Redmi Note 7 will come in India to turn your head around

Yes, your eyes are alright, Xiaomi really posted an upside-down photo of Lei Jun and Manu Kumar Jain posing with the Redmi Note 7. That is the announcement of the phone arrival in India without actually revealing any dates or pricing. What the tweet said was only the "head-turner" is coming and "disruption is guaranteed." The Redmi Note 7 is a follow-up of the Redmi Note 6 Pro and the first Redmi phone after the sub-brand separated from Xiaomi. It has a 48 MP camera with a Samsung sensor and a tall notched 6.3" display. The device is powered by Snapdragon 660 and has a 4,000 mAh...

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More photos of the Samsung Galaxy S10 leak revealing a crypto currency wallet

More photos of the Samsung Galaxy S10 have surfaced, this time showing off a new feature. The Galaxy S10 in these images shows a Samsung Blockchain KeyStore where you can presumably store supported cryptocurrencies. The Galaxy S10 in these images have a single camera in the display cutout, so we're likely seeing the regular Galaxy S10 variant in the pictures below. Here we can peek at some of the messages in the wallet setup page. The welcome screen for the Samsung Blockchain KeyStore describes it as "a secure and convenient place for your cryptocurrency." You'll be able...

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YouTube TV is now available nationwide in the US

YouTube TV launched almost two years ago but was only available in select markets. As the months passed by, YouTube TV supported more markets around the United States including the four largest local TV broadcasters in 90% of all markets where YouTube TV is available. Today, YouTube TV has added 95 new markets which covers over 98% of all American households while "the remainder will follow shortly thereafter." YouTube TV offers over 60 network channels and even local channels depending on your market. Each $40 per month subscription includes six streaming accounts with...

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Meizu M9 Note lands in mid-February with 48 MP main camera, 4,000 mAh battery

Meizu has just announced the Zero, a phone with no buttons or ports, but the Chinese company is also working on less revolutionary devices. A handset that is expected to become official in mid-February is the Meizu M9 Note. It will come with a dual rear camera system, with the main sensor being the 48 MP Samsung GM1. It's a big 1/2" sensor, with 0.8µm pixels (but you can count that as being 1.6µm because 4-in-1 pixel binning will be present, resulting in 12 MP default images). Meizu founder Huang Zhang has confirmed this info, also adding that the M9 Note will be powered by the...

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Deal: Save £150 when you buy a 256GB iPhone XS in the UK

Have you been meaning to buy an iPhone XS but haven't gotten round to doing that just yet? Are you in the UK or able to order from Amazon UK? Was the 256GB version the one you had in mind? If you answered yes to all of these questions, then you're in luck. Amazon has decided to shave a cool £150 off of the usual price of the 256GB iPhone XS. Hence, you can now get one for just £999, compared to the £1,149 price you'd normally have to pay. The retailer doesn't explicitly mention it, but we strongly suspect this is a limited time offer, especially as Apple's UK website still shows the...

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Huawei P10 and Honor 9 receive EMUI 9.0.1 update with January security patches

Today Huawei has started sending out a new software update to the P10, its flagship smartphone from the first half of 2017. Additionally, the Honor 9 is getting the same software, namely EMUI 9.0.1. Currently the rollout is happening only in China, but it's clearly only a matter of time before the new release hits other markets. EMUI 9.0.1 comes with the January 2019 security patches, and it's based on Android 9 Pie like EMUI 9 was before it. EMUI 9 with Android Pie was released in Asia for the P10 and Honor 9 back in December of last year, and it's nice to see Huawei and its sub-brand...

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Honor View 20 review

Honor's View lineup is back and significantly better than before. For starters, it's got a much more attractive glass back and metal frame while the front no longer has a notch of any kind. The back of the phone is ultra-shiny and easily one of the best-looking smartphones around. Honor has innovated on pushing the glass back cover into something more and we love what it has come up with.

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Huawei will reveal its 5G plans tomorrow

Huawei increased its R&D spending in preparation for the launch of 5G. Now the company wants to talk about what it has been working on with a "pre-MWC" briefing to be held on January 24 in Beijing (that's tomorrow). The event will be livestreamed and it will kick off Huawei's 5G efforts. The company wants to deliver a double-hitter by unveiling a foldable 5G phone - either at the MWC or in the second half of 2019. Sub-brand Honor will release a 5G phone too. Huawei teases a 5G Wi-Fi 6 router for tomorrow We don't actually expect to see a phone tomorrow, certainly not a full...

