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Samsung to enable 120Hz at QHD+ resolution for Galaxy S20 series

Posted: 18 Feb 2020 07:34 AM PST

One of the coolest bits about the new Samsung Galaxy S20 series is the 120Hz refresh rate of their displays. However at launch you will have to choose between 120Hz and QHD rendering as the mode was only available up to FullHD resolution. According to a new development, Samsung will bring the 120Hz@QHD mode via a firmware update. The phones will also automatically switch between 60 and 120Hz depending on the app running to maximize battery life. The rumor comes from a screenshot of an S20 device running on a new firmware version which shows the new Dynamic screen refresh rate...

Honor 9X Pro global launch set for February 24

Posted: 18 Feb 2020 06:47 AM PST

The Honor 9X Pro announced last July in China is making its global debut on February 24. This information comes to us from Honor President George Zhao, who took to Facebook to make the announcement. Zhao also said that the 9X Pro will have Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) onboard, making it the first Honor smartphone to come with the company's Google Mobile Services (GMS) alternative. The Honor 9X Pro is powered by the Kirin 810 SoC and might come in two memory configurations like its Chinese counterpart - 8GB/128GB and 8GB/256GB. The 9X Pro in China boots to Android Pie-based EMUI 9.1,...

The US wants TSMC to stop manufacturing chips for Huawei

Posted: 18 Feb 2020 06:01 AM PST

It seems like the Trump administration is doing everything it can to sabotage Huawei at this point and its latest plan is to make TSMC stop manufacturing chips for Huawei. How can they possibly do that since TSMC is based in Taiwan, you may ask? It's simple - TSMC uses US-made manufacturing equipment. A change in the US Department of Commerce's Foreign Direct Product Rule has been proposed that will make companies using US technology seek license to sell to Huawei. And as you know, TSMC is the company's main supplier for the Kirin chips. And if this comes through somehow, it would...

Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 to come with a new S Pen

Posted: 18 Feb 2020 05:07 AM PST

After yesterday's Galaxy Fold 2 juicy news, it's time for another portion of revealing a bit more about the design of the handset. According to a fairly reputable source, Samsung's upcoming successor of the Fold will incorporate one of Galaxy Note's iconic features - the S Pen. When you think about it, it does make a lot of sense. The Galaxy Fold 2 will reportedly open up to a 7.7-inch display, which is more than an inch bigger than the Galaxy Note10+, so it would be wasteful not to utilize that screen real estate with an S Pen functionality. Moreover, according to the leak, the S...

Realme X50 Pro camera details revealed alongside samples

Posted: 18 Feb 2020 04:18 AM PST

The Realme X50 Pro is shaping up to be a true flagship with its Snapdragon 865 chipset, 90Hz Super AMOLED display and dual-mode 5G connectivity. The phone will come with six total cameras as we learned earlier today - with two on the front and four on the back and now we have some more details to work with. Realme CMO Xu Qi Chase revealed the camera details for the upcoming X50 Pro on Weibo alongside a pair of camera samples. The device will come with a 64MP main shooter and will be capable of 20x hybrid zoom. In addition, it will be able to capture videos from its ultrawide cam with...

Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro goes out of stock in 55 seconds in first sale

Posted: 18 Feb 2020 03:29 AM PST

The Xiaomi Mi 10 unveiled last week generated over CNY200 million in its first sale and was out of stock within seconds. The Mi 10 Pro now had its first sale, which lasted just 55 seconds. Like the vanilla Mi 10, the Pro variant also garnered over CNY200 million in its first sale, meaning the company sold between 33,300 to 40,000 units depending on their memory configuration. Xiaomi hasn't revealed when the Mi 10 Pro will go on sale again in China, but looking at the current situation in the country, the company is likely to face a shortage of the Mi 10 duo and it remains to be seen...

Nubia Red Magic 5G will have a 16GB RAM option

Posted: 18 Feb 2020 02:41 AM PST

Nubia CEO Ni Fei keeps teasing the company's upcoming flagship Red Magic 5G phone and he just confirmed it will come with a 16GB LPDDR5 RAM option. The option was previously teased by Fei in the beginning of the month as was the fact that all Red Magic 5G units will come with LPDDR5 RAM as standard. The new leak shows us a screenshot from the device and its about phone section where we can also spot more of its key features. Starting off with the Snapdragon 865 chipset alongside the X55 modem for its 5G connectivity. Other notable features include 256GB storage and we can also spot the...

Realme Link app announced ahead of IoT products launch

Posted: 18 Feb 2020 01:49 AM PST

Realme will unveil the X50 Pro 5G flagship smartphone on February 24 at simultaneous events in Spain and India, but alongside that, the company will also reveal its plans for future IoT products. And while Realme is yet to bring any IoT device to the market, it today announced Realme Link - an app to sit at the heart of its ecosystem. Realme Link will come pre-installed on all future Realme smartphones and it will let you view and control all your Realme IoT products from one place. The company has also shared four different icons on Realme Community and has asked users to vote...

LG announces K61, K51S and K41S with 6.5-inch screens, 4,000mAh batteries

Posted: 18 Feb 2020 01:01 AM PST

This isn't the glamorous G9 or V60 announcement we were hoping for, but LG just announced three new K series smartphones with good specs at a promised attractive price tag, although we didn't get specific numbers. The LG K61, K51S and K41S all run octa-core CPUs (likely MediaTek chipset) and have 6.5-inch screen diagonals (albeit with differing ratios). The trio has 4,000mAh batteries and all have some sort of MIL-STD 810G compliance for durability. They also all come with USB-C ports, four cameras and a fingerprint scanner on the back. LG K61 The LG K61 is the most premium of the...

