AT&T expands its 5G network to 22 new cities and introduces mmWave 5G+ in some markets

2020 is the year when 5G will become more of a reality for most people. The major US carriers are all boasting about 5G, but not all of these networks are the same. AT&T tried to hop on the bandwagon before everyone with their fake “5Ge,” but they also rolled out real 5G in the form of sub-6GHz connectivity last year. This week, AT&T is expanding its 5G network and making mmWave available to consumers.

5G powered by mmWave is the fastest offering, but it has pretty severe limitations. This is the same 5G technology that Verizon is using and it requires customers to be in very specific locations to access it. But when you can get it, AT&T promises speeds up to 2Gbps.  Only the Galaxy S20+ and Galaxy S20 Ultra support mmWave on AT&T, not the carriers variant of the Galaxy Note 10+ 5G. The company’s mmWave network, which they are calling “5G+,” is available in 35 cities.

Last month, AT&T expanding its coverage of sub-6GHz 5G to more cities. This week, they are adding 22 more markets to the list, bringing the total number up to 80. Those markets include:

Albany, Ga.; Albany, N.Y.; Athens, Ga.; Beaverhead County, Mont.; Binghamton, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Denver, Colo.; Hamilton, Ohio; Lancaster, Pa.; Lincoln County, Mont.; Madera County, Calif.; Madison County, Va.; Mono County, Calif.; Provo, Utah; Raleigh County, W. Va; Ross County, Ohio; Santa Rosa, Calif.; Springfield, Ohio; State College, Pa.; Sussex County, N.J. and Worcester, Mass.

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Source: AT&T | Via: 9to5Google

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Motorola Edge+ leaked renders show off waterfall display and triple cameras

Motorola (Lenovo) has been doing a bang-up job in the low-end and mid-range smartphone segment. The Moto G7 series was very successful, and they’ve followed it up with the Moto G8 series. However, the company is set to return to the flagship market this year with the Motorola Edge+. We’re getting a new look at the device thanks to some leaked renders.

We exclusively reported on a Motorola device with 5G and a 90Hz waterfall display last month. At the time, we didn’t have a name, but we’ve since discovered it will be called the Motorola Edge+. We also had a few real-life photos of a different Motorola device that will share the same design as the Edge+. Today, we’re getting a better look at it through some renders.

The leaked renders give us a much clearer look at the Motorola Edge+. The front of the phone features a small punch-hole in the top left corner and a display that wraps dramatically around the edges. This matches up perfectly with what we saw from the other 5G Moto phone. Around back, we can see the three cameras arranged in a vertical stack and an LED ring around the Motorola logo.

The bottom edge of the phone features a USB-C port and a speaker grill. Surprisingly for a flagship phone, the top edge looks to have a 3.5mm headphone jack. There is said to be an under-display fingerprint scanner as well. Unlike some previous phones with waterfall displays, the Motorola Edge+ appears to still have physical volume and power buttons.

There aren’t any new specifications to note from this report, but we can recap what we know already. The display is 6.67-inches with a resolution of 2340 x 1080 and 90Hz refresh rate. It will be powered by the Snapdragon 865 with support for 5G. The device will have 8 or 12GB of RAM, a 5,169mAh battery, and Android 10. There’s still a lot we don’t know about this upcoming device.

Source: Pricebaba

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Motorola Moto G8 is finally official with Snapdragon 665 and triple rear cameras

The Moto G8 series has been a bit of an odd collection of devices. Motorola kicked off the series with the Moto G8 Plus and Moto G8 Play. The company then announced the Moto G Power and Moto G Stylus, which seem like they should be in the G8 family, but don’t share the branding. As all these phones have been launching, we’ve been waiting for the standard Moto G8. That day has arrived.

We’ve known about the Moto G8 for a while now. Our Editor-in-Chief, Mishaal Rahman, published exclusive information about the device back in January. Leaked renders also revealed the design of the smartphone ahead of time. Today, Motorola is making the Moto G8 official and it confirms all of our previous reports.

