Sony Xperia XZs price is now down to $400 in USA

Only 6 months old Sony Xperia XZs, which had a introductory price tag of $700, is now costing only $400 in the USA. As of this moment, Amazon has the handset listed for that price. If you're planning on shooting some seriously slowed-down videos, this Sony phone can shoot 960fps video. It has a 5.2" 1080p display, a Snapdragon 820, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, a 19MP 'Motion Eye' camera, a 13MP front-facing camera, and a 2900mAh battery. It's also IP68 water-resistant and can take two SIMs at a time. Three colors are available: Black, Ice Blue, and Warm Silver.

Amazon is offering all three colors at this low price with free shipping.

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Component prices of iPhone X is $415

It's no secret that the iPhone X is one expensive phone to produce, but how much is Apple exactly paying? Chinese industry watchers have apparently investigated the matter, and have calculated the total cost of components present in Cupertino's latest phone. Apple announced the iPhone X with an exaggerated price of $999 on September 12. The sum is $412.75, or 60% cheaper than the retail price.

Unsurprisingly, the most expensive part of the iPhone X is the Samsung-made 5.8-inch Super Retina display. It’s price is $80 per unit. Other sources have suggested that the cost is even greater at $100-$120 per unit. The NAND memory, acquired from Toshiba is $45 for 256 GB. The 3 GB RAM is half - only $24. Aside from that, Apple's powerful new A11 Bionic chipset costs $26, while the Qualcomm modem that's built on top of it stands at $18. The 3D Face ID sensor is worth $25, while the front glass panel costs $18.

One might argue that a 59% profit margin is quite a respectable achievement. Well, that's not exactly the case. There are a bunch of extra expenses not included in here, such as logistics, manufacturing, the cost of producing the software, and most importantly Research and Development.

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LG G6 price drops to $430, V20 is $393

With the release of LG V30, it is inevitable that the previous flagships prices are now going down. Though the official price of LG G6 and V20 is still high you can always search for a better deal elsewhere. At NewEgg you can find 4GB/32GB LG G6 for $430. At Amazon the lowest G6 price is around $450.

NewEgg are also offer a solid $393 deal for 64GB LG V20 whihc you can't avoid if you want to buy the device.

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Samsung Galaxy Note8 up on pre-order in Bangladesh for 94,900 taka

Samsung unveiled its latest flagship, Galaxy Note8 on August 23 and now you can officially put in a preorder for the Samsung Galaxy Note8 from Bangladesh. Be amongst the first to own the all new Samsung flagship by pre-ordering from authorized Samsung brand retail stores and Grameenphone shops from August 25 to September 21 2017. However, stocks are limited. In a limited promotional offer, the company is offering bundle deals for pre-orders that’ll include wireless charging pad. The only available color is Midnight Black for the time being.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is priced at 94,900 taka or $1165, but you don’t have to pay the full price to place the pre-order. You have to pay only 4,900 taka now. Customer of Standard Chartered Bank, Eastern Bank, Dutch Bangla Bank, Mutual Trust Bank Ltd, BRAC Bank and The City Bank will get up to 36 EMI from Grameenphone channels. Official availability date is yet to be announced.

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Amazon Germany currently selling Samsung Galaxy S7 edge for €420

As I mention a couple of days ago, how good Samsung Galaxy S7 edge are, even in 2017, it look's like people in Germany have their chance to grab the device from Amazon at an unbelievable rate. The device is now on sale only for €420, which is even lower than the regular Galaxy S7. You will have to choose from Black Onyx and Silver Titanium variant. And the deal is going to over very soon. So hurry!

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Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro goes on sale in Bangladesh for 29,900 taka with 64GB internal storage

Samsung 1st unveiled Galaxy J7 Pro in India last month at an event held in New Delhi. Samsung promises a premium design, features, specifications with J7 Pro that can match flagship phones in some regards. The Galaxy J7 Pro is the same handset as the J7 (2017) in most aspects but gets 64GB of internal storage. The Galaxy J7 Pro will cost you 29,900 taka with 1 year of official warranty. The phone is available in Black and Gold color options to choose from.

