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Motorola unveils a new Moto E6s with 6.1" HD screen

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 07:33 AM PDT

Motorola just unveiled a new Moto E6s - and when we say "new", we mean that it's different from the E6s that launched in India last September. That one was effectively a re-brand of the Moto E6 Plus, this one is slightly different. Let's start with what hasn't changed. The E6s has a 6.1" HD IPS panel with 720 x 1,520px resolution. The body of the phone is plastic and has a water-repellent design that protects the electronics inside from splashes of water. The E6s runs stock Android 9.0 Pie on the same Helio P22 chipset (eight A53 cores). It only has 2GB of RAM, which isn't much for...

Samsung developing a massive 1" 150MP sensor, Xiaomi phone with it coming in Q4

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 06:44 AM PDT

Samsung is currently the only vendor making 100+ megapixels sensors and rumor has it that the company will pull even further ahead of the competition with a 150MP sensor later this year. This sensor will be massive - 1", comparable with the Sony RX100 cameras. That is noticeably larger than the 1/1.33" ISOCELL Bright HMX that was the first 108MP sensor. Better yet, it will finally top the 1/1.2" sensor that the Nokia 808 PureView used. Samsung's 150MP sensor will use the nonacell pixel binning tech (9-in-1), resulting in 16MP shots, up from 12MP shots that the Galaxy S20 Ultra...

Realme 6i announced: Helio G80 SoC, 48MP quad camera, and 5,000 mAh battery

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 05:51 AM PDT

Realme launched the Realme 5i in January and just two months later, the company has announced its successor - the Realme 6i. The Realme 6i is the world's first smartphone powered by MediaTek's Helio G80 SoC. It runs Android 10-based Realme UI out of the box and comes in two memory versions - 3GB/64GB and 4GB/128GB. The 6i is built around a 6.5" HD+ display that has a notch up top housing the 16MP selfie camera - a big upgrade over the 5i's 8MP front-facing shooter. The back of the Realme 6i, designed by Naoto Fukasawa, houses a quad setup comprising a 48MP main (upgraded from...

Redmi Note 9 Pro first sales ends in minutes

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 05:09 AM PDT

Sales of the Redmi Note 9 series officially kicked off today in India with the Redmi Note 9 Pro. The device which was announced last week sold out in a manner of minutes. Those who did not manage to scoop up a unit will have a chance to do so next Tuesday on March 24 The base model with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage is going for INR 12,999 while the 6/128GB variant will set buyers back INR 15,999. The Redmi Note 9 Pro comes with a 6.67-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 720G chipset, 48MP main camera and a 5,020mah battery with 18W fast charging. The Redmi Note 9 Pro Max is expected to go...

Oppo Reno3 goes global with MediaTek P90 and 48MP main cam

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 04:18 AM PDT

Oppo launched the Reno3 5G and Reno3 Pro 5G in China back in December and followed it up last month with a global version of the Pro, which we reviewed. We are now getting an international vanilla Reno3, which is again different from the Chinese 5G model. The Oppo Reno3 comes with a 6.4-inch display of 1080 x 2400px resolution (20:9 aspect ratio) with a waterdrop notch on the top. The handset employs a Helio P90 chipset aided by 8GB of RAM and 128GB of expandable internal storage. The camera setup consists of a 48MP main camera with f/1.8 aperture, 13MP 2x telephoto unit...

Samsung to deliver firmware fix for all early Galaxy S20 issues

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 03:29 AM PDT

Samsung is reportedly working on a few bug fixes for the Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra with a firmware update soon. The update will focus on reported overheating issues while wirelessly charging with a Qi charger, camera app freezing, poor battery management and unstable Wi-Fi performance. I was just told these are the fixes in the next major S20 update: Overheating while Qi ChargingCamera App freezingBattery ManagementWifi Unstable— Max Weinbach (@MaxWinebach) March 16, 2020 There's no word if the update will include fixes for the poor autofocus some Galaxy S20 Ultra owners and...

