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Honor announces Honor Play 4T Pro and Play 4T

Posted: 09 Apr 2020 08:41 AM PDT

Right on schedule Honor unveiled its new Play 4T series in China. The Honor Play 4T Pro and the Honor Play 4T both offer 48MP main cameras, ample (and expandable) storage, and 4,000mAh batteries. The Honor Play 4T Pro has a 6.3-inch AMOLED screen of FHD+ resolution, with a fingerprint scanner underneath and an 16MP selfie camera inside a waterdrop notch at the top. The rear has a 48MP main camera, 8MP ultrawide unit and a 2MP depth sensor. On the inside the Honor Play 4T Pro uses a 7nm Kirin 810 chipset, 6GB or 8GB of RAM and a 4,000mAh battery with 22.5W fast-charging. The...

Huawei says it lost over $60 million on the Mate Xs foldable phone

Posted: 09 Apr 2020 08:32 AM PDT

Breaking new ground on exciting, futuristic tech is expensive and risky - that's hardly news to anyone. The pioneers in foldable phone territory are already out and we had no doubts their R&D involved substantial expenditure. What might not have been so clear is that these early gen products keep costing their maker money even after they've hit the shelves. Yu Chengdong, CEO of Consumer BG at Huawei Technologies, shared that since the release of the Mate Xs, back in February, the company has lost between $60 and $70 million on it. He went on to explain that even with a retail...

Chinese retailers drop iPhone 11 prices to boost sales amid COVID-19 pandemic

Posted: 09 Apr 2020 07:57 AM PDT

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect our everyday lives, but it might also be an opportunity for some to snag a discounted phone. The outbreak has resulted in reduced sales of the Apple products, which has affected the Cupertino-based tech giant's revenue. In a bid to boost sales and recover from financial losses, online retailers in China are offering heavy discounts on the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro. iPhone 11 Suning is selling the 64GB model of the iPhone 11 with a discount of CNY500 ($70/€65) at CNY4,999 ($710/€650), whereas the Pro version with the same amount of storage...

EMUI 10.1 Beta expands to entire Huawei Mate 30 and P30 series

Posted: 09 Apr 2020 07:11 AM PDT

Huawei's latest EMUI 10.1 beta is expanding its availability in China to support the entire Mate 30 series as well as the flagship P30 phones. The actual beta for Mate 30 Pro owners tipped off yesterday boasting the 10.1.0.119 build number and brought some of the new EMUI features like the overhauled Multi-Window functionality and new fingerprint scanning animations. Now, Huawei is giving the rest of the Mate 30 owners as well as those with a P30 and P30 Pro a taste of the new EMUI 10.1 alongside some new camera modes and features. Those interested in testing the new beta will have to sign...

Google Pixel 4a retail packaging revealed in new leak

Posted: 09 Apr 2020 06:25 AM PDT

It's been a while since we heard anything regarding the Pixel 4a but this latest leak is about to change that. The retail packaging for the phone has ended up on Slashleaks, which gives us a look at both the packaging as well as the phone itself. The packaging itself is nothing special; the design is identical to the Pixel 4 packaging, with a simple white layout showing two thirds of the back of the phone. But that look at the back and the side of the phone shows things haven't changed much since the last time. You can see the square camera bump in the corner mimicking the...

Huawei card unveiled, because Apple has one

Posted: 09 Apr 2020 05:39 AM PDT

It will hardly come as a surprise that in the latest round of one-upping its competitors, Huawei has now ended up with a bank card of its own. It was announced by company CEO Richard Yu, alongside the P40 smartphones family, at a local Chinese event. There are still plenty of details to clear-up, but the basics were confirmed. Huawei card is heavily digitally backed and tied to Huawei Pay. This means that users will likely be afforded similar levels of flexibility, when it comes to operating the virtual aspects of the card. But, most of that is already handled by Huawei Pay....

