Android Circuit: Samsung Confirms Galaxy X, OnePlus 5T Review, Galaxy S9 Launch Date Leaks
and you can find the weekly Apple news digest here).
Samsung’s New Release Date For The Galaxy S9
Although the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus handsets are on course for a late Q1 release and a full reveal around MWC in late February, reports this week suggest that Samsung will be looking to provide an almost Hollywood trailer like ‘tease’ of the handsets at CES in January:
Samsung may be ready to reveal its upcoming Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus earlier than expected. While an official launch is still happening later in Q1 2018, the South Korean flagships could be making a cameo at the mammoth CES event in early January.
The report comes from Venture Beat’s Evan Blass, who has a long and accurate career in terms of tipping new features and release dates in the smartphone market. Sourcing “someone briefed on the company’s plans”, Blass points towards a cameo appearance at the annual Las Vegas jamboree which would be in addition to the official launch expected at MWC in late February.
DJ Koh, President of Mobile Communications Business, Samsung Electronics unveils the Galaxy Note8 (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Samsung)
Galaxy X ‘Confirmed'
Also surfacing this week was tacit confirmation of the Samsung Galaxy X. The South Korean company has been demonstrating a folding display for some time, and the geekerati are expecting to see a commercially available handset early in 2018. With a new support page being prepped on Samsung’s website, a release in the very near future is expected:
Details on the Galaxy X have been revealed though a support page on Samsung’s own website (and reported on by Ilse Jurrien for LetsGoDigital). It’s for the SM-G888N0 model. The 888 model number is one that has been discussed previously on Forbes, but the addition of ‘N0’ highlights this as a model for the South Korean market. That fits in with plans for a limited release in one region for Samsung’s first folding Android smartphone.
Google Turns On AI In Pixel Smartphones
Google will be updating the software in all of its Pixel phones next week to switch on Google Lens, the artificial intelligence powered system that recognises objects in the real world and get real-time information about them. Nick Statt reports:
">Right now, Lens won’t be able to identify everything around you. Google says it’s best used on simple items to start. It can identify text, for when you want to save information from business cards, save a URL from a poster or flier, call a phone number written down on paper, or open Google Maps with directions to a written address. Lens can also identify notable landmarks and can pull up information websites and media for art, books, and movies by pointing the camera at film posters, book covers, and museum installations.
Taking a look back at seven days of news and headlines across the world of Android, this week’s Android Circuit includes the new launch date for the Galaxy S9, Samsung confirms the Galaxy X, Google Lens arrives on the Pixel, a review of the OnePlus 5T, Google stops tracking Android handsets, and Cortana arrives in Canada.
Android Circuit is here to remind you of a few of the many things that have happened around Android in the last week (and you can find the weekly Apple news digest here).
Samsung’s New Release Date For The Galaxy S9
Although the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus handsets are on course for a late Q1 release and a full reveal around MWC in late February, reports this week suggest that Samsung will be looking to provide an almost Hollywood trailer like ‘tease’ of the handsets at CES in January:
Samsung may be ready to reveal its upcoming Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus earlier than expected. While an official launch is still happening later in Q1 2018, the South Korean flagships could be making a cameo at the mammoth CES event in early January.
The report comes from Venture Beat’s Evan Blass, who has a long and accurate career in terms of tipping new features and release dates in the smartphone market. Sourcing “someone briefed on the company’s plans”, Blass points towards a cameo appearance at the annual Las Vegas jamboree which would be in addition to the official launch expected at MWC in late February.
DJ Koh, President of Mobile Communications Business, Samsung Electronics unveils the Galaxy Note8 (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Samsung)
Galaxy X ‘Confirmed'
Also surfacing this week was tacit confirmation of the Samsung Galaxy X. The South Korean company has been demonstrating a folding display for some time, and the geekerati are expecting to see a commercially available handset early in 2018. With a new support page being prepped on Samsung’s website, a release in the very near future is expected:
Details on the Galaxy X have been revealed though a support page on Samsung’s own website (and reported on by Ilse Jurrien for LetsGoDigital). It’s for the SM-G888N0 model. The 888 model number is one that has been discussed previously on Forbes, but the addition of ‘N0’ highlights this as a model for the South Korean market. That fits in with plans for a limited release in one region for Samsung’s first folding Android smartphone.
Google Turns On AI In Pixel Smartphones
Google will be updating the software in all of its Pixel phones next week to switch on Google Lens, the artificial intelligence powered system that recognises objects in the real world and get real-time information about them. Nick Statt reports:
Right now, Lens won’t be able to identify everything around you. Google says it’s best used on simple items to start. It can identify text, for when you want to save information from business cards, save a URL from a poster or flier, call a phone number written down on paper, or open Google Maps with directions to a written address. Lens can also identify notable landmarks and can pull up information websites and media for art, books, and movies by pointing the camera at film posters, book covers, and museum installations.
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