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HTC Desire 20 Pro will be HTC's first phone to launch with Android 10

Posted: 04 Jun 2020 07:43 AM PDT

Google continues to add information about the HTC Desire 20 Pro - after it showed up in Google Play Support, it is now visible in the Console as well. This gives us more details about the inside components of the phone. The Desire 20 Pro will be powered by a Snapdragon 665 chipset with 6GB of RAM, a break from the low-end MediaTek chips that HTC used in many of its recent releases. Here's a sad statistic - this will be HTC's first phone to launch with Android 10. The only company it will have is the U11 Life, which launched with 8.0 and recently got updated to 10. HTC Desire 20 Pro...

Lenovo M10 Plus hits Australia as its first overseas market

Posted: 04 Jun 2020 06:51 AM PDT

Lenovo introduced an affordable tablet called M10 Plus back in March, but it was limited to the Chinese stores. Now the slate is hitting overseas markets, and the first country to see the global version is Australia. The retailer Bing Lee is offering the Lenovo M10 Plus in Gray for AUD349 ($240/€215) and it can be collected immediately from a physical store, while delivery is between one and eight days, depending on location. The M10 Plus has a Helio P22T chipset and a 10.3" screen with a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels and 87% screen to body ratio. There are no buttons on the...

Asus ZenFone 6, ROG Phone II and TCL 10 series gain Netflix HD certification

Posted: 04 Jun 2020 06:04 AM PDT

Netflix has added the Asus ZenFone 6, ROG Phone II as well as the TCL 10L and 10 Pro to its list of HD-compatible devices list. In addition, the ROG Phone II and TCL 10 series phones have gained HDR-10 playback compatibility. In order to view HD and HDR content on streaming apps your phone, you need Widewine L1 certification but even some devices with this certification are not eligible if the streaming platform doesn't explicitly whitelist them as was the case here. Thus it seems Netflix and other video streaming apps have their own criteria for whitelisting phones so its...

Entry-level Nokia 2V Tella appears on Geekbench

Posted: 04 Jun 2020 05:21 AM PDT

Nokia launched the 2V smartphone in the summer of 2019 as a rebranded Nokia 2.1 for Verizon. It ran Android Pie (Go Edition) on its limited 1GB RAM. Now the phone might get a successor as a phone called Nokia 2V Tella has been spotted on Geekbench. Nokia 2V Tella on Geekbench The device by HMD Global is running Android 10 OS and has an MT6761 chipset, which is better known as Helio A22 by Mediatek. We are also looking at 2GB RAM, which might allow it to boot the fully-fledged Android OS, instead of having the basic Go version for lower-performing phones. The Nokia 2V Tella...

Samsung Galaxy Buds+ BTS Edition appear in new renders

Posted: 04 Jun 2020 04:37 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy Buds+ unveiled in February are currently available in a total of six colors - Black, Blue, White, Red, Pink, and Aura Blue. But yesterday we learned that Samsung has partnered with Korean Pop Band BTS to launch special BTS Edition Buds+ in Mirror Purple color on July 9. We also saw a few images of the Galaxy Buds+ BTS Edition which showed off the TWS earphones in the new Mirror Purple shade. Today a new set of renders were leaked by Evan Blass which show off the special edition Buds+ from multiple angles. You can check out the images below. Samsung Galaxy Buds+...

Oppo A12 and A52 coming to India soon alongside all-new A11k

Posted: 04 Jun 2020 03:48 AM PDT

Oppo is looking to boost its entry and midrange lineups in India soon with the launch of the A12 and A52 alongside an all-new model dubbed A11k. Tipster Ishan Agarwal revealed the new info alongside a preliminary spec sheet for the A11k. Oppo A12 and A52 It will be the most affordable entry out of the three starting at just INR 8,999 ($119). The A11k will feature a 6.22-inch HD+ LCD with a 19:9 aspect ratio and 5MP selfie cam housed in a waterdrop notch. Around the back, we find a 13MP primary camera alongside a 2MP depth helper as well as a fingerprint scanner. The A11k will...

