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Honor 8S specs and images surface

Posted: 13 Apr 2019 09:00 AM PDT

Chinese phone maker Honor announced the Honor 8A Pro yesterday, and soon after, images and specs of the Honor 8S surfaced. The Honor 8S is built around a 5.71-inch waterdrop notch display that has a resolution of 1520 x 720 pixels. The screen is surrounded by tiny bezels, with a comparatively thicker chin. The back of the Honor 8S has a dual finish and is home to a 13MP camera. For selfies and video calls, there's a 5MP camera on the front which resides inside the notch. Talking about the innards, the Honor 8S comes with Helio A22 SoC which is coupled with 2GB RAM. It has 32GB of...

Samsung Galaxy M40 shows up in Wi-Fi alliance certification database

Posted: 13 Apr 2019 07:00 AM PDT

Keeping up with Samsung's latest wave of device announcements has been challenging, to say the least. After officially unveiling the eagerly-anticipated Galaxy A80 and the Galaxy 20e a few days ago, the Korean giant is now up to a whopping eight, or nine, if you decide to count the Galaxy A2 Core, phones in its new Galaxy A lineup. A bit overwhelming, for sure, but also pretty logical seeing how the Galaxy J series is now officially defunct and will be merged with the A lineup. Even further down the budget spectrum there is the Galaxy M family. It currently has a trio of devices in...

Honor Magic UI 2.1 will bring GPU Turbo 3.0 to the View 20 and Magic 2

Posted: 13 Apr 2019 05:00 AM PDT

Hot on the heels of Huawei's EMUI 9.1 beta announcements, sister company Honor has also revealed its recent software development. It comes in the shape of Magic UI 2.1. The latest version of Honor's custom Android ROM promises a multitude of improvements, chief among which is GPU Turbo 3.0. GPU Turbo is a pretty interesting and powerful graphics intermediary layer, which smooths out performance and improves power efficiency with the supported game titles. Huawei has been working really hard to get to this latest 3rd iteration of the tech. You can read up on GPU Turbo...

Honor 8 Pro finally gets Android Pie-based EMUI 9 stable update

Posted: 13 Apr 2019 03:00 AM PDT

The Honor 8 Pro that debuted back in March 2017 with Android Nougat-based EMUI 5.1 is receiving the much-awaited Android Pie-based EMUI 9 update. The update is currently rolling out in India with build number 9.0.1.163(C675E6R1P5). It weighs a whopping 3.49GB in size, but those who are enrolled in the beta program get a smaller file weighing just over 340MB. This EMUI 9 update brings simplified UI, AI object recognition, Huawei Share 3.0, faster app launch times, and ViLTE support to the Honor 8 Pro. It also brings along Android security patch that's dated March 1, 2019. You can check...

Nokia 7.1 gets a price cut in India

Posted: 13 Apr 2019 02:00 AM PDT

HMD Global slashed the price of Nokia 1, Nokia 2.1, and Nokia 6.1 Plus 6GB in India last week. Now its the Nokia 7.1 that's got a price cut in the country. The Nokia 7.1 was launched in India last November with a price tag of INR19,999 ($289) and is now down to INR17,999 ($260) in the country. You can purchase it at the new price from the company's online store, Flipkart, as well as brick-and-mortar stores across the country. The Nokia 7.1 has Snapdragon 636 SoC under the hood which is coupled with 4GB RAM. It sports a 5.84-inch FHD+ display and boasts a dual camera setup (12MP +...

FCC announces it will hold largest spectrum auction to accelerate 5G development in US

Posted: 13 Apr 2019 01:00 AM PDT

On Friday, the United States FCC has announced that it will take a couple of measures to expedite the development of 5G in the US. The race to lead the 5G race is one that President Trump fully intends to win, especially with the economic boosts and jobs that come with bringing high-speed internet to customers in rural parts of the US. It's a race our great companies are now involved in. According to some estimates, the wireless industry plans to invest $275 billion in 5G networks, creating 3 million American jobs quickly, and adding $500 billion to our economy. - Donald Trump The...

Realme 3 Pro appears on Geekbench and Bluetooth SIG, revealing several specs

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 11:00 PM PDT

Following a teaser posted on Twitter early Friday, the Realme 3 Pro has been spotted on Geekbench, revealing a couple of new details about the upcoming phone. For starters, we didn't previously anticipate the Realme 3 Pro to have a high-end chipset. But the phone had already been teased to be capable of running the Fortnite Mobile game at 60 frames per second. The Geekbench results revealed a Snapdragon 710 CPU paired with 6GB of RAM. Not only has the phone been spotted on Geekbench, but the same "RMX1851" listed on Geekbench has an entry with the Bluetooth SIG revealing more...

Amazon launches Echo Link and Echo Link Amp in India

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 09:00 PM PDT

Amazon has started selling its recently launched Echo Link and Echo Link Amp devices in India. The Echo Link is priced at INR 19,999 ($288) and the Echo Link Amp at INR 29,999 ($432). The Echo Link is a companion device. It does not have microphones so it cannot be used on its own and needs to be used with other Echo devices or the Alexa app on the same network. You can tell your Echo to play music on the Echo Link, which can then be plugged into your home audio system. It also has inputs for connecting other devices to the Echo Link and then route the audio through...

