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Black Shark 2 gaming smartphone reaching Indian shores on May 27

Posted: 18 May 2019 08:00 AM PDT

The Black Shark 2 gaming smartphone, which was announced in March, recently bagged the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification, hinting at an imminent launch in India. And we now know that this smartphone will debut on May 27 in India as the company has started sending out invites for its launch event. In addition to selling gaming smartphones, Black Shark is reported to sell gaming peripherals like the Gamepad 2.0 controller in India, but there's no word on that from this Xiaomi-backed company. Coming back to the Black Shark 2, it has a Snapdragon 855 SoC under the hood and...

Meizu 16Xs full specs revealed by TENAA, 48MP camera and 6.2-inch AMOLED display in tow

Posted: 18 May 2019 06:40 AM PDT

A Meizu smartphone bearing model number M926Q, said to be the Meizu 16Xs, appeared on TENAA yesterday with its photos. And now, the Chinese certification authority has updated the phone's listing to reveal its hardware details as well. The Meizu 16Xs sports a 6.2-inch AMOLED display that has a resolution of 2232 x 1080 pixels. It runs Android Pie and has a 2.0 GHz octa-core processor under the hood which is paired with 6GB RAM. The smartphone comes with a triple camera setup at the back which is a combination of 48MP, 8MP, and 5MP modules. And on the front is a 16MP unit for selfies...

Oppo F11 goes on sale in India

Posted: 18 May 2019 05:30 AM PDT

The Oppo F11 that debuted in India back in March is now on sale in the country. It was launched with a price tag of INR19,990 ($284) for the sole 4GB/128GB variant, but is now sold at a price of INR17,990 ($256). You can purchase it from Amazon.in and offline retail stores across the country. Oppo F11 The Oppo F11 has a Helio P70 SoC at the helm and runs Android Pie-based ColorOS 6 out-of-the-box. It boasts a 6.53-inch FHD+ display on the front with a 16MP selfie camera in a water drop notch. Around the back, it has a dual camera setup which consists of 48MP and 5MP units, and...

vivo Y3 goes official with Helio P35 SoC, triple rear cameras, and a 5,000 mAh battery

Posted: 18 May 2019 04:25 AM PDT

The vivo Y3 that leaked last week is now official. It's powered by Helio P35 SoC and boots Android Pie-based Funtouch OS 9. There are 4GB of RAM on board and the 128GB of built in storage can be expanded. The Y3 has a screen-to-body ratio of 89% and it flaunts a 6.35-inch LCD having a resolution of 1544 x 720 pixels and an aspect ratio of 19.3:9. For photography, the vivo Y3 comes with a triple camera setup at the back which is a combination of 13MP main (f/2.2), 8MP wide-angle (f/2.2), and 2MP depth sensing (f/2.4) modules. There's also a 16MP camera on the front sitting inside the...

Redmi 7A full specs listed by TENAA

Posted: 18 May 2019 02:40 AM PDT

Yesterday we saw the Redmi 7A on TENAA along with its images which confirmed its design. Now that listing has been updated to reveal its specifications. The Redmi 7A, which is listed on TENAA with model numbers M1903C3EC and M1903C3EE, is powered by an octa-core core processor clocked at 1.4 GHz. The smartphone comes in 2GB/16GB, 3GB/32GB, and 4GB/64GB configurations, and allows storage expansion by up to 256GB via microSD card. The Redmi 7A is built around a 5.45-inch display that has a 1440x720px resolution, and it runs Android Pie, likely layered with MIUI 10 atop. For...

Redmi K20 specs leak following impressive benchmark scores

Posted: 18 May 2019 12:30 AM PDT

Xiaomi's Redmi brand has big plans coming up. Just this week it was revealed that Xiaomi's sister brand was going to reveal the K20, a fully-spec'd smartphone made by the brand. The phone was dubbed "Demon King" when Redmi's manager posted the phone's AnTuTu score on the Chinese micro-blogging site, Weibo. There will be a K20 and K20 Pro. Now, a full list of alleged specs has leaked on Twitter, offering more details of what we can expect from this supposed "flagship killer"- on paper, of course. The watermark at the bottom indicates the specs were originally posted to Weibo. Here are...

Fan-made Razr concept video used by Lenovo at Chinese press event

Posted: 17 May 2019 10:00 PM PDT

The upcoming Motorola Razr is one of the most anticipated smartphone devices to come in 2019 because it involves the new trend of a foldable display while also reviving an all-time classic flip phone: the Moto Razr. Lenovo held a presentation for the Chinese press and a short video was posted from the presentation. The video below was taken by Engadget China's editor-in-chief, confirming the video was indeed shown at the meeting. Video of the media briefing. pic.twitter.com/Fv9QRyg6S4— Richard Lai (@richardlai) May 16, 2019 no, I didn't...— Waqar Khan (@WaqarKhanHD) May 17,...

vivo Z5x is coming with punch hole selfie camera, 5,000 mAh battery

Posted: 17 May 2019 08:30 PM PDT

vivo is working on a new Z-series phone, following the Z3x that it launched last month. The new device will be called Z5x and in the leaked image below it's said to be the one at the top. As you can see, it has a punch-hole cutout for the selfie camera in the display, and reasonably thin bezels all-round (with a slightly thicker chin). The vivo Z5x is also rumored to sport a massive 5,000 mAh battery. Unfortunately that's all the information that has been outed so far regarding this upcoming device. What's clear is that it will be cheap for what it's offering, or at least cheaper...

Huawei P20 lite (2019) is shaping up to be a much bigger upgrade than initially leaked

Posted: 17 May 2019 05:30 PM PDT

A few days ago word got out (along with leaked press renders) that Huawei is working on a P20 lite (2019), which at the time seemed like a pretty minor update to the original phone that launched in 2018. A new screen with smaller bezels and a punch-hole camera was seemingly the only big change. According to a new report from the same source, some of the originally leaked specs were off, and the P20 lite (2019) is actually shaping up to be a much bigger upgrade than initially thought. Its display will grow from 5.84" to 6.4", the aspect ratio is taller too with the 2019 model sporting...

OnePlus 7 Pro is now available in the US and Canada

Posted: 17 May 2019 01:25 PM PDT

After having been released in India yesterday, the OnePlus 7 Pro is now also available to purchase in the US. You can get it straight from the company's online store starting at $669 for the model with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. If you want 256GB instead, you'll need to decide between 8GB or 12GB of RAM. The 8/256 model retails for $699, while the 12/256 variant costs $749. The 6/128 version is only available in Mirror Gray, while the 12/256 iteration is only offered in Nebula Blue. Both colors are up for grabs if you go with the mid-tier model, and a third will join them for that...

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