Redmi Note 7 sells out in minutes

Yesterday, Xiaomi representatives said the company is prepared to push 1 million Redmi Note 7 units by the end of January. Today was the first flash sale of the phone and 100,000 devices were already sold in just 8 minutes 36 seconds, Lu said in a Weibo post. Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 The Redmi Note 7 arrived with 48 MP camera, Snapdragon 660 and attractive price tags between $150 and $210, depending on the RAM and storage. Half of the units were sold via the online Mi Store, while the other 50,000 were pushed via third-party online resellers like TMall and JD.com. The next...

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Samsung Galaxy A50 gets Wi-Fi certified, inches closer to launch

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy A50 is getting closer and closer to its release. It's now been certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance, with the model number SM-A505FN/DS. That's the dual-SIM version of the phone that went through Geekbench last month with an Exynos 7 9610 chipset on board, paired with 4GB of RAM. The A50 should have 64 or 128GB of storage as well as a 4,000 mAh battery and launch in blue, pink, black, silver, and white. The Wi-Fi certification has confirmed that it's running Android 9 Pie. This means it may be released after the S10 family, since Samsung usually preloads new...

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Galaxy S9 update brings January security patches, better selfies

If you own a Samsung Galaxy S9, note that a new software update is headed your way. It includes the January 2019 security patch level, so you'll be current on that front. But wait, that's not all. The update also improves the performance of the front-facing camera, as well as the brightness of faces when shooting in backlit conditions. Additionally, Samsung says the "overall stability of functions" has been improved. As usual, the update will be rolling out in stages, so don't panic if you haven't yet received the notification. For now only the international version of the phone, with...

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More Samsung Galaxy M20 details outed thanks to sketches from the manual

Samsung's new M series smartphones are supposed to finally launch later this month. In the meantime, more and more details are leaking out. Today we get a couple of images that seem to be part of the upcoming M20's manual. They show us that water drop notch (for Samsung's Infinity-V display), as well as the fact that the headphone jack is in - nestled at the bottom near the USB-C port. The Galaxy M20 has a dual rear camera system, as well as a fingerprint scanner in its vicinity. The volume and power keys are on the right. The handset has a 6.3-inch LCD panel with 1080x2340...

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Nokia 9's in-display fingerprint reader will show these animations on unlock

The Nokia 9 PureView will be HMD's first phone with an in-display fingerprint reader. We got a confirmation of that from the leaked promo video, now even the unlock animations themselves have leaked. These diagrams have been ripped from Settings.apk, these will be shown during the setup process: Diagrams to help you set up the Nokia 9 in-display fingerprint reader And here are the animations themselves, three of them. The latest reports claims that the Nokia 9 will be unveiled before the MWC and it seems like the development team is putting the final touches on...

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vivo NEX Dual Display review

The NEX Dual Display is nothing short of original, yet still surprisingly easy to understand on a conceptual level. In more ways than one, it is the sum of vivo's pre-existing efforts in coining a fresh new and more functional mobile design. One that clearly stems from the desire to maximise screen real estate and solve the selfie camera and sensor issue in a more elegant, notch-free manner.

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Samsung Galaxy S7 gets January security patch

Samsung has started rolling out the January 1 security patch for the Galaxy S7. It's rolling out over the air in the UK and will expand to other regions. You can read up on the fixes by the January patch here. The Galaxy S7 duo was updated to Oreo in May 2018, which will be the last major software update (the phones were released in March 2016). This update just fixes security vulnerabilities (3 critical ones in Android, 4 in the Samsung software). The Galaxy S7 edge is still on the December security patch, but its update will probably start rolling out soon as well. Source

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Android 9 Pie update pushed back for some Samsung Galaxy Note9 users

The Android 9 Pie update for Samsung Galaxy Note9 may have been delayed in some regions. A site run by Samsung Turkey originally listed January 15 as the launch date, but that info has since been updated to say February 1. It's not clear what caused the delay, especially considering that some users are already running the stable version of Pie. Beta testers in Germany got the it first on January 4, followed by regular users in the UAE on January 12. And some on XDA have manually flashed the ROM. We're not seeing any reports of issues with the Galaxy Note9 from people who have...

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Geekbench shows the Pixel 3 Lite XL may be the first with 6GB of RAM

The Pixel 3 Lite XL has been spotted in Geekbench and it's powered by a Snapdragon 710. That would make it slightly faster than the Pixel 3 Lite, which was seen with Snapdragon 670. It gets better - the benchmark reports 6GB of RAM. That's more than any Pixel to date. The Pixel 3 and 3 XL have 4GB and (according to leaks) the Pixel 3 Lite will also have 4GB. The Snapdragon 710 and 670 are both 10nm chips and have nearly identical hardware. Both have two A75-derived cores (at 2.2GHz and 2.0GHz, respectively) and six A55-derived cores (both at 1.7GHz). The extra 2 gigs of RAM might make...