Samsung Galaxy A31 arrives in India

Posted: 04 Jun 2020 03:01 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy A31 has made its way to India. It comes in a single 6GB/128GB configuration but it has a dedicated microSD card slot that allows storage expansion by up to 512GB. The Galaxy A31 is priced at INR21,999 ($290/€260) and it will go on sale later today through Amazon.in, Flipkart, Samsung's local site, Benow.in, Samsung Opera House, as well as offline retail stores across the country. The Galaxy A31 is built around a 6.4" Super AMOLED Infinity-U display of FullHD+ resolution with a fingerprint reader scanner underneath and a waterdrop notch up top for the 20MP selfie...

HTC Desire 20 Pro certified by Google Play, NCC

Posted: 04 Jun 2020 02:15 AM PDT

HTC's glory days are well in the past, but the Taiwanese company is trying to stay relevant in the smartphone world. As spotted by a vigilant Twitter user, the Desire 20 Pro has been certified at NCC and Google Play Support. Previously the same phone appeared on Geekbench and in leaked schematics. The Google Play Support page mentions the same HTC 2Q9J1000 model number we saw earlier. Seeing how this is a Pro there is likely to be a vanilla version in the pipeline as well, but we haven't heard anything about it. HTC Desire 20 Pro certifications When the phones eventually...

IDC: Global smartphone shipments to decline by 12% in 2020

Posted: 04 Jun 2020 01:26 AM PDT

The latest predictions from analysts IDC concerns the global smartphone shipments and they sound properly grim. Total shipments for 2020 are expected to reach 1.2 billion units which would be an 11.9% decline compared to 2019. The new estimate is based on the Q1 shipment results which saw the largest decline in smartphone sales in the history of IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker at -14.5%. Looking at the first half of 2020, IDC predicts an 18.2% decline in shipments due to lowered consumer spending. According to IDC's Sangeetika Srivastava, the main issue now is a...

Motorola Razr 2 to come with bigger displays

Posted: 04 Jun 2020 12:40 AM PDT

The second-gen Motorola Razr is expected to arrive in September and while Motorola hasn't revealed any details about the Razr 2 (unofficial name) yet, new information coming our way reveals the foldable smartphone will sport displays bigger than its predecessor's. Motorola Razr 2019 According to Display Supply Chain Consultants' (DSCC) CEO Ross Young, the Razr 2 will come with a 6.7" main display, which is 0.5" larger than the current Razr. Young claims that the secondary external screen on the Razr 2 will also have a larger diagonal, but doesn't reveal the exact size. The...

Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro review

Posted: 04 Jun 2020 12:28 AM PDT

Redmi 9 first live pics reveal design similar to the Redmi K30

Posted: 03 Jun 2020 11:50 PM PDT

We saw the specs of the Redmi 9 family on Monday, and now we have first live pics of what is allegedly the mightiest member of the lineup - Redmi 9. The device has three shooters positioned vertically and a fingerprint scanner right below them> There is also a fourth snapper and an LED flash on the right side. This whole combo looks a lot like the Redmi K30 and Redmi K30i with its circular design and vertical alignments, although the camera placement with the flash and the fingerprint scanner reminisces more of the predecessor Redmi Note 8 Pro. The Redmi 9 is pictured in two colors...

Nokia 43-inch 4K LED Smart TV launched in India

Posted: 03 Jun 2020 11:00 PM PDT

Nokia today announced a new 43-inch 4K LED Smart TV in India. It runs Android Pie and has a CA53 quad-core processor at the helm clocked at 1.0 GHz. The smart TV has 2.25GB RAM onboard with 16GB storage. The Nokia 43" 4K Smart TV sports an LED panel that has a brightness of 300 nits and a viewing angle of 178 degrees. The screen has slim bezels on the top, left and right sides, and supports Dolby Vision, HDR10 and MEMC technology. In terms of audio, the Nokia 43" 4K Smart TV has 24W speakers onboard and it comes with JBL sound enhancements for deep bass and clean vocal tones....

