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The Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus are amongst the most anticipated handsets of this year, and while we’re waiting for Samsung to unveil them, which will happen at the end of next month at MWC 2018, a YouTube channel called ‘DBS DESIGNING’ has released concept Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus handsets.

DBS DESIGNING’s work is portrayed in the video which is embedded down below, and even though the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus will not look exactly like the devices pictured here, they could end up looking quite similar, actually, read on.

These two devices are made out of metal and glass, while both its back and front sides are curved. Only the Galaxy S9 sports a rear-facing fingerprint scanner, and it comes with a single rear-facing camera, while the Galaxy S9 Plus comes with a dual camera setup, but the fingerprint scanner is not located on the back of the phone, it seems to be embedded into the display instead.

The power / lock key is placed on the right-hand side of both of these phones, while the Bixby key and volume up / down buttons can be found on the left. A Type-C USB port is located on the bottom of both phones, and it is flanked by a loudspeaker and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The bezels on both of these phones are really thin, and the top bezel is the thickest of them all, which is expected to be the case with the real Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus units, actually. The display sports rounded corners on both smartphones, and the Galaxy S9 Plus is noticeably larger than its sibling.

Now, in addition to envisioning their design, DBS DESIGNING also envisioned some specs for these two smartphones. The Galaxy S9 sports a 5.6-inch QHD+ Super AMOLED display, while the Galaxy S9 Plus comes with a 5.8-inch QHD+ Super AMOLED panel. Real life Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus handset will probably ship with somewhat larger displays, as the Galaxy S9 is expected to sport a 5.8-inch panel, while the Galaxy S9 Plus will probably arrive with a 6.2 or 6.3-inch display.

Both phones come with a 12-megapixel dual shooter on the back (f/1.5 and f/2.4 aperture), while an 8-megapixel camera is included on the front. IP68 certification for water and dust resistance is also included here, and the same can be said for an iris scanner. These two concept phones sport 4GB and 6GB of RAM, respectively, while they also offer 64GB and 128GB of storage. The source has shown off Black, Silver, Blue, White and Gold variant of their concept Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus smartphones, which you can check out in the provided video. The real Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus may resemble these two concept phones in terms of the design, except for the fact that both phones will probably sport a rear-facing fingerprint scanner.

Following the recent Bluetooth Sig-certification of a new Samsung chipset – the Exynos 5 Series 7872 SoC – the company has now taken to its own official blog to confirm and clarify some of the details about its new mid-range chip.

According to Samsung and despite its middle-of-the-road status, the new Exynos 7872 SoC will be powerful enough to take on console-quality gaming, high-quality photography, and more mundane tasks such as browsing the web. It may not be as strong as a flagship processor but it should satisfy the needs of most consumers. With regard to Samsung’s purpose behind the chip, the company has stated a desire to bring mid-range devices closer to the premium end of the Android device spectrum.

To meet the above-stated goal, Samsung confirms that it has doubled up on the number of Cortex-A73 cores found in the latest iteration of this chip series. That means the 64-bit Exynos 7872 SoC comes in a Hexa-core configuration with two of those cores clocked at 2.0GHz, while the remaining four Cortex-A53 cores are clocked at 1.6Ghz. Samsung says the new configuration increases single-core performance by two-fold over its predecessor.

Meanwhile, the new chip embeds a two-carrier aggregation-capable LTE modem, for peak download speeds of around 300Mbps and uploads of around 150Mbps where possible. While the company didn’t confirm the bands, that modem also allows support for a huge range of network environments including CDMA, GSM, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, LTE-FDD, and LTE-TDD. That’s in addition to the probably unsurprising inclusion of a Global Navigation Satellite System receiver and support for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5. On the camera side of the equation, the Exynos 7872 supports full HD video at 120 frames per second. The chip also supports features such as depth-adjustment and dual-camera setups to assist Android device manufacturers in bringing top-end photography to mid-range handsets.

