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Google Brings Safe Browsing to Chrome for Android

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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "geneva";"><strong>Google this week announced the availability of Google Safe Browsing technology in its Chrome browser for Android, a feature meant to keep users safe from malware, unwanted software, and social engineering sites.</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "geneva";">The Internet giant has integrated Safe Browsing in Google Play Services version 8.1, and Chrome for Android version 46 and up is the first application to take advantage of the security enhancement. Users can head to Settings > Privacy menu in Chrome on their Android devices to check whether Safe Browsing is enabled, the company explained in a <a href="https://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.ro/2015/12/protecting-hundreds-of-millions-more.html" style="color: #0076b4; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">blog post</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "geneva";">The feature has been available on Chrome for desktop for a long time, informing users when they were about to access a dangerous site. With Safe Browsing available on Android, users can now be warned on the risk of accessing a flagged website, such as social engineering, phishing, and other malicious web pages.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "geneva"; font-size: small;">According to Google, the main challenge of providing such protection on a mobile device is related to data size, as mobile data costs more and is delivered at lower speeds. With network bandwidth and battery being the most valuable resources on a mobile device, the company decided to break threats by geo location and to send information to protect devices only to the regions targeted by the attacks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "geneva";">Moreover, the company decided to deliver information on the riskiest sites first, to ensure the data is more relevant, and also tried to compress it as much as possible, to ensure data transfer savings. The software running on devices uses fewer resources and minimizes network traffic, in an attempt to ensure longer battery life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "geneva";">“Some social engineering attacks only happen in certain parts of the world, so we only send information that protects devices in the geographic regions they’re in. We also make sure that we send information about the riskiest sites first: if we can only get a very short update through, as is often the case on lower-speed networks in emerging economies, the update really has to count,” the company said.</span></span></div>
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Micromax Canvas Mega, Canvas Mega 4G Launched in India

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Micromax has launched the Canvas Mega (E353) and Canvas Mega 4G (Q417) 
at Rs. 7,999 and Rs. 10,999 respectively. The company in a press 
statement has confirmed that the Micromax Canvas Mega (E353) will be 
available in the markets immediately. Though, there is no word when the 
Canvas Mega 4G will go on sale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Out of the two new Canvas Mega 
smartphones, the Canvas Mega (seen above) was first listed on the company website last month and later went on sale via a 
third-party online retailer. Micromax is targeting both the smartphones 
at young consumers and claims that the devices will strengthen their 
phablet segment.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For specifications, the Micromax Canvas Mega 
(E353) comes with dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) support and runs Android 5.1 
Lollipop out-of-the-box. It comes with a 5.5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) 
IPS display and also comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for protection. 
The smartphone is powered by a 1.4GHz octa-core MediaTek (MT6592M) 
processor coupled with 1GB of RAM. It comes with 8GB of inbuilt storage,
 which is further expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB). It sports a 
13-megapixel rear autofocus camera with LED flash, while there is a 
secondary 5-megapixel front-facing camera also on board. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On the 
connectivity front, the Canvas Mega offers 3G, GPRS/ EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11 
b/g/n, Micro-USB, and Bluetooth options. The smartphone packs a 2820mAh 
battery, which according to the official listing is rated to deliver up 
to 10 hours of talk time and up to 600 hours of standby time. It 
measures 154x78.7x8.9mm and will be available in Black colour. It packs 
sensors such as accelerometer, ambient light sensor, magnetometer, and 
proximity sensor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Micromax Canvas Mega 4G (Q417) (seen above), on the other
 hand, features a 5.5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) IPS display. It is a 
dual-SIM smartphone that runs Android 5.1 Lollipop.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As the name 
suggests, the handset supports 4G and is compatible with Indian LTE 
bands. Powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6735 processor clocked at 
1.3GHz, the Canvas Mega 4G comes with 3GB of RAM. Much like the Canvas 
Mega (E353), the Canvas Mega 4G sports a 13-megapixel rear with LED 
flash and also comes with a 5-megapixel front camera.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Canvas 
Mega 4G comes with 16GB of inbuilt storage, which can be expanded via microSD card (up to 
32GB). The connectivity options, apart from 4G, 
include 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Micro-USB, and A-GPS. A 2500mAh battery 
backs the handset.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Commenting on the launch, Vineet Taneja, CEO, 
Micromax Informatics said, "Phablet market has grown exponentially in 
the last quarter with over 200% growth in the segment. With more than 
70 percent of neo-users in the age group of 15-24 years extensively streaming 
videos on their smartphones; the growth of phablet market has been 
triggered exponentially. With the launch of the Mega series, we're 
reinforcing our commitment to bold and fearless innovation that meets 
the needs of our consumers."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He added that the company will be focusing on smartphones featuring 5.5-inch displays.</span><br />
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Moto G Turbo Edition Could Launch in India This Week

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Motorola is set to launch the Moto G Turbo Edition in India later 
this week. The company has begun teasing what appears to be a Wednesday 
launch of the smartphone on its India Twitter handle.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Motorola India on Monday <a href="https://twitter.com/MotorolaIndia/status/673846820213301248" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tweeted</a>,
 "Power up and get ready for #TurboMode! 3 Days to go for Moto G Turbo 
edition. Coming soon!". Over the weekend, the company has been dropping 
other hints as well: Stay Restless (unchain and step outside 
fearlessly), Dance in the Rain (leave the worrying to us. We've got your
 back), Live the Moments (we'll make sure you relive them forever), and 
Explore the World (time will never be an excuse again). The company 
began teasing the launch from Saturday, and with a <a href="https://twitter.com/MotorolaIndia/status/673373854362808320" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tweet</a>
 on Sunday pointed to a three-day launch time-frame - suggesting a 
Wednesday launch rather than a Thursday launch hinted at by Monday's 
tweet.</span>
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Lenovo-owned company unveiled the Moto G Turbo Edition in Mexico last month. Borrowing enhanced ruggedness from the Turbo
 brand, the handset was reported to sport IP67 certification, and also 
withstand being submerged in up to a meter of water for 30 minutes.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As for the specifications, the Moto G Turbo Edition sports a 5-inch 
full-HD (1080x1920 pixel) display, up from the HD display in the Moto G 
(Gen 3) with Gorilla Glass 3 coating. It is powered by a Snapdragon 615 
SoC and 2GB of RAM (up from the Snapdragon 410 SoC and 1GB RAM in Moto G Gen 3).</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Other features of the handset include a 16GB internal storage which 
can be expanded using a microSD card, a 13-megapixel rear camera with 
f/2.0 aperture, a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture 
and a 2470mAh battery that supports Motorola Turbo Power quick charging.
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 On the software front, the handset runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop out of the box. The handset was launched at a price point of $283 (roughly Rs. 18,600).  </span></div>