Huawei Mate 20 series gets beta access to EMUI 9.1

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 07:00 PM PDT

Huawei's P30 and P30 Pro were the only phones so far that came with the company's latest software - EMUI 9.1. The UI built on top of Android 9.0 offers a more optimized experience, new file system, refined gestures, and icon design. Starting today, the Mate 20 family - including the Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, Mate 20 X, and Mate 20 RS are starting the beta testing of the new software. The beta is available to non-rooted phones and requires you to have 6GB of free space to try it. As is normally the case with beta trials it's unwise to sign up with your daily driver phone. Prior to...

Samsung Galaxy A2 Core price leaks, it will be cheaper than the J2 Core

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 05:00 PM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy A2 Core is nearing launch day and the latest set of rumors confirm the specs we saw a while ago and add a price tag to the picture. This Android Go edition phone will launch in India at INR 5,300 (that's around $76/€68). This is lower than the Galaxy J2 Core, Samsung's first Go edition phone, which launched at INR 6,000 and was later discounted to INR 5,500. The Galaxy A2 Core will have a plastic build and a small screen - a 5" LCD with qHD resolution. It's not small on absolute terms, but it is about as small as modern smartphones get. It will run Android 9...

OnePlus CEO: no foldable phones anytime soon, the company is working on a TV

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 03:30 PM PDT

OnePlus may be working on as many as three phones to launch this year, but a foldable phone is not among them. CEO Pete Lau went to Milan to speak with students at the European Institute of Design where he shared his thoughts on the future. Foldable phones are not ready for prime time and not just because of the price. Lau says that they don't do anything fundamentally different from current phones. Folding screens do have potential, but not in phones, not yet. Instead the company wants to expand to other fields - OnePlus is working on building a TV or a "smart display" as Lau calls it....

Facebook reportedly bringing messages back to main app

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 02:00 PM PDT

In the beginning of this year reports claimed that Facebook is planning to merge its messaging services, essentially allowing users to communicate seamlessly between WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg confirmed the company has plans to do so but commented that it will not happen any time soon. Noted developer specializing in app reverse engineering Jane Wong, managed to obtain evidence that Facebook app will integrate chat functionality back into the main app. The feature was previously removed back in 2014. Facebook is bringing the Chats back to the app...

Latest Realme 3 Pro teaser is all about the speed

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:30 PM PDT

The Realme 3 was introduced in the beginning of March, and the event finished with a teaser of the Realme 3 Pro. The time for the Pro iteration has come and the phone is launching on April 22, as already confirmed. Today the company CEO for India Madhav Sheth posted another teaser, reminding that the Realme 3 Pro will be all about speed. See you on 22nd April. pic.twitter.com/UfomufNovY— Madhav Sheth (@MadhavSheth1) April 12, 2019 The company has kept silent on any specs, but thanks to photos, uploaded by Sheth, we expect a selfie camera with more than 12 MP sensor, likely a 25 MP...

vivo iQOO 12GB RAM variant now comes with 128GB storage

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 11:00 AM PDT

The vivo iQOO was initially offered in four configurations - 6GB/128GB, 8GB/128GB, 8GB/256GB, and 12GB/256GB. Today, the company has announced a fifth variant of this smartphone which comes with 12GB RAM and 128GB storage. This new variant is priced at CNY3,698 ($551/€487) and will go on sale in China from April 14. And, unlike other versions, this one will only come in one color - Electric Blue. The vivo iQOO is a gaming smartphone and has Snapdragon 855 SoC under the hood. It's built around a 6.41-inch AMOLED display and features a triple camera setup at the back consisting of...

Huawei P30 review

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 10:27 AM PDT

Samsung Galaxy Note10 model numbers confirm two sizes

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 09:30 AM PDT

Samsung introduced four Galaxy S10 smartphones back in February, along with a foldable device called Galaxy Fold. Now a new report says at least four model numbers for the Galaxy Note10 surfaced, suggesting two phones with different sizes, each of them having 4G and 5G versions. According to the source, SM-N970 and SM-N975 will be the model numbers of Galaxy Note10 and the bigger version, probably named Galaxy Note10+. Previous reports suggested 6.28" and 6.75" displays, and these models will get respectively three and four cameras on the back. They will also have 5G versions,...

HTC's new mid-ranger stops by AnTuTu

Posted: 12 Apr 2019 08:00 AM PDT

It's been some time since HTC released a new phone - the Desire 12s came in December. Yet this might change soon as its latest midranger leaked once more. Yesterday we got the 2Q7A100's Geekbench scores and today we're treated to the phone's AnTuTu results. The Snapdragon 710 and Adreno 616 combo managed to achieve a decent 169,617 score, putting it in the upper-echelon of midrangers. The rest of the spec sheet reveals the same 6GB RAM and 128GB storage and now we know the display will feature a 2160 x 1080 resolution, no word on the screen size though. As expected the device is...
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