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LG Velvet pictured in a Korean store, full specs in tow

Posted: 04 May 2020 08:01 AM PDT

Sure, these are not the first LG Velvet live images but they are the most revealing yet. They give us a closer look at the design and we also get to see the true glow of the Aurora Grey color. And we also get the full specs and a quick hands-on video as a bonus. LG Velvet specs sheet in Korean Most of them have already leaked but some details are new. The Snapdragon 765 5G is on board driving a 6.8-inch Full HD+ OLED panel. The unit in the photos appears to have 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage supporting microSD cards up to 2TB. However, there might be more than one memory...

Apple updates the MacBook Pro 13 with scissor switches and doubles the storage

Posted: 04 May 2020 07:15 AM PDT

Apple just announced the latest hardware refresh of its 13-inch MacBook Pro bringing minor specs refresh and an overdue change in keyboard. The most notable change is the keyboard. Say bye to the unreliable butterfly switches and say hello to the new Magic Keyboard just like on the rest of the Apple laptops. It uses the good old scissor switches offering longer travel as well. The Esc key is now physical too. The base internal storage is no longer 128GB - it's 256GB instead. And that doesn't affect the starting price too. The notebook still starts at $1,299 but you get the older...

Xiaomi responds to user data collection allegations

Posted: 04 May 2020 06:24 AM PDT

Xiaomi came under fire for collecting user data - from a broad range of activities performed on its phones. Xiaomi has now responded, denying the claims of the original report by Forbes. In short, the company says the aggregated data cannot be used to identify a specific user and Forbes' research is misleading and the Chinese tech giant is in line with the local and international privacy data laws. Additionally, the company has pushed an important update to its Mi Browser and Mint Browser users giving them the option to opt out of data collection entirely when in incognito...

Pixel 4a extensive photo shoot shows off the skills of a phone that still isn't official

Posted: 04 May 2020 05:38 AM PDT

This is starting to get ridiculous - Google still hasn't announced the Pixel 4a, but there's little about the phone that hasn't leaked. TecnoLike Plus, the same YouTube channel that showed off a hands-on video with the 4a back in March, is now back with a pretty extensive photo shoot with Google's mid-ranger that answers one burning question - is one camera enough? The camera hardawre is nothing spectacular with its 12.2MP Sony IMX363 image sensor and f/1.73 aperture, but as always with Google, it's the image processing that counts. All the photos below were shot by Julio Lusson, who runs...

Tecno Spark 5 unveiled with Android 10, 6.6" screen, quad camera and quad LED flash

Posted: 04 May 2020 04:49 AM PDT

The newly-announced Tecno Spark 5 serves up the big numbers - the phone official boasts a 6.6" screen with 90.2% screen-to-body ratio, a quad camera on the back with a quad LED flash, an octa-core processor with Android 10 and a 5,000mAh battery. Keep in mind that this phone is on the very affordable side of things - a pre-order in Ghana puts the price at GHS 720, which works out to $125/€115. With that in mind, let's have a closer look at the specs. The 6.6" display has 720 x 1,600px resolution and a punch hole for the 8MP selfie camera. Impressively, the front camera is joined by...

Huawei is preparing a P30 Pro New Edition smartphone with GMS

Posted: 04 May 2020 04:01 AM PDT

Huawei Germany is launching a promo on its website for the P30 lineup where a purchase of a smartphone will get the buyer a free Huawei MediaPad T3 10 and a case for the tablet. The phones eligible for the campaign are the Huawei P30 Lite, Huawei P30 Lite New Edition, Huawei P30, Huawei P30 Pro, and Huawei P30 Pro New Edition. Yes, the last one is a completely new phone yet to be announced. The Huawei P30 Pro New Edition moniker appears multiple times in the Terms and Conditions of the promotion ran by Huawei, Vodafone, and Otelo. The phone is clearly different from the P30 Pro, and...

Oppo A92 launched in Malaysia, is just a rebranded A72

Posted: 04 May 2020 03:09 AM PDT

After introducing the A52 and A72 last month, Oppo went ahead and reveled yet another member of its midrange A-series in Malaysia dubbed the A92. Taking a dive through the specs reveals the device is identical to the A72 with an FHD+ 6.5-inch IPS LCD, Snapdragon 665 chipset and 5,000 mAh battery. It comes with a quad-camera setup including a 48MP primary shooter alongside an 8MP ultrawide snapper and two 2MP modules - one for monochrome shots and another for depth data. The selfie cam comes in at 16MP. The A92 also comes with stereo speakers, a headphone jack, side-mounted...

Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ moved to quarterly updates

Posted: 04 May 2020 02:21 AM PDT

From now on, the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ will only receive quarterly security updates. This means that instead of getting a new security patch every month, updates will be bundled and released every three months. The S8 duo is three years old now, having been released in April 2017. Originally, it ran Android 7.0 Nougat and has since been updated to Android 9 Pie with One UI (the original version). An Android 10 update is not coming. For comparison, Samsung ended support for 2016's Galaxy S7 duo last month, after they spent two years getting monthly updates and two years on...

Meizu 17 Series will come with custom Super AMOLED display and NFC

Posted: 04 May 2020 01:07 AM PDT

With just 4 days to go until the launch of Meizu's 17 series flagships, we have most of the details about the phone thanks to Meizu's barrage of leaks and teasers. The latest details confirm the phones will ship with a custom Samsung Super AMOLED displays. Previous teasers detailed that the panel on both will also feature a 90Hz refresh rate and 32MP selfie cam housed in a punch-hole cutout. New teaser posters In separate Weibo posts, Meizu also confirmed the 17 series will come with NFC connectivity and that the Meizu 17 is already up for pre-registration from Chinese online...

Realme celebrates its 2nd birthday as India's #4 smartphone brand

Posted: 04 May 2020 12:17 AM PDT

The first days of May is when Realme celebrates its birthday and the company is now two years old. Back in May 2018, we saw the Realme 1 appear under Oppo's wing, with the brand then taking its own way in August with the Realme 2. A couple of dozen of smartphones and two years later, the brand is the fourth largest smartphone company in India in Q1 2020, and it also made the Top 3 for February. The good news was shared by Madhav Sheth, CEO of Realme India. In the first quarter of the year, the brand grabbed 14% of the total market share, positioning itself behind the leader...

Samsung invests 10% of revenue in R&D for Q1 2020, sets new record

Posted: 03 May 2020 11:22 PM PDT

Samsung announced its quarterly results last week, and today it revealed how much of the income is going back into research and development activities. Quoted by Yonhap Agency, Samsung has spent KRW5.36 trillion (around $4.36 billion) on R&D only between January and March 2020. The investment has surpassed the previous internal record of KRW5.32 trillion, which was set back in Q1 2018. The figure Samsung reported equals 9.7% of its sales in total, slightly more than the 9.6% investments twelve months ago. Samsung has managed to smash another record in the R&D field as well - most...

Huawei Mate Xs in for review

Posted: 03 May 2020 05:33 PM PDT

Huawei introduced its updated Mate Xs foldable smartphone during an event in Barcelona that was supposed to be part of MWC 2020. Even if it feels like a decade ago, back when social distancing wasn't a thing, it actually happened just two months ago. Now, the phone arrived with us where it will undergo our lengthy process of tests for the full review. We already have a hands-on video and an actual hands-on review, but this time we get to spend more quality time with the Huawei Mate Xs putting it through our full review process. We'll examine its camera in detail, do all the...

Week 18 in review:Several new Xiaomi and Redmi smartphones, MIUI 12 is official

Posted: 03 May 2020 01:22 PM PDT

The last few days of April brought several new phones, most of them coming from one company - Xiaomi. It introduced two new additions to its Mi brand and another one from the Redmi family, while another was finally launched on the global scene. The Xiaomi Mi 10 Youth was revealed in China with a periscope camera and 5x optical zoom, making it the first device by the company with the feature. Later through a Qualcomm press message, we learned its name will actually be Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite Zoom on the global scene. Alongside it, the company unveiled MIUI 12, which will power most of the...

Top 10 trending phones of week 18

Posted: 03 May 2020 09:32 AM PDT

Xiaomi announced the global version of Redmi Note 9 Pro (initially launched under the name Redmi Note 9 Pro Max) and the phone was so captivating, it immediately jumped in the top spot of our weekly trending list. The iPhone SE (2020) and Mi 10 Youth keep their places in Top 3, but we expect the latter to be replaced by the the global Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite Zoom once that's official. Then we have the Huawei nova 7 Pro 5G - a leader last week, but still capturing your attention this one. Two more Xiaomi phones are following - the Redmi Note 9S and its predecessor Redmi Note 8 Pro. Last year's...
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