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2016 Samsung Galaxy A7, Galaxy A5, Galaxy A3: What's New and Improved

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Samsung finally took the wraps off
 its three new Galaxy A (2016) smartphones on Wednesday that are a 
definitive upgrade over its predecessors. The new smartphones namely Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016), Galaxy A5 (2016), and Galaxy A7 (2016)
 feature metal build and will also be available in dual-SIM options. The
 Galaxy A7 (2016) is the most powerful among the trio, followed by 
Galaxy A5 (2016), and then Galaxy A3 (2016).</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As compared to their predecessors, the three smartphones boast of 
bigger displays, higher screen resolutions, upgraded processors, more 
RAM, higher resolution cameras, faster LTE connectivity support, and 
larger batteries. Here is a list of features that the Galaxy A (2016) 
handsets sport over and above the original Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5, and 
Galaxy A7.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>1. Bigger display</b> - Two of the three Galaxy A 
(2016) smartphones feature bigger displays than their predecessors. 
While probably aimed at offering a more immersive viewing experience and
 heightened productivity, on the negative side, increases the size of 
the smartphone. The Galaxy A3 (2016) and Galaxy A5 (2016)
 feature 5.2-inch and 4.7-inch display sizes respectively. For those 
unaware, the Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5 smartphones include 5-inch and 
4.5-inch display sizes respectively. The Galaxy A7 (2016) however, has 
the same 5.5-inch display like its predecessor.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>2. Higher screen resolution</b> - The second-generation Galaxy A 
smartphones not only feature bigger displays, but come with better 
screen resolution as well. While the original Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5 
sported qHD (540x960 pixels) and HD (720x1280 pixels) resolution 
displays respectively, their successors now sport HD (720x1280 pixels) 
and full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) resolution displays respectively. Once 
again, there's no change with Galaxy A7 (2016) as it features the same 
full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) resolution display panel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>3. Faster
 processors</b> - While Samsung has not yet fully detailed what SoCs it is 
using on the three Galaxy A (2016) smartphones, it has bumped up the 
clock speeds and/ or cores in all cases. The Galaxy A3 (2016) packs a 
1.5GHz quad-core processor as compared to Galaxy A3's 1.2GHz quad-core 
processor, while the Galaxy A5 (2016) runs on a 1.6GHz octa-core SoC as 
compared to Galaxy A5's 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor. The 
Galaxy A7 (2016) houses a 1.6GHz octa-core SoC as compared to its 
predecessor's 1.5GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>4. More 
RAM</b> - Samsung has with the new generation of Galaxy A-series smartphones
 given more RAM to two of the three smartphones, which should result in a
 smoother UI and faster multitasking experience.The Galaxy A3 (2016) now
 boasts of 1.5GB RAM, which is 500MB more than what is present in the 
Galaxy A3. The Galaxy A7 (2016) houses 3GB RAM, which is 1GB bump from 
Galaxy A7's 2GB RAM. The amount of memory on the Samsung Galaxy A5 and 
Galaxy A5 (2016) stays the same at 2GB RAM.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>5. Higher resolution 
cameras, with OIS</b> - Samsung has updated the optics of the new Galaxy 
A-series smartphones. The biggest difference is the inclusion of the 
optical image stabilisation (OIS) feature for two of the three 
smartphones, which should help deliver more stable shots and video 
capture. The Galaxy A5 (2016) and Galaxy A7 (2016) now come with the 
optical image stabilisation feature. Talking about an increase in 
resolution, the Galaxy A3 (2016)'s rear camera has been bumped up from 
8-megapixels to 13-megapixels, while the 5-megapixel front-facing camera
 remains unchanged. Now, all three second-gen handsets pack 13-megapixel
 rear and 5-megapixel front-facing cameras.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>6. Newer Android version</b> -
 The entire Galaxy A (2016) range now runs Android 5.1 Lollipop 
out-of-the-box. The version brings Google's Material Design mantra along
 with better eye-catching UI animations, multi-user login and new 
notification controls. The previous Galaxy A series came with Android 
4.4 KitKat out-of-the-box. Samsung is yet to clarify when the new 
handsets will receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>7. Support for 
increased microSD card capacity</b> - Now users can store more content in 
the microSD cards and access it on their new Galaxy A (2016) handsets. 
While the Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5, and Galaxy A7 come with 16GB inbuilt 
storage and supported external storage via microSD cards of capacities 
up to 64GB, their successors can support microSD cards with capacities 
up to 128GB. All three smartphones however bear the same 16GB of inbuilt
 storage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>8. Support for faster LTE connectivity</b> - Two of three new 
Galaxy A-series smartphones also offer faster LTE connectivity over the 
older ones. It will help users browse the Web and access Internet-based 
app content faster on supported networks. Both the Galaxy A5 (2016) and 
Galaxy A7 (2016) support LTE Cat. 6 connectivity, up from from LTE Cat. 4
 of their predecessors, while the Galaxy A3 (2016) however remains the 
same with support for LTE Cat. 4 connectivity support. For those 
unaware, LTE Cat. 4 supports a maximum download speed of 150Mbps, while 
LTE Cat. 6 supports a maximum download speed of 300Mbps. Their maximum 
supported upload speeds are the same, at 50Mbps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>9. Larger Battery 
Capacity</b> - The battery capacities of the Galaxy A-series smartphones 
have also been upgraded with the second-generation smartphones. Samsung 
is yet to reveal the standby time and talk time of each of the new 
device. While the Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5, and Galaxy A7 are backed by 
1900mAh, 2300mAh, and 2600mAh batteries respectively, their second-gen 
counterparts house 2300mAh, 2900mAh, and 3300mAh batteries respectively.</span>
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Looking at the list of upgrades Samsung has thrown inside its 
brand-new Galaxy A-series smartphones, it is likely that the devices 
will be priced higher than the first-generation models. The company has 
yet to reveal pricing.</span><br />
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WhatsApp Blocks Links to Telegram Messenger (Its biggest Competitor)

