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Android 5.1 Lollipop for Huawei Ascend Mate7 spotted in a video

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Huawei is expected to start rolling out the Android 5.1 Lollipop update for its existing family of Android devices. And it might happen very soon as a video of Ascend Mate7 running the Emotion 3.1 UI based on Android 5.1 Lollipop surfaced, making a promise of some interesting features to come.

The video shows a the split screen multitasking mode with two different applications running at the same time. It's similar to what LG and Samsung smartphones have been offering for a while now.

We also saw a handy option to minimize the display and other features facilitaing single-handed operation.

We reported earlier that the Ascend Mate7 would be the first one to get the Android update in May but it seems the update was delayed. Perhaps the reason behind this is that the Mate7 will skip Android 5.0 and move directly to Android 5.1 from its current 4.4…

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Xiaomi Redmi 2A gets a price cut, now available for $80

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The Redmi 2A, which was announced by Xiaomi in China back in March this year and was priced at 599 Chinese Yuan ($97), has received a price cut – it is now available for 499 Chinese Yuan ($80).

Specs-wise, the handset is powered by a Leadcore L1860C chipset with quad-core 1.5GHz CPU and Mali-T628MP2 GPU, and sports a 4.7-inch 720p display. It comes with 1GB RAM and 8GB internal memory, and packs in a 2200 mAh battery.

In terms of camera, the Redmi 2A features an 8MP rear unit and a 2MP front shooter. It runs Android 5.0 Lollipop with MIUI on top. For those who aren't in the know, the device is the affordable version of the existing Redmi 2 which costs…

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LG G2 Mini to receive Lollipop update this month

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The G2 mini, which was announced back in February last year and released a couple of months later, will receive the Android Lollipop update in June, according to LG Greece, which revealed the information in response to a comment on its Facebook page.

If you aren't in the know, the G2 mini – as the name suggests – is a shrunk down version of the larger G2, which was released back in September 2013. The latter started receiving the Android 5.0 Lollipop update in January this year.

The news comes just a couple of weeks after the Android 5.1.1 update started rolling out to the LG G Flex2 in South Korea.
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