Live Coverage of Apple’s WWDC 2016 Keynote: iOS 10, OS X 10.12, and More
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) kicks off today in San Francisco with the traditional keynote being held for the first time at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, the same location Apple used for its “Hey Siri” media event last September.
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The keynote begins at 10:00 AM Pacific Time / 1:00 PM Eastern Time, and we’re expecting to see a number of announcements focused primarily on software updates including iOS 10 and OS X 10.12, as well as new versions of watchOS and tvOS. We may also see some updates to Apple’s services such as Apple Pay, iCloud, and perhaps iMessage, but major hardware announcements are not expected.
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BMW and Nissan Announce First CarPlay Models
Nissan recently announced that the all-new 2017 Maxima, available now at dealerships worldwide, is its first vehicle with CarPlay support. Apple’s dashboard software is included with the Maxima Platinum trim package, which is available for a suggested price of $39,990 in the United States.
CarPlay is included as part of NissanConnect, a proprietary system with a wide range of features: automatic collision notification, remote start via smartphone, emergency calling, a stolen vehicle locator, satellite radio, a hands-free text messaging assistant, and more. The 2017 Maxima has an 8-inch touchscreen display.
Meanwhile, leaked price listings shared on discussion forum Bimmerpost reveal that BMW’s first CarPlay vehicles will also be launching in North America and Europe this year, including 2017 M3, M4, X5 M, and X6 M models (via 9to5Mac). The documents show that CarPlay will be a $300 feature for U.S. models.
BMW and Nissan join a long list of automakers that offer CarPlay, including Acura, Audi, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Citroën, DS Automobiles, Ferrari, Ford, GMC, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Lamborghini, Lincoln, Opel, Porsche, Peugeot, Seat, Škoda, Subaru, Suzuki, Volkswagen, Volvo, and others.
Meanwhile, two of the largest CarPlay holdouts remaining include Mazda and Toyota.
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Apple Announces watchOS 3 With Faster App Launching, New Watch Faces, and More
Apple today announced a few new features incoming in watchOS 3, one of which will help apps launch quicker thanks to the fact that the device keeps a user’s favorite apps in memory. Other new revamps to Control Center and a new dock feature will be incoming in the update.
Users will also have a more streamlined way to respond to Messages and a new “Scribble” feature, which dynamically recognizes which letters are drawn on the Apple Watch’s screen and translates the drawings into full text messages.
Other updates include new watch faces, enhanced complications, and an easier way to swipe between watch faces for users who like to change up the style of their Apple Watch frequently.
The company also announced a new social network aspect that will be added into watchOS 3’s activity rings feature, encouraging users to keep track of their friends’ stats and even comment on certain workout milestones.
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5 settings to change on your new router – CNET
My cable provider’s modem — which also acts as my router — stopped broadcasting a Wi-Fi signal last week. So, I pulled out my old Cisco Wi-Fi router to keep the fire burning until I mustered up the will to visit the Comcast store.
After setting up my old router last week and the new Comcast modem last night, I have a few pointers to share for setting up a Wi-Fi router.
1. Change the network name and password
To change the username and password, you’ll need to log into your router’s web utility in your browser. Comcast launched its web utility as soon as I connected my laptop to its Wi-Fi network, but if yours doesn’t automatically launch, look for the URL for the web utility in your manual. Or you can google it by searching for “[your router name] ip address”. For many routers, the address is 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1.
Once you’re on that web utility page, you’ll need to log in again, but the login information won’t be the same as your Wi-Fi login. Usually, the username is “admin” and the password is “password”, but you can change these credentials after logging in for the first time. If that combination doesn’t work, check your router’s manual.
Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET
Now you can give your router a unique name and password.
In the web utility, head to the Wi-Fi settings page. Look for a field for Network name or SSID and change the default name to something of your own creation. Also on this page or the Wi-Fi security page, you can change the default password. Choose a password — or better yet, a passphrase — that you’ll remember but isn’t too easy to guess.
2. Choose a security mode
If you set a strong password for your router, then you have taken the first step of securing your network and not leaving it open for anyone to access. With a password set on a modern router, you are most likely using WPA or WPA2 encryption.
