Sentences with phrase «other android oems»

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

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.

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

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...

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.

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

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.

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.

The device was previously installed with Android Lollipop and just like many other Android OEMs, the device has an ASUS UI running on top of the stock Android OS.

Google can not risk upsetting other Android OEMs by making Nexus products available everywhere with their disruptive pricing intact

While the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge can only accommodate a microSD card of up to 256 GB, we could see Samsung extend this support, especially since many other Android OEMs allow up to 2 TB of expandable storage.

The worst - case scenario for Google is to become a «real» smartphone maker who competes in earnest not only with Apple, but also with Samsung, Huawei, and all the other Android OEMs.

This is a pretty interesting article about how Apple and Samsung's uncontested dominance in the US is pushing other Android OEMs out of the North American market.

No matter what you think about the Essential Phone, one area that it dominates all other Android OEMs at (aside from Google, of course) is with its software updates.

Like all other Android OEMs, a plateauing smartphone market, flatlining tablet market and increased competition from abroad are taking their toll.

Unfortunately other Android OEMs are just as bad or worse, apart from Nexus.

Interestingly, Samsung didn't include the ability to add additional buttons, despite other Android OEMs such as Huawei and LG offering this on their devices.

Regardless of all of the efforts from Google, Samsung and other Android OEMs, the Apple iPhone has always been the one setting the standards, but this is not always true when it comes to individual aspects of the smartphone.

Samsung and other Android OEMs have been using OLED screens for some time now and it would only make more sense if Apple also made the switch.

The result of this early release of Android Nougat has been that many other Android OEMs are also getting their devices updated earlier than usual.

That probably would have been cause for celebration a while back, but looking at the outstanding public beta work of other Android OEMs, this US preview program feels a tad late.

Like many other Android OEMs, Samsung has yet to announce the official list of devices that will be benefiting from the new Android Nougat OS.

But for Samsung and even for other Android OEMs like HTC and Sony, the new iPhone model would be a benchmark.

As for other Android OEMs, the wait is still on, but we should start seeing these updates very soon.

With the coming five or so months set to be occupied with news of smartphone releases from other Android OEMs, it will be a perfect timing for Samsung's new Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Edge, phones that should make their debut at the MWC 2017 event in Barcelona.

LG, like many other Android OEMs, has made the jump to USB Type - C.

Hopes are high in the Samsung camp that many other Android OEMs will join in locking out Apple, just in the same way the Cupertino has done with its proprietary Lightning Connector for iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.

For Sony, this is a commendable job that should, in fact, be emulated by a host of other Android OEMs.

If you want to get this update as early as this year, you may have to switch allegiance to Google's Pixel or Nexus family of devices, but as for other Android OEMs, the update to Android O may happen somewhere in 2018.

While the 7.1.1 rollout is beginning today for Google's family of devices, it will likely be a while before that version is released by the likes of Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus and other Android OEMs, many of which have only recently begun their beta testing for the earlier Android 7.0 update.

Apple's move led to older iPhones slowing down while the move from Samsung, OnePlus and other Android OEMs led to their phones delivering higher than usual performance in benchmarks — something which barely has an impact on daily use and affects a consumer's buying decision.

ZTE, like many other Android OEMs, is often accused of heavily customizing its version of Android and pre-installing unnecessary apps, something that is usually seen as bloatware and further affects the performance of phones.

Like many other Android OEMs, this information is somehow vague for it has no specific date or even month as to when OnePlus 3 users can expect to start downloading the new OS.

This approach is similar to many other Android OEMs who also slow down the fast charging speeds on their devices after crossing the 50 percent mark to ensure that the heat generated does not affect the battery lifespan.

In practice, you can expect monthly security patches for the Nokia 6 (2018) to actually be distributed on a monthly basis and HMD is unlikely to skip any of them like the vast majority of other Android OEMs do.

Even though Android O release date for Google devices is now clear, other Android OEMs will definitely take more time before they roll out the updates.

Other Android OEMs do so too, including China's Huawei.

The company has slipped up in the past, but it has progressed to the point where it can be an example for other Android OEMs who do not comply with the GPLv2's requirement to release kernel sources in a timely manner.

Last but not least, the Nexus 2016 phones bring the full Android experience to users who don't enjoy the heavy customizations made by other Android OEMs.

There could be a better differentiator than the «Plus» tag, which is already being used by Apple and several other Android OEMs.

As you can see from the above photos, the G7 follows the steps of other Android OEMs by adopting the iPhone X's notch with its screen.

LG's custom skin is still on top of everything, and while some other Android OEMs like Lenovo / Moto have been cutting down on duplicate apps, LG remains happy to include multiple options for gallery, music, and so on.

Seeing how HMD Global has been getting the latest monthly security patch updates to its devices before other Android OEMs, we will not be surprised if HMD Global finishes the Oreo update rollout for all its smartphones before other companies.

Plenty of other Android OEMs have already released Oreo on phones in the US, while others have released betas, or at least given us a confirmed time of release.

While many other Android OEMs are already shipping their phones with face unlock, it does not work properly in low - light scenarios.

With November just a few days away, it's about to start raining Android Nougat not just for Motorola devices, but also for other Android OEMs.

The real reason Google bought MOTO was to keep Microsoft from aquiring the patents and to keep MOTO from using their patents against other Android OEMs.

After all the rumors and leaks, Samsung has finally unveiled its fifth flagship smartphone to take on Apple and Microsoft, as well as the many other Android OEMs.