OnePlus has had a busy week at the world’s largest mobile trade show. At MWC 2019 in Barcelona, it revealed that U.K.-based EE will sell its unnamed 5G smartphone once the device is ready. EE already sells the OnePlus 6T. This extended partnership shows that carriers’ confidence in OnePlus is growing, which is good news for the phone maker.
OnePlus has grown quickly over the last few years and enjoys a cult following among consumers.
According to a press release by AT&T today, the Sony Xperia TL will be featured in the upcoming James Bond film Skyfall. Finally, we have proof that James Bond is an Android man.
The appearance of the Sony Xperia TL in Skyfall was revealed alongside another announcement: that of the Xperia TL coming to AT&T’s 4G LTE network in the United States. The press release quickly makes this announcement and then moves on to the more interesting details of the Xperia TL’s specs and features.
After a few delays, T-Mobile recently promised that it would be switching on its LTE network in Las Vegas and Kansas City very soon. Well, according to XDA Forum member RunsWithWood, T-Mobile’s 4G LTE service went online on the 26th January, and he’s been putting the network through its paces with some speed tests.
OK, so the Speedtest results are a little disappointing. Even though the 10Mbps download and 5Mbps upload speeds are just a tenth of the theoretical 100Mbps and 50Mbps maximum speeds achievable on an LTE network, it’s worth considering that T-Mobile could just be testing the network in selected locations with more limited speeds, before launching the full service officially.
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The Fourth of July will be here soon, and many Americans will need to figure out a way to tell the difference between hot dogs and… other types of food. Thankfully, the Not Hotdog app from HBO’s Silicon Valley has arrived on Android just in time.
For those who don’t know what I’m babbling about, Silicon Valley’s Jian-Yang and Erlich created an app in Season 4 that could tell the difference between hot dogs and things that aren’t hot dogs.
One of the big new additions included in the first Android O Developer Preview is its Autofill feature. Developers will be able to implement the Autofill APIs directly into their apps so users will be able to automatically fill in any secure information they need, such as addresses, usernames, and passwords.
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AgileBits, the creators of one of the most popular password managers, 1Password, is wasting no time in testing these new Autofill features in Android O.
Reports on Reddit and the XDA Developers forums suggest that the Pixel 2 XL’s screen is the victim of several problems, including muted/undersaturated colors, grainy images when scrolling down web pages, and a blue tint.
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CNET has subsequently compared some phones at its office, including a couple of Pixel 2 XLs, to try and get to the bottom of this. They learned that the display situation amounts to “more of a nuanced issue, and less of an open and shut case.
The Meizu M1 Note stays true to its formula, providing a device with excellent specifications for an affordable price. Although, on the surface the device screams iPhone, once you get a bit deeper, you will realize that this is a decent Android device with great performance. As amazing as high-end flagship devices are, there is an increasing demand for high quality, yet affordable, smartphones in the market. Gone are the days when a low price point for a smartphone was indicative of a compromise in build quality or specifications, with various OEMs jumping in with a variety of options in this segment.
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The Sony Xperia L4, or “Togari” as it is also known, has been confirmed by two more sources, which have also provided further details about it.
Interestingly enough, Greek site Tech Blog has confirmed some interesting information about the future device, saying that it would have (as previously rumored) a 6.4 inch screen with a Full HD resolution, but that it would be a screen capable of working with any pen or pencil, not only a stylus or your finger.
Two of HMD Global’s first Nokia phones are getting updates. The company announced the Nokia 3.1 and Nokia 5.1, replacing the Nokia 3 and Nokia 5, along with the Android Go-powered Nokia 2.1.
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The Nokia 5.1 and 3.1 are part of the Android One program, so they should receive two years of Android updates and three years of security updates. All three phones, are slated to receive the Android P update, the company stated.
Earlier today, we reported that Toshiba has already started rolling out the much-awaited Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade to users of the Excite 7.7 tablet. But what about the Toshiba Excite 10? Is Toshiba really just going to leave users of this 10-inch tablet in the dust?Thankfully, that doesn’t seem to be the case. Users of the Excite 10 have also reported receiving the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade on their own tablets as part of an ongoing software upgrade rollout that started earlier this week.