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Oppo celebrates 10 years in the mobile phone business

Oppo is a major smartphone maker both in its domestic market and around the world. Today it celebrated 10 years in the business with a neat Weibo post, going back through its most memorable devices since 2008 - all the way from the feature phone Oppo A103 to the current Oppo R17 Pro with an UD fingerprint scanner. Oppo A103 • Oppo P51 • Oppo T9 • Oppo U529 The first Oppo phone had one camera on the back, integrated into a smiley face. It had gold-colored body and multitap keyboard, removable battery and plenty of hot features back in the day. In 2009 Oppo introduced the...

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Samsung's 5G phone to be called Galaxy S10 X, says Korean media

Korean publication ETNews reports that Samsung's first 5G-enabled phone will be called the Galaxy S10 X. The X stands for 10 (the Galaxy line turns 10 this year), but also "experience" and "expand". The phone will be released in late March in South Korea, following the early March launch of the other Galaxy S10 models. The price of the fully loaded model will be between KRW 1.6 million and KRW 1.8 million ($1,425-$1,600). It seems that there will not be a separate Unpacked event at the MWC, which suggests that the 5G phone will be unveiled on February 20 alongside the LTE-based S10...

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Xiaomi targets 1 million Redmi Note 7 sales in first month

The Redmi Note 7 was introduced last week with 48 MP camera and Snapdragon 660 chipset for as low as CNY999 ($150). The phone is launching on January 18, and the Xiaomi subsidiary is so confident with it, the Redmi product manager announced it would sell in 1 million units by the end of January. The Redmi brand posted a review of the new phone on Weibo, sparking many discussions among fans. Some questioned if the company is ready for the influx of buyers, but Wang Teng, the product manager of Redmi, jumped in the conversation and promised there will be 1 million units available in...

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It's official: the foldable Galaxy phone will be fully unveiled on February 20

Samsung announced that the Galaxy S10 phones will be Unpacked on February 20. Now the company officially confirms that the foldable Galaxy F phone will be on stage as well. This info comes from a couple of Samsung billboards in Place de la Concorde, Paris. The first reads (in Korean) "The future unfolds", the second "February 20". This isn't a Google Translate reading either, the Samsung press release offers this translation. Photos of the billboards in question The phone was announced late last year, but few details were given. It was also demoed at CES for a select...

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Nokia 9 coming before the MWC, a Snapdragon 855 version in the works

The long wait might be drawing to an end - a new report claims that HMD will unveil the Nokia 9 before the MWC (last week of January, an earlier report claims) and will "definitely" put it on sale before March. Why the rush? Perhaps it doesn't want people comparing it and its Snapdragon 845 chipset to 2019 smartphones - this flagship has been in development for a long, long time. But HMD reportedly has a remedy for that. A Snapdragon 855 version of the phone (Sirocco?) will allegedly launch in August and will support 5G networks. The camera on this one will supposedly be improved as...

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Samsung Galaxy M coming to India on January 28 as Amazon exclusive

The Samsung Galaxy M series is launching on January 28 as revealed by the teaser page on Amazon India. This page reveals the design of at least one of the phones and it lists the defining features of the new lineup. The M-phones will have a display with a teardrop notch or as Samsung calls it, Infinity V. They'll sport an ultra-wide angle camera, a large battery and fast charging. Plus, you can clearly see the USB-C port and 3.5mm headphone jack on the bottom. Official Samsung Galaxy M teaser images The rumors so far have detailed three devices. The Galaxy M30 is the top dog...

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Apple HomePod arrives in China for $415

Apple might not be performing as it hoped to in China, but this doesn't stop the company from going forward with product launches. The latest arrival is the HomePod which got listed on Apple's Chinese website. The speaker is priced at CNY2,799 or about $415, which is over 15% markup of the $349 price in the United States. Apple made the HomePod appealing to local customers with giving it support for Mandarin and Cantonese, including a Hong Kong dialect. The press release also stated that you can stream music from local services such as QQ Music, DeDao, while Hong Kong is also getting...

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Lenovo postpones Z5 Pro GT launch

Lenovo Z5 Pro GT arrived as the first Snapdragon 855-powered smartphone mid-December. The company gave fans nearly a month to prepare their wallets with a promise to start the pre-orders on January 15. Now however the launch has been postponed by a week. Pre-orders will be taken on January 22, while actual sales begin on January 29. The Z5 Pro GT is an update over the Z5 Pro slider with the latest Qualcomm chipset and up to 12 GB RAM. There's also visual differences between the two devices with red accents around the camera and on lower portion of the slider. Screen and camera...

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