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Huawei Mate 30 Pro case confirms circular camera design

Posted: 15 Aug 2019 07:15 AM PDT

Huawei Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro are expected to arrive later this year. Early rumors suggested the new phone will have a rectangular setup on the back, but latest protection case, revealed on Instagram by famous leakster Ice Universe, shows a circular module, accompanied by another tall cutout on the side for sensors or speakers. View this post on Instagram Mate 30 Pro A post shared by Ice universe (@ice.universe) on Aug 14, 2019 at 7:04pm PDT Looking at the case, we can also see there will be one cutout on the bottom for the USB-C connector, while the top has...

Huawei, Honor, Xiaomi and OnePlus grab 2019 EISA awards

Posted: 15 Aug 2019 06:30 AM PDT

The annual EISA (Expert Imaging and Sound Association) awards are in and for the second year in a row Huawei took home the best smartphone award with the P30 Pro succeeding last year's P20 Pro. The latest P-series flagship received high praise for its all-round capabilities and most notably spectacular quad-camera setup, powerful chipset and long-lasting battery. Another phone from the Huawei family also bagged an award with the Honor 20 Pro being crowned best "Lifestyle smartphone". The phone's gradient 3D glass finish paired with its flagship-grade camera and appealing price tag made...

Canalys: Chinese makers take 62% of Southeast Asia's market in Q2

Posted: 15 Aug 2019 05:45 AM PDT

Chinese makers have dominated the Southeast Asian market in Q2 of 2019, netting 19.0m of the 30.7m total phone shipments, Canalys reports. Samsung retained its leading position, moving 7.7M devices but was followed closely by Oppo with 7.3M. vivo managed 4.1m and Xiaomi was fourth at 3.7M. Realme entered the top five for the first time with 1.6M. The Southeast Asian market is dominated by the mid-to-low-end smartphones - 75% of it consists of sub-$200 devices, which puts makers such as Apple far out of the picture. It's also notorious for its lack of brand loyalty. Looking at the...

Motorola One Action going official tomorrow

Posted: 15 Aug 2019 05:00 AM PDT

The Motorola One Action is going official tomorrow, August 16. Motorola Brazil posted a video on August 13 with the caption "In 3 days, everything you know about filming and shooting using cell phones will change." The clip also says "Capture Action", giving a subtle hint that the Lenovo subsidiary will unveil the One Action tomorrow. Em 3 dias, tudo o que você sabe sobre filmar e fotografar usando celulares vai mudar. Estão preparados? pic.twitter.com/1eZPHHfxRl— Motorola Brasil (@MotorolaBR) August 13, 2019 This speculation is further corroborated by industry tipster Roland...

Realme 5 price confirmed by Indian CEO

Posted: 15 Aug 2019 04:21 AM PDT

Realme 5 and Realme 5 Pro will make an official appearance on August 20, with quad-camera setup with a 48 MP main shooter. Madhav Sheth, the CEO of Realme India, said today the company is bringing next week "the world's 1st quad camera smartphone under 10k", effectively confirming the price of the Realme 5. The new phone will clearly match the launch price tag of its predecessors at INR9,999. Some achievements on our technology journeyA. 1st to bring 48MP Quad camera smartphone in IndiaB. World's 1st Quad camera smartphone under 10k 1st in IndiaC. Powerful Qualcomm chipset 1st time...

Dual-camera iPhones accused of patent infringement

Posted: 15 Aug 2019 03:30 AM PDT

Israeli-based camera technology company Corephotonics has filed a lawsuit against Apple claiming that current iPhones are using dual-camera tech that infringes several of its patents. The Israeli company has filed several lawsuits over the years and the latest one is another attempt to sort things out. According to Corephotonics, the two companies have been in negotiations since 2012. Throughout the years, Corephotonics has discussed the dual-camera modules in detail with Apple's engineering team. What's more, Apple was granted access to the five-element telephoto lens back in 2012,...