Galaxy J7 Pro main specifications at a glance-

Chipset: Exynos 7870 Octa-core 1.6 GHz
RAM: 3GB
Internal Memory: 64GB
Memory Card: microSD, up to 256GB, dedicated slot
Operating System: Android Nougat 7.1
Display: 5.5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED
Rear Camera: 13MP
Front Camera: 13MP with flash
SIM: Dual nano SIM
USB Port: microUSB 2.0
Battery: 3600mAh non-removable
Weight: 181 grams

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Asus Zenfone Live is now available for 12,990 taka in Bangladesh

Global Brand Pvt Ltd releases the low-tier Asus Zenfone Live in Bangladesh with one year of official warranty. It's a quad-core phone with 2GB of RAM focusing on social media live streaming beautification. The rear camera has 13-megapixel resolution while front camera has 5-megapixel sensor along with wider aperture and LED flash. The phone has 5 in HD display. Its internal memory is 16GB, which can be expanded up to 256GB via microSD card slot. The phone has a non-removable battery of 2650mAh capacity. The price of the phone is 12,990 taka.

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Samsung launches 2 new Galaxy J series phones in Bangladesh

Even though Samsung has been selling 3 different Galaxy J7 branded phones Bangladesh but this doesn't stop Samsung from unveiling another two Galaxy J7 variants in the country. Over the last week, Samsung released Galaxy J7 Max and Galaxy J7 Nxt in the market at 25,900 taka and 17,900 taka respectively. Samsung Galaxy J7 Nxt is available in 3 colors - Black, Gold and Silver while J7 Max is only available in 2 colors - Black and Gold.

Samsung Galaxy J7 Max basic features-

• 2.4GHz Octa-core CPU
• 4GB RAM
• 32GB internal memory
• MicroSD card slot upto 256GB support
• Dual SIM, 4G supported
• 5.7-inch FullHD LCD display
• Android 7.0 Nougat
• 13MP rear camera with flash
• 13MP front camera
• 3300 mAh battery
• Dual band 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi
• Micro USB 2.0, 3.5mm audio jack

Samsung Galaxy J7 Nxt basic features-

• 1.6GHz Octa-core CPU
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB internal memory
• MicroSD card slot upto 256GB support
• Dual SIM, 4G supported
• 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED display
• Android 7.0 Nougat
• 13MP rear camera with flash
• 5MP front camera
• 3000 mAh battery
• Micro USB 2.0, 3.5mm audio jack

At the same time Samsung is selling Galaxy J7 Prime for 21,900 taka, Galaxy J7 (2016) for 18,900 taka and Galaxy J7 (2015) for 14,900 taka.

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All Nokia Android phones are now available in Bangladesh

Nokia has launched its new range of Android smartphones in Bangladesh. The Nokia 3, 5 and 6 will be joining the erstwhile launched 3310 in the market this week. Earlier the company made the announcement at a press meet at the Westin hotel in Dhaka. Three models -- Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 - will be sold at a price range of Tk 12,500 to Tk 22,500, said Sandeep Gupta, regional general manager of Asia Pacific, Thailand and Emerging Asia, at the press conference. At the same time, Nokia 3310 is priced at 4,250.

For those who don’t know, Nokia branded phones are now being sold by HMD Global, which is a Finnish start-up. Nokia 6, Nokia 5 and Nokia 3 are the new smartphones, and all three run pure stock Android 7.0 Nougat. On the other hand, Nokia 3310 is a feature phone - it comes with a 2MP camera with LED flash, microSD slot for up to 32 GB of storage and FM radio. You will find a microUSB on the bottom to charge the removable 1200 mAh battery.

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Samsung releasing Galaxy J3 and J7 in the USA on July 28

Galaxy J series smartphones are quite popular in the emerging markets and brought huge success for the company. So the think tank of Samsung decided to give the series a taste of US market in 2017. Samsung is going to release J3 and J7 smartphone in US in unlocked condition via major retailers, enterprise distributors and their own website. The Galaxy J3 is $150 while the Galaxy J7 is going to cost $220.

The Galaxy J3 has a 5-inch display with a 1.5GHz RAM and 16GB storage. There’s a quad-core CPU and 5MP rear and 2MP front shooters. It has a 2600 mAh battery. On the other side the Galaxy J7 has a larger 5.5-inch screen with 2GB of RAM, a 8MP back and 5MP front camera combo, and a larger 3300 mAh battery with octa-core CPU, the other specs remain the same. Both models come with Android 7.0 Nougat and offer expandable storage up to 256GB via microSD. Also, neither model has a fingerprint scanner.

