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Red Magic Watch goes official

Posted: 04 Mar 2021 08:17 AM PST

Alongside the brand new Rad Magic 6 series, today nubia announced its Red Magic Watch. It features a traditional round casing with a 1.39-inch AMOLED display and 454x454-pixel resolution. The Red Magic Watch comes in 5 color options with both leather and silicone watch strap models. Red Magic Watch The watch weighs just 30 grams and promises a 15-day battery life. There's onboard GPS, a heart rate sensor and sleep tracking. There's also activity tracking for 16 sports modes. The watch is rated for 5ATM water resistance. The sport version with silicon strap starts at CNY...

Samsung unveils rugged Galaxy Xcover 5

Posted: 04 Mar 2021 07:27 AM PST

This is one for workers in the field – Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Xcover 5. It's a tough little phone that can bounce back after falls from 1.5m (5 ft) thanks to its enhanced shock absorbers. Also, it is rated IP68 meaning it can spend over 30 minutes below 1m of water and is completely sealed against dust. It has a MIL-STD810H certification too. The handset measures 147.1 x 71.6 x 9.2 mm and has a small 5.3" LCD with 720p+ resolution. Biometric security is provided by the 5 MP front-facing camera built into the bezel above the display. Samsung worked with partners to provide...

Snapdragon 870 for the iQOO Neo5 officially confirmed

Posted: 04 Mar 2021 06:38 AM PST

The iQOO Neo5 will be announced on March 16. That was revealed last week, this week the brand confirmed the murmurs that the phone will be powered by the Snapdragon 870. The chipset will be paired with fast UFS 3.1 storage and up to 12 GB LPDDR5 RAM. Memory Fusion, a technology developed by vivo for OriginOS, will make those 12 GB feel like 15 GB (it's similar to having a swap partition). There should be an 8 GB version as well (advertised as 8+3 GB because of Fusion). iQOO Neo5: Snapdragon 870 confirmed • 120 Hz display • Carbon fiber teaser The brand is not denying the 120...

nubia Red Magic 6 series announced with 165Hz display, Snapdragon 888

Posted: 04 Mar 2021 05:46 AM PST

The Red Magic lineup from nubia has established itself as one of the leaders in the gaming smartphone world. The latest additions are the Red Magic 6 and 6 Pro. The Pro sports faster 120W charging, up to 18GB RAM and 512GB storage alongside a more aggressive design. The rest of the specs are identical across both models. The Red Magic 6 duo are the first phones to launch with 165Hz refresh rate screens. They also pack the flagship Snapdragon 888, fan cooling and run Red Magic OS 4 based on Android 11. Red Magic 6 The star of the show is undoubtedly the 6.8-inch FHD+ AMOLED...

Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro (Max) review

Posted: 04 Mar 2021 05:02 AM PST

Global Redmi Note 10 series debut - Note 10 Pro, Note 10, Note 10S and Note 10 5G

Posted: 04 Mar 2021 04:56 AM PST

A few hours after making their debut in India, the Redmi Note 10 series are now global. There are a few changes here - the Indian Redmi Note 10 Pro Max is actually identical to the global Redmi Note 10 Pro, while the Indian Redmi Note 10 Pro is almost the same as the global Redmi Note 10 Pro, only without the 108MP camera. And also there's one more phone at the global launch. Redmi Note 10 Pro The best phone in Xiaomi's new Redmi 10 series is the Redmi Note 10 Pro. It has a 6.67-inch AMOLED display with support for 120Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch response rate. It also has the...

Samsung Galaxy A72 4G is getting the Snapdragon 720G chipset, Google Play Console confirms

Posted: 04 Mar 2021 03:41 AM PST

An extensive leak from mid-February detailed the Samsung Galaxy A72 4G, now the device has appeared on the Google Play Console, which lends legitimacy to the leaked specs. The GPC confirms that the phone will be powered by the Snapdragon 720G chipset. It will be equipped with 6 GB of RAM by default, but we've seen an 8 GB version as well. The phone will launch with Android 11 and should receive 3 years of OS updates and 4 years of security patches (just like the A71 4G and A51 4G). Anyway, we're probably looking at 128 GB and 256 GB storage options. Samsung Galaxy A72 4G: image...

