Galaxy X Could be Samsung's First Foldable Phone

Samsung is testing a dual-screen smartphone that will feature two OLED panels. Reports suggests that the device will be Galaxy X and it will come with a hinge in the middle which will allow you to fold the smartphone.

The rumors about Samsung announcing a bendable smartphone could become reality next year. To recall, Samsung filed a patent for a phone that bends down the middle and this new take on foldable phone could be a sudden vast change in the smartphone marketplace and consumers will see it as a new innovation. According to the rumor, Samsung is on the verge of releasing a new smartphone called Galaxy X and it could be the world's ​first foldable phone. Reports suggests that the upcoming "Galaxy X" will feature a flexible screen, with 4k ultra HD resolution and a curvature of 3R. With the Galaxy X, Samsung may have the potentials to open a new mobile era. Imagine a device with flexible screen that can fold like a book and when unfolded it becomes a tablet. Isn't that awesome?.

Samsung foldable phone concept | Source - Youtube.com

From what we have gathered so far, Galaxy X will carry the model number - SM-X9000 whereas the X plus will have SM-X9050 as its model number. We aren't sure about this yet as Samsung may take its consumers by surprise. But one thing is sure, Samsung is working on a smartphone that'll be inward foldable. Reports​ from the Business Korea confirmed that Samsung "was" designing a phone that will be both inward foldable and outward foldable. Their decision was later changed after much considerations and hence they have decided to settle for the inward folding design. Samsung's president "Koh Dong-jin" had earlier this month said that the company will launch a foldable phone once they overcomed the obstacles facing them. His words reportedly said...

We are currently dealing with some hurdles and we will release our first foldable phone after overcoming the hurdles.

Samsung foldable phone concept | Source - Almesryoon.com

From the report above, you will agree with me that Samsung is working on something that will change the mobile era. There isn't much known yet about the Galaxy X, and we are not even sure if it's indeed the phone name. But you'd know that the work on the creation of a new foldable smartphone has been long anticipated and we are waiting for Samsung to unveil it soon. No doubt, the upcoming foldable phone from Samsung will be top-notch device and the OS may run on Android Oreo. Things aren't clear yet, and we're not sure on what to expect from Samsung. They may even decide to launch its foldable phone alongside the Galaxy S9. But as we've said earlier, we'll need to wait and see as everything unfolds.

How To Convert DVD to Digital Format

Undoubtedly , DVD is gradually stepping out of the home media. People prefer to watching film, video, TV show on streaming media these days. Let alone that increasing PCs aren't equipped with disc drive. However, what about people who still have big collection of DVDs and want to play them back on steaming media or portable devices? Is there any way for you to play your DVD collection on those devices? WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro is here to help you rip your DVD to digital format and device.

WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro is able to rip DVD to 300+ digital formats and devices. Almost all the popular formats and devices can be found here. Here's an honest review of it to show you how it works.

1. Equipped With Various Video/Audio Formats

After launching the DVD Ripper Pro, a large list of video/audio formats can be found in it. There are more than 300+ formats and devices for you to choose, such as: AVI, MP4, MKV, MPG, WMV, MOV, MTS, M4V, ASF, FLV, VOB, 3GP and etc. If you're not sure about which video format that your device supports, you can just click on the Device on the interface. Various devices will be presented here. After the output video format is set, then you can convert DVD to digital copy.

What makes DVD Ripper Pro excellent is that it's able to rip DVD without any quality loss. Equipped with the most advanced technology, the output video can be presented with the best quality. Almost no difference can be found between the original DVD and the output video.

2. Three DVD Source Options

There are DVD source options in the software. One is for DVD Disc, all you need to do is to load the DVD to your disc drive. Then you'll be asked about which drive you want to read from. Another one is for ISO Image. If you happen to have ISO image, now it can help you to convert ISO to any format that you want, for example you can convert ISO to MKV. And last one is for DVD Folder. Various choices make it easier for you to choose whatever DVD source you have.

