Apple showcases Apple Pay Cash in new video ads

Apple Pay Cash was introduced back at WWDC 2017 as an alternative to PayPal and Venmo. In theory, you can just send an amount of money over Messages to someone and the other side will receive them in their Apple Pay account. In reality, it can be used for paying rent, bills, tickets, food to someone close that otherwise would get the money in cash. Apple showcased the service in four short videos, posted on YouTube. The series is called "Just text them the money" and demonstrates how easy it is to pay and receive anything from $15 to $700 just with a tap. Apple Pay Cash is available...

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Samsung preparing Galaxy J6+/Galaxy On6+ for launch

Samsung announced the Galaxy J4 and Galaxy J6 back in May. The latter got renamed as Galaxy On6 for online sales in India, and according to xda-developers, the phone might have a Plus-sized version very soon. A developer found firmware files of a Samsung phone, codenamed j6plte, or J6 Plus LTE. The rebranding of the J-series to On-series is not new, so it might also appear on Flipkart or Amazon as the Galaxy On6 Plus. The firmware files for "j6plte" correspond to a model named "Samsung J6-Plus LTE CIS SER", where the last two letter combinations reveal the device might be headed to...

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Vivo NEX S price discovered ahead of launch

The Vivo NEX S is launching in India on July 19. The company had sent out invites to the press for the launch event set to happen on that day. Now, MySmartPrice has discovered the pricing details for the phone on Amazon's website. The phone will be priced at INR 48,990 ($716). There will likely be two variants, 128GB and 256GB and the aforementioned price is for the lowest variant. There will be also be some launch day offers. The price is significantly lower than the Oppo Find X that was announced in India today. The two phones are similarly equipped, although the Find X has a much...

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Samsung Galaxy Note9 promotional poster leaks showing a blue phone with a yellow S Pen

As we get ever closer to its August 9 official introduction, Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Note9 just keeps on leaking. Today we have a shot of what is claimed to be a promotional poster being readied for the handset's launch. It shows us the oft-leaked new positioning of the fingerprint sensor on the back, which sits below the horizontal elongated island that houses the dual cameras, flash, and heart rate monitor. It's also confirming that the Note9 is keeping the headphone jack. For those afflicted by OCD, the closeup of the device's bottom may be heartbreaking, what with the misaligned...

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Huawei has already sold 3 million Honor 10 units globally

Huawei's sub-brand Honor is happy to announce that its latest flagship smartphone, the Honor 10, is selling very well. In fact, the company has already managed to move more than 3 million units of the device globally. The previously announced milestone of one million sales was reached in less than a month after its release. The Honor 10 packs top specs in a rather affordable package, which is par for the course for this brand. It was unveiled back in May, and it comes with a 5.84-inch 1080x2280 notched touchscreen, the Kirin 970 chipset (which it shares with the Huawei P20, P20 Pro,...

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Samsung Galaxy A6+ (2018) in for review

The Galaxy A6+ (2018) is the definition of a plus model. It packs some good mid-range specs and unlike its smaller sibling, the Galaxy A6, it makes for a much better value for money proposition. If you are willing to spend just a tad more on the plus model, you will get bigger and better screen, faster chipset, secondary camera for those cool bokeh effects and a larger battery. The design is basically the same, but that's not a bad thing as it means an aluminum unibody. Just like every anodized aluminum back, it's rather slippery although, the rounded edges help with the...

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Apple refreshes its Macbook Pro laptops with 8th gen Intel CPUs

Apple just announced a major upgrade to the MacBook Pro lineup. The new 13-inch and 15-inch variants get a huge performance boost thanks to Intel's new 8th Generation chips and also add some essential features for professionals, including options with more memory. Let's start with the little guys. The MacBook Pro 13 gets two extra cores with Intel's Kaby Lake-R generation, so the i5 and i7 CPU's now have four cores instead of two while still supporting Hyper-Threading. According to Apple, the updated MacBook Pro 13 should deliver twice the performance of its predecessors with 7th Gen...

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Huawei's latest fast charging tech might be the fastest yet

It seems that we've almost reached the limit of battery density in modern smartphones, so manufacturers put their R&D money into developing fast charging tech to compensate. There's a plethora of technologies currently on the market with Oppo's recently announced Super VOOC charging standard on the Find X Lamborgini Edition to be the fastest one yet. It promises to top up a 3,750 mAh battery in just 35 minutes. Well, it might get beaten by Huawei's upcoming fast charging technology that's expected to come with the so-called Huawei Power adapter. It's developed by Astec Electronics...