CEO posts OnePlus 8 Pro night time photos, compares them against another phone

Posted: 09 Apr 2020 04:52 AM PDT

The OnePlus 8 Pro will use a 48MP main camera, betting on larger pixels rather than chasing megapixel counts as well as a 48MP ultrawide angle cam. CEO Pete Lau's latest tweet shares two camera samples shot in the dark, as well as two photos from a "another flagship" for comparison. The ultrawide shot has been pixel binned to 12MP resolution. This matches the 12MP photo of the competing phone, however since the EXIF info was stripped, we can't be sure what it is. The OnePlus phone reveals much more detail in the darker areas, though it looks heavily processed. Wide angle: OnePlus...

Realme X3 SuperZoom bags multiple certifications, key specs revealed on Geekbench

Posted: 09 Apr 2020 04:05 AM PDT

Realme currently has six smartphones under its X series and it seems the company will soon expand the lineup with the X3 SuperZoom, that has popped up on Geekbench and has bagged a few certifications. The Realme X3 SuperZoom, bearing model code RMX2086, has been certified by NBTC and EEC. It has also been listed on Bureau of Indian Standards' (BIS) website, hinting at an imminent launch. The listings on the certifying authorities' websites don't reveal any specifications of the X3 SuperZoom, but thanks to Geekbench, we know it will run Android 10 out of the box and have 12GB...

Disney+ surpasses 50M subscribers

Posted: 09 Apr 2020 03:16 AM PDT

Disney+ debuted in November 2019, and in just five months the streaming platform managed to amass 50 million paying subscribers, the company revealed. It is currently available in a dozen of countries and markets, including India, which singlehandedly added 8M to the equation. Disney+ for mobile The streaming platform expanded to Western Europe last month, and then it hit India in partnership with local popular streaming service Hotstar. However, the eight million paying users aren't going to bring the same amount of income as the same amount of people from another market, since...

Samsung keeps dominating the smartphone OLED market in Q1 2020

Posted: 09 Apr 2020 02:33 AM PDT

Samsung Display has been the dominating player in the OLED business and it looks like its reign is nowhere near over. According to the latest public market analysis the Korean manufacturer shipped over 90% of all smartphone OLED panels in Q1, although its market share declined on a yearly basis - back in Q1 2019 Samsung pushed 94.1% of all OLED panels. The report was compiled by market research company Stone Partners and it also contains the raw numbers. Samsung Display was responsible for 61.6 million shipped panels for mobile devices out of a total 68.3 million. Second is...

Google launches free tier of Stadia, gives two extra months to Pro subscribers

Posted: 09 Apr 2020 01:46 AM PDT

Google has finally released the promised free tier of its Stadia gaming streaming platform. It requires only a Gmail account to sign-up and is available in the same 14 countries that support Stadia. Google is also adding a free two months of the usually $9.99 Stadia Pro to the deal - existing Stadia Pro subscribers will automatically get two free months. Up until now Google Stadia required a Premiere Edition purchase (normally $130, but some deals have been offered), which included a wireless Stadia Cintroller, a 4K-ready Chromecast Ultra and three months of Stadia Pro. The free tier of...

LG showcases new design language ahead of phone launch

Posted: 09 Apr 2020 12:59 AM PDT

We've been hearing about LG's plans to put an end to its G-series and possibly bring back its storied Chocolate line as a replacement. Today, the company shared a brief overview of the design language for its upcoming phones and it seems to give some credibility to those reports. LG is going for a minimalistic design language inspired by nature with elements like raindrops evident in the camera placement on the back which goes from largest to smallest sensor, emulating dripping water. The sketches also show us the device's symmetrical curved front and back dubbed 3D Arc Design which also...

Samsung Galaxy A60 starts receiving Android 10 with One UI 2.0

Posted: 09 Apr 2020 12:11 AM PDT

Samsung has rolled out the Android 10 update for the Galaxy A60, making it the fourth Samsung smartphone after Galaxy J6, A10 and A20e to get the latest version of Android this week. Samsung Galaxy A60 The update is rolling for Galaxy A60 with model number SM-A6060 and requires a download of around 1.9GB size. A detailed changelog of the build is currently unavailable, but we know it brings in One UI 2.0 and March 2020 Android security patch to the Galaxy A60. The Android 10 update is currently seeding in China and South Korea, but it should arrive in other markets...

