Mobile Devices - Page 81

Apple will be announcing its new iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X smartphones in the next 24 hours, so it comes as no surprise that more details are leaking on the flagship iPhone X handset.

According to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will reportedly have a massive shortage of iPhone X handsets, which will be in very limited supplies for a few weeks. Why? Production issues, new technologies being used, and "specific problems" with the gold version of the iPhone X which leads to constrained supplies.

Apple's main competitor is supplying the OLED displays, so it'll be interesting to see how Samsung plays this out in the coming months with OLED display constraints. It seems they have no problems making OLED panels for their Galaxy S8 and new Note 8 smartphones, while Apple's new iPhone X will suffer.

Apple is expected to unveil its new iPhone next week, with the new iPhone 8 possibly costing north of $1200 for the 512GB version. But what if you want to spend $3000+ on the new iPhone? GOOOLLLDDDD.

London-based store Goldgenie is preparing for iPhone 8 orders, offering up new iPhone 8 smartphones in 24K gold, rose gold, and platinum. If you like bling, you'll be fine with the diamond-encrusted iPhone 8 that I'm sure costs an arm and a leg.

Goldgenie is also offering a service where they'll take your brand new iPhone 8 apart and replace the casing with a solid 18K gold version, just in case you like gold... like, a lot.

Apple is hosting its big iPhone event next week where we should be introduced to the new iPhone, with today bringing some new rumors on SKUs of the new iPhone, as well as some rumored pricing.

According to Twitter user @VenyaGeskin1 the new iPhone 8 will arrive in three sizes: 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB. The prices of the new iPhone will fall into $999, $1099, and $1199 for the 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB handsets, respectively. Apple's current fleet of iPads come in these specific storage sizes, with 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB iPads available right now.

I'm still holding out for Apple to surprise us all with an iPhone X that is $1499 and blows everything else away with something out of the complete left field. I don't see it happening, but I'm still holding out for the 10th anniversary of the iPhone to be celebrated in a big way: iPhone X and Apple's hotly anticipated, and highly rumored AR glasses. Come on, Apple - actually surprise us for once.

Samsung's new Galaxy Note 8 smartphone supports Netflix HDR streaming, so if you want to get your mobile HDR experience on, there's another flagship smartphone to choose from.

Netflix recently updated their FAQ page, with HDR-capable smartphones like the LG V30 and Sony Xperia XZ already on the list along with LG's G6 handset. The updated FAQ adds Samsung's new Galaxy Note 8 and Sony Xperia XZ1 smartphones, both launching in the last two weeks.

The beautiful 6.3-inch Super AMOLED display on the Galaxy Note 8 rocks a native resolution of 2960 x 1440, so Netflix HDR content should well and truly shine on the HDR-capable display. You'll need to have the 4-screen premium/4K account with Netflix to get that HDR goodness, but I'd dare say it's worth the extra couple of bucks every month.

Huawei has just unveiled its next-gen system-on-a-chip at IFA Berlin, with the new Kirin 970 announcement teasing that the Chinese telco giant has a built-in nerual processing unit. Not bad.

The next-gen Kirin 970 is a 10nm design that sports 5.5 billion transistors, rocking an 8-core CPU and 12-core GPU combo. Huawei says that its new heterogeneous computing architecture, when compared against the Cortex-A73 (quad-core) has up to 25x more performance, and a huge 50x more efficiency. Kirin 970 is capable of processing 2000 images per second, something Huawei says is faster than all of its competitors.

CEO of Huawei's consumer business group, Richard Yu, said the new Kirin 970 is a first in a wave of new advances that will deliver AI features to our smartphones, and push them past the competition. Huawei is positioning its new Kirin 970 as an open platform for mobile AI, with the company letting developers use the neural processing capabilities of its new SoC to see where they can drive the user experience.

Apple should unveil the new iPhone 8 on September 12th, claims a new report from the Wall Street Journal.