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It seems like Facebook-owned popular messaging service WhatsApp is blocking links to rival messaging applications – at least <b>Telegram app </b>for now.</span></div>
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Telegram users are noticing that WhatsApp is blocking any links to the privacy-oriented messaging service Telegram.me.</span></div>
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Although users are free to send or receive Telegram links on WhatsApp, 
the links appear as non-clickable that you cannot copy or forward.</span></div>
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This strange behavior was first <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Telegram/comments/3utvyq/whatsapp_playing_low_really_low_cant_clickcopy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">noticed</a> this morning by Telegram users over on Reddit.</span></div>
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The URLs – which are generally automatically made clickable – still 
appeared as plain text messages, but they didn't register as hyperlinks,
 blocking users from copying or forwarding them to other users or other 
apps.</span></div>
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In general, this odd behavior is done with malicious URLs such as malware or spam.</div>
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The Culprit</h3>
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However, this strange behavior was not exhibited on every device. Only 
WhatsApp for Android is currently showing this behavior while Telegram 
URLs still work fine on the iOS version of WhatsApp.</div>
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This issue only began appearing in <b>WhatsApp Version 2.12.327</b>, a silent update pushed earlier this morning.</div>
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Telegram has <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/30/9819460/whatsapp-telegram-link-block-copy-paste" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">confirmed</a>
 the situation to The Verge that the Facebook, who owned WhatsApp, is 
indeed responsible for the issue, as the social network has used this 
link-blocking trick in the newsfeed and Messenger app before to prevent 
its users from visiting Torrent websites.</div>
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<i>"Typically after a media backlash, FB steps back and blames their intelligent filtering for the problem," </i>said a Telegram spokesperson.<i> "We expect the same to happen this time as well."</i></blockquote>
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However, Facebook and WhatsApp are yet to comment on the issue. The 
popular messaging app has not even acknowledged that a new update was 
pushed this morning</div>
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Aqua 3G 512 With 3G Support, 4-Inch Display Launched at Rs. 2,699

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Aqua Mobiles, a domestic tech firm, on Tuesday launched a budget 
smartphone dubbed Aqua 3G 512 priced at Rs. 2,699. The smartphone will 
be available to buy from major online retailers in Ebony Black and Pearl
 White colour variants.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">

</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Aqua 3G 512
 is a dual-SIM supporting handset that runs the now-dated Android 4.4.2 
KitKat out-of-the-box. It features a 4-inch WVGA (480x800 pixels) 
resolution IPS display and packs a dual-core (Cortex-A7) MediaTek 
MTK6572 processor clocked at 1.2GHz, clubbed with 512MB RAM.</span>
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It sports a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash along with a 
0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Also housed is a 4GB inbuilt storage.
 The Aqua 3G 512 measures 115x61.5x9.7mm, weighs 113 grams and is backed
 by a 2100mAh battery. The connectivity options included in the device 
are 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Micro-USB. Accelerometer, proximity, and 
ambient light sensors are also included.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">

</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Aqua 3G 512 is preloaded with apps including WhatsApp, Viber, YouTube, Facebook, Google Maps, Clean Master, Office Suite,
 and Saavn. "Aqua 3G 512 is a durable smartphone which meets the 
expectations of Indian consumers on all parameters, be it quality, 
aesthetics, durability or price. We hope that 3G 512 will get a great 
response in the Indian market," said Govind Bansal, Co-founder of Aqua 
Mobiles at the launch of Aqua 3G 512.</span>
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The put the smartphone's specifications in perspective, Intex 
recently launched the Aqua Wave with a single-core 1GHz Spreadtrum 
SC7715A processor; 256MB of RAM, a 4-inch (480x800 pixels) display, at 
Rs. 2,949. </span></div>

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LG Zero Smartphone With All-Metal Body, 4G LTE Support Launched

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">LG back in September launched its new Class mid-range smartphone in Korea priced at SKW 399,300 
(approximately Rs. 22,500). The smartphone was exclusive to Korean 
market.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The company has now revealed LG Zero, the global variant of the 
Class, which will be available globally. LG has announced that the LG 
Zero smartphone will be available in Taiwan starting this week followed 
by other key markets in Asia, Europe, and Latin America. It will be 
available in Gold and Silver colours. The company adds that the 
smartphone will continue to be marketed as the LG Class in Germany, Korea, Russia, and 
Singapore. Unfortunately, LG has announced that it will announce pricing
 and availability of the Zero at the time of local launch.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of 
the highlights of the LG Zero smartphone, similar to Class smartphone, 
is its metal body, and like other recent LG handsets, it features power 
and volume rocker buttons on the rear panel, just below the primary 
camera. The handset sports LG logo branding both on front and back 
panels. The Zero sports an 8-megapixel front-facing camera, which the 
company touts comes with the image sensor from the LG G4 flagship.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For
 specifications, the LG Zero smartphone featured identical 
specifications as the Class. It features a 5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) 
IPS display. It offers a pixel density of 294ppi. The company notes that
 the Zero features an "Arc Glass" design at the edges giving it a 
slimmer profile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor. Considering that the Class was backed by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 
410 SoC, we can expect Zero smartphone to be powered by the same 
chipset. One of the biggest differences between the two handsets is in 
RAM - the Zero packs 1.5GB of RAM while Class came with 2GB of RAM. The 
handset packs 16GB of built-in storage while supporting expandable 
storage via microSD card (up to 2TB).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The company has confirmed 
that the LG Zero runs Android 5.1 Lollipop. There is a 13-megapixel rear
 camera with LED flash. The smartphone supports FM radio recording 
feature while also featuring a 1W speaker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It measures 
142x71.8x7.4mm and weighs 147 grams. For connectivity, the LG Zero 
supports 4G LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, NFC, and 
Micro-USB. The smartphone packs a 2050mAh embedded battery.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Announcing
 the handset, Juno Cho, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile 
Communications Company said, "At LG, we do not believe in limiting our 
best technology to just our flagship devices. The LG Zero exhibits 
innovation not only in its design but in its ability to offer premium 
features at a competitive price point."</span></div>

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Xiaomi Mi 4 Set to Get Windows 10 Mobile on Thursday