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Xiaomi Mi A2 to be joined by Mi A2 Lite, prices revealed

Xiaomi's Mi A2 is a long-awaited mid-ranger due to its expected low price and stock Android experience. Last year's Mi A1 was a success, so we have every reason to be excited about its successor. Mi A2 We know what to expect from the Mi A2, since it's based on the Mi 6X, but we were still in the dark regarding pricing. Well, a Polish website has now shed light on that and have even added an exciting twist. A second version of the handset called Mi A2 Lite will also be joining it. Of course, the prices that they were able to snatch from an online retailer are for Poland, but...

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Oppo Find X hitting India on August 3

Oppo announced its Find X flagship last month in Paris, but today it had a separate event for the Indian audience, as promised. Oppo India officials and company representatives from China introduced all the neat features of the device, including pricing and availability. The Oppo Find X will be available for purchase in both Bordeaux Red and Glacier Blue as a Flipkart Exclusive for INR59,990 ($875/€750). It is already up for pre-order, with online and offline sales beginning on August 3. Oppo Find X has 8 GB RAM with two storage options - 128 GB or 256 GB, with only the latter...

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Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition with 4GB/64GB and 6GB/128GB memory incoming

The Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition launched back in May as the most expensive and advanced of the three Mi 8 versions, but was initially only said to have one memory configuration - 8GB of RAM and 128GB of non-expandable storage. The latest listing from TENAA, however, suggests that the Chinese powerhouse is preparing multiple versions of the phone with different storage options. We can clearly see from the images and the model number that this indeed is the Mi 8 Explorer. The document lists 4GB, 6GB and 8GB of RAM as well as 64GB 128GB and 256GB of storage. Unfortunately, we are...

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Huawei Nova 3i leaked specs reveal Kirin 710 chipset

Huawei listed the Nova 3 for pre-order yesterday, but according to leaked photos, the Chinese company is also preparing a Nova 3i for a launch with Kirin 710, less capable main camera and no quick charging. The phone appears to look exactly the same - notched screen, dual camera and fingerprint scanner on the back. The Kirin 710 chipset will likely be the new mid-tier of the HiSilicon portfolio built on the 12 nm process. Huawei promises it will bring the AI features that were initially introduced with the Kirin 970. The dual selfie camera will stick to the 24 MP + 2 MP setup, but...

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Xiaomi Mi Max 3 finally ariving on July 19

The next Xiaomi phablet will be called Mi Max 3 and it has been appearing on various places over the internet for the last two months. Ten days after Lei Jun posted on Weibo the retail box of the phone, the company's official profile took it to the Chinese social media to announce the launch date of the device. The Xiaomi Mi Max 3 is arriving on July 19 with "large screen and battery", according to the post. The phone already popped up on TENAA, revealing most of its specs. There will be an octa-core CPU, clocked at 1.8 GHz, but the exact chipset is yet to be confirmed. The 6.99"...

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Sasmung Galaxy Note9's price and release date revealed

A Polish website has published a small piece revealing the upcoming Galaxy Note9's price and release date in the country. According to the media, the information comes from a Samsung employee who attended a pre-briefing for the device. During the pre-brief, the spokesperson mentioned a price of PLN 4,299 ($1,158/€990) for the base version with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage - it appears that the Note9 will cost about the same as its predecessor when launched. It's expected to hit the Polish market on August 24 with pre-orders starting on the same day of the annoucement -...

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ZTE and USA reach an agreement to lift ban

The battle between the Chinese telecommunication equipment manufacturer and smartphone maker ZTE and the United States Department of Commerce is nearing its end. After many suspensions, fines and a total trade ban, now the DoC has announced on Twitter that the agreement is about to be finalized. The deal will see ZTE deposit $400 million into an escrow account and receive a notice for lifting the denial order. Our statement on #ZTE and the escrow agreement: pic.twitter.com/w0Bbej1mAU— U.S. Commerce Dept. (@CommerceGov) July 11, 2018 ZTE was initially blocked from trading with US...

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