With the Xperia Z5 family, Sony has definitely piqued the interest of the public, delivering not one, but three flagship devices. The Z5 Premium is the world first 4K screen phone, while the Xperia Z5 compact is a powerhouse device with a small footprint.

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According to a new report out of Samsung’s home country of South Korea, the Galaxy S7 will be unveiled in January. Since the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge made their debut on March 1 this year, that means the S7 is going to be announced at least one full month early. This apparently has to do with the competition that Samsung is feeling in the high-end space, especially from Apple and its new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus.

The rumor goes on to say there will be a premium and a sub-premium version of the Galaxy S7, and that the designs have been finalized already in September. The premium model’s Exynos chipset will reportedly house the processor and the modem on a single chip, while in the sub-premium handset they will be on different dies. The former SoC might be the Exynos M1 we’ve seen benchmarked recently, but that’s not 100% certain – especially as past mumblings had it ready for production only in the second half of next year.

Other previously leaked information talked about there actually being three different chipset variations employed by the Galaxy S7. The phone might also come with 3D Touch-like features, as well as a USB Type-C port.

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Today Lenovo has announced a new convertible laptop. It’s called the Yoga 900, and it has a 13.3-inch 3,200×1,800 IPS touchscreen with 300-nit brightness, Intel’s 6th generation Core processors (up to a Core i7), up to 16GB of LP-DDR3L RAM, a 1 MP 720p CMOS camera, up to a 512GB Samsung SSD, JBL stereo speakers, 2×2 Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0, two USB Type-A 3.0 ports, one USB Type-C 3.0 port with video out, a 4-in-1 card reader, an audio combo jack, and a weight that starts at just 1.29kg.

Its dimensions are 324 x 225 x 14.9 mm, and it runs Windows 10 Home. The 66WHr battery is rated for up to 9 hours of continuous video playback at 200 nits, and up to 10 hours of Wi-Fi browsing at the same brightness setting. This being a convertible, you can use it in four different ways, which Lenovo calls “laptop”, “tablet”, “tent”, and “stand”. The first two are self-explanatory, the “tent” form factor can be seen in the image below, while in “stand” mode the keyboard bit acts as a stand for the touchscreen part.

Lenovo boasts that this is the world’s thinnest convertible to feature an Intel Core i processor. The Yoga 900 will be offered in Champagne Gold, Clementine Orange, and Platinum Silver color versions. It will start at $1,199.

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If you’re in Malaysia and looking to buy a OnePlus 2 smartphone, here is some good news: the device is now available for purchase without invites from local carrier Maxis, which is selling the 64GB model for RM1,788.22 or $420 (including taxes).

It’s worth mentioning that the carrier launched the “2016 flagship killer” just last month on September 22. So, the change in sales strategy comes less than a month after the smartphone went on sale in the country, possibly indicating a lukewarm reception.

Just last week, the device went on open sale in India, too, although for a limited time only. If you aren’t already aware, the Chinese company is expected to unveil a new handset named OnePlus X later this month.

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While Google won’t be officially rolling out Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for the Nexus 7 (2012), those looking to experience the latest Android version on the tablet will be happy to know that an unofficial Marshmallow build is now available for the device.

The build comes courtesy of Google developer Dmitry Grinberg, who has already released a similar unofficial Marshmallow image for the Nexus 4, another aging Nexus device from 2012 that won’t get the Android 6.0 update.

Reports say the Nexus 7 (2012) with Marshmallow gives a smoother experience than Android 5.1.1. Interested users can head to Grinberg’s website (Source link below) where he has published both build instructions as well as pre-built AOSP Marshmallow images for the device.

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Meizu is having a press conference in just two days, where it is expected to pull the wraps off its next Blue Charm devices. The Blue Charm is an affordable lineup of droids, known outside China as Meizu m-series.

Now Meizu is prepping the next generation Blue Charm, rumored as Blue Charm Metal. The device leaked online five days ago. But while we are just hours away of its premiere, the OppoMart retailer have already listed it online and spilled the beans on its specs.

The Meizu Metal will pack a 5.5″ 1080p display and run on the MediaTek Helio X10 chip with an octa-core Cortex-A53 processor, PowerVR G6200 GPU and 3GB of RAM.

