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Xiaomi Mi 9 SE review

Posted: 03 Jul 2019 08:42 AM PDT

Honor 9X to come with a pop-up camera

Posted: 03 Jul 2019 08:30 AM PDT

A schematic of the Honor 9X has surfaced which gives us an idea of the phone's design. This diagram comes from reliable leakster Evan Blass, which shows that the 9X will sport a pop-up selfie camera, thus enabling a notch-less screen. At the back, the 9X will have a dual camera setup aligned vertically in the upper-left corner. However, unlike its predecessor 8X, the 9X doesn't have a fingerprint scanner on its rear, which implies Honor either ditched it or has it embedded to the screen. With the camera mounted on an elevating mechanism and thus slowing down face unlock we'd guess it's...

Samsung's July 4 deals let you save up to $450 on a Galaxy S10

Posted: 03 Jul 2019 07:45 AM PDT

People in the United States are preparing to celebrate July 4 and Samsung wants to join in as well with a bang. The company is launching discounts and offers for its US citizens, including up to $450 off of a Galaxy S10 series smartphone ($350 if you want it unlocked) and plenty of other deals for slates, gadgets, and services. Samsung Galaxy S9 • Samsung Galaxy S10 If you decide to trade in your current phone for a Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+ or Galaxy S10e, Samsung is offering an instant discount of $300 to $450, depending on the device you're trading. If you decide to give your old...

Microsoft's Your Phone app syncs photos, texts and notifications to your PC

Posted: 03 Jul 2019 07:00 AM PDT

Microsoft's Your Phone app allows you to sync texts, notifications and photos from your phone to your PC. The app was first available to Windows Insiders, this is its first public release (note that the Insiders had additional features in testing). You need to install Your Phone on your Windows 10 PC and the Companion app on your Android phone (OS version 7.0+), then link them up. Photos from your phone will appear in the app's gallery and you can simply drag and drop them onto your PC. SMS messages are handled natively too, even group chats. You can read messages and type responses...

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 2019 specs and renders surface

Posted: 03 Jul 2019 06:10 AM PDT

Specifications and renders of the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 2019 said to go official next month alongside the Galaxy Tab S5 have surfaced. The Galaxy Tab A 8.0 2019 sports a 1280x800-pixel LCD which measures 8" diagonally and is surrounded by thick bezels. The display is accompanied by a 2MP camera for selfies and video calls. Around the back, the tablet has an 8MP snapper which is placed in the upper-left corner. On the right side of the slate is the power key and volume rocker, and up top is the 3.5 mm headphone jack. The Galaxy Tab A 8.0 2019 is a decidedly entry-level tablet...

Sony Xperia J8010 "Sphinx" gets closer to launch, international firmware spotted

Posted: 03 Jul 2019 05:20 AM PDT

Firmware for the Sony Xperia J8010 "Sphinx" has been spotted on XperiFirm, a third-party repository for Xperia firmwares. If the name doesn't ring a bell, it's one of two 5G Sonys that should be unveiled soon. The phone may be called Xperia 1s or 1v or some variation like Xperia 1 5G (or even Xperia 2). A User Agent profile for the J8010 leaked and it showed a 3,840 x 1,644px screen, same as the Xperia 1. There was a second device too, J8210 "Horus", which was listed as having a 16:9 1080p screen, but that's possibly a placeholder for the official values. Unconfirmed info suggests...

Counterpoint: 53% of Indian premium phone buyers planning an upgrade in the next year

Posted: 03 Jul 2019 04:40 AM PDT

The majority of Indian premium phone owners are considering upgrading to a new phone in the coming year according to Counterpoint's report, which was based on 800 respondents. The premium segment was defined as phones priced above INR 20,000 ($280). Additional data shows that people in that price segment typically keep devices for 25 months. Next Purchase Intention (Counterpoint) More than half of the respondents said they are ready to spend INR 40,000 ($580) for their next smartphone. 20% of respondents said they plan on buying a phone costing up to INR 60,000 ($870), while 8% are...

