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Huawei P40 Pro to have a Sony-made Quad Quad Bayer sensor, dual prism zoom camera

Posted: 16 Jan 2020 08:06 AM PST

The main camera on the Huawei P40 Pro will reportedly be built on a 52MP image sensor (1/1.33"). New info suggests that this sensor will be a custom design by Sony and will feature "16-in-1" technology. It's also called "Quad Quad Bayer" as it does two 4-in-1 conversions to reach the 16-in-1 stage. This will only be used for videos and photos shot under very dark conditions. By our calculations, 52MP will drop to 3.25MP. which is good enough for 1080p videos (photos will probably use some form of digital upscaling). For daytime shots, only one 4-in-1 conversion will be performed,...

Samsung Galaxy A71 5G heading to the United States as well

Posted: 16 Jan 2020 07:59 AM PST

Samsung introduced Galaxy A51 and Galaxy A71 as the first members of the 2020 A-series and we recently learned the company is following them up with a 5G version of the A51 for its home market. Now we hear the A71 is also getting support for next gen networks. The version with model code SM-A7160 is heading to China, but is otherwise identical to the SM-A716U and SM-A716U1 - the carrier-locked and unlocked versions for the US market. Both variants are currently under development, but SamMobile did not disclose its source. The predecessors Galaxy A70 and Galaxy A70s did not...

Camera sensor info for all three Samsung Galaxy S20 phones leaks

Posted: 16 Jan 2020 07:09 AM PST

Leakster Ice Universe has posted a breakdown of the image sensor models that will be used by the Samsung Galaxy S20 family. It shows that the company will use a mix of Samsung and Sony sensors. Let's start from the top. The main camera on the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra will use S5KHM1, a 108MP sensor. A custom version, it seems, Samsung's other 108MP sensor (i.e. the one used in the Xiaomi Mi Note 10) is the S5KHMX. That's followed by the S5KGH1 for the ultrawide cam, a 44MP ISOCELL Slim sensor, 1/2.65" with 0.7µm pixels and a Tetra cell filter (Samsung's take on Quad Bayer). The...

Best phones for selfies, Jan 2020

Posted: 16 Jan 2020 06:58 AM PST

A new Xiaomi Mi Watch OTA will bring more health features and notification improvements

Posted: 16 Jan 2020 06:17 AM PST

While the Xiaomi Mi Watch is far from the first or only wearable to come from the ranks of the Chinese company and its subsidiaries, it represents a whole new take on the smartwatch game. As such, Xiaomi's elevated software support efforts for the wearable hardly come as a surprise. Hot on the heels of last month's eagerly-anticipated iOS support addition, the company is now teasing a new update on Weibo. Our Chinese is a bit rough around the edges, so we might have missed a minute detail or two, but the OTA highlights seem to include a couple of new fitness features: stress...

Galaxy S20 phones' size compared against other phones thanks to dummies

Posted: 16 Jan 2020 05:29 AM PST

Samsung is expected to introduce at least three new S phones next month - Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, and Galaxy S20 Ultra. Someone at XDA Developers got the CAD renders from case makers and 3D-printed the devices to compare the sizes with current flagships. The overall impression is the Galaxy S20 phones will be slightly narrower, the curvature of the edges on the screen is modest, while the back will keep the curvature from the Galaxy Note10, allowing for better grip and more comfortable usage. The Samsung Galaxy S20 is compared with the Galaxy S10 and despite being slightly taller,...

Huawei P40 Pro renders show quad camera with periscope zoom lens

Posted: 16 Jan 2020 04:41 AM PST

New renders of the Huawei P40 Pro show that it will only have four cameras - a three camera setup, similar to what we saw yesterday on the Huawei P40, plus a smaller module that could be a 3D ToF sensor or a macro camera. Huawei P40 Pro renders showing off the five launch colors It's hard to make out, but if we zoom in close, it appears that the bottom camera has a square lens - the sign of a periscope zoom camera. Huawei went back to a classic lens setup for the Mate 30 Pro, but the new P40 Pro promises to push the envelope on zooming tech once again - 10x optical zoom, claim...

