Back at IFA 2016 we’ve seen a couple of Fossil watches, also from Michael Kors, and all of those will now receive Android Wear 2.0

Fossil has been a big name in the jewelery scene, and since last year they are also in the smartwatch business. The Watches from Fossil are running Android Wear and are designed by the company itself, and for the more fashionista people the company has teamed up with Michael Kors to produce a wider range of watches for multiple People. Now the company has announced that all their Fossil watches will get the Update to Android Wear 2.0. It will start with the Fossil Q Founder that will get the Update Mid-march. Who of you rocks one of those and could tell us when the Update will finally be there?

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Owners of the OnePlus 3 and 3T listen up, there’s a new OS in town: the Nougat based HydrogenOS.

The Android 7.0 Nougat OS for the OnePlus 3 and 3T has been released, but it’s not OxygenOS , this time it’s called HydrogenOS 3.0 . It’s not an OTA installation, and you need to flash and override the existing OS. The new Nougat version comes without any kind of Google apps , so you need to get your hands on thos too and is only available in english and chinese. The OS has been grabbed from the chinese versions of the OnePlus 3 and 3T and therefore it will come with a bunch of chinese apps you should just delete.

Users who tried it report that it has a better battery life and that you now have an inbuilt call recorder. The ROM has about 1.3 GB and you can get it from XDA or OnePlus . Both Links include ways to get the PlayStore, and if you encounter any Problems, there are a bunch of threads at XDA already. If you have tried it, feel free to leave a comment and share that experience.

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A new Rumor has emerged that Huawei will bring an upgraded Honor 8 to Barcelona, called the Honor 8 Pro.

A new rumor from russia claimes that the chinese Honor V9 will be rebranded for western markets as the Honor 8 Pro, packing a nice set of flagship worthy specs for, what we assume, an affordable price, siince that has been one of Honor’s things. Well lets talk a bit about the specs of the Device. If the rumors are true the Honor 8 Pro will feature a large 5.7″ QHD display, Kirin 960 processor, 4GB RAM (6GB in other markets), 3,900mAh battery, SD card support, dual rear-facing cameras, fingerprint reader, plus EMUI 5.0 on top of Android 7.0. I personally haven’t had the chance to play around with EMUI 5.0 or Android 7 yet , but from what i read here this could be quite a catch.

So what do you guys think about Honor and Huawei? I personally think the phones that i saw so far ( at IFA and the Customer Service Center) look pretty decent, so consider me exited for the press conference later this month.

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The new and exciting ZTE Sub-Brand nubia will have their own booth at the MWC 2017.

Well inbetween all the big and known tech companies at the MWC 2017 a new competitor will emerge. The farely unknown brand nubia will get there own stand at the fair.

The Invite above was sent out by ZTE earlier to invite people to visit the nubia stand. No news so far on a press conference and what will be showcased at the booth. Hopes rise for a new Nubia Praque S or anything from the Z-Series.

We will keep an eye on it and will provide you with any new information that will surface.

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A picture showed up what seems to be the Moto G5 , sporting a 5.2 inch screen and a „rapid“ Camera.

A new picture emerged eralier today showing off a new Motorola Device. It seems that this might be the new Moto G5 Plus. A predecessor to the good G4 Series. On the screen protector we see a bunch of specs including a 12 MP Rapid auto focus Camera which might be supplied by Sony, IMX362 sensor, PDAF, 4K video recording at 30 fps and F1.7 aperture. The 3000mAh+ TurboPower battery powers the 5.2 inch Device, with a 2.0 GHz octa-core Snapdragon 625 processor as the power house, a fingerprint reader, NFC support, and 5MP OmniVision front-facing shooter with F2.2 aperture. Those are quite the good specs considering we’re talking about a phone that ranges in the $250 price segment. No specific words on RAM and Storage but we hope for 4GB RAM and at least a 16 GB or 32 GB storage Option.

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In the US the new Lenovo Yoga A12 Tablet has just been announced and it looks a lot like a Yoga Book.

In the Picture above we can see the new Lenovo Yoga A12 that has just been announced in the US. If you think you’ve seen this before, than it might be true since it has a very strong resemblance to the Yoga Book that has been launched during IFA 2016 back in september.

The Yoga A12 uses the same Halo Keyboard but does not feature the option to remove the keyboard and use the surface fur a tylus or a notepad. This is not the only difference between the two. The other details are hidden in the specs and the fact that the Lenovo Yoga A12 is not available with another OS than Android, which in this cas is just Android 6.0 and no information on any Updates.

