcher on any Android smartphone

The Android One affairs is absolutely one that draws a fair bit of attention. It's a appropriate affiliation amid Google and 3rd affair manufacturers, which makes it accessible to advertise midrange phones with boilerplate Android on board, at absolutely affordable prices. Google's brand of approval on them is one agency that makes them alluring, and the added is the actuality that the phones are chargeless of any custom architect skinning, UI enhancement, et cetera. Basically, it's your entry-level Pixels of the world, fabricated by added companies.With the adulation for the Google Android actuality so able amid fans, you

Here's the changelist for the Huawei P10 and P10 Pro Android Oreo beta

Nearly two weeks ago, we told you that Huawei was attractive for beta testers to try out the Android 8.0 beta actuality loaded on to assertive P10 and P10 Plus models. Thanks to a awning attempt from one of the guinea pigs, we can canyon forth the changelist for the update, which happens to counterbalance in at 2.61GB. It additionally changes the UI to EMUI 8.0. To accompany the beta analysis go to Start APP > Login > Select "personal" > "Join the project" > Available Projects.According to the changelist, afterwards loading the amend the phone boots faster, videos are added fluid, and thumbnails amount bound alike if there

Xiaomi Mi Max 3 leaks; phone carries huge awning and massive battery

Last month, we anesthetized forth some of the specs that put the max into the Xiaomi Mi Max 3. A new cede assuming what is allegedly the aback of the Mi Max 3 has surfaced, and it reveals that the accessory will be able with a bifold camera bureaucracy on back, forth with a fingerprint scanner. It additionally shows that the handset will be offered in three altered colors including one atramentous and two altered shades of blue.The Mi Max 3 appearance a 7-inch full-screen affectation with an aspect arrangement of 18:9. We could see a resolution of 1080 x 2160. The primary snapper on aback is believed to counterbalance in at 12MP,

OnePlus 5T gets endless of new appearance in the latest OxygenOS update

OnePlus is blame yet addition above amend for its latest flagship, the OnePlus 5T. For the time being, all the new appearance and improvements are accessible to those who are enrolled in the accessible beta program, but they are acceptable to be appear to anybody in the advancing weeks.As the appellation says, the newest OxygenOS Accessible Beta adds absolutely a lot of new appearance to the OnePlus 5T, including the OnePlus Switch app, a new Clipboard, and Drawer categories. You can acquisition beneath the abounding changelog of this update:LauncherLauncher Updated to v2.3;Drawer categories

Outlook for Android adapted with added spam administration options

Microsoft has aloof pushed out a baby amend for Outlook on Android devices, so if you're application the app, you'll anon account from a few improvements. Well, that's if you accept issues with spam emails back the latest amend adds a new advantage that will acquiesce you to get rid of them abundant easier.According to the official changelog, you can now mark letters a spam and abandoned the absolute clutter mail binder with a distinct tap. Why didn't Microsoft anticipation of that earlier? Oh, well, as the adage goes – bigger backward than never.The developers additionally confirmed, already again, that anniversary account amend

The Vernee X gets addition price-cut: massive array and solid specs at a adorable cost

This adventure is sponsored by Vernee. PhoneArena's opinions in this commodity accept not been afflicted in any way!DisclaimerAbout a ages ago, Vernee alien its new heavy-hitter — the Vernee X. A smartphone with a absolute of four cameras, a gynormous battery, 18:9 display, and a amount so low our "buy now" faculty was tingling. It looks like whatever antecedent accumulation of the X Vernee had on banal is out the aperture and the phone is aback in a pre-order stage... with an alike

OxygenOS Open Beta 30 adds Face Unlock action to the OnePlus 3 and 3T

As promised, OnePlus has started to analysis the Face Unlock affection on the OnePlus 3 and 3T. These will be the aftermost smartphones launched by the Chinese aggregation that will account from the Face Unlock action afterwards OnePlus 5 accustomed it aftermost year via a beta update.Those of you who own either of the two smartphones – OnePlus 3 or 3T, can now download OxygenOS Open Beta 30 and try out the Face Unlock feature. But this doesn't appear alone, as OnePlus included lots of added improvements that you can acquisition listed below:LauncherLauncher Updated to v2.3;Drawer categories;You

Deal: Save $250 on Verizon's Samsung Galaxy Note 8, S8, and S8+

If you're a Verizon Wireless customer, or appetite to become one, and you charge a new high-end Android phone, Best Buy currently has a pretty attractive accord for you. The banker lets you save $250 on the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, Samsung Galaxy S8 , and Samsung Galaxy S8, as continued as you're buying them with a account Verizon Device Payment.     The $250 accumulation aren't instant, but will be reflected in bargain monthly payments over 24 months. At the end of this period, you'll end up advantageous $686 for a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (instead of $936), $590 for a Galaxy S8 (instead of $840), and alone

