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Lenovo unveils transparent edition of Legion Pro gaming flagship

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 08:43 AM PDT

Lenovo unveiled a transparent edition of the Legion Pro gaming flagship. The X-shaped middle part is now see-through, allowing you to peek at the components inside (the two "wedges" on either side of the X remain opaque). While most phones are pretty static, the Lenovo Legion Pro has a side-mounted pop-up camera. It's normally hidden out of sight, but with the transparent edition the mechanism that raises and lowers it can be viewed in action. Lenovo Legion Pro transparent edition Lenovo did not say when this special edition will be available (beyond "coming soon"). Some...

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra renders revised, now there's an extra camera (or sensor)

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 07:54 AM PDT

While the S21 series is supposed to launch a month earlier than expected, it seems that the design is still being tweaked. OnLeaks is back with a revised version of the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, which has a different camera design from the original renders. Revised design of the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra - note the extra camera/sensor No, the camera island will still look like that, but there's an extra module on the back. It's not clear if this is a fifth camera or some sensor (a 3D ToF sensor, perhaps?). Also note that the position of the LED flash has shifted slightly. The...

HeyMelody app lets you update the firmware on your OnePlus and Oppo TWS headset

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 07:07 AM PDT

OnePlus has published an early access version of the HeyMelody app, which can be used to update the firmware of several True Wireless headsets. The main difference between it and the OnePlus Buds app is wider support. HeyMelody supports OnePlus' Buds and Buds Z, as well as a couple of Oppo Models – Enco W51 and Enco X. You can use the app to pair the buds, check their battery levels and, of course, update their firmware. HeyMelody let's you update the firmware on your OnePlus and Oppo TWS headsets But wider support doesn't just mean support for more buds, this app works on...

Spiking smartphone sales lead Samsung to record-breaking Q3

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 06:19 AM PDT

Samsung reported its quarterly results for the July-September 2020 period and the numbers look promising. The revenue is KRW66.96 trillion which is the highest ever in the history of the company, while the operating profit is KRW12.35 trillion - a 52% increase from the previous three-month period and 59% better than last year. Q3 2020 Guidance KRW / USD Q2 2020 Results KRW / USD Q3 2019 Results KRW / USD Sales 66.96 trillion / 59 billion 52.97 trillion / 46.72 billion 62 trillion / 54.69 billion Operating Profit 12.35...

Huawei publishes timeline for EMUI 11 beta rollout - 27 Huawei and Honor devices will get it

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 05:35 AM PDT

While Huawei didn't rank highly in Counterpoint's Trust Rankings, things are about to change as Wang Chenglu, the President of Huawei's consumer business software department, says that the company is preparing to release an EMUI 11 update for 37 models. This will push the upgrade rate over 90%. Flagships in the Huawei P40 and Mate 30 series received a public beta of the new OS version on October 10. Today, ten more models are joining the beta program, including the Honor 30 and Huawei nova 7. You will find the list of phones getting the beta below along with a timeline at the...

vivo officially confirms Origin OS is replacing Funtouch OS

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 04:47 AM PDT

Earlier this week, news broke out that vivo is gearing up to replace its Funtouch OS with an all-new overlay called Origin OS based on Android. The project has been dubbed a complete makeover of Funtouch OS and now we have official confirmation from vivo that Origin OS is indeed real thanks to several posts from the brand's official WeChat account. vivo Origin OS teasers The launch of the new OS is expected to take place on November 19 when vivo is planning to hold its developer conference. There we'll get to see what vivo has in store on its software front and we also might...

Counterpoint: Samsung reclaims top spot in India as country sees record smartphone shipments

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 03:45 AM PDT

Smartphone makers shipped a record-setting 53 million units in India this quarter, reports Counterpoint Research. This is a growth of 9% year over year (YoY). "The Indian smartphone market is on a recovery path as the lockdown restrictions have been relaxed," said Senior Research Analyst Prachir Singh. Still, most people prefer to shop online. Xiaomi pipped Samsung to become the top brand in India in 2018, but now the Korean company has reclaimed first place. Samsung shipments grew 32% compared to Q3 last year, surpassing even pre-COVID levels. The company has been the quickest to recover...

