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Motorola has no plans to update the Moto Z4 with Android R

Posted: 22 Jun 2019 06:50 AM PDT

Motorola launched the Moto Z4 last month with Android 9 Pie, and while the smartphone will naturally receive the Android Q update, it was expected to get Android R as well. But it turns out that won't be the case. Motorola has confirmed that it will upgrade the Moto Z4 to Android Q which is due for a release by Google next month, but it has no plans to roll out Android R which will arrive next year. Of course, Motorola currently not having any plans to upgrade the Moto Z4 with Android R doesn't mean it won't. We are more than a year away from the release of Android R and there could...

Pocophone F1 64GB variant gets another price cut in India

Posted: 22 Jun 2019 05:10 AM PDT

The Pocophone F1 64GB variant has gotten a second price cut in India. It was launched at INR20,999 ($300/€265) last August and was down to INR19,999 ($290/€250) in December. With this latest price drop, it now costs INR17,999 ($260/€230). You can buy the Pocophone F1 64GB model at a reduced price from Mi.com and Flipkart, but it's currently unclear if this is a permanent price cut. That said, the 128GB and 256GB versions of the Pocophone F1 are sold at INR20,999 ($300/€265) and INR27,999 ($400/€350) respectively, with the Armoured Edition carrying a price tag of INR28,999...

Xiaomi Mi CC first promo video is out, render of the CC9e too

Posted: 22 Jun 2019 03:20 AM PDT

Xiaomi announced the CC series of smartphones yesterday, aimed at young people. Today the company posted a promo video on Weibo with 8-year-old internet sensation Gavin Thomas taking a couple of selfies with the CC9e. Our Chinese has never been too strong, but from what we gather a company rep is playing with the phone looking at pictures of Gavin waiting for him to come in for a photo shoot. Everyone wants to take a selfie with the kid who broke the internet and so the Xiaomi rep walks in on the official photo shoot for another, 'improvised' one with the CC9e. Meanwhile, an...

FedEx refused a Huawei phone to the US amidst Huawei ban

Posted: 22 Jun 2019 02:00 AM PDT

The Huawei ban in the US has many American companies afraid to have anything to do with the Huawei. The company was explicitly banned from doing business with American tech companies last month by the Trump Administration due to "security concerns". A frustrated member of PC Magazine tweeted about a situation where a UK-based member of the team intended to send a Huawei P30 Pro for testing to Indianapolis via FedEx, only to find the package was returned to the UK sender. A large note was slapped onto the package, which contained the Huawei phone that read "parcel returned by FedEx, Due...

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge aren't receiving quarterly security updates anymore

Posted: 22 Jun 2019 12:00 AM PDT

The Galaxy S7 and S7 edge are more than three years old at this point, but surprisingly enough Samsung still plans to issue security updates for them from time to time. This is anything but the default scenario for Android smartphones - even Google only promises three years of updates for its Pixel line of handsets. While the good news is that the S7 and S7 edge should still get security patches from time to time, the bad news is that they've just been switched to that time frame from the one they were previously in, which meant they'd get such updates every three months. Samsung...

T-Mobile's LG V40 ThinQ is latest in line to get Android 9 Pie

Posted: 21 Jun 2019 10:00 PM PDT

LG may have been very slow to start the rollout of the Android 9 Pie update to its V40 ThinQ, but once it finally got the ball rolling there's been a lot of momentum for this release. We've already seen the update hitting units sold by AT&T, Verizon, and US Cellular, as well as unlocked ones in the US and Europe. Now it's T-Mobile's turn to join the fun. V40 units sold by the magenta carrier are starting to receive the coveted update notification. It's a 1.7GB download, so make sure you grab it where you have enough bandwidth so you don't have to wait a lot for it to be...

Here's the Google Pixel 4 in a transparent case

Posted: 21 Jun 2019 08:00 PM PDT

Google did a pretty unprecedented thing recently, by leaking the Pixel 4's rear design on its own, following a bunch of other leaks about the handset. Since Google's deed, the leaks haven't slowed down - on the contrary, they seem to have intensified. We've seen the Pixel 4 in the three alleged colors it's going to arrive in, we heard about its dimensions, and there was even a live photo of someone holding a prototype unit somewhere in the wild. Today we've been tipped about the image below, which seems to show the Pixel 4 inside a transparent case. There really isn't anything new...

Samsung Galaxy A90 might be part of a new Galaxy R series, have 45W fast charging

Posted: 21 Jun 2019 06:00 PM PDT

The story of Samsung's Galaxy A90 is weird. For a couple of months earlier this year it looked like the phone that ended up being launched as the Galaxy A80 would be released under the A90 moniker. After the A80 became official, new rumors started talking about an A90 again, except this time it's obviously a different device. That brings us to this point, when we're hearing from one of the most prolific leaksters out there that the Galaxy A90 may not end up being called that after all - instead, for the second time Samsung will forgo that name (this makes us wonder if it's cursed or...

LG W10 to launch in India on June 26, leaked invite reveals

Posted: 21 Jun 2019 04:00 PM PDT

LG's W10 was outed yesterday by the Android Enterprise listing. This comes after Amazon India started teasing the upcoming LG W series earlier this month. The W10 is the first handset in that family to see the light of day, and its official launch in India will happen on June 26. That is, if we go by this image which is purported to be a leaked invite for the grand event. The W10 will be affordable but still packing interesting specs, like a triple rear camera system (of which one is an ultra-wide shooter), a 4,000 mAh battery, Android 9 Pie out of the box, and a customizable...

Motorola Moto Z4 review

Posted: 21 Jun 2019 02:55 PM PDT

Asus Zenfone 6 video teardown peeks at the flip camera from the inside

Posted: 21 Jun 2019 01:54 PM PDT

A couple of days ago the intriguing Asus Zenfone 6 was put through a torture test, focusing on its flip camera. This ended up being much more resilient than most people would've thought. But what if you feel the need to dig even deeper? Well then, this teardown video, from the same JerryRigEverything YouTube channel, is for you. Not content to just peek at the camera from the outside, Zack takes the whole phone apart this time in order to show us what it looks like from the inside. So you get a nice serving of interestingly stacked parts, bits, and pieces, but probably the...

Xiaomi discontinues Mi Max and Mi Note lines

Posted: 21 Jun 2019 09:30 AM PDT

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun went on Weibo today to shed light on the brand's product line strategy between the Mi and Redmi series. In addition, he stated that we won't be seeing successors to the Mi Max and Mi Note lines this year. The CEO specified that the Mi brand will continue to focus on high-performance models incorporating the latest innovations like the Mi 9, Mi Mix series and the upcoming CC range. On the other end of the spectrum, the Redmi brand will deliver cost-effective phones which offer all the essential features in a more affordable package. The Mi Max series was...
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