But let’s look at the specs first:

• 12,2 inch IPS-Display with a resolution of 1.280 x 800 Pixel
• Intel Atom x5-Z8550 Quad-Core-SoC with up to 2,4 GHz
• 2 GB RAM
• 32 GB internal Memory, SD-Card is an Option
• Android 6.0 Marshmallow
• HD-Webcam
• WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS/GLONASS
• microUSB- and USB Typ-C-connectors, 3,5 mm Headphonejack
• Stereo-Speaker with Dolby Atmos-support
• 10.500 mAh battery with up to 15 hours of usage time
• Dimensions: 228 x 208 x 10,9 mm
• 1060 grams heavy

Well those sound quite good but can’t compete with the Yoga Book though, this is why the A12 is not a follow-up to the Yoga Book but it’s his own productline. The Device will be available in 2 colors and will cost $299 , so we can expect a european price of around 300€ as well, might be a bit more though. Here are some more shots of both available color Options.

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A possible successor to the Lenovo A7000 Turbo just emerged on pictures on a chinese social media site.

Lenovo is still working strong on their smartphone line-up to compete with the others. Now we see what might be a successor to their 2016 flagship, the Lenovo A7000 Turbo. The new , so far unnamed, Deviceseems to have a design like the Vibe X2 , with those three layers and the last of them seems to be a metal backside.

In terms of specs the device is rumored to have a 5.5 inch screen with a 1080p Full HD resolution, a MediaTek chip with an octa-core processor, 3GB RAM, and a 3000mAh battery.

This and a few other devices , includiing a Tablet named the Lenovo Tab3 8 Plus, might be shown at MEC 2017 at the end of this month.

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Well the Moto 5G from Motorola is not a well kept secret, and now an UK Carrier has listed the Device as available mid March.

Acoording to the latest leaks of the Moto G5 it will be available mid march in 2 color options. A UK Carrier , allegedly Clove, listed the 16 GB Version of the device in Gold and Grey as in stock at mid march. Considering the fact that the Device has not yet been officially announced this is very suprising. No pricing has been leaked yet but we will keep you updated.

In terms of specs the Moto 5G is a mid-range device featuring a 5-inch 1080 p Screen, powered by an Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor and Andriod Nougat. In terms of RAM and storage two options might be available 2GB RAM and 16 GB storage, like shown in the tweet above, or a larger Version with 3 GB of RAm and 32 GB of storage. Additional Features are a 13 MP camera with dual LED flash on the back and 5 MP in the front. Even though we don’t clearly see one, a fingerprint sensor might also be there.

After all these are just rumors again, so stay tuned for anything MWC 2017 related will be posted to our site.

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Well Valentine’s Day is coming up and you can get a special deal on the Honor 6X and more.

In case you need a nice gift for Valentine’s Day Honor got you covered. You can get the Honor 6X for $40 dollar less and get a free selfiestick, a case and a pair of Headphones. Also you can grab the Honor 8 for $320 or $370  depending on the storage, that’s a $130 discount! This offer also includes a selfie stick, a nice case and an extra power cord.

If those two offers are not enough there will be a special flash sale of the 5X for only $1 . This will just be on Feb 7-9. and only for 3 Devices , so if you want one be quick and get it. For more informations on that topic be sure to check out honor’s Homepage here.

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A new Smartwatch has just been released by the shoe company New Balance, teh RunIQ.

Well some of you might know the company New Balance for making footwear, but now they stepped up their game and released an Android Wear smartwatch. As you can imagine the wearable is strongly designed towards fitness lovers.

Now lets take a look at the specs. The processor is an Intel Atom that will be backed up by 512MB of Ram and have 4 GB of storage. The watchface is round and has a 1.39 inch AMOLED Display. IT’s equipped with a GPS Sensor and a heart-rate monitor. If you inted to use this watch while swimming don’t woory, it’s water resistant up until 5ATM , which is about 50 meters or 5 bar and new Balance claims that the battery will last for 24 hours.

New Balance also provides the Starva App for the watch , but any other Android wear fitness App will work with the RunIQ. A nice feature is that you can download a Playlist onto the Watch and connect bluetooth headphones, so you don’Ät have to bring your phone to the pool or while on a run. The Run IQ is awailable from Amazon at $299 .

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