Month: January 2018

  • Oppo A71 (2018) launches with Snapdragon 450, “AI Beauty Recognition Technology”

    The Oppo A71 was quietly announced last September, but it looks like it was a short-lived model. That’s because today the Oppo A71 (2018) became official in Pakistan, ahead of a probably imminent launch in India. The A71 (2018) is very similar to its predecessor, but packs in a couple of improvements (and, oddly, 1GB…

  • Huawei P11/P20 officially coming on March 27

    The mystery has been revealed: Huawei isn’t introducing its new flagship smartphones at MWC next month. Instead, it will wait until March 27, when it’s holding a special event in Paris. That’s when the P11 or P20 family should become official – we still aren’t sure exactly which name will be used. Regardless of that,…

  • Beta testers to get Galaxy S8 Oreo a day earlier

    Samsung will seed the official Oreo firmware update for the Galaxy S8 and S8+ to registered Beta testers 1 day before the general public. The firmware will carry the new Samsung Experience 9.0 under Android Oreo but there’s still no official date for its release. We hope the update is just days away and judging…

  • Samsung now making chips for Bitcoin mining hardware

    Even Samsung’s foundries have been roped into making Bitcoin mining hardware now. The design for the ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) was completed last year and it went into mass production this month, according to The Bell. These ASIC chips are headed to an unnamed company in China. An analyst from Samsung Securities stated that producing…

  • Asus to announce Zenfone 5 on February 27

    Back in September Asus said the Zenfone 5 series should be expected in Q1 2018 and today we have an official announcement date. The company scheduled an event on February 27 at MWC 2018 in Barcelona. The new phones are arriving just five months after the Zenfone 4 versions hit the market. Six devices were…