Google Pixel 3 live images appear

A complete review of the yet unreleased Google Pixel 3 XL appeared online last week, just to be followed by another full-scale review a day later. They both concentrated on the bigger phone, saying nothing about the vanilla Pixel 3. Lo and behold, several days later live images of the phone finally appeared on Reddit, and by the looks of it, the phone will come with a 5.5" tall screen, no notch and dual selfie cameras. Google Pixel 3 live images Google is not big on the design changes - it looks like the phone will look a lot like the predecessor Pixel 2. The back will be...

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Nikon announces D3500 DSLR for $499

Nikon has launched a new entry-level DSLR, the Nikon D3500, which replaced its previous model, the D3400, that was launched two years ago. The D3500 isn't remarkably different from its predecessor but does feature some notable changes. It has a different design that is both smaller and lighter than the D3400. The battery performance has also improved, and the D3500 is now capable of 1550 shots on a single charge. The price has also been reduced. The D3500 with a single AF-P DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR kit lens will be available for $499. A dual kit lens including...

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Olloclip's new Multi-Device Clip lens mount is compatible with most mobile devices

Olloclip has unveiled a new lens mount for your smartphone today. It's descriptively called the Multi-Device Clip, and it should work with most mobile devices. So you'll finally be able to use Olloclip's add-on lenses even if you don't have an iPhone - starting next month, when the Multi-Device Clip will become available for $60. Your purchase will include one of the Connect X lenses that the Multi-Device Clip is designed to be used with. Any additional lens will cost you $45. Your options are: super-wide (four-element lens with 120-degree visibility), ultra-wide (with 155-degree...

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Jaybird X4 announced with water-resistant design

Jaybird has launched the new X4 Bluetooth wireless headset. It features improved design over the previous X3 model while maintaining most of the features and performance. The X4 features an IPX7 certified design, which makes it a lot more water-resistant than the X3 that were merely sweat-resistant. The X4 also features a new Speed Cinch cord design that lets you tighten the slack at the back of your neck for a more comfortable fit. Apart from the design, not much else has changed. It still has the same audio quality and the same 8-hour battery life. It also unfortunately has...

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LG Candy smartphone announced, available in India September 1

LG has launched a new smartphone called Candy in India. The phone is priced at INR 6999 ($98) and will be available starting September 1 across retail outlets. As you can tell from the price, the LG Candy is a budget Android smartphone. It features a 5.0-inch 720p IPS display with a 8MP camera on the back and a 5MP camera on the front. It's powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable storage. It's kept running by a 2500mAh removable battery. The phone comes with four different colors covers in the package. Black is the default but users can also...

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vivo X23 specs appear on a leaked presentation slide

The vivo X23 is launching on September 6 and it looks like it plans to leak every single day until that point. This time around, we get a shot of what is said to be a presentation slide listing the phone's specs. Given that the source has already removed the image, and the close proximity of the announcement itself, this may be legit despite containing one glaring typo. That's further solidified by the fact that these specs come to reconfirm what has already been outed about the X23. So, the device should have a 6.41" 1080x2340 Super AMOLED touchscreen with 19.5:9 aspect ratio and...

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Google Assistant is now bilingual

Google's Assistant has become the first service of its kind to gain bilingual abilities. At the moment, you can talk to it in any combination of English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese, while more languages are going to be supported for this new feature "in the coming months". The company's demos show full sentences spoken in each language, to which the Assistant responds appropriately. So it seems like you can't mix and match languages within the same request you make to it, but this is still quite the technical accomplishment, part of Google's multi-year effort to make...

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Apple Watch Series 4 shows off its big display in a leaked render

The first renders showing the upcoming iPhone XS and its bigger sibling (possibly to be called iPhone XS Plus) weren't it in terms of Apple-related leaks for the day. We've also got an official looking render of the Apple Watch Series 4. At first sight it's got a familiar look, and it's even expected to have the exact same length and width as its predecessor. The difference, however, is in the screen. Specifically, the fact that the Series 4 will employ a bigger display in the same chassis, by trimming the bezels. Past rumors said the new panel would be around 15% bigger. The...

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iPhone XS and its bigger sibling get pictured in leaked renders

While this year's three new iPhone models have been leaking a lot as we get closer to the September 12 event during which they'll get official, there's been some controversy around their names. Not anymore, according to a new report from 9to5Mac. The successor to the iPhone X, with its similar looks and 5.8" touchscreen, will allegedly be called iPhone XS. This is a certainty, apparently. What's less clear is what the bigger, 6.5" model will be called - iPhone XS Plus perhaps? Anyway, here they are, one on top of the other, in the first leaked render depicting two thirds of Apple's 2018...

