The future of Android One may be in sub Rs. 3,000 handsets, says Google
It would probably be fair to say that the Android One program hasn’t quite had the impact that Google was hoping for. Despite offering some rather good hardware at a reasonable price, the low-cost local competition ended up offering better value for money, updates seemed delayed and the second wave of phones never really materialized. According to a recent interview with Rajan Anandan, Google’s managing director for India and Southwest Asia, the initiative is scheduled for some necessarly changes, including the possibility of even cheaper handsets.
Anandan admitted that the program had “not delivered to expectations” so far, amid supply chain issues and phone import shortages from China. Importantly though, he wants to retarget Android One and the Android operating system at the “sweet spot” of India’s cost-conscious market, with smartphones preferably priced between just Rs. 2,000 and 3,000 ($30 – $47), rather than around $100 or greater.
The Lava Pixel V1 launched in India recently at a price of Rs. 11,349 ($175), while the new i-mobile iQ II costs 4,444 THB ($126 USD) in Thailand. However, there are a lot of smartphones at this price point already.
Even lower cost smartphones packed with an up to date Android OS are likely to be a tempting prospect. However, cost is just a small part of Google’s plans to win over more customers in India. The company is facing tough competition from companies designing software that is compatible with some of the slower data connections in the country and Google is still yet to properly cater for locals who don’t speak English as their first language.
“There are several battlegrounds where we are not winning [and] local search is clearly the one where it’s most apparent,” – Rajan Anandan
To combat these issues, Google is looking to invest in a program to bring small local businesses online and develop more products that work with slower data connections. Google recently launched offline versions of YouTube and Maps in India, along with a slimmed down version of its search engine. These ideas may help the company compete with the growing local start-ups, which is important for Google if it wants to be influential when the next billion Indian consumers enter the mobile market.
“10 years from now a billion Indians will be online and when we have a billion Indians online we think that’s going to make a huge difference to the global internet economy.”
This is all part of a long-term plan for Google, which will see the company working with manufacturers to help bring even more affordable and high-quality devices to market over the next few years. Android One could probably use a jump-start to put the project back on track, does this plan sound like a smart idea to you?
My BT app lets you restart your router remotely
If you’re a BT broadband, mobile or TV customer, it’s now a tad easier to manage your account from a phone. BT has released a new app called “My BT” for iOS and Android, which lets you check recent bills, track hardware orders and review the packages that you’re currently signed up to. More useful, perhaps, is the ability to check the status of BT services in your area — for instance, when your home broadband suddenly crumbles — and even alter an engineer appointment. The app will also offer assistance for improving your home network, and, if you’re really lazy, give you the option to restart your BT Home Hub remotely. So when your connection is next on the fritz, you no longer have to get out of bed and break your Netflix marathon to do the whole “off and on” router routine.
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Cellphones
Source:
BT
Tags: android, app, bt, CustomerService, ios, mybt, smartphone
Coder wins a thousand Twitter contests using a bot
You’ve probably seen “retweet to win” contests on Twitter, and maybe even won a t-shirt, concert tickets or marshmallows. But computer engineer Hunter Scott completely automated the idea and created a bot that entered every Twitter contest it could find — 165,000 in total. As a result, he claims to have won four contests a day for nine months, for a total haul of over a thousand prizes. A lot of that swag was terrible, and a lot of it he couldn’t accept. But the interesting part was how he allegedly managed to beat Twitter’s system.
The most difficult part of this project was preventing the bot from getting banned by Twitter.
Scott said that “the most difficult part of this project was preventing the bot from getting banned by Twitter.” The social network has limits in place to stop such activities: unless you have a high follower count, you can only follow up to 2,000 people yourself, for instance. At the same time, you can’t follow and unfollow users too rapidly or retweet too often. Luckily, Scott’s Python script was able to balance all that and follow every single contest it found.
He said his win rate was “pretty miserable” considering the low quality of the prizes. He couldn’t claim the best one, a $4,000 trip to New York’s fashion week because of taxes and fact that he didn’t live near New York. Nevertheless, he was fond of a few them, especially a cowboy hat autographed by actors in a Mexican soap opera. “It really embodies the totally random outcome of these contests,” he said. Scott never revealed the name of his Twitter bot, so we’ve reached out to verify his claims — but the prizes appear to check out.
