Nougat's next maintenance release is Android 7.1.2, already heading out to select Pixel and Nexus devices in public beta form.
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A sluggish holiday quarter and an overall sluggish year is the word from Fitbit. But the company did come away from 2016 with some new assets it can use.
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Having recently announced the Australian release date of its most important smartphone to date, Oppo’s new R9s handset is now officially available for purchase Down Under, and with it comes a great deal of expectation for the relative newcomer to the Aussie market.
“It was a really interesting time when we launched, because before we came to Australia we did research on the market, and our teams came back and said there was definitely an opportunity for us to crack the market,” said Michael Tran, marketing director of Oppo Mobile Australia.
Since the company’s arrival on our shores in 2014, Oppo has quickly gained momentum by aggressively going after the mid-range phone market and steadily building its reputation as a maker of quality handsets that don’t cost an arm and a leg. Its secret? Offering devices that feel premium but cost roughly half as much as flagships from Apple, Samsung, LG and Sony. But is Australia the key focus for Oppo in the west?
“Yeah, at the moment, definitely,” says Tran. “The strategy has been to work with our retail partners – with JB Hi-Fi, we go into their stores and we make sure we have a display, and that it’s positioned right next to Apple and Samsung.
“Consumers already know Apple and Samsung – they go in wanting an iPhone or wanting a Samsung device, but we want them to look at Oppo and go ‘there’s the alternative.’”
Looking at the Oppo R9s in its naked form, it would be easy to mistake it for an iPhone 7 – its thin, rounded aluminium body, slightly-protruding camera bump, matte finish and similarly-placed buttons seem clearly modelled after the Apple flagship, as does its new iOS-inspired ColorOS 3.0 software.
But what the phone may lack in design originality, it makes up for in sheer value. Though it has a retail price of $599, many of the hallmarks we’ve come to expect from a premium phone are present with the Oppo R9s. Its 16MP rear camera features a customised 1/2.8 inch Sony-developed IMX398 sensor with an extra-wide F1.7 aperture, created exclusively for the R9s. On the front, it’s got another 16MP camera for high quality selfies powered by Oppo’s Beautify 4.0 technology. Its 5.5-inch AMOLED display lets you view your photos with vibrance and clarity.
Its specs also go beyond what we’ve come to expect from mid-range phones, offering a whopping 4GB of RAM and a Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53 processor on a Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625 chipset. It’s also got 64GB of onboard storage, with a further 256GB available via the MicroSD card slot in its dual SIM tray.
Topping off the list of premium features at mid-range prices, the handset’s 3,010 mAh battery also supports Oppo’s VOOC Flash Charge technology, which will reportedly give you two hours of talk-time after a 5-minute charge, and 75 percent battery after a 30-minute charge.
The Oppo R9s is available now from JB Hi-Fi, Optus and Woolworths Mobile, as well as Oppo’s new partners, Vodafone and Virgin Mobile.
The protests at JFK Airport in New York have gone against Trump's immigration ban, but things start breaking down as the livery industry gets involved.
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The Galaxy S8 has been seen in pictures and renders of many sorts. But confusing them for "leaks" can lead to some credibility issues.
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From what it sounds like, the gaming hardware company is essentially taking on Nextbit as its new mobile division. That means a shift in infrastructure.
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Razer is known best for its colorful keyboards, performance gaming accessories, and high-powered laptops, but the company may soon venture into a new market: smartphones.
The gaming tech brand has just acquired Nextbit Systems Inc., the company behind the affordable (and unique-looking) Nextbit Robin smartphone.
Financial details such as the buying price were not announced, but Razer did make sure to mention that the smartphone startup will still "operate as a standalone business unit under its own management."
This isn't the first not-quite-related-to-gaming acquisition for Razer, as the company bought George Lucas' own sound technology firm, THX, back in October of last year.
Despite its latest additions, Razer still refers to itself as "the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers" in the press release announcing the purchase of Nextbit - giving us the feeling the company isn't alienating its core demographic just yet to take on the bigger, broader smartphone market.
That said, we won't be surprised if Razer is looking to further augment its growing list of electronics - which include its own virtual reality headset and an Android TV box - with a new smartphone in the coming years.
