Thursday, 8 October 2015

Upcoming smartphone 2016

Galaxy S7 With Android 6.0 Marshmallow Rumored Release Date February 2016

A recent report out of South Korea indicates that the company's next-generation flagship handset, the Galaxy S7, will be released in February 2016. The release would be a departure from Samsung's traditional April release schedule for S smartphones.

Samsung seems to be ramping up its production and release schedule to compete with Apple, its main rival. The company just released its two new flagship phablets, the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ in August, purportedly to beat Apple to the punch. Apple just released its newest iPhones, the the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, on Sept. 25, and has announced that demand for the devices shattered previous sales records, with more than 13 million of the new handsets already sold.

Now, an analyst in South Korea, Samsung's home turf, has stated that he expects the company's latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S7, will be revealed in January 2016 and be available for sale the following month.

Last month, we reported that Samsung has apparently been utilizing a new, speedier development methodology to produce its new devices sooner. Rather than the old "waterfall" method, which involved the development of smartphones one section at a time, Samsung has switched to an "agile" methodology, which allows for development of various components of a new device simultaneously.

The new development methodology adds credence to the early release rumor, as does the source. The analyst in question works at SK Securities, which is an affiliate of one of South Korea's largest carriers, SK Telecom. The Samsung Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S6 were both launched at Mobile World Congress and went on sale in April 2014 and 2015, respectively, but it appears as if Samsung may be pushing its release schedule up somewhat if this rumor holds true.

The Galaxy S7, which is code-named Jungfrau, is rumored to be packing a Snapdragon 820 processor and running Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box.

Apple Is Building Google Now Rival 'Proactive' Into iOS 9

Rumors about a new Apple search engine have been doing the rounds since the start of the year. For once, this tech rumor seems to have had some basis in truth as the company looks set to launch a new discovery tool for iOS 9.

Code-named "Proactive," the tool isn't a traditional search engine but is more of a rival to Google Now that aims to provide iOS users with any information they need.

9to5Mac reports that Apple is set to reveal Proactive as a vital part of iOS 9 at the company's annual worldwide developer conference on June 8. Proactive will reportedly combine information from Siri, Contacts, Calendar, Passbook and third-party apps to create an evolution of the Spotlight search feature that provides users with information when they need it, similarly to how Google Now operates. It will also work with Apple Maps to display points of interest personally relevant to the user in an augmented reality display and integrate with a third-party Siri API code-named "Breadcrumbs."

The report claims that Apple has been working on the tool since the 2013 acquisition of personal assistant app, Cue. Proactive will be located to the left of the home screen, where Spotlight lived in iOS7. Usage of Spotlight, Apple's system-wide search, dropped when it was hidden at the top of the screen in iOS8.

Within the Proactive screen there will be a search bar at the top, below which there will be content based on the user's Apps, Contacts and Maps. For example, if a user has a flight scheduled in his calendar and a boarding pass printed in Passbook, a bubble will show in Proactive close to the flight time to allow him to access the boarding pass quickly. It will also learn a user's habits and suggest apps based on those routines. For example, if you always check Twitter when you wake, a notification will appear in the morning allowing you to open your Twitter app with one click. It will also give restaurant or bar recommendations based on your phone's location.

Then there's the augmented reality maps that arise from the acquisition of Spotsetter, a social search engine. Using this feature a user can hold his phone up to a street and Proactive will display a virtual view of businesses on that street, including restaurant and cafe menus and shopping directories.

9to5Mac's sources also suggest that Apple will allow third-party developers to integrate their apps with iOS search results and Siri. The scaled down Siri API code-named "Breadcrumbs" is apparently a limited version of Siri as Apple believes integration with a full Siri API could lead to personal data being sent to the wrong third-party apps.

If the report proves to be true it would be a huge improvement over current versions of Siri and Spotlight and be a genuine rival to Google Now. It would make for some interesting news on June 8 when Apple is also expected to unveil its new streaming music service.

Sony: 2016 will make or break mobile business

For the first time in many years, things might be starting to look good for Sony's smartphone business, but it isn't out of the woods yet. The recently unveiled Sony Xperia Z5 looks promising but the company still needs to achieve a massive turnaround to recoup its losses. Naturally, Sony "feels" optimistic that things are going for the better, but just in case, it has set next year as the deadline for its mobile business, which could end up getting sold if things don't turn out well.

