On the day of their unveil, Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite pop up for sale once again

Today's the day Xiaomi will announce the Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite at a special event in Madrid, livestream here, but the duo is already up for pre-order at Gearbest's website. This is nothing new, we've seen the Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite on sale in Romania and then at a couple other retailer's sites a day later. The listings offer a detailed look at the specs and features of both phones as well as their offered color variants. Both phones come in Black, Gold and Blue. The Mi A2 costs €293 at the time of writing while the Mi A2 Lite a nod cheaper at €190. The Xiaomi Mi A2 is said to ship...

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OnePlus opens three new experience stores in India on July 28

OnePlus announced today it is opening three new authorized offline stores. They will be in Bangalore, Mumbai, and Kolkata and the launch will be on July 28 at 11 AM. The company will hand out prizes for the first 100 customers, including an actual OnePlus 6 smartphone with a Marvel Avengers Iron Man case and OnePlus branded t-shirts. The store in Bengaluru is in Jayanagar, 4th Block, the Mumbai one is in Central Mall while Kolkata OnePlus fans should head to South City Mall. To be eligible for exclusive OnePlus goodies on purchase, customers must register online. Along with the...

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Watch the Xiaomi Mi A2 launch live here

Xiaomi has scheduled an event for today in Madrid and we can't be more excited. The Spanish capital is not the usual destination where we see phone unveilings and this has written "surprise" all over it. The Chinese company is most likely to announce the Xiaomi Mi A2, the follow-up of the Android One device Mi A1. There is also a Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite expected, as plenty of rumors suggested. The event begins at 11 AM local time and will be streamed live both on the Mi Facebook page and its YouTube channel. Xiaomi Mi A2 (in Black) • Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite (in Gold) The Xiaomi Mi A2 is...

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HomePod private beta enables phone calls functionality

Apple is seeding a private beta for its corporate and some retail employees that is said to have some useful new features that could be coming to the final build later. One of these features is the ability to make and receive phone calls through the HomePod. It already has a mic and speaker, so that's not a surprise, but Apple currently does not offer this functionality in the stable build for whatever reason. The other feature being added is that you can now tell your HomePod to find your iPhone, and similar to using the Find My iPhone feature on your Mac or other iOS device,...

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Note9 leaks in blue, black, and brown - Allegedly priced over € 1,000 in EU

As the date nears for Samsung's scheduled August 9 even in New York City, leaks have been dropping for both the Samsung Galaxy Watch as well as the star of the aforementioned event - the Samsung Galaxy Note9. We're taking a look at a couple of major leaks today. First, as reported by Android Headlines The Samsung Galaxy Note9 will come in three colors: blue, black, and brown. The official names of the colors are allegedly: Midnight Black, Coral Blue, and Teddy Brown. Although not pictured, rumors have also pointed to Lilac Purple making a return for the Note9. Source: Android...

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You can ask Google Assistant to make a Duo Video call

As reported by Android Police, Google Assistant can now be asked to initiate a video call with a contact in your device. Just ask Google Assistant to "Video call _____" followed by the contact's name. It worked perfectly on our Pixel 2 and we were able to instantly jump into a call. As reported by Android Police the feature is still rolling out so it may either use Hangouts to make the call or it might just open the Duo app and not do anything else. The Verge mentions that the command even works on Google Assistant for iOS. So if you use Duo regularly, this is the quickest way to...

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Samsung inadvertently leaks an image of its own Galaxy Watch

Samsung has been gearing up for its announcement of its next-generation smartwatch. FCC filings have already pre-confirmed that it will not be called the Samsung Gear S4, but the Samsung Galaxy Watch. Today's leak confirms this, along with the model number that we saw in those FCC filings. The leak happened on Samsung's website but has since been taken down. First spotted by CNET, the Galaxy Watch was seen in a device comparison chart next to the Gear S2. We see the watch in Rose Gold and a model number of SM-R810NZDAXAR. This corresponds with the model number SM-R8XX scheme spotted last...

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July's Android distribution numbers puts Oreo at 12.1% of active devices

Every month Google has been releasing Android's distribution numbers for us to see how many devices are actively used and which version of Android those devices are running. It gives us an idea of how many devices are immediately upgradable to the latest version of Android. For some reason Google didn't release June's distribution numbers. In fact, the last time that Google released Android distribution stats was on May 7, which was 11 weeks ago. Android Oreo makes up 12.1% of the total Android distribution while Nougat is the version that makes up most of the Android devices in...

