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Google Pixel 4a 5G official renders appear alongside full specs

Posted: 24 Sep 2020 08:47 AM PDT

The first 5G Pixel phone from Google is expected to launch soon and we've got a substantial new leak which gives us a set of official renders of the Pixel 4a 5G alongside its full spec list. As a whole, expect a larger version of the Pixel 4a though with plenty of meaningful upgrades all around. The major differences being the larger 6.2-inch screen and the more powerful and 5G-ready Snapdragon 765G chipset. There's also a secondary 8MP ultrawide camera and a larger 3,885mAh battery with 18W fast charging. Google Pixel 4a 5G The display still features a punch-hole cutout in...

Oppo teases League of Legends limited editions for the Find X2 and Oppo Watch

Posted: 24 Sep 2020 07:52 AM PDT

Oppo became the global smartphone partner of League of Legends last year and it is preparing for the next big event, the League of Legends World Championship 2020. The theme this year is "Be the Legend". To celebrate the event, the company will launch the Oppo Find X2 League of Legends Esports: World 2020 Edition (wow, that's a mouthful), the Oppo Watch League of Legends Limited Edition as well as an unnamed IoT product. The festivities will also include an official song and a collaborative music video. The LOL World Championship kicks off tomorrow (September 25) – until then the...

vivo V20 SE now official with triple cameras and 33W fast charging

Posted: 24 Sep 2020 06:29 AM PDT

Earlier this week vivo announced the first two members of its V20 series with the V20 and V20 Pro. Now we get a third, more affordable option dubbed V20 SE which brings toned down specs and a more aggressive price. vivo V20 SE in black and gradient The V20 SE is built around a 6.44-inch FHD+ AMOLED panel with a waterdrop notch and an in-display fingerprint scanner. The phone comes in at 161.00×74.08×7.83mm and weighs in at 171 grams. The build is plastic throughout with the back housing a triple camera setup headlined by a 48MP primary shooter. The auxiliary modules are an...

Samsung Galaxy S20 FE design story reveals how fans helped create the phone

Posted: 24 Sep 2020 06:05 AM PDT

Why did Samsung build the Galaxy S20 FE and S20 FE 5G? How did it decide what features to include? What features did it include? The answers to these questions and more can be found in the Q&A video below as well as the accompanying infographic. Samsung wanted a device with the premium features of the S20 phones but a more affordable price to better suit the current economic climate. The team conducted customer surveys in the US, the UK, Germany, Australia and South Korea – the Top 3 features voted on by fans were camera, performance and display. Watch the videos for more details...

New Realme smartphone coming next month, will run Realme UI 2.0 out of the box

Posted: 24 Sep 2020 05:16 AM PDT

Realme detailed its custom Android skin dubbed Realme UI 2.0 earlier this week at the Narzo 20 series launch event. The Realme UI 2.0 is based on Android 11 and a beta is available for the X50 Pro 5G under the early access program, with the open beta build arriving towards the end of next month, and stable build slated for release at the end of November. However, you won't have to wait that long to use a Realme smartphone running the stable version of Realme UI 2.0, since Realme VP Xu Qi Chase today announced that the company will launch a new smartphone next month with Realme UI...

Mi Band 4 NFC hits Ukraine and Belarus as EU availability nears

Posted: 24 Sep 2020 04:29 AM PDT

Xiaomi's Mi Band 4 debuted last year but it's only now that Xiaomi is launching the NFC-enabled version outside of China. It's not a proper global launch, but two more European countries - Belarus and Ukraine are following Russia, which got it in June. Xiaomi has collaborated with Mastercard to enable contactless payments using the NFC chip so a number of Belarusian and Ukrainian banks now offer the service. You still have to be a Mastercard holder, though. There's no word on when and if the Mi Band 4 NFC will make it outside those countries but the Mastercard partnership clearly...

