This is potentially devastating news for a major flagship release. Most of Huawei’s key markets outside of China are familiar with Google’s storefront and think third-party stores aren’t as trustworthy. Huawei is banking on winning app developers over to its side, but it’s not clear if the company can take consumers with it.
Our initial verdict: Huawei Mate 30 Pro hands-on: Bigger, faster, sleeker
Recap: Why Huawei can’t use Google apps As part of the US government’s ongoing trade sanctions against Huawei, the company cannot sign deals for hardware products or services created by US companies.
ZTE‘s upcoming Axon M might end up being one of the more interesting devices to close out 2017 with, but that doesn’t mean the Chinese manufacturer has forgotten about more typical designs. Enter the Blade Force, the latest addition to ZTE’s Blade series of phones that looks to deliver the goods in an affordable package.
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One of the Blade Force’s more notable features is the its inclusion of Sprint‘s High Performance User Equipment (HPUE) technology.
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 was leaked by Evan Blass in a full 360-degree GIF. Now, the tipster has revealed a similar GIF, this time of the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. The official reveal of the Galaxy Note 20 series by Samsung is still a few weeks away, on August 5. Update: July 20, 2020 at 6PM ET: Need more proof that the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is launching soon?
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LG KS360 - no Android version coming
Many sites have been re-hashing a loosely worded story posted by T3.com that stated that LG’s KS360 QWERTY slider would be re-released with the Android OS this summer as LG’s first Android powered device.
This didn’t sit well with me for a number of reasons. Firstly, it simply makes no sense to release the same device a year later with only a new OS.
Update (02/22): Registration for Google I/O 2018 is now open to the general public, but tickets will not come cheap.
You must have a Google account or Gmail address to register. Also, keep in mind that I/O uses a raffle system, so there is no guarantee that you will walk away with a ticket.
A payment pre-authorization will be made on your payment method, but you will only be charged if you are selected.
While the Canadian market has had it for a while now, the entry-level Samsung Galaxy Discover is now making its way to the United States via the prepaid carriers Straight Talk and Net10.
For those that don’t know, the Discover is a very basic smartphone powered by an 800MHz Qualcomm processor with just a 3.5-inch HVGA display. Other specs for the Discover include 2.7GB storage, microSD for expansion, a 3MP camera and a 1300mAh battery.
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In Google Messages, iMessage reactions from iPhones come in as text messages. A future update to Messages could fix this annoying incompatibility. It’s not known how this will exactly work, but we expect Emoji reactions to come in place of “Liked an image” text. Because of this, iPhone users who use the reactions feature within iMessage end up sending full-length text messages to Android users. In Google Messages and most other Android SMS apps, these messages come in as “Liked…” or “Loved…” with the continuing text being the what’s being reacted to.
Google Play Music is finally receiving a new makeover today, which brings major changes not only to the app’s user interface but also to how search results and recommendations are discovered. Google has announced that this update will arrive for Play Music on Android, iOS, and the web.
Much of the upgrade is based around Google’s new machine learning technology that it is rolling out to the platform. The algorithms not only figure out what music you like, but can also combine this with data like your location, current activity, and even the weather, to create personalized music playback.
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Samsung Display has teased a foldable phone with a multi-folding design. This would theoretically allow for a larger tablet display. Samsung is the undisputed leader in the foldable phone space right now, offering a polished clamshell foldable in the Galaxy Z Flip and a much-improved large-screen experience in the Galaxy Z Fold 2.
Now, Samsung Display may have given us a hint of future foldable phone designs, as it recently teased a device with a multi-folding design.