Taken as a whole, that package should be reasonably appealing to both consumers and smartphone makers. As already stated, it won’t necessarily enable a direct competition between devices using the new Exynos 7872 SoC and devices such as the Galaxy Note 8 or up-and-coming Samsung flagships. It will, however, put a lot more power into the hands of smartphone users in the middle of the market, where a much higher number of devices are sold. That, in turn, should allow users to get a lot more out of their devices and developers to create more and better applications for users.

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Google’s Pixelbook is now capable of booting Fuchsia OS, an experimental operating system that the Alphabet-owned company has been developing since at least 2016, with its first reference appearing in the form of a barebones GitHub project in August of that year. Pixelbook support has been added as part of a Fuchsia OS build that surfaced earlier this month and has now been

tested by Ars Technica. The current state of the software appears to be much more stable than the unofficially compiled variant which appeared on the World Wide Web last spring but was only able to run on top of Android without doing much. The newly released build can instead run on the Pixelbook natively and is the most functional version of the OS so far.

The development is significant as it marks the first occasion on which the general public is able to boot Fuchsia OS on any piece of hardware and have it run on its own, based solely on the Zircon microkernel which Google built from the ground up without any Linux-based backing. Anyone planning on compiling the build on their own should add ” -release” to the end of their build command as the current version of the Flutter SDK compiles a debug variant of the software by default. The OS boots to a lock screen which shows a perfectly centered clock, with its bottom right corner also containing an icon for logging into a personal or guest account, as well as connecting to a Wi-Fi network. Only the guest login is said to be working, though the personal one suggests Fuchsia OS will use a Google Account, much like Chrome OS and Android already do. The icon in the top left corner seen on the lock screen is used for switching between what appear to be tablet and smartphone modes, with the latter one having a design that’s reminiscent of the one supported by the aforementioned APK build from mid-2017.

The Pixelbook’s keyboard, trackpad, and touchscreen all work in the current version of the OS, as do USB ports and computer mice, though connecting the latter will leave you with two cursors on the screen, with one still being dedicated to the trackpad. USB ports can currently be used for an Ethernet connection, presently the only option for connecting the Fuchsia-powered Pixelbook to the Internet as its Wi-Fi capabilities remain broken. The device will also recognize a charging cable and charge as expected, in addition to providing accurate battery readings. Hardware optimizations still isn’t at a particularly high level, as most functionalities reportedly lag and the Pixelbook itself is always running hot while hosting the experimental OS.

The current build of the software can pull up the command mode which doesn’t do much and also features a video app, albeit one that doesn’t work in any sense of that word. A similarly non-responsive music app can also be found bundled with the OS. The previously seen “Armadillo” user shell now features fewer placeholders and more elements that actually support interaction but most of the apps they promise to hold appear to be non-operational. One exception to that state of affairs is the OS’s integrated browser which is also unstable and can’t render the majority of pages in their entirety, though it reportedly works fine with Google.com. The alternative “Capybara” user shell is now also part of the package and is obviously meant to target desktops, with its overall design being similar to that of Chrome OS in regards to basic icon placement.

The OS has a functional “Recent Apps” feature that’s basically identical to the one found in contemporary versions of Android, allowing users to quickly switch between apps and swipe away the ones they want to force-close. Tapping the date on the home screen brings up a number of incomplete profiles and suggested apps whose purpose remains unknown, in addition to changing the wallpaper of the OS, albeit none of the recommended apps are actually able to launch. The overall state of the software is unsurprisingly largely unfinished and while Fuchsia is certainly in active development, it’s likely to take years before it even approaches a scenario in which it’s considered for commercialization. The OS appears to be lacking a notification mechanic and any kind of system settings even in the form of non-functional placeholders, suggesting Google’s engineers are still working on deciding on its experimental design and making sure the basic elements and features they’re implementing work well with the largely untested Zircon microkernel which remains surrounded by many questions.

Samsung is planning to debut a 5G modem for mobile chips meant to be integrated into one of its upcoming Exynos platforms for the company’s Android smartphones by the end of the year, BusinessKorea reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The modem may be part of the next flagship system-on-chip from Samsung’s foundry unit that will power the Galaxy S10 lineup and the Galaxy Note 10 phablet in 2019. Sources claim the creation was already presented to Samsung’s major partners during last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, having supposedly been privately showcased at the Encore Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The chip was unveiled as the Exynos 5G but that may only be a tentative name, according to the same report.