Apple iPhone 12 mini handled on video

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 02:29 AM PDT

Despite being a full week away from going on pre-order, Apple's iPhone 12 mini somehow managed to get into the hands of Romanian tech journalist George Buhnici. He then posted a detailed hands-on video of the device where he gives us our first live look and compares it to the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro which further reinstates the mini's tiny stature. At 131.5 x 64.2 x 7.4 mm and 135 grams, the mini is going against the mainstream and finally delivers a one-hand usable iPhone with the latest chipset from Apple. We get to see the mini and its 5.4-inch Super Retina XDR OLED against the 12, 12...

Oppo K7x coming on November 4 with a big battery

Posted: 29 Oct 2020 01:33 AM PDT

Oppo is bringing a new smartphone to its lineup of midrangers - the K7x 5G. The launch is scheduled for November 4 and while we don't know any actual specs about the phone, the company says it will have "lots and lots of power". We can clearly see a rectangle island on the back for the camera but even when we tinkered with the brightness of the image, we couldn't make out the number of shooters or how they're going to be aligned. Rumors are the phone has already appeared on TENAA under the model number PERM00 with a 6.5" LCD of Full HD+ resolution and 20:9 ratio. The battery has ...

Honor teases Band 6 ahead of its official launch on November 3

Posted: 28 Oct 2020 11:47 PM PDT

Honor's universe of wearables keeps expanding and the latest addition will be the Band 6, the company announced on Weibo. The device will have a big screen and will be officially introduced on Tuesday, November 3. Honor Band 6 official teaser In the Weibo post, the company claimed the Band 6 will mark a new era of full-screen wearables and "this time it will be different". The predecessor, Honor Band 5, covered all the bases for an affordable device - stylish, unobtrusive, basic fitness tracking. While we expect the same key functionality from the new wearable, we are also likely...

Deal: grab a Google Pixel 4a for just $119.99

Posted: 28 Oct 2020 11:22 PM PDT

Even the Pixel 5 is a mid-ranger this year, but Google's most affordable phone is the Pixel 4a. The phone sells for around $349.99 usually, and for some reason Verizon marked that up to $379.99. No need to worry, though, for Big Red currently has a very nice deal going for the phone. If you are okay to use its installment plan to purchase the device, you can get the Pixel 4a for just $5 per month, adding up (with Verizon math) to just $119.99 over the entirety of the two-year monthly payment period. Those are some huge savings you're getting for a phone that wasn't very expensive to...

Samsung Germany offers up to 200€ off via Samsung Pay rebate when you buy a flagship

Posted: 28 Oct 2020 09:09 PM PDT

Samsung Germany is currently running a "Payday" promotion starting on October 28 through November 18 for any customers who purchase a new Samsung Galaxy flagship phone and register the purchase through the Samsung Members app. Customers can get €200 off when they purchase a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, or Z Fold 2, €150 off when they purchase a Galaxy Note20 Ultra or S20 Ultra, or €100 off when they get a Note20, S20, S20+, or S20 FE. The discount will be honored as a Samsung Pay rebate, so customers would need to pay the regular retail price and then register for the...

T-Mobile expands its mid-band 5G coverage, totaling 410 cities and towns in the US

Posted: 28 Oct 2020 06:55 PM PDT

With T-Mobile's recent acquisition of Spring, the carrier has been working all year to strengthen its mid-band 5G reach. The 2.5GHz spectrum is what T-Mobile calls its "goldilocks" band – which strikes a balance between reach and speeds (low-band 5G doesn't have the best speeds and mmWave has pretty bad reach). T-Mobile's mid-band 5G spectrum (2.5GHz) came from Sprint. T-Mobile is announcing its mid-band 5G network has been expanded to reach "nearly" 410 cities and towns all over the US (up from 210 US locations one month ago). The carrier hopes to cover 100 million Americans by the end of...

