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iPhone XR was the most popular phone of 2019, Samsung leads the 5G market

Posted: 26 Feb 2020 08:01 AM PST

The Apple iPhone XR was the most popular phone of 2019, shipping more units than both its predecessor and its successor by a large margin, shows data by Omdia. Apple shipped 46.3 million XR phones last year and 23.1 million in 2018. The iPhone 11, the new Apple mid-ranger, managed 37.3 million shipments in 2019. That was only good enough for second place, but it's still millions more units than the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X managed in 2018. Even with such good numbers, Apple's total shipments fell for a second consecutive year (down 4.6% in 2019 and 5.1% in 2018). Omdia attributes this to...

LG V60 ThinQ 5G hands-on review

Posted: 26 Feb 2020 07:02 AM PST

LG V60 ThinQ 5G is here with Snapdragon 865, new Dual Screen and 5,000 mAh battery

Posted: 26 Feb 2020 07:01 AM PST

LG has pulled the curtains off its sixth V-series phone - the V60 ThinQ 5G. It brings the latest Snapdragon 865 chipset alongside Qualcomm's X55 modem which supports both flavors of 5G, mmWave (higher bandwidth) and sub-6GHz (better coverage). In addition, LG brought a new dual-camera setup with a 64MP main sensor, a beefier 5,000 mAh battery and a revamped Dual Screen accessory. The V60 ThinQ comes with a large 6.8-inch FHD+ OLED panel with a tall 20.5:9 aspect ratio. The waterdrop from the V50S is carried over and now holds a 10MP selfie cam. The display also houses a built-in...

Huawei Mate Xs goes on pre-order in Switzerland on March 2

Posted: 26 Feb 2020 06:19 AM PST

Just two days after its official introduction, the Huawei Mate Xs is now listed at a major Swiss retailer's website. The foldable phone is going on pre-order starting March 2 while units are expected to ship two weeks later on March 16. Pricing is set at CHF 2,499 ($2,563/€2,356). Yesterday we also got confirmation that the Mate Xs will go on sale in China starting March 5 for CNY 16,999 ($2,400/€2,225), which means that the Digitec units will only take a few extra days to arrive. Huawei Mate Xs listing The listing also explicitly mentions the device does not come with Google...

Oppo Reno3 Pro camera setup detailed ahead of launch, will have three color options

Posted: 26 Feb 2020 05:33 AM PST

Oppo has detailed the quad camera setup on the international Reno3 Pro, which will be announced on March 2 at an event in the Indian capital New Delhi. The camera setup includes a 64MP main snapper which is joined by a 13MP telephoto, 8MP ultrawide and 2MP monochrome units. Moving to the front, we have a 44MP selfie camera which we now know will be accompanied by a 2MP depth unit. The front-facing shooters will come with features called Dual Lens Bokeh and Ultra Night Selfie Mode. Additionally, Oppo confirmed the Reno3 Pro will have three color options - Aurora Blue, Midnight...

Huawei phone with Helio P35 and 4GB RAM surfaces

Posted: 26 Feb 2020 04:46 AM PST

An upcoming Huawei midranger popped up on Geekbench with the MED-AL00 model number. The same phone was previously seen on the databases of China's 3C and TENAA agencies. The Geekbench test confirms the Helio P35 chipset with 4GB RAM and Android 10. The device managed 884 points in the single-core test and 4,356 on the multi-core one. Looking back at the TENAA listing we know the phone will feature a 6.3-inch display with waterdrop notch and a 5,000 mAh battery with 10W charging. The dimensions come in at 159.07 x 74.06 x 9.04mm. According to speculations, the phone will go...

Leaked Oppo X2 Pro promo shots reveal a periscope camera

Posted: 26 Feb 2020 03:57 AM PST

Oppo will introduce the Find X2 series on March 6, likely including a vanilla and a Pro model. We know they will have 1440p screens with 120 Hz refresh rate, and today a leak (that was later deleted from Weibo) revealed the back design of the phone. Looking at the images, we see a triple camera setup with a periscope shooter on the top, similar to what the Huawei P30 Pro and the Galaxy S20 Ultra have. Oppo Find X2 Pro leaked images The images reveal the Find X2 will be available in at least three color options - Black, Green, and Orange. The camera setup consists of three...