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Honor View 10 update brings EIS, call recorder and Ride mode

Huawei is rolling out an update for the Honor View 10 - EMUI 8.0.0.161 that brings a few new features. The camera now support EIS for video recording, which should result in less shaky videos. There is now also a call recording feature included. Lastly, a Ride mode is included for when you're riding a bike and don't want to be disturbed. The phone will automatically inform the caller by answering the call or sending an SMS that you cannot pick up the call. Apart from that, the update also improves the thermal management of the device. Lastly, it delivers the Google security...

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Huawei nova 3i with Kirin 710 benchmarked: here's how it compares to Snapdragon 710

The Huawei INE-X2 - better known as the nova 3i - has been put through Geekbench, which gives us a first glimpse at the performance of the Kirin 710 inside and allows for an early comparison with the Snapdragon 710. The Kirin 710 is a 12nm chip, which features 4x Cortex-A73 cores (2.2GHz) and 4x A53 cores (1.7GHz). For comparison, the Snapdragon 710 is a 10nm chip with 2x Kryo 360 Gold (2.2GHz) and 6x Kryo 360 Silver cores (1.7GHz). The are based on Cortex-A75 and A55 respectively. JRGRAPH_EXPANDABLE_VERSION = false; GeekBench 4.2 (single-core) Higher is better ...

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Nokia 6.1 Plus and 8110 4G launch in Taiwan

Nokia will expand the market availability of the Nokia 6.1 Plus further by bringing it to Taiwan. The phone which launched in China in May as the Nokia X6 became available last week in Honk Kong. The Taiwan launch was teased last week and it only took a few days to materialize. The Nokia 6.1 Plus will be available through most of Taiwan's retail channels starting August 1, from NT$ 8,000/€200. Alongside it Taiwanese customers will also get the Nokia 8110 4G from tomorrow. The feature phone starts at NT$ 2,800/€80. The Nokia 6.1 Plus will be available in Blue or White while...

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Xiaomi Mi Max 3 Pro spotted on Qualcomm's website

The Pro variant of the Xiaomi Mi Max 3 looks close to becoming official. The phone which we all expected to see alongside the Mi Max 3 was spotted on Qualcomm's website filed under devices powered by the Snapdragon 710. This seems like concrete evidence that the phone is edging toward officiality. The listing doesn't reveal any other specs, but chances are the Pro version will share its other specs with the Mi Max 3. That means we are looking at a 6.9-inch 1080x2160px IPS LCD, a dual 12MP + 5MP camera and an 8 MP selfie snapper. Via

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Qualcomm unveils 5G antennas for the X50 modem: up to four in a phone with MIMO

The Qualcomm X50 modem promises stunning speeds of 5Gbps, but it will need the right antennas to get there. The company just unveiled its first antennas for millimeter wave and for sub-6GHz communication. What's the difference? Millimeter wave operates at very high frequencies - the QTM052 antenna works above 26GHz and even in the 37-40GHz range and it can receive up to 800MHz of bandwidth. That's how you get to 5Gbps transfer speeds. The antenna itself is tiny and it needs to be. Qualcomm envisions up to 4 of them inside smartphones. Together with the X50 modem, they support beam...

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Samsung sells 2 million Galaxy J8 and J6 phones in India

Samsung India has just issued a press release, stating that 2 million units of the Galaxy J8 and the Galaxy J6 have been sold. The company claimed the models were attracting 50,000 consumers a day since the launch of the J6 on May 22 and the arrival of the J8 at the start of this month. The Samsung Galaxy J6 was the first of the affordable portfolio to sport the Infinity Display with 18.5:9 ratio and AMOLED panel. It runs on Exynos 7870 chipset and has 32 GB storage plus a slot for microSD card. There is one camera on the back - 13 MP f/1.9 unit. The J6 costs no more than INR15,990...

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Samsung strikes against Apple with three new Ingenius ads

Samsung's anti-iPhone ad series Ingenius just got a few new clips titled Fast Charger, Dongle and Camera - pretty self explanatory. In these ads Samsung depicts a faux Apple store with an Apple Genius Bar employee that answers iPhone X questions from pro-Galaxy S9/S9+ users. The first ad was Speed and it focused on the Galaxy S9/S9+'s Gigabit LTE support, granting it double the LTE download speeds. These three new ads focus on the iPhone X's lack of a headphone jack (which the Galaxies have, naturally), its sub-par (according to DxOMark) camera and its lack of fast charging. At least...

