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Xiaomi Pad 5, Pad 5 Pro aim for glory with 11" TrueTone displays, powerful chipsets

Posted: 10 Aug 2021 08:00 AM PDT

Following the introduction of the Mix 4 smartphone, Xiaomi officially unveiled of the Pad 5 series - its first tablets in three years. The lineup consists of a Wi-Fi-only vanilla Pad 5 and a Pad 5 Pro that has both Wi-Fi and a 5G-enabled version. The Pro runs on Snapdragon 870, while the Pad 5 settles for the Snapdragon 860, meaning they are among the most powerful Android tablets out there. Both tablets come with an 11" display of 2560x1600 pixel resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. The 10-bit panels come with support for Dolby Vision and HDR10 and promise up to 500 nits...

Xiaomi Mix 4 debuts: under-display camera, Snapdragon 888+ and 120W charging

Posted: 10 Aug 2021 06:28 AM PDT

It took nearly three years but we finally have a true successor to the Mi Mix 3 and it's a monumental leap forward. Welcome the Xiaomi Mix 4 – the brand's first device to sport an under-display camera (or camera under panel as Xiaomi calls it) and arguably the most notable addition in the series since the original Mi Mix shook up the smartphone world back in 2016. The big breakthrough here is hidden beneath the curved 6.67-inch AMOLED display where we find a 20MP selfie camera (1.6 µm sized pixels when the 4-in-1-pixel binning is applied) leaving the screen unblemished by cutouts. The...

Realme GT Master Edition Europe launch set for August 18, retail package surfaces

Posted: 10 Aug 2021 05:03 AM PDT

The Realme GT Master series that was launched in China last month will debut in India on August 18, and Realme today announced it will also be introduced in Europe on the same day to celebrate the milestone of reaching 100 million users. The GT Master series consists of the GT Master Edition and the GT Master Explorer Edition, but it will only be the Master Edition that will make its way to the Old Continent and Realme's biggest market - India. Realme GT Master Edition • Realme GT Master Explorer Edition The launch event in India will begin at 12:30PM IST (7AM UTC), while the...

Honor X20 5G official specs listed two days before announcement

Posted: 10 Aug 2021 04:13 AM PDT

There's a few Honor phones set to debut later this week with the Honor X20 5G and Magic 3 series. The former has now appeared in a listing on the brand's official online shop in China complete with a detailed spec sheet. Honor X20 5G in black, blue and silver X20 5G sports a 6.67-inch LCD with a 120Hz refresh rate and a pill-shaped cutout in the top left corner with a 16MP main cam. The device packs a MediaTek Dimensity 900 chipset paired with 6/8GB RAM and 128/256GB storage which is further expandable via microSD. The rear houses a 64MP main camera with an f/1.9 aperture...

The vivo iQOO 8 Pro will have a 50MP main camera, 48MP ultrawide, VIS OIS

Posted: 10 Aug 2021 03:15 AM PDT

The vivo iQOO 8 series is coming on August 17 and the 8 Pro will bring a Snapdragon 888+ and Samsung's E5 OLED with an LTPO controller capable of 1-120Hz variable frame rate adjustment. Now vivo is teasing the cameras on the iQOO 8 Pro in a new poster. The main unit has 50MP resolution, while the ultrawide lens sits over the 48MP sensor, which used to be the main camera of the iQOO Pro from 2019 - a 1/2.0-inch sensor. The third camera could be a mid-zoom option, reaching up to 60mm, or about 2.5x. The main camera is equipped with vivo's VIS five-axis stabilization, covering all the...

Honor announces partnership with IMAX, teases circular camera island for Magic 3

Posted: 10 Aug 2021 02:01 AM PDT

The Honor Magic 3 smartphone is expected to arrive on August 12 and will have a Snapdragon 888+ chipset. The brand has now announced a partnership with IMAX Enhanced on its Weibo page, where an image of a film reel was posted which looks a lot like a circular camera setup, similar to what we've already seen in previous leaks. Honor x IMAX Enhanced poster • Honor Magic 3 hands-on photo IMAX Enhanced is the product of joint work between IMAX, the proprietary system of high-res cameras, film formats, film projectors and theaters, and DTS, an American audio company. The Enhanced...

Samsung’s Exynos W920 is a 5nm chipset set to power the Galaxy Watch4 series

Posted: 10 Aug 2021 12:59 AM PDT

A day before its big Galaxy Unpacked event, Samsung announced a new chipset for wearables dubbed Exynos W920. The SoC is set to power the upcoming Galaxy Watch4 series as well as future Samsung wearables to come. It's built on a 5nm EUV process armed with two ARM Cortex-A55 cores and an ARM Mali-G68 GPU. Samsung claims a 20% CPU improvement over the preceding Exynos W9110 and a ten-fold graphics boost. The new chip also packs a dedicated Cortex M55 co-processor for handing Always-On Display use. Connectivity-wise the W920 brings a 4G LTE Cat.4 modem and a Global Navigation Satellite...