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The Pocophone F1 can't stream HD video from Netflix, Hulu or Amazon as it turns out

Here we go again - the Pocophone F1 does not have Widevine L1. Technical details aside, this means that you won't have access to HD quality videos from streaming services - Netflix, Amazon Video, Hulu, BBC, all the major players rely on it. Widevine is a DRM system that ensures a video stream cannot be copied illegally. There are three levels, but essentially any stream with 720p resolution and above requires L1. The phone does come with L3, which enables 540p streaming, but even on a mobile screen it doesn't look great. Widevine is not something you can just install, even an OTA update...

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ZTE Axon 9 Pro hands-on review

ZTE has been branching out its mobile business quite a bit lately. Experimenting with various concepts, like the nubia Red Magic, just to see what sticks. Still one family has been notably missing form the Chinese manufacturer's lineup for quite some time.

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BlackBerry KEY2 LE is already up for pre-order in the UK and Netherlands

Mere hours have passed since BlackBerry made the KEY2 LE official but already the phone can be ordered in the UK and the Netherlands by eager early adopters. Retailer Unlocked-Mobiles has the KEY2 LE up for pre-order at a price of £349 for a Black 32GB model with shipping estimated for September 10. Dutch retailer Belsimpel also has a pre-order up for the KEY2 LE with a price tag of €429 and a supposed shipping in 2 weeks. BlackBerry's latest phone will cost $449 in the US, CAD 579 in Canada and €429 in the rest of Europe. If you're not up to speed with what the BlackBerry...

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Official: Apple will show off its 2018 iPhones on September 12

The date is set - Apple will unveil its new iPhone lineup on September 12 at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, one year to the date from its last iPhone event. The star of the show will be the new iPhone and more specifically the new iPhones. We're almost certain there will be three iPhone models - an updated 5.8-inch iPhone, a new cheaper 6.1-inch LCD iPhone and a 6.5-inch flagship within the dimensions of the current iPhone 8 Plus. The event could show new iPad Pro's. Rumor has it both the iPad Pro 10.5 and Pro 12.9 will get thinner bezels, Face ID and more streamlines...

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ZTE loses $1.1 billion in 1H 2018 due to US ban but expects growth to return in 2019

After battling the US sanctions for the most part of 2018, ZTE finally settled for $1.7 billion in sanctions and paid $1.4 billion back in July. This has resulted in the worst half ever by recording a net loss of $1.1 billion. But despite the bad first half of 2018, the company is still expected to post a net profit between $3.54 million and $146.40 million throughout Q3 2018. Orders and production have returned to normal and are in line with July and August plans. The projected net loss due to the US ban is right on point - between 7 and 9 billion yuan. Looking ahead, the company...

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Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 pictured with a Find X-esque camera slider, coming in October

Okay, now we know for sure what the 2019 trend will be - camera sliders. It all started when vivo announced its NEX S concept at this year's MWC in Barcelona. Later on introduced a finished device. Oppo was then fast to respond with an even bigger slider on its Find X flagship and now Honor is looking to introduce the Magic 2 smartphone with the same camera mechanism. Well, it didn't take long for another one to pop up but this time from an entirely different Chinese smartphone maker - Xiaomi. The company's president just posted a render of the still unannounced Mi Mix 3 - a...

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BlackBerry KEY2 LE hands-on review

Call it circumstance, an unnatural attraction towards stand-out design and functionality, or some of us, around the office simply showing our age and geeky nature. Regardless of the particular reasoning behind it, we kind of liked the BlackBerry KEY2 and judging by some of the responses, we have been reading in our review, we're definitely not the only ones.

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BlackBerry announces the KEY2 LE - toned-down KEY2 version with cool color options

The BlackBerry KEY2 was well-received by the Android community, especially by the business users in the US, Canada, Germany and Central EU. However, we can't overlook the fact that the KEY2's price tag is a little off for the hardware it offers. So here's where the BlackBerry KEY2 LE comes into play - a slightly toned-down version of the original while retaining the iconic features that made the KEY2 a great business-oriented device. BlackBerry KEY2 LE in Slate On contrary to the original's Snapdragon 660, the "lite" version settles for the Snapdragon 636 chipset paired with...

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The ZTE Axon 9 Pro runs stock Android, boasts stereo speakers and a large batery

After skipping a year, ZTE's budget-friendly flagship is back - check out the Axon 9 Pro. It runs stock Android now (8.1 Oreo) on Qualcomm's top Snapdragon while sipping power from a large 4,000mAh battery. Starting with the screen, it's still an AMOLED panel but that's where similarities end. It's bigger, 6.21", it has a notch and it has 1080p+ resolution (down from QHD on the Axon 7). The good news is that the screen is HDR10-capable and it has an RGB sensor for accurate white balance. Even better - Axon's powerful stereo speakers are still on board. They are Dolby Atmos-enabled to...

