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Hisense F50 5G arrives with a new 5G chipset

Posted: 15 Apr 2020 08:31 AM PDT

Hisense may not be a household smartphone brand, but the company does know how to grab attention with things like 10,000mAh batteries and color e-Ink on phones. The latest model is interesting for another reason - it's powered by a 5G chipset from a new vendor. You don't hear that every day, even Intel was unable to keep up with the complexities of developing 5G hardware. The Hisense F50 5G was teased on Weibo today and will be officially unveiled on April 20. This isn't a premium phone, instead it's part of the effort to make 5G affordable. The handset uses a pretty standard back-mounted...

Qualcomm is partnering with BOE to produce flexible panels with 3D Sonic sensors

Posted: 15 Apr 2020 07:49 AM PDT

Qualcomm has just announced its partnership with BOE - one of the world's largest LCD and OLED manufacturers and one of the few flexible display makers. The partnership should enable BOE to manufacture flexible OLED panels with integrated 3D Sonic fingerprint sensors. With Qualcomm partnering with BOE, they intend to sell complete solutions to smartphone manufacturers, bringing the cost down for OEMs and offer customized and much easier integration to custom designs. Phone manufacturers won't be dealing with the entire research and development process. The announcement says that we...

OnePlus 8 Pro pre-orders in the US come with a free wireless charger and headset today

Posted: 15 Apr 2020 07:02 AM PDT

OnePlus is offering a one-day deal to Americans - a free pair of Bullets Wireless Z (normally worth $50) if you pre-order a OnePlus 8 or 8 Pro. The deals is for the US only and is valid until 12pm EDT today. If you go for the OnePlus 8 Pro you get an additional perk - a free Warp Charge 30 Wireless. That's a $70 bonus right there. Don't miss our hands-on write-up, it lives up to expectations and fills the battery from flat to 50% in half an hour. In the UK, France, Italy and other countries if you pre-order a OnePlus 8 Pro you enter a lottery for a chance to win the wireless...

Samsung achieves record-breaking 5G mmWave speeds

Posted: 15 Apr 2020 06:13 AM PDT

5G definitely takes the crown for current tech buzz-word and Samsung Networks is keen to be on the cutting edge. It has now successfully pulled-off new record-breaking speeds in its tests. It had two client devices receiving 4.3 Gbps of peak data speeds, for a total of 8.5 Gbps, simultaneously, from a single Samsung 5G mmWave Access Unit. The feat was naturally achieved by using high-frequency mmWave tech, where such insane speeds are attainable, albeit in controlled conditions. Samsung used MU-MIMO techniques on the 800MHz mmWave spectrum, as well as carrier aggregation. Once...

The OnePlus 8 Pro packs Nokia OZO microphone tech

Posted: 15 Apr 2020 05:25 AM PDT

The Nokia OZO brand is hardly too popular, at least since Nokia shut down work on the eye-catching VR 360-degree camera. Still, OZO Audio is alive and well and periodically when Nokia strikes a technology licensing deal and OnePlus is the latest party in such an agreement. The flagship OnePlus 8 Pro has a triple-microphone array, powered by Nokia OZO. OnePlus 8 Pro: Ultramarine Blue • Glacial Green • Onyx Black Still, OnePlus did spend a good couple of minutes on stage, during the announcement, to explain Audio 3D, Audio Zoom and Audio Windscreen - all three camera features...

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite unveiled: 10.4" display, S-Pen support, and 7,040 mAh battery

Posted: 15 Apr 2020 04:43 AM PDT

Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab S6 last July and today the Korean tech giant followed it up with a toned down version, dubbed Galaxy Tab S6 Lite. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite flaunts a uni-body metal design and packs a 10.4" 2000x1200-pixel LCD, which is 0.1" smaller than the regular Tab S6's Super AMOLED panel of 2560x1600 pixel resolution. The Lite version also skips the in-display fingerprint scanner present on the vanilla Tab S6. On the inside, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite has an octa-core processor with a maximum clock frequency of 2.3GHz. Samsung doesn't mention the chipset,...