3. Customize Settings and Edit Video

WonderFox DVD Ripper Pro allows you to customize the settings of the output video. You can customize the settings, such as: aspect ratio, resolution, frame rate, bit rate and more. Moreover, some editing functions can also be found here. You can add some editing features to the output video, such as mosaic, blur, sharpen, emboss, noise and more. Moreover, you can add or remove subtitles while ripping the DVD.

WonderFox is holding a Giveaway Campaign with Tech Viola until October 2nd. Don't miss the chance to get the great software free. Here's the Giveaway License Key for all the readers:

VC-DRPB-A64C500783-A5917DFD84-F91A34D210

Please note: The giveaway version doesn't support lifetime free support. Enjoy it now.

How To Install Google ARCore on Unsupported Android Device

Google have been investing in various apps and services that'll aid developers to build great AR experience on Android. Recently, the tech gaint company released a new SDK called ARCore which was built on the same technology with Tango to "directly" bring augmented reality capabilities on Android. Augmented reality is simply a technology that allows you to put virtual contents to the environment you see with your device's camera. Google termed ARCore as a place to build reality apps on Android and hence the project integrates virtual elements in the real world by using motion tracking, light estimation and environmental understanding.

The sad news, Google ARCore is currently supported with Pixel and Samsung Galaxy S8 device running on Android 7.0 Nougat and above. The company have promised to announce ARCore on 100 million devices before the preview ends, and we'd hope they make good with their promise. Apparently, they'd be working with other Android device manufacturers to make this possible. While it's taking time for Google to officially add support for more device, a nice developer at Github have come up with a way to install and use Google ARCore on unsupported Android device. So if you are eager to test ARCore on your Android device, here is how to install or get it.

Install ARCore Service and Hello AR 

To begin with, you'll need to download and install Google ARCore Service APK. With this ARService, you can run any app that's built on the ARCore platform. So grab the modified version of ARCore Service APK from here and install it on your Android phone. Next up, download and install Hello AR APK from here. This app will allow you to access ARCore on your Android device.

How to Use ARCore on Android

Once you're done installing the aforementioned apps, then it's time to test augmented reality on your phone. To do this, open Hello AR from your device's app drawer, you'll be greeted with a camera interface. Simply point it towards a real environment and ARCore will automatically recognise it. (You'd notice that Google ARCore calculates the area quite fast and accurate). Now tap the screen to add elements.

How to Convert WhatsApp Voice Notes to Text

WhatsApp is a very popular social media messaging app for smartphones, offering a lot of significant features that allows users to communicate with family and friends. With over one billion monthly active users, WhatsApp brings the functionality to send end-to-end encrypted messages, videos, gif, images, audio files, documents, contacts, user location and most importantly voice notes. The platform also allows for group communication. If you're a WhatsApp user having lots of foreign & local friends, then you may have been receiving tons of voice messages that aren't understandable or you're not just able to decipher or listen to them at that particular time.

What if you can convert those voice notes to text and then listen to them whenever the situation permits you to?. Yeah this is quite possible, as you can comfortably use "transcriber for WhatsApp" to convert WhatsApp voice notes to text without any limit. The app is pretty accurate, and we've personally tested it on Oneplus 3T running on Android 7.0 Nougat and found it to be working quite perfectly. Without further ado, here's​ the perfect method to convert WhatsApp voice messages to text.

Install Transcriber for WhatsApp

To begin with, head over to the Google Play Store and install Transcriber for WhatsApp. There are other similar apps that claim to be able to convert WhatsApp voice notes to text, but Mirko Dimartino's transcriber for WhatsApp is the one that works best and it is the one you should be using.

Choose Language

Once the app is installed on your Android device, locate and open it from your app drawer. From here, you'll be greeted with a brief instructions​ on how to convert your WhatsApp voice notes to text by using the all popular Transcriber. Simply swipe your screen from the right or tap the arrow icon to skip the introductions.

The moment you enter the app's interface, you will​ be allowed to select the current language you're using. To simply put, there are 11 languages supported in transcriber. Under UI, you can configure the options in there to your preference. Once you're done then it's time to convert WhatsApp voice notes to text.

