News & Reviews:   iOS

While the new Apple iPhone 7 may have a new virtual home button (i.e. it is not a real physical button), a new patent from the company may reveal what we can expect in next year’s Apple iPhone 8. It seems that they will be borrowing the idea from Qualcomm and Android, and have an edge-to-edge OLED display that covers the handset's entire front, eliminating the well familiar home button in favor of a virtual touch-sensitive key.

Companies are slowly moving away from including the humble 3.5mm jack on their smartphones. We have a few companies already coming out with devices sans the jack - LeEco, Motorola and the most famous of all, Apple. Now the organization behind the USB standard has come up with a new guideline for a spec called USB Audio Class 3.0, which eliminates the need of having an audio jack in the smartphone altogether.  

After the successful entry to the Japan market, Spotify is growing ever more in its presence online, and now they are said to be in talks to purchase Soundcloud, in a deal that could be around USD 700 million (~RM 2.9 billion).

The Moto Z family from Motorola is one of the hottest models on the market right now – even though it has yet to see light in Malaysia. Nevertheless, Lenovo is now resting on their laurels, and it seems that we may see a new model under the Moto brand soon – the Moto M.

We have talked about Samsung’s flagship flip phone here on TechNave before, and thanks to photos seen online, we can see that it is real, and it looks to be a beast of a flip phone. The Samsung flagship flip phone, code named ‘Veyron’ is set to bring high end flagship feel to the otherwise classic design.

The big boss of AirAsia is no stranger to exposure to the normal people – Tony Fernandes's airline moves millions of people around the region and beyond every day. Now you can get a slice of his time, as he voices the directions on your daily Waze drive.

A new report that surfaced online has suggested that the Yi brand under Xiaomi is set to come out with a new action camera – this time it is set to have interchangeable lenses, using the Micro Fourthirds mount.

We have seen the new updated Apple iPhone line getting both a storage bump and a price cut on the Malaysian Apple online store. Apparently the iPads are also getting price updates and storage options as well. Price cuts up to RM 700 can be seen on selected models.

Nintendo has long been a stranger in the mobile gaming space, even though their games are generally suited to be played on small screens such as on smartphones. Not anymore – during the launch of the iPhone 7 event, Nintendo announced that Super Mario Run will be heading to iOS.

With news saying they are returning, Nokia is again becoming a hot topic among tech enthusiasts online. Now we have seen a photo that may share how the next smartphone from Nokia looks like.