This is why Samsung did a lot of updates on the Galaxy Note 9

Samsung Electronics announced its latest smartphone 'Galaxy Note 9', which competes in the premium smartphone market.

The design in Note 9 is not an important update in one-year Note 8, but Samsung has strengthened its specification to increase its appeal.

Battery life, storage, speed and processing have been upgraded to be better or better than competitors' products, and Samsung's mobile monopoly Don Koh says "Note 9" Power and Intelligence.

6.4-inch notebook 9 uses a 4,000 mAh battery, with a 21% increase in battery capacity in note 8. It can last for the whole day. In addition, Samsung has doubled its internal layer with the existing 128GB model and the advanced 512GB model. Note 9 can be expanded via microSD card and expandable to 1TB with respect to storage space.

"Loo Wee Teck, Research Director for Consumer Electronics Research, Eufonitor International, said," Samsung strives to compete in a number of games. Highest battery capacity, high storage capacity and more pixels. "

The company has also upgraded the S Pen stylus. S Pen supports Bluetooth feature so you can use the stylus to remote control the camera for self-portrait, slide and video playback. "The Galaxy Note series started the Pebble trend with a screen size greater than 5.5 inches, and it was a stylus at the time of sale," said Lucie.

Note 9 inherited the rear dual camera system, which inherited the 12 megapixel f / 1.5 wide angle of the S9 + cousin and 12 megapixel f / 2.4 telecameras. Equipped with an 8 megapixel front camera.

For regular phones, this Android 8.1 smartphone comes with the latest processors. Note 9 contains Exynos 9810 chip or Qualcomms Snapdragon 845.

Note 9 also includes a water coolant cooling system to prevent overheating and an artificial intelligence system that automatically provides reliable performance.

Local prices and release dates have not yet been announced, but will soon be available in Singapore.

Oppo A3S Secretly Sold in Indonesia

NOT long after returning to the flagship segment via Find X smartphone, Oppo has quietly started marketing a new phone called A3S to fill the mid-range market in Indonesia.

PR Manager of Oppo Indonesia, Aryo Meidianto said, Oppo A3S went on sale in retail stores in Indonesia this week, exactly on July 24, 2018. The official price is pegged at Rp 2,699,000.

"Oppo A3S is the successor of Oppo A83 smartphone before," said Aryo as quoted by  Kompas.

Although named similar, Oppo A3S has a different specification than the A3 that was introduced in China in May.

Oppo A3S screen measuring 6.2 inches with HD + resolution (1,520 x 720 pixels, 19: 9 aspect ratio) and bangs (notch) on top of which includes an 8 megapixel selfie camera unit.

On the back of the Oppo A3S embedded dual camera with 13 megapixel resolution and 2 megapixel camera. Battery capacity is quite large, reaching 4,230 mAh.

The operating system running is Android Oreo 8.1 with custom UI Color OS 5.1.

Oppo A83 is available in two color options, namely Red and Dark Purple.***

Here's the Look of Oppo Find X Case with Camera "Rise-Down"

AFTER four years of vacuum, Oppo series Find now hit the smartphone market with several innovations.

One of which is very prominent is a clean screen of the bezel (frame) or notch though. Body ratios to the Oppo Find X screen are claimed to reach 93.8 percent. Even

though this series eliminates the mainstream notch used other flagship, Oppo does not seem to lose the sense of putting the main components of the device.

 This is especially related to the camera components that are very crucial. Oppo's front and rear cameras are concealed with a motor-moving Stealth Camera camera module mechanism.

 This mechanism allows the camera to rise as needed and back down when it is not in use. The camera module cuts a bit of the part above the display.

 Looking at the shape is quite unique, some people were curious how the shape of the casing Oppo Find X.

 Casing Oppo Find X has been exhibited by PR Manager of Indonesia Oppo, Aryo Meidianto at Gadget Story event which took place at Cafe and Bar Kuppel, Surabaya, last weekend.




 From the image shown, the Oppo Find X case does not close 100 percent, leaving room in the camera section "up and down" when in use.

The back is tightly closed to the side, except for the camera. There are two images shown by KompasTekno.

The only one is softcase and the other is made harder. According to Aryo, several Chinese manufacturers have produced Oppo Find X casing. But for Indonesia, Aryo not sure when will enter. "Just do not know who in Indonesia (when entered)," said Aryo.

 He added the certainty awaits the distribution of Oppo Find X, August 4 next. In China, several online outlets have sold a lot of casing with the design of Oppo Find X.

"So stay aja waiting time, when to arrive in Indonesia," said Mouldie Satria Eka from the YouTube channel SobatHape, who became one of the speakers Gadget Story.

 He claimed to prefer not to use the casing if it is already on the market, "If I mending not use the casing, because the design is already kiniak gini problem given (casing) again," he added.

Galaxy Note 7 Suspected Rare Back Case Exploded

 In the midst of the frenzy of the world's anticipation of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, now rumors that the product "predecessor", Galaxy Note 7 allegedly back in trouble with the battery.

Galaxy Note 7 itself was brought to market and became one of Samsung's best-selling mobile phone problems on the battery in 2016.

Because of the better problem, the smartphone has even been withdrawn. The South Korean manufacturer was willing to issue a new unit that should be safe for use by customers.

But according to Phone Arena, edition of Thursday, July 26, 2018, one of these devices is problematic when the owner goes aboard a commercial passenger plane.

The owner of the Galaxy Note 7 drops it at the bottom of the plane and the handset immediately burns and makes a hole in the carpet of the aircraft.