Xiaomi's second 5G flagship coming soon, could be the Mi 9S 5G

Posted: 15 Aug 2019 02:45 AM PDT

Xiaomi is looking to expand its 5G portoflio, which currently only includes the Mi Mix 3 5G. The company announced that it will unveil its second 5G flagship soon. Xiaomi made the announcement on Weibo and said that it has received certificates from three certifying authorities in China, effectively confirming the first market to get the phone. Xiaomi didn't reveal anything about its upcoming 5G flagship but in all likeliness it's M1908F1XE, that appeared on 3C and TENAA last week. Xiaomi Mi 9S (5G) photos by TENAA This device is said to be the Mi 9S 5G having...

vivo NEX 3 sketch reveals design of the upcoming flagship

Posted: 15 Aug 2019 02:00 AM PDT

Late last month, Oppo showcased its waterfall display concept phone with 88-degree curved edges. Several days after that vivo's product manager Li Xiang posted a picture showcasing the upcoming NEX 3's curved display panel which also features quite a pronounced curve resembling Oppo's prototype. Oppo Waterfall screen Now, Xiang went ahead and revealed a sketch of the vivo NEX 3, which shows the design along with its inspiration. One of the key elements is the display which looks to feature minimal side bezels and a sharp fall reminiscing of a waterfall. The phone won't...

Huawei Mate X coming in November, a follow-up is already in the works

Posted: 15 Aug 2019 01:15 AM PDT

During a press event in Shenzhen, Huawei discussed the future of the Mate X and we have some good news and some bad ones. The foldable phone's release date has been pushed back from September to November and the phone will have a slightly tweaked design. There are still some challenges to overcome, so Huawei is taking it slowly to ensure a smooth launch in November. Some of the refinements include an altered Falcon hinge and a slimmer power button. The good news is Huawei also shared its plans for a successor, which is due to come out as early as next year. It will have more...

Realme 5, 5 Pro design and key specs revealed

Posted: 15 Aug 2019 12:30 AM PDT

The Realme 5 and 5 Pro will be unveiled next week on August 20 with a quad camera setup, including ultrawide angle, super macro, and portrait modules. The company has already confirmed that the Pro variant will ship with a 48MP Sony IMX586 unit as the main sensor, and now some more details about this pair have been revealed. Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has set up a landing page on its site for the 5 and 5 Pro giving us a glimpse of their design. Both smartphones will flaunt a diamond-cut design similar to the one we've seen on the Realme 3i announced last month. Realme 5...

vivo iQOO Pro 5G photos on TENAA confirm what we know so far

Posted: 14 Aug 2019 11:45 PM PDT

Qualcomm's announcement of the Snapdragon 855+ caught the whole gaming smartphone industry by surprise, but this is actually a good thing. After the ROG Phone II was announced with the new SoC, other brands like iQOO, Black Shark and Red Magic 3 introduced their own iteration with the new chipset. One of the new phones is called vivo iQOO Pro 5G and it will arrive in seven days. The Shenzhen-based company revealed the back of the phone yesterday, but today more photos appeared on TENAA, confirming what we already know - the new device looks a lot like the regular vivo...

Huawei Mate 30 to have 25W fast wireless charging support, rumor says

Posted: 14 Aug 2019 11:00 PM PDT

With the Note10, Samsung finally has a flagship device that can fast charge at more than 15W, which is what previous generations of its high-end smartphones have been stuck with for years. The 25W fast wired charging in the Note10 is commendable, but Huawei is looking to soon match that - only not through wired charging, but wireless. According to a new rumor from China, the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro will support 25W wireless charging. That's the fastest that this method of topping up your battery has ever been, one-upping even Xiaomi's 20W system that's built into the Mi 9. Obviously as...

OnePlus is launching another 5G smartphone by the end of the year

Posted: 14 Aug 2019 10:00 PM PDT

A few rumors made the rounds recently talking about OnePlus readying a 7T Pro model that will be launching in a couple of months' time, and it turns out that may actually pan out. OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has told the Financial Times that his company will release a new 5G capable smartphone in the fourth quarter of this year - that's October to December. Unlike the OnePlus 7 Pro 5G, which is only available from a handful of carriers across the world, the new device would get a global release. OnePlus 7 Pro This is just pure speculation on our part - but this could mean that there's...

