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Mi Community announces the end of the MIUI Global Beta program for all devices

Posted: 15 Jun 2019 06:00 AM PDT

MIUI is Xiaomi's heavily customized Android skin for its smartphones and ever since it first started MIUI back in 2010, it has always provided Global Beta builds for almost all of its smartphones including legacy ones - years after their initial release. In a brief blog post on the Mi Community website where fans can offer feedback and discuss the Beta builds, Admin member Elaine2046 announced that its team of engineers will cease to release global MIUI beta builds for all devices, effective July 1 of this year. MIUI has two versions of its software: MIUI Stable, and MIUI Beta. The...

vivo Z1 Pro to come with Snapdragon 712 SoC and a 32MP selfie camera

Posted: 15 Jun 2019 03:30 AM PDT

vivo will soon launch the Z1 Pro in India, which was initially thought to be a re-branded Z5x launched in China last month. But, while the Z5x is powered by Snapdragon 710 SoC, the Z1 Pro will come with Snapdragon 712 instead, making it the first smartphone in India to have this chipset. Furthermore, the 16MP selfie camera on the Z5x is also replaced with a 32MP unit on the Z1 Pro. However, it will retain the Z5x's 5,000 mAh battery having 18W fast charging support. vivo Z1 Pro key specs Rest of the specifications of the Z1 Pro are currently unavailable, but we assume they...

Motorola One Action image shows off triple camera and a punch hole display

Posted: 15 Jun 2019 01:08 AM PDT

A detailed specs sheet of the Motorola One Action leaked two days ago telling us more about the internals of the phone. And now, a render of the One Action has surfaced, showing us what it looks like. The Motorola One Action looks similar to the One Vision announced last month. It has a punch hole display on the front, power button and volume rocker on the right, a SIM card slot on the left, and a speaker and a microphone at the bottom flanking the USB-C port. The headphone jack on the One Action is likely placed at the top, like the One Vision. The One Action also has the...

Apple's square camera setup for iPhone 11 lineup seemingly confirmed

Posted: 14 Jun 2019 10:51 PM PDT

Last month was the first time we saw what the upcoming iPhone's rear camera could possibly look like. It was a square camera setup with triple cameras arranged in a seemingly random arrangement. Case and accessory manufacturer Olixar already has glass protectors for the iPhone 11's rear camera, and they come in three versions, one for each of the three variants we are expecting from Apple this year. In addition, the same accessory maker also has an iPhone 11 Max screen protector also up for pre-order from Mobile Fun UK. The UK retailer made a video about the camera protectors where...

Google Pixel 4 live photo surfaces

Posted: 14 Jun 2019 06:00 PM PDT

Google's official Pixel 4 design reveal was somewhat surprising, but now we're back in familiar territory with Pixel leaks. Similar to last year's Pixel 3 XL train leak, the upcoming Google flagship was spotted in the flesh by an anonymous tipster out in London. The phone appears to be in a fabric case which Google has been offering for its devices since the Pixel 2 came to be. While the new image falls in line with what we've seen so far with the square camera cutout for the dual cameras, it doesn't provide much additional information. According to the folks over at 9to5Google...

Huawei Mate X will launch in September, company spokesperson confirms

Posted: 14 Jun 2019 02:59 PM PDT

Back in February, Huawei announced its first foldable phone - the Mate X. The device was initially scheduled to arrive by the end of this month but then the whole US trade ban came to spoil the Chinese manufacturer's plans. New reports from CNBC and The Wall Street Journal claim that the company's foldable phone is scheduled to arrive in September. According to a Huawei spokesperson, the Mate X will launch globally with a focus on markets where 5G infrastructure is already deployed. Moreover given Samsung's Galaxy Fold troubles the spokesperson said that the Mate X is going through...

Eleven Xiaomi smartphones to join Android Q Beta

Posted: 14 Jun 2019 01:30 PM PDT

While companies like Huawei, Google, and OnePlus have devices that already got the Android Q Beta, Xiaomi is only now unveiling which phones will receive the next Google OS. Today the company posted a list of 11 smartphones that will run take part in the beta program - nine of them are scheduled for Q4 2019, while two more will get it between January and March 2020. Phone Android Q Schedule Xiaomi Mi 9 Q4 2019 Xiaomi Mi 9 SE Xiaomi Redmi K20 Pro Xiaomi Redmi K20 Xiaomi Mi 8 Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro ...

Samsung Galaxy S10 5G coming to Sprint's network on June 21, pre-orders begin today

Posted: 14 Jun 2019 12:00 PM PDT

Verizon started selling the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G in May, and AT&T recently announced that it will launch this smartphone on its network on June 17. Now Sprint has confirmed that it will join the party on June 21. The Galaxy S10 5G will be initially available in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Kansas City, and will then arrive in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Phoenix and Washington, D.C. in the coming weeks. Sprint has already started accepting pre-orders for the Galaxy S10 5G which is only available in 256GB storage option and costs $1299 outright. Those who pre-order can...

How many are there? Huawei nova 5i Pro images leak

Posted: 14 Jun 2019 10:00 AM PDT

Huawei's nova 5 family is growing larger by the hour. Next week's event was expected to feature the nova 5, the 5i, and the Pro variant, but we now see a fourth device will be joining them as the nova 5i Pro has been listed on Chinese retailer JD.com's website. The listing includes the images of the nova 5i Pro, which reveal that the phone will come with a conventional notch housing a dual camera. It's currently unclear what purpose the second camera will serve, but it could be a wide-angle lens, or maybe it's a depth sensor. The back of the phone also has two cameras, aligned...

Smartphone buyer's guide: Mid-2019 edition

Posted: 14 Jun 2019 08:55 AM PDT

Huawei considers using Sailfish OS instead of its own OS

Posted: 14 Jun 2019 08:30 AM PDT

As a result of its US trade ban, Huawei got its Android revoked and thus it won't be able to use Google Play Services (the Google Play Store included) on phones that haven't been already certified. This means that the company needs to look elsewhere for its software. Initial rumors pointed at Huawei's in-house Ark OS and it's supposed to go out sometime in October but sources familiar with the matter state that the Chinese tech giant is considering another alternative as well - Sailfish OS. Well, not exactly pure Sailfish but instead a fork called Aurora OS, which is still...

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