Official images and specs leak for Galaxy A6 and A6 Plus

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  • Information just leaked from Samsung itself, giving us the details on the Samsung Galaxy A6 and Galaxy A6 Plus.
  • The Galaxy A6 looks to be a basic low-to-mid-range device, while the Galaxy A6 Plus seems like a more robust phone for its speculated price.
  • No release date is yet known, but both devices will likely land in May.

A month ago, we got wind that the Samsung Galaxy A6 Plus was coming soon through a support page showing up on Samsung’s Poland portal. Now, we have another leak that gives us pretty much everything we need to know about both the Samsung Galaxy A6 and Galaxy A6 Plus devices.

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As of now, the only two bits of information that an Indonesian listing on the official Samsung site doesn’t tell us is a precise availability date and pricing. However, since this listing page is mostly complete, we can extrapolate that both devices will land sometime soon, likely in May. We can also assume pricing based on the Samsung Galaxy A8 and Galaxy A8 Plus, the more expensive brethren to the mid-range A6 line.

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Let’s start with the vanilla Samsung Galaxy A6. According to the Samsung listing, the Galaxy A6 is a pretty bare-bones mid-range device. It has a 5.6-inch display with an 18.5:9 aspect ratio and a resolution of 1480 x 720. It has a single camera on the back (16MP, f1.7) and a selfie camera on the front with similar power (16MP, f1.9). Underneath the rear camera is a fingerprint sensor (looks like Samsung is entirely done with the mistake of putting the sensor on the side of the camera).

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Inside, the Galaxy A6 is powered on an octa-core, 1.6GHz processor. The listing doesn’t say explicitly what processor that is, but Sam Mobile speculates that it’s the Exynos 7870. We do know that it will have 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, expandable up to 256GB through the microSD slot. Everything is powered by a 3,000mAh battery.

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The Samsung Galaxy A6 Plus pumps up some of those specs. The 6-inch screen is bigger with a better resolution of 2220 x 1080. The rear camera becomes a dual-camera setup with an additional 5MP f1.9 sensor, and the front camera gets a big boost to a 24MP f1.9 sensor.

Inside, the processor is an octa-core, 1.8GHz model, which Sam Mobile speculates is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450. There’s a little boost of RAM to 4GB, but no boost to internal storage. However, the microSD slot can handle an extra 400GB, so that should give you a bit more room. The battery gets a slight boost too, at 3,500mAh.

Notably, both phones feature a camera flash on both the front and the back.

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Both phones will also offer facial recognition technology and access to Samsung’s virtual assistant, Bixby. However, only Bixby Vision, Home, and Reminder will be available; Bixby Voice is not present on the devices. It’s likely that both devices will ship with Android 8.1 Oreo, but that is not totally confirmed.

The color choices will be blue, black, and gold.

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Sam Mobile speculates that pricing for the devices is likely to be between $350 and $400 for the Galaxy A6 and between $450 and $500 for the Galaxy A6 Plus. The price seems a little high for what you get with the Galaxy A6, but the Galaxy A6 Plus looks like it will be a good deal.

Separate from this Indonesian page, a video of a Samsung representative showing off the device also leaked to YouTube. You can watch that here, although it doesn’t give any more concrete info about the devices:

Once Samsung announces the devices, we’ll have a better idea of pricing and release dates. Until then, what do you think of the Galaxy A6 line? Will you be interested in buying? Let us know in the comments!

NEXT: Even Samsung expects profits to fall this year due to flagship fatigue

Source: Android Zone

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Samsung reiterates mid-May goal for Galaxy S7/S7 Edge Oreo update

  • Samsung has said it is “doing its best” to deliver the Android Oreo update for the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge by mid-May.
  • The company made the announcement on its South Korean Samsung Members portal.
  • The U.S. rollout might not be far behind.

Samsung South Korea has reiterated its aim to roll out Android Oreo for the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge in mid-May. The Samsung Members portal posted a recent update [translated] via SamMobile, where it said it was “doing its best” to have the update rolled out by the middle of next month.

Samsung Turkey’s Guncelmiyiz portal suggested last week that the update would appear around May 18, but this outlet often sees ETA amendments and the confirmation may not have inspired much hope at the time.

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This additional, more recent statement from Samsung on its home turf is therefore good news — but questions regarding location and carriers remain.

Samsung Canada has previously suggested that the S7 Oreo update would land in the summer, while the S7 and S7 Edge received certification from the Wi-Fi Alliance with the new firmware — including U.S. carrier variants — a couple of weeks ago. With that in mind, a rollout in North America around the same time as South Korea and other markets isn’t out of the question.

However, once Samsung is done with the firmware, carrier deployment is out of its hands: even Samsung it hits the mid-May target itself, it could still take weeks/months for the update to arrive with Sprint/AT&T etc.

Samsung’s comment nonetheless suggests it is confident about the deployment in the next couple of weeks. We’ll have our fingers crossed for you, S7 owners.

