Reports: Samsung and PayPal executive meet to discuss for Samsung Pay

Samsung seems to be making every possible move to get in its mobile payment system Samsung Pay soon in action. Recently, the company also bought out the LoopPay that is famously used in many of stores in US. In order to give a further boost to its project, PayPal founder Peter Theil and Samsung heir Lee Jay-yong had recently has a meeting at the company’s own owned hotel in South Korea Seoul. It is said that the negotiations between the two parties have been quite fruitful and the hour-long meeting is said to have clicked for Samsung Pay: “Samsung’s Lee may have asked for business advice from Thiel, who is an expert in fintech. Expectations are high that Samsung will soon launch a new competitor to Apple Pay.”

The Samsung Pay is reportedly being incorporated in the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 and the great thing is that at the start only it is supposed to work anywhere with the magnetic strip debit and credit card acceptance with over 10 million points worldwide.

The case for Apple Pay was that it required merchants o have their own dedicated POS terminals, which somewhat has been the reason for its low adoption but as Samsung might use the already established and widely accepted LoopPay system, the acceptance for its Samsung Pay is expected to be fast.

source: KoreaHerald

Reports: Samsung and PayPal executive meet to discuss for Samsung Pay

HTC One M9 said to have a 20MP Toshiba sensor with propriety pixel design for its camera

We just spotted almost the complete specs for the HTC One M9 that showed the device to be having a 4MP UltraPixel camera to its front here the back Duo camera would now be replaced by an 20MP Toshiba sensor.  Today, most of the flagship handsets are said to come with a 20MP primary sensor and major of the handsets are seen to come with Sony sensors. However, reports now show that the HTC One M9 will now utilize 20MP camera sensors made by Toshiba instead that will give some new level of image quality different than Sony sensors.

The Toshiba made 20MP mobile sensors are the recently announced ones T4KA7. The sensors supports backside illumination, 1080p video recording up to 90fps, real time HDR mode, Additionally, it offers square pixels for starters with 1.2micron tiny pixels as seen in all high-resolution mobile sensors. According to Toshiba, the sensor “utilizes a proprietary square-pixel design that enables exceptionally high-quality images with low-power consumption.” Take a look at the below block diagram for the 20MP camera sensor of Toshiba.

The specs for the sensor show a 1/2.4” size, 3752 vertical and 5384 horizontal pixels, 22 fps of recording at full resolution. The Sony 20MP IMX320 sensor has also got phase detection autofocus built-in. This shows that there is a big battle between camera sensor makers for high-resolution, advanced features, powerful image processors and much more. Moreover, a lot depends on the software algorithms too to ensure how effectively they make optimum use of the sensor image processing prowess.

source: Toshiba via MobilTelefon.ru

HTC One M9 said to have a 20MP Toshiba sensor with propriety pixel design for its camera

How Android Lollipop Will Appear in Sony Phone? Possible Xperia Z4 Screenshots

At the moment it looks like Sony hasn’t decided yet that if it should carry on producing smartphones at a rapid rate or to stop this completely. Sony Xperia Z4 doesn’t seem to be launching anytime sooner, even not at the MWC taking place upcoming week, but it is not like the mobile phone isn’t going to be launched at all.

The descendant of the Sony Xperia Z3 is expected to have dual SIM, consisting PM-0851-BV which is little different from the supposed Z4 flasghip mobile phone, known supposedly as PM-0850-BV evaluating on this distinction, according to a guess the single main difference between the devices is that the PM-0851-BV has a slot for second SIM, whereas the remaining hardware specifications are nearly all same.

Latest UI screenshots supposedly taken to show how Sony has set the Android Lollipop, purportedly prepared on the Xperia Z4 dual-SIM edition, but still there is no proof that Xperia Z4 is not the device used. The pictures displayed how Android 5.0.2 Lollipop might look on the next mobile phone sets of Sony.

A glance at the Settings menu and on “About phone” revealed that the device runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 chipset, showing it is a flagship mobile phone, and the primary guess is that it belongs to the family of Xperia Z4. The applications of clock and dialer consist of guidelines from Google’s Material Design

How Android Lollipop Will Appear in Sony Phone? Possible Xperia Z4 Screenshots

LG releases the first promo video for its new Watch Urbane

About a week back LG had announced that it would be introducing its new smartwatch, the LG Watch Urbane at the MWC to be held in March in Barcelona. The South Korean company has now released a 60-second promo video that showcases the beautiful watch.

