Tag: SmartPhones

  • Samsung patents body fat measurement technology for smartphones

    Samsung patents body fat measurement technology for smartphones

    Smartphones and wearable devices are increasingly being used to measure health and fitness related data, while these devices are capable of measuring all kinds of biometrics data none of them are capable of measuring body fat. Samsung seeks to change that and it has patented a method that uses four sensors in or near a…

  • OnePlus 2 will have underclocked CPU and cost at least $349

    OnePlus 2 will have underclocked CPU and cost at least $349

    Yesterday OnePlus revealed the first piece of the puzzle regarding its next device, namely the chipset it will use. Unsurprisingly, the company went with the latest iteration of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 for the OnePlus 2. However, it assured us then that thanks to using an improved version of the SoC, along with some heavy cooling…

  • Samsung patent hints at foldable display for future Galaxy Note handsets

    Samsung patent hints at foldable display for future Galaxy Note handsets

    It goes without saying that Samsung is working very hard to differentiate its high-end products in the market and take the battle to the likes of Apple, the iPhone-maker continues to perform spectacularly in the smartphone market and obviously Samsung wants to counter it. A new Samsung patent has surfaced which hints at the possibility of…

  • comScore US report says Android is still more popular than iOS

    ComScore has finished tallying up the numbers for the first three months of 2015 and it has a few facts to share about the US mobile market. The data shows that over the said period 188.6 million people in the US were identified as owning a smartphone. This is a whopping 76.9% market penetration, which…

  • Android 5.1 update for Droid Turbo said to be coming on June 10

    Android 5.1 update for Droid Turbo said to be coming on June 10

    Just a few weeks after there were reports that the Android 5.1 update for the Motorola Droid Turbo will arrive in mid-June, it is now being said that the update – bearing build number 23.11.23 – will be released on June 10.