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YouTube's Android app will get a default video quality setting in upcoming update

Posted: 25 Mar 2020 07:28 AM PDT

An upcoming version of the YouTube app for Android will let you set a preferred video quality for streaming. This feature was discovered in APK version 15.12.33 and given the all-caps "BETA" notes next to the new toggles, it seems that there might be a few bugs left to iron out. Currently, YouTube has a default video quality that is set server-side. Speaking of, Google decided to reduce the global streaming quality, setting the default to 480p to free up bandwidth for other uses. Of course, while watching a video you can switch to HD quality manually, but the next video will start playing...

Honor 30S teased with a flagship-grade ISP and advanced noise reduction tech

Posted: 25 Mar 2020 06:43 AM PDT

With the Honor 30S announcement drawing near (March 30), the company decided to tease the device a little. And the flagship-grade ISP is the center of attention. It's officially confirmed that the Honor 30S will launch with Kirin 820 on board, which happens to be a pretty capable chipset, at least according to these leaked benchmark results. But raw performance isn't the only highlight. Honor says it also has an advanced ISP 5.0 and BM3D SLR noise reduction technology. There's also a sample photo supposedly taken with the Honor 30S. Keep in mind that this image is taken from...

Meizu 17 live shot reveals back design

Posted: 25 Mar 2020 05:59 AM PDT

Meizu recently turned 17 and the company is close to releasing its next flagship aptly named the Meizu 17 next month. We've already seen shots of the device's punch-hole sporting front and now we have our first look at the back side. The new shot reveals a horizontally aligned quad-camera setup with the sensor on the far right surrounded by an LED ring flash. Unfortunately, there are no details about the sensors themselves. Apart from the cameras we can notice the subtle curvature on the sides of the device as well as the the Meizu branding on the bottom half. The Meizu 17 is...

Samsung ships first million EUV-based DDR4 RAM modules

Posted: 25 Mar 2020 05:13 AM PDT

Samsung announced its first million 10nm class D1X DDR4 RAM modules based on the EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet) lithography process have been shipped as the company is planning to move its entire production on the EUV lines next year. These modules are expected to find their way to customers in the PC, mobile and enterprise server product categories. This development positions Samsung as the first semiconductor manufacturer to use the EUV process in DRAM production, overcoming the previous challenges in scaling. Samsung plans to incorporate the EUV process in its large scale DRAM production...

Samsung Galaxy S20 camera features trickle down to S10 and Note10 with OneUI 2.1 update

Posted: 25 Mar 2020 04:27 AM PDT

Samsung has released a new software update for the Galaxy S10 and Note10 lineups that comes with the flagship Galaxy S20's features. The build weighs around 1.5GB in size and brings along camera features which include Single Take, Night Hyperlapse, Custom Filter, AR Emoji, and Pro Video. The new firmware also enables 4K 60FPS video recording using the front-facing camera. Samsung Galaxy S10 Additionally, the update bumps up the Android security patch level to April 2020 and One UI version to 2.1. It also adds the Clean View and Quick Crop features to the Gallery app, and brings in...

Oppo Reno Ace 2 will arrive in April with 65W fast charging

Posted: 25 Mar 2020 03:35 AM PDT

The Oppo Reno Ace was the first phone on the market with Super VOOC 2.0 that can reach 65W fast-charging speeds. Now Brian Shen, company VP, confirmed on Weibo the successor of the phone will arrive in April. A mysterious Oppo device codenamed PDHM00 is likely the very same Oppo Reno Ace 2, and it was certified at 3C with a 65W fast charger. The Oppo PDHM00 phone will (unsurprisingly) have 5G. At the CCC website, we see a 10V/6.5A charger with model number VCA7GACH, which is exactly the same brick that came in the first Oppo Reno Ace retail box. As we established, a 4,000 mAh...

vivo S6 5G appears in spy shots, waterdrop notch revealed

Posted: 25 Mar 2020 02:47 AM PDT

We are expecting to see the vivo S6 5G in less than a week. The phone should be the most affordable 5G handset in the vivo portfolio and today some spy shots of the handset appeared on Weibo. The unannounced device appears to have a waterdrop notch, shattering the previous rumor that it might have a dual punch-hole design that is more likely to be of the upcoming vivo V19. vivo S6 5G Two vivo phones with model numbers V1962A and V1962BA appeared on TENAA, and with seeing thee live shots, we are pretty sure they are the vivo S6 5G, carrying different monikers for two separate...