Source: Android Zone

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How to Add Custom Post Status for Blog Posts in WordPress

Do you want to add a custom post status for your blog posts in WordPress? Post status is an editorial tool that allows you to organize your articles based on their respective stages during the editorial workflow. In this article, we will show you how to easily add custom post status to blog posts in WordPress.

How to add custom post status in WordPress

What is Post Status in WordPress and Why Do You Need it?

Post status is an editorial tool that tells WordPress the stage of a blog post during editing. For example, posts that are incomplete are saved with the post status labeled ‘Draft’. When you publish an article, the status changes to ‘Published’.

Post status

Post status helps WordPress choose how to handle and display blog posts on your website. For example, it will automatically exclude posts labeled draft from your homepage and other publicly viewable areas of your website.

By default, WordPress comes with the following post status that you can use:

  • Draft – An item that is saved but incomplete and not yet published
  • Auto draft – WordPress has an auto-save feature that automatically saves a draft as revision.
  • Pending review – Items that are complete and submitted for review but not yet published.
  • Future – Posts scheduled to be published later.
  • Private – Items marked as private
  • Trash – Items that are trashed
  • Inherit – Child pages that automatically inherit status of their parent page.

Apart from these default post statuses, you can also create your own custom post statuses to improve your editorial workflow. For example, you can add a label ‘Not suitable’ for posts that are complete but not suitable for publication.

Having said that, let’s take a look at how to easily create custom post statuses in WordPress.

Method 1. Create Custom Post Status Using a Plugin

This method is easier and recommended for most users. It allows you to create custom post statuses as well as efficiently manage editorial workflow on your multi-author WordPress blog.

The first thing you need to do is install and activate the Edit Flow plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, the plugin will add a new menu item labeled ‘Edit Flow’ to your WordPress admin menu. Clicking on it will take you to the plugin’s settings page.

Edit statuses

Edit Flow comes with a lot of useful features, and you can turn them On/Off from this screen. Go ahead and click on the ‘Edit Statuses’ button under ‘Custom Statuses’ box to continue.

Edit Flow automatically creates the following custom post statuses:

  • Pitch – Used to pitch new article ideas and this status also becomes the default post status of every new post.
  • Assigned – You can select an author and mark an article as assigned so that the author can work on it.
  • In progress – Writer is working on the post but is not yet available as a readable draft.

Add new status

You can create your own custom status by providing a name and description in the left column. Once you are done, click on the ‘Add new status’ button to save your changes.

Your custom status will now appear in the right-hand column, so you can edit or delete it at any time.

Edit status

Next, you need to go to Posts » Add New page to create a new post. On the post edit screen, click on the ‘Edit’ link next to status option under the ‘Publish’ meta box.

Select post status

This will reveal a drop-down menu showing all post statuses that you can select including the custom post status you just created.

You can also see all articles filed under different post statuses by visiting Posts » All Posts page.

Sort posts by status

Method 2. Create Custom Post Status Using Code

WordPress has a known bug in the API used to register custom post statuses. It allows you to create custom post status, but you cannot use it in the admin panel. This means that the coding method can get the job done, but it is not as clean, and you will need to change it after it is officially fixed.

However if you still want to do it manually, then you can continue reading.

This method requires you to add code to your WordPress site. If you haven’t done this before, then take a look at our guide on how to copy and paste code in WordPress.

First, you need to add the following code to your theme’s functions.php file or a site-specific plugin.

// Registering custom post status
function wpb_custom_post_status(){
        register_post_status('rejected', array(
                'label'                     => _x( 'Rejected', 'post' ),
                'public'                    => false,
                'exclude_from_search'       => false,
                'show_in_admin_all_list'    => true,
                'show_in_admin_status_list' => true,
                'label_count'               => _n_noop( 'Rejected <span class="count">(%s)</span>', 'Rejected <span class="count">(%s)</span>' ),
        ) );
}
add_action( 'init', 'wpb_custom_post_status' );

// Using jQuery to add it to post status dropdown
add_action('admin_footer-post.php', 'wpb_append_post_status_list');
function wpb_append_post_status_list(){
global $post;
$complete = '';
$label = '';
if($post->post_type == 'post'){
if($post->post_status == 'rejected'){
$complete = ' selected="selected"';
$label = '<span id="post-status-display"> Rejected</span>';
}
echo '
<script>
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
$("select#post_status").append("<option value="rejected" '.$complete.'>Rejected</option>");
$(".misc-pub-section label").append("'.$label.'");
});
</script>
';
}
}

Don’t forget to replace all instances of the word rejected with your own custom post status.

This code registers a custom post status and after that, it uses jQuery to add it to the admin panel. You can now edit a WordPress post, and you will be able to see it in the status drop-down menu.

Custom post status shown in admin panel

We hope this article helped you add custom post status to blog posts in WordPress. You may also want to see our list of 55+ most wanted WordPress tips, tricks, and hacks.

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