Huawei partners with Qwant to provide search services on P40 series in Europe

Posted: 08 Apr 2020 11:25 PM PDT

Huawei has been finding new ways to make its devices more appealing and usable since the company is not allowed to use Google Services. The company has been partnering with the French search engine Qwant for the past few months, and they can finally offer a solution for some users in Europe. All Huawei P40, Huawei P40 Pro, and Huawei P40 Pro+ devices in France, Italy, and Germany, will have the Qwant search pre-installed, while everyone else can download the app from the Huawei AppGallery. The partnership is "born out of shared commitment to protect users' data privacy and...

Huawei brings P40 lineup to China

Posted: 08 Apr 2020 10:37 PM PDT

The Huawei P40 series was announced last month and even went on sale in Europe two days ago. Yet it's only now making it to the maker's homeland of China. The vanilla P40 starts at CNY4,188 while the base model of the Pro variant costs CNY5,988. There's also a special edition of the P40 Pro, which comes in a single 8GB/256GB configuration and costs CNY6,888. The P40 Pro+, which is the most advanced smartphone in the lineup, starts at CNY7,988. The P40 and P40 Pro are available for purchase in China through VMall, whereas the Pro+ will go on sale in June. You can check out the table...

Samsung Galaxy Xcover 4s receives Android 10 update too

Posted: 08 Apr 2020 09:49 PM PDT

Samsung has been on quite a roll lately, updating its mid-range smartphones to Android 10 left and right. Only in the past day or so we've seen three models be graced with the new software, and now it's time for another - the Galaxy Xcover 4s. Samsung just made the Xcover FieldPro available for sale in the US, and it has announced the Xcover Pro back in January, but the Xcover 4s is the model that it launched back in July of last year, with Android 9 Pie on board. This is now being taken to Android 10 with One UI 2.0 on top. As always, the rollout is happening in batches,...

Sony Xperia 10 II gets priced in the UK, will be available on June 15

Posted: 08 Apr 2020 08:00 PM PDT

Sony unveiled the appallingly named Xperia 10 II mid-ranger back in February, at its online event that should have happened at MWC - but then the conference got cancelled because of the COVID-19 shenanigans. The company has since given guidance on the phone's recommended retail price in the EU, and that is €370. But up until now we didn't know how much it would cost in the UK when it eventually launches there. Thanks to an online retailer, this has become clear. The Xperia 10 II is priced at £319.98 in the country. You can pre-order one already if you hit the Source linked below,...

Apple Music has pledged up to $50 million in advance royalty payments to indie labels

Posted: 08 Apr 2020 06:01 PM PDT

Apple recently sent out an email to many of its signed smaller music labels, laying-out a good-faith plan for advancing royalty payments to artists in need. Apparently, the fund can provide up to $50 million in payments to help artists weather the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. These are difficult times for the music industry globally. Livelihoods are at risk, with multiple sources of income that our industry relies on vanishing overnight. Apple has a deep, decades-long history with music, and we are proud to be in close partnership with the best labels and artists in the world. We want to...

Huawei launches its first OLED TV, the Vision X65 with 120Hz refresh rate

Posted: 08 Apr 2020 05:06 PM PDT

Huawei just announced its first OLED TV, called Vision X65. It employs a 65-inch OLED panel with 120Hz refresh rate. Of course, HDR is also on the list of features and Huawei says it can go up to 1,000 nits peak brightness according to the company it's the world's largest display on the market that passes the German TUV Rheinland certification for eye care. For the ultimate viewing experience, the TV also boasts 14 speakers that output up to 75W. There's a pop-up camera mechanism on the top housing a 24MP ultrawide-angle camera used for video calls that's driven by the...
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