Besides being compatible with the fifth generation of mobile networks whose first standard was fully defined just last month and hence allow the OEM to offer a new level of connectivity support to its customers, the modem is also meant to allow Samsung to reduce its reliance on Qualcomm as far as mobile telecommunications solutions are concerned.

The Exynos 5G was developed by Samsung’s System LSI Business Department and its prototypes are expected to be made available to the company’s wireless division in the second half of the year.

The chip is likely to be used for testing Samsung’s 5G equipment that’s recently been ordered by Verizon. It’s currently unclear since when has the South Korean tech giant been developing the exact configuration of the Exynos 5G but the modem is said to be entirely compliant with the Release 15 NSA 5G NR specification announced last month that’s scheduled to be completed in June.

Both high-frequency mmWave bands and those below 6GHz are said to be supported by the Exynos 5G, with its backward compatibility reportedly going as far as 2G. Its carrier aggregation solution can allow for peak download speeds of 5Gbps, according to the same report.

The Exynos 5G or a refined version of the thereof should be commercialized within Samsung’s smartphones in early 2019, insiders claim, adding that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 or however the Snapdragon 845 successor ends up being called should also feature an entirely 5G-ready chip. Intel is expected to commercialize its own 5G-enabled XMM8060 modem in mid-2019, while Samsung should share first official details on its upcoming 5G modem in the second half of the year.

The LG G7 will probably be announced at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona next month, even though a recent rumorsuggested that it will drop in March, and the alleged LG G7 render has just surfaced online. If you take a look at the provided image, you will see the phone itself, while the source claims that this is an official render of the device. As you can see, the device sports extremely thin bezels, just like the LG V30, and its display sports curved corners. It seems like two cameras are included on the phone’s front side, as you can see in the top left corner of its front side, and the phone seems to sports a frame made out of metal.

On the left-hand side of this smartphone, it is rather easy to sport volume up and volume down keys, while we, unfortunately, did not get an image of the device’s back side, but the phone will probably ship with a glass back, just like its predecessor, and the LG V30. We cannot confirm that this is an official render, of course, but it is possible, it is similar enough to the LG V30 to be real, but on the other hand, it’s also quite possible that this is just a really solid render made by a third-party source.

The LG G7 will almost certainly sport an 18:9 display aspect ratio, and a fingerprint scanner will probably be placed on its back, where a dual camera setup will be located as well. The LG G7 is, just like its predecessors, expected to sport with one regular RGB rear-racing camera, and one ultra wide-angle snapper. The phone is expected to ship with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 64-bit octa-core processor, even though a recent rumor claimed that LG will utilize the Snapdragon 835 instead.

LG will probably include 6GB of RAM on the inside of this phone, and the device will ship with at least 64GB of internal storage. The LG G7 is also expected to sport wireless charging (Qi standard), while Android 8.0 Oreo will come pre-installed on the phone, along with LG’s custom UI. Now, the company had already confirmed that the phone will be called the LG G7, and that it will sport Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 4.0 fast charging standard.

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No less than 1 million units of smartphones cost 5A redmi Xiaomi has sold out in less than one month in India. This phone uses the campaign name Desh Ka and sold at a very affordable price. Not surprisingly, Xiaomi redmi 5A sold sold in the country. In Indonesia, this phone also proved to be in demand and sold out in a flash sale that was held in Lazada.

Smartphone Desh Ka or redmi 5A carrying the competing specifications in its class and comes with a screen size of 5 inches 2.5D with HD resolution of 1280 x 720 pixel IPS panel technology (In-Plane Switching) with a screen density of 294 pixels per inch reach. This smartphone uses Android 7.1 OS Nougat with MIUI interface 9.

Xiaomi redmi supported 5A 16GB of internal memory complete with a microSD slot for external memory expansion up to 128GB. This phone uses a dedicated slot, so users can use dual active SIM simultaneously with microSD.

