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The US looking to further limit Huawei chip supply and manufacturing chain

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 10:48 AM PDT

Hot on the heels of yesterday's unveiling of the Huawei P40 flagship line, the Chinese giant might just have to brace for even more setbacks from the ongoing US-China trade war and consequent sour relations. As per a report by Reuters, US officials from various agencies met on Wednesday to discuss alterations to the Foreign Direct Product Rule. For the most part, that's the legal framework that allows the US to regulate certain foreign-made goods that are based on US technology or software. Up until now, this set of rules has been successfully leveraged to keep certain Huawei...

Monument Valley 2 and Lara Croft GO for Android are now free

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 09:58 AM PDT

Two of the best-received mobile games are now free to download and play on your Android device - Monument Valley 2 and Lara Croft GO. Both have won "Best Mobile Game" at The Game Awards (in 2017 and 2015, respectively) and have received raving reviews from publications and players alike. Monument Valley 2 The downloads should remain free for the next 7 days, but there's no point in waiting - the weekend is upon us and you will probably be spending it at home. You might as well see what all the fuss is about if you haven't played the games already. Lara Croft...

Lenovo M10 Plus arrives with Helio P22T SoC, 10.3" screen, and 7,000 mAh battery

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 09:07 AM PDT

Lenovo launched the M10 FHD REL tablet back in January and today the company announced a new slate with similar specs, dubbed Lenovo M10 Plus. The Lenovo M10 Plus is built around a 10.3" display of 1920x1200 resolution and the company promises a screen-to-body ratio of 87%. The tablet is just 8.15mm thick and weighs 480 grams. On the inside, the M10 Plus has a Helio P22T SoC paired with 4GB RAM. The tablet runs the outdated Android 9 Pie out of the box and has two storage options - 64GB and 128GB. It also has a microSD card slot, allowing storage expansion by up to 256GB. For...

Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite is a €350 5G phone with 48MP main camera

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 08:12 AM PDT

We've been hearing that there will be affordable 5G smartphones in 2020, but we haven't seen any - until now. Xiaomi just dropped a bomb named Mi 10 Lite that will deliver next-gen connectivity at a price of just €350. Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite 5G The Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite 5G will differ from the premium Mi 10 models, of course, but it carries the same spirit. The Snapdragon 765G and its integrated 5G modem are the brains of the operation and will be kept chilly with the LiquidCool tech. The AMOLED screen measures 6.57", a tenth of an inch smaller. Xiaomi also switched up the selfie...

Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro hit Europe, starting at €799

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 07:46 AM PDT

A month after they were announced in China, Xiaomi's Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro are now officially coming to the European markets. The Mi 10 will start at €799 for the base 8/128GB version, there's also an 8/256GB model for €899. The Mi 10 Pro will go for €999 in its 8/256GB trim. Both Mi 10 models come with curved 6.67-inch AMOLED displays with FHD+ resolution, 90Hz refresh rate and a punch-hole cutout for the 20MP selfie cam. There's also a built-in fingerprint scanner and tall 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The Snapdragon 865 chipset is paired with the X55 5G modem on both phones alongside up...

Xiaomi gets half its revenues from outside of China, reaches $10 billion in the Q1-Q3 period

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 06:45 AM PDT

Xiaomi has grown quickly over its short 6 years of existence and has expanded well beyond its home country. It now has official presence in 90 markets and is in Top 5 in terms of market share in half of those markets. As of Q3 2019, half of the company's revenue is coming from the global market (the other half from China). The Q1 to Q3 period from last year that overseas revenue reached almost $10 billion. Xiaomi will publish the financial report for the final quarter of 2019 soon and that will help it cross the $10 billion mark easily. The company has joined the fight...

Sony will merge its phone, camera and home entertainment businesses

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 06:01 AM PDT

Sony is radically re-organizing three of its electronics divisions - Sony Mobile Communication, Imaging Products & Solutions and Home Entertainment & Sound. They will be merged into "Sony Electronics Corporation" effective April 1. This means Sony's phone business, its consumer cameras, its TVs and home audio hardware will be under the control of one company. The goal is to better integrate the different (but related) products, optimize the internal structure of the company and become more competitive overall. Also, the related global sales and marketing, manufacturing, logistics,...