Motorola Edge+ leaked images give us our best look at the upcoming flagship yet

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 02:37 AM PDT

Motorola is gearing to release its first flagship in years and we have a new set of renders from Evan Blass aka @evleaks which give us a full tour of the device. This time around we are also treated to a burgundy red color variant of the upcoming Moto flagship alongside the previously seen dark blue model. Motorola Edge+ renders in blue and burgundy The front houses the curved 6.67" FHD+ display with a punch-hole cutout for the selfie camera in the top left corner. Yesterday we saw that the Motorola Edge which is the midrange counterpart of the flagship Edge+ and also comes with...

Honor 30S to arrive in White and Orange, leaked renders reveal

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 01:47 AM PDT

The Honor 30 lineup is expected to arrive ат the end of the month, and following the Saturday leak, which revealed the quad-cam setup on the back, two more renders arrive to confirm at least two colors - Orange and White. The leaked renders showcase three vertically aligned cameras, a fourth snapper (likely ToF sensor) next to the middle cam, and a oval LED flash, which is different than the Honor V30 lineup where it was circular. The renders also confirm once again the side-mounted fingerprint scanner that Honor has been implementing since the Honor 20 came around....

vivo V19 is coming to India on March 26 with six cameras and UD fingerprint reader

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 01:01 AM PDT

vivo introduced the Indian V17 as V19 in Indonesia last week, and now the company has announced that it will bring the V19 to India on March 26. However the V19 coming to India is different from the one announced last week. The Indian V19 will feature a total of six cameras instead of five - two on the front and four at the back. The image shared by vivo India's Twitter account reveals two other more bits - an in-display fingerprint scanner and black and blue color options. vivo hasn't divulged any other specifications of the Indian V19, but if a recent leak is to be believed,...

Redmi K30 Pro launch date announced

Posted: 17 Mar 2020 12:09 AM PDT

Redmi K30 came last December and now the company has confirmed it will follow up with the Pro variant on March 24. Redmi already confirmed that the smartphone will have a Snapdragon 865 SoC at the helm and support 5G networks. The K30 Pro will sport a notchless display and since the vanilla K30 came with a 120Hz screen, the Pro version will also likely pack a 120Hz panel. Though it remains to be seen whether Redmi switches to an AMOLED panel or sticks to LCD. Recently leaked hands-on images of the K30 Pro revealed the smartphone will feature a quad camera setup on its back housed...

Apple hit with a $1.23B fine over market tampering in France

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:21 PM PDT

The Autorite de la Concurrence, the competition watchdog of France, has fined Apple €1.1 billion ($1.23 billion) for preventing its distributors Tech Data and Ingram Micro from lowering their prices. The verdict is following a complaint filed back in 2012, when a reseller launched a complaint that its wholesalers were teaming with Apple and not competing with each other. The authority stated that Apple was treating unfairly its partners and was limiting their supply, including iPads, compared to its own stores. This, along with the lack of competition, lead to identical pricing across...

Swedish company Imint teams up with Qualcomm for better video stabilization

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 10:33 PM PDT

We've written about Imint in the past. The Swedish company is responsible for Vidhance - an algorithm for video stabilization solutions found in smartphones currently offered by Xiaomi, vivo, Oppo, and OnePlus. The company has recently announced a couple of new stabilization algorithms, including a Vidhance Selfie Video - which will offer improved video stabilization for taking selfie video while walking. The latest development with Imint is the company's announcement of its partnership with Qualcomm. By being able to provide video stabilization on the hardware level, Imint can...

LG V60 ThinQ lands in the US this Friday, yours from $799.99

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 09:00 PM PDT

LG is now ready for its latest 5G flagship smartphone to hit the shelves in the US. The V60 ThinQ will arrive at AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile this Friday, on March 20. The phone will be yours for $799.99 from T-Mobile (either paid in full or spread over 24 monthly installments of $33.34). If you want to grab the Dual Screen accessory too, the bundle will cost you $899.99 (or $37.50 per month). The bundle is available in Classy Blue, while if you forgo the Dual Screen you can also have the V60 in Classy White. Over at Verizon the price is higher, but the accessory is free. You'll pay...