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Internet
Source:
Hunter Scott
Tags: contests, HunterScott, Python, retweet, Twitter, Twitter bot
Samsung Galaxy A8 review
Before Samsung made its dramatic shift to metal and glass for the Galaxy S6, the company experimented with “premium” materials in its medium range first. The use of metal began with the Galaxy Alpha, and was later extended to the Galaxy A series, with these otherwise mid-range smartphones featuring metallic unibody designs.
The latest addition to the Galaxy A lineup is bigger, but thinner and more powerful. The question is, in this highly competitive mid-range segment, is it worth the buy? We find out, in this in-depth review of the Samsung Galaxy A8!
Design
As mentioned, the marquee feature of the Galaxy A series is the full metal unibody design, and that continues with the Galaxy A8. Unfortunately, that also means the battery is not removable. Chamfered edges go around the entire frame, and the body has been mostly rounded off along the corners and the back, with the exception of the sides that feature some very prominent angles. With a thickness of just 5.9 mm, the Galaxy A8 is Samsung’s thinnest phone to date, and the device is quite light, with a weight of 151 grams, despite its metal construction.
The Galaxy A8 comes with some very thin side bezels, which helps make it a little more manageable as far as one-handed use is concerned, even though it’s still a very tall phone. The metal build and extremely sleek profile is a great combination. That said, while it feels solid in the hand, the Galaxy A8 can still be pretty unwieldy at times, because of the large screen and the slipperiness of the metallic back.
The buttons and ports are in identical locations to other Galaxy A devices, with the power button on the right, placed within comfortable reach, along with the 3.5 mm headphone jack and the microUSB port found at the bottom. The single speaker unit is placed next to the camera on the back, and the volume rocker is on the left side. It has to be said that the volume controls are towards the top, making them very uncomfortable and awkward to reach. Also on the left is the dual-SIM card slot, with the second SIM slot doubling as a microSD card slot as well. Of course, this wouldn’t be a Samsung smartphone without the signature tactile home button, flanked by the back and recent apps capacitive keys, up front.
Display
The Galaxy A8 comes with a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display with Full HD resolution, resulting in a pixel density of 386 ppi. The large size of the display makes it great for watching videos, playing games, web browsing, and pretty much anything else you’d typically want to do on your phone. It’s got everything that we love about Samsung’s Super AMOLED panels, like great viewing angles, high brightness, good outdoor visibility, and vibrant, saturated colors that make the elements pop off the screen.
Quad HD is what may get most people excited, but 1080p is more than enough, especially when considering the mid-range nature of this phone. The display is still very sharp, allowing for a fantastic display experience when reading text and various other content.
Performance
Under the hood, the Galaxy A8 packs an octa-core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor, clocked at 1.5 GHz, and backed by the Adreno 405 GPU and 2 GB of RAM. This processing package is the same that is found with a lot of current generation mid-range smartphones, and as such, the performance level is quite similar across the board. Everyday performance with the A8 was good, with everything running smoothly when browsing the web, multi-tasking, or playing graphic-intensive games.
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There are some home screen stutters to be seen occasionally, especially when scrolling in and out of the Flipboard homescreen, but this is a software issue, and was also seen with the flagship Galaxy S6. Overall, the Galaxy A8 handles itself well, and in the grand scheme of things, the performance is at par with other smartphones with similar specifications.
Hardware
The Galaxy A8 comes with 16 GB or 32 GB built-in storage, and as mentioned, the second SIM slot can be used for expandable storage via microSD card, by up to 128 GB, leaving it on the users to choose between dual SIM or expandable storage. The device packs the usual suite of connectivity options, and while 4G LTE connectivity is available in select markets, that isn’t the case in the US, where you will be limited to HSPA+ on the AT&T and T-Mobile network.
A fingerprint scanner is also integrated into the physical home button of the device, and works just as well as it does on the Galaxy S6, allowing for a quick and simple way to unlock the phone. The setup process is identical, requiring a series of repeated presses until it completely captures your fingerprint, and you have the option to store up to a maximum of four fingerprints at one time.
Speaker quality from the rear mounted speaker isn’t the best, as it doesn’t get very loud and can be difficult to hear in noisier environments. The sound is also somewhat tinny and hollow, and so, the media-consumption experience is definitely lacking as far as audio is concerned. As is the case with any rear speaker setup, the sound also gets muffled when the device is placed on a flat surface.