The company is aiming to launch the phone at Steve Jobs Theater at its new headquarters campus but considering that the new HQ isn't finished yet, Apple could use the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, where it's held events in the past two years.

If the report is true, we could see the new iPhones available on September 22nd. Apple will announce the iPhone 7s, iPhone 7s Plus, and the iPhone 8. The iPhone 8 is certainly the most interesting among the three devices since it should bring some design changes. One of the biggest questions is what will happen with the fingerprint scanner.

Earlier this year we reviewed the Latitude 12 Rugged Tablet, and we were very impressed with the durability and features of the 2-in-1 hybrid tablet/Windows PC. Dell has upped the ante with another installment of their uniquely durable tablet computer and made major improvements upon the Latitude 12 (7202) Rugged Tablet.

The new Latitude 7212 Rugged Extreme features Intel's 6th and 7th generation Core processors, weight reduction (almost 25-30%) to under 3lbs, increased battery size (26Wh to 34Wh)/life (19 hours), and will maintain backward compatibility with Dell's existing ecosystem. That means the batteries from the previous Rugged tablet will also work with the new tablet as would car mounting systems.

The 11.6" daylight viewable display also gets an upgrade to FHD and is still just as strong as its predecessors. The new tablet features a USB 3.0 Type-C connector that can be used for connecting to devices, docking, and even charging. Storage options have been changed, and now you can get a Rugged Extreme tablet with up to 1TB of NVMe class 40 solid state storage. You can also get the tablet equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon X7 LTE-A modem for data on the go, and a dedicated GPS card.

If there was a place to find an NVIDIA Shield 2 prototype, I didn't think it would be in a freakin' Canadian pawn shop, but here we are... with some interesting news.

Reddit user 'FwrigginRwootbeer' said they found an NVIDIA Shield 2 prototype that Android Police have confirmed is a unit that was given to game developers to work around with, but never reached the public. What the Redditor found was that the NVIDIA Shield 2 prototype rocked an ARM Cortex-A57 processor @ 1.91GHz, 3GB of RAM

We might not ever see NVIDIA release the Shield 2, but here's hoping.

Samsung has been the king of smartphone displays for a few years now, but they continue to push the boundaries of what's possible on their smartphones, leading the way with their new Galaxy Note 8 smartphone.

The folks over at DisplayMate have put the new Galaxy Note 8 through its paces, noting that the Super AMOLED panel on the Note 8 is simply amazing. DisplayMate gave the Note 8 display an A+ as it beat not just Samsung's own smartphones, but all of their competitors, too. This is what DisplayMate had to say:

DisplayMate had some major display highlights for the Note 8, adding:

Just a few days after the official launch of the Galaxy Note8, Samsung's first Galaxy phone with a dual camera, the company has teased another phone with a dual camera - the Galaxy J7+.

The leaked specs reveal that the phone would come with a 13MP + 5MP dual rear camera setup and a 16MP front shooter.

Read also: The most anticipated phone of the year is here - Note8

Along with the Galaxy Note8 and the iPhone 8, Google's Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2 are certainly among the most anticipated smartphones that are yet to be unveiled this year.

It was rumored that the Pixel 2 would be the first device to feature Qualcomm's yet-to-be-announced Snapdragon 836 platform. Evan Blass has now confirmed this information.

Blass also stated that Google's second-generation Pixel phones would be unveiled on October 5th.

Huawei has unveiled the first official image of the upcoming Mate 10. The phone will be launched on October 16th, the company has confirmed.

The photo shows the back of the phone compared with the recent Huawei phones and teases dual camera setup, once again made in cooperation with Leica.

The Huawei Mate 10 is expected to arrive with an edge-to-edge screen, although recent rumors suggest that only Mate 10 Pro will have this type of screen while the Mate 10 should stick with the conventional one.

Samsung didn't forget about the disappointed customers who had to return their Galaxy Note7 after the faulty batteries issues.

During the unveiling of the Galaxy Note8, the company announced that they would be offering a significant discount on the Note8 to those who bought the Note7.

