HMD to bring Nokia 3310 & Android Phones to Pakistan in partnership with Jazz

HMD has partnered with Jazz in Pakistan to bring its new Nokia Phones range to Pakistan. This includes new Nokia 3310 (2017) and the trio of Android smartphones Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6.

While there is now words on pricing yet, the release date for Nokia 3, 5, 6 and new 3310 in Pakistan is set at the end of June. Jazz will offer special promotions on the purchase of Nokia phones to the consumers.

Keeping better pricing in other Asian markets like India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Philippines in mind, we can expect equally good pricing for Pakistan market too.

Nokia 3310 (2017) Details:

Read all Nokia 3310 (2017) details including specs, features and check out gallery and videos by clicking here.

We have already covered the pre-order status and availability of Nokia 3310 in various regions in much detail on this page, if case you are looking to buy one.

Nokia 3 Details:

Read all Nokia 3 details including specs, features, and check out gallery and videos by clicking here. Check some of Nokia 3 hands-on images by clicking here. You can check pre-order / buy links /release dates for all markets at our dedicated Nokia 3 page.

 Nokia 5 Details:

Read all Nokia 5 details including specs, features and check out gallery and videos by clicking here. Check some of Nokia 5 hands-on images by clicking here. You can check pre-order / buy links /release dates for all markets at our dedicated Nokia 5 page.

Nokia 6 Details:

Read all Nokia 6 details including specs, features and check out gallery and videos by clicking here. Check some of Nokia 6 hands-on images by clicking here. You can check pre-order / buy links /release dates for all markets at our dedicated Nokia 6 page.

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PRESS RELEASE: Over one million new mobile internet users added per day

Ericsson HQ, Kista

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) foresees continued rapid growth of mobile connectivity as global mobile data traffic increases to eight times its current level by 2022.

This traffic is the equivalent of:* The population of Spain streaming HD video 24 hours per day for a month* A single subscriber streaming HD video continuously for 3.55 million years* 31 billion hours of continuous HD video streaming

For the next six years, nearly 2.6 billion new subscribers will be added to mobile broadband networks – enough to fill a European championship soccer stadium (with capacity of 50,000) 20 times each day. As many people went to Times Square in New York to welcome in the new year for 2017.

The latest collection of statistics about the growth of subscribers and data traffic in mobile networks is presented in the June edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report. It shows the highest year-on-year mobile data growth globally since 2013, led by massive growth in India, and highlights the underlying need for mobile data.

The use of smartphones and easy access to mobile internet services comprise a major part of the traffic numbers. Ericsson analyzes "smartphone mobile data traffic" within "mobile data traffic" to illustrate this trend more clearly. By the end of 2022, total smartphone mobile data traffic will have increased 9X, reaching 66 ExaBytes per month.

Niklas Heuveldop, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Technology and Emerging Business, Ericsson, says: "Based on measurements made in hundreds of mobile networks, the Ericsson Mobility Report data truly illustrates the tremendous underlying growth in the industry. 4G subscriptions are increasing faster than ever, Voice over LTE uptake is accelerating and traffic growth has reached levels we have not seen since 2013.

"I am particularly excited to see the industry's major steps to progress network evolution, including the approval of the Non-Standalone 5G New Radio (NR) that will enable early 5G deployments. According to our forecast we anticipate that this will lead to more than half a billion 5G subscriptions and a population coverage 15 percent by 2022."

On industry trends, the Mobility Report features articles on Internet for all, massive IoT coverage in cities and remote operation of vehicles with 5G.

LTE BECOMING MOST PERVASIVE TECHNOLOGY IN HISTORY

In 2018, LTE (4G) will overtake GSM as the largest access technology by number of subscriptions. The speed with which this technology has been rolled out and adopted is unprecedented. It has taken only five years for LTE to cover 2.5 billion people, compared to eight years for WCDMA/HSPA, or 3G. In the first quarter of this year alone, 250 million new LTE subscriptions were added.

While LTE uptake is driven by demand for improved user experience and faster networks, 5G deployment will also be driven by the need for enhanced mobile broadband capabilities as well as industry solutions for efficiency and automation. 5G will be the one network to support a diversity of use cases.

More than half a billion 5G subscriptions are expected to be activated by 2022, not including IoT connections.

5G is then expected to cover around 15 percent of the world's population.

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The cheapest new Motorola phones are here: meet the Moto E4 and Moto E4 Plus

Lenovo's Motorola is out with a couple of new Android phones that will not break your smartphone budget this year. The Moto E4 and Moto E4 Plus are finally official after starring in a variety of leaks to date.

The Moto E4 will cost you just $129.99, and it'll be even cheaper than that later this year once Amazon includes it in its Prime Exclusive Phone program. The Moto E4 Plus is the bigger version, as the name suggests, and costs $179.99. Both phones should be available in various markets later this month.Image Source: Motorola

The Moto E4 has a 5-inch HD display and metal design and packs a Snapdragon 425 processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage LTE support, 8-megapixel camera, 5-megapixel front-facing camera, 2,800 mAh removable battery and 3.5mm headphone jack.Image Source: Motorola

The Moto E4 Plus features a 5.5-inch HD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 chip, 2GB of RAM, 16/32GB of storage, LTE support, 13-megapixel camera, 5-megapixel front-facing camera, fingerprint sensor, 5,000 mAh removable battery that supports fast charging via 10W charger, and 3.5mm headphone jack.

