A new iPhone 7 and a Galaxy Note 7 walk into a bar and things get a little heated.
It happens every year — Apple announces a new iPhone and the tech world comes to a halt. This year is was for the — it's faster, more water resistant, and sporting better cameras than ever before. But it's also not radically different-looking than the previous iPhone and controversially has dropped the as-old-as-time headphone jack. But... it's already selling out in pre-orders world-wide and will doubtless sell in the millions and millions.
The keeps looking worse for Samsung, with the company now advising that owners turn their phones off and return them to the store immediately. Non-exploding replacements are starting to filter out, so hopefully Samsung will be able place this ordeal behind them. Needless to say, the timing couldn't be worse.
But things are burning down everywhere on the Android front — Samsung's closest competitor (in a very literal sense) rolled out their latest: the . It's big, it's bold, it sports a pair of rear cameras, a second screen, and will be the first new phone running .
Android Central — Cool V20, hot Note 7
The big device news of the week, coming hot on the heels of IFA, was . It's a big phone , a more broadly appealing design and Android 7.0 Nougat on board. With all of that, it also . The V20 goes on sale starting late this month, but will more likely .
As we're sure you've already seen, Apple announced its new phones this week. Here's how the new iPhone 7 Plus dual camera setup .
The is now in full effect. Replacement phones have already made it out to some, at least in the U.S., and if you haven't yet traded yours in, now's the time.
The start of September was all about updates for BlackBerry. Kicking things off was the Android security patch rollout for Priv and DTEK50. Then, not long after that BlackBerry announced they would be expanding their Hub+ subscription service which brings apps such as Hub, BlackBerry Password Keeper, BlackBerry Launcher and more to even wider array of Android devices. Finally, all of BlackBerry's Android app offerings got significant updates bringing a multitude of improvements, bug fixes and feature additions across the board.
Not sure if you noticed, but there was this little announcement for the . It's like the old iPhone, but entirely different. Externally it might not look like much has changed, but inside it's an all-new iPhone. From to a to the removal of the headphone jack and the arrival of , there's a whole lot going on with the iPhone 7. Oh, and there's a with GPS and water resistance and a fancy new ceramic case option. Pre-orders for both the new iPhone and Apple Watch are open now with sales beginning on Friday, September 16th.
PlayStation 4 Pro is here, and aside from sounding was better than the highly rumored PlayStation Neo it's a fairly small update to the hardware. Visually this console will be different from the rest of the PlayStation 4 family, but the big focus here is 4K gaming and HDR visuals for TVs that support it. With PlayStation VR coming a full month before this update is available, it's unclear whether upgrading will be worth it for many.
The Xbox One finally sees some success against Sony's PlayStation. For the second month in a row the gaming console is likely due to the push of the new One S model and aggressive pricing.
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The HP Elite x3 super smartphone went on sale – briefly – for two days at HP.com before . Microsoft themselves won't begin selling it until after it gets some updates.
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