Your future flagship smartphone might have Sony’s dual-camera system

Dual-camera setups for smartphones aren’t exactly that new. But there are rumours of the likes of the iPhone 7 and LG G5 that would be sporting this type of camera system. Adding more credence to the rumours is the recent announcement by Sony’s Chief Financial Officer Kenichiro Yoshida that “major smartphone players” will be using Sony’s own dual-camera system.

He was asked by an analyst what his thoughts were on dual-camera adoption in the next one to two years and what these could me for operations. “Well, for next year, our so-called dual lens – dual camera platform will be launched by, we believe, from major smartphone players. However, as I said previously, recently, our smartphone market is growing and particularly, our high-end smartphone market is now slowing down. So, that may impact the demand or production schedule of dual camera smartphones by the major smartphone manufacturers. So, we believe the real start, the takeoff of smartphone with dual lens camera will be in the year of 2017.”

Source: SlashGear

New leak shows off the curved glass back of the Samsung Galaxy S7

Samsung is set to unveil its new flagship devices at the Mobile World Congress on February 21. Leaks of the device have been floating around for a while. The latest one shows off the curved glass back of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. It shows how the similar the new Galaxy devices will look when compared with its predecessor. But the frame does seem more rounded this time. It also sports a new heart rate monitor and what’s speculated to be a larger camera sensor. We just have a few more weeks to wait until the new Galaxy devices get released.

Source: Evan Blass (Twitter) | Via: Cult of Android

Samsung Galaxy S7 tipped for a March 11th release in the US

A new leak by Evan Blass (@evleaks on Twitter) says the US will be seeing the new Galaxy flagship device on March 11^th. Blass, who has a mixed track record when it comes to releasing accurate leaks, didn’t provide any additional details. There isn’t any word yet from Samsung either if there will be a press launch anytime soon. But Samsung’s known to release a new Galaxy flagship around this time. We’ll keep you posted for any updates.

Some of the previously rumoured information include the release of a Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, which will have 5.1-inch and 5.5-inch screens, respectively. There will be Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 and Exynos 8890 processors, 4GB of RAM, 32/64GB of storage with microSD support, a 12-megapixel rear camera alongside a 5-megapixel front camera, and Android 6.0 Marshmallow will power the new Galaxy devices.

Source: Evan Blass (@evleaks) | Via: Android Central

Report claims Google working on new messaging service to take on WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger

If you think Google already has one in the form of Hangouts, well it would seem Google has different plans. According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is reportedly developing a new messaging service to take on the likes of WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Skype. What would set it apart is it would supposedly have artificial intelligence and chatbot technology incorporated into it. This will let users ask questions from within the app as well as receive answers from the web. There is no official word on this report yet so we have to wait for confirmation, if there is any.

Source: Wall Street Journal | Via: Droid Life