US Attempt to Unlock iPhone Could Impact New York Case: Apple

Apple Inc said the US Justice Department’s new attempts to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters without the tech giant’s help could eliminate the government’s need for its assistance in a similar dispute in New York. The company’s position was laid out in a letter filed on Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, seeking to delay briefing in the Justice Department’s appeal of a ruling that protects Apple from unlocking an iPhone in a drug case. The letter came after US prosecutors on…

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Amazon’s Mega Mobile Sale: Discounts on Moto G, OnePlus X, and More

Amazon has kicked off its Mega Mobile Sale on Monday where the online marketplace is offering discounts on smartphones. In addition to these deals, consumers shopping on Amazon until Thursday can also get an additional 10 percent extra discount on every purchase made via Citi Bank debit and credit cards during the Mega Mobile Sale. Some of the smartphones available under the new Amazon’s Mega Mobile Sale are the Motorola Moto G (Gen 3) 16GB model available at Rs. 9,999 after a flat Rs. 1,000 off; Coolpad Note 3 16GB…

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Meizu m3 note Set to Launch on April 6

It seems Huawei is not the only Chinese company planning to showcase a new smartphone on April 6. Meizu has now announced an event on the same day where the company is expected to launch the m3 Note smartphone in China. The company made the announcement on Weibo and also launched a dedicated website for the April 6 launch event. The website doesn’t give any detail about the upcoming Meizu m3 Note, but it does tease it with a tagline that says, “Pretty fast, thin, long-lasting” hinting about the processor,…

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OnePlus 3 With Snapdragon 820 SoC Spotted in Benchmark Results

OnePlus has been working on its third flagship smartphone for months now, which Co-Founder Carl Pei claimed will sport a “new design,” and is expected to launch in the second quarter of this year. Now, the rumoured OnePlus 3 has been spotted in AnTuTu benchmark results tipping the innards of the handset. According to the benchmark listing, the OnePlus 3 comes with the model number OnePlus A3000 and features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC; Adreno 530; 4GB of RAM; 16-megapixel rear camera; 8-megapixel front camera, and runs Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.…

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Vivo Y31L With 4G Support, 5-Megapixel Front Camera Launched at Rs. 9,450

Vivo has launched its new 4G-enabled Y31L smartphone in India. Priced at Rs. 9,450, the Vivo Y31L smartphone is now available to buy in Black and White colours. The new Y31L smartphone is an India-specific model of the Vivo Y31A that recently launched in China. The Vivo Y31L is a dual-SIM supporting smartphone that runs FunTouch OS 2.1, based on Android 5.1 Lollipop. The handset features a 4.7-inch qHD (540×960 pixels) resolution IPS display and is powered by 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor, clubbed with 1GB RAM and Adreno…

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HTC 10 Flagship Smartphone’s New Teaser Touts ‘New Boom’

HTC has come out with a fresh teaser for its upcoming flagship smartphone which promises ‘new boom’. The Taiwanese company has shared an image on Twitter showing the speaker grille of what appears to be the HTC 10, with the text, “Here comes the new boom. You’ll hear it.” As with earlier teasers, this tweet is accompanied by the hashtag “powerof10.” Based on the leaked renders we’ve already seen, HTC has removed the front dual speakers from the handset, which suggests that they will be placed on the back panel.…

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