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Samsung Pay to arrive in India in 2017

Samsung Pay,a native payment platform of Samsung which will compete against Apple Pay is said to arrive in India in 2017.Unlike Android Pay and Apple pay which uses only NFC,The Samsung Pay is designed to use both NFC(Near Field Communication) and Magnetic Strip Technology.The Samsung Pay  will only be compatible with Samsung smartphones,not in other smartphones....The Android Pay and Apple Pay requires NFC enabled devices to make payments.But the compatibility of Magnetic Strip Technology in Samsung Pay enables the use of having traditional Magnetic strip enabled devices instead of more complicated NFC devices to put in use. Definitely, Samsung Pay's arrival in India will have a great competition with the rivals Android Pay and Apple Pay.

Android Pay to arrive in India soon

Lenovo-Motorola,a largest smartphone maker is in talks with Internet Giant,Google for implementing the Android Pay Project in India.Also,the company is in talks with PayTM to implement the feature into their devices.We may expect to get Android Pay Support in India by 2017.With Android Pay,we may able to do cashless payments with contactless transactions via NFC(Near Field Communication) Chips embedded into the smarrphones.The payments can be done using either NFC or by magnetic communication which is used in Samsung Pay.

Samsung brings Quantum dot Display to smartphones.

Samsung is well known for providing excellent display quality for all its products.The company introduced its own technology named Quantum Dot Display to its recent high end Television.Now,Samsung may bring the same effect to its smartphone also.According to the latest rumors, Samsung had signed a patent application for using this new display.The new display named QLED,a next generation display which will be a successor to Super AMOLED displays.This new display QLED brings the combination of OLED and Quantum Dot Display.QLED provides more bright,vivid and high contrast images.QLED is capable of offering 4K UHD to a great extent.We may see this change in 2018 or 2019.So,this next gen display of Samsung will be packed in Samsung's Galaxy S9 or Galaxy S10.

OnePlus 4 is rumoured to be high end flagship.

According to the latest rumours,OnePlus 4 sports 5.3" QHD Display(2560x1440) with enhanced VR Capabilities.The phone is said to be coming in two variants.One which is mid range flagship will powered by Snapdragon 830 SoC coupled with 6GB of LPDDR4 RAM and other will be high end flagship which will be powered by Snapdragon 835 with 8 GB of LPDDR4 RAM.

Hyve Prime to go on sale in India from Nov 20

Hyve Pryme, a new entry mid range flagship phone by Hyve Mobility to go on sale in India from November 20 for ₹17,999.         Hyve Pryme sports a 5.7" Full HD Display.The device is powered by Mediatek Helio X20,a tri cluster deca core processor with Cortex A72 Cores clocked at 2.3 GHz which is coupled with 4 GB of DDR3 RAM and device comes with Android 6.0 Marshmallows onboard.The device packs with 32 GB of Onboard storage and which is expandable up to 200 GB via microSD.Hyve Prime boasts a huge battery capacity of 3500 mAh with fast charging.The device to come with 13 MP rear camera and 8 MP front camera.The phone is expected to give a flagship experience in terms of performance at the mid range pricing.

Samsung Galaxy S8 Updated Specs Based on Latest Rumours

Specs of Samsung Galaxy S8 Display:5.1"/5.5" Next generation OLED Display with resolution of QHD (2560 x 1440) or 4K UHD(3840 x 2160) Processor:Exynos 8895 Octa core(4 x 3 GHz/3.2GHz + 4 x 2.2GHz/2.4 GHz) Processor/ GPU: Mali G71 Memory: 6 GB LPDDR4/Next generation 8 GB LPDDR4 Camera: 16 MP Rear Dual cameras(8 MP Samsung Isocell sensor + 8 MP Unnamed Sony IMX sensor) and 8 MP Front Camera. Other features:NFC,On screen Fingerprint sensor,Iris scanner & updated Adaptive Fast charging),Samsung Ai Assistant,USB Type-C. Battery:3600mAh(updated and optimized version of Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Battery) or newer 4200mAh battery produced by LG Electronics. Additional Rumours:Bezel less display,Mini projector module,Return of IR Blaster which had been removed after Samsung galaxy S6 edge),Samsung's own proprietary headphone jack.