Batteries that can't backfire and aftermost a lifetime are on the horizon

It seems that anniversary year has brought with it a above development in smartphone technology. Anniversary year we get bigger cameras with added absorbing low ablaze performance; bigger, brighter displays with beneath bezel; CPUs and GPUs that leave the antecedent year’s benchmarks in the dust. Yet the one abode area we accept apparent little advance is with the battery. Finally, companies accept chock-full aggravating to accomplish phones thinner, and accept started to embrace bigger batteries. But we should not await on this for the future. Band-Aid solutions like quick charging advice us to get added from our array but additionally

U.S. adults saw their buying of acute speakers arise 128% in 2017

If we told you already throughout 2017, we told you a cardinal of times that the acute apostle was accepting a abundant year. We additionally told you to apprehend the artefact to arise beneath abounding a Christmas Tree during the anniversary arcade season. Now, a new analysis from National Public Radio (NPR) and Edison Research reveals that 16% of American adults own a acute apostle and that is up a whopping 128% from aftermost January. Sure enough, 7% accustomed the accessory as a anniversary gift, and 4% begin their aboriginal acute apostle back they ripped the wrapping cardboard off their anniversary present.A rather simple accessory that combines

Deal: Nokia Steel is on auction for 20% off on Amazon

Nokia Steel is added of an action tracker rather than a smartwatch, but at this price, it ability not alike matter. The wearable accessory is accessible in three colors – Black, White, and Rose Gold, but if you appetite to pay beneath than the appropriate retail amount you accept one best only.Amazon is affairs the White Nokia Steel for 20% off, which agency you can get now for aloof $104. The Black adaptation sells for $130, while the Rose Gold is up for acquirement for $150.The Nokia Steel offers 24/7 seamless tracking, including automated walk, run, bathe and added than activities

Latest adaptation of YouTube for Android app appearance cipher for a aphotic affair and more

A address appear this weekend discusses a teardown of the latest adaptation of the YouTube for Android app (v. 13). Cipher begin central this new adaptation of the app indicates that the abutting amend could accord Android users the best to actuate a aphotic affair for YouTube. This absolutely wouldn't be abominable because that on the web, the alive video armpit already offers this capability.Also apparent in the teardown was cipher accompanying to an anonymous mode. Currently, Android users of the YouTube app can go into the History & aloofness card of YouTube and toggle to abeyance watch history and chase

Sony Xperia XA2 and XA2 Ultra vs. Xperia XA1 and XA1 Ultra - what's new?

Earlier this week, at CES 2018, Sony apparent two new mid-range Android Oreo smartphones that accomplish the Xperia XA1 and XA1 Ultra of aftermost year. Called Xperia XA2 and Xperia XA2 Ultra, the new handsets are already accessible to pre-order in the US, actuality offered apart for $349 and $449, respectively. While Sony didn't acutely change the architecture of its new Xperia XA family, the XA2 and XA2 Ultra attending bigger than their predecessors, acknowledgment in no baby allotment to their bargain top and basal bezels. Another affair that's about instantly apparent on both handsets is the attendance of fingerprint

Apple releases new ads for the iPad Pro, and iPhone X

A brace of new ads were appear today for the Apple iPad Pro and the Apple iPhone X. The 15 additional iPad atom stars the little babe called Scout, who additionally appeared in a antecedent bartering for Apple's high-end book line. In that ad, which did get affluence of circling on television, you ability anamnesis that back a acquaintance saw Scout alfresco arena with her iPad Pro, she asked her what she was accomplishing on her computer. The little babe answered, "What's a computer?" The new ad, which already afresh shows off Scout's bike benumbed prowess, focuses on Augmented Reality. We apperceive how abundant AR is a antecedence central

LG Aristo 2 for MetroPCS appears in unboxing video advanced of unveiling

LG Aristo 2 is the abutting budget-friendly smartphone that will hit US carriers in the advancing weeks. A account assuming the handset's sales package was appear beneath than a anniversary ago, so we apperceive a little bit about the accessory that should be launched by T-Mobile.Recently, a abounding unboxing video assuming the LG Aristo 2 from all angles appeared on YouTube. Even admitting it's absolutely an entry-level smartphone, the Aristo 2 appearance a beautiful attending acknowledgment to the exceptional finish.Apparently, the smartphone will go on auction at MetroPCS as well, admitting we still don't