Here's an easy method to install the Google Play Store on your Huawei phone

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 07:03 PM PDT

You can live without the Google Mobile Services as we discovered over the weekend, but maybe you don't have to - a new working method of installing the Google Play software on Huawei phones has been discovered (presumably it works on Honor phones too). You'll need the Chat Partner app, a 147MB download. Also it probably goes without saying, but we'd still like to point out that this is an unofficial method. After running the app, you'll need to tap Detect Device then Repair Now and finally (after the Device Administrator window shows up) Activate. Restart the phone and you should...

Fujitsu Arrows 5G specs and design leak ahead of official launch

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 05:21 PM PDT

Last month, Qualcomm shed some light on upcoming Snapdragon 865 phones from various manufacturers including Asus, vivo and FCNT (Fujitsu Connected Technologies Limited). It's been quite some time since we've seen a Fujitsu flagship but thanks to a leaked product page for the arrows 5G smartphone on the manufacturer's official website, we have a clear picture of what to expect. The phone will carry a curved 6.7-inch AMOLED display with a QHD+ resolution and punch hole cutout in the top right corner for the 32MP selfie cam. The panel also features an integrated fingerprint scanner and...

Powerbeats 4 unveiled with Powerbeats Pro sound, longer battery life

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 03:58 PM PDT

The fourth generation Powerbeats are official and will be available in a couple of days for $150. Compared to the 3rd gen headset, the new model features longer battery life and improved Bluetooth hardware. These deliver the same audio quality as the $250 Powerbeats Pro and even have the same IPX4 sweat resistance. The major difference is that the Pro are true wireless earbuds and the non-Pro has a cable connecting the two buds. Another upgrade is the 15 hour battery life, up from 12 hours on the 3rd gen model (the Pros last 9 hours). The Fast Fuel feature pumps 1.5 hours worth of...

Smartphones in India will get more expensive as tax will rise from 12% to 18%

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 02:49 PM PDT

The price of smartphones in India is set to rise as the GST Council has decided to raise the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from 12% to 18% on April 1. According to the government, this is to correct the inverted duty structure - currently finished phones are taxed at 12%, but components to built phones are taxed at 18%. The president of the Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association of India stated that a better way to correct the inversion would have been to drop the component tax rate to 12%. Manu Kumar Jain, the managing director of Xiaomi India, states that the GST increase will...

Microsoft details Xbox Series X hardware, shows off load times

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 01:58 PM PDT

In an extensive post, Microsoft unveiled the specs and capabilities of its upcoming Xbox Series X gaming console, and promised to give even more details to developers later this week. The CPU is based on a 7nm process - it's a custom AMD Zen 2 unit with eight cores that can run at up to 3.8GHz. The GPU is a custom AMD RDNA 2 with 12 teraflops of processing might and 52 compute units, running at 1.825GHz each. There are 16GB of memory, divided between the GPU (10GB), the OS (2.5GB) and the system (3.5GB). There's also a 1TB NVME SSD and the option to expand the storage through 1TB...

Our Honor 9X Pro video review is up

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 01:01 PM PDT

Huawei subsidiary Honor has a fast-track product cycle and always manages to deliver some capable midrange devices with catchy looks. In comes the Honor 9X Pro which has been out for a few months in China but is only now making it to global markets. Apart from the beefier Kirin 810 and side-mounted fingerprint sensor, the 9X Pro is identical to its non-Pro version on the hardware side. The other notable change comes in software as the 9X Pro lacks Google Mobile Services (GMS). The 9X Pro sports a 6.59-inch FHD+ LCD with excellent viewing angles and brightness for a non-AMOLED...

Lenovo's Legion gaming phone to charge at 55W, gamepad accessories teased

Posted: 16 Mar 2020 12:06 PM PDT

Lenovo's teasers for a gaming phone just became that little bit more real as official promo images leaked on Weibo. It will use the company's Legion gaming brand (which so far specialized in PCs, laptops and accessories). The images show the a promo bundle (in a suitcase, as is tradition). It features two controllers that likely slide onto the sides of the included case. Each controller has several buttons and an analog stick. The Legion-branded thing in the middle looks like a headset case, but it's hard to tell from this image. Promotional suitcase with Lenovo Legion gaming...
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