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Asus Zenfone 7 and ROG Phone III to debut in July

Posted: 22 May 2020 09:09 AM PDT

According to Taiwanese media Commercial Times, Asus is going to release two flagship phones in July or even earlier - sometime towards the end of the second quarter. The two phones in question are the Zenfone 7 and the upcoming gaming ROG Phone III. This goes well in line with the recent Wi-Fi certification that the upcoming ROG Phone III received. This means that the phone is in the final stages of the development phase and it should be ready to launch pretty soon. Now according to the new report, the Zenfone 7 will tag along. When you think of it, both phones, the Zenfone 6 and...

Xiaomi reports 13.6% increase in revenue for Q1 2020, higher gross profit

Posted: 22 May 2020 08:17 AM PDT

Xiaomi published its financial results for the first quarter of 2020 and the numbers are up across the board, despite the difficult market situation. Total revenue was up 13.6% year on year to CNY 49.7 billion, beating the estimations. Gross profit increased significantly, up 44.9%, to CNY 7.56 billion, despite the higher R&D expenses (CNY 1.9 billion, +13.4% YoY). 60% of that total revenue was generated by smartphones, which brought in CNY 30.3 billion (+12.3% YoY). The number of shipments went up to 29.2 million units, representing a small increase compared to Q1 last year. Analysts...

Realme X3 SuperZoom camera samples tease zoom capabilities

Posted: 22 May 2020 07:33 AM PDT

The Realme X3 SuperZoom is scheduled to be debut in Europe next Tuesday, on May 26. Keeping the hype machine going are a set of camera samples from the phone that show out its impressive hybrid zoom capabilities which go all the way up to 60x thanks to its 13MP periscope module. Realme X3 SuperZoom camera samples The three shots show us the different magnification levels ranging from 1x to 60x with a 5x middle option, which is likely where the purely optical zoom ends. This one in particular looks impressive as it manages to retain fairly good details without much...

Redmi X TV, Redmibook 16.1" laptop teased by Xiaomi

Posted: 22 May 2020 06:41 AM PDT

Xiaomi is having a massive event on Tuesday, May 26, when it will reveal plenty of devices. We expected to see three smartphones from the Redmi 10X lineup, but now the company posted on its various Weibo profiles more teasers, confirming a new Redmi X TV with MEMC motion and a laptop with 16.1" screen will also appear during next week's launch. Redmi X TV teasers The TV is going to join the Redmi Smart TV Max - a monstrous 98" 4K TV set, as well as to the 70" Redmi TV, introduced back in 2019. The MECM motion, mentioned by Redmi, is Motion Estimation Motion Compensation, and...

B&H reconsiders the price of the Sony Xperia 1 II pre-orders, hides it

Posted: 22 May 2020 05:54 AM PDT

After an excruciatingly long wait, the Sony Xperia 1 II finally went up on pre-order, but now it seems that there may be some trouble behind the scenes. B&H, which was the first US retailer to list the phone, has removed the price from its page. Previously, the new flagship was set to cost $1,200, but now we don't know. Sony US is mum on the subject as well. For what it's worth, the phone is still listed at the original €1,200 price at Belsimpel in the Netherlands and JPY 133,600 on Au in Japan. This many not be about changing the price, instead it could be an issue of availability...

iPhone SE helps Apple to decent smartphone sales in China in April

Posted: 22 May 2020 05:06 AM PDT

According to the most recent market research, Apple is continuing its recovery in China following the COVID-19 outbreak. The company was able to make around 3.9 million sales in April with about 24% of those sales being iPhone SE. The April sales are up 160% compared to March this year but still down 60% compared to April 2019. The sequential increase doesn't come as a surprise because the country eased the measures and the market as a whole is showing signs of recovery. The overall smartphone sales are up 94% compared to March and the total volume is 40.8 million units. It's...

The Realme Band is now available in India, screen brightness bumped up with a software update

Posted: 22 May 2020 04:17 AM PDT

The Realme Band is now available in India. It was originally scheduled to become available on the 28th, but Realme doesn't like to keep its fans waiting. The band can be ordered today from Realme.com, Flipkart and Amazon India at a price of INR 1,500 (half the listed MSRP). Note that only the band is available only Black and Green, the Yellow (which is the brand's signature color) is coming soon. Realme Band features • Black and Green color options Realme's press release about the launch mentions that the screen brightness has been enhanced - when we reviewed the Realme Band,...

