Samsung confirmed the launch of Bixby smart speakers

On February 27, at Mobile World Congress, DJ Koh, president of Samsung's mobile division, confirmed that long-rumored Bixby smart speakers will hit the market sometime in the second half of 2018, which makes Bixby fans excited.

Samsung confirmed that they started to develop smart speakers last August. Last year's rumor said Samsung is developing smart speakers powered by Bixby. Then there was news that this was a false news. By the end of last year, the rumor took another breath. December 2017, rumors said that this product will be available sometime in the first half of 2018, priced at about 200 US dollars. Now, speculation has been confirmed, but the rumors in the release date moved to the second half of this year.

According to CNET, DJ Koh, Samsung's mobile chief executive, has confirmed that the company is developing Bixby smart speakers, which may be available by the second half of 2018. The news was confirmed by the Wall Street Journal, but when the media asked about the specific launch date, DJ Koh simply replied: "Give us a bit more time."

We have seen Samsung introduced smart appliances, such as television, refrigerators, mini bass speaker, and then the launch of smart speakers should be no doubt. But now smart speaker market is getting crowded, Apple also got into it, if late, I am afraid that the chance of success is small. The current smart speaker market has been controlled by Amazon, Google, Apple HomePod only accounted for 3% of the market. How Samsung make their own speakers and other products to distinguish? This is a problem, we can only wait and see. At the moment, it's unclear how the smart speakers look and function, but some suspect Samsung will design the device as the central hub for the SmartThings smart home system, more than just conventional smart speakerphone features such as music, reminders, timers and transaction reminders.

DJ Koh said to the media that the upcoming smart speaker "will focus on more advanced features." This may mean that Samsung intends to enter the smart speaker high-end market, in addition to the face of entry-level Google Home Mini and Amazon Echo Dot and other devices, but also compete with Apple's recently launched HomePod products.

Xiaomi MIX 2S will be officially released March 27

MWC2018 has not yet officially opened, but the manufacturer's press conference and new appearance have begun. The first Xiaomi to be set up on the MWC was also unwilling to release the blockbuster before the opening ceremony. The Xiaomi MIX 2S will be officially released on March 27.

In addition to the official notice of the poster on the date of the conference, the largest font was the Xiaomi MIX 2S in the AnTuTu Benchmark run points: 273741. As you can see from the AnTuTu Benchmark website, this run is nearly 60,000 points higher than the iPhone 8 Plus, which scored the highest in October last year. The poster also confirmed that the Xiaomi MIX 2S will be equipped with the latest flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chip.

Other configurations of the Xiaomi MIX 2S are also expected to meet flagship positioning, with the appearance of a 6-inch 18: 9 screen, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of ROM and of MIUI 9 based on Android 8.0. Although there is no further feature on the Xiaomi MIX 2S published. However, Xiaomi mobile official WeChat gives some tips by a multi-vote method, many performances will be improved including the camera, AI, speed, face unlock and battery life.

The xiaomi mi mix series is the proud work of industrial design master Phillip Stark, with stunning styling, once launched it will be well received. Xiaomi MIX 2S design is naturally the most looking forward to everyone, the Internet has been leaked cell phone renderings both use the bangs similar to the design of the Apple iPhone X, and also “hole” in the upper right corner of the phone front design. Two designs can be described as each have their own advantages and disadvantages, in the end, which is the real, the answer may be revealed at the conference.

Apple plans to launch its own brand of headphone

Apple acquired Beats headphones and Beats music in 2014, and three years later they plan to launch their new headphones with the experience built from Beats.

Recently, Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst at KGI, mentioned in his latest research report that Apple is preparing two heavy headphone products, one is the new AirPods supporting "Hey, Siri" and the other is is a high-end, head-mounted wireless headset. However, this headset is not the successor to the Beats Studio 3 series. Instead, it uses a brand new design with its own brand of headphone and ships Q3 as soon as 2018.

Analysts emphasize that this headset will be Primax foundry, with SZS metal forming process, will use a different design Beats Studio 3 new at the same time, it has compared with the convenience of AirPods, and the sound quality might be even better than AirPods. If the news is accurate, then it happens to prove Apple's determination to switch to the core product of music after the iPod was knocked out. The high-end headphones from AirPods, HomePod and all the rumors are all around the music.

As Apple's philosophy, the new headset is definitely wireless, so the 3.5mm interface is likely to be abandoned directly. Earlier we reported for everyone Apple's upcoming AirPods 2 generation, its built-in W1 chip will be fully upgraded, this technology will be used in Apple's headphones, and should be able to support wireless charging.

