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Huawei's Kirin 820 5G outperforms Snapdragon 855 and Kirin 980

Posted: 23 Mar 2020 07:26 AM PDT

The Kirin 820 5G has been popping up on our news feed for the last couple of weeks and we even had a pretty comprehensive report regarding the platform's details. Now, we have some insight into the performance as well. Based on its Geekbench 4 scores, the Kirin 820 5G can outperform the Snapdragon 855 in a single-core tests. It also beats the Kirin 980 in both single-thread and multi-thread performance. Perhaps, this is due to the main Cortex-A76 cores being clocked higher. Not to mention that this mid-range chip largely benefits from the energy-efficient 7nm process, much like this...

Redmi Note 9S announced: the Note 9 Pro's global counterpart

Posted: 23 Mar 2020 06:40 AM PDT

Xiaomi's online event for the Redmi Note 9S just finished and just as expected it's a new name for the already announced Redmi Note 9 Pro. That's not to take anything away from what is certainly a great phone though. The Redmi Note 9S is built around a 6.67-inch IPS LCD panel with 1080 x 2400px (20:9 aspect ratio) resolution. Xiaomi says it can reach up to 450 nits brightness, supports HDR10 and complies with TÜV Rheinland's standards for low blue light emissions. This is also the first phone from the series with a punch hole for the selfie camera, which Xiaomi calls Tiny DotDisplay....

Exynos chipsets now third in terms of market share, overtake Apple

Posted: 23 Mar 2020 06:16 AM PDT

Samsung's Exynos chipset division has become the third largest supplier in the smartphone world, displacing Apple, which slid to fourth, according to data from Counterpoint Research. Exynos chips enjoyed a 14.1% market share in 2019, up 2.2 percentage points compared to the year before. This is thanks to solid growth in North America and India. Samsung and Huawei are the only vendors in the global Top 5 to post growth. Apple, meanwhile, is down 0.5 percentage points to 13.1% share for a fourth place finish, ahead of Huawei in fifth. Qualcomm and MediaTek retain their leading...

Huawei P40 Pro and Premium set to retain front 3D sensor to secure  payments

Posted: 23 Mar 2020 05:29 AM PDT

Even though the chunky notch of the Mate 30 Pro is going away in favor of a dual punch hole, the Huawei P40 Pro and P40 Premium will reportedly retain the front facing 3D ToF sensor for secure face unlock. This will be used to authorize payments as it's more secure than plain camera-based face unlock. The extra hardware made the dual punch hole slightly wider than it is on the Huawei P40 as you can see in these renders shared by @evleaks: Huawei P40 Pro • Huawei P40 The P40 Pro and P40 Premium will pack a 32MP selfie camera plus the ToF sensor in the punch hole. The gesture...

ZTE Axon 11 5G unveiled with 6.47" AMOLED display, Snapdragon 765G and quad cameras

Posted: 23 Mar 2020 04:44 AM PDT

ZTE announced its third 5G capable smartphone today with the brand-new Axon 11 5G. It brings support for dual-mode 5G (SA and NSA) thanks to the integrated modem found in the Snapdragon 765G SoC, a four-camera array with a 64MP main shooter and a 4,000 mAh battery wrapped in a sleek glass and aluminum frame topped with a competitive price tag. Upfront we have a curved 6.47-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with and waterdrop notch for the 20MP selfie camera. The panel also comes with a built-in fingerprint scanner and sports a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. Around the back, the square setup hosts ...

Watch the Redmi Note 9S announcement live here

Posted: 23 Mar 2020 03:52 AM PDT

Xiaomi introduced the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Redmi Note 9 Pro Max last week, and now it is time for a third phone to join the portfolio - Redmi Note 9S. It appears to be a rebranded Redmi Note 9 Pro as evidenced by its leaked Geekbench scorecard. Today, the company is having a live stream of its launch and the Xiaomi Singapore page on Facebook has provided a live stream. The Redmi Note 9 Pro originally comes with a Snapdragon 720G chipset, four cameras with the main one being 48 MP, while the selfie shooter is 16 MP, tucked into a punch hole. The phone was initially announced in...

Samsung temporarily closes its smartphone factory in India to fight COVID-19 spread

Posted: 23 Mar 2020 03:22 AM PDT

Samsung is forced to temporarily close a second factory due to the COVID-19 outbreak - this time the plant in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. It was opened in the summer of 2018 and currently is the biggest smartphone factory of Samsung and that can produce up to 120 million units per year. Starting today, the factory will be closed until March 25, following the government's request. Previously the factory in Gumi, South Korea, was also closed twice for brief periods, leaving the Vietnam plan as the only one not to be affected by the outbreak (for now). Mr Partha Ghosh, Head of Corporate...