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Asus starts taking pre orders for Zenfone AR in UK

For the last couple of years, Asus was not selling any smartphones in UK. But the strategy is now reversed as they are taking pre orders for Google Tango powered Zenfone AR phone from yesterday. As for pricing, the phone doesn't come cheaply. It carries a price tag of £799 (around $1,035). Who pre-order will also get a Google Daydream View included for free, while the first 30 will get a swanky box full of other accessories.

The handset offers support for Tango, Google's AR system and Daydream, Google's VR platform. Specs-wise, the Zenfone AR is powered by Snapdragon 821 chipset, and sports a 5.7-inch QHD AMOLED display. It has 128Gb internal storage, 8GB of RAM, and features a 23MP main camera.

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Selfie centric Oppo A77 is now official

Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Oppo, has unveiled its new smartphone, A77 on its Taiwanese website and will open up pre-orders in Taiwan starting May 19. The phone packs an octa-core 1.5GHz MediaTek MT6750T chipset with 4GB of RAM. The screen is 5.5" of 1920x1080 resolution. A 3,200mAh battery is underneath to power all these parts. The fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button. The smartphone comes with 64GB of internal storage, which can be further expandable with a microSD card. The phone runs on ColorOS 3.0 operating system which is just an iteration of Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.

On the camera front, the OPPO A77 has a 13-megapixel rear camera with f/2.2 aperture, PDAF, LED Flash and a 16-megapixel front-facing with camera f/2.0 aperture with Beauty 4.0 and Portrait Mode. for selfies and video chats.

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The Oppo A77 comes in a metal body accented by Gold and Rose Gold color options. The Oppo A77 will cost NTD 10,990 in Taiwan which is approximately €330/£280/$365/RS23,500/29400 BDT.

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HTC unveils new 2017 flagship: U11 - it has squeeze to in input feature

The HTC U11 is HTC flagship for 2017, taking the U name of it's liquid surface playmates launched earlier in 2017 and clicking up incrementally over the 2016 HTC 10. With its latest flagship device, HTC is taking device input a step further by allowing the phone to be operated with a squeeze. When the phone's pressure-sensitive sides register your tightened grip, it'll open the app you've programmed in. Called Edge Sense, this feature marks the first time any phonemaker has used touch like this.

This is a proper eight-core Snapdragon 835 flagship—Qualcomm's latest chip, a 5.5-inch, 2560x1440 LCD; a 2.45GHz, 4GB of RAM; 64GB of storage (plus a MicroSD card) and a 3000mAh battery. The U11 has an IP67 water and dust resistance rating. There's also the usual array of NFC, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi support as well as a fingerprint sensor, light sensor, proximity sensor, magnetic sensor, and gyroscope.

The main camera is a 12 MP UltraPixel 3-branded unit with 1.4 micron pixel size, f/1.7 aperture, optical image stabilization, a dual-LED flash, and 4K video recording. Slow motion video can be captured in 1080p at 120fps. The selfie snapper is higher-res, interestingly, coming in at 16 MP. It records 1080p Full HD video, and has a Selfie Panorama mode.

Like the U Ultra, there's no headphone jack, but HTC will ship a USB-C-to-3.5mm plug in the box. HTC's in-box headphones also get active noise canceling. At its launch, the device will run Android 7.1, the latest version of the Google-owned operating system. The version of Nougat has support for Google's Daydream VR and circular Android icons.

The U11 comes with not one, but three different intelligent assistants. In addition to the Google Assistant that comes with Android, it also has HTC’s Sense Companion and support for Amazon’s Alexa assistant. The U11 is the first smartphone to have full hands-free support for Alexa, so you can say a voice command without having to first open an app or even unlock the phone.

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Samsung Galaxy S8 duo is now available in Bangladesh

Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S8 and S8+ back in March 28th, 2017, the company’s first flagship phones since the Note 7 debacle in 2016. And after it's official release on April 21st, the phone is now also available in Bangladesh too. The Galaxy S8, priced at Tk. 77,900/- is available in Midnight Black and Maple Gold. The Galaxy S8+, priced at BDT 83,900 is available in Midnight Black, Maple Gold and Coral Blue.