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Xiaomi on Monday announced that it will release Windows 10 Mobile software for flagship Mi 4
 Android smartphone in China on December 3 . The announcement comes nine
 months after Microsoft partnered with the Chinese technology 
conglomerate to beta test Windows 10 for phones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lin Bin, Co-Founder and President of Xiaomi shared the news on Chinese social networking website Weibo. The image <a href="http://weibo.com/1689618340/D6hyWudWQ?type=comment#_rnd1448957486064" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">shared by</a> Bin shows Windows 10 Mobile
 software running on an Mi 4.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> The announcement comes a week after a 
Microsoft Operating System Software Engineer who goes by the alias 
TheRenaissanceMan posted on Weibo that a public release of Windows 10 
for Mi 4 is coming on Thanksgiving Day.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In March, on the sidelines of Windows 10's release date announcement, Microsoft
 also said that it had partnered with Xiaomi to test Windows 10 for 
phones. At the time, the company said that it would be testing Windows 10 with select Xiaomi Mi 4 power users in China.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Through a new program with Xiaomi,
 one of the top smartphone distributors in the world, a select group of 
Xiaomi Mi 4 power users will be invited to help test Windows 10 and 
contribute to its future release later this year", the company had then 
noted in a blog post. "These power users will have the opportunity to 
download the Windows 10 Technical Preview - installing it and providing 
their feedback to Microsoft".</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As Microsoft diminishes its mobile manufacturing efforts, the 
aforementioned partnership was speculated as a way for the company to 
get more people to try out its mobile operating system. Instead of 
releasing more Windows Phone (or Windows 10 Mobile) handsets, the company could release build (ROM) of its operating system that can be flashed onto an Android
 handset. At this point, we don't know how successful this program has 
been for the two companies. But a public release of Windows 10 Mobile 
for Mi 4 handsets does seem to paint a positive picture, and, may even 
indicate that more ROMs may be released to other Xiaomi phones.</span>
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Gadgets 360 reached out to Microsoft last week for comments on the 
program, and the company requested more time. We've reached out to 
Xiaomi for more information as well, and will update this article when 
we get a response.</span></div>

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Samsung Has a New Smartphone Boss

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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">J.K. Shin, Samsung's longtime head of mobile (and the boss who 
oversaw the company's rise and fall as the Android kingpin), is moving 
on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Samsung's smartphone division hasn't had a particularly 
healthy last few years: while it owned the market with the Galaxy S3 and
 S4, the follow-up phones have failed to captivate the market, resulting
 in last-ditch attempts to persuade people that curved screens are the 
future, and an <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/samsung-sees-seventh-straight-profit-decline-1436227146" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">overall loss for the company year-on-year</a>. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Shin is staying on at the company as co-CEO, but losing control of 
the day-to-day operations of the smartphone division. His successor is 
D.J. Koh, who has overseen Samsung R&D during projects like its 
in-house Tizen mobile OS and Samsung Pay. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's difficult to say 
what effect this will have on the products Samsung churns out in the 
immediate future. Koh was the R&D lead during a period when Samsung 
transitioned from cheap, plasticky design in the S3 to the much more 
premium feel of the S5 and S6. Then again, premium feel and a 
streamlined handset range is a market trend that certainly isn't 
exclusive to Samsung.
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Micromax Canvas Amaze with 2GB RAM launched for Rs 7,999

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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After launching the flagship Micromax Canvas 5,
 the company has come out with another interesting offering for the 
Indian market in the form of Canvas Amaze. Though there has been no 
official announcement about the phone, but it has been listed on its 
official website and also retailing on <a href="http://www.ebay.in/itm/Micromax-Canvas-Amaze-Q395-Mobile-Phone-/201464142735" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ebay.in</a>.</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">
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 Micromax Canvas Amaze comes with a 5-inch HD screen. Internally the 
phone is powered by quad-core MediaTek MT6580 processor along with 2GB 
of RAM and 8GB of internal storage, which can be expanded by up to 32GB.
 The phone runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and there is no word on the 
Marshmallow update on the phone.</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /> On the camera front, the 
Micromax Canvas Amaze packs in a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash
 and a 5-megapixel one on the front. It has a 2,000mAh battery and 
offers 3G connectivity.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /> The Micromax Canvas Amaze is priced at Rs 7,999 and is available in black colour option.</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /> Micromax Canvas Amaze Q395 specifications</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /> · 5-inch HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection<br /> · 1.3 GHz quad-core processor<br /> · 2GB DDR3 RAM; 8GB internal memory, expandable by up to 32GB via microSD<br /> · Android 5.0 (Lollipop)<br /> · 13MP auto focus camera with LED flash, 5MP front-facing camera<br /> · 2,000mAh battery</span></div>

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Apple Music All Set For An Android journey

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-flat" style="font-size: 1.5em;">A</span>pple has always been very shy or I should say, very mean, when it comes to developing apps for their rival Google’s Android OS. <span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: #333333;">Their very first app only requested users</span> <span style="color: black;">to leave their beloved android and switch to iOS</span></span>.
 And seriously, Apple should forbid these type of actions as not many 
people have the courage to shell out 92,000 bucks, just for an iPhone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Apple has been in the music industry since last decade with the 
advent of iTunes, “from the moment we got into music, many, many years 
ago, we’ve always wanted to do things for everyone when it came down to 
music. Part of that was letting you enjoy your music no matter where you
 were and what products you were using.”, said Eddy Cue, SVP of Internet
 Software and Services at Apple, while explaining how apple wants to 
homogenize its music experience, “We’ve obviously been really excited 
about the response we’ve gotten to Apple Music. People love the human 
curation aspects of it, discovery, radio”, Cue added.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can login with your existing Apple ID, and your purchases will be
 there, right on your android device, but music videos are not supported
 in the beta version of Apple Music for Android, and also the app 
doesn’t let you play you own music stored either on internal or external
 memory of your smartphone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For those users, who have opted for a family plan on their iOS 
devices can login with their Apple ID, but currently, there is no option
 to create a family account on the android version of Apple Music.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The biggest reason behind Apple going Android is its user base, which
 expands far greater than the premium brand-value based iOS customer 
base. Kantar WorldPanel, which keeps an eye on smartphone OS market 
share states, 65.9% users in the USA are on Android and 29.2% on iOS, 
for Japan it is 60.7% Android and 38.3% iOS. Similarly, other regions 
around have a greater android market share which has compelled the 
Cupertino giant to code some android apps.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“We’ll be getting feedback from customers and seeing where they’d 
like us to go,” says Cue, as he was asked additional hardware support on
 Android. The Apple Music for android app does include a feedback 
button, so that Apple can know, whether they did the right thing or not.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Apple Music for Android offers you a three month trial subscription 
for free, after which you’ll have to opt for a monthly payment mode at 
$14.99/month.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Apple has made its entry into the Android eco-system, but they’ve a 
whole army of different players to compete, which are well-equipped with
 stable apps and more features, also lower pricing model for in some 
cases. Google also has its own music service called Google Play Music, 
which is well liked among Android fans. Youtube is also preparing their 
music app in combination with their YouTube Red music streaming service.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But Apple Music has its advantages, there vast music library with 
some exclusive collections like Taylor Swift’s full  discography, and 
you have the comfort to just have your whole iTunes collection on 
Android by just signing-in with your Apple ID. Apple has a long way to 
go, and they need to recognize the popularity of Android.
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Snapchat now wants you to pay for its selfie lenses