Both phones will run Android 7.1 out of the box, but neither phone has NFC support, even though the Plus does come with fingerprint-reading support.

Colors include Licorice Black and Fine Gold for the Moto E4, while the Moto E4 Plus comes in Iron Gray and Fine Gold.

Source: The cheapest new Motorola phones are here: meet the Moto E4 and Moto E4 Plus

"Fate/Grand Order" Smartphone RPG Dated For English Release

The English version of hit smartphone RPG Fate/Grand Order had been announced for "summer 2017." Well, summer now has a specific date. The release is now scheduled for June 25th on iOS and Android.

See more at http://fate-go.us/

Aniplex of America also announced today at their industry panel at A-Kon that they will be producing the English dub of Fate/Grand Order - First Order - and premiering it exclusively at Anime Expo in Los Angeles this summer. The star studded English cast features Griffin Burns (Anohana –The Flower We Saw That Day TV, Charlotte) as Ritsuka Fujimaru, Erica Mendez (Your lie in April, Magi franchise) as Mash Kyrielight, and Kira Buckland (Blue Exorcist series, The Asterisk War series) as Olga Marie Animusphere. Tony Oliver (Fate series, Magi franchise, Charlotte), who is the voice director for this feature, is also a cast member as Cú Chulainn.

About Fate/Grand Order - First Order -:The year is AD 2017The last era in which magecraft still thrived.

The Chaldea Security Organization was founded to focus on preserving the continuation of human history. They observe a world which magecraft couldn't observe and science couldn't measure all to prevent the certain extincti on of humanity. But one day, the future that Chaldea continued to observe disappears and humanity's extinction in 2019 becomes clear. Rather, it had already happened.The cause seems to be related to Fuyuki, a provincial town in Japan, in the year

AD 2004. There, an "unobservable region" that had not existed before appears.Based on the assumption that Fuyuki is the reason for humanity's extinction, Chaldea issues an order to explore, investigate, and possibly destroy this singularity – a quest for the Holy Grail: the Grand Order.

For details on Fate/Grand Order – First Order -, please visit: http://fategrandorderusa.com

STAFFOriginal Works: TYPE-MOONStory: Kinoko NasuOriginal Character Design: Takashi TakeuchiDirector: Hitoshi NambaAssistant Director: Takuro TsukadaScreenplay: Ayumi SekineCharacter Designer: Keisuke GotoDesign Works: Takashi AkaishizawaColor Setting: Satoshi TakezawaArt Design: Takeshi SatoArt Director: Takuya EbisawaDirector of Photography: Shinya MatsuiEdit: Go SadamatsuMusic: Ryo KawasakiTheme Song: "Shikisai" Maaya Sakamoto (Flyingdog)Sound Director: Takeshi TakaderaSound Production: HALF H・P STUDIOProduction: Lay-duce

CASTRitsuka Fujimaru: Nobunaga Shimazaki / Griffin BurnsMash Kyrielight: Rie Takahashi / Erica MendezOlga Marie Animusphere: Madoka Yonezawa / Kira BucklandRomani Archaman: Kenichi Suzumura / Xander MobusLeff Lynor: Tomokazu Sugita / Jalen K. CassellCú Chulainn: Nobutoshi Kanna / Tony OliverEmiya: Junichi Suwabe / Kaiji TangMedusa: Yuu Asakawa / Melissa FahnAltria Pendragon (Alter): Ayako Kawasumi / Kari Wahlgren

 

------Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

Source: "Fate/Grand Order" Smartphone RPG Dated For English Release

Nokia Smartphone Drops By FCC, Could Be The Mighty Nokia 9 With 8 GB RAM: US Release Imminent?

A new smartphone from HMD Global Oy made its way to the FCC sporting model number TA-1004, and it could be none other than the rumored Nokia 9 powerhouse.

Nokia was once a great force on the mobile market and it's still famous worldwide for its tough, durable handsets, but it lagged behind in the smartphone race. It spent years making Windows Phone smartphones exclusively for Microsoft and watched its glory days become a distant memory as rivals such as Apple and Samsung soared, but it's making a comeback.

After breaking free from Microsoft's hold, Nokia found itself a new home and it's now dedicated to making Android smartphones. Finnish company HMD Global secured the rights to release Nokia-branded smartphones for a decade and it's already launched a few handsets, with more to come.

The Nokia smartphones released recently generated some buzz, but they were not exactly powerful flagships. The Nokia 9, however, is shaping up as a true powerhouse and it seems that it might make its debut in the United States soon enough.

Nokia 9 At FCC?