Huawei Nova 8 series appears in TENAA listings

Posted: 24 Sep 2020 03:41 AM PDT

Huawei is gearing up to update its Nova line with the Nova 8 series. So far details on the new line have been sparse but now we have our first major leak - four Nova 8 phones were spotted on Chinese regulatory body TENAA. Codenamed HJC-AN00, HJC-TN00, JSC-AN00 and JSC-TN00, the four members of the Nova 8 series will all support 5G connectivity as well as the GSM, CDMA and LTE standards. Huawei Nova series certifications Another recent rumor suggests the Nova 8 phones will be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity chipsets with the vanilla model getting the Dimensity 820 while the...

Sony releases a series of masterclass videos to promote the Xperia 5 II

Posted: 24 Sep 2020 02:52 AM PDT

Sony made a series of promo videos for its most recent Xperia 5 II smartphone. Each video focuses on a different aspect of the handset, showing you how it excels at it. Sony borrowed known-how from many of its other divisions and worked with external partners to make the Xperia 5 II what it is. The first masterclass video is all about photography and it makes sense since the Xperia 5 II not only packs a very capable camera setup, but also some exclusive features targeted at enthusiast photographers. Of course, the video recording capabilities aren't overlooked - in fact Sony made a...

OnePlus 8T screen detailed by CEO as leak gives more details and even price

Posted: 24 Sep 2020 02:03 AM PDT

OnePlus 8T is arriving on October 14 and the company CEO Pete Lau already confirmed it will have a 120Hz display with 6.55" diagonal. Now, he went on his own Weibo profile and unveiled the panel will have a JNCD of 0.3, even lower than the OnePlus 8 Pro that had 0.4. OnePlus 8T unofficial render JNCD is short for Just Noticeable Color Difference and is used to measure color accuracy. Results under 1 are considered very good and Pete Lau revealed getting from 0.4 to 0.3 is really hard, and compared it with achieving not 98% but 99% at a task. In a separate post, Lau also revealed...

Samsung activates ECG monitoring on Galaxy Watch3 and Watch Active2 in the US

Posted: 24 Sep 2020 01:13 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy Watch3 announced last month and the Galaxy Watch Active2 unveiled last August both have the hardware to take electrocardiogram (ECG) readings, but the feature wasn't enabled on either of the smartwatches out of the box as it needed regulatory approval. Samsung activated ECG on the Galaxy Watch Active2 in South Korea last month, and now it's the turn for both smartwatches in the US to get ECG support. The heart rhythm will be recorded using the ECG Monitor app, and you'll need to install the Samsung Health Monitor app on the paired smartphone, which should be a Galaxy...

Google Maps now has COVID layer for safer navigation

Posted: 24 Sep 2020 12:24 AM PDT

COVID-19 is becoming a part of our daily lives, and traveling is one of the areas it affects the most. That's why Google is introducing a new layer for its Maps platform on mobile devices - one giving essential information about the rate of infections. Google Maps interface with COVID-19 Info Opening Google Maps and tapping the Layer button right below the profile picture, there should be a new layer called "COVID-19 Info". It then gives the seven-day average data of new coronavirus cases per 100,000 people next to an arrow revealing whether they are trending up or down with...

OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro Open Beta 2 now available

Posted: 23 Sep 2020 11:28 PM PDT

On Wednesday, OnePlus released the second Open Beta for Oxygen OS 11 based on Android 11 for both the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro. The changelog mentions several bug fixes and introduces a new feature to Ambient Display. The feature is named "Canvas" and will show an outline of a wallpaper image in the Ambient Display. This would be visible while unlocking the phone from the Ambient Display and then fades into the full wallpaper photo when the screen fires up. The feature is in Beta and only works with photos shot with the phone. We anticipate OnePlus would eventually add some...

US carriers announce Samsung Galaxy S20 FE pricing and availability

Posted: 23 Sep 2020 09:59 PM PDT

Following Wednesday's announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, US carriers have detailed pricing and availability for the new lower-cost Samsung flagship model. As Samsung has confirmed, we can expect to see more "Fan Edition" phones in the future. AT&T Starting with AT&T, the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE is going to be available for S700 and pre-orders open on September 24 with retail availability starting on October 2. The carrier will be offering up to $700 off with an eligible trade-in, but AT&T hasn't detailed which devices are eligible. The phone will cost...

