Realme U1 spotted in the wild with dual cameras

Realme is launching its next device, called Realme U1, and it is going to be the first smartphone with Helio P70 chipset. Up until now, we knew the selfie camera will be positioned in the waterdrop notch, but thanks to a photo in the wild, we also know how the back will look. Unsurprisingly, it will follow the product design from Realme 2 and will come with a horizontal dual camera setup and a circular fingerprint scanner. The phone also has a neat Pink panel and hopefully, it will arrive with other fancy colors. The person, holding the photo, is the company CEO Madhav Sheth. He...

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Android Pie Beta launches for the LG G7 ThinQ in South Korea

Today, LG opened its "LG OS Preview" for LG G7 ThinQ users in the brand's home region of South Korea which could signal that the phone maker is gearing up to push the Android Pie update in the coming weeks. Note that this update is different from the Pie update that rolled out on the Android One edition of the phone, which doens't have LG-branded software. LG wasn't ever the best at providing quick updates for major Android releases. Today's news does show that LG is acting a bit quicker to update its previous devices. by contrast, last year it took until the very end of December for LG to...

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Samsung Galaxy M2 packing Exynos 7885 chipset goes through AnTuTu

The first benchmark result of Samsung's upcoming Galaxy M series has surfaced in the Geekbench database. Going by the SM-M205F model name, this should be a "Samsung Galaxy M2". The phone is powered by an Exynos 7885 chipset, the same one used in the 2018 edition of some Galaxy A phones, including the recent Galaxy A7 (2018). The phone packed 3GB of RAM, which will likely be paired with 32GB storage (there should be a 64GB one, potentially with 4GB of RAM). Samsung Galaxy M2 (SM-M205F) at Geekbench That's a more powerful chipset than we expected out of the M-series, which takes...

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Samsung will ship Bixby 3.0 with the foldable Galaxy F

During its Bixby Developer Day, Samsung shared some new information regarding the Smart Assistant. According to Samsung VP of R&D and Bixby development Eui-Suk Chung, Samsung is aiming to ship Bixby 3.0 with the foldable Galaxy F smartphone. That would tentatively pinpoint Bixby 3.0's arrival at March. Sadly, Eui-Suk Chung hasn't shared anything specific about the improvements Bixby 3.0 will bring. Otherwise Samsung's Bixby Developer Day hasn't brought any new information regarding the assistant. Talk revolved around the new Bixby Developer Studio and Bixby Marketplace, which are...

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Android 9 Pie may soon arrive on the LG V40 ThinQ

The LG V40 ThinQ could receive Android 9 Pie soon, as per a Geekbench entry. A V40 ThinQ with 6GB of RAM was spotted running the benchmark with a test build of Android Pie aboard. It's not surprising that LG is testing the latest Android build on its latest Android flagship but it does mean the update could be close. LG, not unlike Samsung, isn't the quickest in delivering the latest Android version to its phones. Currently only the LG G7 One is enjoying Android 9.0. Source | Via

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Samsung Infinity-O display with a hole for the selfie cam allegedly pictured

Samsung has reportedly settled on a design for the Galaxy S10 that includes a round hole in the corner for the selfie camera - aka Infinity-O. We've seen the patents, but now photos of the actual screen panels have surfaced. Alleged photos of Samsung Infinity-O display panels The camera is positioned in the top left corner of the display, just as the patent drawings showed (and unlike the Galaxy A8s). From these photos it doesn't become clear how much bezel there will be around the hole (we doubt the pixels will go all the way to the cut). Also, the placement of the earpiece...

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The triple selfie camera is near: Meitu phone visits TENAA

Triple camera phones are starting to become commonplace, but it's always the rear camera. What if you want a triple selfie camera? Then Meitu has the phone for you (coming soon, this info is courtesy of TENAA). Okay, the Honor Magic 2 technically has a triple camera, but two of those are 2MP depth sensors. Anyway, you are forgiven if you haven't heard of Meitu, but you'll start hearing of the brand more often. Yesterday Xiaomi announced that it is taking over the hardware side of the selfie-focused brand. Meitu itself will continue to work on the camera software. The Meitu MP1801 is...

