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OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has said that the company will announce the date of its next launch event on April 23. Lau hasn't revealed what this event will be about, but it's safe to say that it's going to be about the company's 2019 smartphones. Stay tuned next Tuesday for our launch event announcement 😁— Pete Lau (@petelau2007) April 19, 2019 OnePlus is tipped to launch the OnePlus 7 on May 14 alongside a Pro variant and a 5G model. The standard edition will look like last year's OnePlus 6T, whereas the Pro version will come with a notchless screen having curved...

Earlier this week, Sprint started rolling out this month’s security update for the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ — and now it’s turned its attention to the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, distributing an identical release (G950USQU5DSD3/G955USQU5DSD3), which addresses five critical and dozens of high-risk vulnerabilities in the Android OS, as well as 15 that are exclusive to Samsung’s own software.

Sprint has been on the ball when it comes to software updates as of late. Just last month it started pushing out Android 9.0 Pie for the Galaxy Note 8, Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. More recently, however, it was the first carrier in the United States to start circulating the this month’s security update for the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10e and of course the Galaxy S10+ — beating Samsung itself to the punch.

How do I install it on my device?

Just like usual, Sprint is rolling out this latest upgrade in stages. To check to see if it’s available for your handset, head into Settings, navigate to Software update, then select Download and install. Or if you’re feeling impatient and would rather jump the queue, you can download the firmware from our database — using the links below — then extract it and flash it on to your device manually.

• Galaxy S8 — SM-G950U
• Galaxy S8+ — SM-G955U

Galaxy S8

• Model: SM-G950F
• Dimensions: 148.9 x 68.1 x 8.0mm
• Display: 5.8” (146.5mm) Super AMOLED
• CPU: Exynos 8895
• Camera: 12 MP, Dual Pixel F1.7 OIS

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Galaxy S8+

• Model: SM-G955F
• Dimensions: 159.5 x 73.4 x 8.1 mm
• Display: 6.2” (158.1mm) Super AMOLED
• CPU: Exynos 8895
• Camera: 12 MP, Dual Pixel F1.7 OIS

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We've had the team's hands on the Samsung Galaxy Fold pretty much non stop ever since it arrived a couple of days ago and as we settle in for the weekend, we decided to gather a few early impressions of the novel gadget and share them with you. As a first-generation device, the Galaxy Fold is not without teething issues in need of ironing out, and we expect that some of these will be worked out by the time early adopters get their retail units in. Okay, now that the preamble is out of the way, let's quickly look at the few issues we've found before we move onto the exciting aspects of...

LG submitted a patent for a smartphone that features basic sketches of the device, outfitted with three rear cameras and three front-facing cameras. The patent was registered with the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Office) and went live on Friday. The device in the diagrams appears to have three cameras in the notch cluster above the phone. Each camera's function isn't explicitly described, but we could speculate that one has a standard lens, another - ultra-wide, and the third might be a ToF sensor. Maybe not in that particular order, but given the LG G8's inclusion of the ToF sensor,...

Over the past couple of days, the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G has made headlines as Huawei prepares at least two 5G devices for this year. After seeing a photo of the 5G version's retail packaging, a hands-on video of the device has been uploaded to YouTube on Friday by Zing Gadget. The video has a few angles of the Mate 20 X, prominently featuring a 5G logo on its backside. The specifications in the captions mention the two spec differences initially rumored earlier this week: the smaller 4,200 mAh battery, and the quicker 40W Super Charge support. Both the foldable Mate X and the huge...

Amazon is now offering the option to US customers to access Amazon Prime Music service without having a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription. But before you rush to try the service, it comes with quite a few caveats. First of all, it is ad-supported, which should be expected but still worth mentioning. Second, and more importantly, it only works on Alexa-enabled devices, such as the Amazon Echo products, Sonos One, etc. This means you won't be able to play it through any of the Prime Music apps on any platform or the web. Lastly, you can't just play any...

BlackBerry had previously launched the BlackBerry KEY2 Red Edition with a few key differences (no pun intended) over the standard KEY2 version that's currently available. BlackBerry is announcing the device's US availability. For starters, this is the KEY2 Red Edition. It's a totally red version of the KEY2, not to be confused with the KEY2 LE, which was announced back during IFA as a similar-looking Atomic Red color option. The exposed metal parts of the phone are bright red while the QWERTY keyboard remains black and the physical keys are silver. The Red Edition is made of the...