Samsung Galaxy Fold redesign is complete and ready for a relaunch

Posted: 03 Jul 2019 03:30 AM PDT

Two days ago DJ Koh, director of the mobile business at Samsung, admitted his company messed up the Galaxy Fold launch that eventually led to the delay of the phone. Now Bloomberg posted a report, revealing the company is done with the redesign. People, linked to Suwon, revealed there have been improvements of the display protector film and the hinge. The biggest problem was the film screen that many reviewers mistook for a screen protector and tried to peel off, just to render the phone unusable. In the second-generation Galaxy Fold the film is stretched and tucked under the outer...

Indian Redmi 7A to have different camera, a Snapdragon 730 version might join it

Posted: 03 Jul 2019 02:40 AM PDT

The Redmi 7A is launching in India tomorrow, and while Xiaomi India's MD Manu Jain has previously said that Indian units will get a "MASSIVE feature", he hasn't divulged any details about what it will actually be. However, one of Jain's latest tweets leads us to believe that this massive boost could be the Snapdragon 730 SoC replacing the Snapdragon 439 of the original version. ROFL 🤣 🤣Yes, we would have loved to launch it with my fav SD 625! 😁 Unfortunately our truck got stolen 🚚Oh wait.. There's a new 625 in the market: SD 710! 😜 Fortunately, this...

Honor 9X confirmed to feature Kirin 810 SoC

Posted: 03 Jul 2019 01:50 AM PDT

The Honor 9X arriving on July 23 is confirmed to ship with the Kirin 810 SoC which is based on the 7nm manufacturing process. The Kirin 810 officially debuted just two weeks ago with an octa-core CPU comprising of six Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 1.88 GHz, and two high-performance Cortex-A76 cores running at 2.27 GHz. The SoC also has a Mali-G52 MP6 GPU which the company says offers 162% better performance than the Kirin 710 SoC. You can head this way to read more about the Kirin 810 SoC. Source (in Chinese)

vivo Z1 Pro debuts with Snapdragon 712, 32MP selfie cam and 5,000 mAh battery

Posted: 03 Jul 2019 01:00 AM PDT

vivo just finished off its presentation on the brand new Z1 Pro. It's a device aimed at Gen-Z consumers with a large punch hole display, triple camera setup and beefy 5,000 mAh battery. Visually the device is identical to the vivo Z5x but it does change up the chipset and selfie camera. Front and center we have a 6.53-inch IPS LCD of FHD+ resolution. It's the second vivo phone with a punch hole in the screen housing its 32MP F/2.0 selfie cam in the top left corner. Around the back the Z1 Pro features a triple camera array with a 16MP f/1.78 main snapper, an 8 MP F/2.2 ultra-wide...

OnePlus 6/6T get Screen Recorder in new update

Posted: 03 Jul 2019 12:10 AM PDT

OnePlus has released new stable builds of OxygenOS for its 2018 smartphones - OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T. OxygenOS 9.0.7 for the OnePlus 6 and 9.0.15 for the 6T both come with June 2019 security patch. These builds also finally bring the much-requested Screen Recorder feature which was introduced with the OnePlus 7 Pro. It can be accessed from Quick Settings. The new firmware improves the screen rotation and brings in VoLTE/VoWiFi support for Danish operator Telia. However, neither phone gets Zen Mode which is currently available to users on the beta channel. These updates...

Another Samsung Galaxy A30 hits up Geekbench

Posted: 02 Jul 2019 11:20 PM PDT

Samsung decided to follow the footsteps of its competitors and started blasting devices left and right to cover all available markets. This year's Galaxy A series has no less than 10 new entries, and it looks like another one is coming. A phone with the model number SM-A307FN popped up on Geekbench, yielding pretty much the same results as the Galaxy A30 we've tested - 1,319 for a single-core and 4,116 for multiple cores. The standard Galaxy A30 was released with a 6.4" screen and Exynos 7904 chipset. One of the directions Samsung could go is a Galaxy A30e with a smaller screen and...

New Apple MacBook Pro model approved by the FCC

Posted: 02 Jul 2019 10:00 PM PDT

The MacBook Pro is expected to get either a refreshed model or a brand-new size soon. The last time Apple refreshed the MacBook Pro 13-inch and 15-inch models was just a couple of months ago in May. The refresh brought much beefier processors and an updated butterfly keyboard. Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro without Touch Bar (2018) Of course, it's worth noting that Apple refreshed only those models with Touch Bars and not the non-Touch Bar 13-inch model. It is believed that Apple's latest filing with the FCC is for this 13-inch MacBook Pro without a Touch Bar. The FCC filing lists...

