It’s time for windows smartphone users to wave goodbye to Whatsapp as the company has announced departure from the less famous windows mobile platform by the end of this year this means from the next year you will not be able to send WhatsApp messages to your friends if you own a windows smartphone.

It’s probably not surprising seeing Whatsapp ending support for Windows mobile platform as Microsoft itself is ending support for its own operating system and this might be the main reason for Whatsapp to stop development for the Windows mobile platform.

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Moreover, Whatsapp also announced that it will be discontinuing its support for Android version  2.3.7 and older, as well as iOS 7 and older on February 1, 2020.

Whatsapp told that ” Because we will no longer actively develop for these platforms, some features may stop functioning at any time,”. While the app may initially continue to work, you’ll likely start encountering major bugs as WhatsApp continues to make changes on its end and Windows phone grows stale”.

Here’s the list of every operating system where you won’t be able to use Whatsapp after sometime

• Phones running Android 2.3.7 and older
• iPhones running iOS 6 (iPhone 3GS/)
• Nokia S40. S40 that was last used in 2013 for Nokia 515

Smartphone industry saw a huge decline in sales mostly during the second half of 2018 manufacturers struggled to cope up to their first-half records. The reason was a global economic slowdown, due to which people preferred not to buy a spend their hard earned money and companies also tried to adjust as per the situation. Manufacturers came up with low-cost devices to create interest in which some fared well but some failed miserably.

Recently, counterpoint released a list of bestselling smartphones of 2018 and it gave a look at which smartphones generated the most traction and ended up in public hands.

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Before giving you a glimpse here’s a short summary for you. That 6 out of 10 top smartphones are of Apple which is kind of shocking as we all know how costly these smartphones are and statistically Apple had a terrible first half.

So starting up with the list, Apple’s iPhone X tops the list followed by another Apple device you may know as iPhone 8, Apple’s 2016 flagship. Going on to the 3rd place we get the iPhone 8 big brother basically it’s huge variant called iPhone 8 Plus and on the 4th position, we have Apple’s 2015 flagship smartphone iPhone 7. So, the Apple streak ends here and now we continue to the fifth position.

On 5th we have Xiaomi’s ultra-budget smartphone Redmi 5A with basic specifications and a solid low cost it attracted a huge amount of attention.

Now, Samsung instead of great sales record and huge profits came 6th place with their 2018’s flagship the S9 and then continued by two another Apple devices, the iPhone XS Max and iPhone XS at 7th and 8th position respectively.

Whereas Samsung S9 and it’s budget smartphone J6 got 9th and 10th position respectively.

According to Counterpoint, developing countries with a huge amount of millennials helped these companies to boost their smartphone sales.

Counterpoint also released another China specific report where Oppo dominated the list and Apple just got two spots in the list where iPhone X is on the second spot.

As per Microsoft’s promise, it will be getting Android notification mirroring which will let you see all your smartphone notifications on your desktop or laptop.

Microsoft is also adding a feature through which you will be able to send text messages through your desktop and mirror your phone’s screen on your desktop.

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The news of feature update comes from Microsoft’s blog update about the Windows insider build and will be rolled out to insiders using preview builds of 19H1 that is the may 2019 update well known as version 1903. The feature update will

• let you see the incoming notifications and events in real-time
• group all of the notifications of your phone in one place
• let you select which notifications to receive and which to skip
• let you wipe all of the notifications at once or individually.

via Microsoft’s blogThere are chances of this update being available to every user once the May update becomes stable.

When you connect Your phone app to your Android phone with your PC, it will begin installing an application in your Android device so that the notifications from your phone be available on your Desktop.

The notifications will pop up as a normal Window notification in the lower right corner of your Window screen and will be available in the action center also.

Earlier screen mirroring feature used to be a part of Cortana app so this feature is not actually new but has been reintroduced with Your phone app.

With the new update, Microsoft has also allowed phone screen mirroring for devices including, OnePlus 6, OnePlus 6T, Samsung Galaxy S10e, S10, S10+, Note 8, and Note 9. Though this feature needs a “Windows 10 PC with a Bluetooth radio supports the low energy peripheral role.” So if you have a phone that supports it, you also need to have a pc that supports the same.

All you have to do to get started is say “Hey Google, tell me a story” which brings you tales such as Let’s Be Firefighters and Robot Rampage. You can ask the Google Assistant narrate a bedtime story to help kids sleep well, and it does that simply.

Important: You have to have the Google Play Books’ latest version installed on your phone.

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Using this feature is not so difficult, you just have to teach your child to say “Hey Google, tell me a story” though kids of this generation already know a lot of features. Google Assistant will do its job and narrate a bedtime story for your children such as Let’s be firefighters, Tortoise, and the Hare and many more stories.

It also includes a feature of “read along” which will provide sound effects on Home smart speakers and the kids will read aloud. If you have a favorite audiobook of your child on google play, you can ask the Google assistant to read it out loud.

With many versatile features, Xiaomi black shark’s sequel Black Shark 2 is here and In the box, you will get

• Black Shark 2
• Charger
• USB-C cable
• Slim case

Black Shark 2 doesn’t come with any gaming accessories like a controller and the box contains very basic smartphone accessories. The device doesn’t’ have a 3.5mm headphone jack and above those USB-C headphones are an optional purchase.

Moving towards the design and body, the device has gaming lights with 163.6mm x 75mm x 8.77mm body dimensions and a solid aluminum chassis and the front portion is of glass. The logo of Black shark is positioned in central and glows in 16.8 million colors as per Black Shark. You can choose the gaming smartphone from its two variant colors, Frozen silver, and shadow black.

