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  • Huawei Honor Band 3 to be unveiled June 12, shortly after the Band A2

    Huawei has another smartband in the works – the Honor Band 3. A press invite entices journalist to attend the June 12 unveiling (this Monday) without giving away too much about the band itself. Some water splash effects hint at what could easily be guessed – IP67 water resistance similar to the recent Honor Band…

  • Marshmallow is most popular Android OS, Nougat closes in on 10%

    Google released the newest Android platform distribution numbers and they show Nougat is at 9.5%, with 0.6% of all Android devices running on the latest 7.1 iteration. The most popular release is Android 6.0 Marshmallow with 31.2%, while Lollipop makes 30.8%. Version # Codename Distribution 2.3.3 – 2.3.7 Gingerbread 0.8% 4.0.3 – 4.0.4 Ice Cream…

  • Two Exynos chipsets leak: 9610 with Cortex-A73 and Mali-G72, plus a China-focused 7872

    Samsung could be working on the first Exynos 9xxx series chipset. Rather than a flagship-grade chip, this is a mid-ranger aimed at the Snapdragon 660. Then there’s the Exynos 7872, which is something of a Snapdragon 650 alternative. Exynos 9610 Dubbed Exynos 9610, this chip will be made on the established 14nm LPP process (which…

  • Apple WWDC 2017 wrap-up

    Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference keynote was busier than usual, bringing new hardware alongside the expected software updates. So let’s do a re-hash of the keynote and see what the biggest announcements were. Come September iOS 11 will bring a redesigned and customizable Control Center, an improved Siri that can translate for you, iMessage in the…

  • ZTE nubia Z17 sold out in just 51 seconds

    Nubia Z17 was announced last Friday at an event and was on sale today. It is out of stock now as ZTE sold out 10,000 units in just 51 seconds through online retailer JD.com. The nubia Z17 versions up for grabs were the 6 GB RAM + 64 GB storage one for CNY2,799 ($411) along…

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