OnePlus 7T Pro long-term review

Posted: 23 Mar 2020 03:21 AM PDT

Redmi K30 Pro pricing leaks day before announcement

Posted: 23 Mar 2020 02:34 AM PDT

The long-awaited Redmi K30 Pro is getting announced tomorrow and one of the few question marks remaining was the price tag. A new leak now comes to fill us in on that. The regular 8GB RAM and 128GB storage variant will costs CNY 3,699($520), while the the K30 Pro zoom version with 8/128GB will go for CNY 3,999 ($560). It's still not quite clear what the differences between the vanilla and "zoom version" will be but as we already got confirmation the standard K30 Pro will come with a telephoto module capable of 3x optical zoom and up to 30x digital zoom. Redmi K30 Pro zoom edition...

Check out these leaked Huawei P40 Pro Premium camera samples

Posted: 23 Mar 2020 01:50 AM PDT

Huawei will introduce its P40 lineup in three days and we expect three phones with an impressive camera performance. Today, popular Weibo tipster Digital chat station gave us a sneak peek of what to expect, posting six camera samples from a Huawei P40 smartphone, without clarifying whether it is the vanilla, the Pro, or the Premium Edition. The images are all in broad daylight, and we can see stunning details and color. The leakster said the last photo of the dog was taken with the 10x zoom, cropped and then uploaded once again, meaning we are likely looking at P40 Pro Premium...

vivo S6 5G design finally revealed, will have 48 MP camera

Posted: 22 Mar 2020 11:10 PM PDT

The vivo S6 5G is expected to arrive on March 31, and we already knew the phone will have two selfie cameras. Today, the company revealed the design of the phone in official renders and promo images, along with its brand ambassador Turbo Liu (known also as Liu Haoran), a 22-year-old Chinese actor. vivo S6 5G promo images From the renders we see four shooters - three of them lined vertically, the fourth one sitting in the right side of the circular setup. vivo revealed the main snapper will have a 48MP sensor, and that's pretty much all we know specs-wise. The setup...

Top 10 trending phones of week 12

Posted: 22 Mar 2020 07:46 PM PDT

A turbulent week for our trending chart sees three new faces at the top three steps. Nokia 8.3 5G and the Samsung Galaxy A41 were the two hottest names to be announced this week, but in the end the HMD flagship ended up victorious. In third is the upcoming Redmi K30 Pro - the Snapdragon 865-powered upcoming flagship is obviously one of the most hotly anticipated phones of the Spring and it's turning heads even before it's announced. The leading pair from last week - Redmi Note 9 Pro and Redmi Note 9 Pro Max are now fourth and fifth and they have also traded places as the Max overtook...

Week 12 in review: Nokia 8.3 5G is here, Apple brings out new iPad Pros

Posted: 22 Mar 2020 04:28 PM PDT

HMD unveiled four devices this week, most interesting among them being the globe-trotting Nokia 8.3 5G, which packs a Snapdragon 765G, quad camera, 6.81-inch LCD and will go on sale at €599 this summer. HMD also resurrected yet another old classic - the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic, with an MP3 player, stereo speakers and a price tag of just €39, when it launches later this month. We also heard of Realme's new phone family Narzo. There will be two phones under the new branding - the Narzo 10 and Narzo 10A. The Narzo 10 looks like a regional variant of the Realme 6i, also unveiled this...

Huawei P40 lineup - what to expect

Posted: 22 Mar 2020 01:38 PM PDT

Even though the upcoming Huawei P40-series won't be loaded with Google Mobile Services the flagship series from the Chinese maker some of the most anticipated handsets this year. The announcement date is set for March 26 but we got plenty of early leaks to have a good idea what to expect. So much so in fact that we felt we need to sum them up and compile a nice little cheat sheet. Following the footsteps of Apple and Samsung, Huawei is planning to release three versions of its P40 handset - the usual vanilla and Pro models will be joined by a Premium Edition, which will be the highest...

The new phones and tablets of the week

Posted: 22 Mar 2020 09:33 AM PDT

We are living in times of uncertainty with most of the world in lockdown. One thing that remains a constant is the non-stop arrival of new phones. We had plenty of new arrivals in the past week, including an online launch by HMD where we saw no less than four phones, and two new iPads with dual cameras. Nokia 8.3 • Nokia 5.3 • Nokia 1.3 • Nokia 5310 Samsung is already selling its Galaxy S20 lineup around the world, so now it's focusing on refreshing its mid-range portfolio. The Galaxy M21 will be up for pre-order in India later this month, and we expect the phone to appear...
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