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Speculations regarding Apple self-driving car have been doing rounds ever since the company launched the electric car project Titan, two years ago. The designs presented are iCar Macintosh, based on Macintosh 128K, iCAr G3, based on iMac G3, iCar 7, based on iPhone 7, iCar Air, based on MacBook Air and birds-eye view of iMac G3-inspired cars.
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Apple will be using dual cameras in the iPad Pro 2. These were first introduced in iPhone 7 Plus. These cameras have caused quite a stir and many actually opted for the 5.5-inch display and not the 4.7-inch iPhone 7 because of the cameras.
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The Xiaomi Redmi Pro 2 is allegedly dropping the dual-camera architecture in favor of a better sensor - the 12MP Sony IMX 362. The Xiaomi Mi Note 2 could soon be getting the Blue Coral color variant.
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While Samsung Gear VR is compatible with Samsung flagships like Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy Note 5, and Galaxy S7 series and Note series, fans are eagerly waiting for the Galaxy Note 8 smartphone as their VR experience were marred due to the Galaxy Note 7 recall.
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The Nokia 6 handset has a 5.5-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with a screen resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The LG G6 is expected to have a 5.7-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with a screen resolution of 1440 x 2880 pixels and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection.
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The Motorola Moto G5 will run on the Android 7.0 Nougat operating system and may include a 13MP primary camera and 5MP selfie camera. The Motorola Moto G5 Plus and Moto G5 smartphones will most likely be sold unlocked via Motorola’s online store.
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Facebook faced a tremendous backlash when it came to fake news reporting. Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg had to consider using only curated news to stop fake ones from getting viral. Google has taken a hard approach by bringing together all its policy experts and engineers and punishing wrongdoers.
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Lack of developer support will result in limited appeal in the Surface Phone. Redmond wants to bring full power of personal computing and telephony into its device. It looks at these as “experiences” that will happen on Windows 10 devices, including the Microsoft Surface Phone.
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The LG G6 is expected to be the first Android smartphone to come with the Google Assistant AI that is now available only in the Google Pixel smartphones. The LG mobile is expected to sport 64GB internal storage, upgraded dual rear cameras, selfie camera that will also function as an Iris scanner and the 3.5mm headphone jack.
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Microsoft has released the beta version of the Creators Update and it aims at seamless integration of third-party applications, improved 3D tools and VR and Mixed Reality. Another major update will focus majorly on mobile compatibility. One of the biggest visible changes in the Microsoft Surface Pro 5 would be ramping up the resolution to 4K.
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Chinese smartphone companies such as Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo and OnePlus are insanely popular and are way ahead of the game in China when compared to Apple and Samsung.
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The BlackBerry Mercury could come with 64GB internal storage, 4GB RAM and Android 7.0 Nougat operating system. BlackBerry may also change the name from “Mercury” to something else when the final version is released.
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Even though Nintendo has promised 1080p gaming when Switch is docked and connected to the TV via HDMI cable, it is not known how the console’s performance will go past the Wii U. However, Switch’s display is significantly better than the Wii U.
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