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Google launched the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones with Android Nougat 7.1 . Both of these devices were later updated to Android Nougat 7.1.1 with latest security patches. These devices also got the December security patches as well. The update should be small, especially after the big Android 7.1.1 update that arrived at the beginning of December.Now there is more information about another security patches from Google to its Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones. The company is expected to roll out the January security patches to these devices. According to US carrier Verizon, these two devices will get January security patches in the coming next week. It is also worth mentioning that the build number for this update will be NMF26U. The Verizon listing also confirms the actual date of availability of update. The update will be available on 3rd January. Google typically pushes out its monthly security patches on the first Monday of each month, but with January 2 acti...

The Gionee M2017 premium smartphone has been launched in  China at a hefty base price of CNY 6,999 (roughly Rs. 68,400).  The Gionee M2017 has been in the news for a while and has generated much buzz for its unique design. Now that the phone is official, lets take a look at its specs. Another Gionee M2017 version with Italian custom alligator leather back panel has also been released at CNY 16,999 (roughly Rs. 1,66,000). The Gionee M2017 smartphone is up for pre-orders in China, but Gionee's website is already showing the phone as "Fully Booked." The Gionee M2017 sports a 5.7-inch dual-curved AMOLED 2K display, a snapdragon 653 processor clocked at 1.95GHz, 6GB of RAM and 128GB/256GB of storage. There is a dual-camera setup on the back consisting of a 12MP and 13MP sensor with optical zoom. The cameras have a focus speed of 0.03 seconds and also have quick focus under dim light. The primary camera in front is an 8MP sensor and there is a fingerprint sc...

Samsung’s Galaxy A5 2017 edition has been in a lot of rumor talks recently. It has already cleared a lot of ground at this point, getting Wi-Fi certified,  leaked specs  and even the phone was reported to  receive the Bluetooth certification . So hopefully at this point its official announcement is imminent, as this was clearly one of the most leaked smartphones of the year. The A5 (2017) has been rumored to go on sale in European markets in mid-January. Let's take a look at some newly leaked press renders of the Galaxy A5 (2017), portrayed in four color versions - pink, black, blue, and gold. The leak also reveals a piece of information about its specs which resembles some-what to what has been reported so far. The phone is rumored to have a 5.2-inch 1080p touchscreen display, a pair of 16 MP cameras (front and back). It is powered by a 1.9 GHz octa-core Exynos 7880 chipset paired with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of buil...

Cyanogen has announced to discontinue  its services  as on 31/12/16. The news came in the form of a blog post which was mere 140 chars, informing that all services and Cyanogen-supported  nightly builds  will be discontinued/shutdown. CyanogenMod that relied on Cyanogen for monetary support and the shared source base, announced that CyanogenMod will also shutdown, but there is a fork in the road. “Community of developers, designers, device maintainers and translators have taken the steps necessary to produce a fork of the CM source code and pending patches,” said the company. The fork of CyanogenMod source code will live on as Lineage OS, said the company. However, it is not clear when it will go live. There is new website for Lineage OS, and a blog post titled Yes, this is us, says: "Lineage OS will be a continuation of what CyanogenMod was. To quote Andy Rubin, this is the definition of open. A company pulling their sup...

Karbonn has launched four new 4G smartphones in India - the  Aura Note 4G ,  K9 Smart 4G ,  Titanium Vista 4G , and  K9 Viraat 4G . While the last three are 4G variants of smartphones the company had launched earlier, the first is an entirely new offering. The Aura Note 4G and Titanium Vista 4G have been priced by the company at Rs. 6,490 and Rs. 5,090 while K9 Smart 4G and K9 Viraat 4G are available for Rs. 5,090 and Rs. 5,790 respectively. The company says that it is targeting entry-level users with the 4G variants of its earlier phones. "Targeted at entry level users, Karbonn's 4G enabled range has been especially developed to suit the varied digital and language proficiency of the country's diverse consumer spectrum. With an aim to connect the next billion customers under the smartphone telephony fold, the range aims to simplify the 4G experience of the user to facilitate easy adoption," the company said in its release. The Karbonn Aura...

Motorola Moto X Style has been spotted on GFXBench. The handset appears to be bench-marked against the Android 7.1.1 Nougat, which makes it quite obvious the update is being tested by the company behind the veil and may release it soon for the general public. So far the company has only released the Nougat update for the Moto Z and Moto G (4th gen) devices, and this is pretty much unclear as to when it will release it for Moto X Play or the Moto X Style smartphone.  Source:gadgetox

At the recent Lenovo Tech World 2016 held in San Francisco, Lenovo showed two next generation prototypes based on flexible display technology. The first prototype was called CPlus. It is a conceptual smartphone / smartwatch that can also be worn as a band on a user’s wrist. The second prototype was called Folio and was a tablet that could be folded in half. The development of these prototypes was that Lenovo’s focus groups showed that people want to interact with the phone or tablet when it is folded. One implication of this preference is the need for a display that can bend outwards, not just inwards.                 The first prototype is called CPlus, the video you see above. It is a conceptual smartphone that can turn into a wearable device when you fold it onto your wrist just like a fitness band or may be a bracelet. The CPlus sports a 4.26″ display, and runs on Android operating system. Lenovo plans...