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Motorola Edge+ does competitive videos, good photos according to DxOMark

Posted: 02 Jun 2020 08:03 AM PDT

The Motorola Edge+ is Moto's first earnest attempt at a flagship in a while. On paper, it promised great results from its 108MP main camera with a large 1/1.33" sensor and its friends, the 3x telephoto cam and ultrawide shooter. It achieved an overall score of 113 in DxOMark's tests - not enough to get into the current Top 10, but it's in the company of some 2019 greats like the Galaxy S10+ and OnePlus 7T Pro. The photography score of 119 is a built on the good quality shots delivered by the main and the ultrawide cameras. Images are detailed with good colors, noise is kept low....

Oppo Find X2 Pro tops AnTuTu's performance chart for May

Posted: 02 Jun 2020 07:16 AM PDT

AnTuTu issued its monthly ranking of the best-performing smartphones and for the first time, there are three devices that cross the 600,000 threshold. The mightiest phone, according to the Chinese benchmark, is the Oppo Find X2 Pro, with an average score of 604,123, followed by its non-Pro sibling, while the Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro sits at third. Interestingly enough, all Top 10 devices are powered by a Snapdragon 865 chipset - Kirin 990 5G and Exynos 990 are nowhere to be seen. The Top 10 is overwhelmed by BBK Electronics brands - only the Mi 10 Pro and the Redmi K30 Pro are not from...

The Samsung Galaxy A31 will launch on Flipkart in India two days from now

Posted: 02 Jun 2020 06:30 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy A31 will launch in India two days from now (on June 4) and it will be exclusive to Flipkart. For now, there retailer's teaser page holds only a Notify me button along with some spec highlights. The price is expected to be around INR 23,000 (but that hasn't been officially confirmed). This will be quite a premium over the Galaxy M31, which started at INR 15,000 (though lately you can only find the 6/64GB version for INR 16,000). The two phones have some things in common, like the 6.4" 1080p+ Super AMOLED display. However, the A31 has an in-display fingerprint reader while...

Samsung Galaxy Buds and Buds+ get home screen widgets with new updates

Posted: 02 Jun 2020 05:42 AM PDT

Samsung has released new updates for the Galaxy Buds and Galaxy Buds+ which bring homescreen widgets for both TWS earphones. There are two types of widgets - one that shows the battery level of the buds and the charging case, and the other that lets you turn on the Ambient Sound and lock the touchpad. You can set the widgets' background colors to white or black and there's also an option to adjust the transparency of the widgets to your liking. Moreover, you can also set the widget's theme to automatically match with the system theme, meaning if you switch to Dark Mode on your...

Honor Play4 Pro listed on JD.com, Geekbench

Posted: 02 Jun 2020 04:57 AM PDT

The Honor Play4 Pro isn't official yet, but it's already listed on JD.com with an expected shipping date of June 10. Honor is expected to officially unveil the device tomorrow - June 3. We'll need to wait for that official announcement as many of the Honor Play4 Pro specs haven't been revealed and the JD.com listing fails to fill us in. There's not even a price attached to the listing. Honor Play4 Pro The Honor Play4 Pro has also passed through Geekbench with an undisclosed Kirin chipset and 8GB of RAM. Given the results(single core:740, multi core:2816) and the specs...

OnePlus Z spotted in Geekbench listing with Snapdragon 765G

Posted: 02 Jun 2020 04:11 AM PDT

We've been hearing rumors about a possible July launch for the affordable OnePlus Z and now a Geekbench listing for a device bearing the AC2003 model number appeared to give us more details. The phone managed 612 points in the single-core department and 1,955 points in the multi-core test. The complied scores and motherboard in the listing suggest the phone is powered by the Snapdragon 765G chipset as previously speculated. In addition, the device is listed with 12 GB RAM and expectedly runs Android 10. The OnePlus Z has been shrouded in mystery so far and we've only seen...

Samsung details its 8nm Exynos 850 chipset for entry-level devices

Posted: 02 Jun 2020 03:24 AM PDT

Samsung unveiled the entry-level Galaxy A21s powered by the Exynos 850 earlier a couple of weeks back, but now that the phone is up for purchase the Korean company finally revealed more about its new chipset. The Exynos 850, which is the latest entry-level SoC by Samsung. It is built on the 8nm LPP process, packs eight Cortex-A55 cores with a maximum frequency of 2.0 GHz and doesn't support any sort of 5G. The Exynos 850, codenamed S5E3830, has an ARM Mali-G52 GPU and supports LDDR4x RAM and eMMC 5.1 storage. Front and rear cameras up to 21.7 MP are supported, but if a...

