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Lenovo Z6 Pro tops 200K reservations just a day after announcement

Posted: 25 Apr 2019 07:15 AM PDT

Lenovo's latest flagship - the Z6 Pro was announced on April 23 and seems to be gaining some fan love. Today, Lenovo announced that 200,000 units were reserved a day after its event. Those are just interest registration, mind you, as no cash has changed hands yet. The Z6 Pro is listed on Lenovo's site as well as other Chinese online retailers like JD.com and TMall. The base model with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage comes at CNY 2,889 ($430). There's also 8/128GB and 8/256GB versions retailing for CNY 2,999 ($445) and 3,799 ($545) respectively. The top of the line version offers a colossal...

Entry-level Honor 8S announced

Posted: 25 Apr 2019 06:15 AM PDT

Huawei subsidiary Honor officially announced its latest budget offering - the Honor 8S. We already saw the device in leaks two weeks ago and the specs look unchanged. The phone features a unique double texture back made out of plastic. The Honor 8S packs a 5.71-inch HD+ LCD panel with a water drop notch for the 5MP selfie cam. The front camera will serve as the only biometric authentication method in the absence of a fingerprint reader. Around the back, you'll find the main 13MP f/1.8 PDAF camera with a single LED flash. The Helio A22 SoC powers the Honor 8S coupled with 2GB RAM...

Honor 20 to have a Moschino Edition, company confirms

Posted: 25 Apr 2019 05:15 AM PDT

The Honor View 20 arrived on the global scene back in January, and the company CEO George Zhao announced a partnership with the fashion brand Moschino. Today we received the company confirmed that the partnership will continue with the upcoming 20 series. The new Honor 20 (and perhasp Honor 20 Pro) will have not only a fancy case and a dedicated theme, but will arrive with a new design of the back panel, and new retail package, including a phone bag. Honor 20 Moschino Edition in its designated phone bag Although we have images of the phone bag with the Honor 20 in it, we can...

Samsung Galaxy A30 GPS performance improved with latest update

Posted: 25 Apr 2019 04:15 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy A30 is receiving its second update of the month in India which carries version number A305FDDU1ASD5 and weighs 180MB in size. This new firmware improves the GPS performance of the Galaxy A30 as well as the stability of the proximity sensor and audio. The update should reach all units in a week or two, but if it doesn't, you can try pulling it manually by heading over to your phone's Settings > Software Update menu. The Galaxy A30 features a 6.4-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED Infinity-U display and has Exynos 7904 SoC at the helm which is coupled with 4GB RAM. The...

First specs of Redmi flagship appear

Posted: 25 Apr 2019 03:15 AM PDT

We've been hearing about a Redmi smartphone with Snapdragon 855 chipset, and today a leakster from China revealed some more specs about the device. According to the Weibo user, the upcoming flagship will be coupled with 8 G B RAM and will have a triple camera with 48 MP main shooter. Leaked specs of Redmi flagship Even if your Chinese is non-existent, the list is pretty much self-explanatory - the Redmi phone will have a 6.39" screen with a 32 MP camera on the front, although we've seen spy shots of a phone with an elevating mechanism for the front-facing shooter. Whether this...

Oppo A9 goes official with 6.53-inch display and 4,020 mAh battery

Posted: 25 Apr 2019 02:30 AM PDT

The Oppo A9 that leaked two days ago is now official. It's built around a 6.53-inch Full-HD+ notched display and has a screen-to-body ratio of 90.7%. The A9 is likely powered by Helio P70 SoC which is mated to 6GB RAM. It runs Android Pie-based ColorOS 6 and comes with 128GB of internal storage. For photography, it has a dual camera (16MP+2MP) setup at the back and a 16MP snapper on the front. The Oppo A9 flaunts a 3D gradient design and is offered in three colors - Mica Green, Ice Jade White, and Fluorite Purple. The smartphone comes with GameBoost 2.0, has a rear-mounted...