Honor 30S to come with a 64MP camera and 3x optical zoom

Posted: 25 Mar 2020 01:58 AM PDT

The Honor 30S is arriving on March 30, and over a week ago, we exclusively reported that it will sport a quad camera setup on the back. Now a new report by DigitalTrends claims the main module will have a 64MP sensor. The publication also shared an image of a promo material, which reveals the 30S will come with 3x optical zoom. However, there's a discrepancy between the previously leaked renders and the picture we are looking at today. Previous images have the dual-LED flash placed next to the first camera, with the fourth snapper placed right below. However, the new picture has a...

COVID-19 effect: Realme suspends launch of Narzo 10 series, other new products in India

Posted: 25 Mar 2020 01:12 AM PDT

Yesterday vivo announced that it has indefinitely suspended the launch of V19 and other new products in India due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. Now, Realme too announced that it has postponed all upcoming launches in India, including the Narzo 10 series, which was supposed to be unveiled tomorrow at 12:30 PM local time (7 AM UTC) through a pre-recorded video. This announcement came from Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth after Indian Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi ordered a 21-day nationwide lockdown yesterday in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19. With respect to the...

Royole unveils Flexpai 2 with improved foldable display

Posted: 25 Mar 2020 12:27 AM PDT

Royole was technically the first company to reveal a foldable smartphone, and now its successor is here - say hello to the Royole Flexpai 2. The new device has a 3rd generation Cicada Wing (Flexible Foldable Display) that has a smaller crease and bend radius, while simultaneously bringing improved brightness, contrast, and viewing angle. Royole Flexpai 2 Liu revealed the new phone will have a Snapdragon 865 chipset with 5G modem. The screen, demoed at the launch, is 7.8" in diagonal with a 4:3 ratio when open. The Flexpai 2 will also have LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.0...

OnePlus Pay goes live for some OnePlus 7T users in China

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 11:45 PM PDT

OnePlus is expected to launch its next smartphone, dubbed the "OnePlus 8" sometime next month, according to rumors. Just Tuesday, a couple of live photos of the alleged smartphone has surfaced, and a OnePlus Forum post revealed that 10 chosen volunteers would be given the chance to test and review OnePlus' new flagship before it launches. At the same time, another piece of news pertaining to the new OnePlus phone comes from China where a few users have reported that OnePlus digital wallet app called OnePlus Pay is going live in China. These users are running the latest version of Hydrogen...

Redmi K20 series sales exceed 5 million, 50% to new users

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 10:27 PM PDT

Xiaomi's sub-brand Redmi made the highly anticipated K30 Pro (and its better-endowed sibling, the K30 Pro Zoom) official during an online event in China yesterday. The company chose the occassion to also brag about the sales of the K30 family's predecessor, and that is the K20 series, comprised of the Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro. In the nine months in which those two models were available to buy, more than 5 million units were sold. Interestingly, half of those went to people buying a Redmi branded smartphone for the first time. Furthermore, the company has already managed to sell...

You can save $49 on a new iPad Pro if you pre-order from Amazon

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 09:43 PM PDT

Apple unveiled its new iPad Pro models a few days ago, and as usual for the company's Pro-branded products they're not cheap. Interestingly though, if you pre-order them from Amazon, you can save $49 compared to the recommended sales price. Now obviously that's not a very amazing deal in and of itself, but keep in mind that this is almost unprecedented - that is, for an Apple mobile device to be cheaper so soon after launch compared to what the Cupertino company has set as the price. So if you haven't yet ordered your new iPad Pro from Apple, here's your chance to do it from Amazon...

