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Moto G5 Specifications Leaked, Xiaomi MIUI 8.2 Rollout Begins, and More: Your 360 Daily

Moto G5 Specifications Leaked, Xiaomi MIUI 8.2 Rollout Begins, and More: Your 360 Daily 6j54r

By Gadgets 360 Staff | Updated: 16 February 2017 21:46 IST

Highlights

iPhone 8 Home button said to be replaced by 'function area'
Moto G5, Moto G5 Plus specifications and photos leaked ahead of launch
Xiaomi starts global rollout of MIUI 8.2 stable ROM

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With that little nugget out of the way, here are the big tech stories of the day.

iPhone 8 Home button said to be replaced by ‘Function Area’
iPhone's Home button will make way for an Home button will be used for system functions with dedicated buttons for each function.

Xiaomi starts rolling out MIUI 8.2 stable ROM globally
Redmi Note 4G will get the update in the next couple of days. On the other hand, the MIUI 8.2 rollout for other Xiaomi smartphones will commence on February 20. The latest Xiaomi software update brings improved layout for toggles in the Notification shade, full control over automated tasks, and new system sounds and ringtones, among others.

Moto G5, Moto G5 Plus specifications and photos leaked
With the official launch said to be Android 7.0 Nougat smartphones have 5-megapixel front cameras, 2GB of RAM, and storage expansion via microSD cards up to 128GB.

The Moto G5 is rumoured to have a 5-inch full-HD screen, 32GB onboard storage, 1.4GHz Snapdragon 430 chipset, 2800mAh battery, 4G LTE , and 13-megapixel rear camera. The Moto G5 Plus, on the other hand, is said to have a 5.2-inch full-HD , 64GB storage, 3000mAh battery, 12-megapixel rear camera, 2GHz octa-core Snapdragon 625 chipset, and 4G LTE .

Asus ZenFone Go 5.0 LTE budget smartphone launched at Rs. 8,999
Asus ZenFone Go 5.0 LTE comes with free lifetime access to 5GB of Asus WebStorage and it is available via Amazon India and offline retail.

Xiaomi Mi MIX successor under development, says CEO Lei Jun
The next version of Xiaomi’s concept smartphone CEO Lei Jun has confirmed. Xiaomi is once again collaborating with French designer Philippe Stark in developing the Mi MIX successor; Stark has some ideas for the next model and the two companies now exploring ways to make the product a reality. Jun did not give any timeline for the launch of the next Mi MIX model.

Reliance Jio has 23 percent market share, says Truecaller report
Fast-growing disruptive telecom operator Truecaller s in India, and is not representative of the overall telecom industry. Reliance Jio s make the shortest calls (median calls of less than 30 seconds), which was attributed to calls drops and Reliance Jio SIM cards being used primarily for data.

BlackBerry market share is virtually zero: Gartner
Of the 431.5 million smartphones sold in Q4 last year, only about 200,000 were Microsoft’s Windows platform for mobile devices is faring poorly as well, with its market share dropping from 1.1 percent to 0.3 percent.

Facebook takes on LinkedIn with new feature
post jobs on the social media platform. The feature, currently available only in the US and Canada, allows companies to publish help-wanted posts on pages or by looking for a new 'Jobs' bookmark on the mobile app. The job posts will appear in s’ news feeds if businesses pay for promotions. When a clicks on the Apply Now button on a Facebook job post, an online form with their details already filled out with relevant information from their Facebook profile.

Swipe Konnect Star with 4G VoLTE launched at Rs. 3,799
Swipe Konnect Star has a 4-inch screen, 1GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB internal storage, up to 32GB microSD card , 5-megapixel rear camera, 1.3-megapixel front camera, 1800mAh battery, and runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

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