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Despite how thin the Galaxy A8 is, Samsung was able to pack a large 3,050 mAh battery inside the device, and as expected, the battery life it provides is really good. One of the most impressive aspects about this battery is when the device is in the idle state, often losing just 2 to 3% of battery when the device is kept without being charged overnight. Even with heavy usage that consists of a lot of gaming and watching videos on YouTube, the device still allowed for up to 4 hours of screen-on time, and because it idles so well, I was able to stretch the standby time to over a day. With more casual usage, the screen-on time reached almost 6 hours, and no matter how heavy or light your use is, you should comfortably be able to get a full day of use, if not more, out of the Galaxy A8.
Camera
The rear camera is a 16 MP sensor with an f/1.9 aperture, just like what is seen with the Galaxy S6. The sensor uses ISOCELL technology, but there is no optical image stabilization available with the Galaxy A8. The camera can also be launched via a double tap of the home button, which quickly launches the camera app, regardless of where you are within the phone or if coming from a sleep state. The front-facing camera is a 5 MP unit with a wide angle lens that allows for some decent looking selfies, but the default beauty mode settings are a little too aggressive, and that’s something you’ll have to tone down to get a more natural looking image.
The camera interface is mostly the same as what was introduced on the S6. It’s a much cleaner and more simplified UI, that the interface on some older Samsung devices. Only a few shooting modes are pre-loaded – including panorama, continuous shot, night, and Pro, which offers full manual controls. Users have the option to download other modes separately.
The main difference between the A8 and the S6 is the absence of HDR Auto, and the HDR toggle is buried in with the rest of the shooting modes, making the experience of switching between HDR and Auto mode a little bit clunky and slow.
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What isn’t clunky and slow, however, is the shutter speed. It’s nice and quick, making it really easy to snap photos, and resulting in pretty good images. They’re very sharp and with plenty of detail, especially in above-average lighting conditions, and there’s still a good amount of clarity even when zoomed in. The images are colorful and saturated as you would expect from a Samsung camera, making for some very crisp and vibrant images. Dynamic range is already pretty good in normal mode, but HDR, should you ever need it, does a great job at introducing some extra detail and color without appearing overexposed or unnatural.
Even without OIS, the camera does really well in low light conditions, and the f/1.9 aperture obviously makes a huge difference here. Images still exhibit a nice amount of color and sharpness, and there’s not a whole lot of noise reduction going on in post-production, which helps to maintain a respectable level of detail.
Software
On the software side of things, the Galaxy A8 runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, with Samsung’s typical TouchWiz interface on top. This the much leaner version of TouchWiz that was first seen with the Galaxy S series flagships, and as such, there is a lot less Samsung bloatware and unnecessary features. Since this review unit is from SK Telecom, a South Korean network carrier, there are quite a lot of SK Telecom apps pre-installed though.
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Many of Samsung’s popular, and arguably more useful, features are present. This includes multi-window for split-screen multitasking, and smart gestures, like palm swipe to capture a screenshot or flipping the over the phone to mute phone calls and alarms. The new themes engine that was first introduced on the S6 is also included on the Galaxy A8, to help you easily customize and change the overall look of the UI if you’re not a fan of the blue and green Touchwiz color scheme. The theme store is constantly growing and is much more robust now than it was during its early days, and with so many different styles available, you should be able to find at least a few that will suit your taste.
Specifications
| Display | 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display Full HD resolution, 386 ppi |
| Processor | 1.5 GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 Adreno 405 GPU |
| Storage | 16/32 GB expandable via microSD up to 128 GB |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n Bluetooth 4.1 GPS + GLONASS NFC microUSB 2.0 |
| Software | Android 5.1.1 Lollipop |
| Camera | 16 MP rear camera with LED flash 5 MP front-facing camera with wide angle lens |
| Battery | 3,050 mAh |
| Colors | Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold |
| Dimensions | 158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm 151 grams |
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Pricing and final thoughts
The Samsung Galaxy A8 is currently available in select markets like China, India, and South Korea, priced at around $500. If previous A series phones are any indication, it’s highly unlikely that the Galaxy A8 will officially make its way over to the US. The cost to import one through sites like eBay will run you upwards of $800, at which point you’re obviously much better off picking up a flagship, or one of the many affordable mid-range devices that are available through official channels.
So there you have it for this in-depth look at the Samsung Galaxy A8! This is a solid mid-range device, that gets a lot of things right, particularly when it comes to build quality, the camera experience, and battery life. The price is a point of contention though, as there are plenty of fantastic mid-range smartphones that are hitting the sub-$300 mark. While the Galaxy A8 is by no means a bad buy, the premium you will have to pay for this device can be a tough pill to swallow.