As you would expect, the Moto G8 is an evolution of the Moto G7. There aren’t massive upgrades here, but a lot of little updates that should make for an improved device. Most notably, the processor has been bumped up to the Snapdragon 665 and there is a beefier 4,000mAh battery. Keeping with the internals, the Moto G8 has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.

The Moto G8 has three cameras on the back this time. The main camera is 16MP and it is joined by an 8MP wide-angle camera and a 2MP macro camera. Motorola claims the main camera is “fast-focusing,” while the wide-angle camera with 119-degree FOV can fit “4x more in your frame.” The macro camera can get you “5x closer to your subject than a normal lens.” The front camera is 8MP in the punch-hole.

One area that is actually a downgrade from the Moto G7 is the display. Motorola has equipped the Moto G8 with a larger 6.4-inch LCD screen, but it’s lower resolution than the G7 (HD+ vs FHD+). Lowering the resolution on a larger display is never a good thing.

The Moto G8 is available today in Brazil for 1,299 Reals (~$282) and it will roll out over the coming weeks in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Australia. The device will also be available in the UK via Amazon, Argos, and John Lewis for £179 (~$231).

Specification	Moto G8
Display	6.4-inch, HD+, single hole-punch
SoC	Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
RAM	4GB
Storage	64GB
Rear Camera(s)	16MP 2MP Macro lens 8MP 119° wide-angle
Front Camera	8MP
Battery	4000mAh, 10W charging
Ports	USB-C, headphone jack
Software	Android 10
Security	Fingerprint scanner (physical)

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Source: Motorola

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TCL shows off two concept phones with rollable and tri-foldable displays

Smartphones started off as small-screen devices that could easily fit into our palm, and gradually gained bigger displays till the point they could not fit into our pockets. To shrink them back down again, the war on bezels eliminated all the holding areas on the front of the device, giving us our current generation of smartphones that have a near bezel-less experience. Foldables are considered to be the next big leap for the plateauing smartphone market, as they converge the ideas of maximizing screen size while balancing the size of the device. We’ve already seen a few foldable smartphones by now, like the Samsung Galaxy Fold, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, the Motorola Razr, and the Huawei Mate Xs, and all of them take different approaches in their execution. TCL has a few ideas of its own, so the company is now showing off two concept phones: one with a rollable display and one with a tri-foldable display.

TCL Concept with Rollable Display

This concept smartphone isn’t exactly a folding smartphone within the strict and conventional definition of the term. But it does utilize a flexible display to build upon the same concepts of a folding smartphone. This concept primarily shows off TCL’s display prowess through their partly-owned subsidiary, CSOT (China Star Optoelectronics Technology), as well as the room for innovation and thinking outside of the box when it comes to folding smartphones.

The TCL rollable display Concept phone claims to be the world’s first rollable extendable smartphone concept, and we are inclined to take their word for it.

As previously leaked, this concept phone uses internal motors to extend a 6.75″ AMOLED display to a 7.8″ display size at the press of a button. When not in use, a motor-driven sliding panel conceals the flexible display.

If you have difficulty imagining the rolling action on the device, think of it as a Xiaomi Mi MIX Alpha smartphone, but with a protective casing on the back display — the display is stored flat underneath the casing, and you can extend the device by pulling out on one side on the front.

The phone is said to be just 9mm thick, which is about the same as the Galaxy S20 Ultra, so it retains practical usability. TCL also claims that because of a larger axis and rolled display, the device has no wrinkles or creases, thus tackling one of the annoyances with current-generation folding smartphones. With this smartphone, one can enjoy some of the best qualities of all existing folding phone designs — you get a normal-sized phone opening into a bigger tablet, like the Galaxy Fold and the Mate Xs, but at the same time, you can protect the unused display and not leave it exposed on the other side while still avoiding packing a second display. And of course, no claimed creases or wrinkles.

