Компания DriveSavers предложила клиентом взломать заблокированные смартфоны и планшеты за $3900. Об этом пишет The Verge. 

DriveSavers занимается восстановлением цифровых данных из поврежденных или заблокированных накопителей: SSD, HDD и других карт, смартфонов, камер и других устройств. 

Компания представила новый сервис: разблокировку и возврат данных с устройств, владельцы которых забыли пароль. Такая услуга также поможет получить доступ к телефонам, чьи владельцы погибли, пишет DriveSavers в своём блоге. 

Представители компании обещают восстановить фотографии, заметки, контакты, сообщения и другую информацию с заблокированных устройств от Samsung, Apple, Huawei, Lenovo, Xioami, LG, ZTE и Oppo, а также вернуть их в рабочем виде владельцу. 

В разговоре с The Verge компания рассказала, что разблокировка одного устройства стоит $3900. DriveSavers также потребует от клиента документы, которые подтверждают его право владения смартфоном, например, завещание.

Samsung показала прототип смартфона, который можно сложить пополам. Презентация состоялась на конференции для разработчиков 7 ноября, прямая трансляция велась на YouTube. 

Компания назвала технологию гибкого дисплея Infinity Flex, в развёрнутом состоянии диагональ экрана составляет 7,3 дюйма. Samsung намерена начать массовое производство гибких дисплеев в «ближайшие месяцы». 

На демонстрации представитель Samsung показал неназванный смартфон с замаскированным дизайном. Он не уточнил сроки выхода устройства, сказав лишь, что это будет «скоро». Вице-президент Google по разработке Android Дэйв Берк заявил, что Samsung с гибким экраном выйдет уже в 2019 году, отмечает CNBC.

In 2018, Huawei has managed to come in with various high-end and mid-range devices sporting trendy features. As for the low-end market, the company has announced it will launch three models named the Huawei Enjoy 8, Huawei Enjoy 8e, and Huawei Enjoy 8 Plus. These smartphones are focusing on younger customers. So it’s expected they will cost affordable. On the other hand, the Enjoy-line devices have always come with a stylish look. These models shouldn’t be an exception. But they are considered to be thousand-yuan smartphones. That’s not a secret there is a huge number of customers ready to pay not more than a hundred dollar for a smartphone. In the past two years, this space has been supported by the Y-series. Yesterday, Evan Blass exposed the photos of three new phones from this family including the Huawei Y3 (2018), Huawei Y5 Prime, and Huawei Y6.

The previous models from this family came with humble features and quite affordable price tags. As they belong to the entry-level niche, it’s naïve to wait for a powerful performance or trendy features. Though no information has been revealed concerning their features, the leaked photos show the Huawei Y3 and Huawei Y5 Prime come with no fingerprint identification scanned. On the contrary, the Huawei Y5 Prime and the Huawei Y6 will be equipped with front soft lights. It’s also expected these handsets will come with a 720P screen and 2GB of RAM, at least.

The Huawei Y-series handsets are way lower than the Honor Play 7 series smartphones. Taking into account the release time of previous Y-line devices, we can assume these new models will make their way in the nearest future.

Tablets may not be the most exciting product category these days, but they also aren’t quite as dead as some pundits would like you to believe — and for Huawei, they are actually a growing business. Indeed, the company argues that it’s now the third largest tablet maker in the world. It’s no surprise then that the company today unveiled two (or three, depending on how you want to count) new tablets under its MediaPad brand at its annual Mobile World Congress press conference in Barcelona.

Unlike Huawei’s new MateBook laptops, which feature a rather odd camera that’s built into the keyboard, we’re talking about some pretty standard tablets here.