Watch the Xiaomi Mi Mix 4, Mi Pad 5 launch live

Posted: 10 Aug 2021 12:03 AM PDT

Xiaomi is about to introduce its Mi Mix 4 flagship smartphone and Mi Pad 5 tablet. Both devices are bound to be flagship-tier, with the phone being the first in the world with Snapdragon 888+, while the tablet is aiming to be a direct competitor to the Galaxy Tab S7 series and the latest iPad Pro 11. The event is scheduled for 19:30 Beijing Time, which is 11:30 GMT. The event is taking place in China, so logically it will be in Chinese. This is also the first market to get the new device but hopefully the international rollout won't take long. We've embedded the video below but if...

Realme Book is coming on August 18 with MacBook Air-like design

Posted: 09 Aug 2021 11:05 PM PDT

Realme's been teasing the Realme Book since June, and today it announced that the laptop will be fully unveiled on August 18 in China at 3PM local time. On the same day, Realme will introduce the Realme GT series in India, and it's currently unclear if the Realme Book will be announced in the company's biggest market or will remain China-exclusive initially. That said, while Realme hasn't detailed the specs sheet of its first laptop, its leaked and official images revealed the notebook will look like Apple's MacBook Air. We also know that the Realme Book will pack a 2K display...

Google begins rolling out updated time prompt on latest version of Google Keep

Posted: 09 Aug 2021 09:00 PM PDT

Android 12 will bring Android's new Material You redesign. Ahead of the change, Google is rolling out an updated interface for selecting a time (such as when setting an alarm) across the stock Android apps. Old time selector (left), New time selector (right) The change was spotted by 9to5Google and already seen when setting the time for Google reminders. It is more recently reflected in the latest version (v5.21.301.10) of the Google Keep app. Not only is the space better utilized for selecting AM/PM, but you can also see the Material You number pad with rounded buttons...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 pre-orders will come with a free Note Pack, includes a charger

Posted: 09 Aug 2021 07:55 PM PDT

Ahead of Samsung's Unpacked launch event this week, it's being revealed by leaker Snoopy that customers who pre-order Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold3 5G will receive a free Note Pack. This bundle consists of an S Pen flip cover (S Pen included) and a charger, likely of the 25W capacity. We've previously seen this S Pen cover case leak in renders. This is the "Note Pack" you get when pre-ordering the Z Fold3. Case + Pen and the 25W Charger. It's worth 89€ (says Samsung). #SamsungEvent pic.twitter.com/3mijlkzq4Q— Snoopy (@_snoopytech_) August 9, 2021 This does raise questions as to whether...

OnePlus 6 and 6T get a new Android 11 Open Beta

Posted: 09 Aug 2021 05:56 PM PDT

OnePlus released the first Open Beta of OxygenOS 11 based on Android 11 for the OnePlus 6 and 6T in early July, ahead of the previously promised schedule, and there has been a second build outed in the meantime. Today the third Open Beta is going out for these two phones, based on Android 11 of course with OxygenOS 11 on top. Open Beta 3 optimizes background process management to improve battery life, fixes the failure to enable VoWiFi, fixes the fact that the Work-Life Balance feature didn't work when the screen was locked, enhances the smoothness of video playback in the YouTube app, and...

Realme C3 is now receiving the Android 11 update in India

Posted: 09 Aug 2021 03:39 PM PDT

The Realme C3 has received a beta build of Android 11 in India back in July, and now it seems like all kinks have been ironed out and the phone is ready for the release of the stable version. This has started rolling out, and it looks like it's going out to units in India that had the beta installed first. Presumably after a few days (or - worst case scenario - weeks), if no show-stopping bugs are found, a wider release will follow and hit all C3 handsets out there in the wild. The new build is labeled RMX2027_11_C.04 and for people who were previously on the beta it arrives...

Motorola Defy (2021) review

Posted: 09 Aug 2021 11:40 AM PDT

Motorola Edge 20 Fusion to debut on August 17

Posted: 09 Aug 2021 08:52 AM PDT

Motorola India confirmed earlier today it will introduce the Edge 20 smartphone to the local market next Tuesday, August 17 at 12PM local time. The device is also touted as India's slimmest 5G phone coming in at just 6.99mm. It will be available through Flipkart. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Motorola India (@motorolain) In related news Motorola teased another phone dubbed Edge 20 Fusion. The device is said to be a rebrand of the global Motorola Edge 20 Lite but with a Dimensity 800U chipset at the helm instead of the Dimensity 720 SoC. There's little...
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