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55-Inch Budget LCD Smart TV Review: Caixun AiPlus4K EC55S1UA

Caixun AiPlus4K EC55S1UA

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I wouldn't normally recommend a television from a little-known manufacturer, particularly if it cost the same as a nearly identical TV from LG. But the pandemic's impact on supply chains means you must make do with what's available.

If Hisense, TCL, Samsung, Vizio, or (in particular) LG's 55-inch 4K budget televisions aren't available, I'd recommend buying the AiPlus4K because it's more or less a slightly newer and better TV than the other OEM-made budget options at Walma

Key Features

4K UHD screen

Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.0

Infrared and Bluetooth remote

Android TV 9.0

Specifications

Brand: Caixun

Screen Size: 55-inch

Dimensions: 48.5 x 28.1 x 3.4 inches

Operating System: Android TV

Power Consumption: 119w maximum

Panel Type: LCD, IPS

Resolution: 3840x2160

Connectivity: Bluetooth, Ethernet

Bracket included: No

Pros

Power efficient

Good LCD quality

Good customer service

Easy to repair

Power efficient

Cons

Workmanship issues

High price

Minor discoloring

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Looking for a 55-inch, 4K, budget, smart TV from Amazon? Thanks to the pandemic, you'll find a weak selection, high prices, and brands you've never heard of, such as the Caixun AiPlus4K (model EC55S1UA). While affordable for a smart TV that does 4K at 60Hz, is it worth $480?

The AiPlus4k is an adequate alternative to other budget 4K televisions. It displays 4K content at 60Hz. That's suitable for the last generation of consoles, like a PS4 Pro, as well as PC gamers. And its LCD panel's contrast ratio is good. But the value isn't equal to better-known television brands.

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What Is Caixun, Express Luck Technology? And Are Their TVs Good?

Caixun (pronounced "Kai-Shuin") is a sub-label of Express Luck Technology, a 20-year-old TV manufacturer out of China. They use panels from a variety of sources, including CSOT, AUO, and others. However, it's unlikely that anyone in the United States has even heard of them, although you may have owned a television of their design.

Express Luck Technology is an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM or ODM). In other words, they make TVs that other companies slap brands on. For example, many of the televisions at Walmart, such as Element and Onn, farm production out to OEMs. Caixun is a rare example of a little-known OEM selling their televisions direct to consumers through Amazon.

Caixun AiPlus4K Set Up and Configuration

Like all 55-inch TVs, the AiPlus4K requires a little assembly, but that's limited to screwing on its feet. After hooking it up to a power source, you need to configure its smart components for use.

The setup process requires a few simple steps:

Log into your Google Account.

Pair the included Bluetooth remote control by holding the Back button with the Volume Down button for a few seconds and then choosing the remote control in the television's pairing options.

If you have additional peripherals, like gamepads, you go through the same process:

Put your device into Bluetooth pairing mode.

Choose Setup > Remotes & accessories and then choose your device.

Specifications and Hardware

Dimensions: 48.5 x 28.1 x 3.4 inches

Display: 55-inch 4K, 3860x2160 resolution panel with 60Hz refresh speed

Chipset: MStar M7322 (quadcore ARM Cortex-A55 processor with Mali-470 MP2 GPU)

RAM: 1.5GB of RAM

Storage: 8GB (4GB available to the user)

VESA: 200 x 200mm VESA mounting holes

Weight: 26.6 pounds

Ports: 2 x USB-A 2.0, 3 x HDMI 2.0, component, optical, co-axial antenna, 3.5mm aux, and Ethernet

Power consumption: 119 watts at 60Hz; 89 watts at 30Hz; 19 watts idle

The Caixun AiPlus4k's Hardware and Specifications

The AiPlus4K offers mid-range for a budget price. Going off the specs, it's equivalent to similarly priced budget 4K televisions, from large TV manufacturers.

Storage and RAM

The eMMC 5.0 storage format allows for a peak transfer speed of 400MB/s. While the latest eMMC technology is 5.1A (JESD84-B51A), the transfer speeds aren't noticeably different. In other words, the chip inside of the Caixun offers good transfer speeds and represents modern, if not performant, technology for a budget 4K smart TV.

Its 8GB-sized storage capacity has 2GB available to the user. The limited space makes it useful as a streaming box with few installed apps. Don't expect to play large games, particularly given that Android devices can become progressively slower as free storage decreases.

It's possible to plug in a USB-A flash drive to expand storage capacity. Unfortunately, no matter how fast your flash drive, you will suffer from slower system performance because of Caixun's slow USB 2.0 ports, which bottlenecks system performance.

Lots of Ports, Like Most Budget 4K TVs

There are three HDMI 2.0 ports, an 3.5mm audio jack, a co-axial antenna connector, two USB 2.0 ports, optical, and component cable ports, in the rear of the Caixun. The type and number are virtually standard on almost all budget 4K systems.

Processor and System on a Chip

The AiPlus4k uses an MStar M7322 processor on a MediaTek MSD6886 motherboard. This processor and system-on-a-chip appear in televisions from TCL and other manufacturers, since 2020.

MediaTek owns MStar, which means this is effectively a MediaTek system. While a modern processor, the GPU is a Mali-470 MP2. I couldn't find any specifications for the MP2 variant, but the Mali-470 is a low-power "high-efficiency" four-core Cortex-M3 GPU designed for wearables. Don't expect the TV to perform like an Android TV box. In other words, you can't play Android games at 4K, 60Hz. At best, the chip can pump out either 1080p at 60Hz or 4K at 30hz.

Unfortunately, the slower chip translates into periodic amounts of input delay and lag navigating menus, owing to the overhead of Android combined with a lower-tier processor and GPU. Even so, it's not excessively slow and the TV's head unit functions adequately for all forms of media playback as well as menu navigation and even mobile gaming.

The M7322 processor first entered televisions in 2020, so it's only a year out of date. Considering that many budget televisions are using substantially slower technology, like the ARM Cortex-A53 processor, the AiPlus4K isn't bad at all.

LED 4K (3840x2160) LCD panel

LED 4K screens don't look as good as OLED panels, with comparatively mediocre black levels and contrast ratios. However, they're extremely resilient and long-lasting, being almost immune to burn-in, also known as image retention. While LED-backlight technology isn't state-of-the-art, it's more durable and power-efficient compared to OLED panels. And if you're on a budget, they're cheaper than the latest LED-related tech, like LG's NanoCell or Samsung's Mini LED and Micro LED technologies.

The 4K panel itself doesn't show any stuck pixels or screen imperfections, although if you did detect one, Caixun's customer service requires that you return the unit through Amazon's 30-day return period.

Testing and Calibration

Like with all televisions, you can adjust the lighting and color parameters by going to: Settings > Device preferences > Picture.

For the majority of testing, I used Lagom.nl which offers a range of LCD-testing utilities.

Black Levels, and Contrast Ratio

All budget LED-lit IPS LCD panels look bad compared to OLED. You might notice small degrees of uneven black levels around the edges of the screen, and blacks that are nearly grey in dim lighting. The AiPlus4K doesn't magically solve the problem with LED-lit televisions.

The visibility issues look worst during dark scenes but those imperfections appear even when looking at the screen from dead center. The level of black isn't particularly noticeable and it doesn't distract from watching videos or playing games. But take your eyes off the center of the screen and you'll see it in a dark room.

In my tests, the contrast ratio came in at 2154:1 for the center of the screen. While not great, it's good for a budget LED-backlit LCD screen.

Viewing Angles

As with most In-Plane Switching (IPS) LCD panels, the 4K display on the AiPlus4K remains adequate from all angles, but the whites deteriorate in quality the further you move away from the dead center. Overall, the screen doesn't show any serious signs of poor quality.

I tested the AiPlus4K with a series of solid colors from Lagom.nl, and it shows a small degree of color aberration as you move left or right of center, particularly for blue, which shifts to purple when viewed from extreme angles.

Hardware Summary

Most of the AiPlus4K's parts indicate a budget system. But even so, they're decent specs for the budget market. The screen looks good, the hardware is modern, and the software runs fluidly, for the most part.

Caixun AiPlus4K's Implementation of Android TV

The operating system is Android TV, a media-focused version of Android 9. That means the AiPlus4K can access a huge number of apps through either sideloading or the Google Play Store.

What's Android TV?

Android TV offers far fewer Android apps compared to smartphone Android. Other than a smaller app library, Android TV uses a visual interface designed for remote controls and joysticks. The navigation menus feel slower and less intuitive compared to LG's WebOS, but its application library is vast and includes such media tools as VLC Player.

Unlike the Android boxes shipped out by shady manufacturers, the Caixun comes with a valid certificate of authenticity from Google. Google's official certification means security validation for protections against malware, privacy hacks, and other malicious software.

On the downside, the Android 9 on the AiPlus4K falls two years short of Android 11. Android 9 devices almost certainly won't receive the user interface updates that Google pushed out to Android TV in February of 2021. On top of that, Google's upcoming Google TV initiative will implement a new operating system, which brings a refreshed interface and new capabilities, such as the ability to switch off smart features.