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) specs and render surface

Posted: 18 Feb 2020 12:21 AM PST

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S20 trio and Galaxy Z Flip last week, and it seems the company is gearing up to release a new tablet soon, which will be called Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020). The yet-to-be-announced Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) has appeared on Google Play Console, and the listing reveals that the tablet will have an Exynos 7904 SoC under the hood paired with 3GB RAM. The Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) will sport an 8.4" 1920x1200 pixel display, but surprisingly, it's running Android 9 Pie. We hope Samsung was just testing the tablet with an older version of Android and it will actually run...

Realme steals iQOO's thunder, will launch the X50 Pro 5G in India on February 24

Posted: 17 Feb 2020 11:36 PM PST

vivo sub-brand iQOO will unveil the iQOO 3 5G on February 25 through an online event in China, but the smartphone will also be launched in India on the same day. The company promoted it as the first smartphone in India having Snapdragon 865 SoC and 5G support. But Realme has decided to rain on iQOO's parade and has announced that the X50 Pro 5G, which will be unveiled on February 24 at an online event in Madrid, Spain, will be launched in India simultaneously at an event in New Delhi, beating its competitor to the launch of the first smartphone in the country with Snapdragon 865 SoC and...

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip pre-orders sold out in The Philippines

Posted: 17 Feb 2020 10:49 PM PST

On Friday's midnight launch of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, the US saw online stocks quickly deplete in both AT&T and Unlocked variants of the foldable handset. Samsung Philippines is in the same boat, announcing that it, too, has sold out of the first batch of devices after a three-day pre-order period. All the excitement surrounding the Galaxy Z Flip proved that there is a strong desire for a new mobile experience that offers both style and function. - Jerry Mañus, Business Unit Head of IT and Mobile, Samsung Philippines The Galaxy Z Flip officially goes on sale in The Philippines this...

Realme confirms 20X zoom quad cameras on X50 Pro's preview site

Posted: 17 Feb 2020 08:55 PM PST

Despite most companies dropping out of the cancelled MWC event, some decided that the show must go on. Realme is one of those companies - with a livestream event scheduled to take place on February 24. Currently, Realme has a landing page where fans can preview teasers of some of the features of the upcoming Realme X50 Pro - set to be announced at the event and. The company has added a photo teaser, confirming the existence of quad-cameras on the X50 Pro with support for 20X zoom. There are two more teasers coming, as you can see in the grid of photos with February 18 and 19 marked...

TCL concept phone has a slide-out screen, leaked images show

Posted: 17 Feb 2020 07:00 PM PST

Before MWC got canceled, TCL was going to have a presence there, and apparently one of the things it wanted to show the world was a concept of a smartphone with a slide-out screen. Yes - slide-out, not 'folding' in any way we've seen before. Images of this yet-unnamed device have surfaced today, and we're still left scratching our heads as to how this slide-out screen would actually work. As in - what happens when you slide the slidy bit back into the other part? Best guess right now is one portion of the flexible display bends or wraps behind the other, but how durable would...

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra LTE version surfaces

Posted: 17 Feb 2020 05:00 PM PST

These are weird times for Samsung, with "glass" somehow scratching like plastic, and "5G only" smartphones having 4G LTE versions too. We're talking about the S20 Ultra in the latter case, which initially was suggested by the Korean company to only come in one variant, with 5G support on board. However, in the time that's passed since the official announcement on February 11, some local Samsung sites (such as this one in Indonesia) have listed something called the Galaxy S20 Ultra LTE. And that, as its name handily implies, does not connect to any 5G network. It's unclear if the...

Honor V30-series coming to Europe next week powered by Huawei Mobile Services

Posted: 17 Feb 2020 02:55 PM PST

The Honor V30 Pro is one of the best smartphones you can't have outside of China but according to MySmartPrice, that's about to change. Sort of. The lack of Google services is the main reason for that but Huawei says it's ready to launch its substitute - HMS (Huawei Mobile Services). The services would be ready to launch next week and the first phones to run it are the Honor V30 and V30 Pro. They will debut in Europe packed with home-baked services including Huawei ID, Huawei Mobile Cloud, Huawei AppGallery, Huawei Video, Huawei Themes, Huawei ScreenMagazine, and Huawei Browser. We...

Honor 9X Lite listed online, specs and pricing revealed

Posted: 17 Feb 2020 10:01 AM PST

Honor is gearing up to release a new Lite version of its 9X as we already saw from a promo image less than two weeks ago. We didn't have much info to work with back then but in a new development, the phone appeared in a listing by a Pakistani retailer, confirming its key specs and price. Honor 9X Lite listing The device will sport a 6.5-inch FullView display with a 16MP selfie cam. Around the back, we get a 48MP main cam alongside a 2MP depth sensor and a capacitive fingerprint scanner. The Kirin 710 chipset sits at the helm, paired with 4G RAM and 128GB storage. The battery is...

Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 tipped to feature under-screen camera

Posted: 17 Feb 2020 09:08 AM PST

With the new Galaxy Z Flip release, Samsung showed its strong commitment to the foldable smartphone market and according to rumors, the Galaxy Fold 2 will be another device where engineers will spare no effort. Two separate sources claim that the upcoming successor of the original Fold will offer under-screen module for its selfie snapper. Interestingly, both sources claim that the Fold 2 should arrive sometime in Q3 2020 and one of them is a bit more specific pointing at July as the month of release. Price-wise, the handset will be around the same as its predecessor and will rock a...
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