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Galaxy A8s Is The First Samsung Smartphone With An In-Display Selfies Camera

The Samsung Galaxy A8s has finally been released as the first phone from the South Korean brand that has a selfies camera integrated into the display, thanks to the Infinity-O design. In this way, the company takes the lead over other brands such as Huawei and Honor that have already confirmed the presentations of their devices with a similar design.

The Korean company has already officially presented its Galaxy A8s, a phone with which the company claims to return to competition with good specifications, a modern and innovative design, no doubt, so it has everything to be a successful release.

Although it has been presented now, there are some details of the device that have been left out of the presentation. But with the information we got today, we have a really clear idea of what we can expect from this new Samsung Galaxy A8s. A phone with which Samsung hopes to change its bad sales streak in 2018.

Galaxy A8s Technical Specifications

This device reaches the premium mid-range segment, which continues to grow at a rapid pace in the international market. So Samsung enters this market segment with a phone that has everything to be one of the most popular mid-range smartphones. What can we expect from this Galaxy A8s regarding its specifications?

These are the full Samsung Galaxy A8s technical specifications:

  • 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display with 2340 x 1080 pixel resolution and 19.5:9 ratio;
  • Eight-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 with 2 x Kyro 360 at 2.2 GHz and 6 x Kyro 360 at 1.7 GHz;
  • 6/8 Gb RAM;
  • 128 GB (expandable up to 512 GB with microSD card) of internal memory;
  • Adreno 616 GPU;
  • Three-camera setup with 24 MP, 10 MP, and 5 MP sensor, respectively, with f/1.7, f/2.4, and f/2.2 apertures, respectively, and LED Flash
  • 24-MP selfies camera with f/2.0 aperture;
  • Connectivity – Bluetooth 5.0, 4G/LTE, Dual SIM, WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, 3.5 mm jack, and USB-C port, NFC, and a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor;
  • Android 8.1 Oreo with One UI
  • 3,400-mAh battery
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LG Gram 17 Ultrabook Comes With A Large Screen, Great Battery Autonomy, And High-End Specs

LG has just presented its new bet in the ultrabook computer market. The new LG Gram 17, a new very light equipment, with a large screen of 17 inches and that, inside which, LG has decided to install top-of-the-range hardware, comes with high performance and an autonomy capable of reaching up to 19.5 hours.

The screen size of 17 inches is not one that is usually lavished among the segment of ultrabooks. After all, the main selling point of these laptop models is in the great portability and low weight. Therefore, in this segment of the market, what abounds are the models with screens of 13 and 14 inches, along with several of 15.6 inches. In general, the 17-inch segment is usually more reserved for desktop-replacement laptops.

However, LG with the new LG Gram 17, does want to create an entry into the segment of ultrabooks, with a laptop that differs from most of those offered by the competition, mostly regarding the large screen size and the high-end hardware the South Korean company’s laptop boasts.

LG Gram 17 Ultrabook Comes With A Large Screen, Great Battery Autonomy, And High-End Specs

LG Gram 17 would come out with the new Intel Whiskey Lake-U. Specifically, it will be the Intel Core i7-8565U, which has a TDP of only 25 W but has frequencies of 1.8 GHz for the base and 4.6 GHz for its Turbo mode. This processor is a model with four cores and eight threads, which is complemented by an integrated graphics card from Intel and 16 GB of RAM.

Speaking of graphics, the 17-inch screen of this new ultrabook will boast a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels and will be protected by Corning Gorilla Glass NBT. As for connectivity, the LG Gram 17 has a wireless network card of 802.11ac, along with a Bluetooth card, while there is no RJ45 jack for a network cable, a common feat for ultrabooks.

Finally, LG Gram 17 comes with a 512 GB SSD with SATA transmission, along with three USB 3.0 type A connectors and a fourth USB-C port. It also has a slot for the use of microSD memory cards. What is really interesting about this laptop is the large four-cell battery it boasts, which gives up to 19.5 hours of autonomy. The price of the LG Gram 17 is $1,699 for its most basic version.

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Google Shuts Down Support For Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Seven years after it launched Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Google has decided to end the support for this operating system. It became official today when Google announced that would shut down Android 4.0, although they chose to do that several months ago.