Given that the last security update on the AiPlus4K was in July of 2020, it seems that this television won't receive further firmware updates.

Viewing Videos on the AiPlus4K

4K videos on the AiPlus4k look smooth, the viewing angles are good, although the audio quality, while loud, won't replace dedicated speakers. The uneven lighting on the sides of the unit isn't too severe, and the blacks are not overwhelmingly discolored, even in a dark room.

As with all televisions in this price segment, the refresh rate when using YouTube or other streaming video apps comes in at less than 30Hz. VLC Player indicated that the refresh rate while playing 4K content is 24Hz. Additionally, I noticed high levels of smearing and ghosting while playing back 4K content, but only for dark scenes. Otherwise, the panel's image quality remained consistent.

Gaming on the Caixun AiPlus4k

For 4K gaming at 60Hz, the AiPlus4K doesn't show any serious vices. The on-screen images remain crisp, without much smearing or ghosting. I can't quantitatively measure response times, but Lagom.nl's toolset didn't detect any issues.

Caixun AiPlus4K Is Like Most OEM-Made Televisions

To the best of my knowledge, the Sansui ES55XS1A and the AiPlus4K look like the same television. There's a lot of evidence suggesting that they are the same.

Express Luck is Sansui's OEM, and the AiPlus4K even uses the same service centers as Sansui. On top of that, their model numbers are extremely similar.

While this does not mean the AiPlus4K is a bad television, it does mean it's overpriced. And, as of the writing of this article, Amazon's stock of budget 55-inch LCD smart televisions are severely limited.

Warranty, Customer Support, and Return Policy

Caixun contracts with Premier Customer Service for technical support in North America. I called the customer service line with a bogus technical support issue and spoke with an operator named "Delorse". Delorse mentioned she hadn't encountered a Caixun failure yet and because of this, she was less familiar with the return process.

She mentioned that if a hardware defect had been detected, the RMA process would call for return to the service center at Primer's US repair center, the ship-in costs covered by Caixun. Overall, the customer service is good, although there was no higher tier of technical support. Meaning, if you have a technical issue related to setup and configuration, you'll likely not find an answer.

Repairability and Sustainability

There are no teardowns of the AiPlus4K anywhere, but you shouldn't need one for two reasons. First, disassembly doesn't require removing security screws. Second, accessing the logic board doesn't require any special instructions. Simply unscrewing the rear access panel provides a full view of the electronics driving the television.

If you suffer from either a failing capacitor or a desoldered GPU, replacement only requires a soldering iron and basic electronics safety measures. I'd still recommend taking the TV to a repair shop, rather than fixing it yourself, because of the potential for injury. But overall, the AiPlus4K's electronics are extremely easy to repair, unless you've broken the LCD screen, which is difficult and expensive to repair.

Signs of Poor Workmanship

After tearing down the AiPlus4K, I noticed four signs of poor workmanship.

First, there's a small amount of hot glue, trailing down the sides of the bezel, surrounding the LCD screen.

Second, there are scorch marks on several electrical connections, potentially from overheating Rosin flux.

Third, there's a bridged solder point on the mainboard. While sometimes logic boards intentionally bridge connections, I don't believe that's the case here.

However, the television runs, so it's clear that the bridging isn't creating an electrical short. And it's on electrical connections that are marked as "cold" or neutral, so there's minimal risk that this could cause a short.

Fourth, the wireless and Bluetooth antennas are poorly positioned, which should result in weaker signal strength. If you plan on using this television on a network with poor wireless connectivity, consider using a Powerline adapter along with its far more reliable Ethernet port.

All OEM budget televisions suffer from imperfections on their televisions, some more than others.

Sustainability and Power Efficiency

The one element that I dislike is the use of an integrated power cable, which means an integrated power supply unit. My guess is that the internal power supply unit offers up to 135-watts of power.

In my tests, the power consumption hit 89-watts while refreshing at 30Hz and 118 watts at 60Hz. Its idle draw came in at 19.5 watts. In yearly power costs, the standby alone would cost around $20 at $0.10 per kilowatt-hour. The official rating lists the power costs as coming in at $18 per year.

Should You Buy the Caixun AiPlus4K?

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The Galaxy Fold has been the most polarizing product I can recall having reviewed. Everyone who saw it wanted to play with the long-promised smartphone paradigm shift. The results, on the other hand, were far more mixed.

If nothing else, the Fold has a remarkably high Q-Rating. Each person who saw me using the product had at least a vague idea of what it was all about. I honestly can’t remember the last time I’ve had that reaction with a non-iPhone device. That’s great from brand perspective. It means a lot of people are curious and potentially open to the notion that the Samsung Galaxy Fold is the future.

Of course, it also means there are a lot of people looking on if you fail.

In some ways, this past week with the Samsung Galaxy Fold has been an extremely public beta. A handful of samples were given out to reviewers. Most worked fine (mine included), but at least three failed. It’s what we in the industry call a “PR nightmare.” Or at least it would be for most companies.

Samsung’s weathered larger storms — most notably with the Galaxy Note 7 a few years back. Of course, that device made it much further along, ultimately resulting in two large-scale recalls. The nature of the two issues was also vastly different. A malfunctioning screen doesn’t put the user at bodily risk like an exploding battery. The optics on these things don’t get much worse than having your smartphone banned from planes.

As of this writing, the Fold is still set to go on sale, most likely this year. To be perfectly frank, the April 26 release date seemed overly optimistic well before the first reports of malfunctioning units. It’s never a great sign when a device is announced in February and is only made available for review a few weeks ahead of launch. It’s kind of like when a studio doesn’t let reviewers watch a film before release. It doesn’t necessarily mean it’s bad, but it’s something to keep an eye on.

That’s the thing. The Galaxy Fold is the kind of device you want badly to succeed. You want it to be great and you want Samsung to sell a billion because it’s a genuinely exciting product after a decade of phones that look mostly the same. There’s also the fact that Samsung has essentially been hyping this thing for eight years, since it debuted a flexible display at CES 2011.

In spite of that, however, the home stretch feels rushed. Samsung no doubt saw the writing on the wall, as companies like Huawei readied their own foldable. And while Royole beat the fold to market, Samsung still had a very good shot at the claim of first commercially viable foldable on the market, with a decade of Galaxy devices under its belt and hand-in-hand work with the Google team to create an Android UX that makes sense on a pair of very different screens.

[Source: iFixit]

But this iFixit teardown speaks volumes. “Alarmingly” isn’t the kind of word you want/expect to hear about a company like Samsung, but there it is, followed directly by “fragile” — itself repeated five times over the course of the write-up. iFixit’s findings match up pretty closely with Samsung’s own reports:

A fragile display means knocking it the wrong way can result in disaster.

A gap in the hinges allows dirt and other particles to wedge themselves between the folding mechanism and screen.

Don’t peel off the protective layer. I know it looks like you should, but this is probably the easiest way to wreck your $2,000 phone that doesn’t involve a firearm or blender.

What makes all of this doubly unfortunate is that Samsung has about as much experience as anyone making a rugged phone that works. I feel confident that the company will do just that in future generations, but unless the company can come back with definitive evidence that it’s overhauled the product ahead of launch, this is a difficult product to recommend.

Samsung knew the first-gen Galaxy Fold would be a hard sell, of course. The company was pretty transparent about the fact that the experimental form factor, coupled with the $1,980 price tag, meant the device will only appeal to a small segment of early adopters.

Even so, the company managed to sell out of preorders — though it didn’t say how large that initial run was. Nor are we sure how many users have canceled in the wake of this past week’s events. Certainly no one would blame them for doing so at this point.

But while the apocalyptic shit-posters among us will declare the death of the foldable before it was ever truly born, whatever doesn’t kill Samsung has only made it stronger. And this misfire could ultimately do that for both the company and the category, courtesy of its informal beta testing.

Rewind a mere week or so ago (seriously, it’s only been that long), when we finally got our hands on the Galaxy Fold. I was impressed. And I certainly wasn’t alone. Admittedly, there’s a bit of a glow that first time you see a device that’s seemingly been teased forever. The fact that it exists feels like a kind of victory in and of itself. But the Fold does an admirable job marrying Samsung’s hardware expertise with a new form factor. And more importantly, it’s real and works as advertised — well, mostly, at least.

The truth is, I’ve mostly enjoyed my time with the Galaxy Fold. And indeed, it’s been fun chronicling it on a (nearly) daily basis. There are some things the form factor is great for — like looking at Google Maps or propping it up to watch YouTube videos on the elliptical machine at the gym. There are others when the bulky form factor left me wanting to go back to my regular old smartphone — but those trade-offs are to be expected.

I both like the Fold’s design and understand the criticism. Samsung’s done a good job maintaining the Galaxy line’s iconic design language. The foldable looks right at home alongside the S and Note. That said, the rounded backing adds some bulk to the product. And while open, the device is thinner than an iPhone, when folded, it’s more than double the thickness, owing to a gap between the displays. It’s quite skinny in this mode, however, so it should slip nicely into all but the tightest pants pockets.