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WPA, or Wi-Fi Protected Access, is a 256-bit encryption protocol that is more secure than the older, weaker WEP standard that uses 64- or 128-bit encryption. WPA2 improves upon WPA by using a stronger encryption algorithm; WPA2 uses the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm that is more secure than WPA and its TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) algorithm.
Many routers offer a mixed-mode of WPA and WPA2 so that older devices that pre-date WPA2 can connect to your network, but WPA2 has been around for more than 10 years so I’d wager that most, if not all, of your network devices are compatible with WPA2. When choosing the security mode for your router, I would go with WPA2 — often listed as WPA2-PSK (AES) — and only switch to mixed mode if you have an ancient device that won’t connect to your WPA2-protected network.
3. Check network mode and bands
If your router is new, odds are it’s a 802.11ac model, which broadcasts in two frequencies: 5GHz and 2.4GHz. These are the frequencies with which your wireless network broadcasts radio waves to transmit information. Both frequency bands should be on by default, but in the Wi-Fi area of your router’s web utility, check the status of both to make sure they are active.
The 2.4GHz band is more crowded because it’s the frequency many common electronics in your household use, from cordless phones and baby monitors to garage door openers and microwaves. You might run into network interference with 2.4GHz, but it allows older devices to connect to your network. The 5GHz band is less congested and faster but has shorter range than the 2.4GHz band.
With both modes operating, your router will choose the best mode for each of your network devices.
4. Enable parental controls
In the web utility, look for a Parental Controls or Access Restrictions section to establish some boundaries for your kids’ devices.
You can restrict access to certain sites, though keeping your kids out of the Internet’s dark corners by blacklisting individual sites seems like a Sisyphean effort. You can block sites entirely or during certain hours of the day.
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You can also block a network device, like your kid’s iPad, from accessing the internet during certain hours of the day, which will put an end to late-night Snapchatting or Netflix sessions. You will need to enter the MAC address of the device you want blocked so your router can identify it. On an iPad or iPhone, for example, you can find the device’s MAC address by going to Settings > General > About. You want the number listed for Wi-Fi Address, which is what iOS calls the MAC address.
5. Disable remote management
This setting is usually disabled by default but it’s worth checking to make sure it is.
In the Advanced section of your router’s web utility you should see a Remote Management or Remote Access area. Make sure this setting is disabled, which means you’ll need to be connected to your router’s local network in order to access the web utility.
If this setting is turned on, then someone could gain remote access to your router and change your settings and knock you off of your own network.
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Huawei P9 Review – an iPhone by any other OS would still taste of Apple
Since I own and use a Huawei Nexus 6P as my daily driver, I find myself in the unique position of being able to compare these two phones – one crafted with direct input from Google, and one the result of Huawei when left to its own means – side by side. Many of my observations in this piece will be comparisons between the two, despite the piece as a whole being a review of the Huawei P9, specifically.
Build
The aluminum frame feels great in the hand. It’s got a slim profile and weighs next to nothing – a stark contrast to the Nexus 6P, which is bigger and noticeably heftier in-hand. Oddly, the P9 is only 0.3mm thinner than the 6P, but feels much smaller – perhaps because the 6P is 38 grams heavier. The P9 is so light, in fact, that when it slipped out of my pocket when I sat down and embedded itself in the couch cushion, I never noticed until I went to check it.
The downside to that all-aluminum body is that when the phone gets hot, it gets hot. A video call with my sister for a mere 15 minutes made the thing nigh-unholdable (that is not a word), lest I burn the fingerprints from the tips of my fingers.
Time to acknowledge the elephant in the room – the P9 looks just like an iPhone. From the shape, to the dimensions, to the random Torx screws on the bottom of the phone, it reeks of Apple design. I understand that people think Apple is the pinnacle of build quality, but ripping Apple’s aesthetic while using Google’s operating system seems so very wrong on so many levels.
Aside from looking like an iPhone, the rest of the phone is structured like a Nexus 6P – volume buttons and power button on the right side of the frame, fingerprint sensor on the back, Type-C USB on the bottom (although the headphone jack is on the bottom as well, not the top).
Screen
Quantitatively, the Nexus 6P is a superior screen – 0.5″ bigger on the diagonal (5.7″ AMOLED), a higher pixel density, and an oil resistant coating on top of corning Gorilla Glass 4 all work in the 6P’s favor. In practice, though I’ve found the P9’s display (5.2″ IPS LCD) to be equal or better in nearly every way.
