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Honor 9X India launch date revealed

Posted: 04 Jan 2020 06:40 AM PST

Last month, we came across a report which claimed that Honor will launch the 9X in India in January. Well, that report has turned out to be true since Honor has announced it will be bringing the 9X to the Indian market on January 14. However, it's currently unclear whether it will be the Chinese version of the 9X that is coming to India which is powered by the Kirin 810 SoC, or whether it will bring the global variant which is basically the 9X Pro having the Kirin 710F SoC at the helm and a rear-mounted fingerprint reader. You can read our detailed written review of the Honor 9X...

Realme X50 5G full specs revealed by TENAA, C3 bags NBTC certification

Posted: 04 Jan 2020 04:50 AM PST

The Realme X50 5G arriving on January 7 recently bagged TENAA certification, revealing the phone's display size and battery capacity in the process. But now the TENAA listing has been updated to reveal the complete specs sheet. According to TENAA, the X50 5G will sport a 6.57" FHD+ TFT display, meaning no in-screen fingerprint scanner. The listing does mention under-display fingerprint reader, but that's likely a mistake since the official images previously shared by Realme confirmed the phone will come with a side-mounted fingerprint reader. The X50 5G will come with a side-mounted...

Apple can now engrave emoji on your AirPods, on the Pro ones too

Posted: 04 Jan 2020 03:10 AM PST

Apple's been offering free engraving on the cases of its AirPods and AirPods Pro since they've been around. You could enter some 15-22 symbols, depending on what the string contains - Ws and Ms are pretty wasteful, though going for the seemingly more economical all Is wouldn't get you past 21. Anyway, the point is, you can now have an emoji engraved instead. The list includes a plain old smiley face, the thumb of approval, alien, unicorn, and of course the poop emoji. Whether you'd like to have that last one on your AirPods is entirely up to you, but do consider one of the other...

Samsung Galaxy S20 and Fold 2 to be unveiled on February 11

Posted: 04 Jan 2020 12:29 AM PST

Back in November last year, we came across a report which claimed that the Samsung Galaxy S20 (previously rumored as S11) will be unveiled on February 11. Well, an official-looking promo video that's leaked online confirms that the S20 will indeed go official on February 11 at an Unpacked event, which will either take place in New York or San Francisco. The clip doesn't explicitly mention what phones Samsung will unveil on February 11, but the video includes the word "Galaxy" with both 'a' replaced by blocks, likely hinting at two launches. The first block, according to XDA's Max...

vivo S1 Pro arrives in India

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 11:15 PM PST

The vivo S1 Pro unveiled last November has made its way to India. It comes in a single 8GB/128GB memory version that's priced at INR19,990 ($280/€250). The S1 Pro is offered in Mystic Black, Dreamy White and Jazzy Blue colors, and you can buy one from the company's official site, Flipkart, Amazon.in, as well as offline stores across the country. The vivo S1 Pro is powered by the Snapdragon 665 SoC and runs Funtouch OS 9.2 based on Android Pie. The smartphone is built around a 6.38" FHD+ Super AMOLED display, that has a fingerprint reader underneath and a notch up top housing the...

Xiaomi Mi 10 screen protector leaks showing curved glass, no holes

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 10:00 PM PST

Xiaomi is gearing up to launch the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro flagship smartphones together, possibly at Mobile World Congress in February. Earlier this year a full list of purported specs for both models leaked, and today we have an alleged shot of a tempered glass screen protector for the Mi 10. This shows us that the phone's display will be curved, at least on two sides, but possibly even on all four (although the curvature is unsurprisingly much more pronounced to the left and right). The panel seems to have incredibly small bezels all-round, with only the chin sticking out somewhat -...

Xiaomi identifies and fixes privacy issue with its Home Security Camera

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 09:00 PM PST

Yesterday a weird bug surfaced connected to Xiaomi's Mi Home Security Camera Basic 1080p (yes, that's the full name of the product). Essentially, a user on Reddit was able to see creepy (and grainy) black and white stills that seemed to come from other people's cameras when requesting the feed of his own through Google Assistant on a Nest Hub smart display. Then Google responded quickly by temporarily disabling integrations with Xiaomi's Mi Home service on its smart devices. Now Xiaomi got in touch with Android Police and issued the following statement on the matter: Xiaomi has...

Xiaomi will continue to pre-install Google's Phone and Messages apps on global devices

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 08:00 PM PST

Starting with (and including) the Mi 9T Pro, all Xiaomi smartphones that launch internationally are shipping with Google's Phone and Messages apps. This change has finally been acknowledged by Xiaomi on its official forums today, and it's definitely been a long time coming. Thus, if you have a Xiaomi handset running a Global or EEA ROM, you no longer have MIUI Dialer and Messaging installed. The Chinese company is giving up on these and using Google's alternatives due to "privacy laws and restrictions around the globe". Xiaomi continues to explain that Google's Phone and Messages use...

There won't be a Pixel 4a XL, rumor has it

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 07:00 PM PST

While the Pixel lineup was initially meant to only include high-end devices, that changed in 2019, when Google released the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL, affordable mid-rangers. Not long ago we saw the first leaked renders of the upcoming Pixel 4a, and today a new rumor claims you shouldn't expect a Pixel 4a XL to join it. So if this pans out the Pixel 4a with its 5.81" screen will be the only mid-ranger Google launches this year. Despite the bigger screen compared to its predecessor, the 4a will reportedly be smaller overall, thanks to cut bezels all-round (as the renders have...