In practice, the folding mechanism might be the most impressive part of the product. The inside features several interlocking gears that allow the product to open and shut with ease and let users interact with the device at various states of unfold. I found myself using the device with it open at a 90-degree angle quite a bit, resting in my hand like an open book. The Fold features a pair of magnets on its edges, which let you close it with a satisfying snap. It’s weirdly therapeutic.

Really, the biggest strike against the device from a purely aesthetic standpoint is that it’s not the Mate X. Announced by Huawei a few days after the Fold’s big unveil, the device takes a decidedly more minimalist approach to the category. It’s an elegant design that features less device and more screen, and, honestly, the kind of thing I don’t think most of us expected until at least the second-generation product.

The gulf between the two devices is especially apparent when it comes to the front screen. The front of the screen is around two-fifths bezel, leaving room for a 4.6-inch display with an awkward aspect ratio. The Mate X, meanwhile, features a 6.6-inch front-facing AND 6.4-inch rear-facing display (not to mention the larger eight-inch internal display to the Fold’s 7.3).

There’s reason to recommend the Fold over the Mate X, as well. I can’t speak to the difference in user experience, having only briefly interacted with the Huawei, but the price point is a biggie. The Mate X starts at an even more absurd $2,600, thanks in part to the fact that it will only be available in a 5G version, adding another layer of niche.

That price, mind you, is converted from euros, because 1) The product was announced at MWC in Barcelona and 2) U.S. availability is likely to be a nonstarter again, as the company continues to struggle with U.S. regulators.

Of course, the Fold’s U.S. availability is also in limbo at the moment, albeit for very different reasons.

I ultimately spent little time interacting with the front screen. It’s good for checking notifications and the like, but attempting to type on that skinny screen is close to impossible, with shades of the new Palm device, which implements its own shortcuts to get around those shortcomings. The inside, meanwhile, takes a butterfly keyboard approach, so you can type with both thumbs while holding it open like a book.

There’s also the issue of app optimization. A lot of this can be chalked up to an early version of a first-gen device. But as with every new device, the equation of how much developer time to invest is largely dependent on product adoption. If the Fold and future Fold’s aren’t a success, developers are going to be far less inclined to invest the hours.

This is most painfully obvious when it comes to App Continuity, one of the device’s primary selling points from a software perspective. When working as advertised, it makes a compelling case for the dual screens. Open something on the front and expand your canvas by unfolding the device. Google is among the companies that worked directly with Samsung to optimize apps this way, and it’s particularly handy with Maps. I used it a fair amount on my trip last week to Berkeley (shout out to the fine people at Pegasus Books on Shattuck).

When an app isn’t optimized, Samsung compels you to restart it, or else you get a nasty case of letterbox bars that retain the aspect ratio of the front screen. Continuity isn’t designed to work the other way, either — opening something on the large screen and then transferring to the front. That’s a bit trickier, as shutting the phone is designed to offer a kind of finality to that session, like hitting the power button to put the device to sleep.

I get that, and like many other pieces here, it will be interesting to see how people utilize it. Aside from the obvious hardware concerns, much of the work on the second-generation device will center around learnings from how users interact with this model. I know I surprised myself when I ended up using the 7.3-inch screen to snap photos. It felt silly — like those people who bring iPads to photograph events. But it’s ultimately a much better viewfinder than that measly 4.6-incher.

That’s really just the tip of the iceberg for the inside screen, of course. The size, which is somewhere between phablet and mini tablet, provides ample real estate that can still be held in one hand. It’s a great size for short videos. I’ve watched a lot of YouTube on this thing, though the speakers (a small series of holes on the upper and lower edges) leave a lot to be desired.

And the seam. I found myself uttering the phrase “it could be worse” a lot. Like so much of the general aesthetic (including the odd green-gold color of my Fold’s casing), it’s lighting-dependent. There are plenty of times when you don’t see it all, and other when the glare hits it and makes it look like a line right down the center.

I realized after snapping a couple of photos that it’s particularly apparent in many shots. That probably gives a false impression of its prominence. It sucks that there’s one at all, but it’s not a surprise, given the nature of the design. You mostly don’t notice it, until your finger swipes across it. And even then it’s subtle and totally not a dealbreaker, unlike, say, the massive gap that made the ZTE Axon M look like two phones pasted together.

I love the ability to stand the device up by having it open at a 90-degree angle, so I can watch videos while brushing my teeth. But this orientation blocks the bottom speakers, hampering the already iffy sound. Thankfully, your $1,980 will get you a pair of the excellent Galaxy Buds in box. It’s hard to imagine Apple bundling AirPods with the next iPhone, but I guess stranger things have happened, right?

Multi-Active Window is the other key software piece. It’s something that has been available on other Samsung devices and certainly makes sense here. Open an app, swipe left from the right side of the screen and a tray will open. From there, you can open up to three apps on the display. Once open, the windows feature a small tab at the top that lets you rearrange them.

It’s handy. I used it the most during those times I had a video playing on an exercise machine, so I didn’t have to close out of everything to check emails and Twitter. I’m a gym multi-tasker. I’m sorry, it’s just who I am now.

It worked quite well on the whole, courtesy of robust internals, including 12GB of RAM and a Snapdragon 855. The primary issue I ran into was how some of the apps maintained that half-screen format after I closed out and reopened. I’m sure some people will prefer that, and I’m honestly not sure what the ideal solution is there.

The Fold’s also got a beefy battery on board. Like Huawei’s, it’s split in two — one on either side of the fold. They work out to a beefy 4,380 mAh. That’s just slightly less than Huawei’s 4,500, but again, the Mate X is 5G by default — which means it’s going to burn through mAhs at a faster rate.

Ultimately, the Fold’s greatest strength is Samsung itself. I understand why you probably just did a double take there in the wake of the company’s latest hardware scandal, but the fact is that the company knows how to build phones. The Fold was very much built atop the foundation of the successful Galaxy line, even while it presents a curious little fork in the family tree.

That means a solid and well-thought-out user experience outside of the whole fold thing.

That list includes great cameras with excellent software features and clever tricks like the new Wireless PowerShare, which lets you fold up the phone and charge up those Galaxy Buds or another phone while it’s plugged in. For better or worse, it also includes Bixby. Our model was a European version that didn’t have the full version, but I think I’ve made my thoughts on the smart assistant pretty well known over the last couple of years.

The devoted Bixby button is very much here. And yes, I very much accidentally pressed it a whole bunch. The headphone jack, on the other hand, is conspicuously absent, which is no doubt a big driver behind the decision to include Galaxy Buds. The Fold is an anomaly in a number of ways, but it’s hard to shake the feeling that this might finally represent the beginning of the end for the port on Samsung’s premium devices.

Also absent is the S Pen. The stylus began life on the Note line and has since branched out to other Samsung devices. I suspect the company would have had a tough time squeezing in space for it alongside the dual batteries, and maybe it’s saving something for future generations, but this does feel like the ideal screen size for that accessory.

I’m parting ways with the Fold this week, per Samsung’s instructions. Unlike other products, giving it up won’t feel that tough. There wasn’t a point in the past week when the Fold didn’t feel like overkill. There were, however, times when my iPhone XS screen felt downright tiny after switching back.

In many ways, the foldable phone still feels like the future, and the Fold feels like a stop along the way. There are a lot of first-gen issues that should be/should have been hammered out before mass producing this device. That said, there are certain aspects that can only really be figured out in real-world testing. Take the fact that Samsung subjected the device to 200,000 mechanical open and closes. That’s a lot, and probably more than the life of just about any of these devices, but people don’t open and close like machines. And when it comes to the screen, well, a little dirt is bound to get between the gears, both metaphorically and literally.

As I close this Galaxy Fold a final time, it seems safe to say that the device represents a potentially exciting future for a stagnant smartphone space. But that’s the thing about the future — it’s just not here yet.

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Of course, it also means there are a lot of people looking on if you fail.

[Source: iFixit]

A fragile display means knocking it the wrong way can result in disaster.

A gap in the hinges allows dirt and other particles to wedge themselves between the folding mechanism and screen.

Don’t peel off the protective layer. I know it looks like you should, but this is probably the easiest way to wreck your $2,000 phone that doesn’t involve a firearm or blender.

Of course, the Fold’s U.S. availability is also in limbo at the moment, albeit for very different reasons.

That means a solid and well-thought-out user experience outside of the whole fold thing.

Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/24/samsung-galaxy-fold-review-future-shock/

Samsung Galaxy Fold review: future shock The Galaxy Fold has been the most polarizing product I can recall having reviewed. Everyone who saw it wanted to play with the long-promised smartphone paradigm shift.

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Of course, it also means there are a lot of people looking on if you fail.

[Source: iFixit]

A fragile display means knocking it the wrong way can result in disaster.

A gap in the hinges allows dirt and other particles to wedge themselves between the folding mechanism and screen.

Don’t peel off the protective layer. I know it looks like you should, but this is probably the easiest way to wreck your $2,000 phone that doesn’t involve a firearm or blender.

Of course, the Fold’s U.S. availability is also in limbo at the moment, albeit for very different reasons.

That means a solid and well-thought-out user experience outside of the whole fold thing.

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Samsung Galaxy Fold review: future shock

Of course, it also means there are a lot of people looking on if you fail.