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Apple reportedly talking to BOE for OLED displays for future iPhones

LG was set to supply OLED panels to Apple for the iPhone sequels and while that deal is still in motion, it looks like it won't take over from Samsung as the primary supplier. The latest rumors claims that China's BOE will have that honor. But the deal is yet to be finalized. First, the company will have to prove it can produce OLED panels to Apple's strict specifications and at the required volumes. BOE's Senior Vice President claims that the Chengdu factory is already at a 70% yield, which experts say is close to what the company will need for mass production. Still, if an agreement...

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Samsung's Smart Speaker will be called Magbee, coming at IFA 2018

Samsung's anticipated smart speaker will be called Magbee, according to a couple of trademark applications Samsung filled in the US and Europe. We know very little of the speaker, outside of its existence, but we can bet good money that it will be powered by Bixby and Harman will have some involvement. Samsung's US trademark application, image credit: 91Mobiles A recent patent application revealed that the speaker will have a dial. Samsung is expected to have some sort of wireless home audio solution in place with the Magbee speaker - likely with support for multi room audio and...

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Sony introduces IMX586 smartphone camera with 48 MP Quad Bayer sensor

Sony introduced its latest CMOS image sensor for smartphones. It is called IMX586 and has 48 megapixels, each of them only 0.8 μm in size, stacked onto a 1/2-type unit. It will begin arriving at smartphones as early as September 2018. Sony said in a press release the increased pixel count will enable high-quality photos even when devices are using digital zoom. The IMX586 implements the Quad Bayer 2x2 pixel array. This means on most occasions it will bin four pixels together outputting the equivalent of 12MP sensor with large 1.6 μm pixels. For bright low-noise photos...

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Xiaomi teases telephoto camera for the Mi A2 and an updated portrait mode

Xiaomi is really eager to tell the world about the Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite, so it keeps tweeting out hints. They are a bit confusing at times, but other times they are quite clear... or one might say in focus. This tweet shows off soft bokeh, so we're looking forward to a new portrait mode, which will be achieved with the help of a telephoto lens #MiA2 and #MiA2Lite let you focus on what's important. Which would you choose? #2isbetterthan1 #XiaomiGlobalLaunch pic.twitter.com/nb9e60DIiJ— Mi (@xiaomi) July 23, 2018 This next tweet shows one of the lenses clearly magnifying more than...

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Meizu 16 Plus shows thin bezels and in-display fingerprint in leaked images

The Meizu 16 Plus has appeared in a duo of new snaps in the wild, showing off its nearly bezel-free front in blurry fashion. One of the images shows off the in-display fingerprint scanner that previous rumors have pointed to. The smaller Meizu 16 will opt for a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. Meizu 16 Plus (click to enlarge) Meizu will unveil the 16 and 16 Plus a day before Samsung unpacks its Galaxy Note9 - on August 8. The Meizu 16 is expected to cost less than $600 with no word yet on the Meizu 16 Plus' price. Source

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Google to announce new Pixelbook alongside the Pixel 3

Back in May we heard rumors that Google is preparing to launch its first smartwatch. The wearable is expected to carry the Pixel brand and arrive alongside the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL in October. Latest information from Evan Blass on Twitter is the lineup will also be accompanied by a second-generation Pixelbook with smaller bezels. It might be way too early for specs, but the new Pixelbook will most likely run Chrome OS on the latest Intel or Qualcomm ARM chipset and will support Google Assistant. The new Pixel phones usually arrive in the first week of October and this is when we...

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BlackBerry KEY2 lands in India for INR42,990

The BlackBerry Keyone was a massive success and TCL launched its followup named Key2 in early June. The phone slowly started arriving to various markets, including the Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The next major country that is set to see the BlackBerry Key2 is India, where the phone will be available for purchase on July 31. The BlackBerry Key2 price has been set at INR42,990 or about $625. Amazon will offer the phone exclusively, and it will be available in a bundle with INR4,450 cashback offer from Reliance Jio and ICICI bank. BlackBerry India promised more...

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Huawei Honor Note 10 full specs outed by TENAA

Huawei subsidiary Honor is preparing the Note 10 for a launch next Tuesday. Some of the specs like a tall AMOLED display and Kirin 970 chipset were already leaked, but the full list was just listed on the Chinese regulatory website TENAA. The new phablet will be available with plenty of RAM and storage options. It will also have a 16 MP + 24 MP camera setup, likely the same as the smaller sibling Honor 10 where the secondary sensor is monochrome. Leaked photos of Huawei Honor Note 10 vs Nintendo Switch The display is listed as 6.95" with a Full HD+ resolution of 2,220 x 1080...

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