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Thursday, April 2, 2015
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active coming soon to Europe to cost €629
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active was launched exclusively on AT&T in May and it has only been available through the US carrier retail stores since. It seems the AT&T exclusivity is going to expire soon and the Galaxy S5 Active will be heading to Europe.
According to inside sources, the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active will soon launch in European markets with an asking price of €629. If AT&Ts exclusivity was for a 6-month period, then probably the Galaxy S5 Active will be hitting the shelves throughout the old continent in October.
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active is a rugged flavor of the Galaxy S5 flagship. It has the same specs, but in addition to its IP67-rating, it also comes with military-grade MIL-STD-810G certification for endurance against salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation, transport and thermal shock.
The European model should be available in cameo green and silver colors, while the red flavor will probably remain exclusive for AT&T.
XiaoMi Device Kernel soon to be Open Sourced
The trend is changing, while every Chinese manufacturer benefit from GPL agreements to obtain and modify kernel to their own advantage. But those same companies almost never give back to the community code wise.
OPPO has been the first to come back to the community and share their kernel code. Now XiaoMi, which is arguably, the most media buzz brand, is going this way too. Hopefully, others will join the movement and put pressure on the rest of the industry like MediaTek.
The chip maker has a key role in the Chinese smartphones industry and is one the of the biggest responsible for the rise of Chinese phone manufacturers. But MediaTek is not somewhat inclined to facilitate open source work on phones based on their SoC.
First, XiaoMi will release kernel codes of the Mi 2 series : Mi 2, Mi 2S, Mi 2A followed by the Mi 1 series, finally the HongMi and the Mi 3.
Whats next ?
3rd party ROMs developers will be able to adapt Mi 2 series kernels to their own use and optimize the devices performance.
For more informations, head to MiuiAndroid forums which broke the news first on the web.
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