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A fragile display means knocking it the wrong way can result in disaster.

A gap in the hinges allows dirt and other particles to wedge themselves between the folding mechanism and screen.

Don’t peel off the protective layer. I know it looks like you should, but this is probably the easiest way to wreck your $2,000 phone that doesn’t involve a firearm or blender.

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The Galaxy Fold has been probably the most polarizing product I can recall having reviewed. Everybody who noticed it wished to play with the long-promised smartphone paradigm shift. The outcomes, then again, had been much more blended.

If nothing else, the Fold has a remarkably excessive Q-Score. Every one who noticed me utilizing the product had not less than a obscure thought of what it was all about. I actually can’t keep in mind the final time I’ve had that response with a non-iPhone system. That’s nice from model perspective. It means lots of people are curious and doubtlessly open to the notion that the Samsung Galaxy Fold is the long run.

In fact, it additionally means there are lots of people trying on if you happen to fail.

In some methods, this previous week with the Samsung Galaxy Fold has been a particularly public beta. A handful of samples got out to reviewers. Most labored effective (mine included), however not less than three failed. It’s what we within the business name a “PR nightmare.” Or not less than it might be for many firms.

Samsung’s weathered bigger storms — most notably with the Galaxy Note 7 a number of years again. In fact, that system made it a lot additional alongside, in the end leading to two large-scale remembers. The character of the 2 points was additionally vastly completely different. A malfunctioning display doesn’t put the person at bodily threat like an exploding battery. The optics on this stuff don’t get a lot worse than having your smartphone banned from planes.

As of this writing, the Fold remains to be set to go on sale, most probably this yr. To be completely frank, the April 26 launch date appeared overly optimistic effectively earlier than the primary studies of malfunctioning models. It’s by no means an incredible signal when a tool is introduced in February and is just made obtainable for evaluation a number of weeks forward of launch. It’s sort of like when a studio doesn’t let reviewers watch a movie earlier than launch. It doesn’t essentially imply it’s unhealthy, but it surely’s one thing to regulate.

That’s the factor. The Galaxy Fold is the sort of system you need badly to succeed. You need it to be nice and also you need Samsung to promote a billion as a result of it’s a genuinely thrilling product after a decade of telephones that look principally the identical. There’s additionally the truth that Samsung has primarily been hyping this factor for eight years, because it debuted a versatile show at CES 2011.

Regardless of that, nonetheless, the house stretch feels rushed. Samsung little question noticed the writing on the wall, as firms like Huawei readied their very own foldable. And whereas Royole beat the fold to market, Samsung nonetheless had an excellent shot on the declare of first commercially viable foldable available on the market, with a decade of Galaxy units beneath its belt and hand-in-hand work with the Google workforce to create an Android UX that is smart on a pair of very completely different screens.

[Source: iFixit]

However this iFixit teardown speaks volumes. “Alarmingly” isn’t the sort of phrase you need/count on to listen to about an organization like Samsung, however there it’s, adopted straight by “fragile” — itself repeated 5 occasions over the course of the write-up. iFixit’s findings match up fairly carefully with Samsung’s personal studies:

A fragile show means knocking it the flawed method may end up in catastrophe.

A spot within the hinges permits dust and different particles to wedge themselves between the folding mechanism and display.

Don’t peel off the protecting layer. I do know it seems to be like you must, however that is most likely the simplest option to wreck your $2,000 cellphone that doesn’t contain a firearm or blender.

What makes all of this doubly unlucky is that Samsung has about as a lot expertise as anybody making a rugged cellphone that works. I really feel assured that the corporate will do exactly that in future generations, however except the corporate can come again with definitive proof that it’s overhauled the product forward of launch, this can be a tough product to suggest.

Samsung knew the first-gen Galaxy Fold can be a tough promote, in fact. The corporate was fairly clear about the truth that the experimental kind issue, coupled with the $1,980 price ticket, meant the system will solely attraction to a small phase of early adopters.

Even so, the corporate managed to promote out of preorders — although it didn’t say how massive that preliminary run was. Nor are we certain what number of customers have canceled within the wake of this previous week’s occasions. Actually nobody would blame them for doing so at this level.

However whereas the apocalyptic shit-posters amongst us will declare the loss of life of the foldable earlier than it was ever actually born, no matter doesn’t kill Samsung has solely made it stronger. And this misfire may in the end try this for each the corporate and the class, courtesy of its casual beta testing.

Rewind a mere week or so in the past (severely, it’s solely been that lengthy), after we lastly obtained our palms on the Galaxy Fold. I used to be impressed. And I actually wasn’t alone. Admittedly, there’s a little bit of a glow that first time you see a tool that’s seemingly been teased without end. The truth that it exists seems like a sort of victory in and of itself. However the Fold does an admirable job marrying Samsung’s {hardware} experience with a brand new kind issue. And extra importantly, it’s actual and works as marketed — effectively, principally, not less than.

The reality is, I’ve principally loved my time with the Galaxy Fold. And certainly, it’s been enjoyable chronicling it on a (almost) every day foundation. There are some issues the shape issue is nice for — like taking a look at Google Maps or propping it as much as watch YouTube movies on the elliptical machine on the gymnasium. There are others when the cumbersome kind issue left me wanting to return to my common previous smartphone — however these trade-offs are to be anticipated.

I each just like the Fold’s design and perceive the criticism. Samsung’s finished a superb job sustaining the Galaxy line’s iconic design language. The foldable seems to be proper at residence alongside the S and Note. That mentioned, the rounded backing provides some bulk to the product. And whereas open, the system is thinner than an iPhone, when folded, it’s greater than double the thickness, owing to a niche between the shows. It’s fairly skinny on this mode, nonetheless, so it ought to slip properly into all however the tightest pants pockets.

In observe, the folding mechanism could be probably the most spectacular a part of the product. The within options a number of interlocking gears that permit the product to open and shut with ease and let customers work together with the system at numerous states of unfold. I discovered myself utilizing the system with it open at a 90-degree angle fairly a bit, resting in my hand like an open ebook. The Fold incorporates a pair of magnets on its edges, which allow you to shut it with a satisfying snap. It’s weirdly therapeutic.

Actually, the most important strike towards the system from a purely aesthetic standpoint is that it’s not the Mate X. Introduced by Huawei a number of days after the Fold’s massive unveil, the system takes a decidedly extra minimalist strategy to the class. It’s a sublime design that options much less system and extra display, and, actually, the sort of factor I don’t assume most of us anticipated till not less than the second-generation product.

The gulf between the 2 units is very obvious with regards to the entrance display. The entrance of the display is round two-fifths bezel, leaving room for a 4.6-inch show with a clumsy side ratio. The Mate X, in the meantime, incorporates a 6.6-inch front-facing AND 6.4-inch rear-facing show (to not point out the bigger eight-inch inner show to the Fold’s 7.3).

There’s motive to suggest the Fold over the Mate X, as effectively. I can’t converse to the distinction in person expertise, having solely briefly interacted with the Huawei, however the value level is a biggie. The Mate X begins at an much more absurd $2,600, thanks partially to the truth that it would solely be obtainable in a 5G model, including one other layer of area of interest.

That value, thoughts you, is transformed from euros, as a result of 1) The product was introduced at MWC in Barcelona and 2) U.S. availability is prone to be a nonstarter once more, as the corporate continues to wrestle with U.S. regulators.

In fact, the Fold’s U.S. availability can also be in limbo in the meanwhile, albeit for very completely different causes.

I in the end spent little time interacting with the entrance display. It’s good for checking notifications and the like, however making an attempt to sort on that skinny display is near unattainable, with shades of the brand new Palm system, which implements its personal shortcuts to get round these shortcomings. The within, in the meantime, takes a butterfly keyboard strategy, so you’ll be able to sort with each thumbs whereas holding it open like a ebook.

There’s additionally the problem of app optimization. Loads of this may be chalked as much as an early model of a first-gen system. However as with each new system, the equation of how a lot developer time to speculate is essentially depending on product adoption. If the Fold and future Fold’s aren’t a hit, builders are going to be far much less inclined to speculate the hours.

That is most painfully apparent with regards to App Continuity, one of many system’s major promoting factors from a software program perspective. When working as marketed, it makes a compelling case for the twin screens. Open one thing on the entrance and broaden your canvas by unfolding the system. Google is among the many firms that labored straight with Samsung to optimize apps this fashion, and it’s significantly useful with Maps. I used it a good quantity on my journey final week to Berkeley (shout out to the effective folks at Pegasus Books on Shattuck).

When an app isn’t optimized, Samsung compels you to restart it, or else you get a nasty case of letterbox bars that retain the side ratio of the entrance display. Continuity isn’t designed to work the opposite method, both �� opening one thing on the big display after which transferring to the entrance. That’s a bit trickier, as shutting the cellphone is designed to supply a sort of finality to that session, like hitting the facility button to place the system to sleep.