Google Pixel 3a is 50% off at Best Buy with Sprint activation, yours for just $199.99

Posted: 02 Jul 2019 08:30 PM PDT

Clearly one of the main highlights of Google's Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL is how cheap they are, at least when compared to the Pixel 3 and 3 XL's launch prices, or any other top of the line smartphone from companies like Apple or Samsung. Today, however, Best Buy has decided to sweeten the deal on Google's mid-rangers even further, that is, if you don't mind having Sprint as your carrier. Buy a Pixel 3a, immediately activate it on Sprint as a new customer (or add a line for it on top of your existing account), and you'll only pay $199.99 all-in for the phone. That's 50% off its usual price...

Samsung unveils tech for on-device AI that uses less power and fewer transistors

Posted: 02 Jul 2019 07:30 PM PDT

Samsung has announced a new NPU technology that will allow on-device AI to be faster, more energy efficient and take up less space on the chip. Thanks to Quantization Interval Learning, 4-bit neural networks can be created that retain the accuracy of a 32-bit network. Using fewer bits significantly reduces the number computations and the hardware that carries them out - Samsung says it can achieve the same results 8x faster while reducing the number of transistors 40x to 120x. This will make for NPUs that are faster and use less power, but can carry out familiar tasks such as object...

Redmi Note 7 Pro 6GB/64GB variant launched in India

Posted: 02 Jul 2019 06:00 PM PDT

The Redmi Note 7 Pro came to India in February in two memory versions - 4GB/64GB and 6GB/128GB. Now, the company has brought a third variant to the country - 6GB RAM and 64GB storage. This new model is priced at INR15,999 ($230/€205) and will go on sale in India through Mi.com and Flipkart starting noon local time from July 3. The 4GB/64GB and 6GB/128GB versions, on the other hand, are priced at INR13,999 ($200/€180) and INR16,999 ($245/€220) respectively. The Redmi Note 7 Pro is powered by Snapdragon 675 SoC and features a 6.3" FHD+ LCD. It has a 13MP selfie shooter on the front...

Apple said to launch an iPhone with UD fingerprint reader for the Chinese market

Posted: 02 Jul 2019 04:30 PM PDT

After two generation iPhones with Face ID and without a fingerprint sensor, we thought the company is done with using your fingers for biometric authentication. But according to the latest report coming from supply chain sources in China, the Cupertino-based firm might be doing a U turn. Previously Apple was exploring different under-display fingerprint reader implementations, but none of them met its requirements. Now however the company may have finally found a solution and is preparing to use it on an affordable iPhone with thin bezels, smaller notch and a fingerprint reader...

Samsung Galaxy S10 series outsells the S9 generation, S10+ is the most popular model

Posted: 02 Jul 2019 03:00 PM PDT

Samsung's Galaxy S10 series has outsold the S9 generation, reports Counterpoint Research. In total, 16 million S10 phones were sold globally during the March-May period (Q2), which is 12% more than the S9 sales from the same period last year. Interestingly, the Samsung Galaxy S10+ was the most popular model, accounting for 42% of the sales. It's followed by the Galaxy S10 (32%) and Galaxy S10e (22%). It seems that Counterpoint didn't include the Galaxy S10 5G into its calculations. The 5G model has sold at least 1 million units since its release in April (that's the sales figure...

Half of the Americans can't identify their phone model, a third believe it's 5G-capable

Posted: 02 Jul 2019 01:45 PM PDT

Decluttr, the American platform for re-selling old gadgets, has just posted an analysis on the second-hand market in the United States, including some curious data. According to the research, half of the respondents could not identify their phone by looking at an image. Another interesting bit is that around a third of Americans stated they own a 5G-capable device, while, in reality, smartphones with 5G modems were still not officially sold in the United States at the time of the study. Decluttr spoke to Americans from all ages to find out how much are they using their phone every...
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