But due to less-than-stellar sales of the phone and its accompany accessories, the company was rumored to abandon that approach, according to the Korean news site ETNews. Instead, the phone's successor, presumably called the G6, was expected to take on a more traditional design. On Monday, however, LG reiterated it has made "no such decision" to discontinue the G5's modular structure. "We always look at multiple smartphone designs/features in the development phase," wrote LG spokesman Ken Hong in an email. "The green light is given to the final design only weeks before we make an announcement.. As of today, all this talk of what we may or may not do is speculative, at best."This is consistent with what Hong told CNET earlier in September. During the G5's launch, LG also unveiled a community page and set up a conference in San Francisco to help develop more software and hardware kits that would accommodate the phone's swappable design.
First published October 21, 2:58 p.m, PTUpdate, October 24 at 11:54 a.m.: Adds comment from LG, The company reiterates that it will not scrap the G5's swappable approach (and the phone's accompanying accessories) for now at least, LG is sticking to its guns, When the company's G5 flagship phone debuted in April, it made waves with its unique modular-like design, Its removable battery can be swapped out from the phone's bottom ultra-thin snap-on case for iphone 5/5s & iphone se chin, and other accessories like a camera grip and a digital-to-analog audio converter, can be attached to give the handset additional functionality..
WatchOS 3.1 should let you replay the cool effects in the Messages app on your Apple Watch, in addition to squashing some bugs. Here's the full changelog for each update. macOS Sierra 10.12.1. watchOS 3.1. tvOS 10.0.1. "This update includes general performance and stability improvements."via 9to5Mac, MacRumors. Mac OS Sierra 10.12.1, watchOS 3.1 and tvOS 10.0.1 are mostly about fixing little issues -- but they also bring a couple new features. If you've got a recent piece of Apple hardware, it may be time to update -- the iPhone 7 Plus, Apple Watch, Apple TV and the Mac all got minor software releases this morning.
But the dust rating isn't the issue -- the water rating is, A water rating of 3 means that the Pixel is just barely waterproof -- it should be able to withstand "water falling ultra-thin snap-on case for iphone 5/5s & iphone se as a spray at any angle up to 60 degrees from the vertical," and it must pass a test that involves being sprayed for at least five minutes, In other words, you'll be fine if you're caught in a light shower with this phone, but you shouldn't go running in the rain with it, Dropping it in the sink or toilet is a no-go, and you should definitely not have it anywhere near a pool..
To compare: The Samsung Galaxy S7 (£35 at uSwitch) and Galaxy Edge S7 are both rated IP68, which means that they should be able to withstand full immersion in one to three meters of water for more than 30 minutes; and the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are both rated IP67, which means they should be able to withstand full immersion in one meter of water for up to 30 minutes. (Though this is not always the case in practice.). Good news: If you happen to be a clumsy aquatic ape like the rest of us, you can still pick up the Pixel or the Pixel XL and waterproof it yourself..with a case.