I get that, and like many different items right here, it is going to be attention-grabbing to see how folks put it to use. Apart from the apparent {hardware} issues, a lot of the work on the second-generation system will focus on learnings from how customers work together with this mannequin. I do know I stunned myself after I ended up utilizing the 7.3-inch display to snap photographs. It felt foolish — like these individuals who carry iPads to {photograph} occasions. However it’s in the end a significantly better viewfinder than that measly 4.6-incher.

That’s actually simply the tip of the iceberg for the within display, in fact. The scale, which is someplace between phablet and mini pill, supplies ample actual property that may nonetheless be held in a single hand. It’s an incredible measurement for brief movies. I’ve watched loads of YouTube on this factor, although the audio system (a small sequence of holes on the higher and decrease edges) go away quite a bit to be desired.

And the seam. I discovered myself uttering the phrase “it may very well be worse” quite a bit. Like a lot of the final aesthetic (together with the odd green-gold shade of my Fold’s casing), it’s lighting-dependent. There are many occasions while you don’t see all of it, and different when the glare hits it and makes it seem like a line proper down the middle.

I noticed after snapping a few photographs that it’s significantly obvious in lots of photographs. That most likely provides a misunderstanding of its prominence. It sucks that there’s one in any respect, but it surely’s not a shock, given the character of the design. You principally don’t discover it, till your finger swipes throughout it. And even then it’s delicate and completely not a dealbreaker, in contrast to, say, the large hole that made the ZTE Axon M seem like two telephones pasted collectively.

I like the power to face the system up by having it open at a 90-degree angle, so I can watch movies whereas brushing my enamel. However this orientation blocks the underside audio system, hampering the already iffy sound. Fortunately, your $1,980 will get you a pair of the wonderful Galaxy Buds in field. It’s laborious to think about Apple bundling AirPods with the subsequent iPhone, however I suppose stranger issues have occurred, proper?

Multi-Energetic Window is the opposite key software program piece. It’s one thing that has been obtainable on different Samsung units and positively is smart right here. Open an app, swipe left from the precise facet of the display and a tray will open. From there, you’ll be able to speak in confidence to three apps on the show. As soon as open, the home windows characteristic a small tab on the prime that allows you to rearrange them.

It’s useful. I used it probably the most throughout these occasions I had a video taking part in on an train machine, so I didn’t have to shut out of all the things to examine emails and Twitter. I’m a gymnasium multi-tasker. I’m sorry, it’s simply who I’m now.

It labored fairly effectively on the entire, courtesy of sturdy internals, together with 12GB of RAM and a Snapdragon 855. The first problem I bumped into was how among the apps maintained that half-screen format after I closed out and reopened. I’m certain some folks will want that, and I’m actually unsure what the best resolution is there.

The Fold’s additionally obtained a beefy battery on board. Like Huawei’s, it’s break up in two — one on both facet of the fold. They work out to a beefy 4,380 mAh. That’s simply barely lower than Huawei’s 4,500, however once more, the Mate X is 5G by default — which suggests it’s going to burn by mAhs at a sooner fee.

In the end, the Fold’s best power is Samsung itself. I perceive why you most likely simply did a double take there within the wake of the corporate’s newest {hardware} scandal, however the reality is that the corporate is aware of tips on how to construct telephones. The Fold was very a lot constructed atop the inspiration of the profitable Galaxy line, even whereas it presents a curious little fork within the household tree.

Which means a strong and well-thought-out person expertise exterior of the entire fold factor.

That record consists of nice cameras with glorious software program options and intelligent methods like the brand new Wi-fi PowerShare, which helps you to fold up the cellphone and cost up these Galaxy Buds or one other cellphone whereas it’s plugged in. For higher or worse, it additionally consists of Bixby. Our mannequin was a European model that didn’t have the complete model, however I believe I’ve made my ideas on the sensible assistant fairly well-known during the last couple of years.

The devoted Bixby button could be very a lot right here. And sure, I very a lot by chance pressed it an entire bunch. The headphone jack, then again, is conspicuously absent, which is little question a giant driver behind the choice to incorporate Galaxy Buds. The Fold is an anomaly in a lot of methods, but it surely’s laborious to shake the sensation that this may lastly signify the start of the top for the port on Samsung’s premium units.

Additionally absent is the S Pen. The stylus started life on the Note line and has since branched out to different Samsung units. I think the corporate would have had a tricky time squeezing in house for it alongside the twin batteries, and possibly it’s saving one thing for future generations, however this does really feel like the best display measurement for that accent.

I’m parting methods with the Fold this week, per Samsung’s directions. Not like different merchandise, giving it up gained’t really feel that robust. There wasn’t some extent prior to now week when the Fold didn’t really feel like overkill. There have been, nonetheless, occasions when my iPhone XS display felt downright tiny after switching again.

In some ways, the foldable cellphone nonetheless seems like the long run, and the Fold seems like a cease alongside the way in which. There are loads of first-gen points that needs to be/ought to have been hammered out earlier than mass producing this system. That mentioned, there are particular points that may solely actually be discovered in real-world testing. Take the truth that Samsung subjected the system to 200,000 mechanical open and closes. That’s quite a bit, and doubtless greater than the lifetime of nearly any of those units, however folks don’t open and shut like machines. And with regards to the display, effectively, a bit of dust is certain to get between the gears, each metaphorically and actually.

As I shut this Galaxy Fold a remaining time, it appears protected to say that the system represents a doubtlessly thrilling future for a stagnant smartphone house. However that’s the factor in regards to the future — it’s simply not right here but.

Samsung Galaxy Fold evaluation: future shock The Galaxy Fold has been probably the most polarizing product I can recall having reviewed. Everybody who noticed it wished to play with the long-promised smartphone paradigm shift.

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now that Android Pie is live, the first thing that comes to our mind is when my Android device will receive the new update. The exciting new features of Android Pie and the whole gesture navigation thing is not something anyone would want to miss.However, given the track record of smartphone manufacturers, Android latest versions have never been delivered right away. Don’t you remember how much time Android Oreo took to arrive on your device? Still, Android Oreo has not been able to take over Android Nougat regarding market share.

It’s entirely imaginable that while your device would get Android P, Google may have already released Android Q beta version. Android Q…Hmm! I wonder what Android Q will be called.

Anyway, the good news is Google is aware of the current situation. Hence, the Android One and Google Beta program.

But there is only so much Google can do. Honestly, phone makers couldn’t care less about which Android version you have. If your device shared a fair amount of limelight, welcome to Android update, or else, you know where to buy a new device.

That’s out of the way, let’s move on with our list of Android devices getting Android P. Remember, few of these are just educated guess so don’t take our word for it. However, we will be continuously updating this article as soon as we see any official announcements.

Complete list of smartphones receiving Android Pie

1. Google

Of course! Google’s own line of devices will be the first one to receive the latest Android version. In fact, as I speak, Google has already started rolling out Android Pie OTA (Over-the-air) updates to its devices —

Google Pixel and Pixel XL

Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL

It is doubtful that Android Pie will come on Nexus devices (Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X), considering the lost “update support” from Google itself.

On the other hand, all the Android One-powered devices will receive Android Pie later this fall –

Nokia Android devices

Xiaomi Mi A1, Mi A2, and Mi A2 Lite

HTC U11 Life

Motorola X4, Android One, and Android Power

LG G7

General Mobile (GM8, GM6, GM5, GM5+)

Ymobile (S1, S2, X1)

Thanks to the Google Beta Program, many non-pixel devices got the opportunity to try out Android P beta version. So it is evident that the same beta program devices would also receive the final Android Pie version, perhaps way sooner than any device.

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Vivo X21 and X21 UD

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S

Sony Experia XZ2

Nokia 7 Plus

Oppo R15 Pro

OnePlus 6

2. Nokia

Nokia has exponentially upped their game with the new line of Android devices. All of these devices work on Android One, Google’s parallel project which provides true stock experience on non-pixel devices.

Back in May, HMD global Marketing Manager, Niel Broadley, confirmed that Android P would be coming to the entire Nokia portfolio.

And a few days back, Google also announced that all Android One devices would get Android P later in 2018.

List of Nokia devices receiving Android Pie –

Nokia 8 Sirocco, and Nokia 8

Nokia 7 Plus

Nokia 6.1, and Nokia 6

Nokia 5.1, and Nokia 5

Nokia 3.1, and Nokia 3

Nokia 2.1, and Nokia 2

Nokia 1

3. Essential Phone

Essential has already rolled out Android P OTA update for Essential device Phone.

Now, this is some revolutionary stuff. Seemingly, Essential is the first device manufacturer who has shipped Android latest version after Google Pixel.

Before this, Essential was part of Google beta program already having scope for an early stable release. But same day as Pixel! A total bolt from the blue.

4. OnePlus

OnePlus, the Chinese smartphone-maker has already become one of the most popular Android brands. The high performing devices with reasonable price have charmed all the Android users around the world.

It would be a shame if OnePlus doesn’t roll out Android Pie on its devices. But rolling out on all devices, well I did not see that one coming. Only a few days back, OnePlus officially announced Android Pie will come on all of its devices, skipping the delayed Android Oreo (8.1) update altogether.

One Plus 6

One Plus 5T and One Plus 5

One Plus 3T and 3

As of now, OnePlus has rolled out Android Pie based Oxygen OS beta 1 for its OnePlus 6 device. And the final Android Pie version is tentatively coming somewhere in December.

