Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 was the subject of a lot analyses that showed its tendency to overheat. This article shows how the Qualcomm unit compares to its main rival, the MediaTek Helio X20 in terms of heat management. The results are very interesting. Read it to learn more.
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Samsung’s flagships tend to be runaway successes almost every year, with their high profile leading to a number of fakes and clones surfacing in the market. If you’re looking to pick up an S6, check out this excellent video that helps you easily identify a fake, and this discussion around spotting a fake.
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GravityBox, one of the most popular Xposed modules for device tweaking, has been updated to support Android 5.1. The developer behind the module has stated that this version requires the super alpha Xposed Framework for 5.1, and will result in a bootloop if any other version is used.
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Oppo’s Product Manager, Ricky, has teased us with another video preview of the upcoming ColorOS update. The update is labelled as V2.1.0i Beta, and features a redesign which is brighter and flatter than previous releases. The video also showcases the speed improvements made with a quick side-by-side comparison.
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Apps are at the front and center of any smartphone experience, and with over a million apps on the Google Play Store and new apps being submitted to our forums every day, staying up to date on the latest apps and games can be a hassle. At XDA we don’t discriminate apps – if it’s interesting, innovative, original or useful, we mention them. The XDA Portal Team loves apps too, and here are our top picks for this week.
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That is it for this week. We hope that you might have found some of these apps as interesting, useful or entertaining as we did. Whether you are a student, a developer, a designer or a gamer, Android has you covered. We will try to reflect that each week with a variety of picks to spark your interest, and If you see (or publish!) any new apps that you think are worthy of a feature, be sure to send us a tip and we’ll give it a look. Until next time!
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Samsung’s revamped TouchWiz that ships with the Galaxy S6 may be better than the previous versions, but it doesn’t do justice to Material Design, and this theme for by XDA Member cambunch aims to remedy just that.
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Several forum members are reporting issues with the official Samsung Clear View Case, where they claim that the case is scratching the screen of the Galaxy S6 Edge. This is surprising considering that the S6 Edge costs upwards of $800, sports top-of-the-line Gorilla Glass 4 and the accessory used is officially sold by Samsung.
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