Samsung's new Note and Microsoft's new Xbox: head-to-head.
It's time. Time for the . It's both a huge release for Samsung and something of an iteration at the same time. It retains a lot of the design language of the latest Note and S lines with a refined aesthetic, and is practically the same phone inside as the S7, but goes all-in on the big (and curved) display, S Pen stylus, and even USB-C. That new-fangled USB port necessitated headset, which Samsung used as an opportunity to make a few notable improvements to the phone-driven VR experience.
Microsoft joined the huge launches part with their own , an updated Xbox One that's a little faster, a lot sleeker, and 100% more 4K. Along with that came the with Cortana and Xbox apps. Oh, and a big release on the Windows side as well: .
There's a bit of a shake-up going on in Apple's secretive car project, with Apple hardware veteran . Apple also did something we've never seen them do before — or fathomed they would consider: they're (all in the interests of finding and securing any vulnerability discovered).
All of that and much much more in this edition of Mobile Nations Weekly/
Android Central — Galaxy Note 7 cometh
This was bound to be the week of , whether you liked it or not. You can , , look and if you're convinced it'll be your next phone.
We've already started to look at potential upgrades, from the , Galaxy S6 edge+ and particularly . Of course, we had to compare the as well.
In other news, Android 7.0 Nougat is right on the horizon. And in an interesting turn of events, the the first phone with the new operating system … with Nexuses expected to launch later. We don't know exactly how the Nexus phones from others, but we expect some changes to be introduced. As we reach the launch, .
If you're a Priv owner or using some other Android smartphone, it was a pretty solid week for BlackBerry news, as incredibly odd as that may sound. This week, BlackBerry announced a ton of enhancements to their Android apps such as the BlackBerry Hub, BlackBerry Camera and more including bringing over some long-awaited features from BlackBerry 10 such as 'pinch to filter unread'.
Not a Priv owner but still running an Android phone? BlackBerry has now brought their Hub and other apps to more Android phones with the release of their Hub+ Suite. Finally, keeping in line with the monthly security updates, BlackBerry has also released the August 5 Android security patch.
Bob Mansfield is , the company is offering for anyone who can break into the iPhone's Secure Enclave, and new and betas have arrived. It's been a busy week for Apple -- and for iMore, too!
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Everyone knew a USB-C port on a Samsung phone was going to come eventually, and that meant there needed to be a new Gear VR to match. Surprise, that time is right now! The Galaxy Note 7 is here, and the matte black Gear VR you can buy for it offers some small but important updates over the original.
In the world of not mobile VR, we took a deeper look at the terrifying space sim Adr1ft and floated away mostly intact. Check it out!
Microsoft had a big week for releases. First up, the new Xbox One S – a slimmer, slightly more powerful 4K-capable Xbox One – went on sale and . Speaking of the Xbox both the One and One S received the new Summer Update with new features and apps from Windows 10, which . Finally, over 350 million PCs became eligible for the big . While not all computers are getting it day one, we showed you .
Windows 10 Mobile missed the August 2 date for its Anniversary Update, but we have word that it is . Mobile users can also look forward to the HP Elite x3 going .
If that wasn't enough for updates Microsoft confirmed what we knew for a while: Windows 10 and Mobile will get for new features and functions. Development of 'Redstone 2' has already begun.