To be fair, Sony has been having problems across almost all of its divisions. It sold off its ailing VAIO PC business and was rumored to be even be considering doing the same for its TV line. Just this week, it spun off its imaging sensor division, it's so far strongest business next to the PlayStation, into its own company. That gives it the opportunity to hunker down on its biggest pain point: smartphones.

Sony once held a special spot in the market, but that has since dwindled down to a negligible one percent in the US, and even 17.5 percent in its home country of Japan. The company faces strong competition both from the giants like Apple and Samsung as well as the myriad of more affordable brands in Asia, particularly from China. It faces an almost Herculean task of reinstating its relevance in an already saturated smartphone market.

And Sony might have finally gotten it right this time around. After the flop that was the Xperia Z4/Z3+, the new Xperia Z5 family is poised to help Sony reclaim its spot, especially if it has finally gotten around the overheating problems that plagued its half-flagship. The smartphone's cameras have proven to be quite formidable, reinforcing Sony's prowess in the imaging field. And after refining its hardware, Sony is now focusing on the software experience. It has opened up its "Concept for Android" experiment to 10,000 owners of Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 Compact devices in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany, in an attempt to solicit feedback on its next big step in smartphones.

Sony's three years' worth of cost cutting and restructuring might finally be paying off. Company representatives feel quite confident that they are on track towards a more profitable fiscal year next year. For now, they aren't yet backing out from the smartphone rat race, but how long that sentiment will last will depend on just how much its turnaround will be next year.

Huawei May Launch Smartphone Similar To Galaxy S6 Edge In 2016

Huawei has significantly improved its position in the global smartphone market over the past few years, the company now happens to be the third largest smartphone vendor in the world and it has no plans of stopping any time soon. To gain more traction across the globe the company needs to come up with really good devices that get people talking, according to a report Huawei might release one such device next year which is going to be quite similar to the Galaxy S6 Edge.

The report comes out of China from a well known source, apparently Huawei is going to produce three million units per month next year of a new smartphone that has the same dual-edge Quad HD Super AMOLED display as the Galaxy S6 Edge.

Not much information is available about the device’s specifications right now and we might not hearing anything substantial until next year, the report only says that its dual-edge curved Quad HD Super AMOLED display will come from Samsung.

Samsung is already believed to be supplying the exact same display panel to BlackBerryfor its Venice slider smartphone so there’s nothing stopping the company really from supplying this panel to Huawei as well.

Huawei has not commented on the report.

Possible Huawei Honor 5X Spotted

I know that Google just released their LG Nexus 5X, but here is another handset that might just carry the 5X suffix – the Honor 5X from Huawei, of course. This metal clad smartphone has already picked up its TENAA certification that will see it accompanied by model number KIW-AL10. There is a very real probability that this could very well be the Huawei Honor 5X, taking into consideration how the Huawei Honor 4Xwas introduced earlier in the year, which means the upgrade cycle is about to come one round.

The KIW-AL10 will sport a 5.5” display alongside a Full HD resolution, with a pixel density of 401ppi. Apart from that, the Snapdragon 615 SoC will power the device, where it boasts of an octa-core CPU and an Adreno 405 GPU. Accompanying it will be 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory, with a 13MP shooter behind and a 5MP camera in front, while there is a fingerprint scanner located at the back for security purposes. Expect the device to arrive with Android 5.1.1 Lollipop right out of the box. It has already been benchmarked on AnTuTu while picking up a score of 20916 that places it in the mid-range scale of things. All that we can do now is sit tight and wait to see whether this is indeed the Huawei Honor 5X or not.

Rumor Suggests That The iPhone 7 Will Be Waterproof

Is it a bit too early to start talking about the iPhone 7? After all the iPhone 6s and 6s Plushave barely gone on sale for a week! That being said we suppose some of you guys who are skipping the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus for the iPhone 7 are probably eager to learn what could be in store for Apple’s 2016 flagship.

To that end, a new rumor from China has emerged which suggests that Apple could be interested in waterproofing its next-gen smartphone. The rumors also claim that Apple will not use the 7000 series aluminum but an even stronger material that will somehow be able to prevent water from seeping inside the device.

All of this seems highly suspect because if anything, Apple has designed its products with aesthetics in mind. Compromising on its looks for more functional features like better drop protection and waterproofing has never really been Apple’s practice, so we’re not sure why they would start with the iPhone 7.

In fact if anything, last we heard Apple was planning on making the iPhone 7 its thinnest iPhone yet, so clearly aesthetics still plays a huge role in the planning and designing process. Either way do take it with a grain of salt for now, but would a waterproof iPhone be something you might be interested in?