Convert WhatsApp Voice Notes to Text 

Now open your WhatsApp messenger app, tap on a user contact and locate the voice note you wish to convert to text. Next press and hold the voice note, then click on the share icon that's located at the top bar of WhatsApp. From here, choose an action by selecting "transcriber" from the lists. The voice note will automatically start a rapid connection & within seconds, your voice note will be transcribed to text.

You can copy or share the converted voice note to anywhere. Transcriber has no limit as you can be able to convert numerous number of WhatsApp​ voice notes to text without a seconds and everything is quite accurate. There's no annoying ads and it's lightweight. Overall enjoy your converted WhatsApp voice note on Android.

For iOS users, you can install, you can also convert WhatsApp voice notes to text by installing Audio to Text for WhatsApp. Open the app and grant it the permission to access speech recognition. Then open WhatsApp, tap and hold on a voice note, from here, press "forward" and tap the share icon at the bottom right corner of the screen. Next select "Audio to Text" from the list and wait till the voice note is converted to text. That's all!.

8 Best Anime Download Sites You Can Use

Anime has been with us for a very long time now, while many detest the distinctive art form, others​ find it quite captivating. Anime also known as Animation originated from Japan. The art style being hand-drawn is generally separated from reality by a decent number of blatant fictions. Mostly, anime focuses less on the animation of movement, but gives great attention on the realism of settings and camera effects. Perhaps this is what makes it interesting.

If you are a die-hard anime lover, then you may have been searching for the best websites where you can download tons of high quality anime for free. Similar to korea dramas, you can mostly stream anime online which in turn consume lots of battery. But since the best things in life are free, there are also a lot of websites that allows you to download or stream the ever popular Japanese anime for free. So if you have got your PC or mobile ready, then below are the best websites to download or stream high quality anime for free.

1. Animeout.com

Animeout is doubtlessly one of my favourite anime download site which offers a lot of high quality anime and they are all free to download. The platform stays updated with the newest release of anime and they're been made available to be downloaded for free. In Animeout, you will be able to download and watch tons of high quality anime in 720p. The site offers 3 different download options, ranging from direct download links, mega links and torrent files. Overall, anime out is one of the best websites to download high quality anime since it provides a very easy and clear navigation.

2. KissAnime.ru

Kissanime is the undisputed and most popular anime download site on the web, if you're truly an anime lover, then you'd hear of kissanime's sophisticated list of various anime from different genre. The site offers tons of new anime daily with a convenient chatroom to discuss about your favourite anime series. On kissanime, you will get to read manga, watch drama and even read novels. The site offers a colossal number of anime in different qualities such as 240p, 320p, 720p up to 1080p. Users can either choose between watching anime on the site or they can directly download them on their mobile or PC. Kissanime offers a huge list of ongoing and lastest anime, and you'd get to discover newly upcoming anime from the site's homepage.

3. 9anime.to

9anime offers extremely large number of high quality anime series, and the site's interface is quite snappy and easy to navigate. If you have ever thought of quitting anime because of subtitles, then 9anime will change your mind. 9anime allows you to either watch or stream anime online in high quality, and all the anime series found in their website have either been dubbed or subbed in English. I like the fact that the site provides various genre of anime starting from action, fantasy to adventure. As it will give you a clue on which anime series to download or stream online.

4. Chia-anime.tv

Chia-anime is one of the best site that offers tons of high quality anime for free. You will really be engrossed with the site's simple and easy interface. Chia-anime brings the latest anime episodes with various formats such as 360p to 1080p. Downloading various type of anime series from chia-anime is quite an easy thing to do, and you can even choose to watch high definition anime online directly from the site. Moreover the site offers latest anime dubbed in English. It's really a cool & popular site for downloading anime series.

5. Otakustream.tv

Otakustream is one of the coolest website that provides the most trending and popular anime to be downloaded or stream online. Similar to animeout, otakustream brings an easy and simple navigation and you'll get to find tons of high definition anime dubbed in English directly from the site's homepage. Otakustream allows you to either watch high quality anime online or you can choose to download it and watch later. The latter demands you to become a member though. As a member, you can bookmark interesting anime series in other to easily find and watch them later.

