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Realme reaches 1 million wireless earphones shipped

Posted: 21 May 2020 08:07 AM PDT

Realme has sold millions of smartphones since its debut in May 2018 and today the company achieved a new milestone - 1 million sales of wireless earphones across the globe, which include the Buds Air and Buds Wireless. The Buds Air were unveiled last December and are the first truly wireless earphones from Realme. Despite their late entry, the Buds Air were the second best-selling TWS earphones in India in 2019 after Apple's AirPods. The Realme Buds Air have a custom R1 chip at the helm and each bud packs a 12mm Bass Boost Driver. The earphones come with a charging case that offers...

Oppo Ace2 will get an Evangelion-inspired limited edition

Posted: 21 May 2020 07:19 AM PDT

The Oppo Ace2 went on sale in China in late April, originally available in three colors. Now Ice Universe has revealed an Evangelion Limited Edition of the phone with some beautiful minimalist decals on the back. The NERV logo is lifted straight from the show, you can dig through the Fandom wiki for more details. Neon Genesis Evangelion has been around for a long time so there's a rich backstory. In fact, this phone celebrates the 25th anniversary of the series, which premiered in 1995. Oppo Ace2 EVA limited edition The release of the fourth movie in the "Rebuild of Evangelion"...

Redmi 10X will be the first phone with dual SIM 5G support, will have Always On AMOLED screen

Posted: 21 May 2020 06:33 AM PDT

The Redmi 10X will be the first phone to use the MediaTek Dimensity 820 chipset. That chip supports dual SIM, dual standby functionality on 5G, allowing both SIM cards to be connected at the same time. Why would you want two active 5G cards? With 5G coverage as spotty as it is, it will allow you to seamlessly switch between two carriers to get the best experience. The company is hinting at other benefits too, teasing that all will be revealed on May 26 (when the phone gets fully unveiled). The Redmi 10X will be the first phone with 5G dual SIM support Connectivity aside,...

OnePlus, Realme, Meizu, Blackshark join the P2P Transmission Alliance

Posted: 21 May 2020 05:46 AM PDT

The year began with a press release from China, confirming that Oppo, vivo, and Xiaomi have officially launched a joint cooperation for wireless file transfers and have called themselves Peer-to-Peer Transmission Alliance. Starting today, four more brands join the party - OnePlus, Realme, Meizu, and Blackshark. The official posters by the companies The seamless file transfer platform is aiming to enable speedy cross-brand exchange of data. It pairs through Bluetooth, but media and other files transfer through Wi-Fi at 20 MB/s rates. With the wider adoption of 5G...

How many are there? Realme Buds Q TWS earphones arriving on May 25

Posted: 21 May 2020 05:01 AM PDT

Realme is set to unveil a total of eight new products on May 25, out of which four are already confirmed - Realme X50 Pro Player Edition, Realme Watch, Realme TV, and Realme Buds Air Neo TWS earphones. Turns out the Buds Air Neo aren't the only TWS earphones coming on May 25 since Realme's Chinese branch on Weibo announced that the Buds Q truly wireless earphones are also arriving on Monday. The Buds Q are reminiscent of the Samsung Galaxy Buds, unlike the Buds Air and Buds Air Neo that have Apple AirPods-like design. Realme hasn't revealed any features of the Buds Q yet, but the...

Redmi will expand its product range in India, bringing TWS headsets and IoT gadgets and more

Posted: 21 May 2020 04:17 AM PDT

A few days from now Xiaomi will expand its assortment of accessories available in its store in India with the #NoStringsAttached event. It will bring new IoT gadgets, power banks and a TWS headset. The event kicks off at 12pm on May 26 (that's next Tuesday). Xiaomi is teasing a TWS headset, likely the Redmi AirDots S The TWS headset is most likely the Redmi AirDots S as they check all the boxes on the teaser page - they have a low-latency Bluetooth connection, long battery life (buds last 4 hours, the case brings that up to 12 hours), are sweat-proof (IPX4) and can summon a digital...

vivo details X50 Pro's gimbal camera stabilization system, shows off results

Posted: 21 May 2020 03:33 AM PDT

vivo published a detail description of the unique main camera on the vivo X50 Pro and it's gimbal-like stabilization. It calls the system "micro cloud" and is significantly more complicated - but also more effective - than traditional OIS systems. A double-ball suspension allows the module to pivot the image sensor by +/- 3°, three times the angle of a traditional system. The movement is powered by two voice coils while the ribbon cable connecting the sensor to the phone had to be folded twice to make it flexible enough. The whole module is massive by smartphone standards, taking up...

