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Samsung to Launch the Galaxy On7 Prime in India on Amazon in January Samsung used to dominate the Indian smartphone market, but the encroachment of the Chinese smartphone vendors in the country has changed things for the South Korea-based smartphone giant. Xiaomi, for instance, has experienced growth to the point where it’s now tied with Samsung for the top market spot, according to research firm IDC. Samsung, of course, is doing everything it can to protect its lead . In 2015, the company launched the affordable  Galaxy On smartphone series  in India in order to better compete with Chinese original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and Samsung currently sells the Galaxy On5 Pro, the Galaxy On7 Pro, and the Galaxy On Max in India. Now, a report from  IANS  states that the company’s planning to launch a new device in the series, the Galaxy On7 Prime, in the country during the second week of January. The Galaxy On7 Prime will be an Amazon India exclusive , and will come with 3...

Deep Discharge Protection Tool Prevents Battery Shutdown Bug on the Samsung Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, and Note 8 If you’ve browsed the Galaxy Note 8 subreddit lately, you might have noticed a fair number of Samsung Galaxy S8 , Galaxy 8+, and Galaxy Note 8 users complaining about a “deep discharge” issue. We  covered it issue a few days ago,  and it basically comes down to this: Some Samsung Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+, and Galaxy Note 8 models fail to boot up after the battery’s been completely discharged. For months, the only recourse was to hammer Samsung’s support helpline for answers, or to make sure the battery level in affected devices didn’t drop close to 0 percent charge. Fortunately, thanks to XDA Recognized Developer dr.ketan , there’s a new fix:  Deep Discharge Protection Tool . It’s an application that shuts devices down as soon as the battery percentage reaches 12 percent, preventing the bug from occurring. If you’re in a situation w...

Report: The LG G7 will be Unveiled in March, Launch in April The LG G6 was announced at Mobile World Congress 2017 as the company’s flagship G series smartphone for 2017, and it eschewed its predecessor’s design in favor of a non-removable battery, glass back, and a tall 5.7-inch 18:9 (2:1) aspect ratio display. The G6 wasn’t free from its share of compromises — LG opted for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 821 system-on-chip instead of the newer Snapdragon 835 , for example — but in most respects, reviewers found it to be superior than the G series phones that had come before it. Now, a report by  ET News states that the G6’s successor, the LG G7, will be unveiled in March ahead of an April launch. The publication   quoted a “ranking official” from one of South Korea’s top three telecom carriers — SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus — who said that “[the carriers] have agreed with LG to launch the G7 in April”, shortl...

HTC Made $2.1 Billion in 2017, the Lowest in 13 Years If you’ve been following HTC’s earnings reports for the past couple of years, you probably know how much trouble the smartphone maker’s been having lately. Fierce competition and underwhelming product launches caused HTC to lose millions of dollars in 2017, and it doesn’t seem like December did the company any better. Its fiscal report for the fourth quarter of 2017 shows that earnings dropped to their lowest level in more than a decade. Some analysts predicted that the Taiwan-based company would turn things around after a restructuring plan and renewed focus on its core product lines. But in the end, HTC raked in just NTD 4.02 billion (about $136 million) in revenue for the month of December — a 29.2 percent decline compared to November 2017, and a dip of 37.25 percent compared to December 2016. In terms of year-over-year performance, HTC didn’t fare much better. It brought in NTD 62.12 billion (...

Xiaomi Releases Kernel Sources for the Mi Max 2 Xiaomi isn’t exactly known for releasing kernel sources in a timely manner. (There’s still no word on when to expect the  Xiaomi Mi A1’s , for instance.) But the China-based smartphone maker finally followed through with one of its best-sellers: The Xiaomi Mi Max 2 . The Mi Max 2 is a 6.44-inch display behemoth from Xiaomi that packs a massive 5,300mAh battery. It’s got a lot of power, and kernel sources make creating custom ROMs and kernels that take advantage of that power a lot easier. The kernel source’s delayed release didn’t stop developers on the XDA Forums from building custom ROMs for the flagship phone, though. For example, XDA Senior Member  xuefer  brought LineageOS 14.1 to the device, and XDA Senior Member  iscle  brought Ressurection Remix 5.8.5 . Now that the kernel sources are available, we wouldn’t be surprised to see most of the kinks ironed out in the coming weeks. If you have...

ASUS ZenFone Max Plus coming to the U.S. with a 5.7″ 18:9 display and a 4,130 mAh battery ASUS ‘s ZenFone series comprises devices in low-end, high-end, and mid-range configurations. The ZenFone Max , the ZenFone series’s larger smartphone (in terms of screen size) has larger-than-average batteries, and the newest model isn’t any different. At the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show this week, ASUS announced that the ZenFone Max Plus (M1), an enhanced version of this year’s ZenFone Max, would be coming to the United States. The regular ZenFone Max came with a 5.5-inch display, and the Plus variant bumps it up to 5.7 inches and opts for an 18:9 aspect ratio. Unfortunately, those upgrades come at the cost of battery capacity: the ZenFone Max Plus has a 4,130mAh battery compared to the regular ZenFone Max’s 5,000mAh. Still, Asus claims the Max can run 26 days straight in standby mode. In the camera department, the ZenFone Max Plus has a 16MP front camera wi...

Honor Answers Your Questions at CES 2018 CES is currently underway in Las Vegas, where we got the chance to interview George Zhao (President of Honor). We asked our users to submit their questions and we picked the best ones to be featured in this interview. We also got a chance to talk to an AI expert from Microsoft, who answered a lot of questions about the future of AI in Android. Don’t miss this great video and stay tuned for more coverage of CES 2018. tags : android auto, android wear, android device manager, android 1, android phone, android messages, android studio, android tablet, android emulator, android tv, android p, android 17, android tv box, android browser, android keyboard, android apps, android best games, android oreo, android lost, android latest version, android versions, android central, android police, android, android one, android screen recorder.