Watch the Redmi Note 10 series global launch event live

Posted: 04 Mar 2021 02:53 AM PST

Earlier today, Xiaomi introduced its Redmi Note 10 series in India with the Note 10 Pro Max, Note 10 Pro and Note 10. Xiaomi is now hosting another event for the global audience and you can catch the live stream on YouTube at 12 noon UTC time. So we already saw three Note 10s earlier today with the Pro Max leading the pack with its 108MP main camera and 120Hz Super AMOLED display. The standard Pro downscaled to a 64MP cam and kept the same core specs as the Pro Max. The vanilla Note 10 swapped the Snapdragon 732G from the Pro models for a Snapdragon 678 and also missed out on the 120Hz...

Samsung announces ISOCELL 2.0 with improved light gathering abilities

Posted: 04 Mar 2021 02:01 AM PST

Samsung introduced the ISOCELL line of image sensors in 2013, which featured barriers surrounding each pixels to reduce color crosstalk (light for one pixel bleeding into its neighbors). The original design used metal for these walls that absorbed some of the incoming light. This was partially addressed with ISOCELL Plus by switching to a new material. But that still contained some metal, so it didn't fully solve the issue. Today Samsung is offering a peek at the next phase of its image sensor technology. ISOCELL 2.0 replaces the lower part of the walls with a more reflective material....

Redmi Note 10, 10 Pro and 10 Pro Max debut in India

Posted: 04 Mar 2021 01:14 AM PST

The Redmi Note line has solidified itself as arguably Xiaomi's key range. Starting its tenth edition are three phones – the Note 10, Note 10 Pro and Note 10 Pro Max, which just debuted in India. Powered by the Snapdragon 732G and a 108MP main camera the Note 10 Pro Max is the leader of the pack. The regular Note 10 Pro offers the same chipset and 64MP main shooter while the vanilla Note 10 comes with the SD 678 and a 48MP camera. All three handsets come with Super AMOLED displays which is a first for the Redmi Note lineup. Redmi Note 10 Pro Max Kicking things off is the first Redmi Note...

Realme GT unveiled: Snapdragon 888 and 120Hz AMOLED screen for just $430

Posted: 04 Mar 2021 12:03 AM PST

Realme has promised a Snapdragon 888-powered flagship, and today the brand delivered - meet the Realme GT 5G. This smartphone comes with impressive hardware, fast charging and even has a 3.5mm audio jack - a real rarity in flagships these days. The Realme GT is built around a 6.43" Super AMOLED panel with Full HD+ resolution. The display supports 120Hz refresh rate and 360Hz touch sampling rate with five different settings, depending on the user's preference. The Snapdragon 888 has either 8GB or 12GB LPDDR5 RAM of its disposal along with 128GB or 256GB UFS 3.1 storage. You get no...

Xiaomi sells over 300,000 units of the Redmi K40 in five minutes

Posted: 03 Mar 2021 10:50 PM PST

Xiaomi launched its Redmi K40 series last month, and today was the first flash sale of the lineup. According to the company's official Weibo profile, it managed to sell the batch of 300,000 units in just five minutes. It also confirmed another sale has been scheduled for Monday, March 8. The number includes all three phones - the Redmi K40, Redmi K40 Pro, and Redmi K40 Pro+ in all their memory variations and in all three colors. A quick reminder about the difference between all three phones - the first one has a Snapdragon 870 chipset, while the two Pros come with a Snapdragon 888....

Nintendo will reportedly launch updated Switch console with larger Samsung OLED screen

Posted: 03 Mar 2021 10:02 PM PST

An interesting report comes from Bloomberg. Outside of supplying OLED display panels to many smartphone OEMS for both standard and (in the future) folding displays, Samsung will supply a 7-inch panel to Nintendo for a new Switch gaming console. The report says that Samsung Display Co. will begin mass producing OLED panels for an upcoming Nintendo Switch refresh model, one that will come with a larger screen (the current Switch model has a 6.2-inch 16:9 720p display – the Switch Lite has a 5.5-inch panel)). According to the anonymous sources, Samsung will begin production of these panels in...