TCL Concept with tri-folding display

If you want your smartphone to unfold into an even larger tablet, you should pay attention to this TCL Concept. It has a 6.65″ 3K AMOLED display with a 20.8:9 aspect ratio that can unfold on both sides to become a large 10″ tablet.

This concept utilizes both DragonHinge and ButterflyHinge hinge designs, one on either side. TCL claims that there is smooth folding inward and outward with a minimal gap, but these claims remain to be independently assessed.

Only one side of the phone is exposed when in phone-form, which is unlike the Xiaomi folding phone prototype that had two outward-folding sides that left the screen exposed on both the front and back in the phone-form. We are also unsure of why TCL is referring to this concept as a tri-fold display when there are only two folds on it — one inward and one outward. Maybe they are referring to the display partition?

Pricing and Availability

As the names would imply, both of these are concept smartphones. There is no pricing or availability information on these phones, which is to be expected when the word “concept” is used. It is also not immediately clear whether TCL will be showcasing prototypes of these concepts at any future event.

What are your thoughts on TCL’s new rollable display concept and tri-fold concept? Let us know in the comments below!

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Remap the power button on the Samsung Galaxy S20 with sideActions

Customization is a key feature that gives Android smartphones a leg up over their iOS counterparts. Android users love to customize the functionality of each aspect of their phones and the Play Store is chock full of apps that allow you to do just that. Earlier this week, we talked about the aodNotify app for the Galaxy S20 series, which allows you to preview notifications using the Always On Display functionality. And now, we’re back again with a handy app called sideActions that lets you remap the power button the Galaxy S20 devices.

The sideActions app was initially launched back in September last year, following the launch of the Galaxy Note 10 series, and allowed users to remap the S Pen button on the devices. The developer has since updated the app and it now officially supports the new Galaxy S20 series. With the app, you can easily remap the power button to perform any action, like mute your phone, turn on the flashlight, and launch the Google Assistant, or you can use it to launch your favorite apps.

Additionally, the app also lets you remap the volume buttons on your Galaxy S20 and use them to skip tracks while listening to music, or do pretty much whatever you like. The app even supports per-app remapping, which means that you can trigger different actions depending on the app you’re currently in. However, in order to make any of this happen, the app requires a permission that you’ll need to enable using either the included Windows app or manually via ADB. If all of this sounds interesting, you can download the sideActions app from the Play Store link below and take it for a spin on your Galaxy S20. Here’s a list of all the supported features and actions:

Features:

• Doube and long press supported
• Remap the Power Button/side key on Galaxy S20!
• Launch Google Assistant with the Power Button
• Remap the Volume buttons!
• Per app remapping
• Turn on the flashlight with the Power Button
• Disable the Power Button
• Skip tracks with the volume buttons
• High performance! No lags!
• No annoying ads

Actions:

• Turn on flashlight
• Take a screenshot
• Mute phone
• Answer phone calls
• Launch Google Assistant
• Launch camera or any other app
• Switch to last app
• Disable the Power Button
• 35+ actions

Power Button Remapper for S20 Note10 - sideActions (Free⁺, Google Play) →

sideActions thread on the Galaxy S20 Ultra forums

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Twitter now lets you pin lists as tabs, tests “Fleets”, and starts rolling out threaded replies for Android

If you’re an avid Twitter user, you’d already know that the platform’s Lists feature can really help you streamline your feed and make it easier for you to follow specific topics or people. In a bid to make accessing these lists even easier, Twitter is now rolling out a new feature that will allow users to pin lists as tabs right next to the main timeline. According to a recent tweet from the official Twitter Support handle, this new feature has already started rolling out to Twitter on Android and it lets you easily swipe over to your custom lists directly from the home tab.

On Android? Now you can pin Lists to swipe over to them from your Home tab too!