Given the history, some owners are very fond of this device. They reject Samsung's call to return devices or exchange them with others.

Since January 2017, 96% more than all Galaxy Note 7 devices have been restored to Samsung owners. The manufacturer has also sent an update that prevents the phone from being charged.

But not all Galaxy Note 7 bought by consumers can enter the plane. Some airlines continue to send a sign at the airport stating that nobody can board if they carry the Samsung Galaxy Note 7.

Sammy's (Samsung nickname) support page uploaded on April 17, 2018, asked the consumer of Galaxy Note 7 to transfer his unit to Samsung, where the handset records "pose a security risk". And the risk is not only for the owner of the phone, but also for the people around him.

By reporting the Reddit page, says Phone Arena, there are owners of Galaxy Note 7 who discusses that they still use the phone, including an owner who placed a photo of the battery in his device that started to swell.

The XDA developer page contains instructions for restoring the Galaxy Note 7 that is "dead" to be back again.

If you like the Galaxy Note 7, you can always search for the Samsung Galaxy Note Fan Edition last year. Made from the stored parts of the unreliable device Galaxy Note 7.

The flagship phone has a 3200 mAh battery or a smaller capacity than the 3,500 mAh that was used to turn the Galaxy Note 7 on.

The device also replaces Snapdragon 820 SoC that is used Galaxy Note 7 with Snapdragon 821 chipset.

What about the Galaxy Note 7 in Indonesia? There is no official information from Samsung Indonesia about this problem.

You can send group messages using Siri on WhatsApp for iPhone

Since WhatsApp for iPhone has been updated to version 2.18.80, you can send messages directly to WhatsApp group using Siri.

Basically you can extend Siri's integration into WhatsApp and send individual WhatsApp messages in 2016 using voice for the first time.

WhatsApp for iPhone not only supports Siri through group messages, it also displays images and GIF directly in the notification banner.

You can also use notification banner, scan notification, and preview GIF Peek and Pop gestures without accessing WhatsApp.

With the latest update, you can send messages to the WhatsApp group using Siri and WhatsApp for iPhone.

You do not need to access Apple's WhatsApp and enter messages from the WhatsApp group.

Instead, you can use voices to send important messages to any group of instant messaging applications. This is an extension of Siri's integration with WhatsApp since September 2016.

To send a group message using Siri, ask "I will send a message to WhatsApp Group [name]" while holding down the Syl! "Home" button. If there are several groups with similar themes, Siri displays a list of groups.

After entering the appropriate group in the list, you need to enter a message and have the voice assistant send it to the group.

At the same time as WABetaInfo will be able to send group messages via Siri, WhatsApp for iPhone now displays images and GIFs in notification banners.

This is different from the general "photo" and "GIF" labels. It has also been reported that images and GIFs can be downloaded directly from notifications when the automatic photo download option is turned off.

In addition, users can preview GIFs on iPhone 6 or later using Peek and Pop gestures, or drag and preview notifications. WABetaInfo claims that this feature will work on iOS 10 or later.

However, we could not find the function reported on our iOS device. This could be a switch on the server side.


You can download WhatsApp for iPhone from Apple App Store. This application is compatible with devices with iOS 7.0 or later and is 166.3 MB in size.

HRW questions DEA exploit of encrypted cellphones

In the first known case of its kind, U.S. drug agents supplied unwitting cocaine-trafficking suspects in California with smartphones they thought were encrypted but had been rigged to allow eavesdropping, Human Rights Watch reported Friday.

The advocacy group said it feared the technique could be abused to violate the privacy of non-criminals.

“I think there are real debates to be had as to whether that is lawful or should be lawful,” said HRW researcher Sarah St. Vincent. “They could use this on peaceful protesters, (though) there’s no evidence of that.”

Human Rights Watch called on the Drug Enforcement Administration to explain whether the technique — employed in a 2012 southern California case involving a Canadian operating out of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico — is still being employed and whether its use is widespread.

The Canadian, John Krokos, pleaded guilty in 2015 to related felony charges with Los Angeles-based associates. He was sentenced to 138 months in prison.

DEA spokesman Wade Sparks in Washington, D.C., said at least one defendant is still awaiting trial.

“We can’t comment on the case or any of the techniques used until the case is fully adjudicated,” Sparks said, adding that the DEA was not going to “give out investigative techniques one way or the other, especially with ongoing cases awaiting adjudication.”

Court papers indicate undercover federal agents first supplied Krokos’ group with compromised Blackberry cellphones in 2010. Encrypted emails and other communications that the defendants thought were private were instead intercepted by law officers because they had decryption keys.

“I believe that, since the (Blackberries) had encryption technology on them, Krokos felt relatively safe in communicating over the devices,” a DEA agent who provided the phones to ring members said in an affidavit.

Available court documents suggest the DEA may not have obtained court orders for the wiretapping until after the booby-trapped devices had been delivered in exchanges typically occurring in parking lots in southern California.

Sparks would not comment on the issue: “The courts will determine that. That’s why the courts exist,”

The DEA also prevented the defendants from buying non-compromised encrypted BlackBerry devices from other sellers, including by arranging for their interception in Mexico, court papers show.
Human Rights Watch said Blackberry, the phone’s maker and service provider, said it had no involvement in the DEA operation and no ability to decrypt the encrypted phones used because the keys are controlled by the customer. The company did not respond Friday to an emailed request for comment or a phone message.

The FBI has recently renewed its push to persuade technology companies to give it a back door into encrypted devices for use in criminal investigations. Companies led by Apple have resisted the campaign, noting that such back doors can also be exploited by data thieves.