Nokia 9.3 PureView to have 120Hz refresh rate screen, 108MP main camera

Posted: 15 Apr 2020 03:55 AM PDT

The latest rumor regarding the Nokia 9.3 PureView suggests it will hop onto the high refresh rate bandwagon with a 120Hz screen. It's unclear whether it will be an LCD or OLED, but given rumors of an under-display selfie camera, and the Nokia 9 heritage, it will likely be an OLED panel. According to rumors the Nokia 9.3 PureView will also likely ditch the simultaneously-firing cameras for a conventional setup, highlighted by a 108MP Samsung-made main camera and possibly at least another 64MP camera (perhaps as a zoom?). Reports suggest HMD has experimented with 24MP, 20MP and 48MP...

Honor 30 and 30 Pro come with OLED displays and periscope cameras

Posted: 15 Apr 2020 03:05 AM PDT

It's a big day for Honor today as the Huawei subsidiary brought us its 30 lineup - the Pro+ flagship is joined by the vanilla Honor 30 and the 30 Pro. The vanilla Pro shares most of the features as its bigger brother while the Honor 30 brings an all-new Kirin 985 5G chipset and toned down specs across the board at a far lower price point. Honor 30 Pro Starting off with the Pro model we get a curved 6.57-inch OLED display with FHD+ resolution and a punch-hole cutout for the dual front-facing cameras. The primary shooter is 32MP while the secondary one is an 8MP ultrawide unit. The...

Alleged Meizu 17 Pro gets 3C certified with 40W charging support

Posted: 15 Apr 2020 02:00 AM PDT

The Meizu 17 is arriving on April 17 with a Snapdragon 865 SoC, but alongside that, we might get a Pro version as well. The company hasn't confirmed the existence of a 17 Pro yet, but a Meizu smartphone bearing model code M091Q has bagged 3C certification. The Chinese certifying authority's website reveals the M091Q will support 40W charging, which is 10W faster than the vanilla Meizu 17, clearly pointing to a more premium version. Besides, 3C reveals M091Q will support 5G networks. The Meizu 17 Pro was expected to charge at up to 65W, drawing power through a GaN charger. But it...

Honor 30 Pro+ brings 50MP main and periscope telephoto cameras, 90Hz display

Posted: 15 Apr 2020 01:43 AM PDT

Honor's new flagship trio debuted today with the vanilla Honor 30 and 30 Pro being joined by the de facto new company flagship - Honor 30 Pro+. The phone has a 50 MP camera, supported by a big 1/1.28" IMX700 sensor by Sony. Other specs that make the phone stand out from its siblings is the 90Hz 6.57" AMOLED panel with 180Hz touch sampling rate, UD fingerprint scanner, and curved sides - a first in the Honor lineup. In addition to the monstrous main sensor, the Honor 30 Pro+ packs an 8MP periscope telephoto shooter with 5x optical zoom and up to 50x hybrid zoom. There is...

Verizon-bound OnePlus 8 will be IP68 certified, but not unlocked models

Posted: 15 Apr 2020 01:06 AM PDT

Yesterday OnePlus unveiled the OnePlus 8 Pro and the OnePlus 8 and it became clear that the Pro is the maker's first officially-certified IP68 water-resistant phone. This was announced on stage, but it appears that there's more to the story. It turns out that some OnePlus 8 are also IP68 rated - those headed to US carriers. The news was first delivered by Michael Fisher (@theMrMobile) and later confirmed by Verizon's own website. Verizon sells the OnePlus 8 5G UW with a $100 premium, but it does come with mmWave 5G support, which certainly involved a major redesign. The need for...

Honor 30 Pro+ ranked second best in DxOMark's tests

Posted: 15 Apr 2020 12:13 AM PDT

Honor introduced today its camera smartphone 30 Pro+ and during the announcement, it was revealed the phone scored 125 in DxOMark's tests. This puts the phone in second place, one point ahead of the Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G and Oppo Find X2 Pro, and three points behind the recently crowned king Huawei P40 Pro. Both phones share a lot of camera specifications, and DxOMark mentions that most users will hardly find any differences. The Photo score is 136, while Video is 104, and going through each and every category, the 30 Pro+ is just a point or two off its parent flagship and current...

iQOO Neo3 appears in an official video, punch hole display confirmed

Posted: 14 Apr 2020 11:31 PM PDT

vivo sub-brand iQOO will unveil the iQOO Neo3 on April 23, and the company is delivering frequent teasers to keep up the hype. The latest bit is a short video on Weibo to boast about the speed of the Neo3, which also reveals the front side of the smartphone and confirms it will pack a punch hole display. Previously, the company confirmed that Neo3 will pack a 144Hz screen. We don't get to see the rear of the Neo3 in this video, but we assume it will be similar to the iQOO 3's which was unveiled back in February. You can watch the clip below. We don't have the full specs of...