We’re rolling this out starting today. https://t.co/jbLZpi4joG

— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) March 3, 2020

As Android Police explains, the feature can be found within the Lists option in the side menu on the Twitter app. To pin any list as a tab, all you need to do is tap on the new pin icon next to the list and it’ll instantly appear right next to the main timeline on the app’s home screen. However, before you can access the tabbed list, you’ll need to close the Twitter app and launch it again to trigger the tabbed interface. The feature allows you to pin up to five of your favorite lists for quick access.

We’ve been listening to this feedback and working to create new capabilities that address some of the anxieties that hold people back from talking on Twitter. Today, in Brazil only, we’re starting a test (on Android and iOS) for one of those new capabilities. It’s called Fleets. pic.twitter.com/6MLs8irb0c

— Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) March 4, 2020

Along with the aforementioned tabbed lists feature, Twitter is also testing a new feature called “Fleets” which will allow users to share temporary tweets that disappear after 24 hours. According to a recent string of tweets from Kayvon Beykpour, product lead at Twitter, these new Fleets won’t crowd your timeline and can only be viewed by tapping on your avatar. He further reveals that the only way users can interact with Fleets is by sending a DM to the poster, with no option to Retweet, Like or post a public reply. As of now, the new Fleets feature is only being rolled out to Twitter users in Brazil, with no information from the company regarding a wider rollout.

Furthermore, Twitter is also rolling out threaded replies on Android, which was previously being tested on iOS. Our Editor-in-Chief, Mishaal Rahman, has already received the feature on his device and, just as you’d expect, it makes browsing through replies a whole lot easier. The attached screenshot above shows how the threaded replies should appear on your device once the feature finally rolls out to more users.

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Source: Twitter Support, Kayvon Beykpour

Via: Android Police

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Realme Band launched in India alongisde the Realme 6 series

At the recently concluded Realme 6 series launch event in Delhi, the company finally lifted the covers off the Realme 6 and the Realme 6 Pro. The new devices are a major step up from the Realme 5 series from last year and offer some features that were previously limited to flagship devices, including 90Hz high refresh rate displays with hole-punch cutouts for the selfie cameras and support for 30W fast charging. Along with the Realme 6 series, the company also launched its first fitness tracker — the Realme Band.

Much like other fitness trackers in the market today, the Realme Band offers features that cover all your basic fitness tracking needs, including step tracking, automatic heart rate measurement, sleep detection, a water reminder, and a sedentary reminder. For these functions, the band packs in a 3-axis accelerometer and a heart rate sensor (HX3600). Along with the aforementioned fitness features, the Realme Band also includes 9 sports functions to track your activity while playing cricket, cycling, hiking, etc.

In terms of design, the Realme Band looks a lot like other fitness trackers in the market and it has a rectangular polycarbonate body with a 0.96-inch TFT-LCD color display that has a resolution of 80×160 pixels. Sadly though, it isn’t a touch screen like most other fitness bands in the market and features a single capacitive button underneath to allow users to cycle through all the settings.

On the bright side, the Realme Band has an integrated USB Type-A connector hidden underneath one of the removable TPU straps that you can use for charging and data syncing, which is a much better alternative to the proprietary charging docks that come with most other fitness trackers. Powering the Realme Band is a 90mAh battery that is rated for 6-9 days of battery life, depending on whether you use the automatic heart rate measurement or not. The band comes with IP68 rating for dust and water resistance and it connects to your smartphone using the new Realme Link app over Bluetooth 4.2LE.

Speaking of Realme Link, not only will the app allow you to keep a track of the fitness data collected by the Realme Band, but it will also serve as an interface for all upcoming IoT products from the company. It will also let you manage your Realme Buds Air, with options to customize its gestures, update the firmware, and keep a track of the battery life.

Pricing and Availability

The Realme Band will be available on Realme’s website starting today and it will soon be available on Amazon as well. The band has been priced at ₹1,499 and will be available in three color variants — Ink Black, Olive Green, and Light Yellow.

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