Upcoming BlackBerry DTEK60 Android Smartphone

This Is The Upcoming BlackBerry DTEK60 Android Smartphone, According To Trusted Tipster

BlackBerry's third Android smartphone, the DTEK60, should make its debut soon and it now stars in a new leak. The latest image gives a good look at the front of the device, and it looks pretty sleek.  ( Evan Blass | Twitter )

BlackBerry's upcoming Android smartphone, the DTEK60, is the star of a new leak that gives a clearer look at its front design.
The latest image comes from trusted tipster Evan Blass, also known as @evleaks, who has offered accurate information about unreleased devices or plans in the tech world on countless occasions so far. That's no guarantee that the leak is 100 percent accurate, but it does make it more credible.
BlackBerry, for its part, was once at the top of the food chain, but after falling significantly behind rivals on the smartphone market, it eventually moved to Android in an effort to keep its head above the water.
The company released its very first Android smartphone late in 2015, when it introduced the BlackBerry Priv. BlackBerry launched its second Android smartphone back in July this year, with the DTEK50, and it's now expected to reveal a new DTEK60 Android-powered smartphone soon enough.
The company's Android smartphones bear little resemblance to the old BlackBerry look with an iconic QWERTY keyboard, but that's hardly a surprise anymore. Times are changing, and BlackBerry is just trying to keep up.

The first images of the purported BlackBerry DTEK60 leaked last week, finally revealing what the smartphone should look like, but Blass now offers a clearer, less blurry look at the front of the device.
Based on this image, the DTEK60 will have slightly curved edges, on-screen navigation buttons and a sleek design overall. The leaked image also shows a few app icons such as the Google Play Store, BBM and others.
Blass makes no mention of specifications in this new leak, but the BlackBerry DTEK60 (codenamed "Argon") is expected to sport high-end internals and previous information from BlackBerry itself already painted a picture of what's in store.
The BlackBerry DTEK60 will come with a 5.5-inch QHD display (2,560 x 1,440 pixels) with a pixel density of 534 ppi and pack a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC under the hood, paired with Adreno 530 graphics and 4 GB of RAM.
Other specs of the DTEK60 include 32 GB of internal storage capacity, a 21-megapixel main camera on its rear, an 8-megapixel front shooter, a 3,000 mAh battery and a USB Type-C port.
The new BlackBerry DTEK60 may hit the market as a rebranded TCL 950, a smartphone that made its debut in China last week. For reference, the BlackBerry DTEK50 was a rebranded Alcatel Idol 4.
No information is available at this point as to when the BlackBerry DTEK60 will officially launch.




source: techtimes

Pixel phone by Google

Latest Pixel leaks give comprehensive look at the ‘phone by Google’

The published pages from Carphone Warehouse came with full specs, including familiar details (5-inch and 5.5-inch displays on the Pixel and Pixel XL respectively, Snapdragon 821 processors, and 4GB of RAM) as well as some that might just be placeholders (such as a microSD slot). Other listed specs include the choice of 32GB or 128GB of internal storage, a 2770mAh battery for the Pixel and a 3450mAh battery for the Pixel XL, and screen resolutions of 1080 x 1920 for the smaller device, and 1440 x 2560 for the larger.

THE TWO PHONES ARE IDENTICAL IN EVERYTHING BUT SIZE

As we've seen before, the phones are identical in looks. There's an offset camera on the front of the case, what looks like a circular fingerprint scanner on the rear, an antenna line on the bottom, and a split material design on the rear — with a shinier surface on the top third of the phone, and a matte finish on the bottom. We can see a USB Type-C port on the bottom, and a cut-out in the case suggests there's a headphone jack on the top of the devices. Previous rumors have said the handsets will be manufactured by HTC.

Pulled slides from Carphone Warehouse also showcased a number of Google software features, including free photo storage on Google Photos, and the Duo video chat app and Allo messaging app (complete with built-in Google Assistant). Also mentioned is a quick charge feature (15 minutes of charging for seven hours' battery life) and the return of Live Cases — customized phone cases that were introduced earlier this year for the Nexus 6, 5X, and 6P for $35 a pop. Let's just hope there are at least some new information left for Google to announce tomorrow.