Google's Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are now $400 off, cheaper than ever before

Posted: 14 Aug 2019 09:00 PM PDT

As we're getting closer to the rumored early October launch of the Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, the prices of their predecessors just keep on dropping. We've seen the Pixel 3 and/or Pixel 3 XL go for $200 off their usual prices, $300, and even $360, but today's deal takes the prize for the best one we've ever seen. At Best Buy you can now purchase a Pixel 3 or Pixel 3 XL for a whopping $400 off their normal prices. That means you're getting the small Pixel 3 for $399.99, which is exactly half of what it should cost. The 3 XL can be yours for $499.99. If you don't mind the fact that these...

EE starts selling the Huawei Mate 20 X (5G) after all

Posted: 14 Aug 2019 07:30 PM PDT

The saga of the launch of Huawei's Mate 20 X (5G) on EE in the UK is now complete. The operator initially announced this would be one of the devices it would release upon the start of its 5G service, but then backtracked once the Chinese company was put on the US Government's Entity List. Then a few days ago, after that whole drama got somewhat clarified, it put the handset up for pre-order. And today it's finally available and in stock. You can only get it in Emerald Green, with 256GB of storage. EE is offering the Mate 20 X (5G) with eight different plans, ranging from £54 per month to...

Apple responds to iPhone battery replacement controversy

Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:45 PM PDT

Last week we discovered that Apple is doing its best to deter you from replacing your iPhone's battery at any service center that isn't authorized by it for that purpose. Regardless of whether you'd replace your battery at a third-party service center with a non-official part, or even an official Apple battery, once you'd turn on the iPhone you'd keep seeing an error message in Settings. Like this: Today Apple has responded to the controversy surrounding this tactic, saying the following, in a statement sent to iMore: We take the safety of our customers very seriously and want to...

Buy a Sony Xperia 1 with Alexa built-in and save $100

Posted: 14 Aug 2019 06:00 PM PDT

Sony's Xperia 1 launched in the US about one month ago, and its recommended retail price has been a whopping $949.99. If you got a pre-order in, that was significantly sweetened by the company throwing in a free pair of WH-1000XM3 noise-cancelling headphones. If not, however, you may have been considering the Xperia 1 but found its price rather off-putting. In that case, how about you save a cool $100 and purchase the Xperia 1 for only $849.99? Yes you can do that, but there are some things to keep in mind. First off, this is an Amazon exclusive deal. Second, you need to be a member of...

About 50 million foldable phones will be shipped in 2024

Posted: 14 Aug 2019 05:15 PM PDT

IHS Markit is out with another market analysis and this time it's about foldable phones. The research cites that smartphones with foldable screens will reach 50 million sales in 2024. Given that this year a couple of companies announced smartphones with foldable screens and only one actually followed through, for now, this seems a fairly reasonable estimate. The technology still hasn't matured and we are yet to see wider adoption of OLED screens. Don't get us wrong, though - the OLED panels' market share continues to grow and it's making its way down to the low-end and mid-range...

Here are two camera samples from the IQOO Pro

Posted: 14 Aug 2019 04:30 PM PDT

vivo will unveil its IQOO Pro flagship on August 22 and as the time draws near we've learned its specs and its design. Now vivo Product Manager has shared two camera samples, captured with the IQOO Pro's 48MP snapper. The two images are captured in the default 12MP binned resolution and appear to be taken with Night Mode. They are clearly over-processed but in this Instagram-shaped game that's par for the course. The images are impressively-exposed and striking. vivo IQOO Pro camera samples, image source: Weibo The vivo IQOO Pro will have a 48MP Sony IMX586 paired to a 13MP...

Fitbit Versa 2 leaks, will feature Amazon Alexa integration, still no GPS

Posted: 14 Aug 2019 03:45 PM PDT

The Fitbit Versa was a hit in Q1 this year, but its popularity cooled off in Q2. The Versa Lite fizzled out almost immediately. In other words, now is a good time for a new model - and as luck would have it, this leak gives us a preview of what is coming. The Fitbit Versa 2 will feature Amazon Alexa integration A big addition seems to be the Amazon Alexa integration. There was an Alexa skill for the original Versa, but that only allowed you to ask your Echo how many steps you've taken today (and other such info). The Versa 2 will let you talk to Alexa directly, so you don't need...
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