vivo Y93 arrives in India with a fingerpint scanner on the back

It is always tough to distinguish one vivo smartphone from another. Today, the vivo Y93 arrived in India with a Helio P22 chipset and a fingerprint scanner on the back. This is not the original vivo Y93, launched on November 1 - this is the body of vivo Y95 with the soul of the vivo Y93s. The Indian version of vivo Y93 has a 6.22" LCD screen with HD+ resolution and 19:9 ratio. There is a tiny waterdrop notch on the top for an 8 MP shooter with an f/1.8 lens. The main camera setup is also as simple as it gets - basic 13 MP f/2.2 lens with a secondary depth 2 MP sensor with an f/2.4...

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Samsung Galaxy A8s arrives for pre-order, costs less than $450

Samsung was the first company to officially introduce a smartphone with a camera under the display. The device is called Galaxy A8s and has just appeared for pre-order at the Chinese online retailer JD.com. There is only one memory choice and a single price tag of CNY2,999, or under $450. Samsung Galaxy A8s was announced with either 6 or 8 GB RAM, but the initial pre-order is just for the lower tier. The storage is 128 GB either way and you have a microSD slot for up to 512 GB more. This device is powered by Snapdragon 710 chipset and has Android Pie out of the box with customized...

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Honor View 20 to be capable of 960 fps video

A couple of new posters for the Honor View 20 launch have surfaced on Weibo. The first one mentions that the new View 20 is going to feature advanced GPS as debuted on the Huawei Mate 20 Pro for more accurate GPS tracking, particularly while going for a run but should help navigation in cities with tall buildings that block signals. The other poster reveals that the View 20 will have a camera capable of taking 960fps videos. The Huawei P20 series was the first smartphone from Huawei to be able to record at this high a frame rate. It continued with the Mate 20 Pro and now that the...

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Nokia 3 receives Android 8.1 Oreo update

HMD Global has apparently started sending out the update to Android 8.1 Oreo to the Nokia 3 from 2017. The phone launched with Android 7.0 Nougat on board, then received an update to Android 8.0 Oreo back in April this year. Now it's time for it to make the jump to 8.1, although at this rate Pie seems like nothing more than a pipe dream at the moment. On one hand, if you own a Nokia 3, it's probably sad to think that a lot of other Nokia phones are currently already tasting Pie, but on the other hand at least the your phone hasn't been fully forgotten. The update also brings with it...

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Moto G7 lineup revealed in press renders leak

Motorola is getting ready to announce the Moto G7 lineup soon. Press renders for the Moto G7, G7 Plus, G7 Power, and G7 Play have leaked courtesy of DroidShout.com. The most apparent difference we can see is the addition of a now notched display which has black bezels. The Moto G6 had a perfectly rectangular display with bezels that matched the color of the model. There are actually two types of notches between the four G7 models. The G7 and G7 Plus will have a tear-drop notch while the G7 Play has a full-sized notch with a single selfie camera and front-facing flash....

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OxygenOS 9.0.10 starts rolling out for the OnePlus 6T

Today OnePlus has started sending out a new software update to the 6T. It's OxygenOS 9.0.10, and it brings with it the December 2018 security patches. Additionally, the company also promises better Wi-Fi stability for more reliable connectivity, Face Unlock improvements, and enhanced Nightscape performance for the camera. Those are all nice things to have, but obviously this isn't the biggest of updates, and there are no new features. Still, you should install it as soon as you can if only for the new security fixes. Speaking of which, the rollout is staged as usual, which in OnePlus'...

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OnePlus 6T gets a better DxO score than the OnePlus 6

The DxOMark lab has concluded testing on the OnePlus 6T and the results are in - a 98 overall score which is 2 points higher than the OnePlus 6 and a tie with the Google Pixel 2 for the 10th spot. The score breaks down into a 101 in imaging and 91 for video. The photo score is punctuated by great autofocus, very good dynamic range , good detal and good bokeh. DxO notes that the OnePlus 6T has improved slightly on the dynamic range of its predecessor and also captured slightly more detail. The only points deducted from the OnePlus 6T score are for the slightly higher noise levels...

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Counterpoint: Feature phones are great again, sales rise for fourth consecutive quarter

Counterpoint revealed in its latest phone market report that the feature phones are on the rise for a fourth consecutive quarter. Meanwhile, smartphones sales have been on the decline for the same period, although the researchers wouldn't read too much into it. According to the data, iTel and HMD are global market leaders with 14% market share each, followed by Jio with 11% and Samsung with 8%. The reasons are simple - manufacturers are delivering cheap and accessible 4G phones in emerging markets such as India and Africa. The pie chart is pretty self-explanatory - regions with...

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Xiaomi drops software support for the Mi 5 and Redmi Note 3

Xiaomi just confirmed that it's discontinuing the software support for two of its iconic devices - the 2016 flagship, Mi 5 and the affordable Redmi Note 3 phablet from the same year. The upcoming stable release of the MIUI Global ROM will be the last one for those two handsets. The Beta Team for both phones will be disbanded after the final OTA update arrives. That's quite unfortunate and many fans in the official MIUI forum are displeased with the news, but there's another side of the coin here. First, Xiaomi is releasing a plethora of devices each year and the software support for...

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Some iPad Pro 2018 coming with bent frames, Apple says it's normal

Several complaints popped up online about iPad Pros being shipped with a bent chassis. Apple said this is happening due to manufacturing process but calmed down people, saying it should not worsen over time and will not affect performance and usability over time. This effectively means that if you received a bent iPad Pro, you're not getting it replaced. Apple says the weird flex is ok The weird issue is a result of a cooling process, involving metal and plastic components during manufacturing. It seems like it is more pronounced with the LTE model, even if some Wi-Fi Only users...

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Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite and S10 Plus benchmarks appear

The Galaxy S10 trio is expected to go live in about three months during 2019's MWC in Barcelona and as we get closer to that date, the rumor mill starts spinning faster and faster. The latest piece of information comes from an HTML5 browser benchmark test that reveals some small tidbits about the most expensive version - the Galaxy S10 Plus and the most affordable one, the Galaxy S10 Lite. The model numbers of both handsets check out - SM-G970 for the Lite version and SM-G975 for the Plus-sized variant. The results from the test lists the screen resolution of the S10 Lite as 360 x 760,...

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