6. Project-gxs.com

Project-gxs is quite a huge database with enormous number of anime that's available for download. From the site's homepage, you'll be greeted with tons of completed and on-going anime series. Once you pick any of your favourite anime, a brief plot of the anime will be showned on the next screen. From here, you'll see a neatly arranged lists of the episodes along with the file size. Project-gxs offers high quality anime from 420p up to 1080p, and you can choose whether to download the anime episodes directly or through torrent link. Users can request for any anime series and it will be uploaded without stress. Overall, project-gxs brings easy and clear navigation that makes downloading anime very simple.

7. Animecruzers.io

Animecruzers is yet another best website to download high quality anime for free. From the site's homepage, you'll get to discover a ton of newly uploaded and old anime series which you can download and watch later in offline mode. Before downloading anime in "animecruzers, I'd recommend you read the guidelines​ on how to download anime from site since they're passworded. Animecruzers offers mini mkv & MP4 anime that's within 60-90mb. The website is quite sharp & easy to explore, and it brings colossal number of anime episodes in a neatly arranged lists. All these anime series can be downloaded or watch directly from the site.

8. Animeworldbd.com

If you're the type who's too weary of ads, then animeworldbd should be your point of call. Animeworldbd is a classy website that provides tons of high quality anime to be downloaded for free, the site solely depends on donation from users since they don't serve annoying ads. The only downside is that you've to cope with old anime if there's no donation coming, as the site isn't commercial. Hence they won't be uploading anime regularly. Apart from this, animeworldbd allows you to watch anime online for free, and you can also download high quality anime directly from the site. They offer anime that's available in 720p to 1080p, and users can request for anime to be uploaded regularly (that's if the donation keeps coming). It's really a cool anime download site.

Sites to Watch Anime

• Masterani.me/anime

• Animetosho.org

• Gogoanime.io

• Animerush.tv

Wrapping Up

Whether you're a grown up or adult, don't let the child in you die. Even cartoons can bring lots of suspense and action to flourish your memory. When you feel like escaping the world of reality, watching anime can come in handy. Animations and cartoons can help to get rid of boredom, and having known this, we decided to gather and unveil the best websites to download high quality Japanese anime for free. Fantasy is of great essence, don't miss it, not for anything. With anime, you'll feel a distinctive work of art geared towards giving you the best effects. If you're an anime lover or perhaps a fan, then the above anime download sites will fit your needs perfectly.

iPhone X Production Cost is Estimated at $412.75 - Here's the Breakdown

It's no longer a secret that Apple's new iPhone X is an overpriced smartphone that boost barely of decent features. At a price tag of $999, you'd know you have to spend the whole of your monthly salary to buy the device. Even though the iPhone X proves to be a top-notch device with premium specifications, how much is Apple paying for each components used to produce the iPhone X?. Fortunately, chinese Industry insiders thought it wise to investigate on the iPhone X production cost and they have made a rough calculator of how much each components in the iPhone X costs. Apparently, the estimated production cost of the iPhone X is around $412.75 and that's approximately​ 60% cheaper than the $999 retail price.

Also Read:The Difference Between iPhone X, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone 8.

Unsurprisingly, Samsung's 5.8 inch OLED display is the most expensive material used in the iPhone X. According to the chinese industry insiders, Apple is paying the sum of $80 for each single panel unit and this is way higher than any other material used in iPhone X production. Apart from this, Apple's new powerful A11 bionic chip built by TSMC costs $26 while the qualcomm modem that's plastered in it costs $18. Another expensive part of the iPhone X is the DRAM and NAND memory which was provided by Toshiba. The 3GB RAM costs $24 while the 256GB NAND memory goes for $45. The 3D sensing is valued at $25 while the haptics is worth $10. The lists goes on and on.


To put things in perspective, let us check the table image below. There, you will find the total BOM and manufacturing cost of each materials used in producing the new Apple iPhone X.