Purported images of the Pixel (left) and Pixel XL (right), courtesy of the Canadian Bell leak. (via Android Central)

source: theverge

Honda's superhot Civic Type R

Honda's superhot Civic Type R looks absolutely insane

Honda Civic Type R

At a time when small car sales are generally suffering, Honda has found a hit in its newly redesigned Civic. Now, it plans to kick it up a notch.

The performance concept version of the Civic, the Type R, just made its debut last week at the Paris auto show, and will make its first appearance in the U.S. next month. It comes to showrooms next year.

It will mark the first time that Honda has offered the Type R in the U.S., and it's based on the Civic Hatchback, which was also introduced in Paris.

Note the twin tailpipes at the bacf end of the Honda Civic Type R Prototype  

For now, details are scant about just how hot of a performer the new car will be. The concept showed several performance details, most notably a long spoiler in back. Honda is saying, for now, "trust us."

"For the first time ever in America, Honda fans and enthusiasts will have access to the ultimate in Civic performance in the form of the new Type R," says Jeff Conrad, senior vice president and general manager of the Honda's U.S. car operation.

The Type R "H" badge is prominent on the grille and the car gets more of its sinister look comes from darkened lenses on its LED headlights. on the front grille at the nose of the car. There is a also new intake on the hood with an air scoop.

Honda Civic Type R Prototype from above 

source: usatoday

iPhone 7 And iPhone 7 Plus Launch Weekend Sales Lower By 25 Percent

iPhone 7 And iPhone 7 Plus Launch Weekend Sales Lower By 25 Percent

iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus launch weekend sales were 25 percent lower than their predecessors, reports a German research firm. However, the orders for components of the new iPhones beat suppliers' estimation. 

The weekend sales of the newly launched iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus were lower than launch weekend sales of iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus.

Apple launched its new-generation iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in early September and both devices hit the shelves on Sept. 16. The new iPhones are packed with better features than their predecessors. An improved chip, new color options, better camera capabilities and new software features of the novel iPhones have attracted millions of iFans across the world.
A previous Tech Times report highlighted that Apple raised the order quantities of iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus components in anticipation of high sales. The report said the iPhone maker ordered between 72 million and 78 million new iPhones for 2016, and the figure was 20 percent more than analysts' estimation.

Ming-Chi Kuo, a well-known Apple analyst at KGI Securities, also predicted high sale volume for the new iPhones.
However, according to Germany's market research institute GfK, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus's launch weekend sales have not been great. By analyzing Apple's sales channels, GfK found that Apple's new iPhone sales were 25 percent lower year-over-year.
This is not the first instance a GfK's report has rocked Apple. In 2015, the market research firm also reported that iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus turnover was not as impressive as claimed by the company.
It is worth noting that Apple has not officially revealed the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus's first weekend sales figure.
A report from Taiwanese publication DigiTimes cites sources familiar with Apple's manufacturing partners and suggests that Apple's iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus chip orders for the first quarter of 2017 are likely to fall 20 percent less than the chips ordered in the same period of 2016.

The weekend sales of the newly launched iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus were lower than launch weekend sales of iPhone 6s and the iPhone 6s Plus.
Apple launched its new-generation iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in early September and both devices hit the shelves on Sept. 16. The new iPhones are packed with better features than their predecessors. An improved chip, new color options, better camera capabilities and new software features of the novel iPhones have attracted millions of iFans across the world.
A previous Tech Times report highlighted that Apple raised the order quantities of iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus components in anticipation of high sales. The report said the iPhone maker ordered between 72 million and 78 million new iPhones for 2016, and the figure was 20 percent more than analysts' estimation.
Ming-Chi Kuo, a well-known Apple analyst at KGI Securities, also predicted high sale volume for the new iPhones.
However, according to Germany's market research institute GfK, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus's launch weekend sales have not been great. By analyzing Apple's sales channels, GfK found that Apple's new iPhone sales were 25 percent lower year-over-year.
This is not the first instance a GfK's report has rocked Apple. In 2015, the market research firm also reported that iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus turnover was not as impressive as claimed by the company.
It is worth noting that Apple has not officially revealed the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus's first weekend sales figure.
A report from Taiwanese publication DigiTimes cites sources familiar with Apple's manufacturing partners and suggests that Apple's iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus chip orders for the first quarter of 2017 are likely to fall 20 percent less than the chips ordered in the same period of 2016.
"Apple has requested its manufacturing partners stock ICs for a combined 50 million iPhone 7/7 Plus units in the third quarter of 2016, and another 45 million units in the fourth quarter, according to sources at analog chip firms. The estimated volume for the first quarter of 2017 has reduced to 35-37 million units, said the sources," reports DigiTimes.
Although this year's iPhone launch weekend sales have been reported as lower than last year, Apple is said to be pushing its iPhone component makers to make 100 million units of iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in 2016. Apple suppliers were estimating to get orders for about 80 to 85 million units.
It has just been about a week since the official release of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. Even though launch weekend sales are low, holiday sales could be higher for the two new offerings from Apple.





