First Look: LG G7 One and highlights

By Sonya Davidson

LG announces the launch of their latest device in the company’s G7 series. Following the success of  LG G7ThinQ the company will introduce the first Android One phone, LG G7 One, into the Canadian marketplace on October 19^th.  

The launch is considered two-fold with Google designed software as well as LG’s premium hardware combined. At a media preview this week in Toronto, representatives from Google and LG gave us the highlights on this new device.

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OnePlus CEO confirms the OnePlus 6T won’t support wireless charging

While we’ve seen what the OnePlus 6T could look like and what we can expect, we don’t know all there is about it just yet. But the company’s CEO Pete Lau is willing to talk about what we won’t be seeing this time around: wireless charging. In an interview with CNET, Lau said the limits of wireless technology and its impact on charging times is the reason why we won’t be seeing it in the company’s newest flagship. Lau boasts of the company’s proprietary fast-charge technology we know as Dash Charge and how wireless charging won’t be able to offer the same experience. That and it would generate a lot of heat and require a thicker device. Lau says they are working to address this limitation but it won’t be coming to this device for now. 

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Google teases Active Edge feature for upcoming Pixel phones

With Google’s hardware event fast approaching, it looks like the company just wants to get ahead of the rumours—not that there’s much left to tease at this point. But the company’s official Google Japan YouTube channel just posted a teaser video that hints at a feature making a comeback from the previous generation of Pixel phones: Active Edge technology. Seen on the Pixel 2, Active Edge lets you perform certain functions or open apps by just squeezing the side of the phone. So, expect the new Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL to possibly carry the feature. We’re wondering why Google is teasing it now, though. That said, we’ll hear more about the new devices on October 9 at the Made by Google event. 

Source: Pocket Lint 

Google ‘teases’ a ‘mini Pixel,’ seen as company poking fun at rumoured ‘Pixel Ultra’ smartphone

Google is all set to launch new hardware on October 9th and leading up to the date, the company is having fun at its expense—or as a jab at all the rumor-mongering surrounding the possibility of a larger notch-less Pixel Ultra being launched alongside what’s more or less confirmed as the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. The Made by Google Instagram shares design mockups of a “mini” phone complete with physical models and a sketch that shows a phone that’s small enough to fit on a keychain. This could be seen as the company taking on the Pixel Ultra and thinking of going at the opposite end of the spectrum. 

While it is a joke, we can’t help but want a more pocket- and smaller hand-friendly phone. We wouldn’t mind a mini Pixel, to be honest. Probably not that small but something that would be easier to lug around and use with one hand. 

Source: 9to5Google