Samsung's Unpacked MWC event Live Streaming: 7:00 p.m. CET / 1:00 p.m. ET / 11:30 pm IST

Samsung Unpacked event is round the corner after so many rumors and reports. As we know Samsung is going to launch its latest flagship, Galaxy S7 at an event. There are many other surprises waiting for us at an event. Here’s the livestream of Unpacked event :

The whole thing kicks off at 7:00 p.m. in Barcelona — that’s 1 p.m. U.S. Eastern and 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time — on Feb. 21, as per Indian Standard Time it is going to begin at 11:30PM.

For the time being you can check out the preview of Samsung Galaxy S7.

Also you can check the news coming from MWC 2016. Well, as a highlight, LG has announced LG G5 with its friends, Huawei has also come up with a new tablet and there’s a new projector from ZTE.

Samsung's Unpacked MWC event Live Streaming: 7:00 p.m. CET / 1:00 p.m. ET / 11:30 pm IST

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ZTE Spro Plus Tablet-cum Projector Revealed at MWC 2016

ZTE adds another Smart projector to Spro family. Today at Mobile World Congress (MWC 2016) ZTE revealed its new Spro Plus Tablet-cum projector powered with android. ZTE Sold 500,000 Units of Spro 1 and Spro 2 the previous generations of companies Smart projectors.

Coming back to ZTE Spro Plus it features a 8.4-inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel Super AMOLED display which makes the device like Tablet, Two four-watt speakers enhanced with Harman Sound with Dolby, microphones that can register voice input from 5 meters away and has Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth, GPS and (if you elect for the right model) LTE antennas. Oh yeah, there’s also a 12.1Ah battery aboard, said to last between three and four hours a charge. Moreover, Spro Plus runs on Android Marshmallow.

Press Release:

ZTE Introduces Spro Plus Smart Projector

Work smart, play hard with the leading smart projector

21 February 2016, Barcelona –ZTE Mobile Devices today unveiled the Spro Plus portable smart projector, following the acclaimed Spro 2. Spro Plus is a new category of the Spro family, and aims to provide a high level of entertainment and business opportunities for users. Spro Plus helps business associates and friends meet anywhere at any time, with its leading voice conference, projection, touch-screen and innovative visual design features. The external USB camera also allows for multi-party video communication via applications like Skype.

“The Spro Plus is ZTE Mobile Devices’ latest example of igniting digital life with imagination,” said Adam Zeng, CEO, ZTE Mobile Devices. “We’re proud of the Spro Plus which showcases a pioneering technology as a first-rate product and delivers an even more intuitive user experience which allows our users to have unlimited business and entertainment opportunities.”

One of the Spro Plus’ highlights is a larger, 8.4-inch Android™ AMOLED touch-screen at 2K resolution, paired with a 12100mAH battery for an enhanced user experience. The Spro Plus will be available in both Wi-Fi only version as well as Wi-Fi and 4G LTE version.

Spro Plus helps users work smart and play hard. Its leading visual capabilities include its vertical and horizontal keystone correction and auto focus, which is its ability to project onto any place in any direction without distorting the image along with automatic focus that keeps the image sharp and clearand this is achieved by its stylish, circular design. It uniquely uses LASER instead of LED technology to project at 500lm, the ideal luminescence for either broad daylight or dark rooms, ensuring the best visual experience for users. This generation of Spro comes with an improved projection ratio. Placing the Spro Plus 2.4 meters away from any surface will project an image up to 80 inches across.

When it comes to great audio, the Spro Plus features a JBL Audio System, which includes high quality audio outputs via two 4w speakers and a crystal clear voice pickup via high performance HARMAN sub-miniature microphones. The 5+ meter voice capability makes it easy to conduct group meetings in any location.

Michael Mauser, President of HARMAN’s Lifestyle Division, said, “We’re very excited to be partnering with ZTE on the Spro Plus. Our engineers have done an outstanding job of developing the JBL Audio system to make the Spro Plus truely amazing. We expect the Spro Plus to be a very strong performer in the marketplace.”

Spro Plus follows the Spro1 and 2, which sold over 500,000 units worldwide and is currently nominated for GSMA’s 2016 Glomo Awards in the ‘Best Connected Consumer Electronic Device’ category. The original ZTE Spro won in the same category in 2015.

ZTE Spro Plus Tablet-cum Projector Revealed at MWC 2016

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LG G5 Availability Details and Official Video Out Now

LG G5 is out, its friends are detailed here. Lot of new features are present in the LG G5 with modular design and much more.

LG G5 is embedded with a 5.3-inch screen Quad HD IPS display (2560 x 1440 / 554ppi) and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Processor. There’s a microSD Card Slot and Always-on Display is also present along with Camera: Rear: Standard 16MP, Wide 8MP / Front: 8MP. It’s camera is fixed with 135 degree wide-angle lens. Graphically it is powered by Adreno 530 GPU, 4GB RAM, 32GB internal storage and much more is present.