Black Shark 3 65W charging officially confirmed

Posted: 26 Feb 2020 03:09 AM PST

The Black Shark 3 got its batter details confirmed ahead of its March 3 announcement. The company posted another official teaser confirming the battery capacity and charging speed. The Black Shark 3 was rumored to pack a 5,000 mAh battery with 65W fast charging support. The rumors got the charging speed right, but Black Shark's official teaser now says the battery capacity will actually be 4,720 mAh. More features of the Black Shark 3 are likely to be officially confirmed in the days leading to the unveiling. Source 1, 2 (both in Chinese) | Via

Qualcomm: Legion Gaming phone, Zenfone 7 and ROG Phone 3 incoming

Posted: 26 Feb 2020 02:22 AM PST

Announced back in December 2019, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 865 will dominate the flagship and gaming phone world at least in the first half of 2020. The early crop of flagships from Samsung, Sony and Xiaomi are already announced with the Snapdragon 865 and now a bunch more phones were confirmed to carry the latest flagship SoC by Qualcomm. The chipmaker posted a press release about its latest flagship product and confirmed it will be present in a bunch of upcoming phones. In fact it went a step further and revealed the names of some phones that were only a vague rumor so far. Lenovo's...

Huawei Mate Xs sales start on March 5

Posted: 26 Feb 2020 01:35 AM PST

Huawei introduced its updated Mate Xs foldable smartphone at a press conference on Monday. The device comes with an updated chipset and 5G support, a new more robust hinge and the latest EMUI 10, but carries a heftier price tag as well. When Richard Yu introduced the phone, he said it will be available for sale next month, but gave few details beyond that. Now we get a bit of extra info and unsurprisingly China will be the first country where the Huawei Mate Xs will be available with sales scheduled to open on March 5. The Mate Xs keeps most of the neat features its predecessor...

Redmi K30 Pro officially confirmed to pack Snapdragon 865 SoC

Posted: 26 Feb 2020 12:44 AM PST

The Xiaomi Redmi K30 Pro was spotted on Geekbench last month with a Snapdragon 865 SoC. Now a company exec has confirmed that the K30 Pro will indeed have a Snapdragon 865 chipset. The K30 Pro will be unveiled next month with a notchless display and 5G support. Xiaomi hasn't officially revealed any other details of the K30 Pro yet, but it's rumored to pack a 4,700 mAh battery which will charge at 33W. For photography, the Redmi K30 Pro will sport a quad camera on the back, with a 64MP Sony IMX686 main unit. Source (in Chinese) | Via

Realme 6 and 6 Pro are coming on March 5, fitness band will tag along

Posted: 25 Feb 2020 11:58 PM PST

Realme unveiled the Realme 5 and 5 Pro last August and now the company has announced it will follow up with the Realme 6 and 6 Pro next week. The Realme 6 will be unveiled on March 5 and the company has roped in Bollywood actor Salman Khan as the lineup's brand ambassador. The Chinese phone maker has shared a few details of the Realme 6 duo on its official India site, which include a 64MP quad camera setup with 20x zoom, 90Hz FHD+ screen and 30W fast charging. Realme shared a few specs of the 6 and 6 Pro Also, unlike the Realme 5 and 5 Pro which came with waterdrop...

Galaxy S20 Ultra camera comparison

Posted: 25 Feb 2020 11:05 PM PST

First live image of Oppo smartwatch reveals Google Wear OS

Posted: 25 Feb 2020 10:53 PM PST

Earlier this year an Oppo executive revealed the first official image of the Oppo smartwatch, showcasing its design. Today, a real-life photo of the gadget revealed it will run Google's Wear OS, shutting the door on rumors about an Oppo-developed interface. According to the leakster, the watch will have an aggressive price tag and won't be too big size-wise. The wearable is likely to have ECG sensor, but company officials are staying silent on the matter. The first Oppo smartwatch is expected to arrive on March 6, when the Find X2 will make its global appearance. It was...