The pixel density difference is not immediately obvious to the eye, and the supposed oleophobic coating on the 6P didn’t prevent it from picking up fingerprints at the same prodigious rate as the P9. The latter’s display is every bit as gorgeous as the former’s, despite the 6P’s AMOLED screen. In certain side-by-side instances, the colors on the P9 are even more vibrant. Either way, the P9’s screen is pretty damn good. I took a side-by-side shot of the two screens to show the difference – presented without comment.
Cameras
I’m gonna do this quick; like a bandaid, just tear it off – the P9’s camera blows the 6P out of the water. Badly. In all of my (amateur, highly unscientific and purely subjective) head-to-head comparisons, I preferred the P9 – both in terms of how easy it was to get the desired shot, and how the shot looked on its screen and on my computer. I’ve uploaded a gallery of images taken with the two phones for your perusal.
The P9’s camera software more robust than Google’s, and it seems more responsive. The options list for the P9’s camera is extensive, to say the least: Photo, Monochrome, “Beauty” mode, Video, HDR, Panorama, Nighjt Shot, Light Painting, Time-Lapse, Slow-Mo, Watermark, Audio Note, and Document Readjustment. Wow.
This software also features a pretty nifty feature that turns off the camera if you leave it open for too long without doing anything with it – this would undoubtedly save some accidental battery loss.
The focus of the P9 is far superior to the 6P’s, making taking close-up shots way easier to capture; take a look at the Lego closeup and the closeup of the gaming miniature to see what I’m talking about. Additionally, the shutter speed on the P9 seemed a lot snappier than the 6P, which was sluggish by comparison.
In terms of front facing cameras, the P9’s really picks up insane amounts of detail – to the point where I saw my own selfie and thought “ugh, dat skin tho.” In short, the P9’s selfie cam is straight up better. I video chatted a few times with the P9 as well to get a feel for if the quality was any better on the receiving end, but my partner in crime for those calls didn’t seem to notice a difference.
Battery Life
In terms of battery, the P9 performs about how you’d expect with a 3000mAH battery; I got less than a day of my usage, which is to say about 3 hours of screen on time streaming music, refreshing Twitter like mad and texting like crazy. For comparison, my Nexus 6P manages about 4 hours of screen-on time before I need to charge it. The P9 doesn’t quite have the same lasting power, but it’s also no chump. With some battery saving considerations, there’s no reason the battery couldn’t last most people until bed time.
The P9 does not support the 6P’s 3A charging speeds, but the smaller battery and Type-C USB port mean it still charges pretty quickly compared to other devices.
Data, Coverage, Etc.
It’s important to note that the P9 does not support CDMA bands, only GSM – which means Sprint and Verizon customers are out of luck in the US (note that it does support HSPA and LTE, however). My reception with my T-Mobile nano SIM was pretty flawless, with no connection drops and very good quality calls.
WiFi performed as expected – in my case, lots of drops and lag, because the internet in my neck of the woods is awful, and I need to yell at the AT&T guy again. At Starbucks, however, the WiFi was just fine.
Features
The fingerprint reader is arguably faster than the Nexus 6P’s, but I feel like the 6P’s registers my finger correctly more often – note that this may be because of the way I set up my fingerprint on the two devices, which has a margin of human error.
The speaker placement on the P9 isn’t ideal, especially in comparison to the front-facing dual speakers of the Nexus 6P. Holding the phone one-handed in my typical left-handed grip – index finger bracing the left side, middle finger supporting the back, pinky under the bottom of the frame – actually blocks the speaker, muffling the volume. When unimpeded by fat fingers, the volume can compete with the best of them, but the overall sound quality seems a bit hollow to me.
Firmware
Long story, short: if you like iOS’s launcher, or MIUI, this phone is for you. It eschews Google’s signature app drawer in favor of spreading each and every single icon of each and every single app you install on your homescreen. This, to me, results in way too many icons – especially if you start adding widgets.There are a number of cute options within the launcher: transition animations, auto-align icons, shake to align, and homescreen looping are among them.