Indian built Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime announced, MIUI 7 global launch on Aug 19
Xiaomi has made a couple of big announcements today. First, the company will be holding a global lanch for its MIUI 7 OS around on August 19th and secondly, the new Redmi 2 Prime will be the company’s first smartphone “Made in India”.
Last week, Xiaomi announced that it will be unveiling its MIUI 7 operating system on August 13th in Beijing, alongside a new device, quite possibly the Redmi Note 2. The company will now hold a second event in New Delhi on August 19th, to showcase the global version of its software. We’re not quite sure what to expect from MIUI 7, other than that it will likely be based on the most recent version of Android Lollipop.
#MIUI7 is here! Global launch in New Delhi on 19/8 2.30pm. Join us! Register at http://t.co/0Mssjmg9yU Help us RT! pic.twitter.com/0rWsH7SaYi
— Mi India (@MiIndiaOfficial) August 10, 2015
Today, Xiaomi also launched its Redmi 2 Prime, the company’s first smartphone to be manufactured in India. The handset is essentially the Redmi 2 Limited Edition that first launched in China, but does boast some additional specs over the original Remi 2.
The Redmi 2 Prime comes with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory, rather than the 1GB RAM and 8GB storage of the original. The handset also comes with a 4.7-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 8 megapixel rear camera, 2 megapixel front camera and a 2,200mAh battery.
To manufacture the phone in India, Xiaomi partnered up with Foxconn to make use of its prodction plant in Sri City in Andhra Pradesh. As part of its global expansion plans, Xiaomi is also locally manufacturing the Redmi 2 in Brazil.
All of the Redmi 2 Prime phones sold in India will be manufactured in the country and will retail for just Rs 6,999. The phone will be available from Mi.com/in, Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal.
HTC’s share price leaves a brand with no value
HTC’s recent trading – which has seen a 60 percent devaluation in the stock price this year – has effectively left the brand with no value, as its market capitalisation of NT$47 billion ($1.5 billion) is less than its cash on hand position (NT$47.2 billion).
HTC in video:
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As a result of this trading, the company’s trading means the only thing valuable to shareholders is HTC’s cash position and effectively means the Taiwanese company’s brand, factories and buildings are worthless. It’s a far cry for the company who was once the best selling brand in the U.S. and as we’ve touched on, its product strategy has played a large part in this decline.
From the failure to build on the heights of the HTC One X+ to the failure of the new HTC One M9 smartphone to ignite thanks to more impressive devices from rivals, the capitulation of HTC has been steadily approaching and given its share price, it’s safe to say it has arrived. Its forecasts for the third quarter are less than inspiring and a 30 percent reduction in One M9 component orders thanks to poor demand has hit its bottom line. Vast competition from Apple and Samsung in the high-end and Huawei and Xiaomi at the mid-range means HTC continue to struggle to sell handsets.
HTC’s Product Strategy – time to change?
To combat this decline, HTC’s plans to focus on the high-end where profits are much higher, with Chief Financial Officer Chang Chialin confirming that cost cutting will begin this quarter and start to show results in the financial statements by the first quarter. However, according to Bloomberg, analysts are predicting that HTC won’t record profits until the end of 2017 with Birdy Lu, an analyst at Deutsche Bank AG, also adding:
“We think these efforts are not enough to turn HTC around in the next two years. HTC has little chance to compete with iPhone and Samsung given limited resources, and might continue to lose shares to Chinese brands in mid/low-end segment.”
Do you think HTC can recover from its perilous current situation? What do you think the company can realistically do to regain its former heights? Let us know your views in the comments below!
Yu Yureka Plus goes on open sale in India
Micromax announced its new Yureka Plus smartphone last month, but the handset was only available if you pre-registered through Amazon India. However this is no longer the case. The Yureka Plus is now available for instant purchase in an open sale, which will be running until August 12th.
The Yureka Plus boasts improved specifications over the first Yu handset on the market, with a higher resolution 5.5-inch 1080p display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC, 2GB of RAM, a 13 megapixel rear camera using a Sony IMX214 sensor, 5 megapixel front camera and a 2,500mAh battery. There’s also dual-SIM support, 4G LTE connectivity and Cyanogen OS 12 based on Android 5.0 on board.
The phone has already had its cost cut from its original retail price of Rs 9,999 ($160). The Yureka Plus can now be bought for Rs 8,999 ($140). If you want to grab yourself a Yureka Plus before the open sale ends, head on over to Amazon India.