5. Xiaomi

One of the biggest players in budget smartphones, Xiaomi, utilizes Android Oreo-based MIUI for its devices. In 2017, Xiaomi brought first Android phone Xiaomi Mi A1 as part of Google Android One initiative.

And only recently, we saw Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite, both, carrying Android Oreo (as part of the Android One program). Xiaomi says all its Android devices will soon receive Android Pie. On the other hand, there is no official date on a new MIUI update.

Let’s look at the list of Xiaomi devices eligible for Android P (MIUI) update –

Xiaomi Mi mix, Mi Mix 2 and Mi Mix 2S

Xiaomi Redmi 6 and Redmi 5

Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer, Mi 8 and Mi 8 SE

Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro and Redmi Note 5

Xiaomi Mi 6

List of Xiaomi devices receiving Android Pie –

Xiaomi Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite

Xiaomi Mi A1

As for Xiaomi Android devices, we can expect the update at the onset of Q4 2018.

6. Huawei

Huawei is another Chinese smartphone maker whose massive sales have already unseated Apple to become the world’s second largest smartphone manufacturer. Honor, a Huawei sub-brand, works on Android-based EMUI operating system.

The company has been active in updating their devices to the latest Android versions, and likely they will follow the same speed with Andoird Pie. Presently, Huawei has rolled out its Android Pie based EMUI 9 beta version for selected devices –

List of Huawei devices getting Android Pie –

Huawei P20 Pro

Huawei P20

Huawei Mate 10

Huawei Mate 10 Pro

Honor

Honor Play

Honor View 10

Honor 10

List of Huawei devices eligible for Android Pie –

Huawei Nova 3

Huawei Nova 3i

Honor 9 and 10

Huawei P20, P20 Pro, and P20 Lite

Huawei Mate 20

Considering Huawei previous track records, the company would more likely to release Android Pie update in December.

7. Sony

Sony has done spectacularly in cameras, TV, consoles but the when it comes to the smartphone industry, the company is trying its best to stay in the competition. For instance, Sony XZ2 in the beta program which was a much-needed revival for the company.

As of now, Sony has promised users to update their Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z2 lineups to Android P starting in starting from November

List of Sony devices getting for Android Pie –

Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium

Sony Xperia XZ2, and Xperia XZ2 compact

Sony Xperia XZ1, and Xperia Z1 compact

Sony Xperia XZ Premium

Sony Xperia XA2 and XA2 Ultra (early 2019)

Sony Xperia XA2 Plus (early 2019)

8. Samsung

If we’d have to rank device makers on the amount of time taken to release Android version; Samsung would probably stand at the end. Regardless, smiling, being the top manufacturers of the world

As expected, there is no comment on Android Pie. However, based on bits and pieces of information over the Internet, we can make a preliminary estimate on which Samsung devices would get to see the Google light.

List of Samsung devices eligible for Android P –

Samsung Galaxy Note 9

Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+

Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+

Samsung Galaxy Note 8

Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)

Samsung Galaxy A6 (2018)

Samsung Galaxy A6+ (2018)

Samsung Galaxy J6 (2018)

Samsung Galaxy Tab S3

Samsung flagships like Note 9 and S9 series will first get Android Pie updates probably in Q2 2019.

9. LG

Korean electronic is gaining new heights, but its mobile division is continuously dropping with low sales every year. Although many LG devices are eligible for Android Pie, their hopeless phone market may prompt a much-delayed update rollout.

List of LG devices eligible for Android Pie –

LG V35 ThinQ

LG Q Stylus

LG V30S Thin Q

LG G7 Thin Q

LG Q7

LG V30+

9. HTC

HTC is steadily losing out in the smartphone market. In fact, many HTC smartphones even get lost in the back-to-back devices from Chinese companies, which is why the company is now trying to hold off its loyal consumers with Android Pie update.

HTC has announced that its HTC U lineup will be receiving Android Pie update. However, no timelines have been mentioned just yet.

List of HTC device receiving Android Pie –

HTC U12+

HTC U11

HTC U11+

HTC U11 Life

Since HTC U11 Life is an Android One device, it will likely to receive Android Pie update first.

Other device manufacturers that may focus on delivering Android Pie:

Blackberry

Blackberry recently launched their Android phone – Blackberry Key 2. So you would see Android P on the device, but I cannot say the same for Blackberry Key 1.

Vivo

Vivo has confirmed that it will release Android Pie its devices in Q 4 2018. Vivo X21 and X21 UD was part of Google beta program, so it is apparent that they will receive it first. Other Vivo devices which are eligible for Android Pie: Vivo Nex A, Nex S and Vivo V9.

Oppo

As of now, speculation is Oppo Find X, Oppo R15, and Oppo R15 Pro will receive the Android P. Since Oppo R15 was part of the beta program, it is likely to get the update first.

Motorola

Lenovo owned Motorola has always kept a consumer-centric model for their smartphones. Hence, we see Moto phones focus on affordable prices, fast applications, and a genuine android experience. And certainly, the company won’t hold back when it comes to new Android updates.

In the past, Motorola stated that they are working non-stop to optimize Android Pie for Moto devices.

Now, the company has officially announced a list of devices that will get Android Pie –

moto z3

moto z3 play

moto z2 force edition

moto z2 play

moto x4

moto g6 plus

moto g6

moto g6 play

As for the Android Pie roadmap, Motorola says they will start serving up Android Pie from this fall onwards.

Android Go devices

Android Go is primarily a stripped down version of Stock Android, targeted at lower end device (512 RAM and above) so that low budget phones not left out from the pure Google Pixel like experience.

Only recently, Google announced that it will release Android 9 Pie on more than 200 Android Go devices. Additionally, Android Go Google apps will get a major overhaul in the coming update.

Few of these apps are Google Go, YouTube Go, Maps Go, Files Go, Assistant Go, Android Messages.

List of Android Go eligible for Android Pie update:

