Sentences with phrase «android oems»

It doesn't work great on phones in the implementations we've seen from many Android OEMs, but on tablets it seems to just make sense.

Moreover, since this past December, Android OEMs have been required to preload the app on any devices they ship to consumers.

(You know, those who make a big deal about Android OEMs adopting the notch and dropping the headphone jack but seem to ignore Apple's adopting bigger than 4» phones, wireless charging, waterproofing, NFC, mobile payments, OLED, multi-window, stylus support, biometrics etc. all of which make the iPhone 8 and X much closer to the Samsung Galaxy S and Note devices than the iPhone 5.

As for the other popular Android OEMs, we've seen glimpses of awesome, but nothing solid.

Watching how much trouble Android OEMs have simply keeping their software up to date gives a taste of the challenge; doing so with hardware could be exponentially limiting.

And, I can attest at least anecdotally, that Sony's recent phones haven't been talked about as excitedly as those from other major Android OEMs.

Or is it essentially just posturing meant to sway Android OEMs towards its agenda?

Kuo says that Apple has had a two - year head start in that market and component suppliers will be unable to meet increased demand from Android OEMs until next year.

Stay tuned as we explore the more questionable decisions Google and various Android OEMs have implemented over the years.

Ok, I was being hyperbolic, but also echoing the sentiment of the Apple supporter when talking about their perceived poor state of Android OEMs.

Baptiste intends to investigate this further, but for now, we're left wondering about how many Android OEMs employ the same backdoor in their handsets.

Many Android OEMs followed up with their own versions of the feature, but HTC — shown by its marketing — was proud of what it had achieved with its dedicated imaging chip.

Predictably, despite some devices like Huawei «s Mate S or ZTE «s Axon Mini already supporting some sort of similar, proprietary technologies, Google was rumored to be working on a system - wide implementation for all Android OEMs to use.

Seeing how Microsoft strong - armed Android OEMs into royalty deals over patents, you can bet that the first opportunity Google gets to strike back at the company, they will take full advantage of it.

Unlike most Android OEMs, their commitment to fast security updates continues, although this time they've been moved to a separate app instead of the usual place inside the settings area.

With high - end specs and an attractive chassis, the latest MediaPad easily matches what other Android OEMs have been showing of late.

At the same time of rolling out the OS to its devices, Google will also give the firmware to partner Android OEMs.

The 85 - page document spells out Google's plans for Android OEMs, and while most of the document is relatively unimportant for most people, there are some points worth talking about...

Why Samsung didn't just put the fingerprint scanner below the camera module as most other Android OEMs do is certainly a mystery, but it's likely the best place they could stick it given the components that have to fit inside, including the NFC radio, MST radio and wireless charging coils, to name a few that would be located on the back.

Android OEMs occasionally pull some pretty dumb, anti-consumer tricks as well, but to me this just seems like Apple abusing the near infinite amount of goodwill it has from consumers.

You must understand the «others» is where most Android OEMs are when it comes to global smartphone shipments.

Themes are obviously going to be a big thing for Android OEMs of all shapes and sizes, and the folks at Cyanogen have taken their initial offering in this space and improved them dramatically.

With every major release of Android, Google releases an Android Compatibility Definition Document which lays out Google's rules for Android OEMs in order for those devices to be approved to ship with Google's services, including the Play Store.

One of the things that struck us at this year's IFA is how good Android OEMs have become at making great looking devices.

Inspired by the Apple Watch Force Touch and iPhone 6s 3D Touch (or not), Synaptics is preparing pressure sensitive screens which will allow Android OEMs to have smartphones that offer a similar functionality to Apple's latest and greatest.

However, the likes of Samsung, Huawei, Lenovo and other Android OEMs have remained coy on the matter, but we have some info for you.

While Google's track record is not perfect, it's still a far cry from the performance of Android OEMs.

It was released in April 2014 and no company support phones after 2 - 3 years (Android OEMs).

It's not exactly customary for a diminutive derivation of a new flagship phone to go official before the «full - sized» model does, and several major Android OEMs have altogether renounced mini-hero devices.

The answer, as per usual with most Android OEMs, is frustratingly unclear.

Thanks to Kyocera's work on what is being branded as Sapphire Shield, various other Android OEMs may be able to source synthetic sapphire glass for their phone's screen as well...

In truth this is a similar situation faced by Android OEMs as well, given that the flagships of today are not so different from those released last year.

Flash forward just a year later, and a lot of Android OEMs have scaled back the excesses that marked the operating system's earlier years.

This issue has already been addressed with respect to Android OEMs buying AMOLED displays as well, thus making even Google's platform less special for Samsung.

The idea of having an all - screen front panel also means that Samsung Galaxy S8 will be dropping the traditional physical home button and instead, it will come embedded in the screen, just like many other Android OEMs already do.

That's impressively affordable, and starts to make rival devices from other Android OEMs, Windows Phone manufacturers, and Apple look uncomfortably expensive.

It's not clear at this time whether preloaded bloatware from Android OEMs can be just as easily removed.

Just like many other Android OEMs, Samsung has built fingerprint gestures into the Galaxy S9 and S9 +.

I really hope that android OEMs continue to chase these meaningless features.

Ecosystem redundancy continues to be a problem for Android OEMs in general, but Sony's ever - present media focus will continue to be used as a differentiator.

A recent report indicated that Apple has a two - year lead in 3D sensing technology because the costs of building such modules is still higher, which means that the majority of Android OEMs can't afford to offer such features without increasing the price of their phones.

Samsung being one of the largest Android OEMs shows complacency in software with both the Galaxy A8 and A8 + running on Android Nougat 7.1 out of the box.

And tying those all together is Tizen, which might also take on an even more prominent role in Samsung's marketing, as Google starts to set itself apart against other Android OEMs.

Other Android OEMs, save for Samsung, experienced a similar shift in the market and stopped producing such petty upgrades to existing hardware.

And with the crackpot strategy that Android OEMs have of battery draining and benchmark ruining Quad - HD screens, it will be even worse.

Despite launching the Huawei Honor 6X, the Chinese OEM is one of the few Android OEMs that can boast of a device that is powered by the new Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box.

On the one hand, you've got the latest flagship smartphone from one of the most respected Android OEMs on -LSB-...]

In addition to showing the bezel-less front panel, it also shows a rear - mounted fingerprint scanner, much in line with what we're seeing from Android OEMs.

If you had gotten used to having the scanner on the front, well, it's time you started getting used to what many other Android OEMs are now offering.

I'm sure Android OEMs don't want this for their customers, but there is usually only one solution to the problem: reset.