Huawei Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals
Huawei has made a huge splash into the U.S. market this year with the Nexus 6P and the Android Wear Huawei Watch. The 6P is almost universally loved by tech reviewers, and the Huawei Watch is one of the best looking Android Wear smartwatches you can get your hands on, with a unique and virtually scratch-proof sapphire display. Huawei makes high-quality products and will hopefully be following up the 6P and Huawei Watch with more devices soon.
On Black Friday(Friday Nov. 27), Huawei is offering $50 to $100 off select watch models through GetHuawei.com, BestBuy.com, select Best Buy stores, Amazon.com, Target.com and Google Play store. I will personally be placing an order for the black model, as I love the unique look of the face in combination with the black link band. If you look closely at the watch face, the bezel is slightly different from the others, and at $100 off, it makes the Huawei Watch worth ordering. If you happen to miss the Black Friday deal, Huawei will also be offering the Huawei Watch at $50 off from Nov. 29 through Dec. 5.
Huawei will also be offering the unlocked P8 lite at a savings of $50 for a total price of $200 through GetHuawei.com, Amazon.com and Target.com. This deal will go from Black Friday to Cyber Monday. Check out the specs below.
Specifications
- Form Factor
5.0″ bar smartphone
(L) 5.63 inches x
2.78 inches x (T) .30 inches
Power and Volume + and – keys
MicoUSB port
MicroSD card slot
Dual SIM card slot
Camera with flash (rear)
Camera (front)
3.5mm jack port
4.76 Oz. - Screen
Resolution 1280×720 enhanced HD
LTPS (Low Temperature Poly-Silicon), 20-30% more power efficiency
CABC (Content Adaptive Brightness Control) - Connection
3.5mm jack port
MicroUSB port - Speaker
1 Watt Speaker
- Function
4G LTE Cat 4 ultra high speed connectivity
- Color Options
Black & White
- Battery Capacity
Non-removable 2200 mAh (Typical)
- Bluetooth
4.0 BLE/EDR
Accessories
- Standard In Box
Huawei P8 Lite Smartphone
MicroUSB/Data Cable
A.C. Charger
Quick Start Guide, Warranty Card and Safety Information - Optional
Portable Power Pak (AP005) & (AP006)
Bluetooth Speaker (AM10)
Bluetooth Headset (AM04)
Hybrid Stereo Earphones (AM11)
Technology
- UMTS
Bands 1,2,4,5
- GSM
850/900/1800/1900
- EDGE
CLASS 12
- LTE
Band 2,4,5,12 & 17
- High Speed Data Connectivity
HSPA CAT 24
HSPA CAT 6
4G LTE CAT 4 - Wi-Fi
802.11 b, g, n
Wi-Fi
Bands 2.4G
Wi-Fi Display
Wi-Fi Direct
Hardware
- CPU
Qualcomm MSM8939
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53 Processor - Internal Memory
2GB RAM & 16GB ROM
- External Memory
MicroSD card up to 32GB
- Accessibility
HAC (M3/T3)
- SIM Type
Micro SIM and Nano SIM
- Form Factor
5.0″ bar smartphone
(L) 5.63 inches x 2.78 inches x (T) .30 inches
Power and Volume + and – keys
MicoUSB port
MicroSD card slot
Dual SIM card slot
Camera with flash (rear)
Camera (front)
3.5mm jack port
4.76 Oz. - Screen
Resolution 1280×720 enhanced HD
LTPS (Low Temperature Poly-Silicon), 20-30% more power efficiency
CABC (Content Adaptive Brightness Control) - Connection
3.5mm jack port
MicroUSB port - Speaker
1 Watt Speaker
- Function
4G LTE Cat 4 ultra high speed connectivity
- Color Options
Black & White
- Battery Capacity
Non-removable 2200 mAh (Typical)
- Bluetooth
4.0 BLE/EDR
All of the details can be found at www.GetHuawei.com/offers-promotions.
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Oddball machine makes ‘analog’ techno music with vinyl records
Many techno DJs are used to playing music on vinyl, but creating it? That’s another matter. However, Graham Dunning has found a wonderfully strange way to make that idea work. His Mechanical Techno device produces full-on dance tracks by driving several heavily modified records at once with a turntable, with each record relying on unique triggers to produce a sound. Electrical contacts will produce a synth sound as one record spins around, while piezoelectric triggers create that all-important beat on another disc. The result is techno that’s at once analog and not. It sounds digital, but it has the imprecision and unpredictability that you’d never get from software.
Via: Boing Boing, Nerdcore
Source: Graham Dunning
Black Friday deals: $50 off Huawei P8 Lite and up to $100 off Huawei Watch
Black Friday is right around the corner and all the shoppers are getting ready to raid the stores. Of course, technology will definitely have some of the best sellers next weekend. Are you ready for the craze? Whether you are looking for a mid-end handset or a classy smartwatch, Huawei has your back.
The manufacturer has just announced its Black Friday deals, which will be available from GetHuawei.com, BestBuy.con, Best Buy stores, Amazon, Target.com, Target stores and the Google Play Store.
Black Friday deals
These deals will be valid from November 26th to the 27th, so plan accordingly!
$50 off Huawei P8 Lite
Looking for an affordable smartphone? The Huawei P8 Lite is already a steal at $249.99, but for Black Friday the manufacturer is willing to drop its price by $50!
