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Google Maps gets updated location sharing UI

Posted: 12 May 2020 08:44 AM PDT

Google has issued an update to Google Maps, focused on the location sharing UI. It now features a less-pronounced bar, a new floating button and a card with your name, current address and phone battery charge. You can get to the location sharing menu by tapping your avatar in the upper-right corner of Google Maps and then Location sharing. Old vs New - image source: Android Police When you press on the new floating 'New Share' button, you'll see a list of your contacts, with whom you can share your live location and choose for how long. Old vs New - image source:...

vivo iQOO Z1 price leaks as reservations begin

Posted: 12 May 2020 07:57 AM PDT

Mediatek and vivo announced together that a new phone is in the works - it will be called iQOO Z1 and will be the first one with Dimensity 1000+ chipset. The phone is launching on May 19, but today a leaked promo poster revealed the price and at least one memory combination - 6/128 GB phone will cost CNY2,498 ($350/€325). The vivo iQOO Z1 leaked price tag vivo has already started gathering reservations/pre-orders for the phone on its website and at some major online retailers in China. People who sign up will be among the first to learn when the iQOO Z1 launches and will have...

Samsung Gear S3 and Gear Active get Bixby, UI improvements in latest update

Posted: 12 May 2020 07:09 AM PDT

Samsung still supports the Gear S3 (2016) and Gear Sport (2017) smartwatches. These two (well, more than two as there are several versions of the S3) are getting new update that is currently rolling out in South Korea and the US and should reach other markets in short order. The update brings the Bixby assistant, you can ask it questions or tell it to perform certain actions (e.g. start an exercise or control Spotify). These watches originally launched with S Voice, but Samsung will shut that down on June 1, so this update comes just in time. Additional changes include showing icons on...

Honor X10 5G passes through Geekbench ahead of next week's unveiling

Posted: 12 May 2020 06:22 AM PDT

The Honor X10 5G is expected to go official next week on May 20. We already know the device will pack the Kirin 820 5G chipset with support for all 9 major 5G bands as well as a 6.63-inch IPS LCD with FHD+ resolution, 4,200 mAh battery with 22.5W fast wired charging and a custom Sony IMX600y main camera. Now, the phone was spotted in a Geekbench 4 listing bearing the Huawei TEL-AN00 model number giving us an early look at its performance. Honor X10 Geekbench listing It scored 3,084 points in the single-core department and 9,128 points in the multi-core test. In addition, we got...

Poco F2 Pro unveiled with S865 chipset, 6.67" Super AMOLED screen and 64MP camera for €500

Posted: 12 May 2020 05:30 AM PDT

The Poco F1 was a rare beast, an actual example of a "flagship killer". Now, almost two years later it is finally time for a sequel, after the detour named Poco X2 - a mid-ranger that was based on the Redmi K30. Actually, it seems it was a change in course rather than a detour as the new model is essentially a rebadged Redmi K30 Pro. The Poco F2 Pro does bring a long list of improvements compared to the F1, starting with the latest chipset. The Snapdragon 865 is the best chip from Qualcomm yet and one of the first to feature updatable GPU drivers, which might improve the phone's...

Redmi Note 9 Pro Max goes out of stock within minutes in first Indian sale

Posted: 12 May 2020 04:57 AM PDT

The Redmi Note 9 Pro Max went on its first sale today in India and was out of stock within a few minutes. This information comes from Xiaomi India's Managing Director Manu Jain, who said the stock will be replenished next week but didn't reveal how many units were sold in today's sale. #RedmiNote9ProMax: 1st sale went out of stock within few mins! ⚡ ⚡We understand that these are tough times for everyone. Humbled by love and support shown by all Mi Fans during this period. 🙏More stock coming next week! 🎉#Xiaomi ❤️️ #Redmi #RedmiNote...

