When the Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) and Galaxy J5 (2016) were made official last month, there was no word on whether or not they’ll be available outside of China. There have been reports since that the new J5 will be launched in Europe soon and now we learn the J7 is already on sale in the region. Samsung Spain currently has the device listed on its official website for €299, and it’s in stock, too. Curiously though, the model listed on the Spanish website has a screen resolution of 1280 x 720 (HD) and 2GB RAM, compared to the full HD display and 3GB RAM that were revealed when the…

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Massive job cuts are coming at Intel. The world’s largest PC chip-maker has announced that it will lay off nearly 12,000 employees globally, which translates into around 11% of the California-based company’s total workforce. The firm – which had a total of about 107,300 employees at the end of last year – said that majority of those on the layoff list will be notified within the next couple of months, while noting that the job cut process may take almost a year to complete. Intel expects this restructuring will help the company save a total of $750 million in 2016, with the figure…

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LeEco brought out the big guns – a trio of Le phones with large screens, gobs of processing power and advanced cameras. There’s one thing lacking though – a 3.5mm audio jack, the USB Type-C port takes over. LeEco Le Max 2 This is the leader of the pack with a 5.7″ QHD screen (1,440 x 2,560px) and a Snapdragon 820 chipset coupled with the impressive 6GB RAM. The phone runs a current Android 6.0 Marshmallow with EUI 5.5. There’s 64GB storage out of the box. The camera is a 21MP shooter with an IMX230 sensor and optical image stabilization, f/2.0 aperture and phase detection AF. There’s…

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There have been rumors of a 4K capable PlayStation 4 for a while now. According to sources at Giant Bomb, the console is very much real, and is codenamed NEO. The main differences between the current PS4 and the NEO is the higher CPU and GPU clock speed and higher memory bandwidth. The other specifications are seemingly the same. The 8-core Jaguar CPU will be clocked ay 2.1GHz instead of 1.6GHz, the the AMD GPU gets double the compute units ay 36 at 911MHz, and the 8GB GDDR5 gets bandwidth boost from 176GB/s to 218GB/s. Sony requires the game developers to make every game for both, the…

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Google has launched the second-gen Chromecast as well as the new Chromecast Audio dongles in India. The devices – which were unveiled back in September last year – are currently listed on the company’s India website carrying a price tag of INR 3,399 each, which translates into around $50 at current exchange rates. Clicking the ‘Buy’ button on the official site gives you an option to purchase the dongles from third party online-only retailers including Flipkart, Snapdeal, and Paytm, as well physical retailers such as Reliance and Croma. The Mountain View, California-based company is…

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Last week, Evan Blass – who goes by the Twitter handle @evleaks – shared an image alleged to be of the Motorola Moto G4 Plus. The image, however, revealed only the bottom portion of the device’s front-panel. Now, the leakster has shared another image of the handset, and this time it shows off the complete front as well as back of the device. Agreed. https://t.co/yBX6xW1AOC http://pic.twitter.com/rw8dhBYHxK— Evan Blass (@evleaks) April 19, 2016 The image reveals a square-shaped fingerprint sensor on the front, and a camera setup (including an apparent laser autofocus module) with vertical…

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Samsung has announced that its mobile payments service – Samsung Pay – will be launched in Singapore in the second quarter of this year (which has already begun), making the city-state the first market in Southeast Asia where the service will be available. “We are extremely excited that Singapore is the first market in Southeast Asia to roll out Samsung Pay,” said Injong Rhee, EVP and Head of R&D, Software and Services of Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics. “Singapore’s connectivity and openness are ideal conditions for our new mobile service to thrive, together with…

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Huawei’s sub-brand Honor will launch a new smartphone next month. The Chinese company released an official teaser image confirming that a device named V8 will be unveiled on May 10. While nothing else was explicitly revealed by the company, the teaser image does indicate that the handset will sport a dual camera setup. As for the other specs, rumors say the Honor V8 will be powered by the home-grown Kirin 950 chipset, while RAM will be 4GB. The camera department is said to be handled by two 12MP units similar to the way it is in the case of the Huawei P9, but sans Leica lens. The…

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Samsung has launched a new Pink Gold color variant of its newest flagships – the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. The new color has been released today in Samsung’s home country of South Korea, with the company saying that it will soon be available in select other markets as well. “Pink Gold was chosen as it, like the other colors available for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, is a natural color that provides a sense of comfort,” Samsung said in a blog post. “These hues glitter and shimmer as if illuminated from inside their glass surfaces.” In case you aren’t in the know, both the flagship…

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Apple upgraded it’s new MacBook yesterday with faster Skylake processors, bigger battery, and a new rose gold color, but there’s also something for those looking to buy the more versatile MacBook Air. The 13-inch model now comes with 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 memory as standard. Back when the machine was updated in mid-2015, the 13-inch model always came with 4GB RAM as standard on all models, with 8GB being an option that you had to choose while purchasing from the Apple Store. Not only is 4GB too less now to be a worthwhile option, it could also not be upgraded in countries that don’t have…

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