OnePlus 6 Glass Back confirmed officially, will have five printed layers of Nanotech Coating

After several rumors, Pete Lau, CEO and Founder, OnePlus has confirmed in a forum post that the OnePlus 6 will feature a glass design. He alsotalks about the brand’s approach to design and the incorporation of glass materials while maintaining the familiar horizon design in the OnePlus 6. He also shared about company’s philosophy of honest design focuses on creating a functional product based on need rather than adding on additional elements for the sake of hype. Talking about the rationale behind the use of glass back, Pete Lau, CEO and Founder of OnePlus said, “OnePlus 6's glass design is centered around creating a ‘sense of value’ and ‘premium hand-feel’. We gave a lot of thought to how users should feel when they use the OnePlus 6. The advantages of glass over metal are manifold: glass communicates a transparent, bright, and pure feeling. The way glass transforms under different lighting is a particularly important challenge—the OnePlus design team tested over 70 glass prototypes before selecting the best one. The advantages of glass over metal are manifold: glass communicates a transparent, bright, and pure feeling. The way glass transforms under different lighting is a particularly important challenge—the OnePlus design team tested over 70 glass prototypes ...

Motorola expands retail footprint in India with 50 Moto Hub stores in Western Uttar Pradesh

Motorola has been expanding its retail footprint across India rapidly. Now the company has announced the opening of 50 new Moto Hubs in in western region of Uttar Pradesh (UP), including 12 Moto Hubs in NOIDA, 10 each in Ghaziabad and Agra followed by 8 Moto Hubs in Meerut. Moto Hub is a key destination that provides easy access and availability of all Motorola products to customers; where they will be able to experience the entire portfolio of Motorola devices at convenient locations including the online exclusive devices like the popular moto e4 plus and moto g5s plus, apart from the newly launched moto x4 and moto z2 force. The company already said that it is planning to open 1000 new Moto Hubs in top 100 cities by the end of 2018, in the second phase of retail expansion. Commenting on the launch of new stores, Sanjay Bhattacharya, Regional Sales Lead, Motorola Mobility India said: Moto Hub as an initiative has brought Motorola closer to its customers. Customers in UP have always valued the differentiated and premium experience offered by Motorola smartphones and Moto Hubs is a way to address their needs by giving them a platform to interact with both the brand and product. ...

Google Collections starts rolling out, replaces Saved pages

Google started rolling out 'My Saves' or Saved pages in the last September. It is a mish-mash of your saved bookmarks while browsing search results in the Google app, and Maps lists. However, Google is starting to replace it with 'Collections.' Since it is a server-side rollout, it is entirely upto Google whether or not you will be able to see the more modern interface where the saved lists are now called "Collections in the Saved pages either through the Google app or by navigating to google.com/save. It will be laid out more compactly, and tapping on any collection opens up a list of cards, but unlike before they're now spanned in two columns instead of taking up a row each. However, the functionality doesn't change, it remains the same, you can create a new collection and move items between collections, you will get automatic lists from your Favorites and Google Maps lists, but you can't search through your items or share an entire collection. Other changes include the ability to choose a cover photo, add a description to a collection, and have automatic lists for recipes, videos, jobs, and more. As we mentioned above, it is a server-side roll out, so not everybody will get to ...

LG G7 ThinQ with Snapdragon 845, 6.1-inch FullView display gets certified in South Korea

LG is on the verge of launching the G7 flagship in the coming week and today two variants of the G7 ThinQ have been certified by the National Radio Research Agency in South Korea. The variants are being identified by the model numbers LM-G710V and LM-G710N, the latter one might be the G7 ThinQ that will be sold exclusively in the eastern countries. On the other hand, the former model has already been certified in Russia and is expected to be dedicated to European countries. The LG G7 ThinQ much like its predecessor will pack artificial intelligence technologies. Apart from the regular volume and power buttons, the upcoming flagship will also come with a dedicated Google Assistant button. Furthermore, the G7 ThinQ packs a 6.1-inches (1440 x 3120 pixels) FullVision MLCD+ display and is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform with 4GB RAM and 6GB RAM variants. It runs on Android 8.1 Oreo with LG UX on top. In terms of camera, there is a 16MP dual rear camera with f/1.5-aperture, LED flash, Laser Autofocus and an 8MP front camera with a wide-angle lens for selfies and video calls. It comes with a quad-DAC setup with a 3.5mm audio jack, a USB Type-C port, and ...

Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 Benchmarks

ASUS just launched its Zenfone Max Pro M1 smartphone in India. We brought the first impressions of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks of the phone. The phone is powered by Snapdragon 636 Mobile platform that has 8 x Kryo 260 cores clocked at up to 1.8GHz per core and it has Adreno 509 GPU. It has 4GB of RAM, runs stock Android 8.1 (Oreo) and packs a 6-inch Full HD+ display. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores results below. AnTuTu Benchmark 6 It scored 93437 points and topped the AnTuTu Benchmark 6 and topped the charts. It scored 113381 points in the AnTuTu 7 Benchmarks, slightly better than the Redmi Note 5 Pro, but it couldn't beat the OPPO F7 which scored 139785 points. Geekbench 4 Single-Core It scored 1339 points in the Geekbench 4 Single-Core benchmark and grabbed the third spot, behind the Galaxy A8+ (2018). Geekbench 4 Multi-Core It scored 4788 points in the Geekbench 4 Multi-Core benchmark and grabs the third spot behind the Redmi Note 5 Pro. 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited It scored 19749 points in the 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited GPU benchmark and grabbed the second spot, above the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro, and behind the OPPO F7. Basemark X 1.1 It scored 28695 points in the Basemark X 1.1 ...

Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 First Impressions

Back at MWC we got a chance to see the 2018 range of the Asus Zenfone series. While the Zenfone 5 line up marks the upper end of the range, the Max series is the company's bread and butter in India. The Zenfone Max Pro M1 is the latest in the line. Built specifically for India, we've had a bit of time with the phone and here's what we think.  ASUS Zenfone Max Pro (M1) specifications 5.99-inch (2160×1080 pixels) Full HD+ 18:9 2.5D curved glass display with 1500:1 contrast ratio, 85% NTSC color gamut, 450 nits brightness 1.8GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 636 14nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 509 GPU 3GB RAM with 32GB storage, 4GB /6GB RAM with 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD Android 8.1 (Oreo) Dual SIM (nano + nano) 13MP / 16MP rear camera with LED Flash, PDAF, 1.12μm pixel size, secondary 5MP camera 8MP / 16MP front-facing camera with soft LED flash Fingerprint sensor, Face unlock 3.5mm audio jack, 5-magnet speaker, NXP Smart Amp Weight: 180g 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS 5000mAh battery with fast charging Design The Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 has jumped head on to the 18:9 ...

Terminal app spotted in Chrome OS hints at future Linux application support

Back in February, commits to the Chromium codebase revealed that Chrome OS could soon run Linux applications using a container. Though it was possible to run Linux application in Chrome OS using the crouton, it only works in the developer's mode.  Perhaps the new Google's solution might presumably work better and doesn't require Dev Mode to be enabled. Today we see more evidence of this feature, and it appeared in the Chrome OS Dev channel. According to Reddit users, a new Terminal app has been added to the app drawer, and clicking it opens a dialog explaining the feature. This feature is very much identical to the concept posted to the Chromium Gerrit in February. However, the when trying to install the terminal app, it returns an error which indicates that the feature is not functional yet. But it is very interesting to see Linux app support come together, but we need to wait for some more time before the feature goes official. Source | Via