There's been a lot of attention on the malfunctioning batteries of the Galaxy Note 7, but it seems the Galaxy S7 is catching fire too. Yesterday, it was reported that a teacher was using her S7 in a cage (while it wasn't charging), and all of a sudden it overheated and started filling spewing smoke. The Sun even has surveillance video of what happened.
It is illegal for two companies to collude and agree to not poach employees from each other. However, A. Frost claims LG & Samsung have agreed to exactly that. Frost says he was contacted by a headhunter on LinkedIn back in 2013. When the headhunter found out Frost worked for LG, they backed off and claimed the two companies had agreed to not poach from each other.
Analysts are reporting that Intel is leveraging its purchase of Infineon Technologies' Wireless Solutions business, Avago Technologies network business, and Lantiq to replace Qualcomm as the supplier of cellular radios for some models of the iPhone 7. Apple has a history of attempting to dual-source their components, and the baseband was a key part that until recently they were sourcing exclusively from Qualcomm. This change is believed to be one of the key reasons that Apple dropped CDMA support from some iPhone 7 models.
OnePlus 2 users have been vocal about their displeasure on the lack of VoLTE support on the device, and OnePlus has finally listened. The VoLTE update for the OnePlus 2 users will roll out in the next quarter, which could be anywhere between October to December. Meanwhile, users on Reliance Jio can peruse the Jio4GVoice (JioJoin) app to make HD calls.
The first generation Moto E, released in 2014, has received its first builds of CyanogenMod 14. The bug list of the device includes issues with video recording and dual SIM RIL, but other features work as expected.
The ZTE Axon 7, albeit still absent from the Nougat party, is receiving its taste of stock Android courtesy of this unofficial CyanogenMod 13 build by XDA Recognized Developer Unjustified Dev. Head on over!
The Moto E 3G, device codename otus, has received its share of Android 7.0 Nougat with this unofficial CyanogenMod 14 build. Head on over to check out the ROM!
