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ISSUE
29
ANDROID
ADVISOR
FROM IDG
LATEST SMARTPHONES, TABLETS & WEARABLES
Note 7
HANDS-ON:
A new Android King
Android
Nougat
PR E V I E W
NEW
Nexus 2016, Tab S3, Gear S3, Sony Xperia X2
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Contents
3
Welcome…
Preview
4
11
16
18
20
25
32
35
Google Nexus 2016
Google Nexus smartwatch
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3
Samsung Gear S3
Sony Xperia X2
Samsung Galaxy Note7
Samsung Gear VR for Galaxy Note7
Android Nougat
Reviews
40
47
54
63
73
80
82
Moto G4 Plus
Sony Xperia XA
Samsung Galaxy A7
Xiaomi Redmi 3S
Asus ZenPad 10 ZD300C
Xiaomi Mi Band 2
Pokémon GO review
Features
98
110
Best Samsung Galaxy phone of 2016
Fastest smartphone of 2016
How To
117
Use Prisma
Best Buy Charts
122
Our top phones, tablets, and more
Welcome...
 
A
s we get ever closer to the Android
Nougat final reveal, rumours heat up about
the two new Nexus phones – for now
codenamed Sailfish and Marlin – on which Google
will showcase its shiny new OS. More of a surprise,
though, is that these HTC-built smartphones could
come alongside Google’s first Nexus-branded
smartwatch. We round up all the rumours from page
4, and detail what Nougat has in store on page 35.
The IFA 2016 show is also upon us, and among
the highlights this year we’re expecting to see a
Samsung Gear S3 and Tab S3, and a new Sony
Xperia flagship. It won’t be the long-awaited Sony
Xperia Z6, but it should at least be worth the wait.
See page 16 onward for details of what to expect.
The big news this month, though, has been
the launch of Samsung’s biggest and best ever
Galaxy, the Note7. Check out our hands-on from
page 25. The new Galaxy is currently available
to pre-order and should be on sale around the
time you read this.
With its huge, high-resolution screen and
3500mAh battery the Note7 is an ideal device for
watching video and playing games. And there’s
only one game on everyone’s minds right now:
Pokémon GO. Turn to page 82 if you want to know
what the fuss is all about.
We hope you’ve enjoyed this issue. Send us your
feedback via
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or email
marie_brewis@idg.co.uk.
LG Nexus 5X
Preview:
Google Nexus 2016
Marie Brewis
rounds up the latest Nexus rumours
 
G
oogle unveils a new Nexus smartphone
every year (in 2015 it announced two),
which it uses as the launch vehicle for its
annual Android update. In 2016 we will see Android
Nougat. Tradition sees the new operating system
Developer Preview announced at Google I/O in
early summer, and then released on the new Nexus
5 and/or new Nexus 6 phone around October time.
(The Nexus 5X, pictured opposite, and 6P were
announced at the end of September 2015, and
the Nexus 6 before it in October 2014.)
However, the Android Nougat Developer
Preview was released a couple of months early
this year, ahead of Google I/O. In July we saw
the release of the final Developer Preview, which
means it is possible that we’ll see an earlier
release for the new Android OS than in previous
years – most likely September.
There have been plenty of rumours suggesting
an August release date for the new Nexus
phones, but with little logic behind them. For
instance, we’ve seen many sites reporting that
the new Nexus 6 will be released in August
because in mid-June the price of the two-year-old
(refurbished) Nexus 6 dropped to $180. It is not
uncommon for manufacturers to drop the price of
or discontinue an older-generation smartphone as
they approach the release date of a newer model.
But (a very big but), eBay is an online auction site
and not Google, and the phone had already been
removed from the Google Play Store. And the
jump from a price drop in June to a release date in
August is nothing more than speculation.
According to respected tipster Evan Blass the
final version of Android Nougat will be rolled out in
August and will include the August security update.
His tweet caused speculation that the phones could
launch with the update, but he meant only that the
security update will be included in Nougat and not
that the new operating system would be rolled out
with the patch on 5 August.

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