Android news # 48: Galaxy S7 expandability and Huawei Mate 8 – Android Planet

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‘Samsung Galaxy S7 storage expandable with micro-SD card

Unlike its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy S7 storage facility weather expandable with a micro SD card. Or, also the battery is replaceable, such as when the Galaxy S5 is the case, is not clear. According to the latest rumors, Samsung Galaxy S7 brings in two versions: a ‘flat’ variant with a 5.2 inch screen and a larger Edge version which screen (5.7 inches) at the top and bottom is curved . Also, the screen edges would be bent to the left and right side, as with the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge Edge +. Last month, surfaced a few renderings that give an idea of ​​how this might look.

High-end Huawei Mate 8 officially with metal enclosure

Huawei has this week presented its new flagship. The Huawei Mate 8 is powered by the new Kirin 950 chip and runs natively on Android 6.0 with Huawei’s EMUI 4.0 Skins. The Huawei Mate 8 will be available early next year in China and will later get a worldwide release. The Mate 8 is equipped with a 6-inch screen with thin bezels and a full-HD resolution, a metal casing and Huawei’s own Kirin 950 chip with a octacore processor (2.3GHz x 4, 4 x 1.8GHz) . Furthermore, the Huawei Mate 8 equipped with a fingerprint scanner, a 16 megapixel camera on the back and an eight megapixel front camera and 3GB RAM / 32GB storage and 4GB of RAM / 64GB storage.

Google makes early next year mobile websites faster

Google launches early next year Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), an initiative to mobile websites for quicker loading. AMP is an open standard that a large part of the slow loading elements of html, including javascript but also codes to be retrieved on external pages. Furthermore, known components of HTML5 as ‘img’ (images) and “audio” is replaced by a custom element AMP, AMP and determine what load first. AMP must ensure that sites between 15 and 85 per cent load faster, which is an ideal solution for online publishers. They can articles easily in the new format integrate and take advantage of Googles servers, provided they meet the conditions of the search giant.

Xiaomi introduces metal Redmi Note 3 with substantial battery

The Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi has Redmi Note 3 should be and do. The successor of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 has a metal casing, a fingerprint scanner on the back and a large 4000 mAh battery. With a thickness of 8.64 millimeters and a weight of 164 grams the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 is a fraction thicker and heavier than its predecessor. The unit still has a 5.5 inch screen with full HD resolution and 2GB / 3GB RAM. Furthermore, the device has two cameras, with 13 and 5 megapixel and support for dualsim, 4G and Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac. The device runs on MIUI 7, the operating system based on Android Lollipop and costs 132 Euros for the 2GB RAM / 16GB storage model. For the version with 3GB RAM / 32 GB storage, you pay converted 162 euros.

Google may change lockscreen code on many Android devices

Google is in many Android devices on remotely change the lock screen code or disable screen saver, so that investigators can view the contents of the aircraft. In this way, evidence can be gathered against (potential) criminals. If encryption is enabled on a device, such as is the case with devices running on Android 6.0, then the lock screen code is not adjustable at a distance in order to gain access to the device content. Encryption prevents Google can remotely change the lockscreen code, but can also slow devices. This is due to Full Disk Encryption, which ensures that files that need to be read out first be unlocked.