Google plans to launch under $50 Android One phones
Google is set to take its low-cost smartphone initiative Android One to yet another level with its plans to launch sub $50 smartphones for the emerging markets.
While not giving way too many details, the search engine giant’s Southeast Asia managing director, Rajan Anandan, revealed that the new wave of Android One smartphones will cost as low as USD50, and a new plan in this direction will be unveiled in the next few weeks.
Launched last year, Android One is a platform that was meant to standardize the low cost smartphone market by bringing decent hardware and latest software to the average user of the developing world. However, the initiative has only met with lukewarm response. So far, less than a million Android One devices have been sold in India by local players such as Micromax, Karbonn and Spice collectively. The project has faced similar disappointment in the other six countries it was launched in.
But Anandan reiterated Google’s commitment to the initiate despite it having “not delivered to expectations.” In addition to significantly reduce the prices of Android One handsets, Google is also working on new apps and services designed to specifically cater to the Indian market. Google has been working on making its services like Google Search, YouTube and Google Maps friendlier for low-bandwidth environments like India for some time now.
Source: Financial Times
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GiffGaff to introduce 4G cap on unlimited data tariff
GiffGaff will simplify its mobile “goodybags” this September with a new range of plans which come with 4G as standard. In total, there will be seven plans priced between £5 and £20 per month, with varying amounts of minutes, data and texts, as well as free calls to other GiffGaff numbers. Until now, the network’s 3G-only plans have typically offered higher allowances than their 4G counterparts, so you’ll have less flexibility when choosing between volume and speeds. Some of the 4G plans will see their data allowances increased, however, so it’s not all bad news if you’re due for a contract renewal.
One point of contention will likely be GiffGaff’s new “Always On” data model. If you choose the network’s £20 per month plan, which comes with unlimited data, you’ll only have access to 4G speeds for the first 6GB. After that point, you’ll be throttled to 256kbps between 8am and midnight for the rest of the month. That’s far below the national average for 3G download speeds, but hopefully enough to check your emails and WhatsApp messages. To help you make sense of all the new plans, we’ve broken them down below:
| Price per month | Minutes | GiffGaff minutes | 4G Data | Texts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £10 | 100 | Unlimited | 100MB | 300 |
| £7.50 | £250 | Unlimited | 500MB | Unlimited |
| £10 | 500 | Unlimited | 1GB | Unlimited |
| £12 | 500 | Unlimited | 2GB | Unlimited |
| £15 | 1,000 | Unlimited | 4GB | Unlimited |
| £18 | 2,000 | Unlimited | 6GB | Unlimited |
| £20 | Unlimited | Unlimited | “Always On” | Unlimited |
Filed under:
Wireless
Via:
Neowin
Source:
GiffGaff
Tags: 4G, carrier, contract, giffgaff, network, Sim, SimOnly, unlimiteddata
Google relaunching Android One phones to hit $50 ‘sweet spot’
Google is rebooting its much-hyped Android One project that’s supposed to bring low-priced smartphones to emerging markets. The company’s managing director in India, Rajan Anandan, told the Financial Times that the program has “not delivered to expectations,” due to shortages of the devices. In addition, they have cost as much as $100, limiting their appeal in the price-sensitive region. Of course, Google’s ultimate goal is to increase its search business in huge emerging markets by getting connected devices into consumers’ hands. It’s now going to focus on hitting the pricing “sweet spot” in India — between $30 and $50.
At launch last year, Google revealed Android One handsets from Indian companies like Micromax, Karbonn and Spice Mobile. The devices were basic, but decent with 4 to 5-inch displays, 5-megapixel cameras and recent versions of Android. Google hasn’t said yet who would build a sub-$50 device, or whether it would maintain the same specs.
When we have a billion Indians online we think that’s going to make a huge difference to the global internet economy.
The search giant is also planning “very large-scale” investment in content designed for India’s culture and language. Google’s existing products target mostly English-language speakers, and many don’t work well in the bandwidth-challenged nation. As a result of all those issues, Anandan said that local search is one of “several battlegrounds where we are not winning” in the nation. The company is obviously willing to be patient in such a potentially large market, however. “We’re here really because 10 years from now a billion Indians will be online and when we have a billion Indians online we think that’s going to make a huge difference to the global internet economy.”
Filed under:
Cellphones, Google
Source:
Financial Times
Tags: Android One, Emerging markets, google, India, inexpensive, smartphones
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