Xiaomi Mi Band 5 rumored to gain SpO2 sensor, Smart version will support Amazon Alexa

Posted: 22 May 2020 03:25 AM PDT

The upcoming Xiaomi Mi Band 5 will enhance the heart rate tracker with SpO2 measurement (blood-oxygen saturation). Additional health features will include menstrual cycle tracking. The international version was said to gain NFC support, previously exclusive to China. However, some new info casts doubt on global NFC support, but mentions a new "Mi Smart Band 5" version with a model number XMSH11HM (the regular Band 5 will be XMSH10HM). The current Xiaomi Mi Band 4 The Smart Band will have AI assistant support, specifically Amazon's Alexa. On previous generations, models sold in...

vivo X50 and X50 Pro appear in new renders and promo video

Posted: 22 May 2020 02:29 AM PDT

We've seen an extensive number of leaks and details about the upcoming vivo X50 series in the past week. It has been making waves with its camera prowess headlined by the Samsung ISOCELL GN1 sensor and its impressive gimbal-like image stabilization system. We've already heard that there will be a regular X50 alongside the X50 Pro model and now vivo released official renders to back up this claim. We can see the X50 and its Pro sibling in three of the official colors with the vanilla X50 being the pink one. It has a different camera setup but seems to retain the Samsung GN1 sensor on...

240Hz display Sharp Aquos Zero 2 now available outside Japan, price revealed

Posted: 22 May 2020 01:38 AM PDT

Sharp Aquos Zero 2 was launched back in September as the first phone in the world with a 240Hz refresh rate display. It was initially only available in Japan, but now, it is also coming to Taiwan and we finally know how much will it cost outside of the unique domestic market - TWD21,990, which is about $730/€670. Sharp equipped the Aquos Zero 2 with Snapdragon 855 chipset, 8 GB RAM, and 256 gigs of storage. The display is 6.4" in diagonal and brings a fingerprint scanner under the OLED panel, protected by Gorilla Glass 6. The phone might have impressive hardware, but the camera...

Huawei Enjoy Z appears in AnTuTu benchmark with Mediatek chipset

Posted: 22 May 2020 12:47 AM PDT

Huawei is gearing up to release its Enjoy Z 5G on May 24 and we've already seen its key specs and renders. Now the phone appeared in the database of AnTuTu bearing the DVC-AN00 model number and gives us an idea of the potential of its MediaTek Dimensity 800 chipset. The Enjoy Z 5G managed a combined score of 316,328 which includes a CPU score of 101,812 and a GPU score of 90,692. The phone in the test was configured with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage and ran Android 10. In terms of the memory, we can see it's of the UFS 2.1 variety and it managed 69,703 points. Lastly the UX score...

Redmi 10X to have 30x zoom and OIS; camera sample from Pro version arrives

Posted: 22 May 2020 12:01 AM PDT

The Redmi 10X lineup will arrive in China on May 26. We expect to see three different phones, and apparently at least one of them will have 30x zoom. This could mean one of the cameras could be 3x telephoto, unless Redmi has something else up its sleeve. The official Redmi page on Weibo shared the teaser about the 30x zoom and the OIS capabilities of one of the cameras, but it also revealed there will be some AI features for "creative inspiration". Aside from the fancy background blur and artificial coloring of some images and night shots, we are wondering what is Redmi going to...

Oppo Find X2 Pro to arrive in Green Vegan Leather option

Posted: 21 May 2020 10:25 PM PDT

The Oppo Find X2 Pro was initially launched with two color options - Orange Vegan Leather and Ceramic Black. Then, a third option arrived - Gray Vegan Leather. According to Chinese sources, the popularity of artificial leather is so huge in China, Oppo will launch a new color next week - it is called Green Vegan Leather. The phone will arrive with 12/256 GB memory, even if there are Oppo Find X2 Pro versions with double the storage. The price in China right now is CNY6,999 ($980/€900) and it will not change for the Green color. In return, you get a QHD+ screen, 120 Hz refresh...

