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Samsung Galaxy Fold might be coming in July

Posted: 07 Jun 2019 07:50 AM PDT

Ever the Galaxy Fold stumbled out of the gate as its build issues forced Samsung postpone the launch we've been waiting for the maker to announce a new release date. Now, a Samsung executive came forward saying that the Galaxy Fold may hit stores sometime in July. It's not the answer we were looking for but it's as specific as we can get at this point. The company will hold an official conference with the media very soon and aim for a July launch. We might hear a more specific date come this press conference, but it will probably be different for every market. And with the kind of...

Huawei phones will no longer come with pre-installed Facebook apps

Posted: 07 Jun 2019 07:00 AM PDT

In the latest blow to Huawei, Facebook has suspended the Chinese tech giant from pre-installing its applications on upcoming phones. These include the Facebook app, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, some of the most popular and widely used apps around the world. According to Reuters, the new ban applies only for unreleased Huawei phones. Current Huawei users will still be able to install and use the Facebook suite as long as Google services are supported. After that, it's going to be increasingly difficult to find a workaround unless a new deal is reached between the US and Chinese...

Oppo to bring Reno Z and Reno F to Europe

Posted: 07 Jun 2019 06:10 AM PDT

Last year Oppo released the RX17 Pro and RX17 Neo in Europe which were rebranded R17 Pro and R17 Neo phones due to legal issues with the naming. Now, the company is preparing to skip the confusion and patented Reno Z and Reno F with EUIPO, the Intellectual Property Office of the European Union. This means the midranger Oppo Reno Z is about to hit Europe, along with what appears to be a more affordable handset. The EUIPO listings of Reno Z and Reno F The Oppo Reno Z has the back panel of its big brothers Reno and Reno 10x zoom, but a regular front with a notch, skipping on...

EE now sells four 5G smartphones in the UK

Posted: 07 Jun 2019 05:20 AM PDT

EE UK launched its 5G network at the end of May and complimented it with an exclusive OnePlus 7 Pro 5G. It's now expanding its range of 5G phones though, by adding the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, the Oppo Reno 5G and the LG V50 ThinQ 5G. Three of those come with 256GB storage, while the LG V50 ThinQ 5G makes do with 128GB. As compensation of sorts, the LG smartphone comes with a complimentary LG Dual Screen accessory. You can get any of those phones on a 5G plan ranging from £54 to £79 and that will give you a different monthly allowance of gigabytes as well as a different up front cost...

Xiaomi Mi Band 4 up for pre-order before it's even announced

Posted: 07 Jun 2019 04:30 AM PDT

Five days before its official launch, the Xiaomi Mi Band 4 made a surprise appearance on Aliexpress. The latest Xiaomi smart band is available for pre-order in its non-NFC configuration for $49.99. The shipping is not taking place for at least 25-days, but the listing still gave us images and specs of the band in addition to the pricing. Mi Band 4 in hand The fourth iteration in the Mi Band series will come with a 0.78-inch color display with a 240x120 resolution. The overall shape will remain identical to its predecessor but the battery will get a bump up to 135 mAh to make up...

Samsung Galaxy Note10 Pro renders show off punch hole display and quad camera

Posted: 07 Jun 2019 03:40 AM PDT

Renders of the Samsung Galaxy Note10 surfaced yesterday, revealing the phone's design. And today, we are getting our first look at its Pro variant. These images come to us from the same source who leaked the Note10's renders yesterday - the usually trustworthy OnLeaks. As you can see, the Galaxy Note10 Pro looks very similar to the vanilla Note10. But, there are some differences between the two. For one the Note10 comes with a triple camera at the back while the Pro model boasts a quad camera setup. The fourth camera here is the 3D ToF unit and the entire setup is said to be the same as...

Sony Xperia 1 arrives in China, sells out in Europe

Posted: 07 Jun 2019 02:50 AM PDT

Sony finally brought the Xperia 1 to multiple markets in Europe last week with a launch in the United States scheduled to follow on July 12. Meanwhile the company has started the pre-order campaign for its flagship in China. The device is priced at CNY6,299, which translates to €808, or about 15% less than the EU price tag of €949. The phone can be purchased on the Chinese online retailer JD.com, although it is listed only in Black - we are yet to see if other colors will be available in China. It is the very same Snapdragon 855-powered device with 6 GB RAM and 128 GB storage,...

Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro passes through Geekbench confirming it's a re-badged Redmi K20 Pro

Posted: 07 Jun 2019 02:00 AM PDT

The Xiaomi Mi 9T which will be unveiled on June 12 appeared on Geekbench two days ago confirming that it's a re-branded Redmi K20. Now, the Mi 9T Pro has also been spotted on the benchmarking database, and the listing confirms that it's a re-badged Redmi K20 Pro. The Redmi K20 Pro previously appeared on Geekbench with the codename "raphael" and the Mi 9T Pro shares that. It runs Android Pie and is powered by an octa-core processor which is paired with 8GB RAM. Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro • Redmi K20 Pro The Mi 9T Pro is likely to go official next Wednesday alongside the Mi 9T, and these...

Motorola Moto Z3 Play gets Android Pie update in the US

Posted: 07 Jun 2019 01:10 AM PDT

Motorola rolled out the Android Pie update for the Moto Z3 Play in Brazil back in February, and now the company has expanded the availability of the update to the Z3 Play units in the US. The firmware brings a new UI, new navigation gestures, adaptive brightness, and adaptive battery. It also includes the May 1, 2019 security patch to the Z3 Play. The Moto Z2 Force is also receiving the Android Pie update, but it's a soak test and it will be a while before Motorola begins a wider rollout of this latest version of Android for the Z2 Force. Source 1, 2 | Via

Huawei signed to build a 5G network in Russia

Posted: 07 Jun 2019 12:16 AM PDT

Russian president Vladimir Putin is currently hosting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, celebrating 70 years of trade relations between the two countries. To commemorate the event, Huawei has signed a deal with the Russian carrier MTS to build its 5G network as a sign of the strong partnership between the two sides. The deal was signed between Guo Ping, Huawei executive, and Alexei Kornya, president and CEO of MTS, in front of both presidents. Although it might look like a regular deal for some, it is clearly a declaration of partnership between China and Russia in a time when...

Oppo Reno and Reno 10x zoom go on sale in India

Posted: 06 Jun 2019 11:29 PM PDT

The Oppo Reno and Reno 10x zoom go on sale today in India starting noon local time. The standard Reno comes with 8GB RAM + 128GB storage and is priced at INR32,990 ($476), whereas the Reno 10x zoom is priced at INR39,990 ($577) for the 6GB/128GB variant and INR49,990 ($721) for the 8GB/256GB model. Oppo Reno 10x zoom The 6GB RAM variant of the Reno 10x zoom edition can be purchased from Flipkart while the 8GB RAM model will be available through offline stores. The standard Reno will also be available through brick-and-mortar stores, but you can buy it from Amazon.in as...

Tencent Games and Asus announce partnership for upcoming ROG phone, to launch in China

Posted: 06 Jun 2019 10:45 PM PDT

On Weibo, the Asus ROG handle revealed it will be working with Tencent for the upcoming Asus ROG smartphone. Tencent's gaming division is a video game publishing giant from China. The partnership entails that Tencent will help optimize the gaming experience on the next-generation ROG phone, expected to launch in China sometime in July. On June 5, ROG and @Tencent Games officially signed, the two sides will play their respective advantages, strengthen the deep integration of game mobile phone hardware and software, and strongly launch ROG game mobile phone 2 (Tencent game customization),...

Google pauses Android Q Beta 4 rollout to investigate installation issues

Posted: 06 Jun 2019 10:00 PM PDT

On June 5 Google made the Android Q Beta 4 available to eager testers, but things haven't been smooth sailing. As we reported, a lot of people found that they simply couldn't install the new version - no matter if it was manually downloaded and then flashed onto a device, or just came as an over-the-air update to Beta 3. Google's heard of these reports, and is now investigating the installation issues people have been seeing. The company has announced that it's temporarily pausing the rollout of Android Q Beta 4 to all Pixel devices. For what it's worth, Google is also apologizing for the...

