Honor 10 Lite specs shine on TENAA

Honor surprisingly announced a new phone would arrive on November 21. The Honor 10 Lite back panel was showcased in the hand of a local pop star, and later the phone was listed on TENAA with three model numbers - HRY-TL00, HRY-AL00, and HRY-AL00s. The entries had pictures but were scarce on specs. Today all three models received them, revealing the Lite soul of the upcoming device. Honor 10 Lite in three colors at TENAA The Honor 10 Lite will have a 6.21" screen with a 19.5:9 tall ratio and 1080p resolution. The selfie camera is positioned in the top center, suggesting we...

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Samsung Galaxy Note9 drops to $674.99 unlocked in limited time deal

The Galaxy Note9 is still Samsung's top of the line smartphone as of today, and its launch price was closer to $1,000 than many people would have wanted. If you've managed to wait this long, though, then you can save up a nice amount of cash on buying one. An eBay seller with 98.9% positive feedback is now offering the international unlocked model for just $674.99. That's the best price we've ever seen. That said, keep in mind that it's a limited time offer, so it's unclear how long it will last. Act fast if you want one. At the moment you can only pick between black, blue, and purple...

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Google will give you 50% off a Pixel 3 or Pixel 3 XL for Black Friday, if you buy two

It looks like it isn't fashionable anymore to have Black Friday deals on, well, Black Friday. Instead, companies like T-Mobile are starting deal season one week earlier, and Google is joining in the fun. From this Friday, November 16, it will offer a Buy One, Get One 50% off on the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. So you buy two units but only pay for 1.5. Then from November 22 until November 25, this will change into a $150 price cut for the Pixel 3 and $200 off the Pixel 3 XL. On Cyber Monday, if you buy a Pixel 3 or Pixel 3 XL you'll receive a free Google Home Hub worth $149, as well as a $50...

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T-Mobile's Magenta Friday offers "free" iPhone XR, Samsung Galaxy S9, OnePlus 6T

T-Mobile isn't having none of that Black Friday stuff this year, because it's got its very own Magenta Friday. Shocker, we know. Anyway, the carrier promises some interesting deals if you are fine with all the caveats involved - the most important of which is that the offers will become available this Friday, on November 16, so one week earlier than Black Friday itself. You can nab a "free" iPhone XR, Samsung Galaxy S9 or S8, OnePlus 6T, or LG G7 ThinQ. That's "free" after 36 monthly bill credits, and you'll need to add a line and trade in an eligible device. Apple iPhone XR If...

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Samsung Galaxy Note FE may be getting One UI based on Android Pie too

The Samsung Galaxy Note7 blew up in smoke, died, and then was reborn in some markets as the Galaxy Note FE. Unlike the Note7, the Note FE is safe and won't explode on you, though it does look exactly the same as its ill-fated predecessor. Samsung's been supporting it in software ever since, and now it looks like the Note FE is also slated to receive the Android 9 Pie update with the Korean company's brand new One UI on top. Previously, Samsung confirmed that this was headed to the Note9, S9, S9+, Note8, S8, and S8+. But today a certification by the Wi-Fi Alliance surfaced, showing the...

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Honor Magic 2 software update switches to Magic UI 2.0 from EMUI

The Honor Magic 2 got official at the end of last month with a mechanical slider design that lets it reach an 84.8% screen-to-body ratio. It's a system that's similar to that employed by Xiaomi's Mi Mix 3 and it enables an almost entirely bezel-less look on the front. The Honor Magic 2 is now receiving an intriguing software update. If you're lucky enough to own one you'll get a notification soon (if you haven't already), which will prompt you to install software version 9.0.0.128 (C00E129R1P18). Magic UI 2.0 update This brings with it an unexpected switch from Huawei's EMUI to...

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Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 and Zenfone Max M2 specs leaked

After the successful launch of numerous Asus Zenfone smartphones in India, the company is looking to deliver two more mid-rangers - the Zenfone Max Pro M2 and the Zenfone Max M2 - successors to the currently existing Zenfone Max Pro M1 and the Zenfone Max M1. The popular tipster, Roland Quandt is here to fill in the gaps with pretty detailed specs. According to the inside information, the Zenfone Max Pro M2 with model number ZB631KL has a 6-inch FHD+ display, by a Snapdragon 660 chipset, 4GB of RAM and 64/128GB of internal storage. He also adds triple-camera setup but remains unclear...

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Samsung's foldable Galaxy F rendered in 3D

Samsung announced the Infinity Flex Display last week, but not the actual phone that will use it - the best we got was a schematic look at its design. LetsGoDitigal has put together some 3D renders based on patent drawings from Samsung rather than CAD design. In its folded form the phone, tentatively called Galaxy F, presents you with a 4.6" 480 x 1,960px display. The "hinge" looks similar to the one on the Surface Book, but this design hasn't been confirmed (it's one of several options patented by Samsung). The concept video from a couple of days ago really overestimated the size of the...