Watch the Poco F2 Pro announcement here

Posted: 12 May 2020 04:09 AM PDT

Just three months after the rebirth of the Poco brand with the Poco X2 (based on the Redmi K30), we're about to see the official arrival of Poco F2 Pro. The extensive teaser campaign suggests it will be a rebadged Redmi K30 Pro. The big questions of pricing and availability remain, alongside the software package but all unknowns will be revealed at the launch, taking place online at noon UTC. We've provided a YouTube link below so you can enjoy it from the comfort of your home or office. We should see a phone with no notches or punch holes, meaning the selfie camera is in a pop-up...

Snapdragon 865 phones dominate AnTuTu April chart, Mi 10 Pro on top

Posted: 12 May 2020 03:21 AM PDT

The benchmarking platform AnTuTu has released its monthly charts for best-performing smartphones, and this time Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro rises to the top. The phone is ahead of the OnePlus 8 Pro and the vanilla Mi 10, all of which are powered by the Snapdragon 865. Interestingly enough, there are zero phones from the Huawei ecosystem as the six-months old Kirin 990 is edged by the newer competitors. Four members of the Samsung Galaxy S20 family make the top 10, with the Asus ROG Phone 2 inbetween. The Top 10 is completed by the 2019 devices OnePlus 7T and OnePlus 7 Pro, but the current...

Moto One Vision Plus and Moto E7 pop up on Google Play Console

Posted: 12 May 2020 02:29 AM PDT

Motorola is working on a "plus" version of the Moto One Vision, a modification that surfaced on the Google Play Console. It will be joined by the first of a new generation E-series phones as the Console also revealed the Moto E7. The Moto One Vision Plus will drop the punch hole in favor of a teardrop notch for its selfie camera. The screen panel stays at 6.3" and (we're guessing) 1080p+ resolution, same as the original. So, what's "plus" about this phone? It's not the memory, this one will come with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The original had 128GB storage. Also, the Plus model...

Global vivo V19 comes to India with dual punch-hole display, Snapdragon 712

Posted: 12 May 2020 01:42 AM PDT

As expected, vivo brought its global V19 to India now that the lockdown restrictions are eased off a bit. The phone was announced back in April but its Indian launch was delayed because of the pandemic. The global V19 is built around a 6.44-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display with a dual punch-hole cutout for its 32MP main selfie shooter a secondary 8MP ultrawide snapper. The panel boasts a 20:9 aspect ratio and also comes with a built-in fingerprint reader. Around the back, we have a 48MP primary camera alongside an 8MP ultrawide snapper and two 2MP modules - one for macro shots...

Honor 9X Pro and Huawei Y9s arrive in India

Posted: 12 May 2020 12:27 AM PDT

Huawei and Honor today launched the Y9s and 9X Pro, respectively, in India Honor 9X Pro The Honor 9X Pro is powered by the Kirin 810 SoC and sports a 6.59" notchless display of FullHD+ resolution. The 9X Pro comes with 6GB RAM and 256GB storage, and it also has a microSD card slot for storage expansion by up to 512GB. The smartphone boots Android Pie with EMUI 9.1 on top, but it doesn't come with Google Mobile Services (GMS) and Google Play Store so you have to rely on Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) and AppGallery to download apps. The 9X Pro is the first Honor smartphone in India...

Google Pixel 4a launch reportedly delayed until June

Posted: 11 May 2020 11:37 PM PDT

The Google Pixel 4a was rumored to arrive on May 22 but according to a new report, the mid-range Pixel's launch has been delayed until June. This information comes from German blog Caschys, who claims to have obtained internal documents from Vodafone Germany which now list the expected delivery date of the Pixel 4a as June 5. This date is for the German market but it's almost certain that the rest of Europe will get the the Pixel 4a on the same day. The US, on the other hand, might get it earlier. There's no word from Google yet on when the Pixel 4a will be announced, but we may see...

vivo X50 Lite appears in Australia

Posted: 11 May 2020 10:49 PM PDT

What is the difference between the Russian vivo V17, the international vivo S1 Pro, and the vivo Y9s? Trick question -all three phones are exactly the same, just renamed for different markets. Now this very same handset has appeared at the Australian retailer JB Hi-Fi under a fourth different name - vivo X50 Lite. This vivo X50 Lite brings a Snapdragon 665 chipset, a 6.38" AMOLED screen and a fingerprint scanner under the display. The SoC is coupled with 8GB RAM and 128 gigs of storage, but it is expandable through the microSD slot. The four shooters on the back are...

