Huawei Mate 11 (or Mate 20) to sport under-display fingerprint scanner

The much hyped and rumored for years under-display fingerprint sensing technology has finally arrived on the market this year with the vivo X20 Plus UD and X21 UD. These are the first smartphones to sport such a solution, in that case a Synaptics sensor. Huawei is apparently going the under-display route too, for its upcoming Mate 11 (or Mate 20 - since this year the P series went from 10 to 20). Yet Huawei is said to have chosen to use Qualcomm's ultrasonic fingerprint solution. In that case, the new Mate may be the first shipping model with that particular sensor built-in. Huawei...

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Honor View 10 finally becomes available in the US for $499

Honor's latest flagship smartphone is finally available in the US. The Honor View 10 was initially expected to reach the country in early January, but that hasn't happened for whatever reason. It went up for pre-order earlier this month, and today it's in stock. You can purchase one from the Huawei sub-brand's official online store. It's priced at $499 and you can choose between blue and black color versions, and you are going to receive an unlocked device. The Honor View 10 is powered by the same flagship Kirin 970 chipset that you can find inside the Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro....

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Instagram announces new changes to the timeline based on feedback

Instagram has announced new changes to the timeline based on user feedback. One of these changes is the introduction of 'New Posts' button that lets you manually refresh. This prevents the previous automatic refreshing of the timeline that had a habit of yanking you out of whichever part of the app you were in and throwing you at the start of your timeline. Users can now manually refresh whenever they want without the app doing it for them. The other change is a slightly more chronological timeline. Instagram introduced an algorithmic timeline that sorted posts based on what it...

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Huawei P20 loses the 40MP camera and 5x hybrid zoom of the P20 Pro

If the P20 Pro has three cameras, but the Huawei P20 has only two, which one gets dropped? The 40MP camera, the telephoto one or the black & white one? It turns out it's not going to be like that. The non-Pro model will simply go back to the battle-tested camera setup of the Mate10 - a 12MP color sensor and a 20MP b&w sensor. The camera will still offer a zooming feature, though at only 2x, it's not as impressive as Pro's 5x hybrid zoom. The P20 camera will still record 960fps videos at 720p resolution, according to detailed info from WinFuture. And it will keep the 24MP selfie...

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LG K9 debuts, is just a rebranded K8 (2018) for Russia

Earlier this month LG showed the K8 (2018) at the MWC in Barcelona and now, it's launching it in Russia under the name LG K9. Outside of the name nothing appears to have changed. The LG K9 has a 5-inch IPS LCD of the conventional 16:9 aspect and 720x1280px resolution, a 2,500mAh battery, 8MP main cam and a 5MP selfie one. The phone is still powered by Android 7.1 and offers LTE connectivity. Pushing the price down is the use of a Snapdragon 210 chip and 2GB of RAM. However the built-in 16GB of storage is expandable and there is a fingerprint reader on the back. Here's a quick...

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Comparing the sizes of flagship chipsets: Qualcomm, Samsung, Huawei adn Apple

There are four major manufacturers of flagship chipsets - Qualcomm (Snapdragon), Samsung (Exynos), Huawei (Kirin) and Apple (A-series). Three of those tend to be used in the respective companies' own flagships. Apple certainly doesn't want to share while Samsung and Huawei rarely find outside customers. We often talk about the power usage of a chipset - it's important for the battery budget. Fabbing the chip at lower nanometers helps with that, but also balances the other important sheet. The price of a chip (patent costs aside) is proportional to its size. This makes it tricky to find...

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Apple will go after educational market with cheaper iPads next week

Apple is reportedly ready to announce a cheaper iPad model geared towards educators and students at its upcoming March 27 event in Chicago. Apple's new focus on education and a potential release of a lower-priced iPad for students is directly aimed at a market that's dominated by Google Chromebooks and Android tablets. The educational market is worth around $17.7B globally and Google holds a big chunk of it - 60% share. Currently Apple's cheapest iPad will run you €399 for a 32GB variant. On the opposite end there are a bunch of Chromebooks by Asus, Samsung and Acer that cost...