Wednesday, 7 October 2015

Samsung Pay for mid, low-budget smartphones to

launch by 2016

In a new Samsung Electronics Co ad, a mysterious monk strides through a supermarket to a hip-hop beat using his staff to wizard groceries into a cart. At the checkout, an acolyte whips out a smartphone to settle up using Samsung’s new mobile payment system, as if by magic.

The tongue-in-cheek nod to martial arts movies is a plug for Samsung Pay, a technology to be rolled out in the United States later this month that allows customers to pay for goods by simply placing their handsets on or next to a point-of-sale terminal.

Since its August 20 launch in South Korea, Samsung says the service is beating internal expectations by averaging 25,000 new users and more than $620,000 in transactions per day.

The world’s top smartphone maker is trying to push into mobile payments, a sector seen by researcher IDC as being worth $1 trillion in 2017, as part of a drive to stem market share losses to Apple Inc, Huawei Technologies Co and Xiaomi Inc.

Gartner says Samsung’s global smartphone market share fell to 21.9 percent in April-June from 26.2 percent a year earlier.

Samsung Executive Vice President Rhee In-jong said in an interview the firm will likely launch new mid and low-tier smartphones compatible with Samsung Pay next year.
“The way to protect pricing power, even for low-end or mid-range phones, is to offer a service that users can’t get elsewhere,” he said.

The firm hopes the new service will set its phones apart from competing devices and compel users to pay a bit more for the universal convenience it offers.
But with Apple already offering payments and others like Google Inc preparing to launch Android Pay, some analysts say Samsung’s relatively late entry and weaker software ecosystem pose challenges.

“Samsung Pay is a necessary step in the right direction but it doesn’t guarantee increased sales of smartphones for the company,” said IDC analyst Shiv Putcha. Apple and Google did not respond to requests for comment on how they perceive Samsung’s mobile pay services.

BUILDING A BASE Samsung has declined to disclose its overall investment in launching Samsung Pay, which follows the February acquisition of mobile payments start-up LoopPay for $230 million. Samsung’s system offers wider coverage than rivals because it allows users to make payments by putting their phone on, or near, magnetic stripe card readers already in wide use.

It has signed up credit card firms and banks such as Visa, MasterCard and Chase as partners. By comparison, Apple Pay, launched last September, requires retailers to install new equipment compatible with its service

Cho Min-kyung, a Seoul office worker who recently tried out Samsung Pay through her Galaxy S6 phone, said the service was convenient because it cuts out the hassle of having to carry around both her wallet and phone every time she heads out.

In a research report, brokerage SK Securities said Samsung Pay may be helping shipments. Estimated South Korea sales of Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ devices – which support Samsung Pay – for the first three days after launch were more than double comparable sales of the Note 4 and Note Edge handsets last year.

Samsung executive Rhee declined to give targets on Samsung Pay, though he said the company, for now, was focused on adding new users, rather than making money. Samsung’s Gear S2 smartwatches, which go on sale in October, are also compatible with Samsung Pay.

The service will expand to China and countries in Europe and Latin America, and Rhee said Samsung is considering additional measures such as online payments to further beef up the service.

Beyond Samsung Pay, he said the firm will increase investment and acquisitions to bolster software and services. “We’re looking at every company that could give some new element of differentiation for our devices,” Rhee said. - See more at: http://technospirit24.blogspot.com/2015/10/pay-for-mid-low-budget-smartphones-to.html

Samsung may launch foldable touchscreen smartphone in February

NEW DELHI: After Apple debuted its new 3D Touch display technology with the new iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus, all eyes are on Samsung to introduce a game-changing technology that will lure buyers away from its arch rival. While the dual curved screens of Galaxy S6 created waves, Samsung may have another ace up its sleeve -- foldable touchscreens.

In March, a Samsung Display official had said that smartphones with foldable touchscreens would be commercially possible in 2016. The company seems to have been taking the project forward since then. A new report by a blogger on Chinese social network Weibo has dished out a few details related to Samsung's upcoming foldable touchscreen smartphone.

According to the report, the smartphone is being developed under the name Project Valley or Project V and will be ready for production by January next year. This timeline suggests that the South Korean giant may unveil the world's first foldable touchscreen smartphone at Mobile World Congress in March or possibly a few weeks before the tech event, as it did with Galaxy Note 5 and S6 edge+ in August.