LG G7 cede surfaces absolute bifold front-facing cameras

A cede of what allegedly is the LG G7 has appeared and if legit, it tells us a little about the advanced of the phone. The bezels are trimmer than ever, and it appears that LG's 2018 flagship will already afresh affection an aspect arrangement of 18:9. A glance at the angel additionally reveals the bifold camera bureaucracy on the advanced of the handset. LG is reportedly planning on absolution the accessory in April, after than it had in the accomplished so that it won't get shut out on application Qualcomm's new top-of-the-line Snapdragon 845 chipset.Last year's LG G6 had to accomplish do with the above-mentioned year's Snapdragon 821 SoC acknowledgment to

US bill affairs to anticipate government from alive with firms that use Huawei and ZTE technology

It looks like Chinese smartphones makers will accept a adamantine time affairs their articles in the United States. After the bootless affiliation amid Huawei and above carrier AT&T, it appears that addition Chinese giant, ZTE, will accept problems signing agreements with assertive firms in the US.A Republican administrator appear beforehand this anniversary that it has alien legislation aimed accurately at Huawei and ZTE. The bill that was fabricated accessible this Friday is declared to anticipate the federal government from alive with companies that use accessories fabricated by Huawei and

T-Mobile will amend its Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime and Galaxy Tab E to Android 8 Oreo

T-Mobile afresh appear that it's activity to amend two of its affordable Samsung accessories to Android 8 Oreo: Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime, and Samsung Galaxy Tab E 8.0 (both launched aftermost year with Android 7 Nougat on board). This is newsworthy because bargain phones and tablets are generally alone back it comes to new software updates. The Galaxy J7 Prime and Tab E are abutting a agglomeration of high-end Samsung phones in the cat-and-mouse band for Oreo, including the Galaxy Note 8, additional all Galaxy S8 and S7 models accessible on T-Mobile (or course, we already knew that these would be adapted to Oreo). At

Garmin Forerunner 645 Music hands-on

Say accost to Garmin’s aboriginal fettle accessory able of autumn music – the Garmin Forerunner 645 Music. With the adeptness to abundance about 500 songs, the Forerunner 645 takes a smart, admitting backward footfall in the administration against boilerplate wearable success.Garmin’s acclaimed in the austere active association as a reliable cast for GPS watches. But alone afresh has the aggregation fabricated allusive strides appear accessing the added accidental wearable/fitness enthusiasts. While watches like the touchscreen-equipped Vivoactive 3 offered a added appealing, sub-$300 price, with

LG V30 in Raspberry Gold hands-on

As expected, the Raspberry Gold adaptation of the LG V30 fabricated its admission at the exhibit attic during CES 2018, accretion aloft the lineup's absolute set of admirable colors. We spent a little bit of time blockage it out at LG's booth, abrogation us aloof a bit anxious afterwards. Much like the added blush options for the LG V30, this Raspberry Gold one shimmers in the ablaze – abounding this aperitive attending as ablaze bounces off its surface. It's a auspicious change of blush absolutely honestly, as rose gold has been commonly the 'gold' best amidst smartphones.

Unlocked BlackBerry Motion is now accessible in the US (compatible with T-Mobile and AT&T)

BlackBerry Mobile today released the BlackBerry Motion in the US, acceptance barter to get the phone either from Best Buy, or Amazon. As ahead announced, the BlackBerry Motion is awash apart (at atomic for now), actuality priced at $449.99. The smartphone comes with 1-year US warranty, and is accordant alone with GSM/LTE carriers like AT&T, T-Mobile, Cricket Wireless, and Tracfone.   The Motion is the actual aboriginal BlackBerry smartphone to feature dust- and water-resistance, acknowledgment to its IP67 certification. Unlike the BlackBerry KeyOne (available in the US back aftermost year), the Motion

Vuzix Blade and M300 hands-on

Back in June of 2017, Vuzix brought its industrial-oriented M300 AR glasses to consumers, ablution for $1499, with a band of modular accessories awash separately. It was an intriguing, lightweight, and able AR device, which helped pave the way for this week’s actualization of the added consumer-friendly and Amazon-Alexa-toting Vuzix Blade. Neither accessory requires tethering for power. We took a attending at the M300 and Vuzix Blade, and activated out some of their AR capabilities.M300The Vuzix M300 takes a rather simple, yet able access to AR. Essentially, the M300 is mountable computer

Apple iPhone slows bottomward afterwards iOS 11.2.2 amend acknowledgment to Meltdown and Spectre patch

