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Less than a week after announcing his departure from Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi after three-and-a-half years, Hugo Barra will be joining Facebook as the VP of Virtual reality (VPVR). The Brazilian will be in charge of the company’s VR efforts including the Oculus team. Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, made the announcement with an image of […]
Less than a week after a 18-inch Nokia Android tablet surfaced on GFXBench, another device from the brand (now controlled by HMD Global), this time around a mid-range smartphone – simply known with the codename Nokia Heart has also been put through its paces on this benchmark platform. Pre-installed with the current latest – Android […]
Chinese state-owned mobile telecommunications company, China Mobile has a new entry-level smartphone in the works, which would be released under the ‘China Mobile’ brand. The device was spotted on Chinese certification agency (TENAA) with the model name – China Mobile M561Y, but the final name is still up in the air. Running YunOS 5.3.0 (based […]
Following Nokia’s well-documented successful return to the mobile device market with the China bound Nokia 6; the brand could be looking to release a massive 18-inch Android Nougat Tablet to its device lineup, if this listing on GFXBench Benchmark is to go by. Spotted running Android 7.0 Nougat (Android FIH Edition), the Nokia Android Tablet […]
Major US carrier, Sprint has announced plans to acquire 33-percent stake in Jay Z-controlled music and entertainment platform – TIDAL. The partnership deal, estimated to be worth at least US$200 million, has directly aided the company’s rapid rise in value up to US$600 million. As part of the agreement, TIDAL will grant Sprint’s 45 million […]
So, we’ve reached that time of the year when Samsung is gearing up its next flagship phone, the Galaxy S8. Frankly, Samsung has had the worst behind them, and they seem focused on the next big thing. The Note 7 debacle was nothing short of a nightmare for them, and the company is still paying […]
Of late, Oppo has been all about smartphones with high-res front cameras for quality selfies. A new mid-range offering from the company’s R series has surfaced on GFXBench with a front facing 16MP camera – same front camera on the Oppo F1s, Oppo A59s, Oppo A57 and the Oppo R9s & R9s Plus. Pre-installed with […]
A new high-end smartphone from Huawei’s sub-brand – Honor has been certified by Chinese regulatory commission – TENAA. Spotted with the codename – Honor DUK-TL30, the device is expected to either be a slightly more powerful version of the Honor 8 (possibly the Honor 8 Plus) or the Honor 9. Measuring 157 x 77.5 x […]
Earlier today, we talked about the Samsung Galaxy C7 Pro with 16MP front & rear cameras. The Sugar S9, a phablet device from a less-popular Chinese device maker, has been spotted on TENAA this week with similar specs to the aforementioned including the cameras, display size, memory, storage and operating system. Sporting a metal unibody […]
At the just concluded CES 2017, Qualcomm reportedly showed off a prototype of Nokia’s upcoming high-end smartphone. The Nokia 8 Flagship is expected to be go official at the MWC 2017 next month and is tipped to be one of the early set of smartphones with the Snapdragon 835 processor on-board. Known internally with the […]