Samsung Finland lists support page for Galaxy S9+

It's still about a month and a half before the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ make it to the European market but already a second official product page has surfaced online. The last one was a Samsung Germany page for the Galaxy S9, this one is a Finnish support page for the Galaxy S9+. It goes by the product number SM-G965F/DS in which the F stands for International model while the DS for dual SIM. This means that some of the Galaxy S9/S9+ units that will eventually be sold in Finland will be of the Duos variety and will have the hybrid SIM slot which can either harbor 2 nano SIMs or 1...

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Nokia 8 Sirocco trademarked, a premium name will be reborn

HMD is busy resurrecting old Nokia brands, the latest of which is the premium Sirocco line. Model number TA-1005 was just trademarked as Nokia 8 Sirocco. A logo bearing that inscription was found earlier this month. The name is a throwback to the old Nokia 8800 Sirocco, which was named after the Mediterranean wind coming from the Sahara. The Sirocco model differed from the base 8800 with sapphire glass, molded steel panels and a leather case included in the box - it was Nokia's most expensive model at the time. The TA-1005 model name has previously been attached to the Nokia 9 instead,...

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Huawei P smart now available in the uk

The Huawei P smart with Fullview Display & Dual Camera is now available in the UK through Vodafone, who have exclusivity until the end of February. Available on a Pay Monthly plans, starting from £9 upfront with a monthly cost of £17. This provides you with 250MB data, 250 minutes call time and Unlimited texts. This is for the 3GB/32GB variant of the phone and comes with Android 8.0 (Oreo) and is powered by the Kirin 659 Octa-core 2.36 GHz CPU. See our Huawei P smart Specification Page for more details. Vodafone UK

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Qualcomm and Samsung extend cross-license partnership

Qualcomm announced today in a press release it is expanding its relationship with Samsung as technology partners. The two companies signed a multi-year strategic agreement over various technology areas across a range of mobile devices. Steve Mollenkopf, CEO of Qualcomm, said later: Qualcomm has enjoyed a strong partnership with Samsung for many years, and we are pleased to further strengthen and extend our relationship through this amended cross-license agreement, alongside our continuing relationship as a key product supplier to Samsung. The agreement covers smartphones like the...

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Alexa loses her voice in hilarious new Super Bowl ad

The next Super Bowl is on Sunday, but companies already started posting their ads for the NFL event. In the latest Amazon video, the voice assistant Alexa loses her voice, and the company needs to find replacements. Jeff Bezos restlessly asks if the new team will do its job and his employees assure him that there will be no problem. While the 90-second video unfolds, Cardi B sings her hit track "Bodak Yellow" instead of country music, Gordon Ramsay uses his abusive language to explain the complicated recipe of grilled cheese sandwich, and Anthony Hopkins speaks with dramatic pauses,...

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Rose Gold Xiaomi Redmi 5A now available in India

Xiaomi has launched the Rose Gold variant of the affordable Redmi 5A in India. The color was originally announced when the phone was launched but wasn't available at so far. The new color joins the existing Gold and Dark Grey options. The new color will be available across all channels the existing device is available through, including mi.com, Flipkart and retail channels. Although, as is usually the case with Xiaomi, the phone was out of stock everywhere online. Apart from the color, the new variant is identical to the other models.

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LG V30 Raspberry Rose unboxing

Valentine's day is on our door step and the smartphone market has never been more ripe with gifts for that special someone. But LG reckons it can just spare you all the wondering with the V30 Raspberry Rose edition. So let's see if they're right. As the name suggests this is a special color version of the LG V30 that will make it to market right in time for Valentine's day. LG first showed the Raspberry Rose V30 at CES 2018 and now we get to unbox it. Now, we can't promise that you'll be able to buy the Raspberry Rose LG V30 in the special packaging we received, but you will be...

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