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Xiaomi Mi 9T in for review

Posted: 27 Jun 2019 09:00 AM PDT

Redmi had a massive event in China earlier this year, where the K20 and K20 Pro debuted. Eventually, the more affordable phone became the Mi 9T on the global scene (aside from India), and now it is with us for its full review and all proprietary tests. Unpacking our test unit, it looks like Black, and somewhat mystical, but eventually you can make out the Carbon texture on the back (not actual carbon, though). You also can easily spot the Red power key that makes the Mi 9T stand out in the crowd of full-screen smartphones. Another neat red touch is the LED in the elevating...

Huawei P30 series reaches 10 million sales in 85 days

Posted: 27 Jun 2019 08:00 AM PDT

Huawei's P30 series reached 10 million sales in just 85 days - that's two full months faster than the P20 phones. Also, it's a new 3-month sales record for Huawei phones. By the end of May, Huawei had shipped 100 million devices total. It reached the 100 million mark faster than it did last year, showing it's on an upward trajectory. Huawei P30 series reaches 10,000,000 million sales in 85 days There's more news about the flagship series - the Huawei P30 Pro received the "Best Smartphone" award from the European Hardware Awards. The SuperSpectrum and SuperZoom camera technologies...

Realme wants you to invite friends over to win discounts and prizes

Posted: 27 Jun 2019 07:00 AM PDT

Today Realme started a "Real Leap Days" promo campaign that offers many of its smartphones with up to INR 1,000 discount. But there's a catch - you get an invite link to share among your friends, each friend that joins brings you a random reward. The deal includes the Realme 3 and 3 Pro, Realme U1, Realme C1, Realme 2 and 2 Pro. When a friend uses your invite link, you get a random prize. This is typically a coupon for INR 200 or INR 50 off, but there's a limited amount of INR 500 coupons. You can accumulate up to 30 coupons worth up to INR 1,000 total. There are some special...

Sony Xperia 1 stock running low in Europe, the Purple color seems the most popular

Posted: 27 Jun 2019 06:00 AM PDT

It seems that Sony is struggling to keep the Xperia 1 in stock in Europe. Whether that's due to high demand or just low supply, we can't quite tell. We can say this - the Purple color is the hardest to find. Starting in the UK, Sony Mobile is all sold out. You can find the phone on Amazon (though there are few units left) and over at Clove (only the Black one, Purple is sold out). Very has Purple in stock (but no other colors). Sony Xperia 1 in Purple, Black, Gray and White Sony Mobile's online store for Germany, Italy, France and Spain seems to share the Xperia 1 stock and...

Samsung is planning to launch an outward-folding phone ahead of the Huawei Mate X

Posted: 27 Jun 2019 05:00 AM PDT

Insiders spoke to Korean publication The Investor, saying that Samsung is planning to release a full range of foldable smartphones, including one that folds outwards (the opposite of the Galaxy Fold). They claim that this model will come out ahead of the Huawei Mate X (which also folds outwards). These insiders say that production of this outwards-folding phone has already begun, but no launch date has been set. As a reminder, Samsung is yet to commit to a re-launch date for the Galaxy Fold. The company recently hinted that the redesign of the Fold is almost done and it should hit the...

Huawei adds more phones to Android Q eligibility list

Posted: 27 Jun 2019 04:15 AM PDT

While Huawei is still dealing with major issues around it US ban, it's still dedicated to taking good care of its current lineup. The Spanish division of the manufacturer has tweeted a list of devices that will get Android Q - most of that is old news, but there are new additions this time around. "Our arrangements are with you, our customers. Prepare for Android Q." The names that will make the largest number of people happy are the Mate 10 members as those were quite popular back in their day and undoubtedly still have loyal users. The Mate 20 additions aren't that surprising,...