In the US, eligible customers will get a $425 discount, which is almost 50% off, if they trade in their current phone for the new Note8. The deal will be available through Samsung's own online store.

Samsung has finally unveiled the most anticipated smartphone of the year - the Galaxy Note8. The expectations were high considering the last year's fiasco with the Note7. A year ago, there were even some rumors that the Korean giant might give up on the Note line, but the company worked hard and delivered another amazing device.

The Galaxy Note8 features a 6.3-inch Quad HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity Display with a minimal bezel design, similar to the one of the previously announced Galaxy S8 and S8+. The device runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat.

As expected, the Note8 is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 and Exynos 8895, depending on the market. The phone comes with 6GB of RAM and 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB of internal storage, expandable with a microSD card.

Just a day before the official Galaxy Note8 launch, a new rumor has appeared claiming that the device with 6GB/64GB configuration would carry a CNY 6,288 price tag which translates to around $944. Have in mind that this is the price for the Asian market so that it could be higher in Europe and the US.

There will also be two other models - 6GB/128GB which should cost $1,065 and the rumored Emperor Edition priced at $1,200.

The Galaxy Note8 will be unveiled tomorrow when we will finally have all the details about the phone.

Xiaomi has launched another smartphone, the Redmi Note 5A. The phone, as most of Xiaomi's phones, offers good price and decent specs.

The phone is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 435 chipset with octa-core Cortex-A53 CPU and comes in multiple configurations. The base model comes with 2GB of RAM and costs mere $105. There's also a 3GB/32GB version which will cost you $135, and the top version with 4GB/64GB will carry a $180 price tag.

The Redmi Note 5A features a 5.5-inch LCD. The phone has a 16MP front facing camera, and a 13MP rear cam. Other features include a fingerprint sensor and a decent 3,080 mAh battery.

Back in May, Qualcomm has accidentally revealed the name of its upcoming platform, the Snapdragon 845. We already heard that Samsung and Qualcomm are in talks to determine the details of their cooperation.

This year, the Galaxy S8 and S8+ were the first major flagships on the market to be powered by Snapdragon 835, and it appears that we will see the same scenario next year.

According to a new report, Samsung will once again grab the first batch of the new Snapdragon chips, and the S9 will be the first device on the market powered by next year's flagship processor.

The Galaxy Note8 will be unveiled in just a few days, and we know pretty much everything about the upcoming phone. The last piece of the puzzle has now been revealed by Evan Blass.

According to his report, the pre-orders for the Note8 will start on August 24th, just a day after the official launch. Blass also states that the phone will come with a 256GB microSD card and a choice of a convertible wireless charger or a 360 camera.

Official sales, according to Blass, will start on September 15th.

Just a week before the Galaxy Note8 launch, Samsung's faulty batteries are once again making headlines. And once again, it's the Note line in question.

US Consumer Product Safety Commission has declared that around 10,200 Note 4 batteries are being recalled due to fire risk. As you are probably aware of, Samsung had issues with Note7's faulty batteries and had to recall the smartphones. Twice.

According to the release, FedEx and Samsung have determined that some of the recalled batteries are counterfeit and show anomalies that can lead the batteries to overheat. They also state that the batteries are non-OEM, which means they were not supplied as original equipment by the phone's manufacturer, Samsung and were likely used in the refurbishing of old phones.

Netflix is unstoppable right now, with the streaming giant eyes wide open with thirst to dominate the digital content world in 2018 with a planned $7 billion on the table.

This year, Netflix coughed up a huge $100 million to secure comedian Jerry Seinfeld for two brand new stand up specials, and a bunch of scripted content. Netflix has also scooped up Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, and How To Get Away With Murder creator, Shonda Rhimes. Rhimes was working with Disney, so Netflix must be mad about that - oh, no matter - Disney are making their own digital streaming network.

Netflix has smashed home run after home run in 2017, with nearly 1000 hours of original content. Doubling down on this with a huge, ever-expanding library of movies and other TV shows, the 104 million users on Netflix will never get bored.