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Snapdragon 810 SoC is falling short from sales forecasts

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The Snapdragon 810 SoC has been shrouded in a lot of controversy ever since it was first announced. The chips has been plagued with overheating issues and accusations that it simply didn't manage to shake. It seems that despite all of Qualcomm's hard work, fixes and improvements, the beastly chipset still heats up under pressure, a fact that cost the company one of its biggest clients – Samsung, quite early on in the development cycle of the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge.

Others did adopt Qualcomm's chip, but, market statistics now show that it is a major flop. The Snapdragon 810 didn't sell nearly as many units as anticipated. The heat issues confirmed with Sony's eagerly-anticipated flagship models – the Xperia Z4 and Xperia Z3+ were the more or less the final nail in the coffin of Qualcomm's flagship SoC. These handsets supposedly run on a revision 2.1 of the Snapdragon 810, meaning that, at this point, the design seems so fatally flawed that it is beyond salvageable.

All in all, the Snapdragon 810's market failure comes as no reals surprise. On the other hand, the consequences it entails could dramatically reshape the mobile world for years to come. We'll just have to wait and see.

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OnePlus promises 3 months warranty extension for India

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OnePlus India has promised to extend the warranty by 3 months for all users who have faced delays or have been pending for more than 15 working days in the support centers. Of course, those users will have to share some details about the issues and delays.

OnePlus has clarified that this 3 months extension on the warranty is also applicable for those who purchased the One from the global website, even before it was launched in India. Right now, the exact details on how to claim the 3 month extension are scarce but we expect them to be revealed soon.

The Chinese startup is trying to make up for the post-sales services woes faced by many consumers in India. Our sources stated that OnePlus is in talks with a new post-sales servicespartner and talks are in the final stages for the One as well as the upcoming OnePlus…

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Oppo released a new Color OS 2.1.1i Beta for owners of the Find 7 and Find 7a over the weekend. This new Android Lollipop-based firmware packs five new features for early adopters.

Color OS 2.1.1i Beta brings better home screen management. Users can now select multiple apps and drag them into a folder apart from regular way of dragging an app onto another app for creating a folder.

A new wallpaper can be enjoyed every time you wake up your phone through the new Lockscreen Magazine. The wallpapers can be chosen manually or you can subscribe to a channel where they are selected automatically.

Pressing the Power and Volume Up button will take long screenshots by stitching the images together. So if you wish to take a screenshot of an article or a page that has more than a single screen of content, long screenshots will pack them in a single long image instead of multiple screenshots.

Camera app now gets a bunch of real-time filters for the users to experiment with them. Finally, the VOOC charging animation has also been…

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