Other notable specs of the Meizu Metal are a 13MP main camera and a front 5MP snapper, 16 or 32 GB storage, LTE connectivity, and a 3,050 mAh battery. Naturally it will run on Android 5.1 Lollipop with Flyme launcher.

OppoMart’s announced price is $249, but this may as well change post the official announcement. Anyway, the event is happening on October 21, just two days from today.

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xda-developers members are noting that Microsoft has removed support for Windows Bridge for Android in the latest build of Windows 10 for smartphones. Windows Bridge for Android, otherwise known as Project Astoria, enabled developers to easily port their Android apps to Windows by retaining most of the code, and allowed customers to sideload Android APK files, no longer seems to be working.

Microsoft has seemingly removed the subsystem in the latest 10549 build of Windows 10 for smartphones, even though the subsystem files are still present in the emulator, which runs build 10563.

According to WindowsBlogItalia, the reason for removal is that the Android subsystem was slowly degrading Windows 10…

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The metal-clad Nexus 6P has been available from day one, the more compact Nexus 5X is launching today in select markets

Those are the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Korea and Japan. Residents can check store.google.com or look to their local major carriers for a unit. Prices vary locally.

In the US it’s $380 for the 16GB model and $430 for the 32GB model, plus an optional $70 Nexus Protect 2-year coverage. In Ireland the prices are heftier, €480 and €530 respectively (no Nexus Protect option). The UK is looking at £340/£380, India at INR 32,000/36,000, Japan at JPY 59,300/63,400 and Korea at KRW 509,000/569,000.

LG and Google will bring the Nexus 5X to more European and Latin American markets over the next few…

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Metal unibody, spacious 6.0-inch display, a super fast fingerprint reader and nice 13MP camera, the Huawei Mate7 is definitely a tough device to top. However, the Chinese OEM is definitely trying its best and the Mate 8 does look mightily impressive.

We have already seen a few leaks of the upcoming phablet, some of which even complete with photos. But, information about the already announced Mate S seemed to often get mixed into the leaks. A new source, however, now promises the full scoop on the device and its specs sheet.

As previously thought, the Mate 8 will have a spacious 6.0 inch 1440p display and the OEM’s new custom Kirin 950 chipset. It promises to deliver unprecedented power thanks to a 16nm FinFET production process and a big.LITTLE architecture. The four Cortex-A72 cores are clocked at 2.4 GHz, while the extra four Cortex-A53 ones run at 2.0 GHz and should easily top the Samsung Exynos 7420 and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810.

The bundled GPU is also pretty impressive – the ARM Mali-T880 and it should also be joined by an i7 coprocessor and a Tensilica Hi-Fi 4 independent audio chip. A promising collection of silicon indeed. The rest of the specs sheet includes 3GB or 4GB of RAM, bundled with 32GB or 64GB of onboard storage, respectively.

A preliminary price tag is also know and it sound very attractive for such a high-end unit: CNY 3,299 ($520) for the 3GB one and CNY 3,899 ($610) for the more powerful one. As for availability the Huawei Mate 8 is still said to arrive before the end of the year, perhaps in late November or early…

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Samsung switched on its own Exynos line for flagships with a small number of mid-rangers also powered by the Samsung-branded chipsets. Next year that number might grow, weening the Galaxy line off the Snapdragon dependence.

Two chipsets – Exynos 7650 and Exynos 7880 – are roughly in the Snapdragon 620 range. They have a big.LITTLE configuration of Cortex-A72 and Cortex-A53 (the core counts for both is unclear) and Mali-T860 GPU. Both will be built on a 28nm range.

The difference comes from a slight clock speed advantage for the 7880 (and possibly core count, again it’s unclear), an extra core for the GPU (4-core vs. 3-core) and faster RAM access (17GB/s vs. 14.9GB/s).

The Cortex-A72 is based on ARMv8A and is the successor to the A57 used in current designs. It should improve performance and power efficiency, though it’s not clear if the old manufacturing process will allow it to challenge current flagship. The GPU is similarly a new generation – the Galaxy S6 stable uses Mali-T760, but has double the cores.

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