Smartphone prices are also supported Destroyer battery capacity is sufficient, namely 3000mAh to meet the power requirement. 5A redmi Xiaomi smartphone is powered by a complete konektivtitas features, namely 4G LTE, 3G HSPA, WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth.

Side of the camera, Xiaomi redmi 5A rely resolution 13-megapixel main camera supported phase-detection autofocus camera with an aperture of f / 2.2 BSI sensor Supported complete with the presence of LED flash redmi 5A also armed by the 5-megapixel front camera for video call and selfie photo.

Performance Xiaomi redmi 5A that carried quite competitive in its class by relying on the support ofchipset Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 425 that carries a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 64-bit 1.4 GHz speed paired with 2GB of RAM memory and supported or 3GB of Adreno 308 graphics processor ,

Recently, Nokia's first Android smartphone has appeared through a live photo circulating on the Internet. This phone is the first Nokia smartphone using the Android operating system Oreo Go which is an OS for entry-level phones. Nokia's first Android likely to be introduced in the MWC 2018.

As Sidomi News commentator earlier, Nokia's first Android equipped with a 5-inch screen with HD resolution of 1280 x 720 pixel IPS panel technology (In-Plane Switching) with a screen density of 294 pixels per inch reach, as well as protected from Hard Glass scratch. This smartphone uses Android OS Oreo Go, which is a light version of Android Oreo.

Nokia's first Android's performance enough to compete in the class entry-level by relying on the support of chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 212 that carries a quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 with a speed of 1.3 GHz, combined with 1GB of RAM memory, and is supported by the graphics processor of the GPU Adreno 304.

Nokia's first Android smartphone is powered by a fairly complete connectivity features with support for 4G LTE, VoLTE, 3G HSPA, WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth. Nokia's first Android powered internal memory capacity of 8GB complete with a microSD slot for external memory expansion up to 32GB to accommodate the user's data. Unfortunately, the phone is not equipped with a fingerprint sensor.

Side of the camera, the Nokia one is quite interesting in-class entry-level to carry the camera resolution of 8 megapixels with autofocus complete with the presence of LED flash and the front camera is supported by a 5-megapixel fixed focus equipped with LED flash for video call and selfie photo. This phone is reportedly equipped with a 3000mAh battery.

Last year when Xiaomi launched the Mi Mix, it was dubbed a concept phone because of its insane bezel-less screen. It was concept that has gone mainstream in 2017 with the likes of Samsung, Essential, LG and even Apple announcing phones which are almost all screen. Xiaomi's phone last year was even bold in terms of industrial design -- it had a ceramic back, something which Essential further implemented in its device. A couple of weeks ago, one day before the launch of the iPhone X,Xiaomi launched the Mi Mix 2 . It has graduated from being a concept to a mainstream phone. The confluence of this gorgeous industrial design and the latest power packed features found on modern Android phones make it wondrous. Almost so wondrous that it can be dubbed a Wonder Woman hidden in the shell of a smartphone shell. 

The Good

Like Wonder Woman, this one is so utterly powerful. It has all the bells and whistles that one expects of a modern Android flagship. It has Qualcomm's latest flagship processor replete with 6GB RAM, 128GB storage and even dual SIM functionality supporting 43 bands around the world -- the most for a smartphone in the world. 

It is an immovable object like the Amazonian goddess. You can have multiple apps open and stress test the hell out of it or even play high resolution games like Dead Trigger 2 and it would operate without breaking sweat. It doesn't get heated up, and none of the nastiness about high performance phones plagues this. 

The ceramic back is also interesting because it makes the phone resistant to scratches. The steel frame now curves and wraps around subtly which eliminates the rectangular nature of the phone and makes it ergonomic to hold. 

With a capacious 3,450mAh battery Xiaomi also ensures that this phone isn't just powerful and gorgeous, but it has legs to run circles around some of its competition. On a given day with medium to heavy usage the phone can last more than a single day on a single charge. It can be refilled also rapidly with its USB Type C port using fast charge. 

