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• OnePlus 3T will continue to be on sale in India until ‘later this year’
  

  OnePlus 3T isn’t getting discontinued in India.

  OnePlus announced yesterday that it would discontinue the OnePlus 3T in global markets to make way for its 2017 flagship. With the OnePlus 5 slated to launch sometime next month, OnePlus is undoubtedly looking to ramp up production of its upcoming phone.

  While the OnePlus 3T won’t be available once the current stock runs out in global markets, Indian customers will be able to pick up both the 64GB and 128GB variants of the handset from Amazon India, OnePlus’ own website, and its retail store in Bangalore until “later this year.”

  In a statement, OnePlus said:

  The OnePlus 3T (both 64GB and 128GB variants) will continue to be available for purchase in India until later this year. OnePlus products and accessories are available through all three official sales channels, including oneplusstore.in, Amazon.in and the OnePlus Experience Store in Bangalore.

  There’s a reason why OnePlus wants to continue selling the OnePlus 3T even afte…

• OnePlus 3T review: the flagship killer
  

  Check out our full review of the OnePlus 3T, including: design, display, performance, price, and more. Will OnePlus’ new flagship be one of 2016’s biggest stars?(This is a preview – click here to read the entire entry.)

• Grab the 128GB Xiaomi Mi Note 2 with global LTE bands for just $429
  

  This is the lowest price we’ve seen for the global variant of the Mi Note 2.

  The global variant of Xiaomi Mi Note 2 is currently on sale for just $429 at GearBest. The phone debuted at the end of last year, and is the first Xiaomi handset to offer global LTE bands. It has 37 LTE bands in total, and is compatible with most GSM networks around the world, including T-Mobile and AT&T in the U.S.; EE, O2, Three, and Vodafone in the UK.

  Here’s the breakdown of the LTE bands supported by the Mi Note 2:

  GSM (2G): 850/900/1800/1900MHz
  CDMA 1X: B0/1/10/15
  WCDMA (3G): B1/2/4/5/8
  TD-SCDMA: B34/39
  LTE-FDD (4G): B1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/18/19/20/25/26/28/29/30
  LTE-TDD (4G): B38/39/40/41
  Global LTE support isn’t the only thing going in its favor — the Mi Note 2 offers a 5.7-inch Full HD dual curved display, and is powered by a 2.35GHz Snapdragon 821 SoC. There’s 6GB of RAM, 128GB storage, a 22.5MP camera at the back with 4K video recording, 8MP front shooter, Wi-Fi ac, USB-C, NFC, and…

• [It’s about time] Android Wear 2.0 is now rolling out to the 2nd-generation Moto 360
  

  

  Android Wear 2.0 hasn’t been as fast of a rollout as everyone had hoped, to put it mildly. The first watches to ship with the update were LG’s Watch Style and Watch Sport, but existing watches have had to wait anywhere from a few weeks to several months for the update.

  Owners of the second (and probably last) generation Moto 360 are finally receiving the update. The Motorola support account on Twitter announced the rollout earlier today, and we’re starting to see users confirm it on their watches.

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  [It’s about time] Android Wear 2.0 is now rolling out to the 2nd-generation Moto 360 was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

• [Deal Alert] Score an Asus ZenFone Zoom with a free ZenPower 10,500mAh portable battery for $180 from B&H ($170 off)
  

  

  Memorial Day weekend is nigh upon us, so seeing some sales pop up is not surprising. Tonight, we have one courtesy of B&H. You can get an Asus ZenFone Zoom for $179.99 with a free ZenPower 10,500mAh portable battery pack. That’s a respectable savings of $170, with sales tax only applying to New York/New Jersey residents.

  This is for model we saw debut last year with its ridiculous camera module (not to be confused with its younger brother, the ZenFone 3 Zoom).

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  [Deal Alert] Score an Asus ZenFone Zoom with a free ZenPower 10,500mAh portable battery for $180 from B&H ($170 off) was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

• Xiaomi announces the monstrous Mi Max 2 with a 6.44″ screen, 5300mAh battery, and Nougat
  

  

  Xiaomi is already off to a good start for 2017. The Mi 6 was unveiled a month ago, and now the Chinese manufacturer is back with a successor the last year’s Mi Max. Pushing the limits of what one could call a “phone,” the Mi Max 2 packs in a massive screen with a huge battery to match. And since this is Xiaomi we’re talking about here, affordability is also of the package.

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  Xiaomi announces the monstrous Mi Max 2 with a 6.44″ screen, 5300mAh battery, and Nougat was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

• Suggested Sharing is going live in Google Photos for some users
  

  

  Google Photos is ground zero for the company’s crazy machine learning technology. At Google I/O 2017, a number of new features were announced for Photos, including suggested sharing based on who’s in a certain photo. But for that to work, Google needs to figure out who is who, and now the Photos web app is asking users to identify what they look like.

  Upon visiting photos.google.com, you may be welcomed by the above screen.

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  Suggested Sharing is going live in Google Photos for some users was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

• Android O feature spotlight: Dev options has new “Window animation scale” and “Force RTL layout direction” quick settings tiles
  

  

  We’ve hit most of the high points in our quest to find all the important things in the new Android O beta. Still, there are some little tidbits that will interest developers and huge Android dorks (that’s probably you). If you venture into the developer options, there are two new quick settings tiles to enable: “Window animation scale” and “Force RTL layout direction.”

  To enable these, you have to turn on the developer options menu in the usual way.

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  Android O feature spotlight: Dev options has new “Window animation scale” and “Force RTL layout direction” quick settings tiles was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

• 3 reasons why you should keep your Galaxy S7 Edge
  

  The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge may not be the most modern phone on the market today, but it holds its ground against rivals, including the Galaxy S8. Here’s why.(This is a preview – click here to read the entire entry.)

• Recently revealed “Cloak & Dagger” Android attack uses overlays and accessibility services to deceive users
  

  

  A new series of vulnerabilities in Android have been discovered by researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Titled “Cloak & Dagger” this new class of vulnerabilities and attack vectors makes use of overlays and accessibility service permissions in Android. These services can potentially allow for a malicious application to perform unwanted actions, including collecting data input on the device and so-called “clickjacking.” The latter term being when a user might believe they are performing one action, but another is occurring beneath a deceptive overlay.

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  Recently revealed “Cloak & Dagger” Android attack uses overlays and accessibility services to deceive users was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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