On the hardware part, it is likely that the display will be flexible OLED, as no manufacturer has been able to achieve foldable LED displays yet. The report also says that Samsung is testing the phone with two chipsets: Snapdragon 820 and Snapdragon 620. It is not yet clear whether this phone will be released in just one variant or two.

Other than that, the Project Valley smartphone will have 3GB RAM, non-removable battery and microSD card for storage expansion.

Samsung did not use Qualcomm's Snapdragon processors in its top-end smartphones this year, instead relying on its own Exynos chipset range to power Galaxy S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+ and Note 5.

A foldable touchscreen smartphone would be a great selling point, but it is not yet known what unique features this type of form-factor would entail. Moreover, getting Google Play Store developers to create apps for the foldable design may prove to be a challenge, though Samsung can deliver those through its own Apps platform, like it currently does for the Edge series phones.

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Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Toyota shows self-driving technology being readied for 2020

Microsoft unveils fitness tracker; tablet, smartphones

Microsoft has struggled with making phones running Windows.Over the summer, the company wrote down the value of Nokia's phone business, which it bought just a year earlier, by $8.4 billion.

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Xperia C5 Ultra has a screen from edge to edge - leaked

Xperia Blog today released screenshots of the user manual of the Sony Xperia C5 Ultra, and reveals that she will have a big screen from edge to edge and the front of the flash.

There is apparently a forthcoming a Sony smartphone, namely phablet codenamed Lavender and mark the Sony E5506 and E5553. Published page user manual evoke the device as if it has no side frame, and that extends from edge to edge.

We see that the speaker is located at the front on the model of the Xperia Z3 and opportunity. and whether it is stereo speakers for now can not confirm that

Unofficial specifications announced 1080p display larger than the model C4, and the 5.5-inch and octa-core 64-bit driver chip from MediaTek.

At the front above the display is selfie camera with LED flash, which will be glad selfie generation.

Microsoft is working on Android Launcher named Arrow Launcher

Recently, Microsoft is much more interested in the Android platform, and more applications these companies appears in the Google Play Store app. Another application that joins this group, the Arrow Launcher.

This Launcher for Android is very similar Aviate launcher in that it attempts to collect important information about you in order to help facilitate the use of your device. Arrow Launcher consists of three pages - People, apps and Notes & Reminders (notes and reminders) -and each is simple to use and provides everything you need. The only thing missing now Arrow Launcher is no shortage of options for customization, but it is still in private beta program, we assume that a lot of functions just waiting to be added before the application will be made publicly available.

Once a world-famous name Commodore returns with a smartphone

The name that is used to wearing the most popular personal computer in the world goes back to the scene, this time with a smartphone.
Maybe they are the oldest among you remember how long ago led the discussion which is the better computer ZX Spectrum or Commodore 64. The glory days of Commodore brand are long gone, but they are trying to return to the market with a different product, a smartphone.

Commodore PET phone with IPS LCD screen of 5.5 inches in HD resolution, powered by octa-core MediaTek chipset at 1.7 GHz, and memory follows the modern trends. There will be models with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage, and also models with 3 GB of storage and 32 GB of memory. Both models have a site that receives a microSD card up to 64 GB. The back camera has a sensor of 13 megapixels and LED flash, front and 8 megapixel camera. Built-in battery has a capacity of 3,000 mAh, and the phone is capable to work with two SIM cards. Of course, it will run Android lollipop.

Commodore PET will have a built-in emulators to the former firm 'computers that have marked his era, such as the C64 VICE for Commodore 64 and Commodore Amiga UAE4All2 for computers. The phones will reportedly be available in a number of colors, with a price lower model will be $ 300, while the more powerful model will cost $ 365.

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Those keeping watch on Samsung will be excited to learn about an interesting new smartphone of its apparently that's in the works. And no, we're not talking about the Galaxy S7, or any weird flip / slider phones whose indisputable retro charm does look out of place in 2015. Rather, we're talking of a purported Galaxy A9, powered by the Snapdragon 620 SoC a representative of Qualcomm's next-generation processor line-up.

The device appeared in Geekbench's score database, presented as "Samsung msm8976fhdlte-eur-open". The "msm8976" part of its name is a dead giveaway for the Snapdragon 620's presence. The chip's CPU contains eight cores - four Cortex-A72 ones and four Cortex-A53 ones. The SoC is capable of 4K video recording and playback, and contains a new, unnamed Adreno GPU. The chipset's bundled with an X8 LTE modem, which means that you can enjoy download speeds of up to 300Mbps and upload ones of up to 100Mpbs. Camera sensor support is limited to 13MP.