Samsung Galaxy S20 5G visits Geekbench with 12GB RAM and Snapdragon 865

Posted: 16 Jan 2020 03:52 AM PST

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S20 lineup has been frequenting our news section lately and the latest scoop comes from a Geekbench listing for the Galaxy S20 5G. This is the smallest of the three S20 phones, believed to come with a 6.2-inch screen, 4,000 mAh battery and the same Snapdragon 865/Exynos 9830 chipset as the larger S20+ and S20 Ultra. Samsung Galaxy S20 Geekbench listing The listing for device reveals it bears the SM-G981U model number and packs a Snapdragon 865 SoC alongside 12GB RAM, which is expected to be the base memory config on all S20 models. As far as the actual test...

New vivo V1955A shows up on TENAA, 55W charger in tow

Posted: 16 Jan 2020 03:04 AM PST

After dropping quite the formidable bombshell with the X30 and X30 Pro, vivo seems to be brewing something interesting yet again. At least a couple of things, to be more precise, namely a V1950A and a fresh new arrival, under the V1955A model designation. The former was spotted in certification documents on several occasions, labeled as the iQOO 3 5G. However, more recent developments have revealed the entire specs sheet of the V1950A, identifying it almost certainly as a vivo nex 3 5G, with the Snapdragon 855 swapped for the new Snapdragon 865. This means that the V1955A is a lot...

Oppo F15 debuts: 6.4" AMOLED, Helio P70 and four cameras

Posted: 16 Jan 2020 01:39 AM PST

As expected Oppo unveiled the newest member of the F-series today - the F15. If it looks familiar it's because it is identical to the Oppo A91 which was launched in China last month. The F15 features a 6.4-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with a 20:9 aspect ratio and an in-display fingerprint scanner. You also get a 16 MP selfie cam housed in the small waterdrop notch and the panel is protected by Gorilla Glass 5. Jumping to the back we find a quad-cam setup with a 48MP main shooter accompanied by an 8MP ultrawide cam which can also take macro shots 3-8cm away from subjects. The other two...

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S now getting stable MIUI 11 with Android 10

Posted: 16 Jan 2020 12:54 AM PST

The Mi Mix 2S smartphone that is almost two years old, is now getting both the latest MIUI and the latest Android. The update is seeding in China, but global devices should follow soon, as is tradition with Xiaomi updates. The package is designated MIUI V11.0.1.0.QDGCNXM and requires a 2.1 GB download. Along with the multiple design overhauls Xiaomi introduced, there are some fixes to features, to bugs and more acceleration software to boost the performance. Here's the full changelog: Lock screen, status bar, notification bar Fixed an issue where the mobile phone avatar...

Huawei sold 240 million smartphones in 2019

Posted: 15 Jan 2020 11:42 PM PST

Huawei had a very eventful year 2019 - it introduced two of the best smartphones on the market - the Huawei P30 Pro and the Huawei Mate30 Pro - just to become a hostage in the trade war between the governments of China and the United States that are still ongoing. However, despite all the trouble, the company managed to improve its shipments across the world, and in 2019 it moved 240 million smartphones, with the P and the Mate lineup improving their numbers by 50% on a yearly basis. Xu Zhijun, the current chairman of Huawei Technologies, revealed the company is expecting a...

Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL updated to support Live Caption

Posted: 15 Jan 2020 10:43 PM PST

The Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL introduced a new useful feature for those who may be hard of hearing or those who simply love to consume content with captions. Live Caption enabled the ability to transcribe dialogue in real-time not just from TV shows, but from any other audio played the Pixel like your own videos, IG stories, and even memes. Live Caption on the Google Pixel 4 XL The Pixel 2 and 2 XL have both been silently updated to support the Live Caption feature. The latest version of the Device Personalization Services app enables the option for Live Caption in the settings...

