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New vivo Y51 announced with Snapdragon 665 SoC, AMOLED screen, and 48MP quad camera

Posted: 15 Sep 2020 06:58 AM PDT

Back in December 2015, vivo unveiled the Y51 with Snapdragon 410 SoC, 5" display, 8MP primary camera, and a 2,350 mAh battery. Today, vivo announced the new Y51, which is powered by the Snapdragon 665 SoC, runs Android 10-based Funtouch OS 10 and has 4GB RAM and 128GB expandable storage onboard. The new vivo Y51 is built around a 6.38" FullHD+ Ace AMOLED display that has a fingerprint reader underneath and a notch up top for the 16MP selfie camera. Around the back, you have a diamond-shaped plate housing four cameras - 48MP primary, 8MP ultrawide, 2MP macro, and 2MP depth sensor. These...

Samsung unveils new 108MP sensor, new 48MP sensor for periscopes and ultrawide cams

Posted: 15 Sep 2020 06:09 AM PDT

Samsung released the first image sensor with 0.7µm pixels last year and is now introducing four new models based on 0.7 µm pixels. The goal is to create smaller, thinner camera modules. These sensors use ISOCELL Plus but the company plans to introduce versions with the new ISOCELL 2.0 later this year. Compared to 0.8µm sensors, the new ones are up to 15% smaller and camera modules using them will be up to 10% thinner, which will make for smaller camera bumps. The ISOCELL HM2 is Samsung's third 108MP sensor. Like the HM1, it uses nine-pixel binning tech and can do up to 3x lossless zoom....

Sony launches A7C, a compact $1800 full-frame camera

Posted: 15 Sep 2020 05:27 AM PDT

Sony has launched the Alpha 7C, also known as the A7C, which is the company's latest full-frame mirrorless camera. The main focus here is the size, and Sony claims that this is the smallest full-frame mirrorless camera on the market. For all intents and purposes, the Sony A7C is the A7 III but in a smaller body. This means it has the same 24.2MP 35mm full-frame back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS sensor along with the BIONZ X image processor. Sony claims 15-stops of dynamic range and sensitivity up to ISO 51,200 along with 14-bit RAW images. The camera also retains the in-body image...

Samsung One UI 3.0 fully detailed in beta changelog

Posted: 15 Sep 2020 04:38 AM PDT

Last week, Samsung tipped off its One UI 3.0 Beta program for developers on the Galaxy S20 series. Now, early builds of the beta are arriving for users in South Korea and the US and the folks over at XDA Developers are giving a look at the new additions in Samsung's custom interface alongside its complete changelog. One UI 3.0 new additions (source XDA Developers) The new update comes in at 2.5GB in size and ships with the September 1 Android security patch. As a whole One UI 3.0 comes with a plethora of new additions based on Android 11 headlined by chat bubbles and one-time...

vivo Watch teaser shows out its design and key features

Posted: 15 Sep 2020 03:51 AM PDT

Last week we got our first look at the upcoming vivo Watch and today we have another teaser in the form of a short product video. The wearable which is slated to debut on September 22 appears with a stainless steel body and round AMOLED screen with several watch strap varieties. According to the latest leaked specs the vivo Watch will come in 42mm and 46mm sizes with sport, calorie and SpO2 tracking as well as a heart rate sensor. It will also do sleep tracking, independent music playback and will support NFC and 5ATM water resistance. Rumors suggest it will last 18 days on a...

Sony Xperia 5 II appears on TENAA with photos

Posted: 15 Sep 2020 03:04 AM PDT

Sony is introducing the Xperia 5 II on September 17 but the device has already been certified by TENAA for use in China, and the listing revealed some specs, as well as the official looks. The new phone will keep the triple-cam array on the back but this time it will sport the ZEISS T* anti-reflective coating on the lenses. Sony Xperia 5 II The phone will have a 6.1" screen, which is not that big, especially since the Xperia 5 II will keep the 21:9 CinemaWide ratio. In fact, it is the same diagonal as last year's Xperia 5. However, this time we'll have a tad smaller...