Sony PlayStation 5 June 4 event postponed over George Floyd protests

Posted: 02 Jun 2020 02:37 AM PDT

The PlayStation 5 event that was scheduled for June 4 has been postponed by Sony in light of the ongoing George Floyd protests in the US. Even though the event was online, Sony said now is not the right time for a celebration and that more important voices need to be heard. pic.twitter.com/ZAY8StN0EU— PlayStation (@PlayStation) June 1, 2020 At its June 4 event, Sony was going to give us our first look at the PlayStation 5 games, but there will still be enough time for that before the console launches. And while Sony hasn't unveiled the PlayStation 5 yet, it detailed the next-gen...

Samsung unveils Galaxy M01 as Galaxy M11 arrives in India

Posted: 02 Jun 2020 01:50 AM PDT

Samsung announced the arrival of two new entry level phones to India today. The Galaxy M11 was previously announced, but the Galaxy M01 is only now making its debut. Both phones are available starting today across all Samsung offline stores, Samsung.com, Amazon India, and Flipkart. The new Galaxy M01 has a 5.7-inch HD+ Infinity-V display with a notch. It's powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 chipset with 3GB of memory and 32GB of expandable storage. It's powered by a large 4,000mAh battery but with no fast charging. The camera is a humble 13MP wide with a 2MP depth sensor on...

Oppo Reno4 Pro official images appear in online listing

Posted: 02 Jun 2020 01:14 AM PDT

Oppo is all set to introduce its Reno4 series on June 5 but we've already seen a lot from the duo. Adding to the list is a set of official renders of the Reno4 Pro which come courtesy of Chinese retailer JD.com and show us all angles of the Crystal Red and Blue colorways. Oppo Reno4 Pro in Crystal Red and Blue The listing confirms 6.55-inch AMOLED panel with a 90Hz refresh rate and a single punch hole cutout in the top left corner for its 32MP selfie cam. Around the back, we can see the triple camera setup, headlined by the optically stabilized 48MP main shooter alongside 13MP...

Realme X3 SuperZoom is now on its way to Indonesia

Posted: 02 Jun 2020 12:27 AM PDT

Last week Realme introduced the X3 SuperZoom - the brand's first phone with a periscope camera. It packs the Snapdragon 855+ chipset, along with 12GB DDR5 RAM and up to 256 GB UFS 3.0 storage. Initially, the phone was announced for the European market at €499, and now the latest teasers reveal the X3 SuperZoom is scheduled to arrive Indonesia on June 16. During the European launch, we also saw Realme Band, Realme Watch, Realme Buds Air Neo, and two new power banks. Realme held events in China the previous day, where it also unveiled the Buds Q, the Realme TV< and the Realme X50 Pro...

Lenovo's Legion gaming smartphone passes through 3C

Posted: 01 Jun 2020 11:41 PM PDT

Lenovo has a new smartphone coming soon, one that carries its Legion gaming branding. In May, we saw a teaser from the company, as well as some leaked promotional materials. The Legion smartphone is a gamer-centric device intended to be used horizontally. The smartphone has now strolled through China's 3C with a model number L79031. The only pieces of information listed aside from the model number are the charger specifications, and that it's a "5G Mobile Phone". The charger included with this device only goes up to 45W even though earlier teasers suggested the phone will...

Samsung Galaxy A21s goes on sale in Russia

Posted: 01 Jun 2020 10:51 PM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy A21s unveiled last month is now on sale in Russia. It has two memory versions - 3GB/32GB priced at RUB15,990 ($230/€210) and 4GB/64GB that costs RUB16,990 ($245/€220). It's available for purchase through Samsung's official Russian site in Red, Black, and Blue colors. The Samsung Galaxy A21s is built around a 6.5" Infinity-O LCD of 1600x720 pixel resolution. The smartphone's powered by the Exynos 850 SoC and boots Android 10 with One UI 2.0 on top. The Galaxy A21s comes with a total of five cameras - a 13MP selfie shooter on the front and a 48MP main camera at the...