Conclusion

There's no doubt that iPhone X is Apple's most expensive smartphone ever, and its outrageous price is no child's play. Still one might argue that 60% profit is unnecessarily high and that it's an overpriced pieces of metal. The full-screen OLED display is one of the eye-catching gold used in the iPhone X, but even though it is advanced, there are similar device which offers it too. To simply put, Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ where the first device to bring an infinity edge-to-edge screen, and the total production cost was estimated at $307. All in all, iPhone X is one hell of a smartphone with an mouth-watering price.

Source via | iChunt.

AOMEI Backupper Review: Free Backup Software to Protect Your Computer's Data

AOMEI Backupper is a free backup software that's capable of protecting your system, files, disk and partitions from WannaCry Ransomware cyber attack.

Overview of AOMEI Backupper Standard

System crash happens occasionally while using computers. Usually, we will choose to reinstall the system or restore the system if meet those kinds of problem. But both of the two solutions are not easy for novices. Here introduces the easiest free backup software, AOMEI Backupper Standard to solve this kind of issue.

AOMEI Backupper Standard is a free, easy to use backup and restore software. It not only provides system backup feature, but also could backup files, folders, partitions, hard drives and transfer data with real-time sync to network & NAS. In addition to the backup feature, it helps to restore data to the original state easily when data loss occurs. Let’s see its main features.

Main Features of AOMEI Backupper Standard

• System Backup and System Restore - AOMEI Backupper supports to create a system image with Windows operating system and system configurations. You can return to the original system state after restoring from the system image.

• File Backup and File Restore - To save the specific files including photos, videos, games and other documents on other hard drives or NAS. You can selectively to restore the corrupted files via the file backup images as well.

• Disk/Partition Backup and Disk/Partition Restore - It supports to make a disk image to backup the hard drive data as well as the specific volume or partition. You can restore the partition image or disk image to another solid state drive or hard disk drive.

• Incremental & Differential Backup - With the incremental and differential backup, you can backup those data has been changed only to save your storage space and time.

• Automatic/Schedule Backup - AOMEI Backupper provides the automatic backup to make a schedule to backup data based on date and event triggers. It's extraordinary helpful for those users who are  careless to data backup.

• File Sync - Backup files with file sync, no image file and supports real-time sync.

• Disk/Partition Clone - Clone a hard drive to another without creating an image file. Besides, you can transfer the data via the hard disk or partition from large hard drive to smaller one.

• Create Bootable Rescue Media - Create a Windows PE or Linux bootable CD/DVD disc, USB drive or ISO file for system reboot during disaster recovery. Windows PE bootable disc is more popular than Linux bootable disc based on legacy BIOS and UEFI mode.

Version 4.0.6 (Released 2017-09-05)

• Added new multiple languages: Italian (Italiano), Dutch (Nederlands), Spanish (Español) and Turkish (Türkçe). Now AOMEI Backupper supports 10 languages.

• Fixed issue: antivirus software like Avira falsely report AOMEI Backupper as Adware or gen2.

Conclusion

Here you can use AOMEI Backupper to solve the issue we mentioned in the first part. After finishing the system restore, you can boot your operating system and use your computer again. With the complete backup, fast restore, easy clone and powerful utilities, AOMEI Backupper is the simplest pc software to backup, restore and clone your Windows system, important data and crucial programs.

Why People Read Mobile Spy Reviews

When we talk about the spy apps so this is the great program to control the communications. It is popular as the parental control programs and simple as well. Specially designed for cell phones to monitor the social networking application accounts. The most simple way to know about these applications is Mobile Spy reviews. Nowadays, people mostly give their feedback when buying​ or using any kind of latest app. Hence, before installing any app first read the reviews and know about it. Then, download and proceed further. In fact, such kind of spyware is easy to install on mobile and monitor the conversations. Just log in the control panel of the parental program and then start reading the communications. You can also check the call logs and names of callers. These application programs are partitioned into 2 different sections -

• Logged Details

• Alerts

With these sections, people can easily track the online activities of a target device. Additionally, they can set the web filters and block the applications. The logs of such mobile phone spy app automatically delete the contents - text, pictures, browser history, and searches. Even, if your child uses incognito window (private browser), you can also track those activities.

