Another quarter, another disappointing result for the mobile business at LG Electronics. The company posted its financial report for the past three months and the Mobile Communications Company said sales were down 21.3%, compared with the same period last year. At least they went up 6.8% on a quarterly basis, but the reason for the poor results are the competitors from China and their "aggressive pricing". Speaking in numbers, the Q2 2019 sales were KRW1.61 trillion ($1.38 billion), while the operating loss was KRW313 billion ($268.4 million) due to the higher marketing investment...

Update (7/30/19 @ 9:30 AM ET): Sprint and Verizon are now rolling out the Night Mode update to the Samsung Galaxy S10 series. When the Samsung Galaxy S10 series first launched , we were surprised its camera app didn’t have a dedicated night mode and only a Bright Night scene optimizer. Samsung later added a dedicated night mode to the camera, but the results weren’t that great at first. Through subsequent updates, Samsung massively improved the new night mode. The update bringing the dedicated and improved night mode has rolled out to most Exynos devices in the Samsung Galaxy S10 and Samsung Galaxy Note 9 series , and it is now finally rolling out to the Snapdragon U.S. S10+ models, starting with AT&T. Thanks to KenC from the SamCentral Discord server, we know AT&T is rolling out this update to Samsung devices right now. The camera now has a dedicated night mode and QR code scanner. The night mode does help a lot at night as our own Idrees Patel found it to be a worth...

LineageOS is open-source and one of the most popular custom ROMs available to the community of tech tinkerers. It is also one of the most preferred solutions for installing the latest version of Android on a device that no longer receives software support from the company. While the list of Android devices officially supported by LineageOS is fairly long, many developers take advantage of the open-source nature of the custom ROM and extend support unofficially to many devices which miss out on official updates from manufacturers. The Lenovo K6/K6 Power/K6 Note, as well as the Lenovo Tab4 8 Plus, are among the latest devices to get unofficial LineageOS 16 with Android 9 Pie. Lenovo K6/K6 Power/K6 Note XDA Forum The Lenovo K6 series dates back to September 2016 and was launched with Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box. All three – the Lenovo K6, the K6 Note, and the K6 Power – come with fairly similar specifications under the hood including a Snapdragon 430 SoC and up to 4GB of RAM...

There are obvious benefits to using cloud storage: easy access to files, secure backup, easier collaboration, no chance of losing a physical hard drive — the list goes on. Unfortunately, the big boys will make you pay ridiculous sums for this privilege. But look elsewhere and you can find some really affordable options. For example, right now, you can get lifetime access to 2TB of storage with ThunderDrive for $59 or the same with Degoo for $59.99 at the XDA Developers Depot. Why go with these options? To start, cloud storage with ThunderDrive is faster than the equivalent storage at Amazon and uses 256-AES encryption to keep your data secure. You can upload and access files on pretty much any device via the web, and it’s extremely easy to share files with friends and family. If you’re looking for fast, reliable, and flexible storage, this solution is hard to beat. Degoo Premium offers more cloud storage than Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive combined. You can back up all your ...

Last month vivo sub-brand iQOO said that it will launch its 5G smartphone in Q3 2019, meaning anytime between July and September. And now, the company has announced that its 5G smartphone - dubbed iQOO Pro - will arrive in August. vivo hasn't divulged much about this 5G smartphone but has shared a poster on Chinese social network Weibo showing the back of the phone. The image is quite dark but reveals a design similar to the original iQOO launched back in March. Increasing the exposure of the poster also confirms the triple rear camera on the iQOO Pro. Notice the triple camera...

Vivo dipped its toe into the water with the vivo NEX Dual Display last year and it looks like the company is ready for another take on the dual-display design. LetsGoDigital unearthed a patent that was filed in September 2018 and is now approved by the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Office). The patent contains 37 sketches of two smartphone designs. Both smartphones are depicted with two displays with small differences in the design. Model A has an O-ring LED on its back similar to the original vivo NEX Dual Display, but it's off-centered this time around. The LED ring serves as a...