Besides the Snapdragon 620, the alleged Galaxy A9 packs 3GB of RAM memory and runs Android 5.1.1. With this configuration, the device scored 1325 in the single-core test, and 4461 in the multi-core test, an impressive result for what's considered to be Qualcomm's "not premium" silicon.

Samsung’s A series is a nice line of mid-range smartphones featuring a simple but elegant design, metal frames and solid hardware. Currently, it is comprised by the Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5, Galaxy A7 and Galaxy A8 handsets. These phones had a good reception in the market and reports suggest Samsung is preparing to launch a new member to the line, upgraded versions of the already existing devices, and a new breed of accessories to accompany these handsets. The new phone is expected to be called Galaxy A9, according to internal sources to Samsung-specialized website SamMobile.

While the A3 and A5 were released about a year ago, in October 2014, the A7 came to life in February and the A8 was released just a month ago. Since manufacturers usually launch a new version within a one-year timespan, we wouldn’t be surprised to see the launch of these devices in the coming months. Earlier this year, Samsung trademarked the names A6, A8, and A9, so there may be more to come. The A8 already hit the market, the A9 is allegedly in the works and we are yet to hear from the A6.

Vibe P1 with its massive 5000mAh battery now available for pre-orders; phone ships next month

vibe P1 available in India for Rs. 18,490 via

Amazon India

Amazon is now taking pre-orders for the Vibe P1. This is the handset that is stuffed with a massive 5000mAh battery inside. Made using a magnesium alloy, the handset can be reserved for $ 359.99.
The device will start shipping some time next month. Obviously, a 5000mAh juicer brings with it a promise of long battery life. And since the 5.5-inch LCD screen has a 1080 x 1920 HD resolution, you should be able to go quite a while between charges.

The Vibe P1 is equipped with the Snapdragon 615 CPU under the hood, carrying an octa-core 1.5GHz CPU and the Adreno 405 GPU. 2GB of RAM is inside, along with 32GB of native storage. Additional memory can be obtained via the use of the handset's 128GB capacity microSD slot. The camera combo from back to front weighs in at 13MP / 5MP, and Android 5.1 is pre-installed with Vibe 2.68 UI running on top.

The handset measures 9.9mm thick. Thanks to the massive 5000mAh battery, the phone weighs 189g. Speaking about the battery, it will charge to 67% in one hour, and 100% in two days. There is also a fingerprint scanner on board that unlocks the phone in half a second. The Vibe P1 supports 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1 and USB connectivity.

Huawei Nexus to have a 5.7" QHD screen, 12MP camera

Confirming rumours, BlackBerry unveiled its first device with Android’s operating system. John Chen gave BNN’s Amber Kanwar a worldwide exclusive first look at the phone.

Earlier today BlackBerry finally let the cat out of the bag and confirmed rumors they are indeed close to launching a new Android slider they’re calling the BlackBerry Priv. It was the very same day last week we got an early sneak peek at the Priv in a hands-on video, but in case you were looking for something a little more official, BlackBerry CEO John Chen gave BNN’s Amber Kanwar a worldwide exclusive first look at the phone.

In his extremely awkward hands-on on demo (it’s clear Chen still needs to get better acclimated with the new OS), the CEO fumbles around the OS a bit before giving up. He also mentions again that Priv is short, not only for privacy, but the privilege you end up with after buying the phone. Ummm… Okay. In case you wanted another look at the phone that could be ours — and many of yours — next daily driver, the cringe-worthy video can be found below.

LG releases a video teaser for its upcoming V10 phablet

LG today released a new teaser video on its YouTube channel for its upcoming V10 phablet with a secondary ‘ticker’ display.

Unsurprisingly, the teaser focusses on the phablet’s secondary ticker display, giving us our first glimpse at it ‘in action’. The secondary display of the phablet could be used to display app shortcuts as well as notifications, as seen in the leaked render posted by leakster @evleaks yesterday. We’re guessing the secondary ticker display could function in the same way as the side edge on the Galaxy S6 Edge+ or the Galaxy Note Edge.

The V10 phablet is set to go official on October 1st at LG’s media event in New York City. Most of the phablet’s specs have been leaked already, thanks to the TENAA listing. It will feature a 5.7-inch 1440 x 2560 Quad HD display, Snapdragon 808 six-core SoC, 3GB RAM, 16MP rear camera, 64GB expandable memory, dual selfie cameras, and a fingerprint scanner embedded on the power key.

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