Samsung Galaxy Note 20 alleged CAD renders leak with Galaxy S20 Ultra's camera setup

Posted: 21 May 2020 09:36 PM PDT

A new set of renders and a short video clip show what the Samsung Galaxy Note20 will look like. The renders come from Pigtou in collaboration with who claims that these renders are based on drawings obtained by the outlet's sources and not conceptual. The report mentions some elements of the render cannot be confirmed at this time. The device (unsurprisingly) looks a lot like the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra. It appears to have a similar camera module to the S20 Ultra. As typically is with the Note series, the Galaxy Note20 has a boxier appearance with more squarish corners. The...

Motorola Edge+ is already $200 cheaper at Verizon

Posted: 21 May 2020 08:44 PM PDT

The Motorola Edge+ is still a very new device on Verizon's shelves, having been released around one week ago. And yet, the carrier is already offering a sweet deal on the phone. Normally priced at $999.99, the Edge+ can now be yours for just $799.92. Note that this may be a limited time offer, but Verizon isn't saying. Even so, it's a bit weird to see a 20% price cut within a week of launch, so this might imply that the carrier hasn't been moving a lot of units at the recommended price. In our in-depth review of the Edge+, we noted that its price in the US and lack of a lot of...

Cheap vivo Y30 is headed to India

Posted: 21 May 2020 06:32 PM PDT

vivo's Y series of affordable smartphones grew larger by one member at the beginning of this month when the Y30 went official in Malaysia. Today a new report comes to tell us to expect to see the Y30 landing in India as well. Apparently the handset will make its way to the subcontinent in the first week of June. The information allegedly comes from vivo officials, who nevertheless didn't want to be named. It's unclear exactly how much it will cost in India, but expectations hover around the INR 15,000 mark. So what would you be getting for that price? The vivo Y30 has a 6.47"...

Google will add Sleep Habit Tracking and Night Notes to Digital Wellbeing

Posted: 21 May 2020 04:17 PM PDT

Two years ago, Google introduced its solution to help you keep good digital hygiene and called it Digital Wellbeing. It's now about to get a major update with a few new features, according to an app teardown of the beta version. The most notable new functionality is probably be the Sleep Habit Tracking. The name is pretty self-explanatory and it uses the default Google Clock app and the phone's motion sensors to determine whether you are sleeping or not. It also tracks which apps you use in bed. Sleep Habit Tracking Speaking of activity tracking, Google will give you the...

Stable EMUI 10.1 build now seeding to multiple Huawei devices

Posted: 21 May 2020 03:22 PM PDT

Huawei debuted EMUI 10.1 on its P40 series and now the UI is making its way to more devices in China. The Huawei P30 and P30 Pro, nova 6 series and MatePad Pro tablet are now getting the update. In addition Honor V30 and V30 Pro owners are starting to receive Magic UI 3.1 which brings similar features to its EMUI counterpart. Some of the new EMUI 10.1 features include expanded Multi-Window functionality, the MeeTime messenger, Celia voice assistant, and new always-on display options. The new firmware is available as an OTA update but can also be flashed via the Huawei Club app....

Huawei official says the company will recover eventually, but the US will lose a lot too

Posted: 21 May 2020 02:33 PM PDT

In an interview for Bloomberg, Andy Purdy, the Chief Security Officer for Huawei in the US said that the latest actions against Huawei are hurting the American people more than the company. For those out of the loop, the Huawei official is referring to the latest actions by the US authorities meant to cut off the company from the global chip supply. The company's CSO said that the company will eventually recover from this and adapt to the new environment but many US citizens will lose jobs as it would affect the industry worldwide. Expanding the measures against Huawei will certainly...

OnePlus Game Space moves to the Play Store, gains Instant games support

Posted: 21 May 2020 01:46 PM PDT

The OnePlus Game Space is the latest OxygenOS app to be decoupled from the ROM and moved to the Play Store where it can enjoy faster updates. The app is the game center that comes pre-installed on OnePlus phones. It offers the usual features like listing all games installed, blocking notifications and giving you quick access to optimizations like the Fnatic mode. But this latest version of the app actually adds two more features that sound quite useful. OnePlus Game Space can now be updated from the Play Store First is Instant games, which allows you to play games without...
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