Sep 5th 2017
All About Android 333
No Crow Oreo
News from IFA 2017 in Berlin.
We'll discuss the Essential screw-up that spilled customer data and get hands-on with the phone. Third party Google Assistant speakers are coming this fall. We get a look at several of the phones announced at IFA 2017, including the LG V30, Sony's Xperia XZ1 and XZ1 Compact, the Motorola Moto X4, Alcatel Idol 5, Doogee Mix, and the Ulefone T1. Plus, Google and Xiaomi partner up to launch the Android One Mi A1 smartphone.
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Links
- Andy Rubin describes the taste of crow after Essential spills customer data
- In colossal screwup, Essential shared customers’ driver’s licenses over email
- iFixit's Essential Phone teardown reveals a very tedious repair process, nets it a score of 1
- [Update: Sony joins the fun] Third party Google Assistant speakers are coming this fall, and so is support for appliances
- IFA – The LG V30, hands on
- LG V30 unveiled with envelope-pushing screen-to-body ratio and camera optics
- Sony Unveils the Xperia XZ1 and XZ1 Compact, Will Launch With Android Oreo
- Motorola’s Moto X4 has two cameras and Amazon’s Alexa
- Alcatel IDOL 5 announced at IFA
- Google and Xiaomi partner to launch the Android One Mi A1 smartphone in more than 40 markets