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Snapchat has finally figured out how to monetise its service, and 
it's going to charge you to be rainbow sick again. Snapchat is now 
launching a store so you can buy the most popular customisations for 
your disappearing snaps.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lenses were first introduced back in 
September and the new store will not replace the free lenses, but will 
supplement them. There are 30 lenses available for purchase every day 
(which you can then keep and use forever).</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To activate lenses, 
simply switch to the front-facing camera on your phone when snapping a 
photo in Snapchat and do a long press on your face.</span><br />
<h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Return of the sick</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The store will feature both new and "old favourites". It's all about the rainbow sick.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As we reported back in September, it and other favourites have been removed
 - so presumably to get it back again you'll have to pay up. Pricing 
isn't clear just yet and we don't know if you pay for each use either.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The company says that lenses have proved so popular that 10m are used every day (out of 100m daily users). </span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The
 store should provide Snapchat with some much needed revenue to justify 
its massive $16bn valuation - and the expectation is that lenses could 
also conceivably be sponsored by brands too.</span><br />
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Lenovo Phab Plus Review, Here all you Need to know

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yes, the new Lenovo Phab Plus is enormous and 
unweildy. No, it's not worth buying if you do not explicitly want a huge
 phone - or a tablet that can also make voice calls. Now that that's out
 of the way, we can look at it for what it really is rather than 
dismissing it as ridiculous: a hybrid device designed for people who 
spend a lot more time playing games and watching videos than talking on 
the phone.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lenovo stresses the screen and audio quality of the 
Phab Plus, which is a way of saying it's an entertainment-focused 
device. There really isn't anything else like it on the market. With a 
metal body and a price tag close to Rs. 20,000, Lenovo
 is trying to create a 
premium niche in the voice-calling tablet market. Let's see if the 
company has tapped a whole new product category, or whether the Phab 
Plus is 
just a novelty that will soon be forgotten.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Look and feel</b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The
 very first thing to deal with when it comes to this phone is its size. 
With a 6.8-inch screen and very little space on the sides, it's not as 
big as most small tablets. As far as phones go though, this might well 
be the biggest we've ever tested. It looks like a stretched out iPhone 6
 Plus (Review | Pictures); taller and wider, but not perceptibly thicker. The comparison is 
especially valid because this is where the Phab Plus gets all its design
 inspiration from. Not only is it available in grey, silver and gold, 
but the curved sides, flat back, antenna lines and overall styling are 
also undeniably taken straight from Cupertino's current aesthetic.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of
 course, being an Android device, the front is a bit different. The 
proportion of screen to surrounding plastic is way higher. The narrow 
strip of white above the screen houses the earpiece, camera and sensor 
window in a straight line, while the matching one below is blank thanks 
to the use of on-screen buttons. A status LED is hidden within the 
earpiece grille, and unfortunately isn't visible at all unless you're 
looking at the phone head-on.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One original design touch is the 
grille on the upper rear that houses the loudspeaker as well as the 
primary camera and its dual-LED flash. There are also two rather ugly 
stickers lower down, with regulatory information and barcodes. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The
 power and volume buttons are on the right but the sheer size of this 
device means there's no way to get the placement right - they're almost 
always out of reach. There's a tray on the left which can hold one 
Micro-SIM and either a secondary Nano-SIM or a microSD card. As with 
many recent phones, you'll have to sacrifice storage expansion in order 
to use a second SIM, or vice versa. We are not in favour of this 
arrangement at all, especially if it isn't made clear in the product's 
spec sheet and promotional materials, as is often the case.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As far as grip and comfort 
go, you really have to treat this device like a smallish tablet. The 
Phab Plus weighs 229g which is a lot for a phone. Holding it up to speak
 is awkward and uncomfortable after barely a few minutes. We tried 
bending and twisting the phone, and while there was a little flex, we 
weren't afraid it would easily get damaged. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lenovo thinks a lot 
of people will be willing to use this as their primary mobile device, 
replacing an ordinary smartphone. We have our doubts about that, for the
 simple reason that it's really awkward to carry around. Half of it will
 stick out of a shirt pocket, and we were never quite comfortable with 
it in our pants or jeans pockets either. We were often worried about 
pickpockets when out and about, since it presents such an inviting 
target. It's really more suitable to being carried around in a bag.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Specifications</b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The
 Lenovo Phab Plus has fairly mid-range specifications, and if that 
doesn't seem impressive for the price it's because you're paying for the
 huge screen and build quality. The processor is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 
615, which has eight CPU cores and runs at 1.5GHz. There's 2GB of RAM 
and 32GB of storage. MicroSD card support goes up to 64GB, though as 
already stated, this will be at the cost of the second SIM.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The 
6.8-inch screen has a resolution of 1080x1920 which is pretty good, but 
not as sharp as you might expect it to be. There's a 13-megapixel camera
 on the rear and a 5-megapixel one in front. The battery, which is not 
removable, has a capacity of 3,500mAh. Talk time is rated at 24 hours 
and standby time at 20 days. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You get 4G access through both SIM 
slots. There's support for the modern Wi-Fi 802.11 ac standard, but only
 Bluetooth 4.0 for some reason. Lenovo advertises Dolby Atmos sound 
enhancement and a specially designed "1.0cc sound chamber".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Software</b></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The