Alcatel 1X

Nokia 1

Nokia 2.1

Moto E5 Play

Huawei Y3 2018

ASUS ZenFone Live L1

General Mobile GM 8 Go

LAVA Z50

ZTE Weather Go

Micromax Bharat Go

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Honor 10 vs OnePlus 6: Game, set, match The Honor 10 and OnePlus 6 occupy a similar space in the smartphone market. These are both affordable devices with flagship-esque specs. In both cases, you’re looking at high-performance dual lens cameras, top-end chipsets, and tons of neat features. But there can only be one! Who shall rise victorious? In terms of design, both devices look pretty similar at first. And the first thing that’s likely to hit you in both cases is that these devices are pretty much all screen, with 19:9 ratios, and big old notches at the top. Now, if there’s one thing I’ve learned working for Android Authority, it’s that everyone loves a notch. Without exception. Psych! Obviously, this is a divisive feature, but the good news is that you can eliminate that notch in both cases. So you can have your cake and eat it too. The OnePlus 6 has a slightly bigger screen at 6.28 inches vs 5.84 inches on the Honor 10, but both are pretty generous in that regard. Overall, the OnePlus 6 display is the winner for two reasons: it’s an AMOLED and is covered in Gorilla Glass 5. The Honor 10 doesn’t specify what type of glass it uses, but it feels a lot softer and seems more prone to chips and scratches in my time with it so far. Both sport Full HD+ resolutions. Overall, the OnePlus 6 display is the winner. It’s also worth noting that the Honor 10 has more of a chin on it, owing to the decision to place the fingerprint sensor around the front. It’s true that this seemingly contradicts the choice of the notch design (removing as much bezel up top only to keep a chin for the fingerprint scanner below). The OnePlus 6 meanwhile keeps its sensor around the back, which is arguably the smarter choice. That said, the Honor 10 does boast an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, that claims to be faster and operate better even with wet fingers. The Honor 10 also sports that dazzling “aurora glass” rear panel. Made from 15 layers of glass, it’s quite a bold statement and shimmers in all kinds of different colors depending on the angle of the light hitting it. It won’t be for everyone, but it certainly sets the Honor 10 apart as something different. That said, the OnePlus 6 is no slouch in the looks department either. It’s also made completely from glass, with each color utilizing a different material finish and an overall very premium effect. The Honor 10 is the more interesting and distinctive-looking of the two devices. Neither device is IP certified, but they do both sport headphone jacks. Swings and roundabouts (that’s British for “you win some, you lose some”). You may feel differently, but the Honor 10 is the more interesting and distinctive-looking of the two devices. Specifications As for the specifications, both these devices are running top-tier chipsets which is fantastic news at this mid-range price point. The Honor 10 has the Kirin 970, while the OnePlus 6 uses the Snapdragon 845. Both are the latest offerings from their respective manufacturers, but the Kirin 970 has been around relatively a little longer, and it shows in benchmarks. The 845 – and therefore the OnePlus 6 – is the superior performer when it comes to gaming and general smooth performance. The 970 is all about that NPU though, and this is what allows the Honor 10 to boast a number of advanced AI features (mostly involving the camera and memory management). Both devices run top-tier chipsets and 128GB of storage, but the OnePlus 6 offers more RAM. Either way, it’s should be safe to say that you’ll be very well served by either of these options in the horsepower department. The OnePlus 6 does have the edge in the RAM department though with an option between 6GB or even 8GB, versus just 4GB for the Honor 10. Honor 10 OnePlus 6 Display 5.84-inch FullView LCD Display 2,280 x 1080 resolution 19:9 aspect ratio 6.28-inch AMOLED 2,280 x 1,080 resolution 19:9 aspect ratio Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Supports sRGB, DCI-P3 SoC HiSilicon Kirin 970 Octa-core, 10nm (2.36Ghz quad + 1.8Ghz quad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Octa-core, 10nm, up to 2.8GHz GPU Mali G72 MP-12 Adreno 630 RAM 4GB/6GB 6GB/8GB Storage 64GB/128GB Non-expandable 64/128/256GB UFS 2.1 2-lane Non-expandable Cameras Rear Main camera: 16MP, f/1.8 aperture Secondary camera: 24MP, f/1.8 aperture, monochrome Front 24MP, f/2.0 aperture Rear Main camera: 16MP, f/1.7 aperture, 1.22μm pixels Secondary camera: 20MP, f/1.7 aperture, 1.0μm pixels Front 16MP, f/2.0 aperture, 1.0μm pixels Audio Bottom-firing speaker 3.5mm headphone jack Bottom-firing speaker Dirac HD Sound Dirac Power Sound 3.5mm headphone jack Battery 3,400mAh Non-removable SuperCharge (5V 4.5A) 3,300mAh Non-removable Dash Charge (5V 4A) IP Rating No No Sensors Fingerprint Hall Gyroscope Proximity Ambient light Digital compass Gravity sensor Status indicator IR blaster Fingerprint Hall Accelerometer Gyroscope Proximity Ambient light Electronic compass Sensor hub Ports USB Type-C (USB 2.0) 3.5mm headphone jack USB Type-C (USB 2.0) USB audio support 3.5mm headphone jack Network 4G LTE TDD: B38/B40/B41 4G LTE FDD: B1/B3/B5/B7/B8/B19/B20 3G WCDMA: B1/B2/B5/B8/B6/B19 2G GSM: B2/B3/B5/B8 LTE: Supports 4xCA Supports 64QAM, 256QAM, up to DL CAT 16 (1Gbps)/UL CAT 13 (150Mbps) depending on carrier support Bands: FDD LTE: Bands 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/17/18/19/20/25/26/28/29/30/32/66/71 TDD-LTE: Bands 34/38/39/40/41 TD-SCDMA: Bands 34/39 UMTS (WCDMA): Bands 1/2/4/5/8/9/19 CDMA: BC0/BC1 GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz Connectivity Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 2.4GHz/5GHz Bluetooth 4.2 NFC GPS, AGPS, GLONASS Wi-Fi: 2x2 MIMO, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 2.4G/5G Bluetooth 5.0 aptX/aptX HD support NFC GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo Software Android 8.1 Oreo EMUI 8.1 Android 8.1 Oreo OxygenOS Dimensions and weight 149.6 x 71.2 x 7.7mm 153g 155.7 x 75.4 x 7.75mm 177g Colors Phantom Blue, Phantom Green, Midnight Black, Glacier Grey Mirror Black, Midnight Black, Silk White SIM Dual nano SIM Dual nano SIM Both come with 128GB of storage – again you can bump that up to 256GB with the OP6 – but you won’t be able to expand that storage at all in either case, unfortunately. It’s worth mentioning that the OnePlus 6 is also a little snappier thanks to its near-stock version of Android. With OxygenOS it’s not quite stock, but it’s certainly a lot less bloated than the EMUI 8 on the Honor 10. A lot of people don’t like EMUI 8 and I count myself among them – but fortunately, most of the stylistic choices at least can be eliminated with a new launcher and a few other customizations. As for software, it all depends on whether you like tons of features or a leaner interface. This will be a matter of opinion, but I think for many, the software experience on the OnePlus will be the preference. It all just depends on whether you like tons of software features or a leaner and cleaner interface. Both devices are very similar in terms of battery: the OnePlus clocks in at 3,300mAh, while the Honor 10 squeezes in just a tiny bit more juice with a 3,400mAh cell. They both have fast charging but neither has wireless support despite having a glass back. Camera Finally, the cameras. We have a dual lens set-up in both cases. You get an iPhone-like vertical array on the OnePlus and a more original horizontal layout for the Honor. In terms of the specs, the OnePlus 6’s main camera is 16MP with a nice wide aperture of f/1.7. It features both EIS and OIS and is backed up by a secondary 20MP sensor. It can do super-slow-mo and record video up to 4K at 60fps. Like nearly every camera these days, it can also do a portrait mode effect. The Honor 10 meanwhile comes with a 24MP rear camera, backed up by a secondary 16MP lens – so it wins on the megapixel front. It has a slightly narrower aperture at f/1.8 but, in a bigger disappointment, it has no optical stabilization. It does feature some impressive AI photography tricks, which allow it to do things like recognizing flowers or food in shots in order to adjust the settings for the best effect. Your mileage may vary in terms of how beneficial this is, however. Ultimately, which of these is the better camera might well come down to your priorities and personal preference. What Honor also brings to the table and what is often overlooked, is a smorgasbord of cool options and features, including my favorite long exposure mode for light painting and star tracking. Ultimately, which of these is the better camera might well come down to your priorities and personal preference. Both do a great job either way, and especially for the price point. Both phones also have decent front-facing cameras too: the OnePlus 6 sports a very respectable 16MP, while the Honor 10 boasts an even more impressive 24MP. And the winner is… So, to wrap up, what are we looking at here? First of all, we’re looking at two incredibly great phones for the asking price. When I reviewed the Nokia 7 Plus I thought that was crazy good value. Then came the Honor 10 with its near flagship looks and performance. And then the OnePlus 6… The bottom line? Samsung, Google and Apple are going to have to work extra hard next year to justify their price points or introduce some serious innovation. A strong argument could be made for either of these phones, but the OnePlus 6 comes out on top for me. Both of these are fantastic phones and a strong argument could be made for either – it will largely come down to personal preference and which features matter most to you. For example, I love the light painting and star tracking modes on Honor phones so much that that feature alone is almost enough to win it for me. But I’m probably alone in that. For others, it’ll be looks, or software or battery life. Of course, declaring an absolute winner in a comparison like this is folly. Not only is this entirely a matter of opinion, but it’s also a sure fire way to get a huge number of angry comments on an article. Nevertheless, I’m not just here to share British sayings with you: the OnePlus 6 is the winner in my books. , via Android Authority http://bit.ly/2L6CHjX

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Blockchain and VR lead a new conversation in tech

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Blockchain and VR lead a new conversation in tech

We live in a world today where the pace and scale of change is faster than ever before.And it is totally unlike anything we have ever known. Not only in the world around us rapidly shifting to a truly digital economy, but one that will become economically borderless. Existing technology plays a big role in this certainly, as eCommerce, content streaming, and other advents revolutionise our today.

But ultimately it is the technology that is forthcoming. The innovation on the horizon, that will truly led this new era. At its core, this new chapter will see the rise of virtual reality and blockchain technology play a foundational role. And real and enduring change via these two forms of tech can already be seen. Let’s look now at the the latest progress in the world of blockchain and virtual reality.

In order to understand the growth and progress we are set to see in blockchain and virtual reality, it’s vital to first acknowledge the history each form of technology has held, and the recent period in which they’ve finally began to see convergence, and join together to realise a new domain.

Virtual reality tech has long been on the cusp of our society. Previous to this present period, the mid-90’s was the last time it really reared its head. A few demos here, a couple of video games there, but no tech was put forward that really harnessed the potential of VR. Put simply, nothing captured the imagination of the public in the way that virtual reality always should have.

This was owed chiefly at the time to the limitations of tech. Limitations that fast eroded in recent years as hardware and software capabilities caught up with the artist’s imagination. VR today is no longer on the cusp of our consciousnesses, it’s front and center in our daily lives, seen in the popularity of the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Google Daydream, Samsung Gear VR, and more!

The growth of VR was always expected if not overdue. Blockchain was a far more unexpected phenomenon. Though digital currency has long been theorised, it was only with the launch of Bitcoin and its blockchain in 2009 that theory shifted into reality. And thereafter recognition of cryptocurrency and blockchain’s distinctiveness, to see the latter drive a new digital landscape.

The potential for virtual reality and blockchain to share leadership of our new generation of technology is incredibly exciting. Especially as it pertains to the diffusion of content. As we shift to a truly digital and economically borderless world, it is clear the way in which we have previously done business will no longer suffice. This especially when it comes to digital content.

Even today the world plays host to a wide variety of digital formats and files. From CDs and DVDs, to Blu-Rays, MP3s, and then data files like docs and PDFs. These old formats will not longer fulfill the demand for greater integration in a new world of virtual reality.

But with blockchain the experience one virtual reality user has with one piece of content in one nation can be matched with the experience another user can have in another nation. And do so thanks to a shared and universal file format on the blockchain. No longer will business be delayed, friends seperated, and content needlessly geo-blocked. Virtual reality combined with blockchain promises a future where everyone’s eyes see and enjoy the same world.

