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Mobvoi announces second gen TicWatch Pro with 4G connectivity

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 08:00 AM PDT

Exactly one year ago today, Mobvoi announced the TicWatch Pro, a Wear OS smartwatch with stacked dual displays for maximizing battery life along with a premium design and fitness features. Today, Mobvoi is announcing the second-generation TicWatch Pro with 4G LTE connectivity. Aside from a refreshed exterior and all-silicone band, the new TicWatch Pro 4G/LTE (yes, that's the full name) debuts with automatic workout detection and heart rate monitoring via the company's in-house TicHealth app. The new TicWatch Pro retains the unique dual-display design which switches between the...

Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL are up to $300/€300 off

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 07:30 AM PDT

Google has significantly discounted the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL this week with deals in the US, Canada and Europe. The two phones are up to $300/€300 off, but there's a catch. First, the discount in the US is $200 for both models - here's a link to the store. However, some people received an email with a promo code that drops the price by $100 extra. That makes the Pixel 3 just $500, so it's tempting to get that one instead of the Pixel 3a ($400). Google is emailing some people a $300 discount code for the Pixel 3 phones In Canada, the phones are CAD250 off. Moving to the old...

HMD shares the Nokia 9 PureView video story

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 07:00 AM PDT

The Nokia 9 PureView has been on the market for quite a while now, but it's only now that the handset is launching in India. To mark the occasion, Juho Sarvikas, HMD's CPO, shared a cool video that tells us more about the phone. The video is just over 2 minutes and talks about the Nokia 9 PureView's centerpiece feature - the 5 camera array. It also touches a little on the design aspect of the phone and some of its features. As world's first 5 camera array smartphone arrives in India, I am delighted to give you an exclusive preview into the story of Nokia 9 Pureview. Get ready to...

US government to issue licenses to companies wanting to trade with Huawei

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 06:30 AM PDT

In the development of the Huawei-US trade tensions, the US Department of Commerce will begin issuing special licenses to companies that wish to keep their business ties with the Chinese tech giant. The news was confirmed by the head of the Commerce of Department Wilbur Ross at the Annual Security Conference on Export Controls and Security. Late last month at the G20 summit, US president Donald Trump confirmed American companies will continue to sell components to Huawei granted that they don't pose a threat to national security. Later on it became clear that US companies would be...

Android Q will finally enable pull-down gesture for notification bar

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 05:45 AM PDT

Google has pushed the Android Q Beta 5 with a feature that many stock Android owners wanted for a looong time - pull-down gesture for the notification bar. The info was confirmed by a video of a Pixel phone on YouTube, where the feature was demoed. Pull-down for notifications is not new for owners of various smartphone manufacturers like Samsung, OnePlus and Xiaomi. However, all Android One phones and devices by Google and Nokia still lack it in Android Pie and you have to pull down from the top like some kind of a caveman. From the video you can see that wherever you do the...

Infinix Note 6 announced with triple camera, X Pen stylus

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 05:15 AM PDT

Hong Kong-based smartphone maker Infinix Mobile has announced a new phone - Infinix Note 6. The Note 6 comes with a Helio P35 SoC that's coupled with 4GB RAM. It runs XOS 5.0 atop Android Pie and has 64GB of storage onboard which can be further expanded by up to 128GB with a microSD card. On the front, we have a 6.01" FHD+ Always-On AMOLED display accompanied by a 16MP selfie camera. And around the back, you get a fingerprint reader and a triple camera setup which is a combination of 16MP main, 8MP ultra-wide, and 2MP depth sensor units. The Infinix Note 6 ships with a stylus...

Latest OnePlus 6/6T beta brings a fix for the quick reply issue

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 04:30 AM PDT

Late last month OnePlus released OxygenOS Open Beta updates 21 and 13 for the 6 and 6T respectively which came with improvements to the Screen Recorder, Weather, and Phone apps. Now the company has dropped the next set of beta releases for these smartphones. OxygenOS Open Beta update 22 for the OnePlus 6 and 14 for the OnePlus 6T both have the same changelog. They squash some bugs and bump up the Android security patch level on both the phones to July 2019. Additionally, the new builds bring improvements to the UI of the File Manager and a fix for an issue with the quick reply...