Phab Plus runs Android 5.0.2 and in many ways behaves like Android on 
tablets in the way that apps use the screen. There isn't any 
optimisation in the way the iPhone 6 Plus, for example, uses the 
additional space in landscape mode to display an extra column in the 
Messages and Settings apps.
 Lenovo has added shortcuts to the quick settings panel that trigger 
what it calls "single hand micro screen" mode, "wide touch", and "single
 hand keyboard" which don't seem to have any effect at first.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After
 digging through the settings we found that the former toggles a setting
 labelled "screen shrink" which lets you draw a 'C' gesture anywhere, 
shrinking the display output to use only a corner of the screen. It 
moves when you tilt the phone, which is awkward, but you can also 
reposition it and choose between two levels of shrinkage. Further in the
 settings app, there's a section that says you can prevent apps from 
running in "small window mode" - note the third different name for this 
feature - but what this actually does is only reject recognition of the 
gesture, not prevent the apps from being shrunk. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As it turns out,
 "wide touch" is another name for "floating shortcut", which replicates 
the iOS Assistive Touch feature, a floating translucent button which is 
actually meant for people with limited ranges of motion but can be used 
to overcome the problems presented by the enormous screen. "Single hand 
keyboard" turned out to only affect the phone app's keypad, not the 
actual system keyboard in any app that needs text input. A little 
documentation about these features would really have helped, especially 
because of the confusing names Lenovo has given them. Not even the 
downloadable PDF user guide on the company's website was of any use - we
 had to discover all this through trial and error.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lenovo has 
skinned Android with custom icons, a tabbed panel in the Settings app, 
and a few preinstalled apps which are of little value. There's one app 
which is sort of a video brochure for the device you've already bought, a
 Dolby Atmos app which lets you choose between equaliser presets and 
create two custom profiles, McAfee Mobile Security, and Lenovo's own 
SYNCit and SHAREit which let you back up data and exchange files with 
other people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 0.8em;"><b><span style="font-size: 1.25em;">Performance</span></b></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Using the Lenovo Phab Plus was 
occasionally a chore, but that's more to do with its size and bulk than 
its hardware capabilities. That said, we did encounter a little bit of 
stuttering on rare occasions. Voice calls sounded a little hollow on 
both ends - we're not too critical of this since calling is clearly not 
the device's primary purpose, but it's something potential buyers should
 be prepared to deal with.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Gaming was pretty smooth with no 
noticeable problems in Dead Trigger 2. The big screen also worked well 
for other tasks - you can comfortably browse desktop websites, watch 
movies, play with creative apps and even get work done. Typing was the 
most awkward part of the usage experience because of the enormous and 
widely spaced on-screen keyboard. On the other hand, people who have a 
tough time with small touchscreens might find themselves quite 
comfortable with the Phab Plus.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Videos played smoothly, but we 
were quite underwhelmed with the sound. The Phab Plus never really got 
loud enough for us, and sound was tinny and scratchy especially with 
music. The speaker's positioning on the rear didn't really work for 
movies and games, and while voices came through clearly enough, ambient 
sounds were quite lost. The Dolby Atmos effects could certainly be 
heard, but we wouldn't necessarily say the sound was improved.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The
 primary camera was decent, for the most part. Autofocus wasn't always 
on point and details suffered a bit, but photos generally looked great 
unless we zoomed in to 100 percent. Night shots were also pretty good, 
though the phone was of course slower to lock focus and shutter lag 
increased quite a bit as well. Videos are taken at 720p by default, and 
though this can be bumped up to 1080p, we weren't pleased with the 
quality at all. Everything was grainy and dull. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In terms of 
benchmarks, the Phab Plus scored 34,148 in AnTuTu and 18,197 overall in 
Quadrant. Graphics tests were underwhelming, with the device managing 
only 15fps in GFXbench and 5,413 points in 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The
 battery lasted 6 hours, 34 minutes in our video loop test which would 
ordinarily be underwhelming, but is somewhat explained away by the huge 
screen. Day-to-day usage with a more realistic mix of gaming, Web 
browsing, calling, and lying idle yielded on average a day and a half of
 battery life.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Verdict</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b><br />The Lenovo Phab Plus sits in a class 
of its own at the moment. 7-inch Android tablets with voice calling all 
seem to be clustered at a lower price point and offer far worse 
specifications for less money. Lenovo is taking a chance with what seems
 like a niche within a niche.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This device is awkward and oversized
 even by "phablet" standards. You'd really have to be on board with all 
its pros and cons if you're thinking it will replace your existing 
smartphone. It's much more likely to be a secondary device, but even so 
it's hard to imagine the primary target audience of young people picking
 it up as an indulgence at Rs. 18,000 which is the lowest market price 
we've seen so far.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Phab Plus works well as an entertainment 
and Web surfing gadget, but not one that you carry around with you every
 day. The construction quality and specifications make it worth its 
price, but much better mainstream smartphones are available as well.</span></div>

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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">BlackBerry Priv, the company's first Android-based slider smartphone, 
went on sale last week in limited markets. Now, a leak has tipped that the Canadian company 
may have already started working on its second Android phone.</span></i><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">BlackBerry's
 purported second Android smartphone, said to be codenamed "Vienna", has
 been leaked in images <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-vienna" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">via</a> 
Crackberry. Notably, this is the first instance when images of the phone
 have made it to the Internet. Unfortunately, details about the handset 
are limited as of now. To be noted is that the BlackBerry Priv was 
codenamed "Venice" ahead of launch.</span></i>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The leaked images however show that the
 company may ditch the slider design for its second Android phone and 
will go with its iconic physical keyboard upfront design, previously 
seen on various BlackBerry phones. </span></i><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The front of the handset is seen 
housing the display and the physical keyboard below it. The rear holds 
the camera with flash while the physical buttons for volume sit on the 
right panel and power on the left side, as per the leaked images.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of
 course, as with all rumours and leaks, we advise readers to take the 
above information about the BlackBerry "Vienna" with a pinch of salt, as
 the company has yet to make any announcements about its new Android 
smartphone and the credibility of the sources cannot be independently 
verified.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">BlackBerry last week soon after confirming that it would
 release monthly Android security patches to Priv users, also gave a 
release time-frame for its rollout of the Android 6.0 Marshmallow 
update. BlackBerry is reportedly targeting a rollout "sometime in the new year".</span></i>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To recall, the BlackBerry
 Priv Android slider smartphone went up for sale earlier this month at $699 (roughly Rs. 45,500) in 
the US. It features a 5.4-inch QHD (1440x2560 pixels) Amoled display and
 sports a pixel density of 540ppi. Under the hood, it is powered by a 
Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 hexa-core processor clubbed with 3GB of RAM, and
 supports up to 32GB of expandable storage. An 18-megapixel rear camera 
is at the rear while a 2-megapixel front-camera is also on board. A 
massive 3410mAh battery backs the device.</span></i></div>

