Jonathan Adler-designed Moto X Pure collection to go on sale next month

In a blog post yesterday, Motorola announced that an all new Moto X Pure collection designed by the New York-based designer Jonathan Adler will go on sale early next month - on December 3. The limited-edition collection consists of "three eye-catching, stylish phones that Jonathan felt captured the spirit of Moto Maker, our online phone design studio," the company said. The phones - each carrying a price tag of $474.99 (32GB) - will be up for pre-order starting November 24 at Motorola.com/JonathanAdler. If you're a Jonathan Adler fan, it's worth mentioning that the designer also shared his top holiday gifting tips, which you can access by heading to the Source link...

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Teaser confirms November 30 unveiling for vivo X6

Chinese smartphone manufacturer vivo has been heavily teasing its upcoming X6 smartphone lately, indicating an imminent launch. And now, it looks like we have the exact launch date for the device. The company has posted yet another teaser (shown above) for the handset on Weibo, confirming that the flagship will be unveiled towards the end of the month - on November 30. From what is known till now, the X6 will offer features like dual fast charging technology and split-screen multitasking, as well as an an e-payment compatible fingerprint reader. The device - which was recently spotted at TENAA - will also come with 4GB of RAM. As for the rest of the specs, rumors say that the device will sport a 6-inch QHD screen with Force Touch, and will be powered by a 10-core MediaTek Helio X20 chipset. It is also said to come with 32GB internal memory, 21MP rear and 12MP front camera, as well as pack in a 4,000mAh...

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Enhanced offline mode for Google Maps now available in India

Nearly a week after it started rolling out globally, the enhanced Google Maps offline mode is now available to users in India. The feature is currently only available on Android, although the company says iOS support is "coming soon." "From today, Google Maps can help you find directions and get where you're going, even when you don't have an Internet connection with the launch of new offline functions in Google Maps," the company said in a blog post. Google Maps' offline mode allows users to get turn-by-turn driving directions, search for specific destinations, as well find useful information about places, even when they don't have an internet connection. The feature was previewed during Google I/O back in May this...

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Android Wear watches to get Marshmallow update in coming months

If you own an Android Wear smartwatch and are wondering if and when it will get Android 6.0 update, here is some good news: Google has said that all existing Android Wear watches will get the Marshmallow update "in the coming months." The company also revealed that the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE (shown above) - which debuted last month and went up for pre-orders this month - already runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Android Wear, making it the first Android Wear smartwatch to do so. As for the update, it will bring several new features like a new permissions model, support for external speaker as well Intel x86 chip (TAG Heuer Connected is powered by one), and resource qualifiers for -round and...

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Huawei Mate S review: Precision styled

The Huawei Mate S is somewhat of a weird fit in Huawei's current device lineup. It is not the eagerly anticipated successor to the Mate7 (that would be the soon to be announced Mate 8), nor is it part of the Honor family, or bothered with an Ascend moniker.

Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_mate_s-review-1339.php

Fingerprint sensors and Samsung Pay are on the way to cheaper phones

According to a new report coming out of its home country of South Korea, Samsung is planning to bring a few new features to its more affordable smartphones in the future. We're talking about fingerprint sensors as well as support for Samsung Pay (and NFC with it). An unnamed source allegedly said that "Samsung is planning to deploy fingerprint sensors in budget smartphone models", although it's unclear what the company's exact definition of "budget" could be. This shows that Samsung is feeling the heat from Chinese smartphone makers, who have started including fingerprint scanners in even lower-midrange offerings recently. In fact, for the same price, the Chinese makers always offer more features than Samsung, so the Korean company probably feels like it has to act in this regard. It is currently the top dog in 14 out of 15 emerging smartphone markets, and we assume these moves are meant to ensure that won't change in the future. Unfortunately no time frame was mentioned for Samsung launching fingerprint sensors in cheaper devices. Yet Samsung Pay is reportedly going to show up in new mid-range and low-end phones as early as the first half of next year. This will happen for the company's Android handsets. Analysts are still divided in their opinions of whether Samsung will bring its payment system to Tizen smartphones too. We should see some high-end Tizen offerings next year, though. Source |...

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