Bose closes its physical stores in the US, EU, Japan, and Australia

Posted: 15 Jan 2020 09:21 PM PST

Earlier today, Bose - brand of audio products for home and travel - has confirmed via email to The Verge that it will be closing several of its retail stores "over the next few months". Hundreds of its retail workers will be laid off as a result of the stores closing, but they will be offered severance and outplacement assistance. Originally, our retail stores gave people a way to experience, test, and talk to us about multi-component, CD and DVD systems. At the time, it was a radical idea, but we focused on what our customers needed, and where they needed is - and we're doing the same...

Huawei Mate Xs might be cheaper than the Mate X

Posted: 15 Jan 2020 08:00 PM PST

Huawei is due to unveil its next foldable smartphone in March. As its name implies, the Mate Xs won't be an entirely new product, instead think of it as an improved Mate X. We've already heard that it would sport HiSilicon's latest Kirin 990 chipset, with 5G support, and today some more details have leaked out of China. The Mate Xs may, perhaps surprisingly, end up being cheaper than the Mate X. That's thanks to improvements in the production process of the screen. Apparently the Mate Xs' display assembly is less difficult to make than the Mate X's, owing to constant yield gains. This...

Huawei P30 and P30 Pro get Android 10 based EMUI 10 on O2 UK

Posted: 15 Jan 2020 06:00 PM PST

According to an official statement made by Huawei back in December, the update to Android 10 with EMUI 10 on top for its devices would start hitting the UK in February. Thankfully though, the Chinese company has been faster than anticipated. The P30 series and Mate 20 series devices on Vodafone have already started receiving their updates recently, and today they're joined by P30 and P30 Pro units sold by O2. These should pop up a notification about a 4.5GB update (with an additional 226MB of bloatware O2 apps to be grabbed) any moment now. If you're impatient and don't want to wait...

Microsoft's new Edge browser based on Chromium is now ready to download

Posted: 15 Jan 2020 04:00 PM PST

Today Microsoft is making the new Edge web browser available to download for Windows and Mac. The new Edge is based on the Chromium open source project, which makes it similar to Google Chrome in that regard. Microsoft announced the new Edge back in December 2018, when it decided to forego any further development of its own browser engine in favor of switching to the Chromium codebase. It was a big undertaking, and after over a year of testing, the new Edge is finally ready. You can download the first stable version for Windows and Mac over here. That said, if you're running Windows...

Google Play Store will no longer show notifications for updated apps

Posted: 15 Jan 2020 02:00 PM PST

Android's core apps suite has the benefit of receiving regular updates which are independent of major OS updates. In some cases, though features are being taken down without any heads up and this is true for the Play Store's removed notifications for updated apps. Apparently this development has been live since November for some users on version 17.4 of the Play Store. Some users considered the lack of notifications as a temporary bug but it turned out that this was a planned initiative and was recently confirmed by Google representatives. In our own test on version 18.3.13 we did...

The Doogee S95 Pro is an IP69K-rated modular phone with a Helio P90 chipset

Posted: 15 Jan 2020 12:01 PM PST

The rugged Doogee S95 Pro is now available after a few days of teasing by the company. Like the S90 Pro, this phone supports Motorola-like add-on modules that can extend its functionality with a snap. The S95 is rated IP69K - on top of the usual dust and water resistance, it can withstand high-pressure cleaning with 80° water fired at the phone at 80-100 bar. It also has the MIL-STD-810G rating. This ruggedness comes at a price, though, the phone measures 13.8mm thick and weighs a hefty 285g. One of the launch day add-ons is a 3,500mAh external battery that complements the built in...

Apple dominated true wireless headsets market in 2019, Samsung a distant third

Posted: 15 Jan 2020 10:56 AM PST

Data by Strategy Analytics reveals that Apple is by far the biggest player in the True Wireless Headset game (headsets with no cables connecting each bud, referred to "TWS" in short). Cupertino shipped 58.7 million AirPods last year, which means one in two TWS headsets sold in 2019 bore the Apple logo (54.4% market share). That's not all, Apple raked in 71% of the revenues from the global TWS market. Meanwhile, Xiaomi secured a distant second with 9.1 million units shipped (8.5% share). The good news for the Chinese tech giant are that it's ahead of Samsung, which only managed to move...
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