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HMD Global’s Nokia 6 2018 Leaks Ahead of Launch When HMD Global began selling Android smartphones with Nokia branding, it started with safe bets, and the strategy paid off — the 2017 Nokia 6 received a lot of attention for high-end specs and affordable price tag. And this year, it seems that HMD Global’s iterating on the work it started. On Thursday, a Chinese retailer prematurely leaked the 2018 version of the Nokia 6. Source: NokiaMob We’ve been hearing about a 2018 variant of the Nokia 6 for a couple of months now, and the product listing fills in the remaining gaps. The Nokia 6 2018 weighs in at 172 grams, and comes equipped with an aluminum unibody, a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, and a 5.5-inch 1080p display. Under the hood, it packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 system-on-chip paired with 4GB of RAM and 32GB/64GB of storage (plus a microSD card slot), depending on the model. The Nokia 6 2018’s other highlights include a 16MP camera sensor on the ba...

Xiaomi Mi A1 Mod Adds Fingerprint Wakeup After Reboot, Night Light, and More The Xiaomi Mi A1 was the first smartphone from the company to ship with Android One , so it isn’t surprising that it’s received a lot of attention since its released. Android One devices sometimes don’t have the same functionality as standard Android phones. But thankfully, XDA Senior Member  Rajeev  created a Xiaomi Mi A1 mod that adds features such as fingerprint wakeup after reboot, which lets you wake the display with third-party lock screen apps, and auto brightness, which adjusts the display’s brightness level to ambient light sources. Here’s the full list of changes: Features Added Fingerprint Wakeup Added voLTE Symbol Instead of HD Added Invisible Power Button in Statusbar Added Night Light Added Auto Brightness Added 4 Row Quick Tiles (v2) If you’re raring to get started, head to the XDA Forums for a full list of installation instructions. Note that while the mod wo...

Dirac partners with AAC Technologies to Bring Enhanced Audio Quality to Smartphones, Smart Speakers, and more For the past few years, audio quality in mobile devices has become an increasingly higher priority. There was a time when audio quality was valued only by a few smartphone vendors, but that trend is slowly changing. We have seen the arrival of smartphones which specifically promote great audio quality as a feature, such as HTC’s smartphones since the One M7 as well as LG’s V series flagships . We have also seen the rise of stereo speakers in mobile, better DACs (such as Qualcomm’s Aqstic DAC ), and in general, a better audio experience. However, there still remains quite a way to go for smartphones to improve in audio quality. This is why AAC Technologies and Dirac Research have partnered to build first-of-their-kind audio systems that integrate Dirac’s audio processing technology with AAC Technologies’ micro-speaker technology. Dirac Research is a...