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New images of the vivo V11 Pro surface

The upcoming vivo V11 Pro has been heavily rumored to the point where we know about as much as there is to know about it. So these fresh pictures of the device caught in the wild don't reveal anything new but serve to reiterate what we've seen so far. The V11 Pro will have a dual camera on the back, a fingerprint scanner embedded into the display and a water drop notch. vivo V11 Pro caught in the wild The remaining three images of the vivo V11 Pro are from a retail store and the device is a non-functioning sales dummy. It serves as an example of the V11 Pro held in hand and...

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Flipkart sold out of Nokia 6.1 Plus phones in three minutes

The first batch of Nokia 6.1 Plus phones in India started selling right on schedule - 12:00pm local time. And by 12:03pm Flipkart was all out of stock. The retailer doesn't say how many units were sold in total, but it did say that it was selling 150 phones a second. Multiplied by 180 seconds that's 27,000. Keep in mind that the phone was also available on Nokia.com, so the total will be higher. More Nokia 6.1 Plus units are on the way, the next sale on Flipkart will be on September 6 at 12 noon local time. Nokia.com should be restocking as well, but there's no info on when that...

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Honor teases the Honor Magic 2 with slide-out cameras and FullView display

After announcing the Honor Play for the global market, the company's president surprised us all by teasing the successor to the original Honor Magic. The latter was released back in December 2016 and never got a follow-up until now, of course. The successor is called Magic 2 and the device didn't get a proper announcement - the George Zhao just teased some of the key features. The most noticeable one is the so-called FullView display - no notches, no big ugly chins - just display. And as you may have figured out by yourselves, the device will have slide-out cameras as there's no room...

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Honor Play shines on the global scene for €329

Sony announced a new phone, LG introduced two devices and Honor lined up with the big players to announce a global arrival of its cheapest Kirin 970-powered smartphone Honor Play. The device was initially introduced in India with a price tag between $290 and $350, but now it will reach all markets, including the European and North American countries. Honor Play in Midnight Black, Navy Blue and Ultra Violet The Honor Play is marketed as a gaming smartphone and as such arrives with GPU Turbo, making it the 8th Honor device with the feature that enhances performance and lowers...

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The new Sony WH-1000XM3 have a dedicated noise-canceling processor

Sony released the third generation of its premium noise-canceling headphones - the Sony WH-1000XM3. They are more comfortable thanks to the redesigned earpads and they are lighter than the 2nd generation so you can wear them all day (however, this was done by dropping the metal elements in favor of plastic). The biggest improvement comes from the dedicated QN1 noise-canceling processor. Most NC headphones block out droning noises (e.g. from an engine), but the QN1 can also cancel out voices. If you do need to hear what people are saying, ‘Quick Attention' mode reduces the volume...

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Google Home Max lands in the UK

Google Home Max was announced back in October 2017 at the Pixel 2 unveiling. The smart speaker was made available for purchase in the US right in time for Christmas and eventually made its way outside the country as late as May. Now, the United Kingdom is also joining the party where the Google Assistant-enabled gadget is finally available. The Google Home Max has 4.5" woofers and is 20 times louder, according to Google. It is the first from the Home family to adapt and adjust to the environment - it learns its position in a room and sets up to listen properly and provide the answers...

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Sony Xperia XZ3 hands-on review

Sony has always had its own, rather unique approach to mobile design. Whether you liked the boxier look of old, favour the curves of the new "Ambient Flow" concept or don't really find either appealing, it is hard to ignore one irrefutable accomplishment of the Japanese design team - continuity.

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Sony Xperia XZ3 unveiled: Big, curved OLED display!

Where there's smoke, there's fire. In the case of the new Xperia XZ3 - plenty of it. As per what many originally dismissed as outlandish rumors, the new flagship features a huge, 6-inch, curved OLED, HDR display. A first for the Japanese giant, which will more than likely, stir up some commotion and controversy among fans. Whether you like the new form factor and the jump to OLED or not, Sony made sure the panel it picked looks gorgeous, featuring an 18:9, "Extended display" aspect ratio, QHD+ resolution and the company's standard and long-standing plethora of display optimization...

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LG G7 One, G7 Fit hands-on review

LG has so many ideas that it can't fit them all in one phone, so it releases several versions of each pohne. It happened to the V30 and it's happening to the LG G7 ThinQ. There are two new G7 models, one is the company's first Android One phone, the other is a ‘lite' version of the G-series flagship.