Talking about its availability, major U.S. carriers have stated they will be carrying the new flagship this Spring.

AT&T joined Sprint, U.S. Cellular, and Verizon in announcing plans to stock LG’s new flagship smartphone, with the former even rolling out a dedicated landing page to let you guys know about the availability.

Brick and Mortar stores are also talking about availability in Spring. So guys we have to wait for spring to come.

In Another news Lg has posted a video which showcases how actually LG G5 is oging to work. You can have a look at it below:

 Stay tuned for more news on LG G5 and other news from MWC 2016.

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Official: LG G5 Image Gallery

LG G5 is here and world is talking about it due to its modular design. It has come with a design which will allow you to take out the battery from the bottom of the device.

LG G5 smartphone, a brand new design with not only a sleek, metal uni-body featuring a Slide-out Battery and a Modular Typedesign that gives a greater smartphone experience.

LG G5 is embedded with a 5.3-inch screen Quad HD IPS display (2560 x 1440 / 554ppi) and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Processor. There’s a microSD Card Slot and Always-on Display is also present along with Camera: Rear: Standard 16MP, Wide 8MP / Front: 8MP. It’s camera is fixed with 135 degree wide-angle lens. Graphically it is powered by Adreno 530 GPU, 4GB RAM, 32GB internal storage and much more is present.

LG G5 Image Gallery

LG G5 and Friends Gallery

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Official: LG G5 Image Gallery

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LG launched its Compact 360 VR headset

LG launched a compact VR headset along with LG G5 at MWC 2016 today. VR seems to be very much the hot topic now days, We already have the major systems like Oculus Rift and HTC Vive in the market, through to the intentions of Google to develop the Cardboard experience further.

Coming back to the LG 360 VR it has two displays, 1.88” 960x720px each, and is compatible with Google Cardboard and YouTube 360 content. Although, the LG 360 VR will become available this spring, but the pricing is yet to be announced.

LG also unveiled a camera to go along with its headset. The LG 360 Cam is a small, handheld camera, reminiscent of the HTC Re. It uses ultra-wide angle lenses mounted on the front and back of the device to capture content.

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Live Streaming: LG G5 Announcement Event "Play Begins" form Barcelona

LG is going to launch its Flagship LG G5 in this event.Will give some surprises to us? Lets see Livestream by hitting Play button on the video at 2PM CET (6:30 PM IST).

According to all the rumors and leaks LG G5 is powered with latest Snapdragon 820 chip from Qualcomm with 4GB RAM, a large 5.3-inch screen with a super high 4K resolution, a fingerprint sensor at the back. 32 GB of internal storage and a 16-megapixel camera on the back.

The LG G5 is also expected to integrate some innovations like the rumored “magic slot”, which will allow additional hardware to be attached to the phone and bring a few extra features.

Watch all the coverage of Mobile world Congress (MWC) 2016 here on GoAndroid.

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Huawei is Rolling Out Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Honor 7 in India

Huawei Starts Rolling out Android 6.0 Marshmallow stable update to Honor 7 via OTA in India. Earlier in December 2015 company gives the Beta update for the users who are interested to test the new firmware on their device.

Along with Android marshmallow Huawei brings EMUI 4.0 with several new features like professional mode in Camera, Improve Gallery with some more filters and labels, ‘Smart Group’ function has been added to ‘Contacts’, and you now have 4 seconds to cancel the SMS you sent. Company also added a new compass app in the phone. The full change log is posted below.

• [Camera]
  
  • New added professional mode. Under this mode, you can use professional  parameters in any combination to achieve the desired effect
  
  
  • New Added document readjustment function. When enabled, you can clearly capture the text content appearing the lens.
  
  


• [Contacts]
  
  • New added Smart group function will help you to group your contacts according to company or organization names. If you want to group your contacts by this way, you just need to add company or organization names in contacts’ information. Your contacts will be automatically grouped.
  
  


• [Gallery]
  
  • New added Paint filter, Feminine filter and Photo filter. You can get more amazing images now.
  
  
  • New added various labels, you can change the font size, color and location now.
  
  
  • New added creating memo on images supports you customize the unique memo for every image, and then set it as unique lock screen wallpaper.
  
  
  • New added sport watermark element. Now you can add altitude data and your note on your travel photos.
  
  
  • Optimized album functions. Now you can bulk add photos for new album. This  greatly simplifies the process of creating an album and then adding photos to it.
  
  
  • Support you to print multiple images one time. It can save all selected images for printing as PDF and print them together.
  
  


• [Messages]
  
  • New added quickly reclaiming sending message, within 4 seconds after sending a message, you can reclaim it if you regret.
  
  


• [Application]
  
  • New added a compass application, it integrated the functions of level gauge and compass.
  