Trick to use Google speed test in India

Here's the trick to use Google speed test in India. Open Mozilla Firefox. Install Hotspot shield VPN add-on from Mozilla addons store. Now Hotspot VPN is available on the toolbar. Close all the tabs and go to a new tab. Now click the hotspot VPN icon and enable Hotspot VPN by toggle. Select Virtual Location to US. Now go to https://www.google.com (not google.co.in) Now enter "speed test" in search bar. Now,Internet Speed test tool will appear in the search results. Now Disable Hotspot VPN by toggling off again. Click Run Speed Test to start the speed test. Remember,Google Speed test tool is still in beta.So,the speed will not be accurate. Notably,The download speed is not accurate and the result is the slower download speeds. Upload speed shows accurately.But,Google need yo fix the download speed issue showing slower speeds. It may be a problem with the Google's server which is involved in speed test.The server may be slow as the latency value is hig

Google now rolling out speed test tool in search results.

Google testing its speed test tool in search results by rolling out to users.Users need to enter "Check my internet speed" in search results and click run speed test to start the speed test.This is limited to some users but not all countries.This speed test is currently in beta stage and being tested only by users in US.This feature will also be available to other countries soon.

6 Things to be changed in the Samsung Galaxy S8

4K Display Samsung galaxy S8 to come with 5.5" Super AMOLED Display with Bio Blue technology and 4K Resolution to make more compact for VR. Sound Samsung Galaxy S8 is about to carry a big speakers at the top and bottom which gives 3D experience on audio. Battery Samsung Galaxy S8 packs a massive battery of capacity 4200mAh or more.The device also supports high speed Adaptive Fast Charging. USB Type C Samsung Galaxy S8 is the first device to sport USB Type C in the Galaxy S lineup. Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Samsung Galaxy S8 sports with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 which will be more powerful ever. Dual Camera Samsung Galaxy S8 will have a dual camera module for perfect camera experience.

Snapdragon 830:An Overview

Qualcomm working on its upcoming high end SoC named Snapdragon 830.The high end devices coming out in 2017 will be powered by this SoC.The most expected and notable device powered by Snapdragon 830 is Samsung Galaxy S8.Snapdragon 820 had a great success this year and Qualcomm announced Snapdragon 821 which is a slightly higher variant of Snapdragon 820 with clock speeds increased from 2.15 GHz to 2.3 GHz and some improvements in power efficiency. We can also expect that Snapdragon 830 will also be a great success for Qualcomm.The Snapdragon 830 coming with power packed features rather than its predecessors. Snapdragon 830 is expected to be clocked at 3 GHz based on some rumours.However,this is over expectation which may not be featured in this SoC. Snapdragon 830 is said to be using ARM based cores instead of custom cores.ARM announced its high end core named Cortex A73 which will power the devices in 2017. Cortex A73 gives better support for mobile VR,highest power efficiency an

Samsung develops Both UFS-microSD compliant slot

Samsung develops a slot which is compliant with both UFS and microSD cards.UFS is more faster and power efficient compared to microSD.However,microSD cards are used by many as it is current generation standard and its compatibility with most of the smartphones.It looks like a great move for Samsung for developing a slot compatible with current generation and next generation standards.

Google and Microsoft to face head to head with Apple iPhone 7 Plus

Google is working on its own smartphone with its native hardware.The device may be named Google Pixel Smartphone which will be powered by Android N.The device may sport high end specs.Microsoft Surface Phone to release next year with 8 GB of RAM,Snapdragon 830 SoC and 128 GB onboard storage powered by Windows 10.These two devices will compete with Apple iPhone 7 plus running iOS 10 which comes with 32GB of onboard storage,Apple A10 Chipset,2 GB of RAM,16MP rear camera and 2,800mAh battery.

