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Samsung considers putting an RGB strip on the Galaxy Z Fold's hideaway hinge

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 07:53 AM PDT

With the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 Samsung added the option to customize the hideaway hinge with a custom color. Judging by a patent filed with WIPO, the company may have something more functional planned for version 3. The patent describes a light strip that will be illuminated in full RGB color. There are six LEDs providing the light as well as a layer to diffuse the light and make everything look smooth. This could operate as the world's biggest notification light. Since there are multiple LEDs, it should be possible to create custom patterns and animations instead of simply...

Amazfit Bip U launching in India on October 16

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 07:06 AM PDT

Huami is gearing up to introduce its latest offering in the Bip lineup. The upcoming Bip U is scheduled to launch on October 16 via Amazon and Amazfit web stores. The watch's landing page is already live on Amazon India and revealed its key specs. The Bip U comes with a square polycarbonate casing and silicone watch strap. It packs a 1.43-inch LCD with always-on display functionality. It can track your heart rate, blood oxygen, sleep and over 60 sports modes. The Bip U weighs just 31 grams and comes with 5ATM water resistance. The battery comes in at 225mAh and promises to last up to 9...

Realme unveils Smart TV SLED 4K 55", 100W Sound Bar, and multiple AIoT products

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 06:17 AM PDT

Realme announced its first Smart TV back in May, and today, the company unveiled its first 4K TV. Alongside that, Realme detailed the 100W Sound Bar and announced a bunch of other gadgets - security camera, smart plug, electric toothbrush, a selfie tripod, and a 20,000 mAh power bank. Realme Smart TV SLED 4K 55" and 100W Sound Bar Realme's first 4K TV measures 55" diagonally and uses SLED technology, making it the world's first 4K SLED TV. You can read our post to learn more about the technology. The SLED TV comes with slim bezels and the company promises a screen-to-body ratio...

Tecno Camon 16 coming to India on October 10

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 05:28 AM PDT

Tecno introduced its Camon 16 lineup in Africa earlier this year, and now it's ready to bring it to the Indian market as well. The company did not clarify which and how many Camon 16 phones are we going to see, but we received a confirmation the launch is scheduled for mid-October and will disrupt the "photographic experience" with an aggressive price of below INR15,000 ($205/€175). Get ready to witness the evolution 📸 All eyes on you, coming soon. 🤩Stay tuned for more updates. #Tecno #TecnoMobileIndia #Camon16 #AllEyesOnYou #BestCamera #Smartphones pic.twitter.com/BtBpSYCsz9—...

US authorities accuse Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google of market abuse

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 04:39 AM PDT

A panel of US House of Representatives established earlier today that four major technology companies are abusing their market power to destroy rivals and force small businesses to their knees in the name of profit. According to the antitrust subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook should not control and compete in the same business. The panel suggested these companies should be restructured but did not reveal whether a specific company should be broken up, as per the Reuters report. The full report is 449 pages long and suggests expansive...

Redmi EarBuds 2C and Redmi SonicBass announced

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 03:51 AM PDT

The latest earphones in Redmi's lineup are here with the EarBuds 2C and SonicBass. Both come with affordable price tags, IPX4 splash and sweatproof designs and dual pairing capabilities. Redmi EarBuds 2C The more compact pair of the new earbuds come with a plastic carrying case which extends their battery life to 12 hours. They offer touch controls and can trigger your preferred voice assistant on both Android and iOS. Pairing is done via Bluetooth 5.0 and the EarBuds 2C can switch from mono to stereo meaning you can use them independently of each other. Charging is done over...

Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra in the US now also getting One UI 3.0 beta

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 03:03 AM PDT

Just a day after the One UI 3.0 beta for the original Galaxy S20 trio went public in South Korea, Samsung started rolling it out to users in the US as well. Soon, the update should also reach Europe (Germany, Poland, the UK), India and China. Going back to the US, only T-Mobile users seem to be getting the update right now, but that's likely due to the staged nature of the rollout. You can use the Samsung Members app to subscribe to the beta channel and get this update. You will be trying out Android 11 + One UI 3.0 ahead of other users, the changelog is pretty extensive so there is a lot...

