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UFS 3.0 announced with double the speed
Phone storage is an often overlooked factor in performance, but JEDEC has the cure for slowness – the new UFS 3.0 standard. It promises up to 2x the bandwidth while using lower power to boot. A single lane can carry up to 11.6 Gbps, twice what the UFS 2.1 standard could manage. For more speed,…
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Honor 7X promo comes in partnership with Lords Mobile
The Honor 7X is officially available since December in major European and Asian markets, but starting yesterday it arrives with some incentives. The Huawei subsidiary announced a partnership with Lords Mobile that lets you get gift cards and free cases. Women case • Men case • £75 Gift card Purchasing the Honor 7X with 4…
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Samsung Q4 report: strong high-end smartphone sales, decline in the low end
Samsung posted its Q4 report, showing $61.8 billion earnings and an operating profit of $11.49 billion. That’s a 24% and 73% respective increase over last year’s Q4. The positive results are spearheaded by profitable display and semiconductor businesses as well as growing high-end smartphone sales. That higher demand for Samsung’s top-tier smartphones was able to…
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Oreo update hitting unlocked Huawei Mate 9 in US
The Huawei Mate 9 has started getting a new update in the US. Currently hitting GSM networks-compatible International unlocked units in the region (MHA-L29 and L09), it’s major update that brings along Android Oreo. The change-log for the update isn’t yet available, although we assume all major Oreo goodies should be included. As is usually…
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Essential Phone to directly get Android 8.1, company says 8.0 isn’t stable
The Essential Phone Oreo (8.0) beta program has been running for quite some time now. Recently, the company even promised that the final update will be released soon. However, now it has been revealed that the device won’t be getting Android 8.0. In a tweet, the company announced the phone will directly be updated to…
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