Watch the Honor 30 series announcement live here

Posted: 14 Apr 2020 10:39 PM PDT

We are having another busy week when it comes to phone announcements and Honor is the now about to deliver another exciting lineup. We are about to see its 30 lineup - we expect a vanilla Honor 30, an Honor 30 Pro, and a camera behemoth called Honor 30 Pro+. These three phones will have three different chipsets, as well as different camera setups. The Honor 30 Pro and Pro+ will come with huge 50MP SonyIMX700 main sensors as well as periscope cameras. We provided a video stream, but if you cannot open it, there is also link at the bottom of the article. Just...

New phone called nubia Play to arrive on April 21 with 5G

Posted: 14 Apr 2020 09:50 PM PDT

The gaming brand nubia launched yesterday the nubia Red Magic 5G for global sale with prices starting from $579/€579/£539. Now, a new smartphone is incoming, called nubia Play, and it will be revealed on April 21. The poster appeared on nubia's official Weibo page and it doesn't really say much, aside from the fact that we are looking at a 5G smartphone. The post simply says "have fun", which is likely a device for younger active people. We don't know if it will be a gaming handset - it is more likely to be a midranger lineup to follow the steps of the nubia M2. We haven't seen many...

Motorola Edge stops by Geekbench ahead of its April 22 announcement

Posted: 14 Apr 2020 08:00 PM PDT

Motorola is officially getting back into the flagship smartphone game with an announcement on April 22. At that point, rumor has it we'll be introduced to the top of the line Edge+, as well as the slightly lower-end (but with what will hopefully be a more palatable price point) Edge. The former has already been spotted in the Geekbench database back in January, while the vanilla Edge took its sweet time but finally arrived there today. Its benchmark run saw it score 505 for single-core and 1410 for multi-core. Remember, the Motorola Edge is rumored to sport the Snapdragon 765G...

OnePlus 8 Pro undergoes scratch, burn, and bend testing

Posted: 14 Apr 2020 06:00 PM PDT

OnePlus is now fully playing in the big leagues of the smartphone world, with the newly announced 8 Pro starting at $899. With that in mind, there's way less tolerance for faults for most people, so perhaps you'd be interested to find out how OnePlus' latest and greatest fared in the now traditional durability test created by Zack from the JerryRigEverything YouTube channel. If so, then here's the video embedded for your viewing pleasure. Spoiler alert: there are no faults here, the phone performs exactly as expected - and as its high price deserves. Quick TL:DW would be - the...

Apple A12Z physically identical to A12X but with all eight GPU cores enabled

Posted: 14 Apr 2020 02:59 PM PDT

Apple recently introduced its A12Z Bionic chipset on the 2020 iPad Pro models. The similar naming to the A12X Bionic found on the 2018 models and the rather modest improvement in performance made people wonder if these two chips are largely similar. Turns out, they are basically identical. According to a die shot by the silicone analysis firm TechInsights, the A12Z and A12X have the same die structure when seen up close, including the eight GPU core clusters and their positioning on either chipsets. Our analysis confirms #Apple #A12Z GPU chip found inside #iPadPro (model A2068) is the...

Our Realme 6 Pro video review is up

Posted: 14 Apr 2020 01:47 PM PDT

The Realme 6 Pro was introduced last month, but it isn't a successor of the Realme 5 Pro - it is a step above with more features and Pro experience and a slightly higher price tag. But even with the increase, it remains excellent value for money - our video review will tell you exactly why. The Realme 6 Pro is aiming to replace the Realme X on the price scale as the latest X series Realme phones aim a bit higher. It has a lovely design, a 90Hz display and 30W VOOC 4.0 fast charging. During the video, Will pointed out that the price is slightly higher than expected and many might...

Smartphone shipments in China bounce back in March

Posted: 14 Apr 2020 12:13 PM PDT

According to new data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), smartphone shipments in the country totaled 21 million units for the past month. This represents a 3-fold increase compared to February, which was the worst performance in recent memory but the new figure is still 20% below shipments levels from March 2019. Apple surged to 2.5 million phone shipments last month which is a notable improvement over the estimated 500,000 units it moved in February according to Chinese government data. With local online and offline retailers back to regular...
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