Realme 3 surfaces in Diamond Red color

Posted: 27 Jun 2019 03:30 AM PDT

The Realme 3 which comes in Dynamic Black, Classic Black, and Radiant Blue colors in India will soon be joined by a fourth variant - Diamond Red. An image of the Diamond Red variant has surfaced which shows this model having a back with a gradient design and diamond-cut pattern. The source who leaked this image claims this new color option will launch "very soon" in India. There's no word from Realme yet about this new variant, but the fact that its lockscreen has "Dare to Leap" - the slogan the company is using to promote its upcoming 64MP camera smartphone in India - leads us...

vivo iQOO Neo's battery capacity confirmed

Posted: 27 Jun 2019 02:45 AM PDT

The vivo iQOO Neo arriving on July 2 will have Snapdragon 845 SoC under the hood. Now the company has revealed another one of its specs - the smartphone will ship with a 4,500 mAh battery with 22.5W fast charging support. For comparison, most vivo iQOO versions are powered by Snapdragon 855 SoC and pack a 4,000 mAh cell with support for 44W fast charging. The exception is the 6GB/128GB variant, which makes do with 22.5W charging speed. That said, the iQOO Neo is already listed on vivo China's official website along with its renders which confirm the phone will come in at least...

Xiaomi Mi CC9 appears in Blue color

Posted: 27 Jun 2019 02:00 AM PDT

Yesterday we saw the Xiaomi Mi CC9 in Glacier Ice White color. Today we are looking at its blue shade, which the company CEO Lei Jun says is called Dark Blue Planet (translated from Chinese, of course). This blue colored variant looks equally beautiful as the white version and flaunts an 'S' shaped pattern when it reflects light. The video of this blue version re-confirms the presence of the triple camera setup at the back which is aligned vertically in the top-left corner. The Mi CC9 will come with a 48MP rear camera and a 32MP selfie shooter, but the company hasn't divulged any...

Honor 10 Lite and 20i receiving EMUI 9.1 update

Posted: 27 Jun 2019 01:00 AM PDT

Huawei rolled out out the EMUI 9.1 update for the Mate 20 X yesterday, and now its sub-brand Honor has also started seeding this update for the Honor 10 Lite and Honor 20i. This new build is still based on Android Pie and brings in GPU Turbo 3.0 to these smartphones. Besides, it also lets you set up video ringtones for specific contacts, and summon AI-powered voice assistant by long pressing the power button. The EMUI 9.1 update is currently rolling out in China and should expand to other regions soon. You can try pulling the new build manually by heading over to your phone's...

Lenovo Z6 to have triple camera with a 24 MP main shooter

Posted: 27 Jun 2019 12:15 AM PDT

Lenovo Z6 should arrive any time now, and the company VP is teasing the device little by little on Weibo. Today he revealed the camera of the phone - it will have three shooters with a 24 MP main sensor, 8 MP telephoto lens, and a 5 MP wide-angle camera. The company will implement the Sony IMX576 sensor in the main shooter, placing it on par with smartphones like Huawei nova 5i and Honor 20 Lite. It comes with its own night mode called Super Night. AI and Beauty mode are a big thing in China, so, to no one's surprise, the Lenovo Z6 will have intelligent filters that are learning...

Google Go app gets over 100 million downloads as Android Go device sales grow

Posted: 26 Jun 2019 11:30 PM PDT

Android Go (or Go Edition) is a trimmed down version of the OS that's aimed to run on the most extremely low-end smartphones imaginable in this day and age. Such handsets come with special slimmer versions of the built-in Google apps, as well as the Google Go app. This has now reached over 100 million downloads in the Play Store, which means sales of Android Go devices are really starting to pick up. Last September Google Go barely made it past 10 million downloads, so it looks like the search giant's effort to cater to those who can't afford (or don't want) expensive smartphones is paying...

Moto Z2 Force is only getting Android 9 Pie on Verizon, despite past promises

Posted: 26 Jun 2019 10:30 PM PDT

Last year Motorola promised it would bring Android 9 Pie to all models of the Moto Z2 Force - including those sold by AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon. If you're wondering about any updates on this long overdue rollout, the news is anything but good. Reneging on its earlier promise, Motorola now says only the Verizon version of the Z2 Force is to ever taste Android Pie. Here's the company's full official statement on the matter: Delivering any Android upgrade is a complex process. For a variety of reasons, some US Moto Z2 Force models will not receive the Android 9 "Pie" update. The...