The new MediaPad M5 tablets will come in two sizes: 8.4 and 10.8 inches, starting at 349 and 399 Euro respectively. For the most part, the smaller and larger tablets have exactly the same specs, with 2560×1600 displays (for a 359 and 280 PPI rating, respectively), Kirin 960 quad-core processors, 4GB of RAM and either 32, 64 or 128 GB of storage space. They also come with pretty standard 8MP front cameras and 13MP rear cameras, all the usual sensors (including a fingerprint sensor) and Android 8.0. All of the SKUs also offer an SD card expansion slot that can bring the total on-board storage up to 256 GB.

There is a third version, too, the 10.8-inch MediaPad M5 Pro, which features the exact same specs as the regular 10.8-inch M5, but with added support for Huawei’s M-Pen. As the company stressed during a briefing ahead of the event, the pen features 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity and support for tilting and shading. The Pro will also support a detachable keyboard and offer a desktop view with expanded file management features.

All versions of the tablet are available in, as Huawei notes, “two iconic colors: Space Gray and Mystic Silver.” LTE support is an option on all versions, too.

The M5s will start shipping in March and will be available in most European countries, as well as the U.S.

We had a bit of time with all of the tablets ahead of today’s announcement. It’s hard to get excited about tablets these days, but the M5’s look like perfectly solid choices if you’re in the market for an Android tablet, with both the build quality and screens being the stand-out attributes here.

Charging your device once or twice a day isn’t something you can’t avoid doing, sadly. Every time you plug and unplug the USB cable into your smartphone you slowly degrade the port until a point in which it stops working altogether. Even more so if you happen to mistakenly pull the cable in a rough way every now and then.

All these problems can be solved with only one accessory, the dodocool DA125S. The device is a magnetic cable with a detachable Micro-USB (or USB Type-C) connector that allows you to charging your phone effortlessly without the risk of damaging the port. It comes with a strong magnet which provides a stable connection during charging and syncing, it also features a reversible design to connect the cable to the connector in the right direction every time.

The super handy cable supports high-efficiency charging of up to 2.4A and high-speed syncing of up to 480 Mbps, it’s made of OFC cores, TPE interlayer and braided Nylon jacket which makes the 3.9ft cable more durable, flexible and tangle-free than standard cables.

dodocool’s magnetic cable is probably one of the most useful accessories you can get for your smartphone in all its simplicity.

dodocool DA125S Specifications

• Material: OFC + TPE + Nylon
• Color: Silver
• LED indicator light color: Blue
• Connection interface: 1 * USB 2.0 connector, 1 * Micro-USB connector
• Data transmission speed: 480Mbps (Max.)
• Input voltage: DC 5V
• Output voltage: DC 5V
• Input current: 2400mAh (Max.)
• Conversion rate: Approx. 90%-96%
• Compatibility: For Micro-USB equipped Huawei, Samsung, HTC, Motorola, Nexus, Nokia, LG, Sony, Blackberry, smartphones, tablets, MP3 players, power banks and more.
• Item length: Approx. 3.9ft / 1.2m
• Item weight: Approx. 0.71oz / 20g

Learn more about the dodocool DA125S 3.9ft / 1.2m Magnetic Micro USB Cable on the company’s official website.

The highly acclaimed (AA’s smartphone of the year 2017!) Huawei Mate 10 Pro can now finally be pre-ordered in the United States. Although Huawei’s exclusive deal with AT&T fell through, hurting its chances at expanding into the mainstream market, Huawei announced to its American fans that they could pre-order the latest flagship through a number of retailers for a February delivery date.

The Mate 10 Pro sports a 6.0-inch, Full HD+ display housed in a nearly bezel-less design. Inside, it’s packing 6 GB of RAM, 128 GB of storage, and runs on a Kirin 970 octa-core processor. Since this is a North American variant, it has full 4G LTE capability on the GSM network of your choice.

When the phone is released, it will cost $799.99. However, pre-ordering the phone through Amazon, Best Buy, or B&H will net you a $150 gift card to whichever retailer you buy from. Shipments begin February 18 for Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H. If you don’t mind waiting for your phone to arrive, you can pre-order through Massdrop and get the phone for just $699.99, though you’ll have to wait until March to receive your phone.