AMD announces Radeon RX 6000 series gaming graphics cards

Posted: 28 Oct 2020 05:00 PM PDT

AMD today announced the Radeon RX RX 6000 series of gaming graphics cards. Built on the new 7nm RDNA 2 architecture, these cards provide up to 2x improvement in performance over the previous generation AMD flagship while also including support for the new Microsoft DirectX 12 Ultimate API and will be available starting November. The most important card in this series will likely be the $649 Radeon RX 6800 XT. It features 72 compute units and 16GB of 16Gbps GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit wide memory bus. The 6800 XT can clock up to 2015MHz under load (or Game Clock as AMD likes to call it)...

Apple iPhone 12 review

Posted: 28 Oct 2020 03:56 PM PDT

OnePlus Nord gets OxygenOS 10.5.9 with Game Space features

Posted: 28 Oct 2020 03:23 PM PDT

This is the second update for the OnePlus Nord this month and while smaller it still brings a couple of nice new features. The Game Space has been enhanced, while the October's security patch is also part of it. Keep in mind that the OTA update is available only for India and Global variants of the handset while Europe will have to wait a little longer. As we said, OnePlus' Game Space gets a couple of new features and as per the changelog, there are new gaming tools box and switches for Fnatic mode. The notification handling is entirely up to you - text-only, heads-up or just block them...

Apple increases iPhone 12 production by 2 million units due to strong demand

Posted: 28 Oct 2020 01:57 PM PDT

The iPhone 12 and 12 Pro has been on open sale in some regions for just a few days and so far demand has been quite strong. So strong in fact that Apple has reportedly contacted its supply chain partners to accelerate production for the iPhone 12 by as many as 2 million units. The addition of an OLED screen paired with 5G and the new flat frame design seems to be enough to spark consumer interest. According to Cinda Securities Apple will see demand for the iPhone 12 series to reach the 80-85 million units level. Further estimates predict a whopping 230-240 million shipments in 2021 which...

Sony Xperia shipments stabilize, but image sensor division slipped

Posted: 28 Oct 2020 12:42 PM PDT

Sony has published its financial reports for the three months ending on September 30 and there's some good news from the mobile division – it shipped 600,000 smartphones, level with the same period last year. It may not sound like great news, but Xperia shipments were on a decline and they hit their lowest point at the beginning of this year with only 400,000 units shipped. So, leveling off is a good sign. Also, the final quarter of the year has historically been the strongest for Sony's mobile division, so we'll see if the numbers go up. Actually, there's no "mobile division" as...

Analyst: Apple reaches 1 billion active iPhones

Posted: 28 Oct 2020 11:14 AM PDT

Above Avalon is a crowd-funded platform tracking Apple's performance in the smartphone market since the first iPhone in 2008. According to its founder Neil Cybart Cupertino has reached 1 billion active iPhones milestone in 2020. iPhone active users • New and upgrading iPhone users The pace of growth in the iPhone installed base has slowed due to high smartphone penetration, Cybart wrote. In the past three years, there are also fewer new users to iPhone and in 2020 expectations are 80% to be upgrades of an older iPhone and only one of every five phones to be in the hands of a new...

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 gets Voice Support with latest update

Posted: 28 Oct 2020 10:01 AM PDT

Samsung has begun pushing an update to the Galaxy Watch Active2 smartwatch, bringing security updates and one feature that was exclusive to the Galaxy Watch3 - voice support during exercise. The firmware comes with model number R820UXXU1CTJ5/R820OXA1CTJ5 and is about 61MB in size. Screenshot with the update log in Korean The Voice Support can be turned on or off and it essentially helps during running and swimming by telling you whether to push harder or ease off. It analyzes your pulse, correlates it with pace and other data, and in theory should help for better training with...
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