Redmi 9i announced: A Redmi 9A with more RAM and storage

Posted: 15 Sep 2020 02:16 AM PDT

Xiaomi offshoot Redmi launched the Redmi 9 as Redmi 9 Prime in India last month, followed by the Redmi 9 which is similar to the international Redmi 9C. Today the Chinese phone maker launched the Redmi 9i in India, which is a rebranded Redmi 9A launched earlier this month in the country. The only difference between the Redmi 9A and 9i is that the latter comes with more RAM and storage, which makes us question the need for a name change. Redmi could have just announced it as a Redmi 9A with more memory. Anyway, the Redmi 9i is powered by the Helio G25 SoC and runs Android 10 with...

LG teases upcoming phone with slide-out display

Posted: 15 Sep 2020 01:31 AM PDT

Yesterday LG announced its Wing 5G - a swiveling smartphone with two displays. It's a different approach to dual-screen smartphones, to say the least, and LG is betting big on this innovative style of devices with its new Explorer Project range. As LG's Andrew Coughlin explained the Explorer Project is about taking risks and pursuing new opportunities in smartphone design and functionality with practical innovations for consumers. And just as yesterday's keynote came to its end, LG brought up "one more thing" giving us a teaser of its next Explorer Project device - a slide-out...

Realme C17 to be announced on September 21, 90Hz display and quad camera confirmed

Posted: 15 Sep 2020 12:42 AM PDT

Realme introduced the C15 back in July and unveiled the C12 last month. Now the company is set to further expand its C series with the launch of Realme C17 on September 21 - the same day Realme's Narzo 20 series is arriving. This information comes from Realme's Bangladesh branch, which took to Facebook to announce the launch date, and said that the event will be streamed on YouTube and Facebook starting noon local time (6AM UTC). Additionally, Realme confirmed that C17 will pack a 90Hz display, which from a recent leak we know will measure 6.5" diagonally and have HD+ resolution....

Oppo Reno4 SE arriving on September 21 with 65W charging

Posted: 14 Sep 2020 11:55 PM PDT

Oppo is launching its next phone, dubbed Reno4 SE. It looks a lot like the F17 Pro, sold on the global scene, but after further inspection, instead of having four shooters in a square setup, they are actually three with an LED flash in the fourth circle. The Oppo Reno4 SE is now listed on the company website, as well as appearing at some retailers, and will be launched on September 21. The phone will support 65W charging and have an OLED panel with a single punch hole in the upper left corner. There is a power key on the right side of the phone, the left is for the volume...

US Customs and Border Protection defends its seizure of OnePlus Buds

Posted: 14 Sep 2020 11:08 PM PDT

Monday's news started with what seemed to be a harmless and hilarious mixup as the CBP (US Customs and Border Protection) tweeted an image of OnePlus Buds coming through US customs. The Tweet revealed that that 2,000 units of OnePlus Buds were seized from cargo that arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, identified as counterfeit Apple Airpods. It turns out that the CBP made no mistake as per its statement to The Verge Upon examining the shipment in question, a CBP import specialist determined that the subject earbuds appeared to violate Apple's configuration...

Verizon announces plans to acquire Tracfone Wireless in 2021

Posted: 14 Sep 2020 10:14 PM PDT

Verizon is officially announcing its plans to acquire Tracfone (from Mexican telecom company America Movil), the largest reseller of mobile service in the US for more than $6 billion between cash, common stock, and future cash. Among the Tracfone brands combined, there are about 21 million subscribers in the US (most of which are in the low-income segment) and the parent brand already connects 13 million subscribers to Verizon towers. Tracfone services (and sometimes even devices) is(/are) sold at more than 90,000 retail locations in the US, including Walmart, Dollar General, CVS Pharmacy,...

Motorola Moto G9 Play in for review

Posted: 14 Sep 2020 09:19 PM PDT

Another day, another new device at the office - this time we got the recently announced Motorola Moto G9 Play which is the international variant of the Motorola G9 launched in India. The big deal about this handset is its aggressive price, it comes in at just €169/$155 and covers most of the check boxes for a solid entry-level device. The phone arrived in compact packaging with in-box contents consisting of a Type-C cable, 20W charging adapter and SIM ejection tool. Our review unit is in the Forest Green color and also came outfitted with a clear TPU case out the box. As for the...