It’s true there remain challenges ahead to address in order to seize on the opportunities.

As Farabi Shayor, Co-Founder and CEO, ImmVRse has detailed well in a recent Medium post, issues like “inside-out tracking” in the VR universe still remain to be resolved in order to see delivered to the masses a truly natural and seamless VR experience. As Farabi wrote:

An inside-out tracked standalone headset allows you to freely move around your space, no cables or powerful host computer required. All you need to do is put on a headset and experience tetherless VR, often with minimal setup

Right now the world of VR does not offer this experience universally. Progress remains to be made. So too does blockchain technology require more research to shift what we know can we do into actually getting done. And some of this growth may be matter of years instead of months.

But ultimately, given how far virtual reality has come, and has fast blockchain has grown, its undoubted the future is bright for the potential of these two technologies. Both individually and combined together. That is something sure to delight every person excited for the future of innovation, whether you want to spend it in this reality or a virtual one.

This post is part of our contributor series. The views expressed are the author’s own and not necessarily shared by TNW.

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Most Useful Android Mobile Phones In India With Deals

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Daydream Vr is nice

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Apple, Google, and the constant chase for tech that can��t be reverse-engineered

Apple, Google, and the constant chase for tech that can’t be reverse-engineered

The future of premium smartphones is a machine-learning battle

by Nov 13, 2017, 9:46am EST

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One of my favorite things about the tech industry is how quickly innovations from the big companies and premium products trickle down into more affordable devices. The rampant stealing of ideas isn't so awesome when it happens between small companies — or, as in the case of Facebook treating Snapchat like its incubation lab, when a big company copies a smaller one. But I don’t have a problem with the general flow of good ideas from giants like Apple and Google to more budget-friendly suppliers of hardware and software. Apple and Google, though, have an obvious problem with that, and they’ve worked hard to develop new techniques and approaches that can’t be readily imitated.

The big new thing in smartphones lately is one of those buzz phrases you’ll have heard tossed around: machine learning (ML). Like augmented and virtual reality, machine learning is often thought of as a distant promise, however in 2017 it has materialized in major ways. ML is at the heart of what makes this year’s iPhone X from Apple and Pixel 2 / XL from Google unique. It is the driver of differentiation both today and tomorrow; and the companies that fall behind in it will find themselves desperately out of contention.

A machine-learning advantage can’t be easily replicated, cloned, or reverse-engineered: to compete with the likes of Apple and Google at this game, you need to have as much computing power and user data as they do (which you probably lack) and as much time as they’ve invested (which you probably don’t have). In simple terms, ML promises to be the holy grail for giant tech companies that want to scale peaks that smaller rivals can’t reach. It capitalizes on vast resources and user bases, and it keeps getting better with time, so competitors have to keep moving just to stay within reach.

I’m not arguing that ML is a panacea any more than I would argue that all OLED displays are awesome (some are terrible): it’s just the basis on which some of the key differentiating features are now being built.

Google’s HDR+ camera

Let’s start with the most impressive expression of machine-learning consumer tech to date: the camera on Google’s Pixel and Pixel 2 phones. Its DSLR-like performance never ceases to amaze me, especially in low-light conditions. Google’s imaging software has transcended the traditional physical limitations of mobile cameras (namely: shortage of physical space for large sensors and lenses), and it’s done so through a combination of clever algorithms and machine learning. As Google likes to put it, the company has turned a light problem into a data problem, and few companies are as adept at processing data as Google.

I spoke with Marc Levoy, the Stanford academic that leads Google’s computational photography team, recently, and he stressed something important about Google’s ML-assisted camera: it keeps getting better over time. Even if Google had done nothing whatsoever to improve the Pixel camera in the time between the Pixel and Pixel 2’s launch, the simple accumulation of machine learning time will have made the camera better. Time is the added dimension that makes machine learning even more exciting. The more resources you can throw at your ML setup, says Levoy, the better its output becomes, and time and processing power (both on the device itself and in Google’s vast server farms) are crucial.

Google’s Assistant

At CES in January this year, Huawei’s mobile boss Richard Yu was asked if his company would introduce its own voice assistant in the US, to which he replied, “Alexa and Google Assistant are better, how can we compete?” That uncharacteristically pragmatic response (for a mobile company CEO) neatly encapsulates the difficulty of copying Google and Amazon’s machine-learning efforts. All the vast resources that the two US companies have invested into natural language processing and voice recognition are returning a dividend in keeping them far enough ahead of the competition that even Huawei, one of the biggest consumer tech brands outside the US, isn’t trying to compete. That’s the cumulative power of long-term investment in machine learning.

Is Google Assistant a differentiating feature? Not for hardware, as Google wants to have Assistant running on every device possible. But the Assistant serves as a conduit for funneling users into Google search and the rest of the company’s services, with practically all of them benefiting from some variety of machine learning, whether you’re thinking of Google Maps tips or YouTube video suggestions. What Assistant does for the mobile market is to enhance Google’s influence over its hardware partners: woe betide the manufacturer that tries to ship an Android phone in 2018 without either the Google Play Store or Assistant on board.

Apple’s Face ID

On the Apple side of the fence, machine learning is permeating much of the software running on the iPhone already, and the company’s Core ML tools are making it easy for developers to add to that library. But the big highlight feature of the new iPhone X, the thing everyone notices, is the notch at the top of its display and the technology contained within it. Up in that monobrow section, you’ll find a full array of infrared and light sensors, something tantamount to a Microsoft Kinect system, which facilitates the new FaceID authentication method.

I remain uncertain about how well Face ID strikes the balance between security and convenience (especially without the fallback of Touch ID’s fingerprint recognition), but I have no doubt about the technical achievement that it represents. Everyone I know that has used Face ID gives a glowing assessment of its accuracy. The system is robust enough to work in the dark and, thanks to machine learning, it will adapt to changes in your appearance. If you strip away all the usual incremental upgrades and design tweaks, the FaceI D system is the iPhone X’s defining new feature. And it’s reliant on ML to work its technological magic.

Photo by James Bareham / The Verge

It may still be early for machine-learning enhancements to truly be the key selling point for mass-market phones. Face ID is of secondary importance to iPhone X purchasers more attracted by the new, bezel-phobic design. While Google’s camera is the best reason to own a Pixel, there still aren’t all that many Pixel owners out there. But the critical thing is that phone companies need to be working on their own ML solutions now in order to remain competitive when those things become essential and core to the user experience, as they threaten to do as early as next year. Chinese companies may work at ludicrous speed when iterating on hardware, however the rules change when the thing you’re trying to replicate is months and years of ML training.

Huawei’s AI chips and Samsung’s Bixby disaster

Outside of Apple and Google, Huawei has been the biggest proponent of implementing machine learning and AI in mobile devices. The company’s latest phone and processor are both marketed as having “the real AI” smarts. Huawei is moving in the right direction with this AI push, however, unlike Apple and Google — both of which have turned ML into tangible, obvious and (literally) user-facing features — Huawei’s approach is to dig into the far less marketable sphere of using ML to optimize Android performance over the course of long-term use. That’s a laudable effort, but it’s hard to imagine it being a true differentiator when people are comparing shiny new phones in a store. Huawei is also putting some marketing toward having “camera AI” that tries to automatically enhance images based on detecting what is being photographed, however I have yet to see it come anywhere near the effectiveness of Google’s Pixel.

Huawei’s example reminds us that machine learning itself is not the unique selling point; the unique selling points are and will be built on top of machine learning.

Another salient example to illustrate that point is Samsung’s experience with its Bixby voice assistant. Bixby is what Google Assistant might have been if a company decided to rush it into production devices with inadequate planning, preparation, or time to accumulate a useful amount of data and machine learning knowhow. Unfortunately, we can probably expect a lot more Bixbys than anything else next year, as companies work to figure out how to best exploit the potential on offer from machine learning.

When you look at the iPhone X, you might be wowed by its gorgeous new OLED display. As pricey and exclusive as it may be, though, that panel is available to Samsung as well, not just Apple. Every new hardware tweak from Apple seems to be targeted at making manufacture of its devices trickier and more technical — such as the Taptic Engine for haptic feedback, the 3D Touch interaction on iPhone displays, and the Touch Bar on the newest MacBooks — but all of those are ultimately systems that can be reverse-engineered and replicated by others. In 2014, Apple invested heavily in its attempt to build its own manufacturing supply chain for sapphire crystal displays, which would have been a huge and unique advantage, but that effort fell through and the production company hired for it went bankrupt.

The old days of phone makers being able to secure a major hardware advantage for longer than a few months are now gone. At this late stage of the evolution of smartphones, machine learning is the only path toward securing meaningful differentiation. I still believe Google’s camera is widely underrated, mostly owing to Google’s chronic inability to distribute Pixel devices widely enough. And I also think Face ID will be copied, badly, by a whole slew of aspiring competitors. But the distinguishing line between the true mobile innovators and the fast copycats, which had until recently been blurring and fading, will become apparent again as phones move into the era of ML-assisted everything.

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