WhatsApp tests sharing your status to your Facebook Story

Posted: 26 Jun 2019 09:30 PM PDT

WhatsApp's latest beta adds a new feature that's bound to be at least a little bit controversial: sharing your Status to your Facebook Story. This however does not imply linking your WhatsApp user ID to your Facebook account, the company insists, as it's using the standard Android and iOS data sharing APIs. That means you can also share your WhatsApp Status to other apps - Instagram, Gmail, Google Photos, and so on. And when you do share data to another Facebook-owned service like Instagram, the company says the two posts will be separate events in its systems, and will not be...

YouTube gives you more control over what videos show up in your Home feed and Up Next

Posted: 26 Jun 2019 08:30 PM PDT

YouTube is making some changes today, that will give you more control over what videos show up in your Home feed as well as Up Next. First off, you can explore topics and related videos to see more of what you love. The options that you see are based on your existing personalized suggestions. These could be videos related to the one you're watching, videos published by the same channel, or other topics which may be of interest to you. You can find this new feature on the homepage when you scroll up, and on Up Next when browsing. It will be available for signed-in users in English on the...

Google now lets you set location history to auto-delete

Posted: 26 Jun 2019 07:30 PM PDT

Today Google has rolled out auto-delete controls for your location history and activity data. These should now be available on both Android and iOS. The feature was first announced at the beginning of May, but it took this long for it to actually be implemented. Auto-delete controls for Location History start rolling out today on Android and iOS, making it even easier for you to manage your data → https://t.co/dX1uoqcR8O pic.twitter.com/Oc3fk66QNm— Google (@Google) June 26, 2019 This is a useful middle-of-the-road option, that lets the company collect your location history and...

Our Samsung Galaxy A30 video review is up

Posted: 26 Jun 2019 06:30 PM PDT

Samsung has revamped its mid-range lineup this year, and the A series devices now have two digits after the letter. As its name implies, the Galaxy A30 is far from the highest-end of the bunch (that honor goes to the A80, for now), but it is an interesting contender nevertheless, with its water drop notch on its Infinity-U Super AMOLED display, big battery, and octa-core chipset. So how do its specs actually fare in the real world, once you get to know the handset a little bit better? You can check out our brand new video review of the Galaxy A30, embedded below, to find the answer to that...

OnePlus 5 and 5T are getting their last Open Betas

Posted: 26 Jun 2019 05:30 PM PDT

The latest OxygenOS Open Betas are out for the OnePlus 5 and 5T (v35 and v33, respectively). They bring some minor improvements, but they are more important for another reason - they will be the last open betas for the 5th generation OnePlus phones. Don't worry, OnePlus still plans to deliver Android Q to the 5 and 5T. However, testing for future firmware updates will be done only through closed betas. So only people who didn't want to wait for the stable release will be affected. Installing the last open beta on the OnePlus 5T (screenshots courtesy of arpit1+) As for the Open...

Samsung Galaxy S10 series gets vibration feedback for navigation gestures

Posted: 26 Jun 2019 04:30 PM PDT

In addition to the June security patch, Samsung took the opportunity to add a nifty little feature to its Galaxy S10 series phones with their monthly update - haptic feedback for the navigation gestures. Before the update, there was no feedback letting you know that you've completed the gesture successfully (yes, some users like that). After the update, there's a small vibration telling you that you are back on your home screen or opened the recent apps menu. But in order to work, you'll have to enable the Touch vibration option in the Settings menu. This doesn't mean that the...

Images of Samsung Galaxy Note10 case show single loudspeaker, no 3.5mm jack

Posted: 26 Jun 2019 03:30 PM PDT

A new batch of images of Samsung Galaxy Note10 cases have surfaced. They all show the new camera arrangement - a triple cam tucked into the top left corner of the back, moving away from the horizontal arrangement that Samsung has used since the Note9. This one shows the Galaxy Note10. It has a single loudspeaker on the bottom along with a hole for the S Pen. There's no 3.5mm headphone jack. Samsung Galaxy Note10 case By the way, this is not the Galaxy Note10 Pro. As we saw on the Olixar cases, the Pro one will have some extra camera hardware (it looks like a 3D ToF...
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