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Today, Evan Blass tweeted an image of leaked branding for what could be the official logo, font, and colors of the Galaxy S8+. This, in turn, also sort of confirms that the “Plus” name of a larger Galaxy S8 will be indicated with a “+” sign rather than “Plus” like the iPhone does.

Why wouldn’t it? After all, this is exactly how the Galaxy S6 edge+ was named. Calling it a “Galaxy S8 edge+” would also be redundant, as we are expecting both Galaxy S8 models to be dual-curved.

In case you were interested… pic.twitter.com/bpcOFZmOC3— Evan Blass (@evleaks) February 10, 2017

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Honor has made it official that the Honor 8’s Android Nougat update will begin rolling out to all users starting tomorrow. Everyone who hasn’t received the Nougat update will begin getting those OTA notifications starting tomorrow. The update is expected to last through the end of February, by which time, all Honor 8 devices would have been updated.

The Android Nougat update brings a plethora of new features to the pricier of Honor smartphones. The update also brings EMUI 5.0, the newest version of Huawei’s Android Skin that promises quicker and more optimized performance while also…

Open Signal has released a report called “State of Mobile Networks: USA” which took sample data during the last quarter of 2016 from all four national carriers in the US, comparing various aspects of each carrier down to network speeds, availability, and even 3G speeds are taken into account, though 3G is being used less and less, Open Signal reports.

Samples were taken from about 170k users across various networks and pinned them up against each other. The report samples about 4.6 billion data points to make comparisons across carriers in the US.

Source: Open Signal

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There is less than a day before Google is set to announce a couple of new wearable devices alongside the release of Android Wear 2.0 and the cat is already out of the bag as to the specific carrier that will support the LG Watch Sport on their LTE networks.

A leaked document obtained by PhoneArena from AT&T shows a diagram of the LG Watch Sport’s display setup for showcasing the new wearable in retail stores. This obviously means that AT&T stores will be carrying the new Watches very soon and could be selling them as early as this weekend. Just keep in mind, there is still no exact…

In what can only be described as a really bizzare situation for both Fido and its subscribers, the Canadian carrier was seemingly blocking all text messages that contained the word “Uber”. After a number of users confirmed their own suspicions on Reddit, as it was clear that other users on Fido were also unable to send messages containing the word “Uber”.

While the messages appeared to be sent normally, recipients never received these messages, but Fido customers were still able to receive messages with the word as long as the sender was from another carrier.

The Fido subscriber is…

With all the buzz surrounding the Samsung Galaxy S8 and LG G6, folks have forgotten about the fabled foldable smartphone. Project Valley is still in the works, but we don’t know when it will see the light of day. While we wait, we have a slick new Samsung folding smartphone concept to ponder over… Concept…

The post Samsung folding smartphone concept has Futuristic Specs appeared first on PhonesReviews UK- Mobiles, Apps, Networks, Software, Tablet etc.

Many folks will be skeptical about the Galaxy S8’s battery, solely based on what happened with the Galaxy Note7 last year. As a result, Samsung has reportedly made some changes surrounding its sourcing of batteries for the Galaxy S8.

According to Korea Economic Daily, a source related to the industry claims that Samsung will source a portion of batteries from The Murata Manufacturing Company. This is a Japanese manufacturer of batteries which took over Sony’s battery division, last summer. The report claims that Samsung will outsource between two and eight percent of the total number of…

A local news story comes from Palm Harbor, Florida where a couple shared their middle-of-the-night experience with the local NBC news station. The woman and her husband were asleep when, in the middle of the night when her iPhone 6 Plus began igniting on her nightstand.

“My face was so close to the phone when it immediately went up in flames it woke me up, luckily I’m a light sleeper. it literally blew flames out the side of the phone,” the woman told NBC. Luckily her husband, Kyle, woke up and used a shirt to smother the flames. She said if she didn’t catch it as quickly as she did,…