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Huawei committed to Honor brand, dismisses Kuo's speculations of a sale

Posted: 08 Oct 2020 08:42 AM PDT

ITHome cited analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in a report, which claimed that Huawei is "very likely" to sell the Honor brand. The justification for this is clear – under new ownership Honor will not be subject to the trade bans enforced by the US. This will allow it to buy chipsets and other hardware from suppliers that are currently barred from selling to Huawei (and by extension Honor). It will even unleash the brand, allowing it to build flagships – while it has high-end devices now, for every Honor phone there is a more premium Huawei alternative. Kuo points out that such a move will be...

Watch the Realme 7i get unboxed in this official video

Posted: 08 Oct 2020 07:51 AM PDT

The Realme 7i first introduced last month debuted in India yesterday alongside a bevy of new AIoT products. The smartphone is yet to go on sale, but the company's Indian branch has posted its unboxing video that gives us a quick look at the 7i's retail package contents, design, and key specs. The video also includes a few camera samples. You can check it out below. The Realme 7i is built around a 6.5" 90Hz HD+ LCD having a hole in the upper-left corner for the 16MP selfie camera. Around the back, it has a fingerprint reader keeping company to the quad camera setup, which is a...

Galaxy F41 unveiled: 6,000 mAh battery and 64MP cam, cheaper than the M31

Posted: 08 Oct 2020 07:03 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy F41 has a 6,000 mAh battery that is designed to keep the party going – it can last up to 26 hours of video playback, days of phone calls or just browsing the web for 21 hours straight. The phone is designed and made in India and the "Full On" marketing makes it very clear that it is aimed at a young crowd. Still, the flashy marketing can't conceal the Galaxy M31 that hides inside this phone. The F41 has a 6.4" Super AMOLED display with 1080p+ resolution. It promises 110% coverage of the NTSC color gamut a peak brightness of 420 nits. Inside is the familiar Exynos...

Sony's PlayStation 5 teardown reveals massive heatsink, liquid metal

Posted: 08 Oct 2020 05:40 AM PDT

Sony recently posted its own teardown of the PlayStation 5 console. Performed by Yasuhiro Ootori, Sony's VP of Mechanical Design Department, it is entirely in Japanese but you can enable subtitles through the YouTube player. You can find the video below. There's a lot to discuss here, so let's do a breakdown of everything we have seen. The first interesting thing you see in this video is the sheer size of the console. Sony is using the standard version of the PlayStation 5, which means it comes with the optical drive. We already knew the dimensions of the console but seeing it next...

Honor introduces Watch ES, Watch GS Pro to India

Posted: 08 Oct 2020 04:51 AM PDT

Honor introduced the Watch ES and the Watch GS Pro at IFA 2020 a month ago and the two wearables were available at select European markets. Today the brand announced the duo's presence is expanding, and the next country to get them is India. The Honor Watch GS Pro comes with its massive battery, rugged design, and tracking for over 100 sports. It also has a long battery life, a simplified OS, and a built-in speaker and mic for Bluetooth calls. When we reviewed the smartwatch, we established it is as good as it gets in the hands of average hiking enthusiasts. The wearable will cost...

Smartphone image sensor market grows 15%, Sony remains on top

Posted: 08 Oct 2020 04:02 AM PDT

Despite the economic impact of the pandemic, the smartphone image sensor market saw a growth of 15% year over year in the first half of 2020, reports Strategy Analytics. Total revenue reached $6.3 billion for the six month period. Sony took home the lion's share of the market, 44%, but its revenue declined due to stronger competition. Its biggest rival is Samsung with a 32% share, followed by OmniVision in a distant third. Demand for phones with high resolution sensors - 64MP and 108MP - helped push sales higher. Camera count was the other major factor driving sales, which kept 8MP...

Realme X7 Pro 5G appears in NCC database ahead of global launch

Posted: 08 Oct 2020 03:15 AM PDT

Last week we saw a listing on Thailand's NBTC agency which revealed Realme's X7 Pro is indeed coming outside of China. The device was seen bearing the RMX 2121 model number and now it's been spotted on Taiwan's NCC agency complete with detailed images of the phone, its batteries (two of them) and 65W SuperDart charger. Realme X7 Pro NCC listing The phone's design looks unchanged with a 6.55-inch punch-hole display upfront and four cameras around the back. We'll have to wait and see if there will be any changes compared to the Chinese X7 Pro. Realme X7 Pro...

Samsung's Q3 guidance shows record profits

Posted: 08 Oct 2020 02:26 AM PDT

Samsung's earnings guidance report for the July - September period is out and the Korean tech giant is expecting huge profits. According to estimates, Samsung posted KRW 66 trillion ($57 billion) in consolidated sales and KRW 12.3 trillion ($10.6 billion) in operating profits. These numbers are above previous market expectations and the operating profits represent a 58% increase compared to the same period last year when the company saw KRW 7.78 trillion ($6.73 billion) in terms of profits. As usual, Samsung saw high demand for its home appliances and semiconductor chips. Smartphone...

Huawei brings Moovit app to AppGallery

Posted: 08 Oct 2020 01:38 AM PDT

Huawei keeps scoring small victories in the big quest of bringing AppGallery up to speed and making it a worthy alternative to the Google Play Store. The company just announced that Moovit, one of the biggest urban mobility apps, can finally be downloaded from the its in-house app store, providing an urban mobility solution to its users. Moovit is an Israel-based service provider and also acts as a journey planner. The platform essentially gathers API frameworks from public transport companies worldwide and provides real-time stop-by-stop navigation, where available. Over 865...