Best 10 android apps your phone must have

Microsoft Arrow Launcher: This is one of the best launcher I have seen in the play store.The launcher runs more faster and lag free.It reduces your time by making you to get all the things only through swipe.The App sections will hold your favourite apps and recently opened apps.Swiping left will get you to Recent section which will have everything that you have done recently like recently installed apps,downloaded media and other files and recent calls you made or made to you. From the app section,swiping right will get you to contacts section,this will hold your favourite and frequently calling contacts.Tapping the pic will show tasks like calling,messaging and selecting more will open contacts card directly within launcher.Then select to make whatsapp calls and messages.Then swiping right again will display list of documents in your device.You can login to your Microsoft account to have documents in OneDrive right in your launcher.Then swiping right will hold widgets you want.

Samsung introduces UFS memory cards

UFS refers to Universal File System is a type of File System which is widely used in Samsung Galaxy Devices,OnePlus 3,etc... Now Samsung intoduces UFS based memory cards which is more power efficient and faster compared to microSD.Most of the phones support microSD as standard.Maybe, we can expect UFS memory card support in Samsung Galaxy Devices which is set to release in future.

TRAI introduces own Speed test app

TRAI introduced its own speed test app which is accurate as the speed test.net app. As it is the initial version,the app exists with some bugs in it.The app freezes sometimes when it is opened and go into black screen. Unlikr Speedtest.net app,the app makes phone some more laggy when performing speed test.The app may take high resources such as more amount of RAM,so only the app makes phone laggy and also experienced some heat dissipation when using MySpeed(TRAI) app which I didn't get with speed test.net app.The app must improve in memory management and should take less resource of memory to work free from lags and heat dissipation.

Google Music and YouTube Red coming to India

Google Music is a service which combines musics from many places.YouTube Red is an enhanced version of YouTube which can play the video in background and the videos can be played without ads.Both Google Music and YouTube Red is not available in India.These two features are coming to India.

TCL 560 launched for ₹7,999 with iris scanner

TCL launched its entry level smartphone which is priced around ₹7,999.The phone will go on sale from July 5 exclusively in Amazon.The Phone features 5.5" HD Display of resolution 720x1920.TCL 560 is powered by lower end Snapdragon 210 SoC which is a quad core processor clocked at 1.1 GHz with Adreno 304 GPU.The phone packs with 2GB of RAM.The phone features 8MP rear camera with LED Flash and 5 MP front camera with Flash.The phone runs Android 6.0.1 Marshmallows.This Phone supports dual sim with 4G and VoLTE.This phone has 2500mAh battery which is somewhat lower for the phone with 5.5" display and 4G LTE.The device has 16 GB of internal memory which is expandable upto 32 GB via microSD.Those who are having a keen interest on having iris scanner at the cheaper price can go for this phone.The gamers and others who expects performance on phones,it is not right for them.Snapdragon 200 series offers average performance as it is designed as a entry level chipset but it is good for

Vivo unveils X7 and X7 Plus in China

Vivo unveils its new mid range phone in China on July 7.Both the phones to be powered by 1.8GHz Octa Core Snapdragon 652 and 4GB of RAM.X7 features 5.2" Screen with 3,000mAh battery and X7 Plus features 5.7" with 4,000mAh battery.These Phone will be priced around $378 USD(25,000 INR)

Google Integrates Internet Speed test tool into search

Many Internet Speed Test tools are available over online.Now,Google integrates the service into the search for instant access.Now,we can search for speed test and speed test tool will be available directly from the search page without getting into the speed test website.Currently,Google working on it and soon,the update will be available for everyone.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Updated Specs

Samsung galaxy note 7 runs on New TouchWiz UX based on Android 6.0 Marshmallows.The device packs with 6GB of LPDDR4 RAM and Snapdragon 823 or Exynos 8893 chipset.Most sounds like Exynos 8893 to be featured in the device.The device is manufactured by 14nm FinFET process as same as Exynos 8890.Exynos 8893 uses 4 cores of Cortex A53 clocked at 1.6GHz which are the low power cores and 4 cores of Custom Exynos M1 clocked at 2.8GHz or 2.9GHz which are the performance cores.The device sports 5.7" QHD Screen and features 12MP rear camera with PDAF and 9 MP rear camera.The phone was said to be using 4,000mAh.But,now the latest unofficial specs says the phone will have 3,600mAh which is 20% greater than Samsung Galaxy Note 5.This appears to be disappointing.We have to wait for the official specs to decide the phone is worthy on battery life.

