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Honor View 20 coming to the Netherlands: powerhouse with cameragat
In China and the United States presented Itself to the View 20 earlier, but now the manufacturer has also a European release announced. From 29 January you can Honor View 20 buy in the Netherlands for 549 euro. The Honor View 20 has a striking design, with a 6,4 inch screen that nearly the whole of the front fills. At the top of the image is a small hole for the 25 megapixel-selfiecamera. Honor, a dochtermerk of Huawei, is one of the first manufacturers that are smartphone provides of such n cameragat. Also the phone has a 48 megapixel camera on the back.
→ Read more in our preview of the Honor View 20
‘This are the specs of the Motorola Moto G7 and G7 Plus
After earlier this week it was announced that Motorola new Moto G series soon presents, now all of the specifications of the devices appeared. The specifications were accidentally on the Brazilian website of Motorola, and then ged by CNET. Because of this, we know exactly what we will be setting up the phones can expect. It seems that the Moto G7 and Moto G7 Plus modest upgrades compared to their predecessors, the Moto G6 and Moto G6 Plus. The design is slightly modified and the devices running on Android 9.0 (Pie).
→ Read more about the specifications of the Motorola Moto G7 series
Samsung Galaxy S10 is more expensive than its predecessor’
Now the unveiling is approaching, more and more details about the Samsung Galaxy S10 to the outside. The Italian website TuttoAndroid claims to know how expensive the Samsung trio. The entry-level model, the Galaxy S10 Lite (or samsung Galaxy S10E) with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage, 779 euros in costs. For the ‘normal’ Galaxy S10 with the same ram and storage you pay for 929 euros. This is significantly more than the Galaxy S9 with outcome cost. For this unit you paid 849 euro. The Galaxy S10 with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of storage costs a whopping 1179 euros. The entry-level model of the Galaxy S10 Plus (6GB + 128GB) will cost 1049 euros. This is 100 euros more than the Galaxy S9 Plus at launch.
→ Read more about the price of Samsung Galaxy S10
Google Assistant will redesign with more compact appearance: it looks like this
The Google Assistant has a new look and feel, making it smart tool a little more user friendly. The most important for the redesign of the Google Assistant is that the buttons are closer to each other, making the functions easier with one hand can control. The buttons for Google Lens, the Assistant itself and the keyboard stood at the bottom quite far from each other. In the new look, the buttons are more compact and more accessible.
→ Read more about the redesign of the Google Assistant
Rumor: LG presents G8 ThinQ on February 24,
According to the usually reliable ETNews grabs LG the night before the Mobile World Congress from start to its latest smartphone present. On Sunday, February 24, would an event take place in Barcelona, and possibly the smartphone shortly after in the shops. LG chose in 2016 and 2017 for its high-end smartphone, at the time, the G5 and G6, during the MWC to be present. The alleged G8 comes relatively early in the year, although it is still unclear when the actual release takes place. It is notable that LG at the beginning of February also the V40 ThinQ in the Netherlands as well as abroad.
→ Read more about the unveiling of the LG G8 ThinQ