LG Watch Urbane is an all-metal luxury smartwatch powered by Android wear. The stylish watch is designed for the urban user and comes in polished gold and silver finish. It has a 1.3-inch P-OLED with a resolution of 320 x 320 and 245ppi, same as LG’s earlier G Watch R. However, the new watch is thin and has narrow bezels, and it can be worn by both men and women. Other specs include a Snapdragon 400 processor, 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory and a 410mAh battery. It also has a heart rate monitor. The watch is dust and water resistant with IP67 certification.

The Watch Urbane video shows it to be a watch where “Contemporary and Classic Unite”. The video also shows the various watch faces and strap options available.  Any 22mm band of users’ choice can be fitted onto the watch.

LG says, “LG Watch Urbane will bring endless beauty, long-lasting ingenuity and essence of luxury to your life.”

LG Watch Urbane is available for pre-order at online retailer Expansys and the watch will be reserved for you for $410.50 which seems quite expensive. However, this is not the official price which remains undisclosed as yet.

Well, we will know more about the LG Watch Urbane at the MWC in a few days. Meanwhile, check out the promo video:

Source LG Mobile Global

LG releases the first promo video for its new Watch Urbane

The wireless charging pad for the Samsung Galaxy S6 pays visit to FCC

Some of the documentation details for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge have recently appeared on the FCC website. The item carries a model number EP-PG920I that belongs to one of the accessories from the list that leaked two months back. The inductive wireless charging pad has a round form and is said to be produced in Vietnam. The pad has got a 5V input with peak consumption up to 2A. However, note that not the entire current passes to the smartphone.

The charger has been tested with the Galaxy Note 4 and we cannot comment at the moment that the upcoming Galaxy S6 would charge even faster or not. It is strongly speculated that Samsung is likely to bring the wireless charging to its upcoming flagship. We will get you with official details on the 1^st of March.

source: FCC

via: PhoneArena

The wireless charging pad for the Samsung Galaxy S6 pays visit to FCC

HTC One M9 commercial video leaks

A new video which is said to be very much the commercial for the upcoming HTC One M9 has recently leaked and the design seems very similar to the earlier spotted renders for the handset. The commercial majorly focuses on some of the new camera features that would be a part for the Sense 7.0 UI. Instead of the Duo camera introduced in the HTC One M8, this time we might see a single 20MP shooter at the back. The front is said to have a 4MP Ultrapixel camera.

After two minutes, the promotional video for the device starts that shows some different work themes for the handset. The bezels have been noticeably squeezed down and the entire handset seems to be given more premium look. Overall, the commercial and promotional video show a very promising handset fairly standing up to the expectations. Take a look at the below video as we gear up for the official announcement of the handset this Sunday at Barcelona MWC 2015.

source: TechTastic

HTC One M9 commercial video leaks

Samsung Galaxy S6 to have a taller home button for touch-based fingerprint sensor for Samsung Pay

There are strong rumors floating since days that Samsung this time is too going to opt for a much simpler touch-based fingerprint sensor for the upcoming Galaxy S6. Recently, the company is having a swipe fingerprint sensor on its flagship handsets like the Galaxy S5, Note 4 and the Note Edge handsets. The touch-based system will definitely be more simpler and faster for these large screen devices. For this, the home button of the device is said to be a bit larger and taller so that to make it more easy for users for finger recognition.

The above image at the top is the official render of the Samsung Galaxy S6 from T-Mobile. The earlier Korean publications have claimed that they would incorporate a more taller fingerprint reader for the upcoming Samsung flagship. If you carefully at the above image where the handset has been shown placed upside down at the right side, you can see a more squarish touch home-button.

Rumors are also strong for Samsung to be bringing the Samsung Pay -its own mobile payment system most probably via fingerprint recognition, which means expecting a new touch-based more efficient and faster fingerprint sensor could prove to be right. Well, things will be clear at the official announcement before MWC this Sunday on March 1^st.

via Mobiltelefon.ru

Samsung Galaxy S6 to have a taller home button for touch-based fingerprint sensor for Samsung Pay