Week 4 in review: Nokia steals all the spotlight and excitement is mounting for the Galaxy S8 and LG G6

Victor, 29 January 2017

The Nokia 6 has been around for three weeks now but the excitement for the brand's return to the smartphone scene is still not dying out. Now that the handset has managed to escape its home China market, fans are lining up to get one. By all accounts, a lower end sibling to the Nokia 6 is on its way and so is a true Nokia flagship, complete with a Snapdragon 835 chipset. A recent GFXBench leak also described a mysterious and enormous 18.4-inch tablet, courtesy of HMD.

Speaking of Snapdragon 835 flagships, rumor has it that Samsung might currently be hoarding most of Qualcomm's stock, forcing competitors like LG to use older chips. In any case, the Galaxy S8, which we have been seeing more of lately, will hit shelves around April 21.

In other Samsung news, the Note series is officially still alive and we can expect future announcements on that front as well.

Xiaomi has been another maker to make headlines this week. The Chinese OEM will be skipping MWC, but its the Redmi Note 4 is doing great. We also have a new Mi Mix color and possibly even a hardware upgrade to look forward to. Also, Hugo Barra left the company to join Facebook and head the Oculus VR division.

Lineage OS is now officially picking up where CyanogenMod left off

The first nightly builds are expected to go live within hours and all infrastructure and operational issues appear to be sorted.

Nokia 6 now at 1.4 million registrations, still out of stock

The available units ran out in a minute and now we wait.

LG G6 leaked image shows top half with impressively small bezels

It's all about killing the bezels this year, and Samsung's Galaxy S8 will have an important competitor for that in the LG G6.

Nokia 6 escapes China, going on sale tomorrow in the Philippines

The white version of the device is listed for the equivalent of $370.

Nokia 6 may be getting a lower-end sibling codenamed Heart, benchmark reveals

The new model keeps the Nokia 6's chipset but cuts back on every other spec, so it should be cheaper too.

Humongous 18.4-inch Nokia tablet spotted on GFXBench

The hefty device also packs quite a punch, with a Snapdragon 835 chipset and QHD resolution.

Galaxy S8 live images leak alongside full spec details and launch date

This is undoubtedly the most comprehensive leak about the device so far.

vivo V5 Plus pre-orders are live in India

Seems like pre-orders can only be placed through offline retail stores at the moment.

Nokia hints at Snapdragon 835 future on its Weibo account

Also, what's that about "Nokia Windows devices"? We thought that was Microsoft's burden.

Top Xiaomi Mi 6 version to have ceramic body like the Mi Mix

This comes from some new rumors in China, which however haven't cleared up the launch schedule for the phone.

Samsung allegedly hoards S835 chips for the Galaxy S8, leaving nothing for LG

The Snapdragon 835 chipset is fabbed at Samsung facilities.

New Motorola phone with Snapdragon 835 SoC, and Android 7.1.1 spotted on Geekbench

Given the model number (XT1650), the handset could be the Moto Z (2017).

Samsung Galaxy S8 to be available around April 21, new report says

This also goes into quite a lot of detail about the handset's main features.

A pair of new smartphones from Huawei and Honor pass through TENAA

The Honor-branded unit has a dual-camera design, reminiscent of the Honor 8, while the Huawei one oddly shares its styling.

Samsung completes Galaxy Note7 investigation

Battery design was to blame in original units, manufacturing defect in replacements.

Xiaomi will be skipping MWC 2017

A company spokesperson confirmed that it is apparently still too early for the Mi 6 or any other flagship announcement.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 sold out in 10 minutes

Over 250,000 units were sold during the first sale of the new Redmi Note 4.

Hugo Barra announces departure from Xiaomi

Will be returning back to his home in Silicon Valley. Xiang Wang to take over his role at Xiaomi.

New rumor claims Samsung will announce S8 on March 29 in simultaneous launch events

A new rumor says Samsung will hold 'multi-city' launch events in the US and EU on March 29 and the S8 will have a record-breaking marketing budget.

Porsche Design Huawei Mate 9 up for preorder, shipping date revealed

The amazing-looking device has 5.5” QHD display and a Leica-branded camera and costs €1395/$1500.

New LG G6 leaked image shows us its top right side

A few days ago we saw the front and left top half of the device, and now it's time to glance at its right side.

Huawei P10 tipped to be the most expensive P-series phone

The P9 Plus from last year launched at €749, more than that sounds overly ambitious.

White Xiaomi Mi Mix will be available for purchase soon

This was revealed by Xiaomi’s marketing director Zang Zhiyuan on Weibo.

Vertu's latest Constellation smartphone has high-end specs, dual-SIM support

Neither of those are things that usually make it to luxury handsets. On the flip side, pricing for the new phone hasn't been announced yet.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 still coming, mobile chief confirms

DJ Koh said he can’t let down the loyal Galaxy Note fans.

Hugo Barra joins Facebook as Oculus leader

The former VP of Xiaomi joins Facebook as VP of virtual reality in couple of months.

Google begins real-world testing of Instant Apps

Google released an update about a major feature announced at Google I/O, last year.

Google completely revamps Google Voice

Google Voice gets the largest update in about five years.

Google is looking to supercharge the Raspberry Pi Foundation in 2017

The online titan has quite a few potential AI and machine learning tools lined up for the single-board computer.

Week in review

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Zenodroid
31 Jan 2017
m7X

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