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Gionee has introduced a new 4G LTE-enabled Android 7.1 smartphone ‘M7’ to its line-up. Measuring 7.2mm thick and weighing 180g, this mid-range smartphone boasts a 6.01 2160 x 1080 18:9 FHD+ FullView AMOLED 2.5D curved glass display, a 2.3GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio P30 processor, an ARM Mali-G71 MP2 GPU, a 6GB RAM and a 64GB of expandable internal storage (up to 256GB).

Adopting a unibody metal design, the handset sports an 8MP front-facing camera, a 16MP rear-facing camera with f/1.8 aperture, 6P lens and LED flash + 8MP secondary camera, a fingerprint sensor on the back, an FM radio, a 3.5mm audio jack and a built-in 4000mAh battery with fast charging.

Running on Android 7.1.1 Nougat OS with Amigo OS 5.0 on top, the M7 provides 4G VoLTE, dual-band WiFi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS + GLONASS and NFC for connectivity. The Gionee M7 is available now for 2,799 Yuan (about $422). [Product Page]

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There are a few words of advice regarding windows of opportunity, but seems that Essential, by Android godfather Andy Rubin, may have thrown all those out the window. And now they might be reaping what it sowed. Hyped, late, and imperfect, the Essential PH-1 smartphone may have sold only around 5,000 units, putting it well below most major OEMs and … Continue reading

If you in the market for a new high-end smartphone and haven’t yet decided what to get, then Sony just added one more for you to consider. Just a week after the Xperia XZ1 became available, Sony is putting the Xperia XZ1 Compact in pre-order. Considering what you’re getting for its price, this smaller flagship might actually be a better … Continue reading

Compared to the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, the iPhone X’s release has been “delayed” to November. Of course it could have been Apple’s plan all along, but there have been various reports suggesting a number of reasons as to why the iPhone X might be launching in November, with some citing production problems as one of the reasons.

However according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal (via BGR), one of the reasons why the iPhone X was delayed to November was because Apple was trying to include Touch ID on the phone until the very last minute. The report claims that Apple really wanted to embed Touch ID into the iPhone X’s display and that they could not get it to work in time which could have contributed to the iPhone X’s production being delayed, hence the release in November.

The report reads, “Apple initially hoped to equip the iPhone X with the Touch ID function, which allows users to open the phone by scanning their fingerprint. But incorporating the scanner into the new OLED display proved problematic, and Apple eventually scrapped the scanner on the new phones. The episode contributed to iPhone X sales being pushed back til November, people familiar with the matter said.”

This is interesting because an earlier report suggested that Apple had dropped their plans for Touch ID a while ago, and that the company early on decided that Face ID was the way to go. Of course we can’t say that with 100% certainty, but Apple’s decision to forgo Touch ID on the iPhone X was somewhat controversial, but we guess we’ll have to wait and see how Face ID performs to know if Apple made the right call.

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