Watch the Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro global debut live

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 05:13 AM PDT

A little over a month after their official announcement, Xiaomi's Mi 10 series are ready for their international debuts. The company is hosting a live stream for the event which kicks-off at 13:00 UTC and we've saved you a seat. The tenth iteration in the Mi line brings 6.67-inch Super AMOLED panels with 90Hz refresh rates, dual-mode 5G connectivity, Snapdragon 865 chipsets with up to 12 GB RAM and 108MP main cameras. The main difference between the vanilla and Pro model comes around the back where later brings two telephoto modules with a long-range 8MP snapper capable of 10x...

vivo S6 5G shown off in three colors ahead of March 31 unveiling

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 04:44 AM PDT

Yesterday vivo posted a promo video that showed off the upcoming S6 5G in two colors. Today, the company posted high-res posters of the phone on Weibo, which confirm the smartphone will arrive in three colors - Danube, Swan Lake, and Jazz Black (machine translated from Chinese). vivo S6 5G will come in three colors vivo hasn't officially revealed any specs of the S6 5G yet, but the smartphone passed through Geekbench, revealing an Exynos 980 SoC. The smartphone also passed through TENAA, so we know it will pack a 6.44" FHD+ AMOLED display with a fingerprint reader embedded. It will...

New Honor 30S 5G press renders confirm design, 40W wired fast charging also incoming

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 03:58 AM PDT

The Honor 30 series is launching soon with the 30S coming on March 30. Just ahead of the launch event new press renders of the phone emerged giving us yet another look at the black and green colorways of the upcoming device. Honor 30S press images The new renders show the punch hole in the display and quad-camera setup around the back where we'll see a 64MP main shooter with a telephoto module capable of 3x optical zoom. In addition, we also get another confirmation about the phone's side-mounted fingerprint sensor. The Honor 30S will pack the new 5G-capable Kirin 820...

Huawei P40 lineup uses BOE screens

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 03:03 AM PDT

The Huawei P40 family debuted yesterday with two different displays - vanilla P40 with a flat 6.1" OLED of FullHD+ resolution, and quad-curved 90Hz 6.6" OLED for the P40 Pro and P40 Pro+ wioth 1200x2640px resolution. After the launch, the CEO of the display manufacturer BOE announced on Weibo that his company is behind the manufacture of all the screens. Huawei P40 Pro • Huawei P40 BOE was really proud of its accomplishment with the curved panels of the P40 Pro and P40 Pro+ that also have a depth/biometric sensor tucked in the punch hole. However, the basic P40 has two...

Electrocardiogram feature on Galaxy Watch Active2 delayed

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 02:12 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 was released back in September of 2019 with the needed sensors to deliver electrocardiograms, but with the promise that the ECG feature itself would be activated sometime by the end of the first quarter of 2020. Now that the timeframe has almost passed, the person in charge of the ECG feature on the Galaxy Watch Active2 confirmed that the feature is still in development and will arrive at some point. No new update date was provided. An ECG is a test that measures the electrical activity of the heartbeat. It can tell doctors if the heartbeat is ...

Oppo Reno Ace 2 images show punch hole display, 40W wireless charging confirmed

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 01:25 AM PDT

The Oppo Reno Ace 2 coming next month was recently spotted on 3C with model code PDHM00, and the listing revealed it will support 5G networks and 65W fast charging. The Reno Ace 2 has now received TENAA certification as well. The Chinese authority's website once again confirms that Reno Ace 2 will support the next-gen network. Besides, the listing includes the phone's images, which reveal its design. The Reno Ace 2 has a punch hole display and the back houses four cameras inside a circular setup. This is similar to an image that leaked last week, but the difference between the both is...

