New update lets you fully disable the Bixby button on your Samsung phone

New update lets you fully disable the Bixby button on your Samsung phone

Back in September Samsung finally addressed a big pain point for many users of its flagship smartphones by . There was a catch, however. While disabling the key did ensure that it wouldn't load the Korean company's assistant service if pressed, the button wasn't fully dead. In fact, after being disabled it started acting like the power button for whatever reason. Pressing it resulted in waking up the screen. Needless to say, this state of affairs has irked certain Samsung customers. And now the company is finally issuing a fix, in the form of a new update for the Bixby service and Bixby apps. Once you grab these from the Galaxy Apps store on your , , or , if you choose to disable the Bixby key it will actually be disabled. For good. Killed. Once you flip that switch, it's as if the button simply ceases to exist pressing it will not do anything.

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New Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus render suggests FullView screen

New Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus render suggests FullView screen

the Redmi Y1 and Redmi Y1 Lite and now another Redmi handset is on its way. A render of the Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus appeared on Weibo, suggesting the device will have FullView display with 18:9 ratio, which would be a first for Xiaomi. The image, if real, shows a dual camera on the back and a dual-LED flash, all lined in a vertical setup. Below them is a fingerprint scanner in a similar fashion like the Redmi Note 4. Rumors suggest the Redmi 5 Plus will arrive with Snapdragon 625 or the newer 630 and the RAM could be 3 GB, paired with 32 GB of storage. We are waiting for information from Xiaomi about the alleged new Redmi flagship. Until then well keep you updated with all the latest rumors and leaks.

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HTC to launch dual-cam phones in 2018

HTC to launch dual-cam phones in 2018

Weve seen the and its Plus-sized sibling being launched, but both devices missed one key feature that most other 2017 flagships had a dual camera. According to HTC President Chialin Chang, the company will implement it next year, once it figures out how to make it stand out. Chang confirmed that HTC is going to match its 2017 release strategy and launch only five or six smartphones next year. It also plans to jump into the grinder that is the Chinese smartphone market. It is dominated by affordable to mid-tier devices with a price tag not more than CNY2,000/$300. This would be a massive change for the company that was never particularly strong in the low-end. Chialin Chang also commented the . It is still on track and has to be approved by shareholders by early 2018. The president withheld comments on HTCs involvement with the Google phones despite the information that the Taiwanese company designed and manufactured the .

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New Nokia Steel Limited Edition models now available

New Nokia Steel Limited Edition models now available

New Limited Edition models Full Black and Rose Gold for the Nokia Steel smartwatch are now available to purchase from the company's official website. The former costs $129.5, while the latter will set you back $149.95. An additional wrist band (in leather) is also available for both models, but that'll cost $50 for the Full Black variant and $30 for the Rose Gold variant. For more information or if you want to place an order, head to the link below. |

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Samsung Galaxy Note8 sales in South Korea hit one million mark

Samsung Galaxy Note8 sales in South Korea hit one million mark

The went on sale in the company's home country of South Korea towards the end of September. So it's been just over a month, and fresh reports say that over a million Note8 units have already been sold in the country. While that's no doubt great news for the company, it doesn't come as a surprise, given that the handset has seen through the first month of its sales. In a step that'll likely boost sales figures even further, the tech giant is also launching a new Galaxy Note8 color option in its home market: Maple Gold. The new model will come in 64GB storage option, and retail for around $980.

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Apple scores record-high fiscal Q4

Apple scores record-high fiscal Q4

Right when its flagship iPhone X, the company also announced its fiscal Q4 results. Cupertino reported a revenue of $52.6 billion between July and September, a 12% increase year-on-year. International sales accounted for 62% of the income. According to the report, Apple sold 46.67 million iPhones, 10.3 million iPads and generated $8.5 billion via its Services in the fiscal quarter. This marks an all-time high revenue for services that include digital content, AppleCare, Apple Pay, licensing and other services. With Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Christmas around the corner, Apple is looking forward to a great holiday season and couldnt be more holiday quarter points to $84-$87 billion revenue and gross margin of around 38%. Apple the iPhone trio in September, along with the . The most important announcement the i is just launching, so we'll have to wait until the next report to see the impact it has on sales.

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