Android news # 42: OnePlus X revelation and the new Google Play – Android Planet

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OnePlus X unveiling probably on October 29

In recent weeks, the necessary details about the OnePlus X leaked, but when the power would be revealed, was still unclear. A tweet from the manufacturer suggests that the presentation takes place on October 29 in London. The X is a little bit smaller and cheaper than the OnePlus two flagship appearing recently and features a slightly lesser specs. So rumors that the phone has a Snapdragon 801- or MediaTek Helio X10 chip. In addition, there would be 2 or 3GB of memory on board and a 2450 mAh battery. Furthermore OnePlus X would be provided with two cameras 13 and 8 megapixels, 4G support, and – unlike the OnePlus 2 – an NFC chip for contactless payments. The price of the device is expected to be around $ 250, which converted amounts to just under 220 euro

Screenshots:. So is the new Google Play look

Google Play , Googles shop for apps, games, media and books, is going to be changed. Interface designer Kirill Grouchnikov Google has shared several screenshots of the new Google Play will look like. What is especially striking about Google Play 6.0, as this version probably will be named, is that the layout of the store is divided into two sections: Apps & amp; Games and Entertainment. It is expected, you can swipe between the sections to switch between them (see example), but the shortcuts of the current version (Apps, Games, Movies & amp; TV, Music, Books and Kiosk) has disappeared from the home screen

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Ghost Push: new malware directed major damage in Play Store

The Trojan Ghost Push, which was recently discovered in Google Play, has over 900,000 Android devices infected. The malware disguised himself as familiar apps and was able to bypass the security of the Play Store. The developers of Ghost Push for saw familiar apps from malicious code and commercials and earned recent weeks millions it. By promoting the rogue apps were these enormous often downloaded in short time. Incidentally, this was also because the viruses were provided with names like ‘Talking Tom 3′, ‘Calculator’ and ‘Assistive Touch. “After downloading could Ghost Push root privileges available to as an Android device to fully on, to show ads and download paid apps.

Disclosure HTC One A9 to live on October 20

HTC has this week sent out invitations for an event on October 20 where The phone maker will unveil its first smartphone with Android 6.0 Marshmallow. In all likelihood, the HTC One A9, whose design and specs leaked earlier. The HTC One A9 disclosure is to be followed at home live via livestream on this page, which will go live on October 20 at 18.00 hours Dutch time. One of the A9 we already know that it gets a metal casing, which looks suspiciously like the frame of the iPhone 6 (S). Furthermore, the new flagship reportedly equipped with a fingerprint scanner and a 5-inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels

Rumor:. Samsung Galaxy S7 gets touch-sensitive screen

The rumors about the new flagship of Samsung follow each other in quick succession on. The latest reports have the Galaxy S7 like the iPhone 6S a screen that can distinguish different levels of pressure. The Samsung Galaxy S7 screen would use the same Clear Force technology as the Huawei Mate S, which, incidentally, with our country a regular screen is released. Clear Force was developed by Synaptics, a well-known maker of touch screens, and offers more possibilities to increase or decrease press to call specific actions. So you could control the speed of scrolling, the screen on a certain way to unlock, but Clear Force also offers new ways to control games.