Apple afresh broadcast iOS 12.2.2 to application the operating arrangement and assure it from problems that could be acquired by security flaws Meltdown and Spectre. The amend was beatific out and should be installed on every iPhone, iPad and iPod blow that receives it. Unfortunately, there is a bit of a downside to this fix. It tends to apathetic bottomward the achievement of an iOS powered accessory that it is installed on.To acquisition out how abundant of a hit his Apple iPhone 6 would booty on its performance, a admirer by the name of Melvin Mughal ran his handset through a criterion analysis afore and afterwards the amend

WSJ: Qualcomm to get European approval to acquirement NXP for $39 billion

Qualcomm, the aggregation that designs the Snapdragon adaptable chipsets acclimated on the majority of smartphones, is accepted to be accustomed approval today from European Anti-trust regulators to advance with its $39 billion acquirement of semiconductor architect NXP. In adjustment to access this approval, Qualcomm had to accede to assertive conditions. For example, the San Diego based aggregation cannot buy NXP's accepted capital patents, and Qualcomm had to affiance that battling articles will still assignment with NXP's.The accord was originally proposed by Qualcomm aback in October 2016, and this accomplished November Qualcomm

OnePlus CEO says the aggregation is attractive to allocution to U.S. carriers; abutting archetypal to be appear Q2 2018

OnePlus CEO Pete Lau said today that the abutting new OnePlus handset, possibly called the OnePlus 6, will be appear backward in the additional division of this year and will be powered by the Snapdragon 845 chipset. OnePlus set sales annal backward aftermost year with the barrage of the OnePlus 5T, which is now the company's fastest and acknowledged phone. Those annal ahead belonged to the OnePlus 5, which was launched backward aftermost June.In addition, Lau said that OnePlus would alpha talking with U.S. carriers this year about affairs its accessories through one or added stateside wireless operators. The aggregation

Only a few Android phones will appear with 3D analysis in the aboriginal bisected of 2018

Many analysts accepted new Android phones to archetype the TrueDepth Camera begin on the Apple iPhone X, starting with new models to be appear aboriginal this year. The camera, which uses 3D analysis to map out the user's face, allows the tenth ceremony archetypal to action the facial acceptance arrangement accepted as Face ID. However, a new address says that assembly issues, and the amount of architecture a 3D analysis camera, will accumulate the cardinal of Android phones alms such a affection to a bald minimum for the aboriginal bisected of this year.According to industry sources, smartphone vendors are added absorbed in

Samsung shutting bottomward Game Recorder+ app abutting month, so aback up your videos

Samsung launched an absorbing appliance alleged Game Recorder added than two years ago, which allows smartphone users to almanac their gameplay sessions.Well, it looks like not abounding are still appliance Game Recorder aback Samsung has absitively to shut bottomward the appliance able February 28. After that date, you won't be able to almanac amateur appliance Game Recorder alike if you accept it installed on your Samsung smartphone.Before that happens, you accept abundant time to aback up your videos if you appetite to accumulate them. Accumulate in apperception that if you annul the appliance

Verizon offers chargeless all-embracing account in South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympics

With the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea active from February 9th through the 25th accepted to draw abounding Americans to the country, Verizon has its subscribers covered with chargeless all-embracing service. During the ages of February you can accept chargeless Travel Pass account in South Korea, acceptance you to accomplish calls, column to amusing media and allotment pictures with your accompany and family.To booty advantage of this deal, assurance up for Big Red's Verizon Up rewards affairs by January 28th and again subscribe to TravelPass afore application your handset in South Korea abutting month. Even if you don't subscribe

Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) to barrage in India on January 20th

Last week, we told you that the Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) will be an Amazon absolute in India back it is appear this month. This morning, Samsung apparent the device, absolute that it will go on auction in the world's additional better smartphone bazaar on January 20th priced at Rs. 32,990 ($518 USD at accepted barter rates). Featuring the Infinity Display acclimated on the Samsung Galaxy S8, Samsung Galaxy S8 and Samsung Galaxy Note 8, Indian consumers can buy a phone that looks like an big-ticket top shelf model, for a mid-range price.The Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) carries a 6-inch Super

Samsung delays the barrage of its foldable smartphone until 2019, the UX is to blame

Samsung's President of Mobile Communications Business, DJ Koh said aftermost year that his aggregation affairs to barrage a foldable smartphone by the end of 2018. Unfortunately, he afresh backtracked on his aboriginal account and said the barrage of the accessory was adjourned to 2019.Attending at CES (Consumers Electronics Show) 2018 barter fair, Samsung's bang-up said that a foldable smartphone is now actuality appointed for absolution ancient abutting year. Apparently, the capital acumen the aggregation had to adjournment the artefact is the disability of its engineers to accommodate it with a UX (user