Usually, these are not easily tracked by few spy apps. But, creators put the special features to track everyone whether it is working on private mode or not. The most interesting and great feature of such mobile spy apps is live controlling.

It means people can monitor via live control panel function and know the current activities. No need to wait the updated status and reports then check the conversations.
With the assistance of this monitoring program, parents can easily get the details about their kid's activities. Like - text messages, call records, video files, time duration, URLs and much more. It will also give you the facility to block the websites that don't allow your kids to access. After that, they never visit the particular websites.

• You can also set the time slot for others, hence child cannot access internet or social media websites during that time. Through this way, parents can control their kids from using the internet. As we know, apps are the finest way to enjoy and doing fun, learning and engage various useful things. But, sometimes, these are attracted towards those things that are harmful to kids.

• If you want to create alerts that will give you the notification when your child access internet and other things. They don't search such kind of things that are offensive.  Nowadays, kids are very clever and they always try to find out new things and advertisements are always pop up. Sometimes, the pop-up contains a variety of information, few are not good for kids.

• The mobile spy reviews will you tell you these above-mentioned features and qualities. The spying apps have a variety of remote functions that can provide access to control mobile phones at any place. It means you can control the cell phone at your current location. For example - if you want to lock your kid's cell phone, so it can be done remotely without any revelation.

• The spyware contains GPS tracker functionality that will tell you the location of the mobile phone. As well as, identify that your child is safe or not. If their phone is lost or stolen, so it will help you to know about it.  You can also put an alert that will provide information about your child if he/ she comes in a particular area.

• These are the marvelous software for mobile phones for monitoring and tracking. It is compatible with Android phones, iPhones, Windows phones, Blackberry and much more.

How To Download Videos and Music From YouTube

With a community of more than a billion users, YouTube gets more than 100 hours of video uploaded every minute. These videos include music videos, standups, movies, short films, advertisements, branding and lots more. Some content is so good that we watch it again and again, burning our internet data. We keep listening to our favorite music on YouTube in a loop. To sum it up, YouTube is awesome and addictive. But, there's a big dependency. We need to stay connected to the internet all the time if we want to watch our favorite content. Also, every time we watch anything, we consume our internet data. To save data, and watch our favorite content anytime and anywhere, we can download the video or music and then listen or watch it in our favorite player. There are a lot of services and apps to download content from YouTube.

But, the experience with these apps and websites is terrible. First, we have to open YouTube and then copy the link. Then, paste in the app, and then most of the services or apps don't allow the quality download. Downloading YouTube Videos in HD or in mp3 is generally paid in most of the services or apps. Also, having an app just for downloading YouTube Videos is not a good idea. We need a separate player to watch these videos after downloading. Like you, we don't even like all this hassle. So, worry not, we have a solution. We have found a very cool app for downloading youtube videos on our Android Phone. The best part of this app is, it not only supports YouTube but also, you can download your favorite content from SoundCloud, Facebook, Vimeo, Vevo, Instagram, DailyMotion and lots more.

With InsTube - Free Video and Music Downloader, you can download videos in High Quality or directly in mp3 format for free. It is very easy and fast. The app also has private space where you can save your favorite videos or music and lock them, i.e., can be accessed only by entering a 4 digit passcode. So, let's see, how this app works and some more cool features of this app.

How To Download Videos or Music from YouTube

1. Download the InsTube App from here.

2. Open InsTube app and you'll be presented with a screen like shown below.

3. These are some default bookmarks, you can add your favorite website or app in the bookmark too. Also, there are some more predefined bookmarks available which you can add on this screen. Click the Add (+) icon to add bookmark here. You can choose between a number of websites as shown below.

4. Now to download video from your favorite site, say, YouTube. Follow these steps:

Method - 1: Download directly from YouTube App
Watching a video on YouTube and want to download it without leaving the app? Simply copy the URL and you'll see a floating widget appear all of a sudden. Click on this widget icon and select your video/audio format to download the video. Alternatively, you can also click on the option given in the notification bar.

Method - 2: Download from YouTube bookmark in InsTube App

This method is also very easy and super fast. Simply click on the YouTube Bookmark available on the front screen of InsTube app. This opens YouTube in the custom tab in InsTube app. Search for the video and once you find it, click on the download button available on top right corner.