source: techtimes

Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 users’ phones are blowing up, literally

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was supposed to be the next jewel in the South Korean company's line of Android smartphones, touted for its bigger battery that could power the phone for an impressive nine hours.

The entire phone was, as the company advertised, "designed to be a key that opens the door to new experiences on the go."

Since its Aug. 19 release, the Note 7 has indeed become known for all of the above, though probably not in the way Samsung had hoped.

On Thursday, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall of the new Samsung phones, saying that defective Note 7 batteries had been linked to "26 reports of burns and 55 reports of property damage, including fires in cars and a garage."

The recall followed numerous recent reports, including one last Tuesday, when Port St. Lucie police officers responded to a report of a car on fire in a residential neighborhood in the southern Florida beach city. They found a vehicle "fully engulfed in flames."

The driver, who was unharmed, told police he had been charging his Samsung 7 phone when it burst into flames.

"[The] suggestion that the phone caused the fire has not been confirmed at this time as The Fire Marshall is continuing their investigation into the cause of the fire," the Port St. Lucie Police Department said in a statement.

In what is believed to be the first lawsuit related to the phone, a Florida man filed a claim against Samsung last Friday, alleging that his Galaxy Note 7 exploded and caused him severe burns on his right thigh and left thumb, Reuters reported.

In the lawsuit, Jonathan Strobel claimed that his Note 7 exploded in his front pants pocket while he was at a Costco on Sept. 9. The explosion was intense enough to burn through his pants and also severely burn his left thumb when he reached in to try to remove the phone, Reuters reported.

"He has a deep second-degree burn, roughly the size of the phone, on his right thigh," Strobel's attorney, Keith Pierro, told Reuters.

Such reports have continued to plague Samsung, which first issued a voluntary recall of its Galaxy Note 7 phones because of a "battery issue" on Sept. 2, offering to give replacement phones to customers who had bought the devices. The lithium-ion batteries in the phones could overheat and pose a safety risk, the company said after it had received a few dozen reports of Note 7 batteries catching on fire.

"To date (as of September 1) there have been 35 cases that have been reported globally and we are currently conducting a thorough inspection with our suppliers to identify possible affected batteries in the market," the company said in a statement. "However, because our customers’ safety is an absolute priority at Samsung, we have stopped sales of the Galaxy Note7."

According to the mobile analytics firm Apteligent, most owners of the phone were still using it almost two weeks after Samsung's voluntary recall began, although new sales had dropped off, The Washington Post reported Friday.

On Thursday, U.S. safety regulators ordered a nationwide recall of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, and Samsung updated its recall with increased urgency.

"Since the affected devices can overheat and pose a safety risk, if you own a Galaxy Note7, it is extremely important to stop using your device, power it down and immediately exchange it using our U.S. Note7 Exchange Program," the company said in another statement.

Issues with the Note 7 battery have become so widely known that they have been singled out in some airline boarding announcements.

Before Delta Flight 2557 took off from Norfolk to Atlanta early Friday morning, flight attendants advised passengers to place their phones in airplane mode. Those who had the Galaxy Note 7s, however, were advised to power them down completely.

"They made a specific point to mention that phone, and I thought that was really interesting," Robyn Sidersky, a passenger on the flight, told The Post. "I did know the issues going on, so it made sense."

Shortly after takeoff, Sidersky, who was sitting in row 35, said she heard a person screaming "Fire!" and saw smoke emanating from across the aisle in row 34. Soon, flight attendants evacuated about 20 passengers seated around the row and then used a fire extinguisher to douse the flames.