In terms of performance, I ran into a number of jitters and hesitations when running around in the menus, but to its credit the P9 ran Android 6.0 admirably, and didn’t lag a whole lot; buttery smooth, for the most part. One area the P9 does struggle with, though, is the keyboard – I ran into a bunch of occasions where it would hesitate to input my keystrokes, resulting in many, many backtracks.
Final Thoughts
I had a really great time with this phone. It often felt as good, if not occasionally superior, to my Nexus 6P, especially in terms of how it felt in the hand. The launcher – and, indeed, Huawei’s modified OS in general – was not my bag, for I’m an AndroidGuy (I’m ashamed of that plug), not an Apple Guy.
Basic Spec Comparison
Phone: Huawei P9
Android Version: 6.0
Screen: 5.2″ IPS LCD
Resolution: 1080×1920 (401ppi)
CPU: HiSilicon 2.5ghz Octa-core
RAM: 3GB
Storage: 32GB internal (expandable)
Camera: 12mp duo camera
Battery: 3000mAh, Type C Charging
Price: 599.99 at Amazon
Phone: Huawei Nexus 6P
Android Version: 6.0
Screen: 5.7″ AMOLED
Resolution: 1440×2560 (518ppi)
CPU: 2Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
RAM: 3GB
Storage: Up to 128gb (nonexpandable)
Camera: 12.3mp
Battery: 3450mAh, Type C Charging
Price: 419.99-569.99 at Amazon
EA at E3 2016: Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Fifa 17, and Star Wars trailers
The EA press conference has kicked off the annual E3 gaming conference in LA, giving us a taste of a number of new games coming over the next year.
The conference focused on a number of announcements, mainly sequels for Titanfall, Battlefield, Mass Effect, and the latest instalment of its huge footie franchise: Fifa 17.
Here are our favourites from the press conference:
Battlefield 1
Launching 21 October, the game takes the Battlefield universe to World War I era, featuring tanks, planes, motorbikes, and even horses. There are a range of environments – from French villages to the Arabian desert. If the in-game action can keep up with the high-octane pace of the trailer, Battlefield fans should be in for one hell of a ride.
Titanfall 2
The robotic mechs are back. Featuring both single player and multiplayer, Titanfall 2 has all the gun-toting and blowing things up stuff that you’d expect, but with some added tweaks – such as a grappling hook to make your character fly that much further – and the promise of being even better than the first outing. Titanfall 2 is due out on 28 October on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Origin for PC.
Star Wars
EA’s approach at its E3 conference wasn’t to focus on one specific Star Wars game, but to confirm that there will be effectively dozens coming over the coming years.
“EA has some really exciting games in the works for its Star Wars portfolio… We have completely different games on the horizon, and I just hope every fan walks away saying ‘wow, you are going to bring my Star Wars fantasy to life’”, said Jade Raymond, VP GM of Motive Studios and Visceral Games.
The one to get excited about though is what looks like a Star Wars X-Wing game for the PlayStation VR. There’s only a glimpse in the trailer, so keep your eyes peeled for that in the future.
FIFA 17
Footie fans get not only the football game they love in its 2016-17 season, but also a whole new game mode: The Journey. Focusing on the Premier League’s next rising star, Alex Hunter, it’s all about impressing your coach and making the right decisions in your career path.
Also new to Fifa this year are club managers, plus a new gaming engine which utilises the Frostbite engine (as used in Battlefield and Star Wars Battlefront).
The game is out in September on PS4 and Xbox One, PS3, and PC.
Mass Effect: Andromeda
“A whole new galaxy that awaits for you to explore”. Mass Effect: Andromeda pushes the boundaries of known space into the next generation, delivering distant star systems with remote and hostile planets ripe for discovery. And it looks incredible. Mass Effect: Andromeda isn’t coming until early 2017, but this trailer should give you a glimpse of what to expect in nine months’ time.
Xbox One S: Everything we know about the upcoming console refresh
The arrival Xbox’s next generation console is imminent, and just as it did with the 360, the team is expected to unveil a slimmer product with upgraded internals and features, and a refreshed design.
But will it please consumers looking for a more powerful console? That is yet to be seen.