Method - 3: Download from InsTube Search

When you want to download something but unsure that which site has the video. Simply, use the search available in the InsTube app. It shows the Google search results for the query entered. And, you can open the link you want and download the video. Easy and Fast!

5. You can also check all the downloaded videos and music anytime in the InsTube App in the "Downloads" section and play it directly.

Private Space (Video Lock)

InsTube has a private space for videos and music to protect your personal privacy. If you want to lock some videos, then you can save them in the private space. And, accessing these videos in future requires a 4-digit passcode.

  

So many features and the ease of downloading content from the internet makes this app stand out from the crowd. The app is absolutely free to use and has all the features one can expect in a video and music downloader. So, if you have separate apps for downloading YouTube videos, Facebook videos, Instagram pictures/videos, ditch all those apps and download InsTube App.

Let us know in the comments, what feature of InsTube App you loved the most.

The Difference Between iPhone X, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone 8

On Tuesday, Apple rolled out a trio of phones which was unusual. Hence, there sudden unexpected move in launching 3 new iconic phones at the same time can generally put any Apple fan in a tight situation when it comes to choosing one among the 3 phones. Apple's new iPhone 8, iPhone 8 plus and the most recognizable addition iPhone X offers tons of plethora features, but even at that, even though they seem overwhelming, there must likely be a way they differs from each other. Unveiling the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 plus and iPhone X in the smartphone market at the same time, various apple consumers are bound to make a decision on which phone to buy. As a result, we are going to break down the major difference between the new iPhone 8, iPhone 8 plus and iPhone X. Below is a quick summary of the trio.

	iPhone X	iPhone 8 Plus	iPhone 8
Display size, resolution	5.8-inch, 2436 x 1125 pixels	5.5-inch, 1920 x 1080 pixels	4.7-inch, 1334 x 750 pixels
Pixel density	458 ppi	401 ppi	326 ppi
Dimensions (Inches)	5.65x2.79x0.30 inches	6.24x3.07x0.30 inches	5.45x2.65x0.29 inches
Dimensions (Millimeters)	143.51x70.87x7.62 mm	158.50x77.98x7.62 mm	138.43x67.31x7.37 mm
Weight (Ounces, Grams)	6.14 oz (174 grams)	7.13 ounces (202 grams)	5.22 ounces (148 grams)
Operating System	iOS 11	iOS 11	iOS 11
Camera	Dual 12-megapixel	Dual 12-megapixel	12-megapixel
Front-facing camera	7-megapixel	7-megapixel	7-megapixel
Video capture	4K	4K	4K
Processor	A11 Bionic chip, M11 motion coprocessorÂ	A11 Bionic chip, M11 motion coprocessor	A11 Bionic chip, M11 motion coprocessor
Storage	64GB, 256GBÂ	64GB, 256GB	64GB, 256GB
RAM	TBD	TBD	TBD
Expandable storage	None	None	None
Battery	21 hours of talk time on wireless; 12 hours of internet use; 13 hours of video playback on wireless; 60 hours of audio playback on wireless	21 hours of talk time on wireless; 13 hours of internet use; 14 hours of video playback on wireless; 60 hours of audio playback on wireless	14 hours of talk time on wireless; 12 hours of internet use; 13 hours of video playback on wireless; 40 hours of audio playback on wireless
Fingerprint sensor	None	Home button	Home button
Connector	Lightning	Lightning	Lightning
Special features	Face ID; wireless charging; splash, water and dust resistance	Wireless charging; splash, water and dust resistance	Wireless charging; splash, water and dust resistance
Price (USD)	Starts at $999	Starts at $799	Starts at $699

From the above chart, you do agree with me that the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 plus looks quite identical with the older iPhone 7's. While the iconic iPhone X looks completely overhauled. iPhone X seems to be the top-of-the-line among the trio, its screen size is bigger, and the display has rounded corners that follows a beautiful curved design. One of the major features iPhone X offers is the face ID facial recognition which allows you to complete payment on the web, stores and within apps. iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 plus still retains the simple circle touch ID with us accessible from the Home button.

