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Earlier this week, Apple apologised for slowing down users' iPhones without their knowledge LATEST NEWS  :Samsung and LG, two of the biggest smartphone manufacturers, on Saturday claimed they do not slow down phones with old batteries - a practice which Apple admitted to using in iPhones to prevent them from unexpected shutdowns. "Product quality has been and will always be Samsung Mobile's top priority. "We ensure extended battery life through multi-layer safety measures, which include software algorithms that govern the battery charging current and charging duration," Samsung was quoted as saying by PhoneArena. "We do not reduce CPU performance through software updates over the lifecycles of the phone," the company added. Echoing a similar stament, LG committed it "will never" slow down its smartphones. Taiwanese tech major HTC and Lenovo-owned Motorola also confirmed on Thursday that they were not slowing down...

The Google Pixel and Nexus devices are among the first smartphones to receive Android Oreo 8.0 update LATEST NEWS       :Google in August announced Android 8.0 Oreo and released a list of smartphone manufacturers that will be updating their devices soon. The Pixel and Nexus devices will be the first among the first smartphones to receive the update and Google has already confirmed that the carrier testing is underway and the devices will receive it soon. Here are the smartphones that that will receive the update: Google Google Pixel Google Pixel XL The upcoming Pixel devices, which are launching on October 4 are expected to run Google Oreo 8.0 out of the box. Nexus Nexus 5X Nexus 6P Motorola Moto Z Moto Z Droid Moto Z Force Droid Moto Z Play Moto Z Play Droid Moto Z2 Play Moto Z2 Force Edition Moto X4 Moto G5 Moto G5 Plus Moto G5s Moto G5s Plus The rather small list does not feature any phone from Moto...

Smaller players could be routed; major Indian brands may not get any significant advantage Latest news : The Union government is mulling imposing a 15 per cent basic customs duty (BCD) on the import of finished mobile handsets once the Goods and Services Tax (GST) comes into effect. The move is intended to protect manufacturers who have set up units in India and put a curb on the outflow of foreign exchange to countries like China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Boosting local manufacturing or assembly of mobile phones is a key part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s pet project — Make in India. What the government intends to do? The Commerce and Industry Ministry had proposed a customs duty of 15 per cent on smartphone imports. Under the Phased Manufacturing Program (PMP) developed by the ministry of electronics and information technology, the government aims to enable large-scale manufacturing of mobile phones. As local value addition in handsets remains as low as two...

The OnePlus 5 smartphone might launch sometime this summer OnePlus 5 , the next flagship device from the stable of China-based smartphone manufacturer OnePlus, is making a lot of buzz over the internet. The smartphone, expected to launch in a couple of months, is making the tech community keep an eagle eye on every small information available. While big names such as Samsung and LG have already announced their flagship smartphones, the keen wait for the OnePlus 5 is understood, given that OnePlus devices are known to throw in top-tier specifications at half the price of other flagship devices. Recently, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau posted a picture on Weibo confirming the development of OnePlus 5. Soon, the smartphone features, specifications, camera samples and even the price of the smartphone surfaced online. And, as days passed, the OnePlus 5 specification sheet was leaked by an online technology-based portal Slashleaks. Read this: Moon to be developed as a base camp for Ma...