OnePlus 7 Pro receives OxygenOS 9.5.7 update with many camera improvements

Posted: 06 Jun 2019 08:30 PM PDT

Today OnePlus has started rolling out OxygenOS 9.5.7 to the 7 Pro. This update seems pretty big on the camera improvements, judging by its changelog. So if you haven't been impressed with the phone's camera quality until now, perhaps it's a good idea to try this release and see if things have improved. As usual, it's a staged rollout, that will only make it to a small subset of users today, with a more widespread release coming in the next few days unless there are show stopping bugs found. It might take a week or two for all OnePlus 7 Pro handsets to receive the new build. Here's...

Realme will launch 5G smartphones in 2019

Posted: 06 Jun 2019 07:00 PM PDT

Last month, Realme revealed that it would launch 5G smartphones in India as soon as 5G networks were ready to roll out, but Realme couldn't confirm whether we'd see 5G phones this year or in 2020. Realme CEO Madhav Sheth revealed on Twitter that it would start offering 5G devices as soon as this year. Using the hashtag #5GisReal, Sheth tweeted that Realme has plans to bring 5G mobile phones "globally". It also is eager to bring the latest devices to India. #5GisReal .... Straight out of meeting room with Mr. Sky Li. Glad to share you our latest R&D updates: #realme will be among the...

Google Chrome Remote Desktop app gets web version replacement

Posted: 06 Jun 2019 05:30 PM PDT

Google has offered its Chrome remote desktop app for some time but now users can take advantage of the new web version by heading over to remotedesktop.google.com/access. For better or worse desktop users will soon lose the Remote Desktop app in favor of the new web version, which offers all the remote desktop functionality right from Google Chrome. Chrome Remote Desktop setup page Users will have the ability to share their desktop or request access to other computers directly from the Remote Support menu. There's an auto-generating code system which gives out a 12 number...

Google Stadia cloud gaming service launches in November, here are all the details

Posted: 06 Jun 2019 03:22 PM PDT

Google teased Stadia back in March, its cloud-based gaming service that will stream games to your TV, computer, or smartphone without the need for expensive hardware. And today, keeping its promise, the company has revealed more details about it. It will become available in November in the following countries: Belgium, Finland, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the USA. There will be two service tiers, Stadia Base is free and Stadia Pro is $9.99 per month. However, Base will only be available in 2020, and if you...

First Oppo A1s images leak online

Posted: 06 Jun 2019 02:59 PM PDT

Oppo is preparing to launch a new affordable phone, called Oppo A1s. Its first pictures leaked from NBTC (National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission), a regulator in Thailand. The name A1s is not yet confirmed - we only know the CPH1925 model number, but looking at its basic look, it will pretty much fall in the lower price segment. Oppo A1s back and front We can see from the photos that the phone has a dual camera on the back and a big screen with a notch for the selfie shooter on the front. There is a microUSB on the bottom, right next to the 3.5 mm audio...

LG is launching midrange W series in India

Posted: 06 Jun 2019 01:00 PM PDT

LG's mobile division has struggled lately and it appears to be trying a different approach. The company is planning to launch a new smartphone series called W, and its first market will be India. A landing page appeared on Amazon India, revealing some key specs of the phone, and later we received a tip in our inbox, shedding even more light on the upcoming devices. They will be with three cameras, a notch on the front and "Never before Prices". The new LG W phone will have a 12 nm process chipset with octa-core CPU, clocked at 2.0 GHz. These specs match the Helio P60, a...

Huawei P30 with 12GB of RAM pops up on TENAA

Posted: 06 Jun 2019 11:30 AM PDT

The Huawei P30 isn't something new - it has been around for a few months now, but it might be getting a beefed-up variant shortly. A new TENAA listing shows a handset is almost identical to the P30 that launched back in April but instead of 6GB or 8GB of RAM, it has 12GB of memory. Storage options and the rest of the hardware remain the same. Additionally, the new variant receives a different model name - ELE-AL00m as opposed to the ELE-TL00 and ELE-AL00 in China. Speaking of, we don't know whether the beefed-up version of the P30 will make it outside of China because for now,...
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