The new phones’ most eye-catching feature is an almost completely bezel-free display, running the full width of the device, even curving around the edge. Samsung’s calls this the “infinity display”, and even the home button has been removed, replaced with a pressure-sensitive section at the bottom of the screen. The screen, with a resolution of 2960 x 1440 pixels on both models, is also the first on a mobile phone to be rated as Mobile HDR Premium. The cameras on the two devices remain largely similar to those in the Galaxy S7: A 12MP rear-facing camera, with optical image stabilization, and an 8MP selfie camera, both with an F1.7 aperture. Inside the devices is an octa core CPU along with 4GB of Ram and 64GB of flash storage with an expansion slot for microSD card.

Unlike, Apple, which got rid of the headphone jack on the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, Samsung's new S8 and S8+ still have a 3.5 mm connector and the phones will come with a set of AKG headphones in the box.

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Full List of Samsung Galaxy phones that will receive Android 7.0 Nougat update

Though Google released Android 7.0 Nougat back in August 2016, Samsung is one of the companies which were unable to keep up the speed like the rest of the top tier companies. Unlike previous updates, Nougat was first released to developers with a public preview beta program in March 2016, meaning early access to the new version of Android. For several months now, Google Nexus smartphone and tablet users have been using the company’s latest Android operating system.

Now that Samsung’s finally started distributing the long-awaited Nougat update for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge from 12 January 2017, many owners of the firm’s other handsets have started to question whether their unit will be graced with the latest flavor of Android. To clear up the confusion, we’ve decided to compile a list of all the Galaxy-branded devices that will be bumped up to Android 7.0. These Samsung Android phone that are expected to get android Nougat update-
Galaxy A3
Galaxy A5
Galaxy A7
Galaxy A8
Galaxy A9/A9 Pro
Galaxy A3 (2016)
Galaxy A5 (2016)
Galaxy A7 (2016)
Galaxy S6
Galaxy S6 Active
Galaxy S6 edge
Galaxy S6 edge+
Galaxy S7
Galaxy S7 edge
Galaxy S7 Active
Galaxy Note 5
Galaxy Tab S2



Fate of the Galaxy J5 (2016) and Galaxy J7 (2016) is still unknown but its highly likely that those phone will receive the Nougat treatment. Same may not be true for Samsung Galaxy S5 and Note 4. Once again for the carrier-branded smartphones, all of the major operators in the United States should roll out the firmware for handsets in the Galaxy A, Galaxy S and Galaxy Note series. However, an exact time frame remains unknown. Some of them might start pushing it out around the same time it starts arriving on international units, while some might take a few extra week — and we can only wait and see what happens.

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Get Ready to Experience a New World of Android Phone with Nokia 6, Nokia's First Android OS

Nokia has introduced its first Android phone by the great contribution of HMD Global, a company that gives rebirth to Nokia SmartPhones. The New Android phone is Nokia 6 with a great and easy to use content transfer app and the expected launching is at Mobile World Congress 2017.

A large variety of Android is available on the market; these are of different companies. But Nokia is launching its first Android phone with the most incredible, easy to use and reliable features. This 5.5-inch phone with the display of 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution is highly efficient and easy to use. Nokia 6 launches on Android 7 Nougat, it has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 chipset, offers 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. The most appealing app of this phone is a custom camera; the rear camera is of 16-megapixel, F/2.0, phase detection AF and the front camera is 8-megapixel F/2.0.



HMD Global introduced the hardware design and features of the Nokia 6, but there is still the involvement of Nokia Company is present in setting the performance and brand requirements. The fantastic content transfer app of Nokia 6 makes it easy to use and transfer data and content from one phone to other easily and quickly. A large variety of content transfer apps are available, but SmartIO will be very effective to transfer data, because of its easy to download, compatible and comprehensive features.

It seems that Nokia 6 will offer a compelling design with the quality build features and some unique features to make it easy to use. The reliability, quality, and stability of the phone make it the best choice than other smartphones. The specifications and price of Nokia 6 will definitely make it a great competitor of other Android phones.

