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Sony moves just 400,000 smartphones in Q1

Posted: 13 May 2020 07:16 AM PDT

Sony released its earnings report for the Q1 period (January - March) and the results are far from favorable. The storied Japanese manufacturer managed to ship just 400,000 smartphones during this timeframe, its lowest figure in recent memory. Q1 shipments in particular are down by 64% compared to the same period last year, marking the largest dip in this category. The last time the company saw positive yearly growth from its Xperia line was back in Q2 2017. The new report also gives us more insight into the company's performance from the 2019 fiscal year where Sony managed to...

Samsung Galaxy Fold Lite to cost $1,100, come with S865 and 4G connectivity

Posted: 13 May 2020 06:30 AM PDT

Rumor has it that Samsung will drop the starting price of the Galaxy Fold 2 by $100 compared to the first Fold, but that would still leave it beyond the means of most people. A new bit of gossip (coming from Max Weinbach who leaked a ton of Galaxy S20 info) describes a more affordable "Galaxy Fold Lite". It will start at $1,100 - that's the launch price of the Galaxy S20+ 4G. And this will be a 4G phone as well to keep costs down. The whole thing will be a mix new and old parts, similar to the Galaxy S10 Lite and Note10 Lite. The newest parts will be from this year, the oldest from...

Honor X10 5G camera details leak, X10 Pro will add a periscope camera

Posted: 13 May 2020 05:42 AM PDT

The Honor X10 5G will be officially unveiled in a week and while the brand already published some camera samples, there's still much we don't know about the setup. Info that leaked on Weibo fills in most details and also shows a Pro model. Honor 10X Pro 5G (left) and Honor 10X 5G (right) The main camera on the X10 will have a 40MP Sony IMX600y sensor with a RYYB filter. It will be joined by an 8MP ultrawide cam and a 2MP dedicated macro camera (the resolutions match the info from TENAA, but we weren't sure about the functions until now). The Honor 10X Pro 5G will offer a...

Qualcomm, Samsung and Huawei back EVC codec for future 4K and 8K videos

Posted: 13 May 2020 04:54 AM PDT

Qualcomm, Samsung and Huawei - three of the biggest smartphone chipset makers in the world - have agreed to support the MPEG-5 Essential Video Coding standard (EVC). The three giants will offer relevant patents under FRAND terms. EVC has a royalty-free base version as well as various optional enhancements (which will cost money to license, but can be disabled individually). The standard promises higher compression and greater efficiency for 4K videos and will help bring wider distribution to 8K, VR and AR content. Currently, EVC can match the video quality of the older H.264 while file...

Huawei P30 Pro New Edition comes to the UK

Posted: 13 May 2020 04:08 AM PDT

Huawei's re-badged P30 Pro New Edition was officially unveiled yesterday in Germany and now the device has made its way to the UK. It's essentially last year's P30 Pro with a new paint job dubbed Silver Frost with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage as standard. You get Android 10 with the latest EMUI 10.1 skin along with Google Mobile Services (GMS). Huawei is also throwing in its App Gallery, Huawei Music and Huawei Video in a bid to offer users an even wider array of apps and services. The New Edition Huawei P30 Pro comes in Silver Frost, black and Aurora colors and will retail for £700...

iQOO Z1 5G appears in official renders, design and color options revealed

Posted: 13 May 2020 03:19 AM PDT

The iQOO Z1 5G entered the rumor mill only recently but we already have quite a few details and today we add official images to the list. They come straight from iQOO's official Weibo account, so you can say it's more of a teaser. The iQOO Z1 5G in Galaxy Silver and Space Blue We've seen the front of the device before - it has a punchhole for the selfie camera in the upper-right corner while the new images give us a better look at the back. The back looks a lot like the recently released iQOO Neo3 5G with a rectangular camera module with rounded corners placed in the upper-left...

Honor to introduce new laptop, TV, and more on May 18

Posted: 13 May 2020 02:32 AM PDT

Honor is trying to reinvent the brand with lifestyle products to make up for falling smartphone sales outside China. We've already seen various fitness bands, a smartwatch, TWS earphones and a laptop on the scene. Now the company is introducing more additions to its product portfolio on May 18 - starting with a TV called Honor Vision Pro. The new product is part of the global 1+8+N strategy, positioning Honor as a big player in the IoT world. The launch will take place online at 20:00 GMT +8. Alongside the new Vision Pro, we will witness the global arrival of the Honor...