Sound quality, from the performance of HomePod point of view, it will be not bad at all. There is no doubt that appearance will be stylish, simple and portable. There may be some novelty in the "foldable" feature, of course, based on the beliefs of Apple Accessories products, we think it will have a hard-earned price/performance ratio.

In addition, Apple's another wireless headset AirPods mobile earphones will be upgraded this year. AirPods 2 basically is unchanged in appearance, using better than ever the WI chip (Evolution), to further enhance the battery life and improve Bluetooth sound quality. AirPods 2 supports Hey Siri voice commands, plus a box that supports wireless charging and a waterproof version. The price will be more expensive than the old one.

Huawei released the first full-screen laptop

February 26, it is reported that at this year's World Mobile Conference, Huawei did not launch the new flagship smartphone, but the introduction of three larger screen devices.

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The first is Huawei's new laptop, the MateBook X Pro. Similar to last year's MateBook X, its design is attractive, with narrower borders around the screen, and Huawei claims a 91% screen ratio. Touch screen size of 13.9 inches, aspect ratio of 3: 2, resolution of 3000x2000. Since the panel is very small, Huawei installed a webcam on the MateBook X Pro's keyboard, but the change does not appear to be as embarrassing as the camera on the Dell XPS 13.

Inside MateBook X Pro, it uses the eighth generation of Intel Core i5 or i7 processors and has a stand-alone Nvidia GeForce MX150 GPU. It has two USB-C ports, a USB-A port, a built-in fingerprint scanner power button, divided into space gray or mysterious silver two colors, weighs less than 1.33 kg.

The biggest issue with MateBook X is its battery life, while Huawei claims it can work with Pro for 14 hours. If the laptop really can reach this figure, it will be impressive.

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In addition to the new laptop, Huawei also introduced the company's long-running MediaPad line of Android tablets, including the 8-inch M5 and the 10.8-inch M5 Pro.

Both tablets have a gray or champagne gold space, 2560x1600 resolution screen, using USB-C charging, using Huawei's own Kirin 960 processor running Android Oreo operating system. They do not have a headphone jack, which is a weird design for tablets.

In addition to the difference in size, the difference between M5 and M5 Pro just like the difference between iPad and iPad Pro. That is, the M5 Pro has a three-legged keyboard accessory connector with four speaker arrays that support stylus functionality. The M Pen has a pressure rating of 4096 and should last for 50 days after 100 minutes of charging.

The MateBook X Pro from Huawei will be available this spring at 1,499 euros ($1,842), the 8.4-inch MediaPad M5 at 349 euros ($429) and the 10-inch version at 399 euros ($490). Sounds attractive? The Huawei Cases Covers are of high quality that it will protect your treasured Huawei products for a very long time.

Apple will refund money to the iPhone replacement battery users

Apple sent a letter to U.S. lawmakers on February 2 stating that the iPhone is in strong demand for battery replacement and that the company refunds consumers for a full amount of money of new batteries. The letter was made public on Tuesday (February 6). According to Reuters, in the document to the U.S. parliament, Apple confirmed that the demand for battery replacement by the iPhone is very strong. Last year, they confirmed that the performance of the iPhone 6, 6S, 7 and SE will be improved after the replacement of a new battery. At the same time, new battery charge was substantially reduced.

Some time ago, the United States parliament began to investigate Apple for battery down frequency. Followed by Apple's public response, which claimed that it is not an intentional behavior, but made in the performance and battery life on the comprehensive consideration. However, the face of regulatory accountability, Apple's simple response is clearly denied. Meanwhile, the iPhone attracted dissatisfaction from users around the world, after all, this incident is a deliberately deceived issue. Although Apple has apologized twice, some customers still refused to forgive, and even brought it to court.

Now the problem is that Apple's iPhone performance limits on the older models are considered as a deliberate behavior, to force the user to replace the new iPhone. And in the United States Senate Commerce Committee, it is also announced that as early as the fall of 2016 Apple has known the battery defects caused by manufacturing problems. It is worth mentioning that Apple said in a letter released on Tuesday that they consider issuing refunds to consumers who pay the full price for a battery replacement. To make your battery healthier or work for a longer time, you should be careful when picking the charger and power bank. Do not use the poor quality charger or power bank which will be harmful to your phone battery. The Xiaomi 3.0 Power Bank is a trustworthy option.

Last December, Apple confirmed that a system upgrading to deal with iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, and iPhone SE battery aging may slow down the phone's operation. Apple subsequently apologized and reduced the battery replacement charge for the affected iPhone models from $79 to $29. Regulators in Brazil, France, and other countries are also investigating Apple.