ZTE Axon 10 Pro listed online, sales begin May 7

Posted: 25 Apr 2019 01:45 AM PDT

Two months after its official announcement ZTE's flagship Axon 10 Pro 5G has made its way to Chinese online retailer JD.com, which accepts reservations for it. We were already familiar with the key specs and the device topped AnTuTu's benchmark thanks to its powerful processor and F2FS file system. The phone will also be ZTE's first foray into the world of 5G smartphones. The Axon 10 Pro features a 6.47-inch FHD+ curved AMOLED screen with a water drop notch for the 20MP selfie cam. The screen also supports HDR 10 and comes with an in display fingerprint reader. Around the back, the...

Samsung Galaxy View 2 price and sale date revealed

Posted: 25 Apr 2019 01:00 AM PDT

AT&T confirmed the specs of the Samsung Galaxy View 2 yesterday, and today the US-based carrier has revealed its price and sale date. The Galaxy View 2 will go on sale through online and offline stores starting April 26, and it will be available at $37/month through AT&T Next on a 20-month installment plan which translates to a total price of $740. This Galaxy View successor is powered by Exynos 7884 SoC which is paired with 3GB RAM. It boasts a 17.3-inch 1080p display and is backed by a 12,000 mAh battery. The device boots Android Oreo and comes with a 5MP front camera. The...

TikTok is available again in India

Posted: 25 Apr 2019 12:00 AM PDT

The TikTok app is no longer banned in India, after a court in Tamil Nadu reversed its order of prohibiting downloads of the app on App Store and Google Play. Initially, it stated the platform was encouraging the spread of explicit content and "cultural degradation" after concerns of pornographic purposes and exploiting children. Following a plea from the TikTok developers Bytedance Technology, the ban was lifted and you can once again download the app. Technically, the platform was always available for Indian users, as long as they had the app on their phones - the state...

AT&T might price 5G monthly rates based on data speeds

Posted: 24 Apr 2019 11:15 PM PDT

Remember when 3G data plans were all-you-can eat and you paid a flat monthly rate for internet? As smartphones got smarter and hungrier for data, carriers started limiting data into fixed amounts per month at the same time that 4G LTE gradually became available. 5G could lead to a totally different approach to pricing, at least according to AT&T's CEO. During AT&T's recent earnings call, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson offered insight as to how we might expect AT&T to structure its pricing for 5G service in the future. I will be very surprised if, as we move into wireless, the pricing...

Xiaomi patents smartphone design with reverse-notch and it's exactly what it sounds like

Posted: 24 Apr 2019 10:30 PM PDT

The notch is one of the most talked about aesthetic features over the past couple of years that many phone makers have began adopting ever since Apple did it with the iPhone X. Whether you love it or not, we guarantee Xiaomi's recently patented design will leave you feeling some type of way. Sketches of a new smartphone design with several possible variations has surfaced in a recently filed patent reportedly submitted by Xiaomi. The patent shows several iterations of a smartphone with a notch, only the notch literally sticks past the top edge of the phone. These drawing show...

Huawei P30 lite goes on sale in India

Posted: 24 Apr 2019 09:00 PM PDT

The Huawei P30 lite that debuted in India last month is now on sale in the country. It's priced at INR19,990 ($286) for the 4GB/128GB variant, with the 6GB/128GB model carrying a price tag of INR22,990 ($328). It's available for purchase through Amazon.in. The P30 lite is powered by Kirin 710 SoC and runs EMUI 9 out-of-the-box. It flaunts a 6.15-inch FHD+ LCD on the front along with a 32MP selfie shooter, and boasts a triple camera setup at the back consisting of 24MP, 8MP, and 2MP units. Huawei P30 lite The P30 lite is offered in Midnight Black and Peacock Blue colors, and it...

Verizon confirms Galaxy Note 10 will have a 5G variant

Posted: 24 Apr 2019 07:30 PM PDT

On Wednesday, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg explicitly mentioned upcoming 5G devices coming to the carrier's stores. Among them, the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, LG V50 ThinQ, and then came the mention of the Note. The Note and the Galaxy coming this year will both have 5G, We've previously covered a report that the next Note device would come in four different variants: two 4G versions and two 5G. Among those rumors were two different display sizes, which Samsung hasn't done before - unless you count the Galaxy Note 4 and the Note Edge, which had technically different screen sizes for totally...