Looking at the iconic iPhone X, you'd notice that the Home button is gone, and it's been replaced with a "gesture-style interface". Hence to access the Home, you will need to swipe up from the bottom of the display. Also it's safe to mention that iPhone 8 plus has longer battery than the iPhone X and iPhone 8. Apart from this, iPhone X tops the line in all ramification with its compact size. So why get an iPhone 8 plus when there's an iPhone X? Apparently, the only downside in iPhone X is the price tag. But you'd know that the best things in life aren't free. If you can swallow the price, then you needn't be worried on which among the 3 iPhones to buy. Since the iPhone X makes everything obvious.

Conclusion

It's quite unusual for apple to unveil three different iPhones at the same time, but the iPhone 8 doesn't offer much features. I'd stick with my iPhone 7 plus if i've one, since they aren't completely out of specs. iPhone X may battle with Samsung's new Galaxy S8 plus, since the performance is unrivalled. Overall, my final peroration​ is that iPhone X is a new generation of iPhone!.

How To Get Android Oreo Adaptive Icon On Your Phone

Android icons have always been a mess and Google are refocusing every efforts to see if they can standardise it. Apparently this isn't the first attempt Google is making in their efforts to achieve icon uniformity. Recalling on last year with Android Nougat , Google urged developers to include rounded icons on their regular icons, and this year's everly solution is Adaptive Icons. Adaptive icons is one of the best new features integrated in Android oreo, it was created with the aim of bringing uniformity to Android main UI. In this way, developers can be able to create a single adaptive app icon which can later be stylised and cut into shapes by any third-party launcher to match your system theme.

This clearly means that instead of having your device's home screen and app drawer being plagued with various icon of different shapes and sizes, everything should now be consistently shaped to achieve uniformity. Unfortunately, only users who have updated their Android device to 8.0 Oreo can enjoy its adaptive icon, in such a way that any app designed for Android 8.0 will adjust to your preferred look while older apps that haven't implemented adaptive icon will be scaled down to fit inside the same background the adaptive icon is using. If your device haven't received the Oreo update yet, then there's a way to get Android O adaptive icon with the latest version of Nova launcher.

Install Nova Launcher Beta

To begin with, make sure that your device is running on Android 5.0 lollipop and above. Then head over to Settings ->> Security and enable installation of apps from "Unknown  Sources". From here, download the latest version of TelsaCoil's Nova launcher beta and install it on your device. Alternatively, you can choose to enroll in Nova Launcher Beta program or if you've the beta version of Nova launcher previously installed, then head to Nova Settings and update the app to its latest version which is v5.5 beta 1 (as of writing this article). Once you're done, set Nova launcher as your default launcher.

Enable Adaptive Icon 

Now simply long press on an empty space on the home screen and tap the gear icon to enter Nova Settings. From here, tap on "look & feel" and you'll see an option named Adaptive Icons. Next simply toggle on the switch to enable Adaptive Icons, and you'll have access to choose adaptive icon shape.

Choose Adaptive Icon Shape

Once you enable Adaptive Icons from Nova launcher's Settings, another option called "Adaptive Icon Shape" will become accessible just below it. Tap on it, and choose the shape you want all your icons to have. Changes will take effect immediately on apps whose developer have implemented adaptive icon. So to make sure all your apps adapts to the new shape, enable the "Mask Legacy Icon' option as this will scale down and place unsupported apps in a white background to match the shape you have choosen previously.

Enjoy Adaptive Icons

Once you're done, head over to the home screen and you'll see that all your apps have taken the same shape you choosed earlier to maintain a uniformed consistent look. That is Android 8.0 Oreo adaptive icon at its full glory. While the last year's circular icon seem to have failed, we'd hope that this one succeed and developers should update apps to support adaptive icons.

Say goodbye to icon packs, that's if you are not a fan. A lot of third party launcher will be throwing their hats into the ring to bring support for adaptive icons, till then you will have to wait (if you're not a Nova launcher fan). We'd hope to see this feature on the pixel launcher too.