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YouTube Premium and Music Premium expand to seven new countries

YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium have expanded to 7 new countries - Chile, Colombia, Japan, Peru, Portugal, Switzerland and Ukraine - bringing the services' availability to 29 and 21 markets, respectively. The two services share the music part but differ overall. YouTube Music Premium costs $9.99/month and brings the entire former Google Play Music catalog and YouTube's exclusive mixes, covers and live performances. YouTube Premium includes Music Premium but adds the full YouTube experience, adds background and offline playback along with exclusive YouTube original series....

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Unknown Realme phone with Helio P60 visits Geekbench

The first Realme phone was powered by a Helio P60, but the brand switched over to Snapdragon for the second wave of devices. It seems that it's planning to switch back as a P60-powered phone was spotted running through Geekbench. A score from the Realme RMX1833 was published today, the phone ran Android 8.1 Oreo and packed 4GB of RAM. Realme RMX1833 with Helio P60 visits Geekbench This really is a Helio P60 chipset, so this isn't the promised P70-powered phone. It appears to be a different revision of the P60, however. The differences between the P60 and P70 aren't huge anyway,...

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Our iPhone XR video review is up

This year, Apple decided to finally give its customers the option of getting almost all features the high-end iPhones have but at a somewhat reduced price. Enter the iPhone XR - the "budget" smartphone from Apple's 2018 lineup. But what do you actually get for $750 (or somewhat more outside the US)? In addition to the cool color options, the iPhone XR is still very much a premium handset with plenty to offer. Find out if the iPhone XR is the iPhone for you in our video review. It should help you answer if it's worth picking over the more expensive iPhone XS and XS Max. And if...

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Deal: Get a £150 discount on a new iPhone XS or XS Max

UK retailer Very has deals going for a bunch of Apple products, including the new iPhone XS and XS Max. Choosing either one of Apple's new flagships (no matter the storage or color) you're getting a £150 discount. There is a £50 concession on Apple's HomePod smart speaker, £100 cut from the new iPad Pros prices and £20 down on the AirPods. And you can get £150 back on select MacBooks. The deals are active until November 22 and require a buy now, pay later purchase. The discount will be returned in the form of store credit by January 10. More details in the link below. Source

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Motorola One review

Motorola is clearly no stranger to experimentation and soul-searching. To be fair, we can't exactly blame the legendary brand for this in any major capacity, considering the financial turmoils, several buyouts, management and business changes in its relatively recent history.

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Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) comes to India on November 20

The Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) is coming to India. Samsung sent out invites for November 20 and given that Flipkart already has a landing page, pre-orders should start on the day of the launch or very shortly after that. Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) Samsung is mum on pricing, but people in the know claim that it will cost INR 35,000, though earlier reports had it pegged at INR 39,000. That's close to the price of the newly launched OnePlus 6T (INR 38,000). Like the 6T, the Samsung comes with 128GB of storage and is a dual SIM phone, but it also has a dedicated spot for a microSD...

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Razer Phone 2 comes in Taiwan for $810

Razer Phone 2 is already available in the United States and Europe and now it made its way to Asia, with the first market being Taiwan. The phone is offered only in Mirror Black for NT$25,000 or about $810/€720. The phone with Snapdragon 845, 8 GB RAM and 120 Hz display has the same price tag as in the States but is currently up for pre-order, so you have to wait a bit for an actual market launch. If you are wondering if the Razer Phone 2 is the proper choice, head to our review to see how it does. Source (in Chinese)

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Google Night Sight now available for Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, we test it out

Google is finally rolling out the Night Sight feature to the new Google Pixel devices. The feature is currently being rolled out through the Camera app update on the Play Store for the Pixel 3 and the Pixel 3 XL. Night Sight is a new feature on the 2018 Pixel phones that improves low light performance. The implementation is similar to the Night mode on recent Huawei flagship phones. Night Sight works by taking multiple long exposure shots and stacking them together. The camera detects hand motion and automatically adjusts the duration of the shutter speed and corrects for it while...

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Withings Pulse HR smart band unveiled

Withings just unveiled Pulse HR, a followup to the 2013 smart band, and put it up on pre-order. It should ship in about a month and it will set you back $130/€130/£120. You can find it on Withings.com and Amazon. Fitness tracking • Dashboard • Notifications The band has a PPG heart rate monitor (so did the original) and can automatically detect and track 10 different activities. This includes swimming as the band is rated at 5ATM. There's no GPS receiver built in, but it can borrow the phone's GPS to track your runs. Sleep tracking and Smart Wake-Up will help you adjust your...