Realme and OnePlus extend warranties on their products in light of the COVID-19 pandemic

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 12:10 AM PDT

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the majority of industries across the world and the smartphone industry is also feeling its effects. Shipments have fallen, manufacturing is suspended, stores are shut, and product launches have been canceled or delayed. In a bid to help curb the COVID-19 spread, smartphone brands like Xiaomi and vivo are donating N95 masks to doctors and healthcare workers. And now, Realme and OnePlus have joined the fight by extending the warranties on their products. Realme's Indian branch has extended the warranty until May 31, 2020 for those products whose...

Redmi K30 Pro sells out in seconds, at least 25,000 units pushed

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 11:10 PM PDT

The Redmi K30 Pro family arrived earlier this week in two versions - the more impressive Redmi K30 Pro Zoom with a telephoto camera, and a vanilla variant, swapping the zoom lens with a macro shooter. Both went on pre-order at the March 24 event, and today the first flash sale took place. According to the official Redmi profile on Weibo, all units were sold out in 30 seconds and Xiaomi gained CNY100 million (about $14 million) in revenue in that minuscule time slot. While the number sure looks impressive, it is better if we put numbers into perspective. Since the most affordable...

Samsung Galaxy S20 family sells only 60% as much as the S10 models last year

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 09:55 PM PDT

If you were wondering whether (or how much) the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic has negatively impacted sales of high priced smartphones, Samsung seems to have an answer for you. According to a new report from its home of South Korea, the company held a private informal conference call for some securities analysts, in which it came clean about the fact that the Galaxy S20 series is only selling around 60% as much as the S10 family did one year ago. That's pretty bad, as you can imagine, but keep in mind that this may only apply to the South Korean market. Samsung directly...

Upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite leaks in full, press renders included

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 08:27 PM PDT

Samsung has been working on a new mid-range tablet for a while now. The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite has already been certified in Taiwan, as well as by the Bluetooth SIG. We've seen it in a leaked press render last month, but today it's time for a bonanza of shots, alongside with all the spec details you might want. The Tab S6 Lite is apparently going to have a 10.4-inch 2000x1200 LCD touchscreen with S Pen support, and the Exynos 9611 SoC under the hood. This chipset also powers a few of Samsung's mid-range smartphones, so it's no surprise to see it here. That said, perhaps in 2020 it might be...

Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro is getting Android 10 in April

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 07:33 PM PDT

Today on its official Weibo account Xiaomi announced that the long-awaited update to Android 10 for the Mi CC9 Pro is finally going to arrive in mid to late April. The update will pack additional goodies too, like faster fingerprint unlocking, a speedier camera experience, and improved overall system response (the latter of which was definitely needed). There's also a new document capture mode baked in. Hopefully a newer security update will make the cut too, as the CC9 Pro has been lacking in that regard too. While this timeline is only valid for China, since the CC9 Pro is...

Galaxy Fold 2 rumor-based renders show a much cooler design

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 06:31 PM PDT

What you are about to see are rumor-based renders, so don't expect them to give you any new information. Instead they are meant to serve as visual aids and give you an idea of what the upcoming second generation foldable phone might look like. The images reveal a familiar, yet improved design with bigger, notched secondary screen, a camera module borrowed from the current Galaxy S20 generation and a punch-hole camera design replacing the cutout on the current Galaxy Fold. More importantly, the renders envision a folding design with a virtually non-existent gap when the handset...

Redmi K30 Pro Zoom gets a 12 GB RAM, 512 GB storage version

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 05:47 PM PDT

Xiaomi introduced the Redmi K30 Pro just two days ago, alongside the Redmi K30 Pro Zoom with a telephoto camera. Initially, both devices were announced with 8/256 GB memory at most, but it appears the Zoom variant will be able to go a bit higher as evidenced by a retailer listing. Officially, the Redmi K30 Pro Zoom comes with a 64 MP + 8 MP telephoto + 13 MP ultrawide + 2 MP depth cameras. The zoom from the second one is 3x optical and can get up to 30x hybrid, and it has OIS for good measure. During the announcement, the Snapdragon 865-powered flagship was announced in two...
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