Weekly poll results: Yes, in-display fingerprint readers are the future

There's a growing number of phones with in-display fingerprint readers - most coming from vivo, but with participation from Xiaomi, Oppo and Meizu too (and some interest from Huawei). Those companies sniffed out the coming trend before anyone else. You could say that it was obvious, the cool factor alone would push companies to adopt in-display readers once the tech was ready. But Apple is the trend-setter and Apple declared that fingerprint readers are out, 3D face scanners are the new hotness. Going by rumors for the 2018 generation of iPhones, it seems that Cupertino will double down...

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Counterclockwise: Xiaomi shows $300 the is all a flagship needs to cost

Xiaomi is one of the youngest smartphone companies, but its rise has been astounding. It was founded in 2010, released its first phone in 2011 and in 2014 it was already the top maker in China. The first product the company made was MIUI ("Me You I"), a custom skin built on top of Android 2.2 Froyo. It was made available as a ROM to be installed on various phones, but the focus quickly changed to building in-house hardware. It all began with the Xiaomi Mi 1. Offered at CNY 2,000 ($290/€250), it reached 300,000 pre-orders in 34 hours. Xiaomi soon partnered with China Unicom to offer a...

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Honor 8X Max confirmed to carry Snapdragon 660 chipset

Honor officially confirmed that the Honor 8X will arrive on September 5 in two variants - a standard one and an oversized version called 8X Max. Rumor has it, the diagonal on the Max is going to be 7.12" beating even the Xiaomi Mi Max 3. Now a screenshot is circling around Weibo taken from Master Lu Chinese benchmark confirming the Snapdragon 660 on board. It was previously thought that the device will sport either SD636 or SD660 and now we have some solid evidence that it's going to be the latter. How do we know it's the Honor 8X? The model number ARE-AL00 matches the one...

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The new iPhones will create a sales boom, analyst predict 350M sales in 1 year

A new analyst report obtained by 9to5Mac claims that the upcoming trio of iPhones will create a massive wave of upgrades in a 12 to 18 month period. The GBH Insights report points at 350M iPhones sales for that period due to the diversity Apple is going to offer to its customers. Last year's iPhones sold well but weren't enough to convince a large number of old iPhone owners to upgrade. That's due to the incremental upgrade the iPhone 8 brought over the iPhone 7 and the high price tag of the iPhone X. So users were either put off by the price of the iPhone X or didn't find a good...

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Google expands its Google Pay support with 30 more banks in the US

To better compete with Cupertino's Apple Pay contact-less payment platform, Google is looking to expand its support for more banks worldwide and especially on US soil. Of course, that doesn't mean that Apple is just sitting nearby and watching. Today Google updated its list of supporting banks and added 30 new names. You can see all of them below, or if you want to check the complete list of supported banks in the US, visit the source link below. BlueOX Credit Union City Credit Union Community First Credit Union (CA) Community Trust Bank Cortland Savings and Banking Desert...

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Samsung's new VR headset will launch very soon, Bluetooth support confirmed

Samsung's upcoming VR headse,t dubbed HMD Odyssey+ made its first appearance on the FCC's database, along with key specs and features. It aims to be a successor to last year's HMD Odyssey and will be company's second stand-alone VR headset. Although previous leaks revealed almost everything we would like to know about Samsung's future VR headset, the latest report is here to add more to the story. The device appeared on the Bluetooth certification website, revealing yet another feature. The document doesn't disclose much except that two models have gone under the certification...

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Xiaomi Mi Max 3

Remember when people made fun of the original Samsung Galaxy Note and its "humungous" 5.3-inch display? Oh, how the times have changed. Still, have we really come to a point where a 6.9 inch diagonal behemoth is able to avoid the "tablet" category and stretch the already confusing phablet category even further?

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BlackBerry releases a teaser for the KEY2 LE, confirms IFA 2018 launch

BlackBerry's latest KEY2 smartphone is a great niche device, but can't get away from the fact that it's a little on the expensive side. The upcoming KEY2 LE aims to right the wrongs of its more expensive sibling by offering pretty much the same hardware, similar features, but for a much lower price (hopefully). Almost time for a new introduction. #IFA18 pic.twitter.com/9KPX5GrgvY— BlackBerry Mobile (@BBMobile) August 24, 2018 We've heard a lot about the device and now BlackBerry has confirmed that it's preparing to release the slightly toned-down version of the original KEY2 during...

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First solid OnePlus 6T information surfaces from the EEC

It's that time again - OnePlus is prepping to launch the successor to this year's OnePlus 6. Historically, the refresh usually comes sometime in November, so there's still plenty of time until the release. But that doesn't mean that the smartphone isn't ready to begin its worldwide certification and testing. First stop - EEC (Eurasian Economic Commission). A leaked document names a device with model number A6013. It has been certified yesterday and the guys from PhoneCorridor were fast to pick it up. Unfortunately, there's nothing else we can gather from the report, except the model...

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Realme 2 full specs sheet leaks

Oppo made quite a splash on the mobile scene with the original Realme 1, mainly for its extremely budget price tag. Now, just a few months later, it is already clear that the Chinese OEM intends to ride the PR wave and release a Realme 2 successor, of sorts. The handset will launch as a Flipkart exclusive on August 28 and some specs have already been confirmed by Oppo: Snapdragon SoC, 6.2-inch display and a 88.8% screen-to-body ratio, a notch and a large 4,230 mAh battery. Today brings a fresh new leak, in the form of a full specs sheet for the device. We can't vouch for its...

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