Xiaomi has fixed the biggest weakness of the Mi Mix. Its camera. The Mi Mix 2 has a new 12-megapixel camera with an optical stabilised lens. It is the same one as the Mi 6, Xiaomi claims and it is wonderful. Despite not being a dual camera system, its performance in its segment is the best one. It is right up there with the dual camera system on the Nokia 8, while it steamrolls the OnePlus 5 generally in image quality in both low and daylight. It is the best camera Xiaomi has made till date and for most people it is going to be a very reliable camera that would work in any situation. The 4 axis stabilisation also makes the video quality of the phone to be surprisingly smooth which is coupled with good audio capture facilities. 



The audio output of the Mix 2 is superb.Despite having a mono speaker, it packs a powerful amplifier and DAC which delivers loud and clear audio. Xiaomi has also managed to outfit a proper microphone which wasn't present in the previous phone which means the call quality is back to normal. 

The Bad

The Mix 2 is gorgeous and powerful, but not perfect. The biggest trade off is the front selfie camera which is placed on the bottom half of the phone. It is far from perfect. The good news is that when you fill the phone, the interface for the app auto rotates and saves photos in the right orientation. But it a trade off. 

In order to miniaturise the design of the original Mix, Xiaomi aggressively moved to make some more changes which included removing the 3.5mm jack like the iPhone. Xiaomi claims that the 3.5mm jack is a large component and output through a type C connector has potential for better headphones in the future. Right now, one needs to deal with irritating dongles which are easy to lose. 

Similarly, to have a better camera Xiaomi has added a bit of a camera bump on the back of the phone. Unlike most new high-end phones it doesn't even have a dual camera system for a portrait mode like feature. Now that's a bummer as the OnePlus 5 and even the Mi 6 have that feature. 

The battery size has been drastically reduced from the original Mix. From 4,400mAh battery the Mix 2 has a 3,450mAh battery which obviously means the battery life isn't as good as its predecessor. That being said, in tandem with software optimisations in Mi UI 9, the effect isn't very exaggerated. Battery life remains good on this phone. 

Ceramic on the back of the phone isn't only a massive fingerprint magnet, but also makes the phone more susceptible to damage as ceramic is more brittle than glass. If you drop the phone with substantial impact, the ceramic will crack which will cause severe damage to the phone. 

Should you buy it?

The Mix 2 is ultimate confluence of beauty and untamed power in a smartphone. It marries the looks and skills of Wonder Woman in a wonderful package and a reasonable price. It may not have the raw power of the OnePlus 5 or the subtle class of the Nokia 8 , but it makes up for this in assassin like gorgeous looks and amazonian warrior like fire power. Make no mistake, this wonderful phone isn't only Xiaomi's best phone to date, it is one of the best around. Period. 

The iPhone 5S, released back in September of 2013 with iOS 7, brought a big change to iOS: support for 64-bit apps. Developers were encouraged to update their apps to take advantage of the new 64-bit Apple A7 processor, but it wasn't a requirement. When iOS 9 was released a few years later, the update started to warn users that using older 32-bit apps could slow down their devices. But with iOS 11, Apple is finally putting its foot down. It won't delete older apps that haven't been updated with 64-bit support, but when tapped they simply won't load.

So how do you know which of your apps aren't going to load if you update to iOS 11 today? That's easy. Simply open the Settings app and go toGeneral > About > Applications . You'll be shown a list of which apps on your iPhone or iPad aren't compatible with the update. As of this morning, I was presented with a list of about 30 apps, mostly forgotten games and random utilities that iOS has yet to replace. The official Tetrisapp, the original Reckless Racing , and even Flappy Bird are all apps I can certainly live without, but unfortunately there's not much you can do if an app or game you regularly play, or rely on, isn't iOS 11-compatible.

You can reach out to the developer and implore them to update it, but that's probably not going to happen-they've had over three years to do it already. You can try to find an alternative to your beloved app, and given how large the App Store is, you're bound to find at least one suitable replacement. Or, you can simply refrain from updating to iOS 11, and avoid replacing your device, as new iPhones and iPads ship with the latest version of iOS. Despite what Apple wants you to believe, there's no law that says you have to own the latest and greatest.