Samsung Galaxy F41 is coming on October 8, design and key specs revealed

Posted: 23 Sep 2020 09:00 PM PDT

Samsung teased the new Galaxy F series last week, and today, Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart revealed that the Galaxy F41 will be unveiled on October 8 at 5:30PM IST (12PM UTC) as the first smartphone in the lineup. The promo page for the Galaxy F41 set up on Flipkart also reveals the design of the smartphone and confirms a few specs: sAMOLED Infinity-U display, triple rear cameras, fingerprint reader, and a 6,000 mAh battery. The rest of the specs of the Galaxy F41 are yet to be officially confirmed, but its user manual revealed that it will feature dual speakers, and one of the...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 gets eSIM enabled with the latest software update

Posted: 23 Sep 2020 05:17 PM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 unveiled earlier this month lets you have two different numbers - one through the regular SIM, and another through an eSIM. The eSIM functionality wasn't available out of the box, but Samsung has now released a new software update to enable it. This new firmware, sporting version number F916BXXU1BTIA and currently seeding in Europe, adds SIM card manager to the Settings menu that lets you use an eSIM on the Galaxy Z Fold2. It also updates the camera app. The Galaxy Z Fold2 went on sale in major markets last week. It's powered by the Snapdragon 865+ SoC,...

Samsung Galaxy S21 spotted at Geekbench - it's not using the Exynos 1000

Posted: 23 Sep 2020 03:58 PM PDT

Unconfirmed reports claim that the Exynos 1000 will be faster than the Snapdragon 875, but we can't just assume that this will be the chipset used in the next Galaxy S flagships. Those early reports were based on Geekbench results that were pulled from the database before we could confirm they are legitimate. Geekbench 5 result for SM-G966B, presumably the Galaxy S21+ Well, now there is a Geekbench result from what should be the Samsung Galaxy S21+ and the scores are tangibly lower. Notice that the score page for the SM-G996B (likely the euro version of the S21+) lists the chipset...

Samsung updates Good Lock's One Hand Operation+ with One UI 3.0 support

Posted: 23 Sep 2020 02:47 PM PDT

Samsung has released an update for its One Hand Operation+ module for Good Lock. The biggest change is the addition of One UI 3.0 support – good news for the One UI 3.0 beta testers. This version (3.7.23.0) also features some bug fixes for specific devices, one targeting the Galaxy Z Fold2 and one for the Galaxy Tab S7 (which had an annoying issue with detecting long-swipe gestures). Good Lock's One Hand Operation+ in action Additionally, the update includes performance improvements to the Virtual Touch Pad and small changes to the Task Switcher. The update to the...

Digital artist draws BTS using the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ and the included S Pen

Posted: 23 Sep 2020 01:31 PM PDT

What could you do if you had a Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ and heaps of talent? You could, for example, draw the members of BTS, each holding a different Samsung Galaxy device – Z Flip 5G, Z Fold2, the tablet itself and so on. Digital artist Young-eun Lee (a.k.a. mingmiraclegreen) did just that, you can watch a time lapse of the process below. Note that she is demonstrating the Tracing feature of Clip Studio, which is intended to help beginners by allowing them to draw over a photograph. You can follow the Source link for a Q&A with the artist. Lee describes the experience of using the...

Tecno Camon 16 Premier review

Posted: 23 Sep 2020 01:03 PM PDT

OnePlus teases 65W Warp Charge in new 8T ad, gives us a look at its dual battery

Posted: 23 Sep 2020 12:22 PM PDT

The OnePlus 8T is making rounds in our rumor mill and we've been hearing stories about its 65W Warp Charge speeds. The latest teaser ad for the phone gives us more hints that the phone will offer "Ultra Fast" charging speeds which all but confirm the adoption of 65W Warp Charge. In addition, the mobile landing page for the 8T's launch event has a neat AR look inside the phone with the main focus being its dual battery structure. This is could imply a similar setup to the Oppo Find X2 and X2 Pro which boast two 2130mAh cells and support 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 charging. OnePlus 8T...
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