OnePlus 8T renders leak, showing new placement for the rear cameras

Posted: 14 Sep 2020 07:14 PM PDT

The upcoming OnePlus 8T has been in the news quite a bit recently, and now it's decided to be the star of some newly leaked renders, which you can see below. The main standout is clearly the newly arranged camera island on the back, with a rectangular design that's unlike anything OnePlus has done before - but, coincidentally or not, resembles a lot of recent (and upcoming) Realme and Oppo phones - not to mention Samsungs left and right. So it looks like, for better or for worse, this is what phone makers have settled on this year. On the front we see a screen that doesn't seem to...

Google is announcing the Pixel 5 on September 30

Posted: 14 Sep 2020 05:04 PM PDT

The rumors were right. Today Google has officially announced when its next hardware announcement will take place: on September 30, at 11 AM PT, and as usual during these times it's going to be an online-only event. Hence the tagline you can see in the invite below - "your couch is the best seat in the house". This "launch night in" is clearly about hardware, considering which Google Twitter account outed it. So we're expecting the Pixel 5 to make an appearance, alongside the Pixel 4a 5G. Names might change, but the idea here is that there should be two new phones becoming...

No plus: OnePlus 8T is getting the vanilla S865 chipset, OnePlus Watch and power bank certified

Posted: 14 Sep 2020 02:59 PM PDT

The OnePlus 8T is making the rounds and collecting the necessary certifications and some info leaked out in the process. It seems that the phone will use the vanilla Snapdragon 865 chipset, just like the current OnePlus 8 (previous T models upgraded to the Plus version). CPU details for the KB2001 - most likely the OnePlus 8T Earlier, the 8T passed through Geekbench running Android 11 on 8GB of RAM, but that left inconclusive evidence of which chip is used. While it will be powered by the older chipset, the T may upgrade to a 120Hz display. Also, the camera department should be...

The global launch of the Huawei Mate 40 flagships may be delayed until next year

Posted: 14 Sep 2020 01:47 PM PDT

Huawei appeared all set to announce the Kirin 9000 chipset at its September 3 IFA keynote and to follow that with the full reveal of the Mate 40 flagships. Neither of these announcements came to pass and there was nothing concrete during HDC 2020 either. Now rumors are cropping up, saying that we may have to wait until 2021 to see the new flagship. Evan Blass tweeted as much, though that seems to relate only to the global model - the Huawei Mate 40 phones are still expected to be available this year in China. Huawei has not unveiled concrete plans about when it will introduce the new...

Apple's September 15 'Time Flies' event: what to expect

Posted: 14 Sep 2020 12:33 PM PDT

Apple's first big fall event is upon us but it's nothing like past September events. For starters there won't be any iPhone announcements, despite this being the usual time iPhone announcements happen. Instead Apple will release a pre-recorded video through its website, YouTube and Apple TV. The event titled 'Time Flies' - a subtle hint at the centerpiece of the event - will be all about the Apple Watch, the iPad Air, Apple software and a few interesting announcements. Apple Watch Series 6 The Apple Watch Series 6 will be the star of the show. It's expected to build on the...

Xiaomi Mi 10T and Mi 10T Pro will have 144Hz LCDs with motion interpolation

Posted: 14 Sep 2020 11:21 AM PDT

When Amazon Spain leaked the Xiaomi Mi 10T and Mi 10T Pro, it revealed their prices and chipsets. However, that leak did not confirm one of the more interesting rumors about the new T-phones, the 144Hz display. Now leakster Digital Chat Station reiterates that the Apollo – that's the code name for the 10T models – will indeed have a 144Hz LCD. It will support MEMC, aka motion interpolation from low frame rate footage to high frame rate. For comparison, the screens on the original Mi 10 top out at 90Hz and even the Mi 10 Ultra only goes up to 120Hz. Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro (left) and Mi 10T...

Samsung Galaxy S20 FE listed on Orange Slovakia, priced at €700

Posted: 14 Sep 2020 10:14 AM PDT

Orange Slovakia was so eager to list the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE that it used images from @evleaks. However, if the rest of the information on the page comes from Samsung itself (rather than something the Orange web admins found on the Internet) we're looking at a €700 phone. For context, the Galaxy S20 4G is sold for €900 by the same carrier. Still, this is for a 4G model with with only 6 GB of RAM, two gigs short of what the basic S20 packs. There's no mention of chipset, unfortunately. Rumors claim that the 4G model will use the Exynos 990 chip while the 5G model is the one getting a...
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