You can now transfer your Google Play Music library to YouTube Music

Posted: 13 May 2020 01:48 AM PDT

Play Music will shut down later this year and to make the transition to YouTube Music easier, Google has announced a new tool that lets Play Music users transfer their libraries to YouTube Music. The migrated data will include uploaded and purchased songs, albums, personal and subscribed playlists, and stations. The tool also transfers the liked and disliked songs and Google says it will update your YouTube Music profile to offer music recommendations based on your Play Music listening history and likes and dislikes. Besides, Google will convert the Play Music subscription to the...

Honor X10 confirmed to come with 90Hz screen

Posted: 13 May 2020 12:53 AM PDT

The past weeks have been generous on details about the upcoming Honor X10 5G which is scheduled to go official on May 20. The latest teaser from Honor's Weibo account confirms the phone will come with a 90Hz refresh rate display complete with a 180Hz touch sampling rate. Previous leaks have revealed that the device will sport a 6.63-inch IPS LCD with FHD+ resolution, Kirin 820 chipset and a 4,200 mAh battery with 22.5W fast charging. The phone will also carry a side-mounted fingerprint scanner and a custom 40MP Sony IMX 600y main camera. Honor X10 TENAA images The X10 ...

vivo Y70s 5G surfaces with the unannounced Exynos 880 chipset

Posted: 12 May 2020 11:52 PM PDT

The vivo X30 family arrived last year with an Exynos 980 chipset, becoming the first phones with an integrated 5G modem. Now, a device called vivo Y70s 5G appeared on Geekbench with a SoC named Exynos 880 - this is likely a straightforward midrange device, aiming to set the price for a next-gen phone even lower. In the same time the phone, rumored to have the model code V2002A, appeared on 3C with an 18W charger, which isn't as fast as the vivo FlashCharge at 22.5W, but is still better than most midrangers out there. vivo Y70s 5G (V2002A) on Geekbench The phone was joined on...

Realme launching eight new products on May 25, CMO teases new smartphone

Posted: 12 May 2020 10:57 PM PDT

Realme just unveiled two new Narzo series smartphones, dubbed Narzo 10 and Narzo 10A. Now the company plans to follow that up with the launch of eight new products on May 25 in China. The launch event will be streamed online starting at 2PM local time (6AM UTC). Realme doesn't explicitly mention what exactly it's going to unveil on May 25 but the poster shared by the Chinese phone maker on Weibo includes a smartphone, a power bank and a truly wireless earbud. The white-colored Chinese text in the image translates to "Broken Dimension Dare To Play", which could be a hint that the...

Samsung offers a closer look at how the brushes help keep dust out of the hinge

Posted: 12 May 2020 10:02 PM PDT

On early Wednesday, Samsung released a piece that looks deeper into the Galaxy Z Flip's Hideaway Hinge. This is the second of two parts (so far) where Samsung explains how bristles are used in the hinge to keep foreign debris out of the hinge assembly. Between the hinge's bumper and the two halves of the phone is a very narrow gap of about 1mm. The Samsung Galaxy Fold saw drastic failure to the display whenever dust or debris managed to lodge itself into the hinge, which is why Samsung put those plastic stoppers at the two ends along the folding part for the redesigned Fold. This alone,...

Nest Aware rolls out for $6 per month, Nest Home now permanently $89

Posted: 12 May 2020 09:18 PM PDT

Google is announcing that an updated pricing structure for Nest Aware plans is now rolling out in 19 markets. Starting Tuesday, Nest customers will only need to pay $6/month to view all devices and cameras in a single household - so there is no longer need to pay more if you have more cameras. By contrast, Amazon's Ring charges $3 per camera, per month, or $10 per month for an unlimited number of cameras. Keep in mind that both Nest and Ring products work without a subscription. Doorbells, for instance, can send alerts to a smartphone app in real-time, and with two-way audio communication....