Realme 7 Pro review

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 02:39 AM PDT

The Realme 7 and 7 Pro are now available for pre-order in Europe

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 02:15 AM PDT

Realme's expansion in Europe is picking up speed – starting today, you can pre-order the Realme 7 and 7 Pro. Both come with a "3+2" service, that is a 3-year warranty and a 2 month free replacement policy. That's one year and one month more, respectively, than the norm for phones in Europe. The Realme 7 Pro comes with a 65W SuperDart charger, which is as fast as Europeans have seen. A dead battery can get a 43% charge in 10 minutes and if you can wait 24 minutes more, that will go up to 100%. Realme 7 Pro's best features This phone boasts a 64MP main (Sony IMX682) and an...

Realme unveils Buds Air Pro and Buds Wireless Pro ANC earphones

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 01:25 AM PDT

Realme announced over half a dozen products at its "Leap To Next Gen" AIoT event today, which also include a couple of wireless earphones with Active Noise Cancellation, dubbed Buds Air Pro and Buds Wireless Pro. Realme Buds Air Pro Realme has launched three TWS earphones until now - Buds Air, Buds Air Neo, and Buds Q - but the Buds Air Pro are the first TWS earphones from the company that come with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC). Realme says the Buds Air Pro provide noise cancellation up to 35dB, achieved using the FeedBack Microphone and FeedForward Microphone, which collect the...

Realme 7i arrives in India, Realme 7 Pro special edition with vegan leather joins it

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 01:00 AM PDT

The Realme 7 went on sale in India in early September, today a more affordable member of the 7-series is joining it. Also, the 7 Pro (which arrived a few days after the 7) is getting a special edition. Realme 7i in Green and Blue The Realme 7i has a 6.5" 90 Hz display, however, unlike the Realme 7 this panel has 720p resolution. The lower resolution will help balance the change in chipset – from Helio G95 to a Snapdragon 662, whose Adreno 610 GPU isn't quite as fast. The base configuration comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB storage, there's a microSD card slot for easy expansion. If...

Samsung Galaxy M31 Prime specs and design revealed by Amazon, launching soon

Posted: 06 Oct 2020 10:25 PM PDT

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy M31 in February and followed up with the Galaxy M31s in July. Now Amazon.in has revealed that the Korean tech giant will soon add a new member to the M series, dubbed Galaxy M31 Prime. The e-commerce giant has set up a promo page on its website, which reveals the M31 Prime's design and specs. Amazon doesn't explicitly mention the phone as M31 Prime on the promo page and instead calls it Galaxy M Prime, but a quick look at the page's source code reveals mentions of the Galaxy M31 Prime name. The Galaxy M31 Prime will be powered by an Exynos 9611 SoC paired...

Watch Realme's Leap to Next Gen and The Fas7er Revolution events live here

Posted: 06 Oct 2020 09:30 PM PDT

It will be a busy day for Realme as it has two events scheduled within a couple of hours of each other. However, they are literally a continent apart – one is the "Leap To Next Gen" in India, the other is "The Fas7er Revolution" in Europe. You can watch both below. The Next Gen event will bring the Realme 7i to the Indian market, an affordable phone with a 90Hz 720p display, 5,000 mAh battery and 18W fast charging. There will also be a special edition of the Realme 7 Pro (Sun Kissed Leather), two noise-canceling Bluetooth headsets, details on the SLED TV, a soundbar for it and more. The...

Chrome for Android and iOS can now alert you when your passwords are compromised

Posted: 06 Oct 2020 06:55 PM PDT

Google is improving the security and usefulness of mobile Chrome - for iOS and Android. Starting today, the mobile versions of the browser will alert you if any of the passwords you've asked it to remember have been compromised, and if so, how to fix them. Not just that, but it will take you straight to the right 'change password' form after you've been alerted that the password is compromised, on whichever service you used it for. To check whether any of your passwords have been compromised, Chrome sends a copy of them to Google using a special form of encryption, that doesn't allow...