"It was really scary," said Sidersky, a reporter with the Virginian-Pilot. "I think that some people's first thought when there was smoke was [the engines] were on fire."

About 20 minutes later, passengers were told that the culprit was a spare lithium-ion battery apparently wedged between the window and middle seats, she said.

The airline confirmed that the incident took place on board its flight Friday.

"During ascent from Norfolk International Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, the flight attendants of Delta flight 2557 observed smoke in the rear portion of the aircraft. They acted quickly to immediately dissipate the smoke," Delta spokesman Brian Kruse said in a statement. "It quickly became evident that the source of the smoke was from a spare battery not affixed to a device."

Kruse said the battery "did not appear" to be one from the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 but said the source and type of battery involved were being investigated.

The flight, with 143 passengers and five crew members on board, landed safely in Atlanta, Kruse said. As a goodwill gesture, Delta gave passengers aboard the flight 15,000 frequent-flier miles or a $150 travel voucher.

No one on board ever claimed the battery, Sidersky said.

"It’s unclear if it was someone who was on the plane or if it was just left between the seats," she said. "People were kind of angry about that."

One request was clear after the onboard battery fire, though: Flight attendants immediately asked all passengers to power down their phones, regardless of whether it was a Samsung or not. From what Sidersky could observe, everyone complied.

"Everybody around us was like, man, turn your phone off," she said.





source: washingtonpost

Apple iPhone 7 Plus

Apple iPhone 7 Plus Has A Great Secret Feature

When Apple AAPL -2.23% launched the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 this week it proved yet again that keeping a secret in the tech world is almost impossible these days. The new models had almost no surprises, except one…

‘Great Features’ and ‘Nasty Surprises’ are my regular columns investigating operating system updates for the best features / biggest problems hidden behind the headlines.

Throughout the Apple keynote, company executives always referred to the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus as a pair. We were told they share the same design, software, main camera (excluding the iPhone 7 Plus second telephoto lens) and performance. But it appears this last claim isn’t true.

Apple’s new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are likely to be the biggest selling smartphones of 2016. Image credit: Apple

Tried and trusted smartphone benchmarking software Geekbench has recorded what looks to be a legitimate test of the iPhone 7 Plus which reveals it has 3GB of RAM – 50% more than the iPhone 7. And this should give the larger handset a significant performance advantage over its smaller stablemate.

It also ties in with widespread speculation before the launch event that Apple would give the iPhone 7 Plus additional RAM. But hopes of this appeared to be dashed when Apple’s presentation implied no performance difference between the two models existed. With hindsight this may have been to avoid presenting the iPhone 7 as a downgraded handset, given it also lacks the dual rear camera of the iPhone 7 Plus.

So how likely is this to be correct? I suspect very. Geekbench automatically detects the model of phone when a test is run on it and it shows the correct ‘iPhone 9,4’ signature. Why 9,4? Because iPhone 9,1, 9,2 and 9,3 are the three storage tiers of the iPhone 7, implying it was a 32GB iPhone 7 Plus that was tested on Geekbench.

One note of caution for those now planning to scrap their iPhone 7 pre-orders and buy an iPhone 7 Plus: the performance gap between the two phones may not turn out to be as big as it might appear.

The reason for this is the iPhone 7 Plus has a much higher resolution display (1080p) than the iPhone 7 (750p) so it has to drive almost twice the number of pixels. The iPhone 7 Plus will also require more power to process its dual camera photos than the single rear camera on the iPhone 7, so performance there won’t be drastically faster either.

That said, the Geekbench scores still show the iPhone 7 Plus as the fastest iOS device Apple has ever made – even beaten the iPad Pro 12.9-inch which has 4GB RAM. So if it is office bragging rights you want, then iPhone 7 Plus is what you should buy…





source: forbes

The iPhone 7

The iPhone 7 is going to be so much more exciting than you think

If you believe everything you read, Apple’s new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are going to be “boring.” Dozens of tech blogs have been harping on the idea that Apple’s new iPhone models are going to be boring ever since details first began leaking months ago. Are they crazy? Are they intentionally being obtuse? Or are they correct that Apple’s new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be the most boring new iPhones the company has ever made?