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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> You can now try Firefox OS on your Android handset without flashing a ROM on your device. Mozilla has <a href="https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/11/firefox-os-2-5-developer-preview-an-experimental-android-app/" target="_blank">released a developer preview</a> of its mobile operating system that can be installed on Android devices as an app.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">

</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Firefox OS 2.5 Developer Preview acts as an Android
 launcher that can replace one's current home screen to replicate 
Firefox OS' interface and bring additional features. Users also get 
access to Firefox's Marketplace from where they can download apps and 
add-ons.</span></i>
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</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Users also get access to the Firefox
 Browser, which comes loaded with many privacy-centric features 
including the ability to enable tracking protection from websites and 
advertisers. </span></i><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The browser also lets you pin shortcuts to the websites you
 like on the home screen - turning them into Web apps. </span></i><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">

</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In our test, we observed that the app was slightly slow - which is 
understandable as the app is in its preview phase. The app also seems to
 have been designed for an entry-level handset that presumably comes 
with a low-resolution screen. On our test Android device with FHD 
display, the icons and the interface in general appeared to be blown up.
 Even after making some adjustment in the settings, things still looked 
bloated. </span></i><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">

</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For those unware, Firefox OS is an open-source, Linux-based mobile 
operating system meant for smartphones. The lightweight operating system
 uses open Web standards such as HTML5
 and open Web APIs. It was first unveiled in February 2012, since then a
 handful OEMs have launched Firefox OS-powered handsets, with India's Intex and Spice being some of the recent partners.</span></i>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">

</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Over the years, the traction of Mozilla's mobile operating system has
 remained negligible. A ROM for Firefox OS has been available for quite 
some time, but it required users to manually flash their device and 
replace the existing Android software. The move to make it available as 
an app could give Firefox OS more exposure.</span></i><br />
<br />
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">

</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The installation file weighs around 90MB and is available for download from <a href="https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/11/firefox-os-2-5-developer-preview-an-experimental-android-app/" target="_blank">the company's website</a> (and not the Play Store).</span></i></div>

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Majority of Top Android Apps Easily Reverse Engineered: Report

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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;"><strong>Most of the top 200 and top 100 applications available for Android users via the Google Play store can be decompiled and reverse engineered, a new report from mobile application security solutions provider <a href="http://seworks.co/" style="color: #0076b4; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">SEWORKS</a> claims.</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">According to the security company, 85 percent of the top 200 most popular free applications in the official Android marketplace can be decompiled, and the same applies to 83 of the top 100 paid apps in the store. Since the process is used to reverse engineer software to expose the source code, these applications can become easy targets for exploits, including malware injection and ad fraud.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: small;">Most worrying is the fact that some of the most popular retail, messaging, photo sharing, and streaming service applications are included in the top 200 Android applications. Furthermore, puzzle, sandbox, and real-time strategy games are among these highly vulnerable applications, the security firm says.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">The report reveals that 87 percent of the top 100 free game applications in Google Play are decompilable, a list that includes multiplayer, match-3, and real-time strategy installments, along with games based on recent popular movies. 80 percent of the top 100 non-game free applications in the storefront are also decompilable.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: small;">SEWORKS also found that 95 percent of the top 200 free apps in Google Play can be reverse engineered, and that the same applies to 82 percent of the top 100 paid apps in the marketplace. The researchers used a SaaS-based scanner service to find apps that can be reverse engineered through the apps' shared object library and DEX file with malicious tools available on the Internet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">"We are publicizing our findings to warn the industry at large of the dangers they are currently exposed to, which app developers can still fix through relatively simple precautions. Until these protections are put in place, over a billion Android owners are vulnerable due to these decompilable apps," SEWORKS founder and CEO Min-Pyo Hong, said.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Further cementing its presence in the mid-range segment, Huawei has announced the launch of the G7 Plus in China. The handset is very similar to the Huawei G8 which the Chinese telecommunications launched at IFA 2015 in Berlin in September.<br /><br />The metal-clad smartphone features a design similar to the iPhone, with antenna bands and speaker grilles looking strikingly similar. The Huawei G7 Plus is the logical successor to the last year's Huawei G7. The G7 Plus offers a substantial improvement over its predecessor with a higher resolution display and a more powerful processor among other differences. The smartphone is listed on the company's Thailand site and its official Vmall online store</span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As for the specifications, the Huawei G7 Plus sports a 5.5-inch IPS full-HD (1080x1920 pixel) 2.5D display. It is powered by a octa-core Qualcomm MSM8939 SoC (1.2GHz quad-core + 1.5GHz quad-core) coupled with 3GB of RAM. The handset also comes equipped with 32GB of inbuilt storage that can be expanded using a microSD card (up to 128GB). There's also a square-shaped fingerprint sensor at the back.<br /><br />Other features include a 13-megapixel rear camera with autofocus and dual-tone flash, a 5-megapixel sensor placed upfront, and a 3000mAh battery. The dual-SIM capable handset supports 4G LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi and other standard connectivity options. On the software side, the handset runs Android 5.1 Lollipop with Emotion UI 3.1 on top of it. The G7 Plus is priced equivalent of $330 (roughly Rs. 21,800). There's no word on its international availability as yet.
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Droid Turbo 2 Review: Definitely Shatterproof, But Also an Eyesore

