The OnePlus One looks set to finally pick up Android 5.0 Lollipop next month, nearly half a year after the OS was first unveiled. Cyanogen, the company that produces re-skinned Android ROMs used on the OnePlus One, said it will be the ...
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Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi already hinted it has a new handset up its sleeve for a launch tomorrow, but now it looks like it has more than one. Earlier in the week, it tweeted an image that many took to refer to the Mi 5, the next ...
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Xiaomi is hosting an event tomorrow; we knew that much already. What we didn’t know was that there would be two new smartphones taking up centre stage. Yes, Xiaomi’s latest teaser image has confirmed that the fast-rising ...
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An Apple supplier has just unveiled a purportedly ‘unbreakable’ smartphone display made from sapphire. Desay, a Chinese firm that currently supplies batteries for Apple, has showed off its ‘Magical Mirror X5’ ...
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If you’re in possession of an unlocked or developer edition HTC One (M8) handset, we’ve got some pretty good news for you; Android 5.0 Lollipop will be available to download from today. A top HTC official sent out a tweet on ...
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Samsung wasn't kidding when it said it would focus on cheaper smartphones. Pictures of its Moto G rival have just leaked, and we could see it announced as soon as tomorrow. The Galaxy J1 has a familiar design, with rounded corners and a ...
If you're wondering when the latest version of Android is coming to your Motorola handset, the answer is "really soon". Luciano Carvalho, a software engineer at Motorola, posted on Google Plus that the company was working "really hard" on ...
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A security vulnerability that affects nearly one billion Android handsets has been outed by a security expert. Tod Beardsley, an analyst with Rapid7, claims that all Android versions below Android 4.4 KitKat are affected by the ...
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With China- and Taiwan-based suppliers eager to expand their presence, prices of fingerprint sensors are likely to fall below US$5 in 2015, according to industry sources. Taiwan-based Elan Microelectronics, FocalTech Systems, Egis ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) is commencing volume production of its SkyLiTE front-end solutions powering LTE platforms in emerging markets. Skyworks’ newest ...
Fledgling smartphone firm OnePlus has revealed it has sold over one million smartphone units in 2014 alone. That’s not bad, considering the firm has but a single stock-keeping unit - the OnePlus One. It’s even more ...
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Samsung is reportedly planning to release two versions of its upcoming flagship Galaxy S6 handset at this year’s Mobile World Congress. According to Business Insider, which cites ‘sources familiar with the ...
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Listen up, audiophiles – Sony might be aiming its next blower straight at your lugholes, if the latest internet chatter is to be believed. According to Japanese site iGeek, Sony is planning a music-focused ‘Walkman’ ...
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The BlackBerry Classic is now up for grabs in Blighty courtesy of Carphone Warehouse, starting today. BlackBerry’s nostalgia-inducing handset was officially unveiled last month in hopes of capitalising on enduring qwerty ...
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With a number of LG G4 leaks and rumours having already surfaced online, the Korean manufacturer is getting in on the act, making the first official reference to the upcoming handset. Speaking with TrustedReviews during CES 2015, LG has ...
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