Ever since its debut in 1992, the Mortal Kombat series has been known for its cutting-edge graphics and intensely bloody fights. And now, the latest installment in the series has been released on Android.
This is not the first time that Warner Bros. has ventured into the realm of mobile gaming, with some other high-profile games includingInjustice: Gods Among Us and wildly popular Heads Up!. Therefore, we expected Mortal Kombat X to be exceptional, and for the most part, there are a lot of great features.
There is no shortage of prepaid mobile plans out there. Though many of these are quite affordable, some of them don’t offer unlimited talk, text, or data. For those of us that have grown accustomed to using these freely, this can be a hard thing to get used to. Thankfully, one of the best prepaid providers — US Mobile — now offers an unlimited plan, and it comes with some sweet perks.
Earlier this year wetook a look at Fin, an Indiegogo-backed gesture ring with big ambitions. Of course, that’s far from the only gesture-controlling wearable in the works, and one of these potential competitors is available for pre-order starting today.
Called the Nod, this upcoming wearable is very far along in the prototype stage and is expected to ship to all interested parties in the fall. As for the company behind the ring?
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More Samsung Galaxy A42 5G specs have surfaced, including confirmation of its chipset. Samsung has announced the UK price and availability of the phone. Update: October 12, 2020 (5:36 AM ET): Samsung has announced the UK price and availability details for the Galaxy A42 5G. The phone will cost £349 (~$454) and will become available starting November 6.
Samsung has also confirmed that the Galaxy A42 5G houses the Snapdragon 750G chipset and is its most affordable 5G phone to date.
Samsung doesn’t promote its budget-friendly phones as hard as it does its flagship devices like the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. However, that doesn’t mean their less expensive phones don’t deserve some attention. This week, AT&T quietly started selling the 2017 edition of the Samsung Galaxy J3, for the no-contract price of $179.99.
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The phone has a 5-inch 1,280 x 720 display, along with Samsung’s own Exynos 7570 quad-core processor inside running at 1.
Samsung has launched a new app to allow Samsung Galaxy owners to customize a wealth of audio settings on their devices.
Known as SoundAssistant, the app offers “150 steps” of volume adjustment, a floating EQ, mono and stereo balancing, as well as the chance to set individual volumes for different apps.
What’s more, SoundAssistant can alter the hardware volume keys so that they default to media volume control rather than call volume.
The unlocked smartphone company BLU has now admitted that several of its handsets have been secretly sending out personal data collected from their owners. The data was transmitted via a third-party app that was installed on six of its phones.
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According to The New York Times, the security firm Kryptowire first discovered that an app in some of BLU’s phones was transmitting data to a Chinese server every 72 hours.
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Samsung has revealed its first Android Go device, the Galaxy J2 Core. The phone offers lightweight Go apps, but it looks like it could be based on Samsung’s TouchWiz UI. The J2 Core is available in Malaysia and India from today. The Galaxy J2 Core also offers an 8MP f/2.2 main camera and 5MP f/2.2 selfie shooter — hopefully, Samsung is able to work its image processing magic to deliver decent shots.
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No home entertainment setup is complete without a killer surround sound system. Luckily, you can fill this void with a Laut BT Surround Sound System. Thanks to today’s deal, it’s on sale for just $69.99.
Movies nowadays are made with surround sound in mind. Without it, you’re only getting half the experience.
We are only a day away from the expected official announcement of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, however, that hasn’t stopped leaked builds of the next Android update from finding their way onto the internet. The Nexus 4 has now been blessed with a leaked build for Android 4.3 (click here for the incredible story of how it came to fruition), after the Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition received the Android 4.