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Samsung to proceed with Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales in Australia
It was only just yesterday when Samsung announced that they will be halting the sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablets in Australia. This was in conjunction with the ongoing Apple vs Samsung patent infringement lawsuit where Apple is claiming that Samsung not only infringed on their patents, but also created products purposely designed to look like Apple’s iOS products.
Well fans of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia will not need to fret as it seems that Samsung will be proceeding with the sales after all, although based on how Samsung worded their statement, it probably has something to do with a legal loophole.
“No injunction was issued by the court and the parties in the case reached a mutual agreement which stipulates that the variant in question will not be sold in Australia,” the statement says. “A Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1 for the Australian market will be released in the near future.”
Take note that in the initial report yesterday, there was no formal injunction by the courts, but rather it was Samsung who volunteered to halt the sales, even providing Apple with a few units of the tablet that they had planned to launch in Australia. As you can see by how Samsung worded their statement, they said that “a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for the Australian market” will be released, which means that it could be a different device from the one that Apple had initially wanted to ban, thus providing Samsung a legal loophole.
Naturally we think that this will not sit too well with Apple and their lawyers and they’re probably hard at work trying to get the ban in effect formally this time.
The Fairphone 2 was first unveiled in June earlier this year, where this particular handset carried a modular design while featuring majority of its components that have been sourced from conflict-free mines. It seems that this particular handset that you can purchase with a clear conscience has begun to ship to those who happen to live across Europe.
Fairphone announced in a blog post, “It’s been almost two years in the making, and some of the earliest buyers have been patiently waiting since July to receive their new phones. As community manager, I want to personally welcome the new batch of Fairphone owners to our community.” The initial 1,000 units are tipped to ship this month, before the other pre-orders follow in January 2016.
In terms of hardware specifications, the Fairphone 2 will run on a Snapdragon 801 chipset, has a 5″ 1080p screen with Gorilla Glass 3 protection, 2GB of RAM, an 8MP camera, with Android 5.1 Lollipop in tow. It will be a dual SIM capable handset with a microSD memory card slot and plays nice with 4G LTE networks, retailing for approximately €525 a pop.
It looks like the upcoming flagship model from Xiaomi will feature NFC support, at least based on a document that was released by China UnionPay. Just in case you are scratching your head and wondering who China UnionPay is, they happen to be the only domestic payment gateway supplier and card organization, and hence, to see them offer detailed support concerning the newly released NFC-based payment system points to the very real possibility of the upcoming Xiaomi Mi 5 featuring NFC capability.
After all, the Xiaomi Mi 3 was also mentioned on the list, which so happens to feature NFC, and there is no mention of the Xiaomi Mi 4 which does not come with NFC. Still, such a new payment system would be the ideal tool to see the reintroduction of NFC to the flagship model.
OnePlus did make an announcement in the previous month that the Ceramic variant of the OnePlus X will be released on November 24. True to their word, they did exactly that – although only a pitiful number of units were made available, and not only that, this was through a charity auction. Thankfully for the rest of the masses who are on the lookout for this device, it has gone on sale officially already.
Needless to say, this particular variant is available only by an invitation, although do bear in mind that standard OnePlus X invites are not good here – you will still need to snag yourself a specific Ceramic variant invite before you make a purchase. OnePlus is also on the lookout to offer additional methods of picking up this smartphone, although no further details were revealed.
The OnePlus X Ceramic will be available only in select markets, where among them include Europe, India, and Hong Kong. To date, we do know that OnePlus had made only 10,000 units of the handset available. A case of the early bird getting the proverbial worm here?