New LG "Wing" rumored to have a rotating dual-screen form factor

Posted: 11 May 2020 10:02 PM PDT

A new LG smartphone has surfaced in reports, and a (questionable) image gives us an idea of what the this phone could look like. The new LG device is codenamed: WING, whose form-factor resembles the letter "T". Such a device would take the Dual Screen form factor to new heights with a 4-inch square display that hides under the main one. Flipping the screen out turns the main display to a horizontal orientation while revealing a new square display. This image is obviously (and terribly) photo-chopped, so you must take this report with a hefty amount of skepticism. The device is...

DxOMark scores the Samsung Galaxy S20+, ranks tenth in smartphone photography

Posted: 11 May 2020 08:58 PM PDT

DxOMark has just released their review of the Samsung Galaxy S20+'s camera system. Unlike the S20 Ultra - which uses pixel binning in the 108MP main sensor, the Galaxy S20+ uses a 12MP sensor with large 1.6µm pixels. This camera array has three other cameras, each dedicated to ultra wide (12MP), telephoto(24MP), and a depth sensor (0.3MP) for bokeh shots. Source: DxOMark The S20+ received an overall score of 118, made up of its photography score of 127 and its video score of 100. Its strength in still photos is attributed to its excellent exposure, wide dynamic range, vivid...

Huawei P30 Pro New Edition goes up for pre-order in Germany

Posted: 11 May 2020 07:09 PM PDT

The P30 Pro is Huawei's last flagship smartphone that was able to launch with Google apps and services onboard, and the Chinese company has been milking this fact ever since. First we got some new colors last fall during IFA, and now there's a P30 Pro New Edition coming. The phone that was revealed by Huawei's own website in Germany earlier this month is now up for pre-order in the same country, straight from the manufacturer itself. It will set you back €749, but if you pre-order you'll get free Huawei FreeBuds 3 and a mini speaker as well. Furthermore, if you bundle a Huawei Watch GT 2,...

Apple may reportedly move 20% of iPhone production from China to India

Posted: 11 May 2020 05:02 PM PDT

According to a report from Indian news outlet The Economic Times, Apple executives have been meeting with key Indian government officials to explore the possibility of moving a huge chunk of Apple's iPhone production from China to India. Manufacturing revenues could soar to as much as $40 billion over the next five years. This is according to "officials familiar with the matter." We expect Apple to produce up to $40 billion worth of smartphones, mostly for exports through its contract manufacturers Wistron and Foxconn, availing the benefits under the production-linked incentive (PLI)...

Motorola's foldable Razr finally receives Android 10 update

Posted: 11 May 2020 03:07 PM PDT

The Razr was reborn last year, in the form of a smartphone with a foldable inner screen, but the handset disappointingly launched running Android 9 Pie. Many months later, Motorola is finally announcing the update to Android 10 for the foldable Razr today. The new software will obviously bring all of the goodies that Google packed into Android 10 when it got released last September, but there's more from Motorola itself. With this update, the external display, which the company calls Quick View, is receiving some expanded functionality. You can now call people without opening your...

Our OnePlus 8 Pro video review is up

Posted: 11 May 2020 10:14 AM PDT

With our OnePlus 8 video review out the way, it's time to turn out attention to the flagship killer member of this generation's OnePlus phones. First and foremost, the OnePlus 8 Pro is the most expensive phone in the company's lineup to date, starting at $900/€900. For that price you're getting one of the best displays around, the latest Snapdragon 865 chipset, a versatile camera setup and some long-awaited additions like wireless charging and an official IP rating. On paper, the 8 Pro ticks all the boxes for a 2020 flagship but does it live up to the hype and is it worth it? Ricky is here...
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