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Gionee announces $360 S9 with dual camera setup

Gionee S9 is not turn out to be the best flagship killer out there, but its neither that bad. The phone becomes official in China yesterday. The company's latest handset features a 5.5-inch LCD display, carrying a 1080 x 1920 resolution, under the protection of Gorilla Glass 4. A MediaTek Helio P10 chipset (MT6755) is powering the handset containing an octa-core 2GHz CPU, and the Mali-T860 MP2 GPU. 4GB of RAM is inside along with 64GB of native storage.

The S9 boasts a dual rear camera setup with a combo of 13 and 5 megapixel sensors from Sony and Samsung. The setup allows the user to retroactively alter the depth of field and create a pronounced bokeh effect – a feature that’s been available in phones like the Huawei P9 and Apple iPhone 7 Plus. In addition to the dual sensor rear camera, the S9 also gets a 13 megapixel front camera with a selfie flash, a timer and many enhancement modes.



The metal-clad dual-SIM Gionee S9 sports fingerprint scanner at the rear. Gionee claims that the S9 comes with several secure features such as application password feature that lock apps and documents with fingerprint or password lock. The phone also offers private space that will let users save private contacts, texts, call history, and documents among others separately which can be protected with fingerprint.

A fast charging 3000mAh battery keeps the lights on. The Dual SIM enabled handset runs Amigo OS 3.5 on top of Android 6.0. The Gionee S9 is 7.4mm thick, weighing in at 168.2 grams. Priced at CNY 2,499 (approximately 364 USD), the Gionee S9 will be available in China starting November 25. It will come in Black, Gold, and Rose Gold colour variants. The company has so far not revealed global rollout plans for the S9 smartphone.

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Sony pushes fixes to Xperia X Performance for accelerometer trouble

An issue that has been affecting some users with the Xperia X Performance has been addressed by Sony and a fix is being rolled out now via OTA update. Sony promised about two weeks ago that it has managed to replicate the bug and will fix it in a future update. The issue was with the accelerometer that detects the phone’s orientation. Some handset owners were also facing issues with the responsiveness of the the barometer, magnetometer, gyroscope etc., and this update will fix these problems as well. The OTA fix is coming to the dualSIM variant (F8132) as well as the singleSIM (F8131) models of the phone.



Up until now, the only workaround to fix the accelerometer issues of the Xperia X Performance was to simply restart the phone. Hopefully, the new update, which is supposed to be rolled out for bot single and dual SIM versions, squashes these annoying bugs for good.

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Pixel does all the hard work of copying your iPhone data

If you an iPhone user, that the probability is very high that you are not a tech savvy person. Everybody knows that, so does Google. That's why Google uploaded two new videos today are of the “beginners’ guide type” in that they help newbies switch over to the Pixel from an iPhone and then get started in their brave new world through a few quick tips. The first video is “Switching from iPhone”, and explains how to prepare your iPhone for transferring data to your Google Pixel or Pixel XL. You only need an OTG cable/adapter to proceed. For your's sake, every Pixel owner has one of those thingies in their Pixel retails box.



Ther watching the 1st video and assuming that you have done these steps correctly then its time to watch the 2nd one. This will help you get familiar with the ins and outs of the Google Pixel and getting used to the on-screen controls. It also shows you how to open Google Assistant, and use the navigation buttons. Overall, it shows you how to get around the Pixel Launcher, particularly the new app-drawer opening gesture.

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Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Blue Coral version coming in November

Moving on from the fiasco that stemmed from the Galaxy Note 7, Samsung is pushing the two previous flagships it has in store — Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. To do just that, it's rehashing one of the most popular color options of the phablet and bringing a Blue Coral Galaxy S7 edge to the table on Nov. 5. After various leaks, the confirmation came from Samsung's Singapore subsidiary which announced the retail availability for the handset on its official website. Singaporeans should be prepared to spend 1,098 of their local currency on the 32GB Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge 4G+ in Blue Coral, which converts to 790 USD.



Of course, Samsung Singapore’s statement only relates to that country, but considering the in-the-wild leak we already saw had Verizon branding on it, the whole thing pretty much stitches this one up for the U.S. sooner or later. It’s all just a matter of when. Initially, the Galaxy S7 edge was released around the world in Black, Silver, Gold, and Pink Gold, so Blue Coral will become its fifth official color variant. Blue Coral is a pretty new color for Samsung, being introduced at the same time with the Galaxy Note 7. Interestingly there is no news of regular galaxy S7 blue coral version yet.

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