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Watch the Honor Play Global Launch livestream at 2PM CEST

The summer has been filled with Huawei announcements - first it was the Nova 3, later followed by the Nova 3i with a more affordable chipset. Later the company's subsidiary introduced the Honor Play in India which is basically the Nova 3 chipset with the Nova 3i camera and an aluminum back panel. Today Honor is having an event in Berlin as part of IFA 2018 where the phone will be launched for all remaining global markets. The event for the "crazy fast, crazy smart" Honor Play begins at 2 PM CET. We already got our hands on the device and published first impressions before the...

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YU Ace goes official with a big 4,000mAh battery and a small price tag

The budget brand YU is back after months of laying low. The YU Ace will be available exclusively through Flipkart and will costs INR 6,000 ($85/€75) when it launches on September 6. It has specs similar to the Xiaomi Redmi 6A, which will arrive in India the day before. The Ace has a larger battery, however, 4,000mAh worth of power. That should last for quite a while considering the MediaTek MT6739WW chipset features a quad-core Cortex-A53 processor at 1.5GHz. The phone will run Android 8.0 Oreo at launch. There are two versions of the phone - with 2GB of RAM and 16GB storage and with...

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OxygenOS Open Beta for Oneplus 5/5T adds selfie portrait mode and more

OnePlus has started rolling out OxygenOS Open Beta 15 and 17 for the OP5T and OP5, respectively. The new software update adds front camera portrait mode, various system bug fixes and some other minor tweaks. It's good to see OnePlus keeping its promises from the Open Ears Forum that the company held last month. The new patch to the Open Beta software hint at a major stable release after the incremental OnePlus 5 and 5T firmware update last week. This time around, the patch adds portrait mode to the selfie cam and bumps up the security patch to August 2018. It also takes care of some...

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Poco Launcher appears on Google Play

Xiaomi launched the Pocophone F1 with customized MIUI 9.6, called MIUI for Poco. The Nova Launcher lookalike brought faster UI animations, cleaner Android look and plenty of standard MIUI features like hiding apps or a quick drawer, sitting left from the Home Screen. Apparently Xiaomi is so proud of its product, it pushed the Poco Launcher to Google Play for all devices. Poco Launcher features The Poco Launcher finally brings an app drawer to the MIUI feeling for a sleeker look of the home screen. There is a search for apps, and they all can be sorted not only by Install...

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HTC U12 Life unveiled with a unique dual finish design and a 3,600mAh battery

The HTC U12 Life has come to Berlin and soon will head out to the world at the end of September. It runs Android 8.1 Oreo, though not Android One. The back of the phone features two distinct textures - smooth acrylic glass and horizontal lines etched into the glass. The end result is reminiscent of the Pixel phones, but has its own look too. Two color options will be on offer: Moonlight Blue and Twilight Purple. Around the front is a 6-inch 18:9 screen, the same size as the U12+ screen. It has a 1,080 x 2,160px resolution so it's not quite as sharp, but the good news is that HTC...

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Xiaomi will launch the Redmi 6, 6A and 6 Pro in India on September 5

Xiaomi will launch its Redmi 6 series of phones - the Redmi 6, Redmi 6 Pro and Redmi 6A - in India on September 5. Official invites have been sent to media and Xiaomi's Managing Director for India Manu Kumar Jain has posted a teaser on Twitter. #DeshKeNayeSmartphones! Mi fans! We've got more than one for you! Coming very soon 😇Am super excited. RT if you're too 😎@XiaomiIndia @RedmiIndia pic.twitter.com/tMeltTQR7j— Manu Kumar Jain (@manukumarjain) August 30, 2018 The Redmi 6 series has been officially launched in China since June, and we expect will reach other...

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Stable MIUI 10 is currently rolling out for Xiaomi Mi 8 SE and Mi Mix 2

Xiaomi started pushing its latest installment of the MIUI custom overlay and the first one to get it is last year's Mi 6 but users in China have reported that the Mi 8 SE and the Mi MIx 2 are also getting the much-needed OS update. But don't get too excited as the MIUI 10 stable ROM is currently available only in China and it's been rolling out gradually and randomly. The build numbers are 10.0.1.0.OEBCNFH and 10.0.0.1.0.ODECNFH for the Mi 8 SE and the Mi Mix 2, respectively. Interestingly, the former's update weighs in only at 930MB while the latter is receiving an even smaller patch...

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Watch the Sony IFA 2018 live stream here

Sony and IFA always go well hand in hand and this time we are up for a surprise as well. Today at 1 PM CET the Japanese company is having an event at Messe Berlin, where the Xperia XZ3 flagship should be outed. Some rumors also suggest Xperia XA3 appearance, but the latter is more unlikely. The phone already appeared with Android Pie on Geekbench, on GFXBench with a tall screen, and in all colors earlier today. The phone will also stick to a single camera setup on the back, instead of going for XZ2 Premium's solution of two shooters. We are also at the scene, so once the event is...

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