Deal: international dual-SIM 4G Galaxy S20+ for just $738.99

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 09:01 PM PDT

Yesterday we told you about a deal on Amazon that sees the Galaxy S20 and S20+ sold for $200 less than their recommended prices, and that's a cool one straight from Samsung, with US warranty and full carrier support (aside from the vanilla S20 not working on Verizon's mmWave 5G) and all. But what if even $999.99 is too much to pay for a Galaxy S20+ in your opinion? Well, then this is for you. An eBay seller with a stellar track record is now offering the S20+ for just $738.99, as long as stock lasts. Caveats? Of course. This is the international dual-SIM model, and it's not 5G, so...

YouTube will default to standard definition video worldwide for a month

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 08:12 PM PDT

Last week we got word that YouTube was planning on defaulting all videos to SD (standard definition) aka 480p in Europe because apparently networks can't cope with all the people staying at home due to coronavirus-related movement restrictions. Now this thing is going global. Not the pandemic, mind you, that already kind of is. We're talking about YouTube defaulting to SD. This will be rolling out everywhere over the next few days, for a month. Obviously there's the possibility of an extension after said month will pass. So when you will want to play any YouTube video it will start...

Samsung releases three videos to help you get the most out of the Galaxy Z Flip

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 07:33 PM PDT

Arguably the most popular foldable smartphone right now is the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip. In addition to making it widely available and at a much lower price than the Galaxy Fold, the company thought of a couple of neat features that could take advantage of the form factor to boost your experience. And to make sure you take full advantage of them, Samsung has three short clips. The first one teaches you how to use the Night Hyperlapse video mode effectively. This feature can also be found on the Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G but it would only work well with a tripod. And as it happens, the Z Flip has a...

GPU Driver updates coming to several Google and Samsung phones

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 06:44 PM PDT

Back in December during the Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm announced its updateable GPU drivers for its Snapdragon 765 and 865 platforms. Today, Google introduced its new Android GPU Inspector tool which is a graphics profiling tool for smartphone GPUs that allows developers to tweak and better optimize their games' performance and push those new gains to consumers straight through OTA updates on the Play Store. The new tool supports both Adreno and Mali GPUs and will give developers the ability to push OTA driver updates to supported devices. The initial list of phones includes the...

Apple releases iOS and iPadOS 13.4 with trackpad support

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 05:54 PM PDT

Apple has started rolling out the stable 13.4 build for compatible iPhones and iPads. The major change in this update comes in the form of trackpad support in iPadOS. This allows you to use Bluetooth and USB mice and trackpads with compatible iPads with an improved UX over previous versions. The OS will now display a new mouse pointer, which is designed to automatically snap to UI elements while hovering. This makes it easy to use mice and trackpads even with apps that haven't been designed to be used with a pointer. The update also adds support for the new Magic Keyboard accessory...

vivo teases iQOO Neo3 with high refresh rate screen, Snapdragon 865

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 05:11 PM PDT

The iQOO 3 5G was unveiled a month ago and some were disappointed that the gaming phone came with a 60Hz screen. Now the company is teasing a new model - the iQOO Neo3 - that will feature a "higher refresh rate". Like previous "Neo" models from the vivo sub-brand, this one will feature a flagship chipset - a Snapdragon 865. That's the same chip as the iQOO 3, but this time its Adreno GPU will be able to go above 60fps. The phone will be revealed in the coming days, but we expect that a few more teasers will be published before that happens. The iQOO 3 5G has a 6.44" Super AMOLED...

Revolut lands in the United States

Posted: 24 Mar 2020 04:32 PM PDT

Revolut is a financial service that is highly popular in Europe with over 10 million users but hasn't seen much use outside the Old Continent, until now. Starting today, the platform is finally officially available in the United States, completing the beta test that started in June 2019 and featured 60,000 users. Now American customers can use its banking services and technologies. Revolut's partner in the USA is the New York-based Metropolitan Commercial Bank. Revolut is one of a series on Neobank platforms that lets you send money quickly and often times cheaper than...
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