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Apple rolling out the iOS 10.3 Update today, introducing a new find my Airpods, and some tweaks on CarPlay, and many under the hood updates. It's all quite minor, but there are few important things to notice. The iOS 10.3 is moving supported devices to Apple's brand new File system, APFS (Apple File System), Replacing the 31-years-old HFS, that was design for floppy or hard disk. APFS now optimizes the SSD and flash storage. Sounds kind of nerdy right? For short, It boosted your phone storage, because the APFS optimize the use of storage. New Apple ID section (iDownloadBlog) Other than that, now when you open up the setting, you'll be presented with a new Apple ID section, where all your iCloud, App Store, Family Sharing and Find My iPhone setting in one place. Which is convenient.

Samsung confirms that They will sell refurbished Note 7, after its huge battery failure and the biggest recall in the history of modern smartphone that occurred last year. Previous report said that Samsung was given up on fixing the Note 7 after 3 times of recalling and bunch of weird software updates like limits the battery on just up to 60% in some region.  Note 7 after battery failure (Gizmodo) But more than 4 millions of Note 7 has to go somewhere, and dumping them could cause a huge environmental problems. And that is why, Samsung will resell a refurbish Note 7 with smaller battery in order to keep it safe.  Galaxy Note 7 on Coral Blue (Samsung) Not all of the Note 7 will be back on the store, thought. Some of them has gone through recycling process, including the salvage of motherboard, camera module and other useable hardware. And refurbish Note 7 will likely go to emerging market, like India and Myanmar, and possibly Indonesia. This is good news, considering

Apple's bold decision to remove the headphone jack on iPhone 7 is a controversial move made by the Cupertino company. Moreover, the headphone jack is still widely use on every phone in this godforsaken universe. Apple said that It is the time of wireless, and they're bragging on how brave they are to start the trend. But Apple's move is likely more about business rather than creating an evolution. According to JerryRigEverything on his youtube channel, here are the reasons why Apple remove the jack. 1. Forces every accessories manufacturer to use Lightning ports. EarPods with Lightning Cable now is the standard headset on iPhone 7 (macworld) According to Jerry, every time someone makes a lighting accessories, whether it is a cable, a dock, a speaker etc, They have to pay Apple a certain amount of money, whereas 3.5mm jack port is not own by Apple. So by removing the jack port, manufacturers' only port option is Lightning. Also, compare to other proprieta

If you find it hard to spend 650 Euros for Huawei P10, then probably you can go for the 300 Euros P10 Lite. It has 5.2 inch Full HD IPS display with very thin bezel, using Huawei's own Kirin 658 Chipset, rather than 960 found on P10 and P10 Plus. Fortunately, it has 4 GB of RAM. Despite the similarity of the name, P10 Lite feels similar to P9/P8 Lite. But it has the new blue color from P10, but the build quality on this phone is amazing with glass and metal. Also that thin bezel is just nice. The 12 Megapixel Shooter is also good for phone at this prize. You can check the comparison of P10 and P10 Lite photos on Android Authority.  But The P10 Lite is more expensive than the P9/P8 Lite, making it closer to the more better spec phones, like OnePlus 3T. We'll see how it goes toe-to-toe with the 3T. No dates on launch in Indonesia just yet, but this phone is more likely to go to Indonesia, rather than It's bigger sibling. But why not bring them both?

Samsung's Unpacked Event On March 29 will introduce the long-awaited Samsung Galaxy S8. The phone is rumored to have the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 with 6GB of RAM, 12MP camera, Iris scanner, and for the first time in Samsung phones, S8 will introduce on-screen button with 3D Touch-like feature. Render photo of Galaxy S8 (credit : android authority) But what really grabs the attention is the 5.8 inch, Edge-to-edge, curved and rounded display. with 18.5:9 ratio. Much like the 18:9 display on the LG G6.  Stay tune at The Headloss Instagram, because We're going to do a live report on the announcement of the Galaxy S8!

Apple has announce an upcoming apps, called Clips, which enables you to edit a video with emoticons, songs, captions and other stuff. Basically it's a simpler version of iMovie, sort of. The apps enables you to automatically add caption based on what you said on video. It will also automatically add music based on the mood of the video. You can also choose from variety of emoticons and overlays. No dates on launch just yet, but It won't be long until we can get our hands on the app.