OnePlus has given a select number of fans a preview of its upcoming OnePlus 6 flagship phone, and while the devices are pixelated in a video of their reactions, it’s clear a white version of the handset will be available.

The video, posted to the OnePlus YouTube channel, shows fans attending the company’s Open Ears Forum in San Francisco being given some time with prototype OnePlus 6 handsets.

OnePlus has already confirmed that its new handset will have the biggest screen it has ever put on a phone, that it’ll feature a display notch, and have a glass rear, headphone jack and slender bezels.

All these features are mentioned by the fans while checking out the handset, but something that hadn’t previous been confirmed is the colors of the device.

Can you spot the white OnePlus 6 in the video below?

All white on the night?

It’s clear that there are two colors of device being held, with black handsets alongside a white device.

This isn’t the first time OnePlus has offered a white handset, with the OnePlus 5T available for a short period of time in white (and red) – but a white variant being shown off so openly at prototype stage could hint that the OnePlus 6 may launch in two hues, rather than the white version being introduced at a later date.

Luckily, we don’t have long to wait to find out for sure, with the OnePlus 6 launch date set for May 16. TechRadar will be reporting live from the event to bring you all the latest on the new flagship smartphone.

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Into your French art house cinema or Scandinavian crime dramas? A new EU law could see them make more of an appearance on your favourite streaming services.

The European Parliament, Council and Commission have drawn up a preliminary agreement that would require the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video to serve at least 30 percent content that originates from European creative teams. 

It is thought the agreement could be passed into legislation for member states as soon as June of this year.

In addition, the proposal would ask for tighter controls surrounding the broadcast of hate speech and content that could incite terrorist activity on video sharing platforms like YouTube and Facebook, as well as requiring platform holders to make better efforts to protect minors from inappropriate content.

‘Positive change for European creators’

“A fairer environment for all players in audiovisual sector is much needed,” said Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Mariya Gabriel in a statement. 

“Moreover, our cultural sector will have a more prominent place in on-demand catalogues – a significant and positive change for European creators and authors.”

While the agreement still requires formal approval, the EU has had success in other areas of streaming enforcement. It recently awarded consumers the right to access their home territory paid-for streaming services wherever they were travelling across the European Union, regardless of the local library on offer.

Where Britain will sit in any such agreements post-Brexit remains to be seen. But it’s interesting to see the EU throwing its weight around regarding what platform holders can and can’t do, and whose interests they really serve.

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3D Touch has been a staple feature of iPhone screens ever since the iPhone 6S, but Apple may drop the technology for one of its devices later this year.

So far we’ve heard rumors of three devices from Apple including 5.8-inch, 6.1-inch and 6.5-inch phones, but the smallest and largest of those are rumored to feature OLED display tech while the one in the middle will be LCD.

A new note from trusted KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that the 6.1-inch phone may have to drop its 3D Touch features while the other two will keep it.

According to his note, which was published by Chinese website Feng, the 3D Touch feature may be dropped because of a new “Cover Glass Sensor” tech that will mean Apple moves the touch module from the display panel to the glass itself.

It’ll also be adding in a thin-film sensor to the screen tech, but exactly what that will be capable of doing is currently unclear.

One with LCD

The note says it should make the screen tech both lighter and more resistant, but it also makes it 15% more expensive to make too. Kuo believes Apple will then drop the 3D Touch functionality so the company doesn’t have to increase the cost of the phone.

That’d be a bold move from Apple considering 3D Touch is now so integrated within iOS 11 (and probably iOS 12 when it launches) but if the company intends to one day make all its phones with this tech it may be the feature is soon phased out altogether.

It also may be that the new thin-film sensor Apple is rumored to be adding to the phone will be capable of some of the 3D Touch features we’re used to, but we’ve yet to hear word of the tech so we wouldn’t hold our breath for it.

Considering Apple’s usual release pattern we expect to see an official announcement of what the company is planning in September this year where we’re hearing rumors of an iPhone 9 and iPhone X2.

Via MacRumors

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