Xiaomi Redmi 7 specs revealed on TENAA

Yesterday a phone that we're assuming is the Xiaomi Redmi 7 or Redmi 7 Pro appeared on TENAA, but only in pictures. Now the full specs sheet is released, and it showcases an interesting set of features. The device with model number M1901F9T will have an octa-core CPU with clock speed of 2.3 GHz. It will also have at least 11 color options, which will set a new sort of record for Xiaomi. Xiaomi M1901F9T The phone will have plenty of RAM and storage options - 3/4/6 gigs of RAM and 32/64/128 gigs of storage. The 5.84" screen is an LCD with Full HD+ resolution and 19:9...

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iOS 12.1.2 is out to fix eSIM-related issues

Today Apple has released iOS 12.1.2 for supported devices. As its version number implies, this is a minor update, weighing in at 100MB. It doesn't bring any new features to the table, but it might be quite important for you if you own an iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, or iPhone XR. That's because it fixes bugs with eSIM activation on Apple's 2018 devices. eSIM support was recently enabled for the trio of handsets, but apparently it hasn't all been smooth sailing. Hopefully no more issues pertaining to this function will arise from this point on. iOS 12.1.2 also addresses an issue that...

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Watch the ZTE nubia X with its two screens get tortured on video

ZTE sub-brand nubia announced the intriguing X at the end of October - a device with two screens and two fingerprint sensors. It's one of those that solves the issue of where to put the selfie camera if there's no bezel space for it by simply removing it altogether. Instead, you get a secondary screen on the back which you can use to shoot selfies with the main sensors. Win-win? nubia's flagship smartphone is now the latest to be put through YouTube channel JerryRigEverything's traditional torture test. If you've ever seen one of these before, you already know what to expect: it will be...

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Our Honor Magic 2 video review is up

Xiaomi beat Honor to the full screen slider game by a few days back in October when it announced the Mi Mix 3 ahead of the Honor Magic 2. And yet Honor strikes back with a much cooler name - Magic is Magic, after all. The two devices seem to share the exact same display panel, which is partly to thank for both of them sporting a near bezel-less look. For real this time. We're getting ever closer to the dream of no bezels at all, and the Honor Magic 2 takes us one step further on that road. The phone comes with top notch specs, headlined by the Kirin 980 chipset, currently Huawei...

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Coolpad announces the Cool Play 8 with 6.2-inch notched display

Coolpad announced the Play 7C successor in China, called the Cool Play 8. The device is a decidedly low-end affair and sports an aluminum body and a rather big 6.2-inch display with a wide notch. And despite its standing, the handset surprises with a 1080 x 2246 resolution IPS display. The notch houses only the front-facing camera and the usual sensors such as the proximity and ambient. MediaTek's MT6750 octa-core chipset sits behind the wheel with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal memory. If that's not enough, the phone can hold a microSD card as well. On the back, we find the...

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Moto G7 Play gets certified at EEC

Motorola is launching its G7 series anytime soon, if we can trust numerous certification listings, including FCC. There will be at least three phones, with one rumor suggesting even four - Moto G7, Moto G7 Plus, Moto G7 Power, and Moto G7 Play. The last one will be the more affordable and the least powerful and was just certified with the Eurasian Economic Commission. The Moto G7 Play with a model number Moto XT1952-1 will have Android Pie, and this is everything the listing gives us. We already saw the device in real photos at the FCC - it will have USB-C, audio jack, microSD...

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OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition review

OnePlus announced a long-term partnership with high-performance British carmaker McLaren and the first device to come from this relationship is the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition. As a "Salute to Speed" - which is the tagline for this product - the McLaren Edition brings 10GB of RAM with an already fast and powerful Snapdragon 845 CPU.

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Oppo R17 and R17 Pro New Year Edition come in red and gold

2019 will be the Year of the Pig according to the Chinese Horoscope. To celebrate the occasion, Oppo has unveiled special versions of its R17 phones that come in the always lucky red. It's coupled with gold highlights, including a stylized pig on the back. This lucky icon is repeated as a pattern interspersed with "auspicious clouds" (which represent the heavens and are a symbol of good luck). If you love the look, these will be available in China starting 10:00 on December 21. The Oppo R17 Pro New Year Edition will go for CNY 4,300 - and it will be available only in 8/128GB...

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Xiaomi Mi A2 will be company's first Android One phone to get Pie

A limited number of Xiaomi Mi A2 phones received the Android 9 Pie update (November 16), but the rollout will pick up speed tomorrow (December 18). The A2 is Xiaomi's first Android One phone to jump on Pie. The Mi A2 Lite probably isn't far behind - some units received Pie 10 days after the A2. That could mean the global rollout will start around New Year's Eve or in early January. This leaves the original, the Xiaomi Mi A1. It's a familiar tale, the first reports of Pie arriving came a couple of weeks after the Mi A2 Lite story. Such soak tests are normal, one last chance to catch...

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Huawei announces 65 million sold nova smartphones

Huawei held an event today, introducing the nova 4 with a hole in the screen for the 25 MP selfie camera. The unveiling was supported with some neat slides, revealing that over 65 million people bought devices from the nova series that was launched two years ago. The nova series is a mid-range lineup for Huawei that is highly marketed in China and other Asia-Pacific markets. It always relied on being pretty, starting from the 2016 Huawei nova with a design, inspired from the Nexus 6P. Later Huawei nova 2 and nova 2 Plus came in trendy colors like the flagship P10 - Grass Green,...