Granted, the Huawei P8 Lite is not for everyone. The phone only got a 7/10 in our review, but you must also consider the price point it touts, especially if you get it on Black Friday. To its benefit, we really didn’t have much bad things to say about it, either.
See also: Huawei P8 Lite review
The only other important point to note is that Best Buy will only be discounting this phone by $25, so you might not want to go with the popular retailer for this one.
$50-$100 off the Huawei Watch
I don’t use this word lightly, but boy is the Huawei Watch sexy! The only issue is that it’s also one of the priciest Android Wear smartwatches around. This little gadget starts at $349.99. Now, that price is already high, but things can get even more luxurious, depending on which version you go for. The rose gold iteration is the most expensive at $799.
Surely, those looking to get the Huawei Watch would love to get a break, and we are not talking about the bank. For Black Friday, depending on which version the customer picks, you can save anywhere from $50 to $100.
- $50 off Silver with Black Leather Strap
- $80 off Silver with Silver Mesh Band
- $80 off Silver with Silver Link Band
- $100 off Black with Black Link Band
Cyber Monday
Really, the deals look very similar for Cyber Monday, but these are done exclusively online. The only difference is that the Huawei Watch will only be discounted by $50, regardless of which of the above-mentioned versions you pick. Otherwise, the P8 Lite is still $25-$50 off.
The cool part is that this is not really just a Cyber Monday deal. Huawei is extending its offers from November 29th to December 5th.
Are you buying?
Are any of you considering one of these gadgets? The Huawei Watch is a beauty, and the P8 Lite might be a great phone for the casual user. I am going to pass just because I still feel the Huawei Watch is a bit pricey and the P8 Lite doesn’t really meet my needs, but maybe you could find great value in these offers.
See also: Black Friday 2015 – best deals (Updated!)
Otherwise, you can always give our Black Friday Best Deals list a good look and see if anything else catches your eye.
Check your credit card transactions: 54 Starwood hotels hit by malware
Third-party forensic experts have discovered that the point-of-sale systems in 54 Starwood hotels across the US and Canada were infected with malware. The company has listed all the locations in its PSA, including various Sheraton, Westin and W properties. That list also notes the possible dates (ranging from November 2014 to October 2015) when each location could have been compromised, and they were all before the hotel chain announced its acquisition by Marriott. Just like what happened to Hilton earlier this year, you might have only been affected if you used your credit cards in one of the 54 hotels’ restaurants or gifts shops. Starwood America president Sergio Rivera says there’s no evidence that its guest reservation and membership systems also had a security flaw.
Via: The Register, ABC News
Source: Starwood
Teens have trouble telling between Google ads and search links
You may have have a keen eye for that golden “ad” marker when you’re searching Google, but not everyone is so astute. UK watchdog Ofcom has posted a study showing that just 31 percent of kids aged 12 to 15 can tell the difference between a Google search ad and the real results just below them. They also tend to be overly trusting, as 19 percent of those young teens believe that all online results must be true. Not surprisingly, the figures get worse with younger children — just 16 percent of those aged 8 to 11 know whether they’re seeing an ad or a result.
Via: Financial Times, The Verge
Source: Ofcom
T-Mobile’s Nexus 6 soon to receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow
T-Mobile’s devices may not be the first to receive updates (nor are they the last), but at the very least they are good at keeping the process transparent to users. The Un-carrier has a website you can check to see how far into the updating procedure your specific device is. That is, if your phone is getting it.
Of course, Nexus users are among the first in the list, and today we are getting good news for owners of the Nexus 6. This super-sized smartphone will be getting the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update “soon”. The OTA upgrade has been approved, so it’s only a matter of a very short time before we start seeing some update notifications popping up.
See also: Android 6.0 Marshmallow updates roundup – November 20, 2015
Please do let us know if you happen to see the update hitting your own smartphone We can’t say how long it will take, but it’s usually a short wait after a software update is approved. Regardless, we are glad to finally see the Marshmallow update coming to the Google phone. We were supposed to see it last October, but the discovery of a major bug delayed the process.
Enjoy Android 6.0 Marshmallow!
The Marines start training Google’s 160-pound robo-dog Spot
Spot, the silent robo-dog made by Google-owned company Boston Dynamics, enjoyed the great outdoors for a week back in September. Not to fetch sticks or roll around in the grass, but to train… with the Marines. It’s gone a long way since its time stalking indoors, getting kicked by well-meaning engineers. The corps tested Spot’s ability to traverse terrains rougher than concrete floors, such as hills, woodlands and cities, controlling it from 500 meters away with a laptop and a video game controller. It was apparently so easy to pilot the quadruped, even a four-year-old could do it.
Source: The United States Marine Corps
Pepsi Phone comes out of the blue in China
We don’t exactly know why, but China seems to have a thing for the Pepsi brand. Following the Pepsi edition Oppo N1, another company from the Far East is launching a new device that’s simply dubbed the Pepsi Phone. From afar, you may mistake this aluminum device as a rebadged Oppo R7 Plus, but it’s actually a variant of the $250 Koobee H7 featuring the same 5.5-inch 1080p display (maybe IPS LCD?) with 2.5D glass, MediaTek MT6592 1.7GHz octa-core processor, 16GB internal storage, 2GB RAM and backside touch fingerprint sensor — it’s likely an older version, though, judging by its thick metallic border like the one on the Huawei Mate 7. It also runs on Koobee’s customized Android 5.1 with a Pepsi theme out of the box.
Via: FoneArena
Source: JD
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