USB-IF grants Samsung Galaxy S20 lineup "USB Fast Charger Certification"

Posted: 25 Feb 2020 09:03 PM PST

In a release posted Tuesday, the USB Implementers Forum (or USB-IF) have announced that the Samsung Galaxy S20 lineup are the first smartphones to receive "USB Fast Charger Certification" status. What this means is that the Galaxy S20 lineup will support thew PPS (Programmable Power Supply) feature. This feature is part of the USB Power Delivery 3.0 standard - which is used by many smartphones these days. The PPS feature "allows the smartphone to better manage the thermals while charging, enabling a faster charging experience for consumers". This means that a smartphone can receive a...

Black Shark 3 runs AnTuTu, breaks records

Posted: 25 Feb 2020 07:32 PM PST

Xiaomi sub-brand Black Shark is preparing to launch its next device on March 3. As such, leaks about the Black Shark 3 have been intensifying over the past few weeks, and today we get a benchmark result that should blow every mobile gamer's mind. The Black Shark 3 (or rather, a prototype of the device) ran the popular AnTuTu benchmark and scored 620,952 points. That's the highest score ever recorded by the benchmark app, so this is definitely shaping up to be a gamer's dream phone. According to previous leaks, rumors, and teasers, the Black Shark 3 will sport the Snapdragon 865...

First update rolls out to the Galaxy S20 Ultra with improved camera quality, March security patch

Posted: 25 Feb 2020 05:29 PM PST

The brand-spanking new and shiny (and expensive) Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra is now receiving its first software update. This is currently rolling out in the company's home country of South Korea, and it brings with it some camera quality improvements. Additionally, the auto flash functionality is improved now. Last but not least, you're getting the March 2020 security patch level after installing this 418MB update. Yes, that's a security update 'from the future', but this isn't the first time Samsung has released such an update before Google (or during the month before what the level...

Samsung dominated smartphone sales in South Korea for Q4 2019

Posted: 25 Feb 2020 10:58 AM PST

Samsung once again dominated smartphone shipments in i South Korea during the October-December 2019 period. A report from The Korea Herald citing data from Counterpoint Research suggests that Samsung managed a 57% market share which is down by 14 percentage points from the Q3 2019 values. Despite the decline, 7 out of the top 10 best-selling phones were Samsung-made with the Galaxy Note10+ 5G topping the list followed by the iPhone 11 and Galaxy Note10 5G. Apple came in at second place with its 28% share of the market after a 17pp growth from the previous quarter, fueled by strong...

Oppo Find X2 promo video teases 120Hz display with motion compensation and HDR

Posted: 25 Feb 2020 09:49 AM PST

We're still ten days away from the official launch of the Oppo Find X2, but the company is keeping the hype alive by posting teasers (the phone was originally scheduled for a February 22 unveiling at the MWC). The latest focuses on the screen, which is clearly a key selling point of the upcoming smartphone. Check out the video below, which is a combination of three short clips, each about a different feature. It starts with the 120Hz refresh rate. This is augmented by the third clip, which (if we understand it correctly) teases a form of motion compensation (you know, that high frame rate...

The EU is looking to make smartphone batteries easier to replace

Posted: 25 Feb 2020 08:55 AM PST

Some Android users are still remembering the times when most of the Android phones had user-replaceable batteries, which is now an extremely rare commodity. Well, according to a leaked document, EU is planning to fix that in the near future by forcing manufacturers to make their phones' batteries more easily accessible and replaceable. A Dutch financial website was able to obtain the information and the aim of the proposal is to reduce the electronic waste. It reads that if the user is able to change the battery hassle-free, he would do so and keep the device for longer instead of...
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