Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 now available in limited edition Lake Blue

Xiaomi has announced a limited edition variant of the Redmi Note 4. Called Lake Blue, this light blue variant will only be available in the top of the line 4/64GB variant starting September 4, 12PM. The Lake Blue isn't just another variant but part of the initiative to clean up the lakes in the city of Bengaluru in India. Over the years the city has lost many of its lakes to encroachment and in the very recent past, existing lakes have become victim of pollution due to industrial waste. Xiaomi's 'Wake the lake' project is part of the nation's overall Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean...

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Samsung Galaxy J7+ is official with a 13MP+5MP dual rear camera

Now that the Note8 has been announced, Samsung can go ahead and release dual camera smartphones down the ranks. And it has - the Galaxy J7+ has gone official in Thailand with a 13MP+5MP combo on its back, just like leaks in the past few days suggested. Joining the vanilla Galaxy J7 (2017) and the J7 Pro, the Galaxy J7+ comes with a 5.5-inch FullHD Super AMOLED display in an aluminum body. Unlike those two, however, the J7+ isn't powered by the in-house Exynos 7870 chip, but what appears to be the Mediatek Helio P20 - the specs page doesn't name the SoC, but the 2.4GHz frequency and...

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Huawei announces Kirin 970 chipset with on-device AI capabilities

Huawei has announced its next-generation chipset for smartphones, the Kirin 970. It bets big on AI and comes with what Huawei calls a neural processing unit (or NPU) bringing on-device AI capabilities. The new chipset features an octa-core CPU with 4x2.4GHz Cortex-A73 and 4x1.8GHz Cortex-A53 cores, and a 12-core Mali-G72MP12 GPU. Built on a 10nm process, the SoC contains some 5.5 billion transistors on a single square centimeter. Huawei says its 'new heterogeneous computing architecture delivers up to 25x the performance with 50x greater efficiency' than your typical quad-core Cortex-A73...

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LG highlights key bits of the V30 UX on video: AOD, camera, Game Tools

The LG V30 was announced on Wednesday at IFA in Berlin, marking the demise of the secondary display that was a staple of the V-series. All is not lost, LG wants to convince you in a new video put up on YouTube. It details key features of the LG UX on the V30 - among them the floating bar that's meant to replace part of the secondary screen's functionality. The floating bar contains capture and draw tools, including a GIF maker ('jif' says LG, but the author of this piece remains unconvinced). App shortcuts can also be accessed from there, as well as a music player, contacts, and call...

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Purported leak reveals Snapdragon 836 SoC and Android 8.0 Oreo for Xiaomi Mi Mix 2

While Xiaomi has officially confirmed the unveiling date for the Mi Mix 2, nothing else is currently confirmed about the device. Of course, there have been multiple rumors and leaks so far, revealing details like Snapdragon 835 SoC, 6-inch screen, Nougat OS, 3D facial recognition support, and 4,500mAh battery. Now, a new leak has emerged, and from the looks of it, it's aimed at taking the hype surrounding the device to a completely new level. The leak in question says the device will be powered by Snapdragon 835 SoC and run Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box. Now, what makes us...

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