  
  • New added alarm ring duration selections, now how long the alarm will ring all depends on you!
  
  


•  [System]
  
  • New added screen recording function, with it enabled, you can easily record your screen operating steps, then make it to a small course and share with others.
  
  


•  [Settings]
  
  • New added eyesight protection mode in Display settings, when enabled, the backlight will be soft. It’s very helpful to relax your eye muscles keeping your eyes healthy.
  
  
  • New added scheduled power on and power off functions, when enabled, your phone will auto power on and off, you will have a regular lifestyle which is very important to your healthy.
  
  
  • New added notification panel and status bar will be convenient to look up some settings.
  
  
  • Optimized tone settings adding power on tone, screenshot tone and emergency tone switches.
  
  

Coming to other devices which will get Android Marshmallow update are  Honor 4C, Honor 6 and Honor 6 Plus.

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Preview Samsung Galaxy S7, an Upcoming Flagship

Samsung is going to launch its new flagship device from Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge at an Unpacked event in Barcelona. It’s a day before MWC 2016 is going to kick off. Samsung Galaxy S7 has been on the top spot of the rumor mill since past 6 months. Concluding those leaks we have made preview of Samsung Galaxy S7.

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge has been leaked so much that we know most of all the aspects of the phone from Design to Specs and expected availability dates.

On the basis of those rumors and reports we have managed to do a preview of the Samsung Galaxy S7. Here we start:

Design

Taking onto the Galaxy S7’s design by looking at leaked images and renders. It seems this time also Samsung is coming with hard plastic body with some metal parts embedded in it.

On the front side it is packed with home button with fingerprint scanner in the center and feather touch on menu and back button. It is rumored to have a display of 5.2 quad HD resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels. Further there are some sensors on the top left side with camera of 5MP.

On bottom there’s a microUSB port with 3.5 mm Audio Jack, a microphone and Audio speaker grill.

On the back it is loaded with a 12 Megapixel sensor having LED flash and IR sensor on the back.

Other things include a SIM tray with microSD card slot. Overall it is same elegant look that we have on Galaxy S6 with minimal changes. These changes are improvements over the predecessor of Galaxy S7.

Display

In display Galaxy S7 is going to have 5.2 inch Quad HD display having resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels.

Hardware

First of all, let us tell you, this time also Samsung is going to come with two variants of Galaxy S7. One running with Exynos 8890 processor and other with Snapdragon 820. Well, all other things gonna be same.

Technically other specs includes an Adreno 530 GPU unit, as well as the lavish amount of 4GB of RAM. Along with these, camera specs has also been revealed which stands at 12 MP on back and 5 MP on front.

Samsung Galaxy S7 is going to come with 32GB/64GB internal storage, 3000 mAh and Android 6.0 Marshmallow on Board. Also there’s going to be a new version of the TOuchwiz User interface.

Camera

Camera wise Samsung is going to embed 5 MP shooter on the front side for selfies. On the back, it is going to pack the camera with 12 MP shooter. In numbers it seems to be similar as like of Galaxy S6 but there’s a lot improvement coming in this 12 MP sensor as per the rumors and reports.

Accessories

In accessories it includes Battery Cases as like of Apple providing to their phones.battery cases will be available for €89.99 ($99.9) with a capacity of 2,700 mAhand further it is going to support wireless charging.

If we compare recently revealed Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge battery capacity then these battery cases will double the battery capacity. There’s also a Samsung LED View Flip Cover which is available for (€69.99, or $77.7). There are many more accessories that are included in the list.

Those things are:

• S View Cover


• ClearCover


• Wallet Flip Cover


• Glitter Cover


• Keyboard Cover

Availability

The image above seems to be 99% percent of Galaxy S7 Edge. We still ask you guys to hold on your party until Unpacked event. Until now, we have no hint on the availability of the device anywhere. We also don’t have any information on price of Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge.

More information can be found on our Galaxy S7 portal.

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LG G5 Teaser page Goes Live; Original Back Panel Leak for LG Uplus carrier

LG G5 which is going to hit just few hours from now is now getting some official stuff out. LG owned carrier in South Korea, LG Uplus oriented back panel for LG G5 has been leaked.

LG has also put on teaser page in the U.S. for the launch of LG G5. So are you guys ready for “Play Begins” event? Well, detailing out on the LG’s official U.S. site homepage, there’s a subscription option included on the teaser page allowing interested customers to register in order to receive more details about the upcoming flagship handset.

LG is promising “fast processing speeds” that “make this phone ideal for the ultimate multi-tasker” – almost certainly, the processor inside the new handset is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820, which seems to be quite fast from leaked benchmark results.

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Coming onto another news which consists of back panel leak. Guys over the Times News from South Korea managed to get some images of the LG G5 back panel of LG Uplus carrier of the same country owned by LG. Here’s a look at those panels so that you can get a better look at its design:

Source: LG

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