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Official Honor 10 Lite press renders leak day ahead of launch

Honor is launching a new phone tomorrow and we already know its specs, thanks to TENAA. The phone is called Honor 10 Lite and was just listed on China Telecom's support page with full specs and official press renders. It is pictured with a waterdrop notch and a Blue back panel, instead of the gradients we saw last week in a TV commercial from China. Huawei Honor 10 Lite Although most of the details were known, including size and resolution, we are sad to see the phone will have micro USB, instead of USB-C that was pictured in the video earlier. Other specs include Kirin...

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Details on foldable Galaxy F and Galaxy S10's colors surface

The announcement of the new Samsung Galaxy S10 lineup and the foldable Galaxy smartphone might be a few months away, but rumors and leaks are already flying in, even ones from reputable sources. This one is all about the Galaxy S10's colors, fingerprint reader and some more info regarding the flexible Galaxy F. The Galaxy S10 will come in three variants - one budget and two premium alterations, but that's nothing new. Color options, on the other hand, are - the source claims that the S10 will come in Black, White, Yellow and Green flavors and some of them will most likely be gradient...

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Samsung is pushing another Gear S3 update to take care of the battery drain

There are a couple of long-lasting software issues with the Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch lineup. This summer, the company reportedly fixed the overheating while charging and now, an update claims to have taken care of the sudden battery drain as well. The firmware version is R760XXU2CRK2 and weighs only 10MB, but it sure does fix a very annoying bug that affected not only Gear S3 Classic and Frontier watches but Gear Sport units as well. The changelog also mentions stability improvements regarding Galaxy App store downloads too. If you still haven't received the OTA update, try...

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Official Google Pixel 3 XL case hands-on

Today we have with us the official case for the Google Pixel 3 XL. The Pink Moon color is one of the four available for the phone, with the other options being called Carbon (black), Indigo (blue) and Fog (gray). The case comes in simple packaging that is identical to the ones Apple uses for its cases. Packaging The cases uses a combination of nylon and polyester fabric over a polycarbonate shell. The outside is covered entirely in fabric while the inside is lined with felt, similar to Apple's cases. Around the sides, the cases has a distinct power button that matches...

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Xiaomi opens 500 Mi Stores at once, sets Guiness World Record

Xiaomi opened its first Mi Store in India back in 2017. The company kept expanding its network little by little, but the latest push is a big one. Today Xiaomi India announced the opening of 500 stores simultaneously, setting a Guiness World Record. The event actually happened on October 29, but the company needed everything to be cleared by GWR before announcing the achievement. In a follow-up tweet, Xiaomi India explained the expansion is part of a "New Retail" model for India where it aims to provide "flagship store experience" to customers in rural areas. The company is...

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Deals: Samsung UK discounts Galaxy S9 by £140 for Black Friday, Note9 is £100 off

Samsung UK is running its own Black Friday deals that cover everything from Galaxy phones to QLED TVs. You can find the full list here. The top deals are £100 off the Galaxy Note9 and £140 off the Galaxy S9 (note: S9+ is only £100 down). The Galaxy Watch is full price, but you can get a free Wireless Charger Duo (worth £90) that charges both your phone and your watch. Then there are some older devices - like the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ at £160 off, along with the Gear Sport watch at £70 off. Note that you can get up to £200 for trading in an old phone and accessories are up to 50%...

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Snapdragon 8150 AI benchmark crushes the competition, Helio P80 a close second

Aside from CPU and GPU benchmarks, modern chipsets need to worry about AI performance too. The upcoming Snapdragon 8150 from Qualcomm may claim the top spot, at least in Android-land. A test of the dev platform (i.e. a prototype board) shows close to double the performance of the current Snapdragon 845. Which, according to the benchmark, is an even match to Huawei's latest Kirin 980. Speaking of the latest Kirin, Huawei was touting a 2x improvement in AI performance over the 970, but as far as this benchmark is concerned, it's more like a 15% bump. The Kirin 980 score is just under that...