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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">An Android phone with a 5.4" display that costs $624 for the 32GB or 
$720 for 64 GB. It's only available for Verizon customers, and its based
 off of the Moto X (2015) and the new international-only Moto X Force. 
It's got the specs for great performance, like a 2GHz Qualcomm 
Snapdragon 810 processor and 3GB of RAM. But it's headliners are a 
shatterproof display and claims of 48-hour battery life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Design</span></h2>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wdgPn48Z2S9RGP8jobmmW5_iu_Acz9hRla46wH_7DrlNgR0VuOuIHedZIpMyZG7RbveZ1R_oKPCRrN-10uT9LVsby58o7TjHRBZhymfPRuOaSSNRHh0c8-_OrSLHj0rsPxsDos7QgT4/s1600/droid3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wdgPn48Z2S9RGP8jobmmW5_iu_Acz9hRla46wH_7DrlNgR0VuOuIHedZIpMyZG7RbveZ1R_oKPCRrN-10uT9LVsby58o7TjHRBZhymfPRuOaSSNRHh0c8-_OrSLHj0rsPxsDos7QgT4/s320/droid3.jpg" width="500" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Horrendous. I'm a stickler about design and this phone
 pains me to look at it. But most people probably wouldn't get hung up 
on the same design detail that annoy me. The curves of the plastic rim 
on the back, the width of the front bezel-it's all just clunky. It's 
like Verizon took the nice looking Moto X and just had to do a bunch of 
shit to it, which inevitably made it ugly. The Droid logo on the back? 
Ugly. The Verizon check-mark on the front? Even uglier. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If I could buff it all off with a belt-sander, I would.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You
 can attempt to ameliorate the Turbo 2's aesthetic by choosing your own 
color scheme and backing materials on the Moto Maker website. Have fun 
trying make this thing handsome with ballistic nylon or leather. It 
won't work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Using It</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you want an Android phone with 
really great specs that will run fast, the Droid Turbo 2 will not 
disappoint but neither will a host of other top-tier Android phones like
 the Moto X or Nexus 6P. Fast is par for the course these days. What's 
more important is the user experience, and that's where the Turbo 2 is a
 mixed bag.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The all-around feel is akin to the Moto X Pure 
Edition, just slightly downgraded a half-step. It's mostly the design 
elements I mentioned above, but other things stand out as well. The 
display does not lack for pixels at 2,560×1440, that's Quad HD if you're
 keeping track, but it's harsh and contrasty, and quite dim compared to 
the Moto X. Also, its colors skew greenish-yellow. I found the Moto 
display much more pleasing to look at, although the Droid Turbo 2 has 
much better viewing angles. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The surface of the display is the most unique aspect of this phone. Drop
 the Droid Turbo 2. Throw it. Throw it hard-on cement, asphalt, or 
metal. The screen will not shatter or crack. I casually tossed this 
phone onto a gritty concrete floor over 70 times and it came out in one 
piece (aside from the SIM tray which popped out a bunch of times). This 
is one area where Verizon/Motorola's claims absolutely hold true. That's
 not to say that the screen remains unblemished. Scratches and abrasions
 do become visible with enough abuse, but they are hardly noticeable 
once the display is turned on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Another grand claim about this phone is that the battery will last an
 extra long time. Verizon specifically said it lasts "two days." There's
 some truthiness to that. It depends, of course, on what you do with the
 phone. I'm pretty sure most phones can last two days if you don't use 
it much. If you watch a lot of video then prance around town using 
location services and LTE all day, no it will not last two days. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiescUz5MSCmQdc7wiyuZhgdSi8KMmKL2iAC1fGahlG2d15jZ_Ev9tH4z2Zmj0BFJHgYsfSJNm9qlz2kR1wkttTsVN-Lfdm9sat4uLxqdoqs-loEIstTOJg3wsgbpko_29ZzBEUz2DAxzU/s1600/droid2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiescUz5MSCmQdc7wiyuZhgdSi8KMmKL2iAC1fGahlG2d15jZ_Ev9tH4z2Zmj0BFJHgYsfSJNm9qlz2kR1wkttTsVN-Lfdm9sat4uLxqdoqs-loEIstTOJg3wsgbpko_29ZzBEUz2DAxzU/s320/droid2.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My
 own casual use consists of maybe a few phone calls and texts, reading 
on the Kindle app, checking the ol' social media feeds, browsing the web
 in Chrome. Under this duress (or lack of), the Turbo 2 did indeed last 
two days. But so did my iPhone 6. I did a little test where I played the
 same video on the Turbo 2 and the Moto X side-by-side, with similar 
settings on both phones and starting from a full charge. After one hour,
 the Moto drained to 83%, and the Turbo 2 drained to 89%. So, ok. My 
point is that the battery life is very good, but it's not like holy shit
 good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One nagging annoyance about this phone is the bloatware 
courtesy of Verizon. There's sooo much, including ridiculous games and 
utilities you'll never use. It's not fun spending 20 minutes removing 
and disabling apps when you buy a new phone. I don't care how these 
bundled apps benefit Verizon. They are nonsense for the consumer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once
 you get beyond that, it's Android Lollipop as usual. At least they 
didn't muck with the interface. Who knows when Marshmallow will arrive 
for the Droid Turbo 2. Probably not for a while.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If photos are your thing, the camera on the Turbo 2 is pretty good! 
It's got 21 megapixels of resolution that make for nicely detailed 
daytime shot. Low light shots are not as good, with color and detail 
receding into mush. Weirdly, there's no option for Night Mode which 
proved useful on the Moto X for better low light shots. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">But I was
 never a fan of the stock Android camera interface. The gesture driven 
interactions often get in the way of just wanting to take a picture. But
 you can't blame the Droid for that. You can do that stupid 
shake-to-active gesture and shoot 4K video. As smartphone cameras go, it
 can hang.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Like</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It actually delivers on the promise of a 
shatter-proof screen. Battery life is better than other Android phones 
in similar price ranges. It's plenty fast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dislike</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It looks hideous. Verizon crapware and branding saddle an otherwise pure-ish Android experience.</span><br />
<h2>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Should You Buy it?</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The only good reason to by the Droid Turbo
 2 is if you are clumsy with your phone, or want to experience the 
freewheeling lifestyle that results from not having that constant fear 
of The Drop in the back of your mind. If you are good at keeping your 
phone safe, the fact is that there are other Android phones out there 
that offers just as much but with much much better design. Yes, the 
battery life is better than most, but not astronomically so.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The 
Moto X Pure Edition is the most obvious alternative. It's a great phone 
and doesn't give a shit what carrier you belong to, and the Nexus 6P is a
 powerhouse that's getting near-universal praise. You have options!</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What's
 interesting is that the Droid Turbo 2 may find a solid niche in the 
market of shoppers who waltz into a Verizon store and need a new phone. 
They want something "good" and aren't uptight about design. My guess is 
that once those customers hear that they will never have to worry 
dropping their phone again, they will be sold on the Turbo 2. Hey, 
that's great! </span></div>

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