OnePlus 6T will be unveiled a day early thanks to Apple

OnePlus was all busy preparing for its big event on October 30 in New York, where its next smartphone was finally supposed to become 100% official. And then Apple announced an event on the exact same day, in the same city even. Because of that, the OnePlus 6T's unveiling is now taking place a day early, on October 29, still in NYC. Pete Lau, the company's CEO, shared a lengthy post on its forums going into the decision process, and it basically all boils down to something along the lines of - "we didn't want Apple to steal our thunder". That's understandable, given that Apple is...

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Huawei Mate 20 Pro's face unlocking gets fooled quite easily

2D face unlocking (the type built into Android for the past few years) is not very secure, and we've known that for some time. But ever since Apple introduced the world's first 3D system (which it calls Face ID), we were under the impression that it was pretty much on par, security-wise, with a fingerprint scanner. You can then imagine our surprise to find out that a couple of guys in Germany were both able to unlock the same Huawei Mate 20 Pro phone with their faces, despite only one of them being enrolled into the system. The Mate 20 Pro uses a 3D face unlocking mechanism, so in...

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iPhone XR shipping dates already slipping back

Pre-orders for the new "budget" iPhone XR have just started and the stock is already depleting, pushing multiple versions's shipping dates to up to two weeks. Analysts earlier this year predicted that this will be the best-selling iPhone and it has the potential with a price tag of $749, which is considerably less expensive than the $999+ iPhone XS and $1099+ XS Max. In the US, T-Mobile has already sold out the 128GB and 256GB yellow version of the phone and the same goes for the coral and red 128GB models. In the UK, the yellow, coral and red 64GB variants are hardest to find....

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Samsung is working on an in-display front-facing camera

Waterdrop notches are replacing the original big cutouts lately and now we get to see what comes next. 2019 will probably be the year when holes in the displays becoming trendy with in-display cameras and sensors. According to the latest intel, Samsung is already working on that. Great news! Samsung established the direction of mobile phone design in 2019!On October 18th, Samsung Display invited about 20 customers to hold the "2018 Samsung OLED Forum" at the Shenzhen Marriott Hotel in China. At the meeting, Samsung showed a PPT pic.twitter.com/sYu0ORTd6V— Ice universe (@UniverseIce)...

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Asus ROG Phone pre-orders begin, Italians get €100 credit for accessories

The Asus ROG Phone has two USB-C ports - the extra one is for accessories. And there are plenty of them. To that end, pre-ordering from Asus Italy between October 18 (today) and October 24, you'll get €100 credit for accessories. The phone itself is €900 for the 8/256GB version, you can see it here. The retail box comes with the AeroActive Cooler, so that's a pretty good start. You can pre-order the Asus ROG Phone in the US as well - from Microsoft of all places. It's $900 for the 8/128GB model, $1,100 for 8/512GB. Here it is on Amazon too. Asus ROG Phone • The AeroActive...

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Apple Watch charger with USB-C now on sale

Apple's Apple Watch Series 4 just gained a new friend. Up until now, it was sold with an USB-A charger in three lengths, but now the company introduced a version with USB-C without changing the price of $29. The very same charger, but with a new cable A 1-meter and 2-meter cable lengths are unavailable yet, but hopefully, Apple will add them soon. The company also sells plugs with USB-A inputs, but you'll need some sort of an adapter in order to use the cable properly. The USB-C Apple Watch Charger is available online at the Apple Store. It will need the weekend to...

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Deals: eBay UK and Ireland offers 10% off site-wide (ends later today)

There's another site-wide promo running on eBay for the UK and Ireland and this one has a Halloween flavor to it. Using the PUMPKINS coupon code, you can get 10% off any purchase. The usual conditions apply - you need to spend at least £20 and the discount is capped at £50. Note that the deal ends at 10:00pm BST, so there's not much time left. There's a whole section of Halloween-themed stuff, but there are plenty of electronics discounted too. Like this Nintendo Switch (new) for £300 - or rather £270 after the 10% discount. That beats Amazon's price of £280, plus the eBay deal (by...

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Leaked Mi Mix 3 photos show rear fingerprint reader and dual front cameras

Xiaomi's Mi Mix 3 should be here in less than a week but thanks to the leaked set of live photos and a press render, we have a pretty good idea of what we'll see at the event. Now the first live image is here to reveal a dual front-facing camera setup accommodated on the slider and a full-screen design, which we already knew about. A press render also revealed more details like a 24MP unit as well as an additional sensor needed for the advanced facial recognition. Mi Mix 3 According to a different Weibo leakster, the Mi Mix 3 won't be coming with an in-display fingerprint...

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro review

It's been almost nine months since the Redmi Note 5 series premiered, and it's already time for an upgrade. The Redmi Note 6 Pro is now official, shaking up the lineup with one of the most recognizable and controversial features on the market - a frame-to-frame display with a notch.

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TSMC expects 7nm chips to account for 20% of its 2019 revenues

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) held an investor meeting, announcing more than 50 chip designs of the 7nm process technology will be issued by the end of 2018. The increase in interest for the new manufacturing process will raise its revenue share up to 20% for the new process only in Q4 2018, amassing for nearly 10% in the calendar year. Company CEO CC Wei announced expectations of 20% total share of 7nm chip sales in 2019 when most of its customers Apple, Huawei, and Qualcomm will rely on the first-gen process. TSMC will include an enhanced version with EUV in...

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OnePlus is giving you a chance of winning the OP6T by... tapping?

OnePlus is famous for its promo contests and we are now just getting a new one. It's all about tapping on your screen and the more you tap, the bigger chances of winning the upcoming OnePlus 6T. All you have to do is sign up on unlock.oneplus.com from your mobile device and start tapping. All users participating are tapping for a common milestone but every 24 hours, the company will pick a lucky winner to get the OP6T when it launches. Only one tap is needed to enter the competition but as we already said, the more you tap higher you chances. But there's more - once the global...

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New mysterious Oppo shines on TENAA

Oppo keeps expanding its portfolio with new phone. The cheap-to-midrange field is getting extremely crowded after the arrival of Oppo F9, later relaunched as Oppo A7x in China, the appearance of the Oppo K1, the new Realme 2 Pro and now another phone is on its way, according to TENAA. Oppo PBFM00 A device with the model numbers PBFM00 and PBFT00 was listed with full specs today at the Chinese regulatory, complementing the pictures, released last week. We think the phone might be called Oppo R17s, Oppo R15x or Oppo R17 Neo, but it might as well be part of a more affordable...

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Samsung's Galaxy Book2 is powered by SD850 chip and comes with an S Pen

Samsung announced the Galaxy Book2 - a follow up of the original Galaxy Book that launched last year and it wants to take on Microsoft's Surface Pro with a secret weapon under the hood - Qualcomm's brand new Snapdragon 850 SoC that promises good performance and great efficiency - while still powering a full-fledged Windows 10 OS. And even though the Galaxy Book2 claims to be a just as good alternative to the Surface Pro, we can't miss the fact that the Galaxy Book2 runs a low-power SoC while the latest Surface Pro 6 packs Intel's latest quad-core ultra-low voltage processors - Core...

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