Poco M2 Pro spotted in Bluetooth SIG and Wi-Fi Alliance databases

Posted: 21 May 2020 02:47 AM PDT

Earlier this month we came across a listing for the Poco M2 Pro, the upcoming midrange entry into the revived Poco brand. It came with the M2003J6CI model number and the "gram" codename and now the same phone was spotted on the Wi-Fi Alliance and Bluetooth SIG databases. Poco M2 Pro Bluetooth SIG listing The Bluetooth SIG listing shows us that the phone runs MUI 11 and comes with Bluetooth 5.0. Interestingly the Declaration ID for the phone matches that of the Redmi Note 9 models. Poco M2 Pro Wi-Fi Alliance listing The "gram" kernel source code also matches that of the...

Realme Buds Air Neo TWS earphones are coming on May 25, price leaked

Posted: 21 May 2020 02:14 AM PDT

Realme unveiled the Buds Air true wireless earphones last December and today the company announced it's bringing new TWS earphones on May 25, dubbed Buds Air Neo. Realme also set up a promo page on its official Indian site, revealing the Buds Air Neo's design and features. At first glance, the Buds Air Neo look like the regular Buds Air, but upon closer inspection you can notice the silver ring found on the stem of the Buds Air is missing from the Buds Air Neo and the dual microphones aren't visible either, meaning it may not come with Environment Noise Cancellation (ENC)...

LG Q61 announced with 6.5" FHD display, quad camera

Posted: 21 May 2020 01:21 AM PDT

LG announced its latest midrange phone in its home market of South Korea dubbed LG Q61. It brings a 6.5-inch FHD+ display with a 16MP punch hole camera and a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. Around the back, we have a 48MP main camera alongside an 8MP ultrawide shooter, a 5MP depth helper and a 2MP macro snapper. There's also a fingerprint scanner. Under the hood, the Q61 packs an octa-core CPU clocked at 2.3GHz alongside 4GB RAM and 64GB storage which can be expanded via the microSD slot. The phone also comes with stereo speakers with DTS-X 3D Surround sound and is MIL-STD-810G compliant. The...

Honor Play 4 Pro leaks with renders and specs

Posted: 21 May 2020 12:32 AM PDT

Last month Honor announced two phones out of the blue - Honor Play 4T and Honor Play 4T Pro. These devices have basic specs, low prices and are currently available only in China. Today, a third device of the family leaked on Weibo and JD.com - the Honor Play 4 Pro. It will have a Kirin chipset with 5G, 40W fast charging, and an LCD screen. It will also have a Sony IMX600y sensor for its main camera. Honor Play 4 Pro The SoC is likely Kirin 820 since it supports both the fast-charging speeds and the 5G connectivity. The Honor 4 Play Pro has an interesting accent on its back...

vivo Y70s with 5G support is coming soon, official poster and live images surface

Posted: 20 May 2020 11:47 PM PDT

vivo is ready to bring yet another 5G smartphone to the market, dubbed vivo Y70s. The company shared an image on Chinese social network Weibo to tease the smartphone, which reveals it will come with more than two cameras and pink will be one of the color options you'll get. While vivo hasn't divulged any other details of the Y70s, an official-looking poster that has surfaced revealed the smartphone will come in three colors, pack a punch hole display, and sport a triple camera setup on the back with a 48MP main unit. The Y70s will be powered by the Exynos 880 SoC and have 8GB...

Google Pixel 4a reportedly arriving on July 13 with no 4a XL variant

Posted: 20 May 2020 11:01 PM PDT

We're awaiting for the arrival of the Google Pixel 4a, but the midrange Pixel device keeps getting delayed. We were hoping we might see the new Pixel arrive on June 1 during the Android 11 Beta launch livestream, but now a new report suggests a July release. According to Jon Prosser, who's previously predicted the release date of the Apple iPhone SE, the Google Pixel 4a is going to be released on July 13. He reiterates that the 4a will not come with 5G support. Pixel 4a Was originally May, then got pushed to June, now pushed again. "Just Black" & "Barely Blue"Current plan for...