New TouchWiz UI for Samsung Galaxy Note 7

New TouchWiz UX We know that Samsung Phones uses its native TouchWiz UI.Now,TouchWiz UI is upgraded with new look and features.It includes optimizations for best user experience.New TouchWiz UX is in beta.It includes support for icon packs.The UI looks clean.The UI will be more smoother and lag free.

One Plus 4:specs expected

OnePlus is a very popular China based OEM which made its debut into the smartphone market with the OnePlus One.The company had a great success.Then,OnePlus 2 released last year with the company's home made Oxygen OS(Customized Variant of Android) and packed 4GB of RAM.But,the phone failed in having mass market and faced a huge criticism for the lack of Quick Charge,NFC and fingerprint sensor was not much accurate.Then,OnePlus 3 released this year with 6GB RAM and Snapdragon 820 SoC clocked at 2.15 GHz.The phone brought back NFC and it features perfect and faster fingerprint sensor and Dash charging which is able to charge 3000mAh in one hour. The phone succeeded with its features as the company added high end features in the mid range price.However,the phone suffocated some RAM management issues which can be manually fixed by rooting and tweak some settings in buildprop editor on behalf of users knowledge.Now let's see what can we expect in OnePlus 4. Display: OnePlus 4 ma

Google working on its own smartphone.

Google working on its own smartphone which is expected to release this year.This phone may be known as Pixel Smartphone which is apart from Google's Nexus Lineup.For Nexus Lineup,Google and HTC working to release two smartphone.One will be Nexus Sailfish which features 5" display.In addition to this,Google manufacturing their own smartphones as they are about to focus on hardware.So,We may see a google's own branded phone.

Samsung's Exynos 8890 is expected to power up Galaxy Note 7

Samsung galaxy note 7 is said to be using Snapdragon 823.But,currently the phone may ship with its native Exynos 8890 chipset which was used in its latest S line up Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge.However, the Exynos SoC performed very well against Snapdragon 820 in terms of performance.Samsung may release Galaxy Note 7 in two variants:One with Snapdragon 823 and Another one with Exynos 8890.

Samsung provides Dual camera setup for Chinese OEMS

Chinese OEMs like Xiaomi,Oppo and OnePlus are very popular.Now,Xiaomi working on a modified version of Mi 5 known as Mi 5S which is about to pack 6GB of RAM and Snapdragon 820/823.This Mi 5S now uses dual camera setup in its rear view.So,Samsung is very fine in developing native dual cameras.Samsung now supplies Dual camera support for Xiaomi and Oppo. Its Predecessor Xiaomi Mi 5 uses Sony IMX CMOS Sensors.Now,interestingly Xiaomi shifts from Sony camera sensors to Samsung camera.So,it looks like the image quality will be excellent with Samsung camera in Mi 5S compared to Sony camera from Mi 5.

Google redesigning Navigation buttons for the final Android N release

It looks like Google redesigning the navigation buttons for the final release of Android N.The latest leaks hints about the navigation button that its looks got changed.In previous releases,navigation buttons are hollow.But,now may see a change.Navigation buttons are now filled with white opaque look.Home button is surrounded by semicurves in red,blue,green and yellow. New Navigation buttons in Android N

Samsung Galaxy S7 edge equals an Intel i7-6700K in performance

We generally use Geekbench 3 to test the performance of a system or a smartphone.Geekbench 3 is one of the best tools offering single core test and multi core test for the chipsets and gives scores based on their performance. Samsung Galaxy S7 which runs on Snapdragon 820 equals intel i7 6700K in single core test.Both the chipset scored 5265 in single core test and in multi core test,Snapdragon 820 scored 16132 and intel i7 6700K scored 19744.In multicore test,snapdragon 820 performs very close to intel i7 6700K. Thus,we can come to conclusion that both the chipsets offering similar performance in single core test and also a good performance in multi core test.

