Red Hydrogen One launch pushed to August as it gets 4-View video capture ability

It was back in July last year when high-end professional camera maker Red announced plans to come up with a smartphone - dubbed Hydrogen One - that'd be modular and sport a holographic display. The phone, with a starting price tag of $1,200, was first slated to arrive in Q1 2018. Then it got delayed to sometime in summer, and now, the company has confirmed the launch has been set for August this year. Red founder Jim Jannard broke the news in a forum post last month, effectively saying the delay was caused by some last minute changes. He revealed the company has addedreal-time...

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Samsung Galaxy A6 (2018) and A6+ (2018) European pricing confirmed

The European pricing of the Samsung Galaxy A6 (2018) and Galaxy A6+ (2018) has been revealed. The Galaxy A6 (2018) is priced at €309, while the Galaxy A6+ (2018) costs €369 and both will be available in Purple, Gold, Blue and Black. Actual stock in Europe is coming in 3 weeks for the Galaxy A6 (2018) and 4 weeks for the Plus. Both phones push Samsung's midrange upward in both specs and price. Their European prices place them above better specced phones that Europeans can import from China. But Europeans trust Samsung's brand name more than Huawei, Honor or Xiaomi's and the pair of...

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Amazon offers to buy 60% of Flipkart for $2 billion

Amazon has made an official offer to acquire a 60% stake in Flipkart. The company has even proposed a $2 billion breakup fee to prove its commitment on seeing out the deal. The offer is said to be on par with a previous one submitted by Walmart recently. Walmart plans to retain Flipkart's current structure (including company's current CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy) while Amazon has made no such promises and wants to sign a non-compete deal with Flipkart's founders. Jeff Bezos refused to comment on the report. Anyway, Flipkart's investors and founders are leaning towards Walmart's bid and...

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OnePlus 6 leaks in new hands-on photos

Two weeks or so from now, OnePlus will finally be taking the wrapping off the eagerly-anticipated OnePlus 6. Yet leaks have been a bit scarcer than one would expect. While it's pretty safe to assume that the design of the new device won't stray too much from the Oppo R15 some changes are to be expected and we are eager to find out what they are OnePlus 6 hands-on photos A new leak shows some live images of a OnePlus 6 unit. These mostly focus on the front panel of the device, with no real surprises in store. Sadly, the photos don't show the back of the unit, so we can't...

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Samsung Gear S4 codenamed Galileo development underway

New details related to the next Samsung Gear S series smartwatch have surfaced. The device is reportedly codenamed Galileo internally, and is being developed (LTE variants) in the US. The Gear S4 will be available in two sizes, with Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile all carrying it. Gear S3 As for what new it'd bring to the table, the report mentions improved internals as well as health and fitness features. There's likely to be more in-depth sleep tracking as well. Earlier reports had suggested Q4 2018 launch for the wearable, which carries the model designation SM-R800. No information...

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Apple March quarter report is in, iPhone sales on the rise

Apple published its financial results for the quarter ending in March 2018. In the first three months of the year, the company saw a slight increase in iPhone sales on a yearly basis. Since the launch of the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and the iPhone X, the MSRP of an Apple phone is a bit higher. That allowed the company to record a healthy 14% increase in revenue. Overall results are looking good for Apple, where none of the products showed a decline in revenue. Services like AppleCare, Apple Pay and the Digital Content and Services brought $9.1 billion or 31% yearly increase and 8% on...

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