Samsung announces Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition

Posted: 20 May 2020 10:14 PM PDT

Today, Samsung is announcing its Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition. The company calls it a "mission-ready solution tailored to the unique needs of operators in the federal government and Department of Defense." The Galaxy S20 TE has highly customized software to work in unison with existing tactical equipment along with DualDAR architecture, offering two layers of encryption. Samsung Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition specs: Display: 6.2-inch Dynamic AMOLED 3200 x 1440 px QHD+; 60Hz or 120Hz Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Memory: 12GB/128GB; expandable up to 1TB via microSD ...

Apple releases iOS 13.5 with COVID-19 specific features

Posted: 20 May 2020 08:35 PM PDT

Apple has released iOS 13.5 and iPadOS 13.5 with features relevant to our post-COVID-19 world. Chief among these is a simplified unlock process for devices with Face ID for those who wear masks, which goes without saying should be everyone working outdoors. What the new system does is automatically show the passcode field when it detects you are wearing a face mask, so you can just directly enter the passcode and bypass Face ID. This works for unlocking the device and also in apps for things like payments. The other COVID-19 relevant feature is the support for Exposure...

Another foldable Motorola Razr is planned for September

Posted: 20 May 2020 07:24 PM PDT

Motorola's new Razr, the rebirth of the classic form factor with a foldable screen, is definitely not a perfect device, what with its performance and sub-par camera and battery life and overall creakiness, so there clearly are a lot of things on which a possible successor might improve upon. Well, guess what? Such a device is already in the works, and apparently slated for an announcement around September. This is according to Thibault Dousson, Lenovo's general manager for South Africa. This "new iteration" of the phone is also referred to as "generation two" in a tech podcast where the...

Galaxy Note20 unveiling to be online only, first time for a Samsung flagship

Posted: 20 May 2020 06:13 PM PDT

Because of the cancellation of MWC a lot of smartphone makers have been getting used to holding virtual online-only unveiling events for their new devices over the past few months. And while Samsung managed to hold an actual event for the launch of the Galaxy S20 series, missing the global pandemic by a hair, the Korean company has to contend with the current state of affairs for its next upcoming big announcement. According to sources in Korea, Samsung has deciced that it's going to do the inevitable, given the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, and unveil the Galaxy Note20 series through...

Android 11 will label sub-6GHz networks "5G", mmWave will be "5G+", but "5Ge" is still LTE

Posted: 20 May 2020 05:02 PM PDT

Google has updated the Features overview page for Android 11 and in it is the iconography that will be used to indicate whether the phone is connected to a 4G or 5G network. And as is tradition, these will probably cause confusion instead of clearing things up. The "5Ge" label in particular is iffy - that is actually LTE Advanced Pro. Even though it promises impressive theoretical speeds of up to 3Gbps (with carrier aggregation), it is still just a successor to LTE Advanced and not true 5G. AT&T tried to relabel its LTE Advanced network to "5G E" as far back as 2018, the icon even...

Sony Xperia 1 II goes on pre-order in the US and Europe

Posted: 20 May 2020 04:11 PM PDT

The Sony Xperia 1 II is now up on pre-order in the US through B&H and in the Netherlands through Belsimpel. Neither listing has a specific shipping date - the European listing has a vague 4 weeks estimate for online availability, which would mean June. These pre-orders come two days before the Xperia 1 II goes on sale in Japan through carrier KDDI. The Sony flagship costs €1,199 for its sole 8/256GB model in the Netherlands, but it does come bundled with a pair of Sony WH-1000XM3 wireless noise-cancelling headphones, normally worth €280 on their own. Last year the Xperia 1 also came...

Oppo Find X2 Pro's vegan leather goes through a durability test on video

Posted: 20 May 2020 03:14 PM PDT

The Oppo Find X2 Pro is the latest phone to undergo the durability test by Zack from Jerryrigeverything and it survived structurally-intact, unlike its predecessor. The scratch test of the phone's Gorilla Glass 6 front is the usual "scratches at a level 6 with deeper grooves at a level 7" affair, but the rear is where it gets interesting. The video shows the vegan leather rear panel being lacerated by a razor blade. As you'd expect the artificial leather doesn't deny the blade for very long. Here's the full video. The Oppo Find X2 Pro is obviously quite durable, which goes...
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