Godless Malware:Working principle behind Malicious coding process revealed

The process of Godless malware revealed from decompiling the source code.One of the Godless malware app is Summer flashlight according to Trend Micro. So,I decompiled the dex file of summer flashlight apk into java files.This app packs with mobo SDK which enables the exploit to root install.The target of this app is done through: 1.FastInstallService.java:This set of code makes the device to install service for root install. 2.PMservice.java:This set of code enables to install the package. 3.ScreenChargeReceiver.java:Alerts the root install service when the screen is turned off. 4.C0925A.java:Alerts the service about root status whether success or failure. After rooting,the service install some unremovable packages without any system privileges.

Godless:A Malware makes android vulnerable

Reports of Trend Micro suggesting that a new type of malware now around for Android devices.These malware family apps are termed as Godless.Android devices are vulnerable to this godless malware. These vulnerability leaves 90% of Android device under malicious problem. So,Basically these malware apps are also found on Google Play which is said to be a safe spot for downloading apps. What godless do? Once the godless malware app is installed into the devixe,it runs as a background service and waits until the device's screen goes off.Once the device screens gets off,these apps uses some various exploits to root the device.After rooting,it corrupts the System coding and damages the device runtime.So,this leads to bricking of device which makes phone impossible to use.These apps are using an exploit file ANDROIDOS_GODLESS.HRX which has malicious code. Which devices are vulnerable? The devices running Android 5.1 Lollipop or lower versions are vulnerable to this godless malware

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 specs and price leaked

Samsung confirmed that its upcoming device of the Galaxy Note lineup to be named Galaxy Note 7.Tweet of Evan Blass confirmed this with an official logo. Samsung Galaxy sports a 5.7" QHD Display.It packs with 6GB of LPDDR4 RAM and powered by its native Exynos 8 SoC which is set to offer faster performance. This time,Samsung uses massive idea of bringing huge battery life for its line of device.So,The device uses 4000mAh of battery. The device will be priced around 54,000 INR.

Moto X Play(2016) specs and leaks

Moto X Play(2016) looks similar to the Moto X Play(2015) released already.But the difference is Moto X Play(2015) used Snapdragon SoC but now the Moto X Play(2016) uses Mediatek Helio P10 chipset and 4.6" FHD display instead of 5.5" Display seen in its predecessor Moto X Play(2015). Moto X Play(2016) powered by Helio P10 chipset which is an octa core processor is overclocked to 2.1 GHz which gives seamless performance.Moto X Play(2016) unlike its predecessor uses a 16MP rear camera and 8MP front camera which is fine for nice shots.Moto X Play(2016) carries a model number XT1662.Based on specs used,Moto X Play(2016) will be priced less than the Moto X Play(2015).Motorola decided to use Mediatek chipsets to get both nice performance and also less cost.The Phone may priced around 12,000-14,000 INR. Already,Yu Yunicorn used Helio P10 but failed to give lag free performance.The device already had some lags and also heating issues.Now,Moto X Play(2016) also using this chipset.

VLC 2.0 for Android adds more features

VLC 2.0 for Android VLC is a most popular media player used widely.It supports most of the audio and video codecs and it has many customisations.Now,Videolan releases a major update for VLC for Android.It has many bug fixes and improvements. VLC can now stream media content from local network. VLC can support popup videos. VLC Popup Videos VLC now s upports playlist. Reduced app permissions. Android and Android TV variants are merged.So,we can get Android TV UI in devices if required. VLC now supports DLNA,UPnP,FTP,SFTP and NFS.

HTC Desire 630 now available in India

HTC Desire 630 HTC Desire 630 is an entry level smartphone of HTC priced around 14,990 INR.The device has 5" HD Screen.The device is powered by 1.6Ghz Quad Core Snapdragon 400 SoC and 2GB RAM.The device comes with 16GB of onboard storage which is expandable upto 2TB via microSD slot.The device has 13MP rear camera with LED Flash and BSI Sensor and 5MP Front Camera with BSI Sensor.The device also supports 4G.It has BoomSound Speakers powered by Dolby Audio.The device has 2,200 mAh battery which lasts a day.The device runs on HTC Sense 7.0 UI Based on Android 6.0 Marshmallows.