Samsung bang-up confirms the Galaxy S9 will be alien in February at MWC 2018

Despite letters claiming Samsung could bare its accessible flagship – the Galaxy S9, beforehand than expected, DJ Koh, admiral of Samsung's adaptable business, says otherwise. During Samsung's CES 2018 columnist conference, the company's bang-up accepted the Galaxy S9 will be clearly alien in February at Adaptable World Congress (MWC). It is acclimatized to Samsung to advertise a new flagship anniversary year the additional above barter fair of the year, and 2018 will not be an exception.Of course, Samsung ability accept already apparent the Galaxy S9 to carriers present at CES,

Misfit’s affected Path watch binds fettle tracking with continued array life, and is priced to go

There is absolutely a bazaar alcove for bodies who don't appetite a full-fledged smartwatch that has to be recharged every added day and costs a appealing penny, but rather an affected alarm that will accept some accuracy and connectivity, and doesn't accept to be babysat. That's absolutely the alcove that Misfit is targeting with its new Path stainless animate amalgam watch, which is the aboriginal and arguably the best affected one that the aggregation has appear to date.Priced affordably at $150 the Misfit Path looks like a approved timepiece, wrapping about your wrist unobtrusively, but has

Report: Facebook to access the accouterments business with video babble device

If a new address appear today is legit, Facebook could be entering the accouterments business with a accessory alleged Portal. The artefact is advised for the home and is meant to advice families break affiliated through video chats and the use of added amusing media platforms. Portal is accepted to be apparent during the company's anniversary developer appointment in May and could address during the additional bisected of this year.The Portal will be agnate to Amazon's Echo Show acute speaker, which includes a 7-inch display. The Facebook accessory will accommodate a wide-angle camera that will be able to admit faces

Samsung Galaxy J2 Pro (2018) silently alien with entry-level specs

It's accurate that best of our absorption is focused on the newest abstruse achievements appear at CES (Consumers Electronics Show) 2018, but that's no acumen not to address on what's accident alfresco the barter fair.The ahead accounted Samsung Galaxy J2 Pro (2018) has aloof been spotted on the company's official website, which agency the budget-friendly smartphone is accessible for prime time.The Galaxy J2 Pro (2018) will be accessible for acquirement for about $145 in three colors: Black, Blue, and Gold. It will be alien in baddest arising markets starting

Huawei confirms its Mate 10 Pro flagship will not be awash through carriers in the US

Well, that's a bummer, abnormally for consumers attractive to buy a flagship on account plans. Although there were absolute signs that Huawei ability assuredly assurance an acceding with one or added US carriers, an beforehand address by Wall Street Journal claimed negotiations bootless and the smartphone aggregation will abide to advertise its articles through accessible channels.Now Huawei accepted the address and said the highly-anticipated Mate 10 Pro will not be awash in the United States through bounded carriers. Even so, the Chinese behemothic seems bent to action for bazaar allotment in the

The best Bluetooth wireless headphones appear at CES from Jabra, Anker and more

After a animated TV-laden weekend, the CES 2018 bazaar is extensive aiguille advertisement rate, and there are accessories big and baby aerial accomplished our aerial all the time, so it's accessible to absence air-conditioned products, and abstracted atom from chaff. Needless to say, one of the hottest categories these agenda days, forth with acute speakers, are the Bluetooth wireless headphones, as bags of users are acid the cord, and earbudding it on the go. That's why we scoured the bazaar attic at CES to analysis out all the air-conditioned new battery-powered headphones that beck your music after cords dangling all

LG Aristo 2 advancing anon to T-Mobile, actuality is the abounding specs list

T-Mobile alien aftermost January the bargain LG Aristo for $144, an Android smartphone that was best up by MetroPCS as able-bodied for aloof $60 (after rebate). It appears the Uncarrier was agreeable with how LG's budget-friendly smartphone performed throughout the year, and now affairs to action a sequel.The LG Aristo 2 is accepted to access at T-Mobile and MetroPCS aural the abutting brace of weeks and while we don't accept any advice about the price, we accept no acumen to accept it will be added big-ticket than the antecedent model.According to the phone's leaked

Limited copy Honor 7X Red advancing to the US aloof in time for Valentine's Day

It looks like Honor is accepting a abundant time at CES (Consumers Electronics Show) this year. The aggregation appear the US availability of its high-end Honor View 10, as able-bodied as a bound copy adaptation of the bargain Honor 7X, which will appear in red color.Only 20,000 Honor 7X Red units will be accessible for acquirement in the United States, Russia, India, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. They will be up for grabs aloof in time for Valentine's Day (February 14), but barter should be able to adjustment them anon at the Honor online store.It's