The “death” of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will affect less than 1% of all the Android smartphones in the market, so this decision would not affect a high number of Android users. Maybe that’s why Google has decided that it was time to shut down support for such an old and unpopular version of its operating system for mobile devices. At its time, however, Android 4.0 was a significant change from the Android 3.0 series.

If you are one of the users that still have smartphones running Ice Cream Sandwich, you may wonder how this decision will affect you. Google’s move doesn’t mean that Android 4.0 phones will suddenly stop working, although they will most likely stop receiving updates to their apps.

Google Shuts Down Support For Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

From now on, Google Play Services will only be updated for devices with Android version 4.1 or higher. That means you won’t be able to update apps like Google Play, Maps or Music on devices running Android 4.0. Additionally, Google’s decision to shut down support for Android 4.0 also means that developers don’t have too many incentives to upgrade their apps on smartphones with Android 4.0.

One after another, the applications will stop receiving new versions, although technically it will be possible to update them for the developers, who, however, would not see as profitable the additional effort to develop updates for their apps for a version of Android that Google shut down.

In short, even if the device continues to work, it is cut off from any new developments, trapped in old versions of apps that have kept updating for those other, newer versions of Android.

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Mortal Kombat 11 Announced By Warner Bros. For PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC

Mortal Kombat 11’s Community Reveal will take place on January 17th and will present the new game in live streaming worldwide. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced Mortal Kombat 11, the new title of the famous saga.

The official trailer of Mortal Kombat 11 sets the scene for an epic story on the borders of time with original music created in collaboration with rapper 21 Savage. Mortal Kombat 11 is developed by the award-winning NetherRealm Studios and is scheduled for release on April 23rd, 2019, on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

Mortal Kombat 11 will make its debut with the Community Reveal on January 17th, a community event that will offer an intense and unique experience around Mortal Kombat and will take place in London. The Community Reveal will be streamed worldwide on www.twitch.tv/NetherRealm and will include a presentation of the game by NetherRealm Studios.

Mortal Kombat 11 Would Come Out In April 2019

The Community Reveal event will also provide the opportunity to discover Mortal Kombat 11 for the first time through games, tournaments and other activities on the theme of Mortal Kombat.

Mortal Kombat 11 enhances and personalizes the experience of players with a character customization system that gives them the ability to create custom versions of each character. The game will also include a story mode with stunning cinematic features, continuing the epic Mortal Kombat saga that began over 25 years ago.

The standard edition of Mortal Kombat 11 is available for pre-order at a price of $69.99. The Premium edition of Mortal Kombat 11 is also available for pre-order at the cost of $99.99 and includes the primary game and the Kombat Pack. “Shao Kahn” is available as a pre-order bonus on all editions. Pre-orders for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at participating resellers will also offer gamers access to the closed beta which would be available in March 2019.

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Qualcomm Presents Snapdragon 8cx, Its First 7-nm Processor for Computers, Outperforming Intel

Qualcomm has introduced the first 7-nanometer processors for computers, outperforming Intel, which has not even switched to manufacturing CPUs with less than 10 nanometers. If we were to talk about a market-leading processor manufacturer for computers, then we’d think about Intel or AMD. However, Qualcomm, which is the leading chipset producer for mobile devices, wants to change that with its new Snapdragon 8cx.

Snapdragon 8cx Is Qualcomm’s First 7-nanometer Processor For Computers

That is not the first time Qualcomm has worked on a computer processor, having already tried it with the Snapdragon 850, which offered remarkable autonomy and sufficient power for most user tasks. However, the Snapdragon 8cx is not an evolution of this processor, but a revolution, as it has been entirely thought out and created for computers.

Qualcomm mentions that its new chip is designed to be very powerful, and although there are no official benchmark tests to reveal it better than other Intel or AMD processors, the firm has announced that it should be twice as fast and 60% more efficient compared to the Snapdragon 850.

As regarding autonomy, the Snapdragon 8cx will be able to offer up to 25 hours of battery use, and will be compatible with the Quick Charge 4+ fast charging system. As for the connectivity, computers with this processor will carry an X24 modem for LTE connections up to 2Gbps, but at the moment there is no information about support for 5G networks.

When Would Snapdragon 8cx Become Available?

Qualcomm has also announced that they are working with different companies like Mozilla to release Firefox on an ARM64 version, and many other developers will do the same to make several native options available.

The first computers with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx would arrive at the beginning of 2019, but we do not know with which manufacturers Qualcomm partnered up or at what prices.

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