Samsung may use batteries supplied by its Korean competitor LG on its upcoming Galaxy S8, a report from The Korea Herald suggests. Samsung’s last flagship, the Galaxy Note 7, was cancelled following reports of models spontaneously catching fire – a problem linked to its battery. Speculation of a merger with LG Chem, LG’s producer of lithium-ion batteries, could be an attempt from Samsung to secure its future flagship from such problems.

Alongside the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 was also launched the Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014), featuring the same faux leather back as the flagship phablet. Following that, Samsung introduced a new PRO line of tablets, in an effort to update its tablet offerings in various sizes, which also saw the introduction of the Tab Pro 10.1, despite there already being a pretty high-end 10-inch tablet around. So, is the Tab Pro 10.1 just a Note 10.

Samsung has always had some clever advertisements around the holiday season, and it looks like they just released an ad to top them all. Samsung built a rig of 74 different products, mainly Galaxy phones and tablets, to show one intricately-shot video. The two and a half minute ad features a story called Holiday Dream, swooping and bending around from device to device. Without the 74 different devices, the story would be a little bland.

Last week's poll summary: Out of over 6,100 total votes, 46.2% of voters said they'd choose the HTC U11 Plus over the Google Pixel 2 XL, while 35.6% said they'd rather choose the Pixel 2 XL. 9.6% said they wouldn't buy either device, and 8.7% of voters are still undecided. 2017 has ushered in quite a few firsts in the smartphone world, perhaps the most notable of which being the 18:9 smartphone display.

TL;DR The Motorola One Power has been announced for India, with a 15,999 rupee price tag. Motorola’s phone packs a Snapdragon 636 chipset, a 16MP+5MP rear camera pairing, and a 5,000mAh battery. The phone will be available via Flipkart from October 5. The Motorola One Power was announced only late last month, but Indian users won’t have to wait too long to get their hands on the device. The company held an event for the phone today (September 24), confirming an October 5 launch date.

Apple’s AirPods are all the hype these days, and although they may not have much to do with Android (except you can use them with an Android device), wireless headphones are bound to become the norm for any smartphone in the near future. Apple’s AirPods are certainly not the first ever Bluetooth headphones, but I can’t think of any other truly portable in-ear wireless earphones that received the same amount of attention.

🐇 Good morning! This newsletter will be off tomorrow for the Easter break but back Monday! OnePlus AceOh boy! OnePlus can’t stop doing weird stuff. The smartphone industry just never sits still. (Image above is auto-translated, so don’t condemn the wording too much…) What’s happened: OnePlus announced a product launch for the OnePlus Ace, its new product line, with the announcement set for a week: April 21, in China. Quote: “According to the brand, the Ace line (Yes, there will be more Ace branded OnePlus phones in the future) will focus on high-end textured designs, reliable quality, and strong performance.

🍰 Good morning! My birthday was yesterday and I still have some cake. Which is oddly topical for the main story we have here... January 25, 2021 2021: Glucose monitoring wearables from Samsung and Apple? Take it from this Type 1 diabetic that any kind of improvement to monitoring blood-glucose (BG) levels is incredibly welcome. If you don’t even know what that is or why it matters, great! That hopefully means you’re very healthy and it’s never come up before.

After a booming success on iOS and the web, the popular social RSS feed app Nuzzel has finally made its way to the Google Play Store. Nuzzel allows you to easily see what links and articles your friends share on Facebook and Twitter by counting which links have been shared most often in a 24-hour period of time. All you need to do is simply login with your Facebook and Twitter credentials and wait for the news stories to roll in.

Purported Google X Phone prototype | Image credit: Tinhte The day before the Galaxy S4 event in New York City we showed you two different Motorola leaks, one from Brazil and one from Vietnam, and wondered whether the latter was showing us the X Phone or not. When looking at its specs and features, we concluded that this unnamed device can’t be the X Phone, and that instead it could be related to the phones spotted in Brazil.