Video shows Meizu Pro 7's rear screen in action

Meizu finally unveiled the Pro 7 and Pro 7 Plus smartphones yesterday. The standout feature of the flagship duo is the rear display, which can be used to display notifications, control the music player, and even snap selfies with the main camera. Ard Boudeling, who's head of global marketing at the Chinese company, has now shared a video that shows the handset's secondary screen in action. Have a look at the red Meizu PRO 7. pic.twitter.com/rxdJwB8ce0— Ard Boudeling (@ArdCB) July 26, 2017 Though not very clear, the video does reveal the screen displaying a message notification,...

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HTC unveils Vive Standalone, an all-in-one VR headset

HTC has unveiled a new virtual reality headset at the ChinaJoy entertainment expo. Dubbed Vive Standalone it is an autonomous headset that doesn't require you to plug-in wires or explicitly set up sensors. The "premium" headset is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 chipset, and runs apps from the Taiwanese company's Viveport platform (it doesn't rely on Google's Play Store). Sadly, nothing else - including other specs, pricing, as well as availability - is currently known about the Vive Standalone, except that the device will be a China-exclusive at launch. Via

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Samsung's W2018 clamshell phone tipped to feature Snapdragon 835 SoC, 6GB RAM

According a tipster based out of China, Samsung's next flip phone will be powered by Snapdragon 835 SoC. The tipster - who goes by the handle @mmddj_china on Twitter - also said the device will come with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage. Samsung W2018SM-W2018SD835+6GBRAM+64GBROM— 萌萌的电教 (@mmddj_china) July 25, 2017 This information (especially the SoC and RAM) isn't inline with what TENAA had pointed to back in May. The device's listing on the Chinese agency's website had revealed a Snapdragon 821AB chipset and 4GB RAM instead. Other key specs that were...

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Apple now has to pay $506 million to a university's patent licensing arm

In October of 2015 a jury ruled that Apple had to pay the patent licensing arm of the University of Wisconsin-Madison $234 million for infringing a patent, even though the company denied any infringement and argued that the patent was invalid. And today a US District Judge added $272 million on top of that, ordering Apple to pay the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) a whopping $506 million in total, for the same patent. The judge says Apple owes WARF additional damages because it continued to infringe upon its patent until it expired in December 2016. Apple is going to appeal the...

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Android Pay reaches Spain

Back in May Google revealed that Spain would be one of the next markets to get Android Pay, and today this has become reality. The mobile payments service is now live in the country, although at the moment it only works with Visa and MasterCard credit and debit cards issued by BBVA. While supporting only the customers of one bank might not be that impressive, the good news is that over one million stores across Spain will accept Android Pay as a method of payment. A short list of some of the places where you can use Android Pay in Spain is available here. Of course the service also...

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iPhone 8 to be out in October-November with iris scanner, sans side-mounted TouchID

The famed and hyped iPhone 8 with its near-bezelless OLED display can't seem to keep itself out of the news, not even for a day. A new report out of Asia, based on supply chain sources, now tells us that this model will only start shipping in October or early November (in very limited numbers), though it will probably be unveiled alongside the iPhone 7s and 7s Plus at a launch event that's slated to occur on September 7, 8 or 9. Those devices may be released on September 17 (but that's a Sunday and Apple usually starts sales on a Friday, so take this with a grain of salt). The sometimes...

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