Google News discontinues print-replica digital magazines

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 06:00 PM PST

Google decided to kill something to mark the start of the new year, and this time around it's surprisingly not one of the umpteen messaging services it has launched at various points. No, we're talking about print-replica magazines in Google News. Before you ask, yes, "print-replica magazines" apparently are still a thing. Or rather, they were - because now they're dead, in Google News that is. The company has sent out a notification to the people who used to subscribe to digital versions of magazines through the app, which tells us that such people do in fact exist. Okay, so here's...

Samsung releases a trio of promo videos for the Galaxy A51 and A71

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 05:00 PM PST

Samsung made the Galaxy A51 and A71 official last month in Vietnam, and earlier today it published release details for the duo in Europe. To celebrate their arrival on that continent, the Korean company has also outed a trio of promo videos for the phones. All of these videos are for both the A51 and A71, as Samsung seems to view them as conjoined twins or something like that. Before you buckle up and start watching, we have to warn you, the style of these videos is... for lack of a better word, "unique". You might also call them "loud", in the figurative sense of course. Take a look for...

LG G9 renders show a quad camera on the back and a G8X-like design

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 04:01 PM PST

Early last year there was talk that LG will discontinue the G-series - well, rumors of its death seem largely exaggerated. OnLeaks just revealed a set of CAD-based renders for the LG G9. It appears similar to the G8X, though it has twice as many cameras on the back. LG got up to three cameras last year, this 2020 model has four arranged in a horizontal strip (similar to the V50 and G8). However, the rear-mounted fingerprint reader is gone, the new phone will use an in-display reader. The display is surprisingly flat - most companies are pushing for rounded sides and not everyone loves...

Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 to come with Super Fast charging

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 02:23 PM PST

Samsung's second foldable phone is expected to make its debut on February 11 or February 18 alongside the all-new flagship S20 series. We've already seen it in person and now the XDA Developers found an interesting string of code in the Galaxy Note9's stable Android 10 release which reveals the Fold 2 will come with Super Fast charging. The particular code shows the Fold 2's charging animation and comes with a file titled "bloom_front_charging_effect_superfast". Bloom is the internal code-name for the Fold 2 and it makes sense that Samsung will outfit its latest foldable with its Super...

Seven more Huawei and Honor phones join EMUI 10 beta

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 12:58 PM PST

Huawei's Android Q-based EMUI 10 will expand to seven more phones, an official account confirmed on Weibo. Four Huawei and Honor devices will join beta testing in February 2020, while three more will be on the program a month later. Here's the full list: February 2020 Huawei nova 5 Huawei nova 5i Pro Huawei nova 5z Honor 20S March 2020 Huawei nova 5i Huawei Enjoy 10S Honor 20 Lite Currently, only phones with the Chinese software (sans Google services) can join the closed beta through the community app on the phone. Early adopters can switch to EMUI 10, which is based on the...

Samsung Galaxy Buds+ show up in Sky Blue, unchanged design confirmed

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 11:29 AM PST

Samsung's next truly-wireless earbuds are the worst-kept secret in tech. Bound to become official alongside the Samsung Galaxy S20 family in February, the Galaxy Buds+ will retain the design and case of their predecessor but will likely come with aptX support and active noise cancellation. The list is now expanded with a new Sky Blue color. Seen below is a render of the as-of-yet unofficial Galaxy Buds+ in Black, White and Sky Blue (the replacement for the Galaxy Buds' Yellow perhaps). The render seemingly confirms that the new Galaxy Buds+ will retain the design and case of the current...

Xiaomi Mi 9T and international Redmi K20 units receive stable Android 10 with MIUI 11

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 10:32 AM PST

After the Redmi K20 received its stable build of Android 10 with MIUI 11 on top last week in China, the Mi 9T and international K20 units are also joining in on the fun. Users with the Global stable and EU stable ROMs are already receiving the big OTA update which requires a 2.2GB download. Update changelog The European version comes with the MIUI V11.0.1.0.QFJEUXM build number and brings the December Android security patch. The update brings the familiar Android 10 features like better privacy and location controls, enhanced system-wide dark mode. In addition users will...

Mi Note 10 vs. Galaxy Note10+: Do you really need 108MP in a phone?

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 09:36 AM PST

Cases for the Samsung Galaxy S20 offer a look from several sides

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 09:28 AM PST

Finnish online retailer Luurinetti has listed cases for the next generation Samsung Galaxy S flagships. They are under the S11e, S11 and S11+ names, though according to Ice Universe these will be unveiled as the Galaxy S20, S20+ and (perhaps) S20 Ultra (the models are promoted one step up so there's no "e" model anymore). The camera layout on the Galaxy S20+ does seem to match up with with renders we saw some months ago. The size of the screen also lines up with the rumored spec - 6.7". Samsung Galaxy S20+ case renders The camera arrangement for the S20+ lines up with...

Xiaomi Watch Color detailed, goes on sale in China for $115

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 08:32 AM PST

Xiaomi "unveiled" its Watch Color at the begging of the week without any specifications or pricing but now we have all the details as the smartwatch has officially gone on sale in China. It comes with a round AMOLED display, MIUI for Watch on top of Wear OS and an array of colorful straps. Xiaomi Watch Color There's also all the usual fitness tracking modes, GPS, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC as well as heart-rate and sleep tracking. The watch is swim-proof up to 5 ATM and has 14 day battery life with typical use. The Watch Color comes with a circular 1.39-inch AMOLED display of 454...
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