The iPhone 8 Could Sport An Iris Scanner And OLED Display

A new report just revealed that one of the three apple phones launching this year will sport an OLED display, which will be provided by Samsung.


The iPhone 8 model will also come with an iris scanner, a feature that was first debuted on Samsung’s Galaxy Note7 but is expected to be available in the S8 and S8 Plus. 

The companies that make up the iPhones' supply chain will allegedly start delivering parts and components for the next-gen devices by the end of the first quarter, earlier than in the past. That said, the new handsets may still be announced in September as usual.

Gionee A1 - See Specifications And Price In Nigeria

The Mobile World Congress (MWC) is coming up on the 26th of this month and it's definitely going to feature a number of new smartphones and you can certainly add Gionee to the growinglist of companies presenting new products. 



Gionee sent media invites for its special event that will take place on February 27, and the invitation comes with exactly what we all should expect. 

The Gionee A1 is allegedly going to sport a 5.5-inch 1080p touchscreen with 2.5D Gorilla Glass on top, under the hood is a MediaTek processor clocked at 1.8Ghz, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of expandable storage, dual-SIM support, a 13 MP rear camera with LED flash, a 16 MP selfie shooter possibly with a LED flash of its own, an IR blaster, a fingerprint sensor on the back, and a 4,010 mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging.

The A1 will run on Android 7.0 Nougat with Gionee's Amigo OS 4.0. The handset is expected to be released globally around April, and should cost around $336 at the current exchange rates.

Nougat Update Affects Battery Life Of Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

Samsung hasn't been having the best of times lately and it now seems the Nougat update to their flagship devices (Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge), just reduced the battery life.
A number of tests just revealed that the battery life of both devices have been affected by around 10%.

Tests 

The screen brightness of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge were both turned all the way up to 200 units, and the same testing standards were used as for most devices. However, it was also noted that the battery life of the devices also declined with the age of the device.



After taking the battery test on Android 6.0 Marshmallow, the devices were updated to Android 7.0 Nougat running kernel version 3.18.14. After installing the latest updates, the same battery tests were conducted once again and the following scores were recorded


The Galaxy S7 scored approximately 6 hours ofbattery life on Android 7.0 Nougat, while it was 6 hours 37 minutes on Marshmallow. Whereas the Galaxy S7 Edge ran for 6 hours 35 minutes on Nougat but scored 7 hours 10 minutes on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

This means that the Galaxy S7 has suffered a 9.4% decline in battery life, while the Galaxy S7 Edge battery life has dropped by 8.1%. Hopefully, Samsung can address the issue of declined battery life and work on an update to bring back the lost battery life, if not improve it even further.

Siri Is Ready for the Super Bowl… Are You?

You may want to invite one more "person" to your Super Bowl party: Siri.

Apple's virtual assistant is a football know-it-all. You can bone up on your football facts ahead of the big game by asking Siri everything from who is performing at the halftime show to whether Tom Brady or Matt Ryan have more rushing yards.

Uber Wants To Build Flying Cars

Uber may have made a name with it's car services into the mainstream, but the car sharing company clearly has ambitions that really stretch beyond your imagination. 



According to  Bloomberg, Uber recently hired a former NASA engineer, Mark Moore who has a good knowledge of flying car technology.

Gone In 60 Seconds : Xiaomi Mi Mix Sells Out Within 60 Seconds In Flash Sale.

The speed at which devices sell out during flash sales in China is really alarming. It started with Nokia now It's Xiaomi. Xiaomi's White Mi Mix was put up for a flash sale and things were over in just 60 seconds. 

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X to Launch Today; Green Variant Appears in Leaked Render

As teased earlier, Xiaomi is set to launch the Redmi Note 4X on Wednesday, and just ahead of 
the launch, a render of the upcoming smartphone has been leaked. The leaked Redmi Note 4X 
image shows that the beefed up version of the Redmi Note 4 sees no design change on the 
outside, except perhaps a new colour variant.