The FCC listing for the HMD Global device with model number TA-1004 confirms that the smartphone supports both GSM and CDMA bands, which means that it will play nice with all major U.S. carriers. The FCC further reveals that the handset supports Bluetooth 4.2, albeit the listing offers no spec details or other intriguing information.

Nevertheless, the Nokia 9 has been starring in a number of leaks, rumors, benchmarks and reports, which painted a pretty clear picture of what to expect. If the leaks turn out to be accurate, Nokia's upcoming flagship will be a beastly device ready to take on the most high-end rivals.

Nokia 9 Rumored Specs

The Nokia 9 is expected to pack the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, Adreno 540 graphics, and a whopping 8 GB of RAM, according to a GFXBench listing. If this is true, the Nokia 9 will likely be the first smartphone to boast 8 GB of RAM. Previous rumors, however, hinted at just 4 GB of RAM for the Nokia 9, so it remains to be seen which will turn out to be accurate. HMD could be working on multiple configurations for the Nokia 9, offering different RAM and storage options to accommodate various needs and budgets.

Other Nokia 9 rumored specs include a 5.3-inch QHD display, a dual rear camera setup with 13-megapixel sensors, USB Type-C, and a 3.5mm audio jack. The smartphone is expected to run a near-stock Android 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box. HMD previously said that it's not interested in coming up with its own mobile UI to put on top of Android.

The Nokia 9 would follow the Nokia 3, Nokia 5, and Nokia 6, all of which run Android. None of these handsets made it to the United States so far, but the flagship Nokia 9 is expected to see a release stateside and the FCC documentation supports this claim.

The FCC is typically among the last stops a device has to make before it's ready to hit the market, so the Nokia 9 could make its debut soon.

No official information is available at this point regarding the Nokia 9 release, but more details should come to light shortly. We'll keep you up to date as soon as we learn more, but take everything with a grain of salt until it's official.

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Source: Nokia Smartphone Drops By FCC, Could Be The Mighty Nokia 9 With 8 GB RAM: US Release Imminent?

Apple-Android War for Premium Smartphone Market Share Intensifies

What's Causing All the Tension between Apple and Its Suppliers? PART 6 OF 21

By Paige Tanner  | Jun 9, 2017 7:13 pm EDT Apple's attempt to convert Android users into iPhone users

Apple (AAPL) is currently preparing for the 10th addition of its popular iPhone. However, all the features being introduced in the iPhone 8 already exist in other Android phones. That's because Google (GOOG) tied up with several handset makers and OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) to develop better phones with a variety of designs.

Google's mobile OS (operating system) Android, which it acquired in 2005, is used in 81.0% of the world's smartphones, whereas Apple's iOS (iPhone Operating System) is used in only 18.0%, according to Gartner. Apple is now looking to convert Android users into iOS users ahead of the iPhone 8 release.

Apple launched a dedicated website called Switch that highlights the benefits of the iPhone and details the easy process of transferring data from an Android phone to an iPhone. Google launched a similar website detailing the process of transferring iPhone data to a Google Pixel.

This war could intensify as a new competitor emerges in the premium smartphone market.

A new competitor emerges in the premium smartphone market

Former Google executive Andy Rubin began a startup called Essential in 2014. The startup is set to launch its first two devices: an Android smartphone and a home automation system.

The Essential Phone has a 5.71-inch edge-to-edge bezel-less display, similar to the one that is expected to be featured in the iPhone 8. Like Samsung's (SSNLF) Galaxy S8, the Essential Phone is expected to run on Qualcomm's (QCOM) Snapdragon 835 processor.

The Essential Phone is expected to have a titanium body, which is better than the aluminum body of Apple's iPhone 7 Plus and the glass and metal body of the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus. Some of the similarities between the Essential Phone and the iPhone 7 series are dual rear cameras, no headphone jack, no water or dust resistance support, no home button on the front of the phone, and a fingerprint scanner.

The Essential Phone is priced at $699 and is unlocked, allowing users to run it on the carrier network of their choice. It remains to be seen if the new Essential Android smartphone succeeds in taking share from Apple in the premium smartphone market.

In the meantime, Apple is still the leader and largest customer for the semiconductor industry. Apple is leveraging its strong position to negotiate its desired terms with suppliers. This is creating a tense environment in the smartphone semiconductor space. We'll look at that next.

Source: Apple-Android War for Premium Smartphone Market Share Intensifies

Nokia Android smartphone outed ahead of 2014 release?

Nokia's return to the Android smartphone market has reportedly been confirmed by the emergence of a leaked photograph of a mystery handset.

The device outed by Evleaks is said to be in development under the codename of Normandy, running a forked version of the Google operating system similar to Amazon's Kindle Fire software.

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The phone's user interface will not resemble traditional Android but will be compatible with Google Play apps, according to The Verge.

Nokia is said to be targeting the lower end of the market with the Normandy, an area it already caters for with its Asha line of budget smartphones.

However, it is unclear whether Microsoft's recent acquisition of Nokia will impact on any Android-based ventures, given that Android is a competitor to Windows Phone 8.

The report claims that the Normandy will be released in 2014.

Source: Nokia Android smartphone outed ahead of 2014 release?