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Sharp Aquos S3 will be announced on March 28

Sharp will unveil its Aquos S3 on March 28 in Vietnam. The date and venue were confirmed by Sharp Mobile's CEO. This is the 6-inch S3, which would be announced a week after its smaller counterpart, the 5.5-inch Sharp Aquos S3 mini debuted. Where the mini has a single camera on the back, the Aquos S3 will have a 12MP+13MP dual setup and a 16MP selfie camera. The display will be an 18:9 2160x1080px panel, not the 17:9 1080x2040p display on the Aquos S3 mini. Like the mini, the Aquos S3 will have a top-placed notch on its screen. Finally, the Sharp Aquos S3 will have an...

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Huawei trolls Apple and Samsung with P20 promotion

Yes, those are Huawei trucks parked in front of an Apple store. They parked in front of a Samsung store too. The company is getting cheeky with its promotion of the upcoming P20 phones. However, the trucks were spotted driving around and leaving pavement graffiti in London. And yet the P20 event will be held in Paris, France next week - on Tuesday to be exact. Huawei's power-washed pavement graffiti for the Huawei P20 The Huawei P20 Pro will have a triple camera and one of the image sensors will have a whopping 40MP resolution, according to rumors. The Huawei P20 will...

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Samsung silently releases updated Galaxy J7 Prime 2

Without any fuss, Samsung unveiled an updated Galaxy J7 Prime 2 on the Indian section of its website. The phone appears to be an updated version of the Galaxy J7 Prime with miniature design changes like the capacitive buttons. It arrives with Android Nougat out of the box, octa-core CPU on an Exynos 7 chipset and a revamped 13 MP selfie camera. Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime 2 The Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime 2's chip is most likely the same Exynos 7870, seen in the original J7 Prime, because the clock speed of the CPU is unchanged at 1.6 GHz. Specs like RAM, storage and microSD...

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Nokia 1 and Nokia 7 Plus go on pre-order in the UK on Amazon

Amazon UK has opened up pre-orders for the Nokia 1 and Nokia 7 Plus with shipments promised to start on April 30. The Nokia 7 Plus comes in Black and Copper and costs £349.99. The Nokia 1 can be had in Dark Blue and Warm Red for £79.99. The rest of the new Nokia smartphones, they should all follow closely shortly as most of them are also expected in April. Nokia 1 Pre-order | Nokia 7 Plus Pre-order

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Xiaomi arrives in Portugal

Xiaomi keeps expanding its presence in Europe, with the newest country in the portfolio being Portugal. Devices from the Chinese manufacturer will be available next through retailers, including Worten, Fnac and Media Markt. Some devices are already listed, but as "out of stock". Our source adds that with the official introduction of Xiaomi in Portugal, all devices will have 2-year warranty as per EU regulations. The phones will also have support in Portuguese and some market-tailored features. Pricing will not be any different than any other EU country - they will most likely copy...

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OnePlus 6 specs sheet leaks

Several days ago a leaked image, comparing prices of different flagships, suggested $749 (around €610) price tag of the OnePlus 6 with 256 GB. Today more specs leaked, including the chipset, RAM storage, and dual camera setup. According to the listing, OnePlus 6 will sport a 6.28" AMOLED screen with a resolution of 2280 x 1080, which unsurprisingly is the same panel as on the Oppo R15. The SoC is expected to be Snapdragon 845, though, with its CPU clocked at 2.7 GHz. The rear camera of the OnePlus 6 is listed as 16 MP + 20 MP with an f/1.7 aperture on both lenses, which is...

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Vivo launches V9 smartphone in India

Vivo has launched the V9 smartphone in India a day after international announcement. The phone is priced at INR 22,990 and will be available through Amazon India. The V9 has the infamous notch design with a 19:9 aspect ratio, 6.3-inch 2280x1080 IPS LCD. It's powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 processor with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of expandable storage. In terms of imaging, the V9 has a dual camera system on the back with 16MP primary and 5MP secondary depth sensor. On the front is a 24MP selfie camera with AI assisted beauty modes. Lastly, it runs on a 3260mAh battery with Android...

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