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Deals: Now's the best time yet to buy a Pixel 3, 3 XL and 2 and 2 XL

It's only a week until Christmas and if you were holding off on buying a Pixel smartphone until the best deal comes along - it may finally be time. For Europeans - the Germany stores offer deep discounts on the Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL. The Pixel 3 64GB is down to just €599 (normally €850) at Saturn, MediaMarkt and Debitel's online store. Meanwhile the Google Pixel 3 XL is €749 (normally €950) at Debitel and €799 at Saturn and MediaMarkt. In the UK both the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are down £100 in Google's own store. The Pixel 3 has the same £100 discount in retailers John Lewis, Curry's...

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Lenovo Z5s leak hints at a version with Snapdragon 845 and 12GB of RAM

Lenovo Z5s is about to be released and according to a new leak on Weibo, the phone will come in two versions - a standard one that's supposed to be with Snapdragon 678 and a more powerful Z5s Ferrari Edition. The latter is believed to sport the Snapdragon 845 chipset. But wait - there's more. The photo was taken from the "About" sub-menu in the Settings menu and also reveals 12GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. If true, the Lenovo Z5s Ferrari Edition will be the first ever handset with 12GB of RAM. Of course, there could be something fishy going on here and we are just a day...

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Microsoft launches Surface Go in India

Microsoft India has finally launched the Surface Go tablet in the Indian market. The Surface Go is available in two variants; the 64GB model is priced at INR 37,999 ($530) while the 128GB model is priced at INR 49,999 ($698). The Surface Go is available exclusively on Flipkart for now. It will go on sale December 27 but you can pre-order it right now. The Surface Go is Microsoft's latest tablet running Windows 10. It is also the cheapest, coming in under the more expensive Surface Pro model. Due to the budget nature, the specs are somewhat low-end. You get a dual-core...

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OnePlus turns 5, some of its first employees share memories of the early days

Has it really been 5 years? OnePlus was founded December 16 2013, starting with a small but ambitious team. The company has grown considerably since then and now employs thousands. The OnePlus team is looking back at the beginning and some of the first employees have shared their memories on the company's forums. First OnePlus One prototype • The company started in the winter • First full page ad There were plenty of bumps along the way. For example, the team started working before the heating was even installed. There were setbacks with the very first OnePlus One prototype...

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Samsung and LG to demo 5G smartphones at MWC 2019

AI was the hottest trend in 2018, but now 2019 and 5G will be the buzzword. All major manufacturers are going for the gigabit speeds, including Xiaomi, which is planning to introduce Mi Mix 3 5G around late February. This is when MWC 2019 is happening, and according to industry sources from South Korea, domestic players Samsung and LG are also going to be delivering 5G-enabled phones then. Both companies will demo their units during the conference, along with other expected phones. Samsung is preparing for the anniversary of its Galaxy flagships and the Galaxy S10 is going to...

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HTC Desire 12+ debuts with 5.7-inch display, Snapdragon 435

To our surprise, HTC just came out with a new phone announcement - the Desire 12s follows the same design language of the U12 Life although, the official website doesn't say anything about glass so we suppose it uses a combination of glossy and matte plastic. The front is occupied by a 5.7-inch display of HD+ (720 x 1440px) resolution and 18:9 aspect ratio. There's no notch and judging by the renders, the side bezels are really thin while the upper and lower ones are decent for an entry level phone too. A Snapdragon 435 is ticking under the hood and it's paired with either 3GB...

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An upcoming Oppo phone appears on Geekbench

Oppo has been in the top spots for smartphone sales lately due to one simple reason - the company is issuing a bunch of different smartphones, trying to cater to many different use cases. Apparently, the company is now planning to introduce an extremely affordable phone, since a device with the Snapdragon 625 chipset and Android Oreo OS appeared on Geekbench. The benchmark reveals a 855 score for a single core and 3244 for multiple cores performance. The numbers are in line with the Oppo R9s with the same SoC that we tested more than two years ago. The processor has eight cores,...

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Leaked Galaxy S10 protective glass confirms a smaller camera punch-hole

The Samsung Galaxy A8s gained a lot of traction for the last couple of days since its release due to its Infinity-O display, but some were disappointed to see the hole is rather large. Well, a recent leak about the Galaxy S10 suggests the camera hole will be a lot smaller. A famous Samsung leakster posted a photo on Twitter of what seems to be a glass protector for Galaxy S10's display and the punch hole for the camera looks quite small. At least from what we can see from the photos comparing it to the Galaxy A8s. Galaxy S10 protector • Galaxy A8s Additionally, the leak...

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Xiaomi Redmi 7 makes its way on TENAA, just photos for now

Xiaomi joined the notch movement quite late with its Mi 8 series, launched in late May. The company gradually started migrating its lineup to the infamous design trend, with the Pocophone F1 and some Redmi 6 phones following suit. Now a Xiaomi M1901F9T arrived on TENAA with a selfie camera, positioned in the center, meaning we will see a phone by the Chinese company with a waterdrop cutout as well. Looking at the model number, it is likely a Redmi 7 series phone. Xiaomi M1901F7T The photos also reveal pretty common design overall - buttons on the right, fingerprint...

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Huawei nova 4 is official with 48MP rear camera, 25MP in-display camera

Huawei's first phone with an in-display selfie camera is here - the nova 4. The nova 4 has two key features - the 25MP selfie camera embedded into the display and the triple camera setup on the rear, which is different depending on the model you get. The High Model nova 4 comes with a 48MP f/1.8 main camera, which is mated to a 16MP f/2.2 ultra wide-angle snapper and a 2MP f/2.4 depth sensor. The Standard Model nova 4 comes with a 20MP f/1.8 main camera, the rest remain unchanged. In either case, the in-display (or punch-hole) camera is a 25MP f/2.0 shooter, which appears to...

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