• Pre-order from Amazon ($799.99)
• Pre-order from Best Buy ($799.99)
• Pre-order from B&H Photo ($799.99)
• Pre-order from Massdrop ($699.99)

In other Huawei news, you can buy the Honor 7X smartphone in Nova Red right now direct from Honor. This sub-$200 smartphone comes with 4 GB of RAM, a Full HD+ display, and a Kirin 659 chipset. The first 1,000 orders receive a free protective case, too.

U.S. wireless carriers might have given Huawei and its flagship Mate 10 the coldshoulder, but Mate 9 owners can still rejoice in the goodness that is Android 8.0 Oreo.

Earlier today, Droid Life spotted that the cookie-branded update is rolling out to models MHA-L29 and MHA-L09. The former is the one sold in the U.S. through Best Buy and other retailers, though both models are the international variants.

As for what is new, Oreo introduces persistent notifications, adaptive icons, picture-in-picture mode, and plenty more. It is the most approachable Android version we have encountered and brings a little more polish to an operating system that has been in need of it for a little while.

The update also brings the January 2018 Android security patch and EMUI 8.0, the latest version of Huawei’s software skin. Combined with the hardware, EMUI 8.0 uses artificial intelligence to better manage performance and push lesser-used apps to the background. Additionally, the update brings a new floating navigation dock and a 3D panorama mode to the rear camera.

Finally, the update should bring Project Treble to the Mate 9. However, none of our devices have received the update yet, so we’re unable to confirm at this time. Huawei did tell Android Authority that Treble support would be added with this update, which should help the company fulfill its promise of monthly updates for higher-end phones.

If you have the Mate 9, let us know if you received the Android Oreo update and your experience with it in the comments below.

Roland Quandt‏ has shared new info about Huawei’s upcoming P20 series on Twitter. The usually reliable tipster claims the P20 and P20 Plus will be available in Ceramic Black and Twilight color options, while the Lite model will come in Midnight Black, Klein Blue, and Sakura Pink.

He also said the smartphones will indeed be called the P20 and not the P11, although this has yet to be confirmed in any official capacity.

Considering the fact that Huawei’s P10 lineup launched in eight different colors, we expected the P20 line have more than five color options. We’ll know more when the smartphones get announced, which is expected to happen at MWC in February.

Quandt‏ didn’t share any details about the specs of the devices, but we have a good idea of what to expect thanks to the rumors we’ve heard so far. The P20 and P20 Plus will likely feature the Kirin 970 chipset that also powers the Mate 10 series. The smartphones may house a triple-lens 40 MP rear camera setup with 5x hybrid zoom and feature a facial recognition that’s safer than Apple’s Face ID. Check out the Huawei P20 rumor roundup post to learn more.

Власти США обвинили Huawei в работе с китайским правительством. Опасаясь шпионажа, они давят на операторов сотовой связи, чтобы не допустить начала продаж смартфонов компании, пишет The Information.

Уже мало кто помнит, но некоторое время назад именно Huawei первой представила технологию Force Touch в своем Mate S, а Apple и Samsung выступили в роли догоняющих. Теперь стало известно, что китайская компания готовит к реализации новую технологию, которая получила название 4D Touch.

Впрочем, справедливости ради следует сказать, что новаторство Huawei к успеху не привело: 3D Touch в iPhone работает куда более эффективно. Samsung часто не торопится: пока конкуренты «обкатывают» технологию, компания дожидается ее достаточного развития и оценивает ее рыночные перспективы.

Huawei 4D Touch

Так или иначе, Huawei зарегистрировала торговую марку «Huawei 4D Touch», которая подразумевает какую-то новую технологию силового воздействия. Подробностей пока нет, однако, по слухам, первым устройством с поддержкой 4D Touch станет Huawei Mate 10.