Android 12 Developer Preview 1.1 is out with bug fixes

Posted: 03 Mar 2021 07:59 PM PST

Today Google has released the second build of its Android 12 Developer Preview. The initial one went out last month, and now the company is releasing Android 12 Developer Preview 1.1. As the minor version number incrementation implies, this is not a build that brings new features, instead it's all about bug fixes. Additionally, it incorporates the March security patches. The issues that have been fixed include intermittent disconnections from Wi-Fi even when the signal was strong, taking a screenshot from the lock screen resulting in an error, partial wake locks that caused battery...

More Galaxy Xcover 5 specs and renders leak

Posted: 03 Mar 2021 05:45 PM PST

Samsung is readying a new entry in its long-running line of rugged smartphones. We've seen the Galaxy Xcover 5 before, both in various certifications, as well as in some leaks. The phone should become official at some point this month, and is rumored to retail in Europe for €289 to €299. It will be offered in one color only, the one you can see in the newly leaked renders below, which Samsung calls Graphite Black. Samsung Galaxy Xcover 5 leaked renders The Xcover 5 is said to sport a 5.3-inch 720x1480 LCD touchscreen, covered with Gorilla Glass 6. The phone will be IP68 water...

AMD announces the Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card

Posted: 03 Mar 2021 02:30 PM PST

AMD today announced the Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card. The 6700 XT is based on the same RDNA2 architecture as the other RX 6000-series graphics cards but it is the cheapest model in the series so far, starting at $479. The 6700 XT has a new, smaller GPU than the one on the other three 6000-series cards. This GPU has 40 compute units, 64 ROPs, 160 texture units, and 2560 stream processors. One of the interesting things about the 6700 XT is the aggressive clock speed; the average clock speed under load or 'Game Frequency' as AMD likes to call it is a rather high 2424MHz. This gives...

Samsung Galaxy A82 5G pops up on Geekbench with Snapdragon 855+

Posted: 03 Mar 2021 01:30 PM PST

Over a month ago, we had the first piece of information regarding Samsung Galaxy A80's successor. Other than the model number and the fact that it will feature a quirky camera module with a rotating mechanism, there was nothing else in the report. Now, we have the chipset, thanks to a couple of Geekbench listings. The model number SM-A826S helped us identify the handset as the Galaxy A82 5G and to our surprise, it will feature the Snapdragon 855+ SoC launched in late 2018. The configuration that was tested also runs Android 11 out of the box and is equipped with 6GB of RAM. We...

Oppo Find X3 stars in a couple of new teasers, 10-bit color engine confirmed

Posted: 03 Mar 2021 12:00 PM PST

Let's start with the official teaser that comes from Oppo itself. On its Weibo page, the company posted a teaser confirming the 10-bit color engine that the X3 Pro would have. And perhaps the vanilla X3 too. The official teaser from Oppo's Weibo page It's supposed to be the first Android smartphone that's able to capture, store and reproduce 10-bit color content for smoother gradients and more accurate color reproduction in the DCI-P3 color space. Additionally, @evleaks posted two promo videos of the Find X3 Pro, both showing the device in full, highlighting some of the key...

vivo S9 5G and S9e 5G announced with familiar design and upgraded internals

Posted: 03 Mar 2021 10:30 AM PST

Vivo has just announced the S9 5G and S9e 5G - direct successors to the vivo S7 with an identical design but with upgraded hardware inside. The hardware is now capable of 5G connectivity, hence the names. And as you've probably guessed, the S9e is a toned-down version of the standard S9. Let's start with the S9 5G. It employs a MediaTek Dimensity 1100 chipset based on the 6nm node and is paired with either 8GB/128GB memory or 12GB/256GB. The display is still AMOLED with a 6.44-inch diagonal and a notch for the front-facing camera. The panel supports HDR10+ and offers an FHD+ resolution...

DxOMark rates the OnePlus 8T's camera as average

Posted: 03 Mar 2021 09:00 AM PST

It's been a while since the OnePlus 8T was released. In fact, we are just a few days away from the OnePlus 9-series launch event. Still, DxOMark did an in-depth camera review of the OnePlus 8T to see how it stacks against the competition. The overall score of 111 points puts the device on par with the Google Pixel 4a and the rather old Huawei Mate 20 Pro. And expectedly, the overall camera performance is far from stellar. Reviewers even call the phone a "refreshed midranger". Maybe because the camera experience is typical for a mid-range handset. The main issues with the phone's camera...
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