Lenovo's Home Assistant Pack mounts an Alexa-powered speaker to your 4-series tablet

Back at CES 2017 Lenovo showed off a number of Alexa-powered smart speakers which looked like the love-child of an Amazon Echo and Google Home. While it was enticing to have more options to choose from when looking for a standalone smart speaker, it seems Lenovo has taken the concept and added a specialized dock attachment for its 4-series tablets. The Lenovo Home Assistant Pack is a special dock which mounts 4-series tablets and turns them into smart speaker assistants with a screen.

NBA coach green bubble shamed Android-using player, punished team

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR NBA coach Jason Kidd once green bubble shamed a Milwaukee Bucks player. Not only did he chastise the player for using an Android phone, but he made the whole team do runs in response. Kidd felt that one player not using an iPhone made the team less united. I’ve written a few times about the iPhone vs Android debate and how I feel it has run its course.

Nokia 8 price, release date, and carrier/regional details

Nokia 8 marks HMD’s debut in the flagship Android market, and with the latest Qualcomm processor and a stunning dual-camera configuration, the phone looks ready to take on more established brands in this space. But where can you find it? And what about the Nokia 8 price tag? It’ll launch in September. The Nokia 8 release date is on September 6th to select markets, and will roll out to more markets throughout the month.

OnePlus walks back 'unified OS' plans, Oxygen OS is here to stay

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR OnePlus phones will not get the previously announced “unified OS.” The company has decided to stick to Oxygen OS for its global devices outside of China. After announcing plans to shift its phones to a new “unified OS” in 2022, OnePlus has unexpectedly decided to junk the move. The company confirmed during a media roundtable that Oxygen OS and Color OS will remain separate entities in the global market.

Pixel 4's screen attention is not coming to older Pixels

The Pixel 4 is a decent upgrade over the Pixel 3, but not everyone wants to buy a new device to get the fancy bells and whistles. A major selling point to the Pixel line is its software updates, so many Pixel owners look forward to Google backporting future features to their current handsets. Unfortunately, one useful Google Pixel 4 feature doesn’t look like it’s coming to previous Pixel devices even though it is most likely possible: screen attention.

Samsung Galaxy S10/S10 Plus vs Huawei Mate 20 Pro

A good argument could be made that the most powerful flagship phones that are available to purchase right now are the Samsung Galaxy S10, the S10 Plus and the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. All three phones have displays that are over 6-inches, all three have triple rear camera setups and all three have the current fastest mobile processors on the market. Of course these three big handsets have considerable differences, and they could influence which one you may want to eventually purchase.

Samsung reveals 50MP Isocell GN1 camera sensor

Samsung has upped the megapixel ante in recent times, offering 48MP, 64MP, and 108MP camera sensors. The company has even stated its long-term goal to offer 600MP cameras of some kind down the line. Now, Samsung has announced the 50MP Isocell GN1 camera sensor, and it sacrifices resolution for bigger pixels. The new camera sensor offers a 1/1.31-inch sensor size and 1.2 micron pixels as opposed to 0.8 micron pixels seen in Samsung’s other high resolution sensors.

Snapdragon 845, 8GB of RAM, and STILL no IP rating

Display 6.28-inch AMOLED 2,280 x 1,080 resolution 19:9 aspect ratio Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Supports sRGB, DCI-P3 SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Octa-core, 10nm, up to 2.8GHz GPU Adreno 630 RAM 6/8GB LPDDR4X Storage 64/128/256GB UFS 2.1 2-lane MicroSD No Cameras Rear cameras Main: 16MP Sony IMX 519 sensor with 1.22μm pixels, OIS, EIS, ƒ/1.7 aperture Secondary: 20MP Sony IMX 376K sensor with 1.0μm pixels, ƒ/1.7 aperture Dual LED flash Video: 4K at 30/60fps, 1080p at 30/60fps, 720p at 30fps, Super Slow Motion video at 1080pFront camera: 16MP Sony IMX 371 sensor with 1.

Sony Xperia XZ Pro leaked with 4K display, Snapdragon 845 chip

TL;DR Sony is said to be working on a new flagship called the Xperia XZ Pro, expected to launch at MWC 2018. The phone is rumored to come with a 5.7-inch 4K display, Snapdragon 845 chipset, and 6 GB of RAM. It’s said to cost upwards of $900. Sony may have only just unveiled three new devices, but it looks like another is on the way soon. Sony is reportedly readying the Xperia XZ Pro, a new flagship set to be launched at MWC 2018 in February.

T-Mobile dropping 16GB Pebble Blue model of Galaxy S3

The Samsung Galaxy S3 is available in several colors, including Pebble Blue, Marble White, Amber Brown, Garnet Red, Sapphire Black, Titanium Grey, and La Fleur. Despite the wide range of colors the phone comes in, it looks like T-Mobile is only interested in selling two colors at one time. An internal memo has confirmed that the carrier is dropping the Pebble Blue color which is available on the carrier in favor of Titanium Gray.