Realme Festive Days sale kicks off from October 16 with discounts on smartphones and AIoT products

Posted: 08 Oct 2020 12:50 AM PDT

Realme today announced its six-day Festive Days sale in India, which will begin on October 16 at midnight. As a part of this sale, Realme is offering discounts on smartphones, accessories, and AIoT products on Realme.com, Flipkart, and Amazon.in. In addition to the discounts offered by Realme, customers will get an extra 10% off on some products purchased through credit and debit cards issued by SBI and HDFC banks. You can check out the table below Realme India sent us for all the offers on smartphones. Product Variant BAU Price Festive Days Price ...

Oppo A15 triple rear camera detailed by Amazon India

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 11:41 PM PDT

The Oppo A15 teased earlier this week looks like the Realme Narzo 20 and features a triple camera setup on the back. Oppo hasn't revealed the launch date of the A15 yet, but the triple cameras have been detailed by Amazon.in. The Oppo A15 features a 13MP primary camera joined by a 2MP macro and 2MP depth sensor units. The smartphone will also come with AI-based camera features, but the resolution of the selfie shooter is currently unknown. We don't have the full specs sheet of the Oppo A15 either, but thanks to FCC, we know it will pack a 4,230 mAh battery with 10W charging. More...

The iPhone notch is here to stay for two more years, popular leakster says

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 10:51 PM PDT

Apple has scheduled an event for next week when we expect to see four new iPhones. The rumor mill has been silent on the topic of punch holes and notches, leading to the assumption the iPhone 12 lineup will keep the wide notch that has been part of the screen in the past three years. A popular leakster revealed on Twitter the notch will be present not only on the iPhone 12, but on the 2021 iPhone 13 as well, although it will get a bit smaller next year. This is how thin the iPhone 13 notch will get We know it is way too early to make such predictions about a phone, expected to...

Upcoming LG W31 leaks through Google Play Console, image and specs outed

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 05:04 PM PDT

When you think of LG images of the Velvet or Wing might instantly come to mind, but the company also has an ever-expanding roster of low-end to mid-range smartphones for sale in various markets across the globe, and soon this will grow by yet another model. Meet the LG W31, outed today through the Google Play Console. This listing, as usual, gives us an image of the phone's front, as well as a list of its most important specs. As you can see, the W31 has a teardrop notch and a very substantial chin. It's going to be powered by MediaTek's entry-level Helio P22 chipset (which has an...

Nokia 3.1 is the latest smartphone to get the Android 10 update

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 02:58 PM PDT

Remember Google's Android One program and its constantly touted advantages - not only does it give you 'pure' Android, but also a long support period and quick version updates! Well, about that last one... Let's just say it hasn't worked out at all. Case in point: the Nokia 3.1, an Android One device (the branding is proudly displayed on its back, as you can see) is now starting to receive the update to Android 10. That's the version that's more than one year old, not Android 11, which first came out in early September of this year. Let's make the obvious quip here - better late...

Qualcomm is developing its own gaming smartphone in partnership with Asus

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 12:07 PM PDT

Qualcomm sent out invites for a Snapdragon event that will take place on December 1-2. Current speculations are that it will unveil the Snapdragon 875, a 5nm chip that will be the first to use the new high performance Cortex-X1 core. Now DigiTimes is reporting that the chip maker plans to unveil its own gaming smartphone before the end of the year. The phone will be co-developed with Asus, but details are scarce. Qualcomm already makes reference design boards, however those are just benchmark machines meant to show off the skills of the latest chipsets. Asus has more experience with...

Nokia brings 6 new TVs to India

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 10:47 AM PDT

Nokia officially entered the smart TV business back in December of 2019 with its 55-inch 4K model. Earlier today, Flipkart (which holds the official Nokia licensing rights for TVs) announced six new models for the Indian market. They start from 32-inches and go all the way up to 65-inches. New Nokia TVs key features The base 32-inch model comes with a 1366 x 768 pixels resolution, Onkyo sound system and runs Android 9 Pie out the box. All models feature a VA (vertically aligned) LCD, pack two HDMIs and 3 USB ports as well as Micro Dimming for optimal contrast and colors. There's...

Google Stadia gains stable support for streaming over mobile data, at 720p only

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 09:32 AM PDT

The Stadia game streaming service can now work over a mobile network as the feature graduated from Experimental status to ready for action. You will find a toggle in the Performance settings but first you should be aware of a couple of caveats. The resolution is capped at 720p, the main reason is data usage to the tune of 2.7 GB an hour. That can easily blow through many people's monthly data caps, but is still much less than 1080p uses – 12.6 GB an hour. Enabling play over mobile data • The new icon shows that you're using mobile data instead of Wi-Fi This works over 4G and...

Lenovo Tab P11 spotted in Google Play Console listing

Posted: 07 Oct 2020 08:44 AM PDT

Back in August Lenovo introduced its Tab P11 Pro tablet which sits atop the maker's Android tablet offerings with its OLED panel. Now, its more affordable counterpart was spotted in a Google Play console listing revealing its key specs. The Lenovo Tab P11 will come with a 1,200 x 2,000-pixel resolution display, Snapdragon 660 and 4GB RAM. Lenovo Tab P11 Google Play Console listing We also have a not so detailed image of the device which shows out the front. In addition, the Tab P11 was also spotted on the Google Supported Devices list bearing the TB-J606F model number. This listing...
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