Video is addled upside bottomward on the Skype for Windows Mobile 10 Universal app

Some users of the Skype Universal Windows Platform app for Windows 10 Mobile are acquainted that a bug is flipping the angel for video calls upside down. One complaint, acquaint on a association forum, came from a man who acclimated the app on his Lumia 950 XL to alarm his Wife's Lumia 950. The brace acclimated the front-facing camera on anniversary of their Windows 10 Mobile powered handsets, and both accustomed the video beck upside down.Ironically, alike admitting the app is fabricated for the Universal Windows Platform, the PC adaptation of it is not experiencing the aforementioned issue. According to some Windows 10 Mobile users,

Google achievement analysis begin on the Android Messages client

Just the added day, we told you how some Google Pixel 2 XL owners accept been asked to booty a "one minute" analysis to "Help advance Pixel." If you adjudge to opt-in, you'll be asked questions about the akin of achievement you accept with your Pixel 2 XL, and which cast of phone you ahead owned. The analysis was begin on the settings folio at the basal of the handset's screen.As it turns out, Google is not attached the analysis to Pixel 2 XL owners. An allurement to acknowledgment some questions was additionally apparent on the Android Messages SMS client, which happened to be active on a ZTE Axon 7. On

Surprisingly, Nokia 6 2nd Generation gets Android 8.0 Oreo at aboriginal boot

We already apperceive HMD Global is appealing fast back it comes to software update, but we didn't anticipate it's that fast. A few canicule ago, the Finnish aggregation added a new accessory to its portfolio of smartphones accessible in China, the Nokia 6 2nd Generation (or Nokia 6 2018).The official specs area that was appear back the phone was appear mentions the Nokia 6 2nd Generation ships with Android Nougat on board. However, HMD said the phone will get an Android 8.0 Oreo amend anon afterwards launch.Even admitting Nokia 6 2nd Generation does address with Nougat on board, the smartphone is accepting the

OxygenOS 5.0/Android 8.0 Oreo amend resumes for OnePlus 5

OnePlus offered a nice Christmas allowance to OnePlus 5 owners aftermost year, but little did we apperceive that the OxygenOS 5.0 based on Android Oreo would be pulled alone canicule later. The culprit? A bug that would account issues with third-party camera application.Apparently, issues with some European carriers accept been abhorrent for awkward the roll-out of the amend as well. A few canicule ago, OnePlus appear that it's already alive on OxygenOS 5.0.1, which is declared to accommodate fixes for the bugs mentioned earlier.Today, OnePlus accepted it has issued a baby fix for

Tweet from HTC teases new Vive archetypal to be apparent this advancing Monday at CES

A cheep from HTC that was broadcast on Friday, hints that a new adaptation of the HTC Vive VR angle is due to be apparent this advancing Monday. The cheep says "New Year's Resolution" on top. The architect cleverly had "New Year's" out of focus with the chat Resolution printed as aciculate as a tack. This indicates that the new Vive will accept a college resolution affectation than the aboriginal model. Very smart, HTC.Considering that Monday is the aperture day of the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, we'd say that aggregate is advancing together, pointing against the actualization of a new

The unannounced LG G7 now has an app on Google Play: LG Wallet

LG today appear Wallet - a new Android app presented as a "secure mobile acquittal appliance for LG's exceptional adaptable handsets." What's really absorbing about this app is that, according to its description, it can be acclimated alone on an LG G7 (at atomic at this moment).   Of course, an LG G7 doesn't abide yet, or not commercially anyway. We are assured a G7 to be alien in the advancing months (as a successor to aftermost year's G6), but the accessory will acceptable be appear beneath a different name, as LG is attractive to brace its flagship phone allotment scheme. Most probably, the description

WSJ: Apple artefact delays bifold in breadth with Tim Cook as CEO

According to today's Wall Street Journal, Apple has apparent the time amid announcement a new artefact and aircraft it acceleration to 23 canicule during the accomplished six years. During the six years afore that, the boilerplate was alone 11 days. This is not a acceptable assurance for the tech titan. Apple acclimated to accumulate advance times abbreviate to anticipate battling tech firms from responding to a new artefact from Cupertino. These delays can additionally agitated barter and amount the aggregation money.One archetype of a artefact adjournment that aching Apple in its pocketbook is the advancing one with the HomePod acute speaker. Devised by Amazon, this artefact

Google seeks acknowledgment from Pixel 2 XL owners, asks users to booty analysis begin in settings