New Huawei phone with quad camera, 3,900 mAh battery certified

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 03:45 AM PDT

Chinese certification agency TENAA has approved a new Huawei smartphone bearing the SPN-AL00 and SPN-TL00 model designations believed to be the Nova 5i Pro/Mate 30 lite. While we don't have any images, the listing does provide a detailed spec sheet. The phone boasts a 6.26-inch IPS panel with a 2340 x 1080 resolution and 32MP selfie cam. Around the back, there is a quad camera setup with a 48MP main sensor flanked by an 8MP one two 2MP sensors. Huawei SPN-TL00 spec sheet The chipset is an eight-core Kirin clocked in at 2.2GHz paired with 6/8 GB RAM with either 128 or 256 GB...

Motorola One Action gets NBTC certified in Thailand, launch imminent

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 03:00 AM PDT

Specifications and renders of the Motorola One Action have leaked already leaving very little to the imagination, and it seems the smartphone will go official soon as it has received NBTC certification, hinting at an imminent launch. Leaked images have shown us that the One Action looks similar to the One Vision, except it comes with a plastic back housing a triple camera setup that has a 12.6MP unit as the primary sensor. Motorola One Vision (left), Motorola One Action (right) The One Action is expected to have an Exynos 9609 SoC at the helm and a 6.3" FHD+ display on the front...

Samsung Galaxy A90 5G passes through Geekbench with Snapdragon 855 SoC

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 02:15 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy A90 that we've been hearing of for the past few months will come in 4G and 5G options. Both of them are said to have Snapdragon 855 SoC under the hood, and the latest listing of the A90's 5G variant on a benchmark database confirms that. The Galaxy A90 5G, sporting model number SM-A908N, passed through Geekbench confirming key specs like Snapdragon 855 SoC, 6GB RAM, and Android Pie. Geekbench doesn't reveal any other details, but rumors want us to believe that the 5G model will sport a 6.7" FHD+ Infinity-U Super AMOLED display. The 4G variant (SM-A905) will also...

Nokia 9 PureView finally comes to India

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 01:30 AM PDT

After a teaser last week and some 5 months after it was released, the Nokia 9 PureView is finally going on sale in India. The penta-cam phone is available for purchase from Flipkart and Nokia's website starting today, priced at INR 49,999 (€650) in its lone 6GB/128GB Midnight Blue configuration. It will become available across major retail stores in India on July 17. The Nokia 9 PureView's specs are a bit long in the tooth for the middle of 2019 with a Snapdragon 845 chipset and 6GB of RAM, but like the Pixel 3, the Nokia 9 PureView's focus is on imaging. It brings five 12MP...

Qualcomm is developing Snapdragon Wear 429 with 64-bit support

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 12:45 AM PDT

Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon Wear 3100 in September 2018, but the chipset for wearables had the same CPU as its predecessor Wear 2100 with the archaic Cortex-A7 cores. Now, a new report has it that the San Diego-based manufacturer is working on a platform that is named WTP2700 and WTP429W (WTP stands for "wearable testing platform") that appears to be based on the Snapdragon 429 chip for smartphones. The Snapdragon 429 is built on the 12 nm FiNFET process and comes with four CPU Cortex-A53 units running at 2GHz. The chip has 64-bit support, meaning the new wearable will be...

Redmi sells over 15 million Note 7 phones in under six months

Posted: 10 Jul 2019 12:07 AM PDT

Redmi has introduced its Note 7 series as the first line-up of the newly separated sub-brand. After less than six months on the global market, today the company confirmed that it reached over 15 million sales. That includes the Redmi Note 7 (known as Redmi Note 7S in India), the Redmi Note 7 Pro and the shortly-lived Indian variant called Redmi Note 7 with regular 12 MP main camera that was eventually replaced on the market shelves by the Note 7S. Yesterday, the Honor 8X was also reported to have been sold in 15 million units and was dubbed the best-selling Honor...