Android Phones vs iPhones(Android vs iOS:Which will be better?)

Android vs iOS:Which is better? Display: Both Android phones and iPhones are having better displays.But Android Phones are coming with Quad HD and even 4K .iPhone keeps with 1080p HD display.The display in android is better. Battery: iPhone is less battery capacity compared to current Android Phones having 4000mah or 5000mAh.The battery in Android is far better. Camera: iPhone is having nice camera.It can take good pictures.But,Android Phones beats iPhone in camera also. Samsung Galaxy S7's ISOCELL takes perfect pictures with better saturation,exposure control,fine contrast and vividness .The pictures taken with iPhone 6S has some issues with exposure.It takes dark images.So,let we come to a conclusion that android phones performed very well here. If Everything comes better with Android,then what makes iPhone better than Android Phones. Yes,The Latest iPhone 6S outperforms Android device. We think that having higher clock speed and more cores and higher RAM will m

Samsung Galaxy S8 Specs,Price & Release date

Samsung Galaxy S8 Samsung Galaxy S8 is the upcoming flagship phone which ships with high end features.Samsung Galaxy S8 will be unveiled in the MWC 2017.It is worth for waiting... Samsung Galaxy S8 Specs: Display Samsung Galaxy S8 features 5.5" 4K UHD Display with a resolution of 2160 x 3840 having a pixel density of 808 ppi which gives a excellent VR experience.Samsung Galaxy S8 also features a Bio Blue Screen Technology which is suitable for VR viewing and also for blue light filter.Currently,Phones can reduce blue light to 32% only.But,Bio Blue screen takes down the blue light to 6%. Performance Samsung Galaxy S8 comes with Snapdragon 830 SoC or Exynos 9 Chipset and packs 6GB of DRAM(Samsung variant of LPDDR4 RAM).Most sources say that the device will be shipped with snapdragon 830.Snapdragon 830 will use ARM cores instead of custom cores.Snapdragon 830 is to be manufactured with 10nm process.The Snapdragon 830 contains eight cores in which four cores are hig

Marshmallows update rolling out to LG Magna

LG Magna is one of the lower end device of LG pricing less than 10,000 INR.The device has low end specs like 1 GB RAM,1.3Ghz Quad Core Processor which is better for standard usage.But,LG keeps the device updated by rolling out Android 6.0 Marshmallows update to the device.So,LG Magna users can get the update rolling out now.

OnePlus 3 Is it worthy?

OnePlus 3 ships with High end Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 and packs with 6GB LPDDR4 RAM.The specifications of this device looks amazing at the lower price.This device also has flagship features like NFC and 0.3s faster fingerprint sensor.The display of the OnePlus 3 is very good as it uses AMOLED display which is widely used by Samsung. PROS: Fingerprint sensor is faster and accurate NFC embedded in chipset s o native Support for Android Pay is available. Faster Camera Launch Supports Dash Charging(Rebranded version of Oppo VOOC Flash charging).So,only 60 minutes of charging. CONS: Only 3000mAh battery which lasts a day.But it is some what lesser for 5.5" 1080p display and Snapdragon 820. Though the device has 6GB of RAM.It is limited for power efficiency.So,we can't take control on the full potential of the RAM for high end performance. Oxygen OS has some performance issues which makes the device laggy.An update will fix this issue. No external storage. This de

Samsung Galaxy S8 coming with Dual Camera and 4K Screen

Leaked Image of Samsung Galaxy S8 Samsung Galaxy S8 to feature 4K Screen that we all know.Leaks confirm that Samsung Galaxy S8 to be featured with 5.5" 4K UHD Display with pixel density of 808 ppi.4K display gives better VR experience.With Quad HD,VR viewing is inconsistent.So,4K display will solve this problem.Rumours and leaks also suggest that it also features dual rear camera for capturing high end pictures.

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