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More information about the Snapdragon 8150 surfaces, Meizu 16S to have it

A Chinese media outlet just delivered some interesting info regarding the Meizu 16's successor, which is believed to be called Meizu 16S. Probably expected by most, it's rumored to sport Qualcomm's upcoming flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 8150 based on the newest 7nm manufacturing process. But the report goes into details about the SoC itself too. According to the article, the chipset will incorporate ARM's new 4x Cortex-A76 cores paired with another 4x Cortex-A55, which isn't exactly new information. Moreover, the die size is going to be 12.4 x 12.4mm and the package will be officially...

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Phone market in China down 15% between January and October

The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) usually appears on the radar when we are talking about a certain smartphone being licensed for sale and listed on TENAA. Now, we get something different as MIIT released statistics about the domestic mobile phone market between January and October 2018 and the numbers do not look good. Amount of sold devices per month; monthly increase/decrease For the first ten months of the year, companies shipped 343 million phones, a 15% decrease on a yearly basis. Of them, 308 million were by local companies, shrinking the...

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OnePlus 5 and 5T get Android 9.0 Pie beta in China

OnePlus is working on its promise to deliver Pie on its older phones. Some OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T users have just started beta testing Hydrogen OS 9.0, the software used in China (as opposed to the Oxygen OS used abroad). The change log promises a new UI. The 5T is also getting Android Pie's full screen touch gestures (the 5 has hardware keys under the screen). The handling of background apps has been revamped to deliver a smoother experience. The caller ID of the phone app has been improved and there's a way to set a default SIM for dialing a given contact or group. Android...

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Honor becomes best selling smartphone brand on Singles' Day in China

Last Wednesday India celebrated the festival of light Diwali and many retailers jumped on the festive hype train, launching all kinds of promos. Honor sold over 1 million devices achieving over 300% growth, compared to last year. On November 11 there was another holiday, this time in China - Singles' Day (you know, because of 11.11). The Huawei subsidiary managed to reach the top sales spot for smartphone brands both at JD.com and Tmall.com, two of the major Chinese retailers. One of the major accomplishments that Honor achieved was that it surpassed Apple both in sales and...

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Google Pixel 3 owners now getting their messages deleted

The Pixel 3 and 3 XL have been plagued by several bugs already and we now have one more to add to the list. We've got the buzzing speakers, overheating while charging and even memory management issues resulting in deleted photos and apps closing mid-use. Now, a growing number of users complain about deleted messages too. Google promised to fix the memory issues in the following weeks but it appears it has to deal with one more problem along the way - randomly deleted messaging history. Reports about the abnormal behavior started surfacing right after the November security patch was...

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Nokia 106 Dual SIM unveiled, plus two new colors for the Nokia 230

HMD has refreshed two classic Nokia feature phones - the Nokia 106 and Nokia 230. Simplicity is key here, but the 106 features several improvements. The 230 just gets new colors. The Nokia 106 is a revision of the old model. The major addition here is the addition of a second SIM slot. The phone has еьтра memory too, bumping up the contact storage to 2,000 (up from 500) and 500 text messages. The RAM is up to 4MB (note the "M"). There's no camera as you can imagine, there's not enough storage for photos and the 1.8" 120 x 160px screen wouldn't make for a...

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Spotify arrives in 13 new countries

Spotify has announced it is officially expanding to 13 more markets in the Middle East and North Africa. The company also said pricing will be adapted to some countries and it also launched "Arab hub" collection of playlists to celebrate its newcomers. The full list of countries includes the UAE, Qatar, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the Palestine territories. Both the Premium and the free services are now available. The paid features will cost SAR19.99 ($5.33) in Saudi Arabia, AED19.99 ($5.44) in the Arab Emirates, and...

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Xiaomi opens Android Pie Beta program for Mi A2 Lite

Xiaomi introduced the Redmi 6 Pro as a stock Android-running Mi A2 Lite in July, alongside the Xiaomi Mi A2. The phone is on the Android One program and its time for an upgrade to Pie has come. The company reached out to Mi A2 Lite owners, willing to participate in the Beta program. You have to install the QQ app that is used for official communication for bugs and features. Of course, you have to speak English and know the basics of porting ROMs. There's also the requirement of being active on the MIUI forum and willing to get into discussions with other members of the...

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Huawei to bring quad-camera flagships, foldable phone and 10x optical zoom in 2019

In an interview, Walter Ji, President of Consumer Business Group in Europe for Huawei, teased some of the innovations that the company is planning on bringing next year. They are mostly in the camera department where the last two flagship lineups, the P20 and the Mate 20 excelled. Aside from the foldable and 5G-capable smartphone that the company is going to unveil in H1 2019, there are also plans for a quad-camera high-end phone that can do 10x lossless zoom. Huawei admits that Samsung was first on the quad-camera action with the Galaxy A9 (2018), but Huawei thinks it will do it...

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