G Suite gets rebranded to Google Workspace with new icons in tow, including for Gmail

Posted: 06 Oct 2020 04:38 PM PDT

To say that Google as a company loves to rebrand its services would be a massive understatement. And today, it's done it again. The bundle of services previously known as G Suite is now called Google Workspace. This includes the same services as before, although with the new overall branding come new icons for the individual parts of Workspace, including Gmail, in what is the biggest change to its iconography since its inception. Gone is the envelope, while the M has stayed but isn't all red anymore, now incorporating all the Google colors. The same logic applies to the other icons...

Samsung, Huawei and Apple ship the most phones in Q2 of 2020

Posted: 06 Oct 2020 02:12 PM PDT

As expected, the second quarter of 2020 has been less profitable for smartphone makers than the same time of 2019, with the global pandemic and all. Overall Q2 of 2020 saw 20.4% fewer phones shipped at 294.7 million compared to Q2 of 2019's 370.3 million. There haven't been drastic changes at the top - Samsung and Huawei got 20% share of the pie each with Apple sitting in third with 13.5% market share. Digging into the numbers reveals a bit more, however. Samsung shipped 54.7 million phones, down from 75.1 million in Q2 of 2019 and down from the 60 million in Q1 of 2020. Huawei shipped...

Razer Card announced - a pre-paid Visa card with 1% cashback on all purchases and illuminated logo

Posted: 06 Oct 2020 12:49 PM PDT

Razer is known mostly for its gaming-oriented computers, peripherals and the occasional smartphone, but the company is venturing into a new territory – it just announced the Razer Card, a pre-paid card with cashback deals and gamified features. Razer partnered with Visa to launch this card, starting with a beta test in Singapore. Only 1337 users can join the test, they will be able to use the basic card or upgrade to the Premium version. The Razer Premium Card is the fist card that lights up – a Razer logo glows green as you pay. This card also gives you access to gamified rewards...

YouTube Music free tier now supports casting uploaded songs to smart speakers

Posted: 06 Oct 2020 11:32 AM PDT

Google is in the process of phasing out Play Music in favor of YouTube Music as its de facto music streaming platform. The service already crossed the 500 million downloads mark last month and is available in 95 countries across the globe. Now, its free tier is getting a long-awaited enhancement. One of YT Music's key selling points is that you can upload your own MP3 files to the cloud and listen from any device as long as you are signed into your profile. However the YT Music free tier did not support casting cloud library songs to smart speakers. Now that issue has been resolved...

Apple to hold its iPhone 12 event on October 13

Posted: 06 Oct 2020 10:22 AM PDT

Apple has sent out invites for its next online event, which will be held on Tuesday, October 13 at 10:00 PDT. The event will take place at the Apple Park and will be streamed online, just like the previous two events. As usual, the invite includes an image with vague imagery featuring the Apple icon. The tag line for this one is 'Hi, Speed.' A lot of people over the years have taken to finding the deeper meaning behind these images but they rarely ever lead to anything. For now, we can't really be certain of anything since the invite doesn't go into any details. However,...

Ulefone Armor X8 entry-level rugged phone unveiled

Posted: 06 Oct 2020 09:18 AM PDT

Ulefone has built up a reputation on delivering rugged smartphones and its latest offering is the Armor X8 - a budget friendly tough phone that doesn't compromise on durability. It comes with IP68/IP69K/MIL-STD-810G ratings and can withstand shock, drops, vibration and extreme temperatures. It can survive for 30 minutes when submerged in water at up to 1.5m levels and drops from 1.2 meters on hard ground. Like all rugged phones, the Armor X8 is not the most compact device out there, measuring 160x79x13.8mm and weighing 256 grams. The rest of the specs are nothing to brag about....
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