Motorola switches its stance and promises two major Android OS updates for Edge+

Posted: 12 May 2020 07:20 PM PDT

Motorola's Edge+ is the company's first smartphone flagship since the MotoMod-clad Moto Z series. This flagship, a Verizon-exclusive with a $1000 price tag, is set to release on May 14 on the US carrier and when initially launched, Motorola was only able to promise a single major OS update (Android 11) which was met with criticism and disappointment. Motorola changed its stance and now promises "at least two Android OS updates" for the Edge+, in a brief statement to Droid Life. Motorola Edge+ Android phones tend to have relatively shorter product cycles compared to iPhones,...

Samsung Galaxy Note20's display to be capped at 60Hz refresh rate, only Note20+ gets 120Hz

Posted: 12 May 2020 05:39 PM PDT

Yesterday a rumor told us that both the upcoming Galaxy Note20 and the Note20+ would feature screens with 120Hz refresh rate, which makes sense considering that's also a feature of the S20 line. However, today the same source has come back with some new information, and it's not good for fans of cheaper Samsung flagships and high refresh rate panels. According to the same Ross Young, founder and CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants, the Note20 will miss out on the high refresh rate train, coming with a display that will only be capable of refreshing 60 times per second. The Note20+, on...

Chinese market resurges in April, 5G phones account for nearly 40%

Posted: 12 May 2020 02:49 PM PDT

The Chinese smartphone market rebounded in April, as per government figures. A total of 40.8 million phones were shipped, which is a 14% increase over April 2019. Out of those, 16 million or nearly 40% were 5G phones. That wasn't enough to offset the COVID-19 effect since as a whole shipments in the months January through April have decreased 20%, compared to the same period in 2019. But April was the first month in which growth in shipments was recorded, which is a good sign going forward. Sadly the official numbers no longer quote Android-only numbers, so it's not possible to...

Realme X3, X3 SuperZoom and Realme TV appear on official support page

Posted: 12 May 2020 01:55 PM PDT

The Realme X3, X3 SuperZoom and Realme TV are all products that have been confirmed to exist one way or another so the latest news about those three is more of a sign that they will launch pretty soon. All three devices appeared on Realme's official support page but have since been removed. About a month ago, the remote control for Realme's smart TV stopped by Bluetooth SIG, while the Realme X3 SuperZoom was recently teased by the company's CEO. The X3 lineup will likely be a hardware refresh with enhanced camera capabilities, hence the SuperZoom name. We won't be surprised if...

Nokia 125 and 150 featurephones announced

Posted: 12 May 2020 01:01 PM PDT

HMD has added two new affordable featurephones to its lineup with the Nokia 125 and Nokia 150. Both feature 2.4" QVGA screens, simple clean polycarbonate designs and promise long-lasting batteries. The two have identical footprints and run on the Series 30+ platform. Both pack dual SIM support, 3.5mm headphone jacks, Bluetooth and FM radio receivers. Nokia 150 The Nokia 150 has the added bonus of a built-in MP3 player, VGA camera with flash as well as a micro SD card slot that supports up to 32GB of expandable storage. The two phones feature removable 1,020 mAh batteries which...

The Nokia 9.3 PureView will record 8K video and have exclusive ZEISS effects

Posted: 12 May 2020 12:15 PM PDT

HMD is taking the time to get the Nokia 9.3 PureView right and a lot of effort is going into the camera. We already heard that it will use a 108MP sensor, now sources are claiming that the camera may record 8K video at 30fps, reports Nokia Power User. This is only if the engineers are happy with the results, of course, so they are reportedly hard at work, trying to finalize the image processing algorithms. Part of what makes 8K possible in the first place is the Snapdragon 865 chipset, which replaced the S855 that the phone was going to use initially (this phone has been delayed several...

5,000mAh battery for the Redmi 9 confirmed by FCC docs

Posted: 12 May 2020 11:12 AM PDT

The Redmi 9 - M2004J19G - has surfaced again, this time it was the FCC that released certification data and along with it some salient details about the upcoming phone. It will launch with MIUI 11, if that was ever in question, which likely means Android 10 out of the box. The phone will be powered by a 5,000mAh battery. Unfortunately, there's no info on the charger - there was some speculation that it will be 10W, a downgrade from the 18W charger the previous model used. Some may not like it, but the new Redmi 9 will be larger than its predecessor - the dimensions seem to confirm...
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