ZTE soft-launches LTE-version of its Axon 11

Posted: 03 Jun 2020 09:05 PM PDT

Earlier this year, ZTE launched its midrange Axon 11 5G powered by the Snapdragon 765G. Just this Monday, ZTE also made official the Axon 11 SE 5G, which is powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 800 chipset - so both of these support 5G networks. ZTE has just quiet-launched a new variant of the Axon 11, but this time - with no 5G support. The ZTE Axon 11 4G will be powered by the MediaTek Helio P70 but otherwise keeps the same specs as its other variants. Same quad-cameras and battery size, and it has the same size display. The variances might arrive due to the limitations of the Helio...

DxOMark not impressed with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip's selfie camera

Posted: 03 Jun 2020 07:33 PM PDT

Back in February, Samsung's clamshell folding smartphone went on sale. The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip gained a lot of attention for its pretty new design, but to achieve its compact size and design, it needed to cut some corners. One of the most notable places where it did this was in the camera department. Although the cameras are not terrible, they rank lower among other premium smartphones. DxOMark released its review of the Galaxy Z Flip's front-facing camera, and they were not impressed. It scored 83 overall, which combined a photo score of 82 and a video score of 86. DxOMark says its...

New Chromium based Microsoft Edge starts rolling out through Windows Updates

Posted: 03 Jun 2020 05:29 PM PDT

Microsoft is now rolling out the updated version of its Edge browser on Windows 10 through Windows Software Updates. The update will be available to Windows 10 users running 1803, 1809, 1903, and 1909 builds. Microsoft launched the new version of Edge back in January and until now required you to download manually from the website. The new version is based on the Chromium project by Google, which is also the basis for browsers like Chrome and Opera. While the original Edge ran on EdgeHTML browser engine and Chakra JavaScript engine, the new browser runs on the same Blink and V8 engines,...

Some Realme X50t specs leak

Posted: 03 Jun 2020 04:42 PM PDT

A few months after the release of the Realme X50 5G, the company announced the Realme X50m 5G - a slightly different version of the phone with a downgraded camera setup. Now according to a reputable leakster Digital Chat Station, Realme is going to launch a handset that's similar to the X50m 5G and will be called X50t 5G. The launch is in just two days. The X50t is believed to be a bit heavier at 202g and also thicker - 9.3mm, but it's uncertain what caused the increase. A bigger battery is one possible explanation, although that wasn't explicitly confirmed. The supported 5G bands...

SEGA announces four new Game Gear Mini consoles for its 60th anniversary

Posted: 03 Jun 2020 03:51 PM PDT

SEGA is celebrating its upcoming 60th anniversary in style by launching four new Game Gear Mini consoles. Based on the original Game Gear handheld console launched in 1990, the Game Gear Mini is a miniaturized version of SEGA's most popular handheld console. "Miniaturized" might be putting it lightly, though, as the Game Gear Mini is truly diminutive. While the original was designed to be comfortably used with two hands, the Game Gear Mini can fit entirely within the palm of one hand. The goal here seems less to be a practical handheld console and more of a nostalgic paraphernalia...

Counterpoint: COVID-19 affects Q1 smartphone sales in Europe

Posted: 03 Jun 2020 03:01 PM PDT

According to European market research done by Counterpoint, COVID-19 has caused 7% market decline in Q1 2020 compared to Q1 2019 and about 23% decline compared to the last quarter. Western Europe took the bigger hit with 9% on average while Easter Europe experienced about 5% fall. The pandemic has led to lengthening the update cycles of the consumers. Italy took the biggest hit with 21% decline compared to last year's Q1. But the pattern across Europe was pretty much the same - online retailers were able to offset the negative impact with more aggressive online sales schemes while the...

The Poco F2 Pro costs more than €500 in Europe, if you buy from Mi.com

Posted: 03 Jun 2020 02:13 PM PDT

How much does the Poco F2 Pro cost? The answer is not €500 as this slide from Xiaomi's launch event presentation would have you believe. Actually, the answer is "depends on who you ask". Mi.com's Spanish website claims that it will sell the 6/128GB version for €500, but starting on May 5. Currently, it's €530 (€600 if you want the 8/256GB model). The French sub-site is charging €550. Going to the German section of Mi.com we find the F2 Pro base model at €600. Same in Italy, €600. All three countries will have a one-day sale on June 4 when the price will be the promised...
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