Xbox One Slim: Design changes
There are a few notable differences – based on an early leak – between the Xbox One S and the current Xbox One. First off, the console is shrinking to 60 per cent of its predecessor’s size, that means it’ll take up 40 per cent less space. And while its design shows it’s clearly part of the Xbox One family, there are some subtle design changes.
Unlike the current models, the S’s bottom half looks as though it will be covered in a panel full of machined holes, rather than the series of diagonal slits, for ventilation. In combination with a couple of other factors, ventilation and cooling could be key.
Firstly, there have been rumours suggesting the One S will have a built-in power brick, unlike the Xbox One which has a rather substantial external one. Secondly, the One S will have a vertical stand, so that you can use it either lying flat or upright, just like the PS4.
This could prove vital in keeping the console cool, if the rumours of an internal power brick are true, since it exposes more surfaces to the air, and makes it more efficient at radiating the heat.
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Xbox One Slim: Hardware and specs
From a specification standpoint, the one biggest upgrade is the move to support 4K video. The leaked Xbox One S page stated that this console will support both 4K video output and High Dynamic Range content (HDR), meaning videos will look incredible, providing you have a TV or monitor capable of supporting both 4K and HDR.
We’re unsure whether this means we’ll also get 4K gaming, but we’re fairly certain this means it will support 4K streaming from Netflix and YouTube, as well as (hopefully) having a built-in Ultra HD Blu-ray player. Both 4K and HDR are part of the spec included with Ultra HD Blu-ray, so supporting both makes perfect sense.
If that’s the case, it could be a blow to current bespoke Ultra HD Blu-ray player manufacturers – Samsung and Panasonic – who both charge a premium for players capable of supporting Ultra HD discs. If the Xbox One S is priced aggressively, it could be the most affordable Ultra HD Blu-ray player on the market too.
READ: How to upgrade your Xbox One storage by 2TB and more: That’s up to 100 games
The other main spec upgrade is built-in storage. Unlike the current Xbox One which maxes out at 1TB, the One S is claimed to feature a 2TB drive. Sadly, looking at the language in the placeholder page leak, it’s unlikely this will be the fast part SSD, part hard-disk Hybrid Drive found in the Elite model.
However, as long as this console has at least one one USB 3.1 or 3.0 port, you should be able to hook up your own external solid state drive and configure it to act as a Hybrid Drive of sorts – or you might be able to upgrade it yourself, as you can with the current Xbox One.
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Xbox One Slim: Release date
The Xbox One Slim is expected to be officially announced at the Xbox E3 press conference on 13 June.
Since it hasn’t been officially unveiled yet, we’re unsure when the console is going to be available, but an earlier leak suggested there’s already a pre-order placeholder page ready and waiting, suggesting Microsoft could open it up immediately after announcement.
READ: Xbox E3 2016 Briefing: How to watch it and what to expect for the Xbox One
Fallout 4 VR: What it’s like playing Bethesda’s open-world epic in virtual reality
Here’s something we didn’t expect at the E3 gaming expo this year: to be playing Fallout 4 in virtual reality. But it wasn’t a dream, it actually happened – and it might become a reality for all players in the near future.
Bethesda – the studio behind the Fallout franchise, also well-known for Skyrim and Elder Scrolls – announced its “Bethesda VR” proposition at its media conference on Sunday 12 June. Its virtual reality commitment took guise in show-off VR demos of Fallout 4 and Doom, each using the HTC Vive to bring those worlds alive. And we were one of the first to sample this apparent future vision in person.
Now, virtual reality perceptions differ from person to person, so whether this is exciting news for you or not depends on your point of view. But with one, if not two, of the biggest games of the last 12 months being carrot-dangled as potential VR candidates, and with HTC Vive being the most blow-away tech of the bunch, we’re more excited to sample these goodies than we are about, well, almost anything else E3 has thrown at us so far.
Slipping the HTC Vive on over glasses is never fun, but once nestled inside the headset, with separate headphones adorned and separate controllers placed in each hand, we’re in the wastelands. Like, actually, in them.
Well, almost. Despite the potential to integrate beautifully with virtual reality, the infinite-feeling world of Fallout 4 can’t be mapped to such a degree that the real-world to allow you to walk through its lands. Instead the left-hand Vive controller is used to point-and-click to “walk” – more teleport short distances, really, as you click and re-appear in the new location – from place to place. It adds a disengaging immediacy that changes the flow of the game. It’s more point-and-click than adventure that you can look around. The near-static approach does mean other VR units would also be well suited, though. Yep, we’re looking at you Oculus.