Google wants to accomplish abiding that Pixel users are accepting the best acquaintance accessible and are absolutely adequate their new phone. To do this, some Pixel 2 XL owners are actuality asked to booty a minute of their time to complete a survey. While attractive at the settings page, a notification ancestor up at the basal of the awning that says, "Help Improve Pixel: 1 minute survey. You can adjudge whether to opt-in or opt-out.Should you adjudge to booty the survey, you are asked questions about your akin of achievement with the phone, how continued you've endemic it, and the name of the aggregation that fabricated the antecedent

Spotify now has 70 actor advantageous subscribers, about bifold that of Apple Music

The world's best accepted alive account Spotify has appear that it has added 10 actor advantageous subscribers in the aftermost six months and now has a absolute of 70 actor advantageous subs.Unlike Apple Music, Spotify additionally offers free, ad-monetized music streaming. It has added than 70 actor subscribers application that chargeless service, so counting the two types of Spotify admirers together, the account now has over 140 actor absolute subs.Apple Music, in comparison, aftermost appear accepting 30 actor subscribers in September 2017, all of them advantageous a account

Galaxy S8 Android 8.0 Oreo beta affairs ends January 15th, accessible amend could cycle by end of January

Samsung formed out the aboriginal Android 8.0 Oreo amend accessible beta for the Galaxy S8 and S8 in aboriginal November, and it's now been two months back it's been beta-testing the update. The aggregation now says it will abutting admission to the accessible beta affairs today, on January 5th (it's your aftermost adventitious to assurance up), as the beta testing will clearly end on January 15th.This agency one thing: Samsung is done testing and it is advancing to clearly absolution the Android 8.0 Oreo amend to the accessible soon, and as we've heard in antecedent letters this could alike appear by the end

Toughen up your iPhone X with this LifeProof FRE case

LifeProof, a California-based maker of careful cases and other smartphone accessories, today appear a super-tough case for the iPhone X. Called LifeProof FRE, the new case will accomplish abiding that your iPhone X survives alike in acute environments.   The LifeProof FRE case for iPhone X protects the handset against drops from up to 6.6 anxiety (2 meters), comes with a congenital awning protector, and is closed to accumulate dirt, snow, and bits away. What's more, the LifeProof FRE enhances your iPhone X's water-resistance. Normally, an iPhone X can survive beneath baptize up to 3.3 anxiety (1 meter)

Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) to be awash in India as an Amazon exclusive

The Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) and Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) will barrage in India this month. With the Infinity Display present on both models, these will be cheaper substitutes for Sammy's 2017 flagships. And appraisement is important in India, which is the additional better smartphone bazaar in the apple afterwards China. With a low per capita income, Indian smartphone buyers accept to do their analysis on whether a assertive handset is affordable.When the Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) launches in India, it will be an Amazon exclusive. We appear to that cessation acknowledgment to a brain-teaser on the Amazon India website

Analysts see acclivous ascend for Apple HomePod as Amazon and Google aphorism acute apostle market

2017 was the aboriginal year that acute speakers became acutely accepted as Christmas and Chanukah gifts. Amazon, who created the class in 2015 with the Amazon Echo, has a huge advance in bazaar allotment over Google and its Google Home series. This accomplished anniversary arcade division saw both Amazon and Google action over bazaar allotment by acid the amount on their low-end acute speaker. Combined, both firms accept a ample advance in acute apostle bazaar share.During the holidays, the Amazon Echo Dot and the Google Home Mini were both priced at $29. Both were about $50 above-mentioned to the sale. Amazon's amount to aftermath

Xiaomi bliss off Android Oreo beta affairs for the Mi Mix 2

After carrying the promised Android 8.0 Oreo amend for the Mi A1, Xiaomi now affairs to absolution a agnate amend for the Mi Mix 2, the aftereffect to the phablet that afflicted the way smartphone makers architecture their products.Xiaomi has aloof appear that it is now recruiting testers for its Android Oreo beta affairs for the Mi Mix 2. More importantly, the application is fabricated for the all-around adaptation of the highly-anticipated update.According to Xiaomi, Mi Mix 2 owners absorbed to participate in the beta affairs will be able to administer until the end of January

Analyst says his colleagues are too bullish on the Apple iPhone X

An analyst by the name of Nicolas Baratte works for Hong Kong advance coffer CLSA. Baratte says that any one of his colleagues forecasting budgetary Q1 Apple iPhone X sales greater than 35 actor units, is too bullish on the tenth ceremony device. Baratte's animadversion came afterwards Apple reportedly cut its apprehension of iPhone X sales during its budgetary additional division to 30 actor handsets from 50 million. Chinese tech stocks plunged afterward the absolution of this news.The CLSA analyst says that anyone who capital an iPhone X aftermost ages has already purchased one, acceptation that appeal has been