Google accidentally pushes Android 11 Beta to some Pixels despite delayed announcement

Posted: 01 Jun 2020 10:04 PM PDT

Google was originally scheduled to make some announcements on June 3 that were on hold due to the cancelling of Google I/O. It was also supposed to release the Android 11 Beta on June 1 for the public (Android 11 is still under an extended "Developer Preview" phase). The event was recently postponed due to the ongoing tension across the United States. Despite Google's decision to postpone the event and release of the Android 11 Beta, it seems that the update was inadvertently pushed to some small number of Pixel devices. This, as reported by @mishaalRahman on Twitter. It's unclear whether...

Report: Global smartphone sales dropped 20% in Q1 because of COVID-19

Posted: 01 Jun 2020 08:55 PM PDT

The latest industry research report from Gartner brings a report about Global smartphone shipments during the first quarter of the year. As we are all well-aware, COVID-19 began disrupting the world starting from around December, which resulted in a global halt of a lot of manufacturing and sales in China before the virus spread worldwide. Consumers were spending less on non-essential items which caused global smartphone shipments to decline altogether. Global smartphone sales dropped by 20.2% YoY in Q1 of 2020. The top 5 smartphone brands were Samsung, Huawei, Apple, Xiaomi, and Oppo....

Realme 5, 5i, and 5s update for Android 10 arrives in India

Posted: 01 Jun 2020 06:50 PM PDT

A new major update to Realme UI is now rolling out for the Realme 5, 5i, and 5s in India. The update brings the OS to Android 10 and brings many of those features associated with the OS update like Focus mode. There are several updates to Realme UI related to wallpapers, animations and visuals, new icons, and an optimized camera app. Source: Realme Community According to the changelog on the Realme forum post, There's a new smart sidebar that lets you quickly access apps and start multi-window sessions, new improvements to the screenshot experience (improved 3-finger gesture and...

iOS 13.5.1 is out to fix a flaw that enabled jailbreaking, iPadOS 13.5.1 and watchOS 6.2.6 join it

Posted: 01 Jun 2020 04:46 PM PDT

Today Apple is releasing the update to iOS 13.5.1 for all supported devices. This is a small one, as its version number implies, but it is quite important, security-wise. The release fixes a zero-day vulnerability in iOS 13.5 that allowed jailbreaking. This was found not long after iOS 13.5 got released. While some people do enjoy jailbreaking their iPhone, that same vulnerability could be used by malicious actors to do nasty stuff on your device, which we're assuming no one wants. Apple's exact wording is provided in the image below, which details the changelog for the update. As...

Latest Google Pixel feature drop adds battery improvements, more personal safety features

Posted: 01 Jun 2020 03:27 PM PDT

Google seems to have decided on a cadence for its Pixel feature drops. So every three months, the security update you get on your Pixel will come with some new features as well. Pretty neat, huh? Let's see what's packing this time around. First off, Adaptive Battery (on Pixel 2 and newer) will predict when your battery is going to run out and further reduce background activity so that it delays that point somewhat. This is probably not going to make the Pixel 4 magically have good battery life, though, as software can only go so far. Next up, the Clock app will help you maintain a...

Google is expanding the power button menu in Android 11

Posted: 01 Jun 2020 12:23 PM PDT

Some Android makers would expand the power button menu, allowing you to quickly launch tasks or the voice assistant instead of displaying only the power off and restart buttons. Well, Google is now looking to add that to Android itself with the 11 version of the platform. Here's how the menu looks like according to the leaked documents containing the mockups. Mockups of the new power button menu in Android 11 As you can see, the standard buttons for emergency calls and power off are moved all the way to the top making enough room for the smart home controls and the wallet...

Redmi 9, Redmi 9A, Redmi 9C specs leak

Posted: 01 Jun 2020 11:10 AM PDT

The Redmi Note 9 lineup is already on sale across the globe, but the non-Note lineup is yet to be introduced. According to one leakster on Twitter, the Redmi 9 family will include four devices with three names. They will all have the same 6.53" LCD with a 5MP selfie camera on the front, as well as a 5,000 mAh battery, suggesting they might share a similar footprint. Specs of Redmi 9 lineup The Redmi 9A is the cheapest device, just how the Redmi 8A was the most affordable Redmi 8-branded smartphone. It will have a single 13MP camera on the back, 5MP selfie shooter, and 3/32GB...
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