Samsung Galaxy S10E appears in leaked press renders

Yesterday we got early looks at the Samsung Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+, and now it's the Galaxy S10E's time in the leak spotlight.

Several press renders of the Samsung Galaxy S10E have been leaked by WinFuture, showing a device that looks similar to the Galaxy S10 but has a few subtle differences. For instance, the S10E screen is completely flat, while the displays on the S10 and S10+ are curved at the edges. The bezels surrounding the S10E's display are also a bit larger than those on the S10 and S10+.

The display on the Galaxy S10E is also smaller than the screens on the S10 and S10+. The Galaxy S10E has a 5.8-inch display, while the S10 has a 6.1-inch screen and the S10+ has a 6.4-inch display. And while the S10 and S10+ both have in-display fingerprint sensors, the S10E does not, instead coming with a fingerprint reader that's built into the power button on the right side of the device.

Around back, the Galaxy S10E only has two cameras, while the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+ both have triple rear camera setups. Today's report also mentions that the battery in the Galaxy S10E is smaller than the batteries powering its siblings, coming in at 3100mAh while the S10 and S10+'s are 3400mAh and 4100mAh, respectively.

Samsung has been offering Galaxy S and Galaxy S+ variants for the past couple of years, but this year it looks like the Galaxy S line will be expanding to add a "Lite" Galaxy S10E model. We don't yet know how much it'll cost, but it'll presumably be a bit cheaper than the standard Galaxy S10 model. And with flagship smartphones seemingly getting pricier each year and the Galaxy S10's screen size getting bigger this year, a more affordable Galaxy S10E with a 5.8-inch display could be welcome.

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Samsung Galaxy S10E appears in leaked press renders originally posted at http://phonedog.com

Under Armour's HOVR connected shoes aim to make you a smarter runner

Under Armour has been making a major push into smart running shoes for a couple of years now, and in 2019 the company is taking those efforts even further. This year, it plans to launch a suite of connected sneakers (five, to be exact), starting with the HOVR Infinite. Pictured above, the Infinite is a $120 running shoe that can be paired to Under Armour's MapMyRun app via Bluetooth, letting you keep track of your stats right on your smartphone.

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Apple says FaceTime bug fix coming next week

Apple has a fix for the FaceTime eavesdropping bug that made headlines earlier this week, but users will have to wait a little bit for the update.

Apple said today that it's fixed the Group FaceTime bug on its servers and will deploy a software update to re-enable the feature for users next week. In a statement to MacRumors, Apple explains that as soon as its engineering team was able to reproduce the bug, it disabled Group FaceTime and began working on a fix. The company added that it will work to improve the process that it receives and escalates bug reports to ensure that they get to the right people as quickly as possible.

Here's Apple's full statement:

"We have fixed the Group FaceTime security bug on Apple's servers and we will issue a software update to re-enable the feature for users next week. We thank the Thompson family for reporting the bug. We sincerely apologize to our customers who were affected and all who were concerned about this security issue. We appreciate everyone's patience as we complete this process. 

"We want to assure our customers that as soon as our engineering team became aware of the details necessary to reproduce the bug, they quickly disabled Group FaceTime and began work on the fix. We are committed to improving the process by which we receive and escalate these reports, in order to get them to the right people as fast as possible. We take the security of our products extremely seriously and we are committed to continuing to earn the trust Apple customers place in us."

This bug allows one person to hear the person on the other end of a FaceTime call, even if that person doesn't actually accept the call. You could even see the other person on video in some cases. All that you had to do was begin a FaceTime call and then add yourself to that call to begin a Group FaceTime call.

Obviously this is a pretty serious security issue, as anyone could call you over FaceTime and get your audio and possibly video without your consent. Apple did disable Group FaceTime shortly after the bug was widely publicized. Now a software update is coming to fix the issue, and hopefully it arrives sooner rather than later. We'll let you know when the rollout begins.

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Apple says FaceTime bug fix coming next week originally posted at http://phonedog.com

Apple says Group FaceTime bug will be fixed next week

Apple announced Friday that it has come up with a fix for a bug in the Group FaceTime feature that allows users to listen in on the activity of others before they pick up the call. The company said a software update will be released next week that will fix the issue, according to BuzzFeed News. Group FaceTime has been disabled since the bug was discovered earlier this week.

Source: BuzzFeed News, CNBC

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That's probably not Samsung's foldable phone

Showcasing an array of Samsung innovations that haven't happened yet, a video reportedly posted then pulled by Samsung Vietnam showed a foldable phone in use. Around the 23-second mark, a woman unfurls a folding Galaxy phone minus the unwieldy casing we saw on Samsung's Infinity Flex display revealed at SDC 2018.

Both the Galaxy S10 series and... whatever Samsung titles its debut foldable phone are meant to appear at Samsung's Unpacked event scheduled for February 20th. So an accidental leak a few weeks before might not shock. But I'm not sure this is it.

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Huawei's foldable phone will be revealed on February 24th

After years of buzz, we could finally see not one but two foldable phones launched this month. Huawei has taken to Twitter to announce an event at Mobile World Congress on February 24th at 2PM Barcelona time / 8AM ET, just days after Samsung's annual Unpacked festivities. The company revealed its plans to launch a foldable phone in 2019 last October. At the time, it said the device was undergoing fine-tuning, but the imminent launch indicates that Huawei may have smoothed out any wrinkles.

Source: Huawei (Twitter)

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PlayStation keeps making money, Sony phones keep losing it

The most interesting part of cracking open a fresh financial report from Sony is seeing whether the momentum behind the PlayStation 4 shows any signs of slowing down. Sony kinda spoilt that for us just after the new year, though, announcing that the PS4 was closing in on the 100 million milestone with 91.6 million consoles sold as of December 31st. The holiday season was appropriately busy for the PlayStation division. From October through December, aka the third quarter of Sony's fiscal year, 8.1 million PS4s found loving homes, compared with 9 million the previous year. Not bad considering the slowdown in sales that's a natural part of a console's lifecycle has been prophesied for some time now.

Source: Sony

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