New OnePlus Switch app allows users to drift abstracts to a new OnePlus smartphone

OnePlus continues accomplish some of its apps accessible abstracted downloads in adjustment to be able to amend them faster and added often. After ablution several of its own apps in the Google Play Store, the aggregation appear a new way to easier alteration all your abstracts from a accessory to a new OnePlus smartphone.The new OnePlus Switch appliance is accordant with aloof about any smartphone that runs Android 5.0 or college and allows users to drift all of their abstracts including contacts, messages, and photos stored on the antecedent accessory to a new OnePlus smartphone.For

Our top 10 wishes for Apple in 2018

Apple has had a actual acknowledged 2017: sales were college than accepted and the aggregation keeps on breaking acquirement and accumulation annal admitting the bound saturating smartphone market.But there are a few things we ambition it had done bigger and a few things we achievement Apple fixes or improves in 2018.We accept summed up our 10 top wishes for Apple in 2018 appropriate beneath and we are attractive advanced to audition what you appetite to see from the aggregation this year.Be added cellophane with customersApple

Will affectation aspect arrangement affect your affairs decisions in 2018?

2017 brought us some appealing amazing phones and an absolutely new form-factor and aspect ratio. Since manufacturers capital to abate all bezels — sides, top, and basal — they alien this new, continued arrangement (ranging from 18:9 to 19.5:9), authoritative phone displays taller and added immersive. But afresh again, 16:9 is still appealing abundant the accepted back it comes to online media, so it's a bit awkward back watching letterboxed YouTube clips on your extra-wide phone screen.So, some bodies like the new step, while others assert that 16:9 is acceptable abundant and there's no charge

We played HQ Trivia a few times and came abroad abandoned handed

Unless you've been apperception absolutely on the latest array issues affecting Apple and Samsung, you accept apparently heard of the HQ Trivia app that is advantageous those with avant-garde ability of trivia with absolute cash. We ample that we would accord this a attempt to see if we could about-face our ability of abortive advice into some money. If you haven't played, actuality are the basics of the game. After installing the app on your iOS or Android device, you set up a chargeless annual and that is all you charge to do to accompany in the fun.Games alpha at 9pm EST every day with a 3pm EST matinee on

WhatsApp for BlackBerry 10 didn't die appropriate back 2018 arrived, but it will

Last week, we told you that already 2017 came to an end, messaging app WhatsApp would no best be accessible for the BlackBerry 10 platform. So actuality we are, added than 21 hours into 2018, and the messaging app still appears to be activity on BlackBerry 10 handsets like the BlackBerry Passport or BlackBerry Z30. But the accuracy is, as far as this accurate belvedere is concerned, WhatsApp is a asleep app walking.According to a account fabricated by WhatsApp, on BlackBerry 10 the app is now in "deprecation" mode." While it will still abide to action for a abbreviate time period, some behaviors will

Prisma surpasses 50 actor downloads in the Google Play Store, do you still use it?

Prisma has aloof abutting the admired accumulation of Android apps that accept been downloaded added than 50 actor times. Initially launched on the iOS platform, Prisma fabricated its admission in the Google Play Store aback in July 2016.In beneath than one year and a half, Prisma exceeded the 50 actor downloads mark, an absorbing accomplishment advancing from such a baby company. Even admitting it's one of the best accepted Android apps, we can't advice but admiration how abounding of you are still application Prisma to about-face your photos into alarming artworks.One of the affidavit Prisma became an burning

Deal: Misfit offers 30% abatement on all smartwatches, including the Vapor (limited availability)

Misfit is active a advance on aloof about all its wearable devices, including its best contempo smartwatch, the Vapor. Unfortunately, the deals listed on the company's website are altered in anniversary country. The acceptable account is the 30% abatement is accessible in all regions area the advance is live.For example, if you alive in the UK, Germany, Italy, or France, you'll be able to get the Misfit Vapor, as able-bodied as added Misfit smartwatches for 30% off by applying the promo cipher WINTER30. Added accessories are discounted by 30% as well, as continued as you administer the promo code.Apparently,

Apple Watch easter egg celebrates the New Year

If 2018 has yet to alpha area you live, and you own the Apple Watch, accomplish abiding that you watch the awning of the alarm back midnight hits. Apple has slipped in an easter egg in the anatomy of activated fireworks. This is agnate to the activated balloons that arise on the Apple Watch face back midnight brings the owner's birthday. These beheld celebrations are new and were added to the Apple Watch back watchOS 4 was formed out beforehand in 2017.It doesn't amount which watch face you are application on the Apple Watch, or which Apple Watch Series you own. As anon as the time reads 00:00, accession your