You can now track activity with Google Fit on iOS and the Apple Watch

Posted: 24 Apr 2019 05:30 PM PDT

Starting today, you can download the Google Fit app on the iOS app store to use on an iPhone. You'll be able to track fitness using Google's 'Move Minutes' and 'Heart Points' metrics. These metrics make it easy to understand how much activity you are getting throughout the day and you earn 'heart points' based on the intensity of activity. In addition to tracking activity with the Google Fit app, It will also integrate with the Apple Health app so you'll be able to earn Heart Points by simply logging workouts and activities on your Apple Watch so there's no separate Google Fit app for the...

The latest Chrome 74 for Windows 10 has a secret dark mode

Posted: 24 Apr 2019 03:30 PM PDT

Chrome is finally being updated to version 74 across all desktop platforms including Mac, Windows, and Linux. Along with Chrome 74, Windows users will be able to enable the long-awaited dark mode. This changes Chrome's UI, menus, and Downloads window to a more comfortable interface to use at night. It isn't fully enabled just yet, but if you're on Windows 10, there's a way to force dark mode. It requires adding some text to the shortcut path, so you could totally have two shortcuts for Chrome: one for standard view and the other just for dark mode. For this to work, you'll need to...

LG to stop manufacturing smartphones in South Korea

Posted: 24 Apr 2019 01:00 PM PDT

LG plans to suspend manufacturing smartphones in its South Korea plant, according to a report by Reuters. The report further states that LG will be moving the manufacturing to its plant in Vietnam. The information original comes from an unknown source of the Yonhap News Agency and alleges that the move is to help reduce the cost of manufacturing and turn around the company's smartphone division, which has been bleeding money since the past several quarters. The information is not completely unexpected. LG has been receiving an increasingly lukewarm response for its smartphone...

iPhone XR is the best-selling smartphone for Q2 2019 in the US

Posted: 24 Apr 2019 12:00 PM PDT

A research from CIRP (Consumer Intelligence Research Partners) has found that the iPhone XR is still outselling every other smartphone on the US market for the second quarter this year. Despite the XR's success, the report claims that not everything is roses. The relatively low price of the iPhone XR will bring down the average selling price down to $800 if the trend continues. During the previous quarter, the higher storage tiers boosted the average selling price. For comparison, last year's Q1 storage upgrades accounted for 33% of the total sales while Q1 2019 saw an increase to...

Samsung is investing $116 billion in logic chip R&D and production through 2030

Posted: 24 Apr 2019 11:00 AM PDT

Early last year Samsung became the world's largest chip manufacturer (taking the crown from Intel) largely thanks to the strong performance of its memory division. Today the company announced plans to invest $116 billion through 2030 in non-memory chips. This will help reduce its reliance on the memory segment (which didn't do so hot last quarter). More than half of the money will go towards R&D, creating 15,000 jobs. The rest will go to building the infrastructure. Samsung System LSI, which develops Exynos chips and modems, ISOCELL sensors and more, along with Samsung Foundry (which...

Oppo Reno hands-on review - the non-10x zoom version

Posted: 24 Apr 2019 10:00 AM PDT

We're in Zurich for the global announcement of the Oppo Reno lineup and we got to spend some quality time with the fully tricked out Reno 10x zoom. After that proper flagship, we also got the opportunity to briefly play around with the regular Reno. The differences in hardware aren't minor and the vanilla Reno comes with the mid-tier Snapdragon 710 instead of the 10x zoom's 855. There's also no periscope telephoto camera on its back and the ultra wide module didn't make the cut either. The main cam does use the same 48MP Sony sensor as the flagship, but the lens isn't stabilized...

Google Maps adds real-time availability of EV chargers in the US and UK

Posted: 24 Apr 2019 09:30 AM PDT

Google has just made life easier for electric car users thanks to its latest update in Google Maps. Now EV drivers can enjoy live updated information on charger availability in the US and UK so they don't have to spend time waiting for their next top up. A simple "ev charging stations" search query will bring out the nearest charger and show availability information. According to Google, users will be able to see details such as port types, charging speeds and availability alongside photos, ratings, and reviews from other drivers. Google said it partnered with Chargemaster, EVgo,...
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