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Asus Zenfone 5Z to get Android Pie in January 2019

Asus was the cheapest Snapdragon 845-packing smartphone when it launched and even now it offer amazing value proposition. It was launched on ZenUI 5.0, based on Android Oreo, and the company has now confirmed it will issue an upgrade to Pie in the second half of January 2019. Asus Zenfone 5z vs. Apple iPhone X In a press release Asus revealed the update will take at least a week to reach all the units, but users should not worry, because the usual notification should pop up. People that disabled the auto-update feature should check manually at Settings -> System -> System...

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Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) reaches India

Last week Samsung promised to bring its quad-cam Galaxy A9 to India and today it delivered. The device is available for pre-order at plenty of online retailers, including Amazon India, Flipkart, Airtel Online Store, and Samsung's Online Shop. The Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) is the first smartphone in the world with four cameras on the back. The main sensor is 24 MP with f/1.7 aperture, there is a 10 MP f/2.4 telephoto lens with 2x optical zoom, 8 MP ultra-wide-angle snapper with 120-degree FOV. The fourth camera cannot be used on its own - it is a 5 MP depth sensor for Live Focus -...

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Samsung hopes Galaxy S10 to succeed, otherwise crisis is inevitable

Samsung introduced a prototype of its first folding smartphone, expected to arrive next year. We are also eager to welcome the Galaxy S10, marking the 10th anniversary of the flagship series which might come with a tiny hole in the OLED panel to to enable an all screen front panel. Both these technologies sound intriguing, but the reason Samsung is finally getting in the lead of innovation is internal troubles at the Mobile Communications department in South Korea, local media Korea Herald reports. DJ Koh, CEO of Samsung's smartphone business is going all-in to find a way to turn the...

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Sample photos taken with the Google Pixel 3 Lite leak

Last week, a leak came from Russian blog Rozetked showing us images of the supposed Google device "Sargo" dubbed the "Google Pixel 3 Lite". The device in question looks like a lower-end version of the Pixel 2 with a taller display and a headphone jack. A new leak from the same Russian blog shows us several samples that were allegedly shot using the Google Sargo hardware. The shots were taken in and outdoors and the samples look promising. Sure, the hardware being used it likely a prototype without all the final camera features and tweaking that will be included on the final...

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LG Watch W7 drops $200 at Best Buy

Do you remember the W7 Watch that LG announced when it unveiled the LG V40? If you don't, it's okay. There isn't much worth remembering about the wearable. The three most notable things about the watch are: it's a hybrid Wear OS watch with mechanical hands, it has no heart rate sensor or GPS so no real fitness tracking features, and it uses the outdated Snapdragon 2100 chip. Oh yeah, one more thing. It cost $449 when it launched. The watch was released just a little over a month ago on October 15 and the W7 is already seeing a drastic $200 price reduction at Best Buy. Granted, we're...

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Instagram is cracking down on fake followers and likes

Instagram has become an immensely popular social app over the past few years and it is now cracking down on accounts with fake followers and removing likes and comments that were created by these third-party apps. In a new blog post, Instagram says that it wishes for its users to have "real experiences and genuine interactions" and inauthentic activity like third party apps that artificially grow engagement isn't part of that experience. Instagram is using new algorithms that will help identify these accounts and remove the inauthentic activity including likes, follows, and...

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Our LG V40 ThinQ video review is up

This year the LG V40 ThinQ and the Huawei Mate 20 Pro finally delivered what many people have been dreaming of in terms of photography - three rear cameras of which one is normal, one is wide-angle, and one is telephoto. So is there more to the V40 aside from its camera system? Is the output from those cameras any good? You can find this out, alongside all of the other essential information regarding LG's latest flagship, from our video review embedded below. It tells you everything you need to know about the phone's top features, build and screen quality, battery life, and performance,...

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OnePlus 6 is now $100 off, act fast if you want one

Sure, the OnePlus 6T is already out, but the OnePlus 6 has the honor of being the last smartphone from this company to sport a headphone jack. And a notification LED. It's also no slouch in the performance realm either, since it's powered by the same Snapdragon 845 chipset as its successor. Now you can get a $100 discount on the OnePlus 6, as part of the company's early Black Friday sale. Act fast, though, for supplies may be limited. The deal seems to only be available in the US, and it will make the OnePlus 6 start at $429 (with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage). The 8/128GB variant would...

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