Conversely the right-hand Vive controller is used as a gun, its trigger button representing the idea of a firearm very well indeed. It’s kind of obvious really. Not that we encourage guns – not unless there’s a giant deathclaw lurking about in the shadows asking to be taken down. Or, in our case, a two-headed cow in need of being blow-up by a Fatman missile. BBQ’s up.
Fun certainly prevailed as we started to get accustomed to our surroundings. However, delving into a game of this type isn’t made better by VR, it simply changes the experience. It’s incredible to look around the world freely, to pretend to pet your dog (Dogmeat), and do all those silly in-between things you wouldn’t contemplate doing with just the single controller and large telly .
Highlights include the Pipboy menu system – the on-the-wrist at-a-glance computer and inventory – which is attached to your left arm. Being able to glance at it like a real thing makes the experience all the more real. It’s less practical, but way more impressive.
First Impressions
As games become more immersive, so too will the way we’ll be able to play them. Bethesda VR is a very interesting project for virtual reality heads as it shows the big studios are behind the tech of tomorrow. And that can only mean bigger and better titles to play. We’re totally for that – even if VR experiences typically need to be tailored to suit the type of play rather than being adaptations of existing games.
Hive Active Light: Connected bulbs make Hive a major smarthome player
Hive has today announced the addition of connected lighting to the Hive home, adding a major component to its smarthome portfolio.
Hive started with heating – making perfect sense for a company founded from British Gas – but the addition of Active Light is probably the most important step since its inception.
Heating and lighting are the most popular smarthome additions and having this all controlled by a single app, moves Hive into the position of being a major player in connected homes in the UK.
The Hive Active Light starts small, offering conventional bulbs with either screw of bayonet fittings, either as individual bulbs or in packs of three or five.
The inclusion of a bayonet fitting is key for the UK, where a mixture of light fittings exist through houses of different ages. So far, many of the smart lighting solutions have only offered a screw fitting, which is a more common standard in other markets. With Hive being a British company, it’s taking British homes into account.
The Active Light will work with your existing Hive Hub. That means that if you’re an existing Hive user, you can just connect up the bulbs without adding another hub – which you would need for Philips Hue, for example.
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The app too is due for an update that will see all your Hive products controlled from one place – so that’s your Active Heating, sensors, plugs and the new Active Light. You’ll be able to control lights from your phone, including dimming, or scheduling on and off times.
Currently there only appears to be one bulb style and the omission of a GU10 will mean that those with more modern spot lighting can’t yet use the Hive lighting solution, unlike some established rivals that already offer a full range. Additionally, Hive Active Light is white, rather than the full colour spectrum that some competitors will offer you.
Hive Active Lights are available to order now through Hivehome.com, with prices starting at £19 for a bulb.
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 official looking teaser leaks ahead of launch, expected soon
The next Samsung Galaxy Note phablet is expected to skip the 6 name and jump right to Galaxy Note 7, and that’s been backed up with a recent leak.
An anonymous source of Phone Arena sent in a typically Samsung-looking teaser that shows a stylus writing on the edge of a phone shaped like a seven. It has a caption pun that reads: “Write on the edge of something great,” backing up those rumours that the next Note will come in a curved edge version.
Of course this could just be a good fake, but with rumours of a 2 August launch, an official tease soon would make sense.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 will reportedly skip the 6 name in order to be in line with the Galaxy S7 and Apple’s next iPhone 7.
The rumoured specs for the Galaxy Note 7 suggest it will feature a 5.8-inch Super AMOLED display with curved edge or dual curved edges. It should be running either a Qualcomm Snapdragon 823 or Exynos octa-core CPU backed by at least 6GB of RAM. The camera is expected to be a 12-megapixel snapper like that featured on the Galaxy S7. The handset is also tipped to come with a hefty 4000mAh battery that can charge wirelessly.
Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy Note 7 on 2 August, but we should see plenty more leaks and teasers before then.
READ: Samsung Galaxy Note 6 / Note 7: What’s the story so far?
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