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 leaks in live images, shows off its dual rear cameras

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 11:00 PM PDT

Samsung is working on a new flagship tablet, and up until very recently we thought this would be called Galaxy Tab S5, since its predecessor is the Tab S4. But for some reason Samsung is choosing to skip the number 5 and go straight to 6. And thus we have the upcoming Galaxy Tab S6, which has just been leaked in some live images. Here it is in all its blurry prototype glory: Galaxy Tab S6 live images The name is confirmed by the boot logo so at this point there should be little doubt in your mind that the lower-end Galaxy Tab S5e will not get a higher-end non-e S5 companion. The...

T-Mobile announces Revvlry and Revvlry+ own-brand smartphones

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 10:00 PM PDT

T-Mobile has just unveiled the newest members in its Revvl family of own-brand Android smartphones, the Revvlry and Revvlry+. Both handsets will go on sale on July 19. The Revvlry has a wide notch and a huge chin as you can see, and it comes with a 5.7-inch 720x1520 touchscreen with 19:9 aspect ratio, a 13 MP rear camera with LED flash, an 8 MP selfie shooter, the Snapdragon 632 chipset, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of expandable storage, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a fingerprint scanner on the rear, and a 3,000 mAh battery. It runs Android 9 Pie and is "water repellent". T-Mobile Revvlry This...

Camera night mode on Galaxy S9 and Note9 crashes for some users

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 09:00 PM PDT

Samsung has recently brought its dedicated camera night mode to the Galaxy S9 family and the Note9, but for these devices unfortunately it's not all smooth sailing. Some frustrated owners have taken to online forums such as XDA-Developers to vent about the camera app crashing and not saving pictures taken in this mode. The app just throws a "camera failed" warning at the user and calls it a day (or night, as would be more fitting in this case). To be perfectly clear, this doesn't seem to affect every S9 or Note9 owner, and not all people are affected in the same way. Some report the camera...

Realme C2 celebrates 1 million sold units with online deals

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 08:00 PM PDT

Realme is a relatively new smartphone brand, but thanks to its aggressive pricing and nicely quickly expanding portfolio it's quickly gaining ground. Today the company announced it pushed over 1 million units of the Realme C2, and to celebrate the accomplishment, it is launching an open sale with 2-year extended warranty. The phone was recently called the #DeshKaRealChoice, or People's Real Choice in an attempted flame war on Twitter between Realme India's CEO Madhav Sheth and Redmi, Xiaomi's affordable brand. The executive mocked the newly launched Redmi 7A, highlighting some...

Samsung Galaxy M60 hands-on video may have leaked, shows 48+16MP dual camera

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 07:00 PM PDT

A excerpt from an unboxing video of the Samsung Galaxy M60 has inadvertently found its way to YouTube. The video suggests that this phone will have the best camera in the M-series, but it is clearly incomplete so it's light on details. The camera is listed as 48MP (IMX 586) + 16MP. The purpose of the second module is not clarified, but given the resolution it has to be either a telephoto or an ultra wide-angle cam. The arrangement with the LED flash between the two camera modules is different from Samsung's current designs. The back seems strange, but that's just a case. You can see the...

Nokia introduces Beacon 1 WiFi mesh router

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 06:00 PM PDT

Nokia has quietly launched its latest WiFi mesh router - the Beacon 1 which aims to offer an experience similar to the Beacon 3 at a lower price. The unit supports 802.11 k/v Dual-Band Wi-Fi with AC1200 speeds and has 2-gigabit Ethernet ports. A single Beacon 1 router can cover an estimated 140 square meters (1500 sq. feet) but undoubtedly its key feature is its mesh support where you can hook three of them to seamlessly cover even larger areas up to 420 square meters (4500 sq. feet). Nokia Beacon 1 The router can also combine 2.4GHz, 5GHz Wi-Fi with Ethernet for optimal...

Entry-level iPad to get a 10.2" display as new iPhones ditch 3D touch

Posted: 09 Jul 2019 05:00 PM PDT

According to new reports coming from supply chain insiders, Apple is planning an overhaul of its most affordable tablet with a new design and larger 10.2-inch screen. The new entry-level iPad will reportedly enter mass production later this month and could be introduced this Fall. Apple's current 9.7-inch iPad was introduced back in 2018 with support for the first gen Apple pencil and a $329 starting price. It was a minor refresh over the 2017 version so to say the line is need of an upgrade is an understatement. In other news, reports from DigiTimes claim that 3D touch won't be...
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