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However, because of the aluminum chassis, the device seems bit heavy, thus you might feel the device bit heavy in your pocket while walking around.

The 3.5mm headphone jack is missing and the sim tray is at the bottom with 2 sim card support but no memory card support. Just like every other smartphone the rear camera are positioned in the exact same way.

Keep your phone away from water and wet hands as there’s no waterproofing and water resistance support.

Moving towards the display the device comes with a 6.39 inches screen full hd+ and AMOLED, 2,340 x 1,080 resolution, 430ppi, 19.5:9 aspect ratio, 430-nit brightness.

Customer’s complaint helped Black shark improve colors in the successor version providing more color accuracy. And for security, it provides face unlock and fingerprint reader which is nothing new.

Under the hood, it runs on Snapdragon 855 S0C with 2.8GHz octa-core, the 7nm process, 8 or 12GB of RAM which depends upon the users’ need and 128 or 256GB of storage with liquid cooling. The battery is a 4000 mah lithium-ion with Qualcomm quick charge 4.0 and sadly the device doesn’t support wireless charging.

Moving ahead on camera Black shark has a stunning camera. The rear camera has 48MP primary sensor, f/1.75 aperture, and 12MP 2x telephoto sensor, f/2.2 aperture while the front camera has a 20MP sensor, f/2.0 aperture and you can shoot video up to 4k.

The device runs on Android 9 with Joy UI as a skin. The device is available in U.K and Europe for 470 pounds which is equals to $ 625 which is value for money.

As per the reports from early reviewers, it is said that the device is too much tender and it has higher chances to be broken after a few days of use. The smartphone is 4.6 inch with an opening structure of a 7.3-inch tablet.

The reviews reporting about Samsung Galaxy Fold in a negative manner have been kept back and nullified by the company as per the statement was given to CNN business, “excluding the protective layer or uniting adhesives to the central display may begin the damage.

We will assure this message is audibly delivered to our buyers.” That statement clearly mentioned the chances through which the smartphone may be affected and also the company assured to the customers to be updated about the best manual to keep their phone safe.

Although it has already become a negative review about the Samsung Galaxy fold as the reports are showing the chances of risk not only to the users if they’re having this cell phone.

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But also the risk to the company if they launch it yet the company has decided not to alter its schedule for the launching of this model. In the statement, IDC research Director Roman Llamas told CNN business, “ Was the [Galaxy Fold] risky? Of course, but risk travels hand in hand with innovation and something that companies have learned to embrace. Very rarely does a first-generation product-especially something as hyped up like this one live up to expectations.”

The company should not bear a setback and that’s why the advice is made to be very clear about the solutions to the problems if they actually and ever occur to the users.

“Something needs to look into these cases quickly and be clear with the public, particularly those with pre-orders, about the cause of the issues, how they will be fixed, and how they will be prevented moving forward,” Stephanie Tomsett said.

Further stated, “Consumers are likely to be concerned about this news, and their concerns need to be addressed to ensure that this new device is as popular as previously expected.” The research analyst at ABI research, Stephanie Tomsett overall tried to make sure the consumers not to be worried and put faith on the new launch as they did on the previous one.

While talking about the design of Moto Z4, it is expected that the dimension would be 76.5mm wide and 156.6mm tall. Unlike Moto Z3 which has somewhat more bezels as compared to its competitors, Moto Z4 display is likely to fill up the bezels and you can also expect a teardrop notch design for the front camera.

Moto Z4 might have in screen fingerprint scanner enabled by Qualcomm‘s premium chipset but this is something which you should doubt about as Moto Z3 used an outdated chipset.

But this time moto can step up the game and Moto Z4 might come out with the new Snapdragon chipset that is Snapdragon 855 and this can possibly increase the price of Moto Z4. In terms of storage capacity, 4GB ram and 64GB internal memory seem likely though expectations are high to see the increase in Ram size.

For the camera, it’s expected that Moto Z4 might use the 48 megapixel Sony sensor camera on the rear and maybe moto z4 can have a quad lens camera. So we can expect a wonderful quality of pictures with Moto Z4.

So far we can expect that there will be a Moto Z4, Moto Z4 play. Motorola could position the Snapdragon 845-powered Moto Z4 as a 5G-ready smartphone while also releasing a Snapdragon 855-powered Moto Z4 5G with Qualcomm’s X50 modem for 5G. This new change wouldn’t require the new Moto z4 to go under a few mods to enable 5g connectivity. Price expectation of the new Moto Z4 depends upon the type of processor they use. If Moto goes with the Snapdragon 845 chipset in Z4 the price could be up to $500 but can rise up to $700 if Moto opts for Snapdragon 855 chipset. The release date might be closer to August or even September as Moto had released it previous Moto Z lineup between August and September.

Galaxy Fold has two screens. The bigger screen is inside the phone and is 7.3 inch of a display which can be folded into half, while the smaller screen is outside the phone which looks like any other standard smartphone. This wrapped mobile is a competition for other companies like Huawei and Motorola.

How To Buy Galaxy Fold

First, you need to visit the website Galaxy Fold for pre-order registration which is going to start on April 15^th, Monday.

From April 26^th onwards the Fold will be available to buy on Samsung stores, Best Buy, AT&T, T-Mobiles. Though is it possible for display and to buy it is a good idea to pre-order the phone as Samsung already warned that this is a limited edition.

Cost of The Mobile

Well, it is not so cheap and cost than a base model. The Galaxy Fold costs around $1,980 for 512 GB storage and 12GB of RAM.

Colour Availability

The fold is coming in Cosmo Black, Space Silver, Astro Blue, and Martian Green.

So, what are you waiting for then? Go and pre-order your mobile.