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Samsung Galaxy M10 and M20 will get Android 9 Pie in August

The Samsung Galaxy M20 will reportedly have the new One UI, even though it will run Android 8.1 Oreo at launch. In fact, the Pie update is months away - it will be released in August. Samsung published a notice with the Pie update schedule and it included the still-unofficial Galaxy M10 and M20. Android 9 Pie update schedule for Samsung Galaxy phones Unofficially, the M10 specs leaked through a manual. It will be powered by an Exynos 7872 chipset with 2/3GB of RAM. The M20 comes with an Exynos 7885 with 3/4GB of RAM and 32/64GB storage. These two (and perhaps a few others)...

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Samsung pushes beta update to Galaxy Note8, updates Pie roadmap

Samsung has pushed a second Android 9.0 beta update to the Galaxy Note8 that fixes various issues such as camera app force-close when shooting slow-mo video, viewfinder freezing and undetected music stored on the microSD card. The firmware is a sizeable 705MB and carries the number N950FXXU5ZSAB. The Galaxy S8/S8+ will likely receive the same update a bit later on. The Samsung Galaxy Note8 is currently undergoing beta testing of Android 9.0 Pie and is scheduled to receive the final version sometime in February. Speaking of schedule, Samsung has set a preliminary timeframe for the...

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Huawei P30 to go all-in on OLED, P30 Pro will feature periscope optical zoom camera

Reports from people using engineering samples suggest that the Huawei P30 will feature a redesigned front. For starters, both phones will use OLED displays now, instead of keeping the non-Pro on LCD. This is made necessary by the move to optical in-display fingerprint readers, which also means that the wide notch for the 3D face scanner is going away. Instead, a small teardrop notch (like on the Mate 20) will be used. The P30 is said to have a 6.1" screen (and be similar in size to the P20) while the P30 Pro will go up to 6.5". As for the all-important camera, the Huawei P30 is said...

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Motorola releases pie for Moto G6+ and Moto Z3, adds support for 5G mod

Motorola has started rolling out Android 9 Pie to two more of its phones. The Moto Z3 is getting the typical Pie features and the January 1 security patch. You can read the full change log for more details. There's a detailed breakdown of the features here. The most interesting addition is support for the 5G MotoMod, which will make this one of the very first 5G-connected phones (we've only seen hotspots and routers so far). It will work on Verizon's network. The mod itself isn't available yet and 5G networks are live in only a few cities. The Moto G6+ also makes the jump to Pie, the...

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Apple releases iOS 12.1.3 and watchOS 5.1.3

Apple has released iOS 12.1.3 update for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The update is a minor one and mostly focuses on bug fixes and performance updates. The update includes: Fixes for an issue in Messages that could impact scrolling through photos in the Details view Fix for an issue where photos could have striped artifacts after being sent from the Share Sheet Fixes for an issue that may cause audio distortion when using external audio input devices on iPad Pro (2018) Fixes for an issue that could cause certain CarPlay systems to disconnect from iPhone XR, iPhone XS...

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Samsung Galaxy M20 early review praises the battery life

A self-professed long-time Samsung user and member of the Samsung Community forums was given a Galaxy M20 to review and they did - publicly. Summed up in two words, the conclusion is "battery matters". The Galaxy M20 (and Galaxy M30) will have a 5,000mAh battery. A 45 minute gaming session didn't drain much of the battery and it reportedly charges back up pretty quickly. The phone has a USB-C port on the bottom, though there's no word on what kind (if any) fast charging it will support. The Galaxy M20 will have a 5,000mAh battery The user reports that the 6.3" Infinity V display...

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Samsung Galaxy S10 phones will support reverse wireless charging

Rumor has it that the Samsung Galaxy S10 trio will support reverse wireless charging and now there's some solid proof. This photo of what seems to be a demo booth (the top label reads "press button to experience") shows that this will be one of the major features. The first three buttons play an introductory video, then one about the cinematic display and one for the in-display fingerprint reader. Next up is the triple camera and the reverse wireless charging. Buttons to control a Galaxy S10 presentation That's how important a feature this is, it's right behind Samsung's first...

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HMD Global shares its Android Pie update roadmap

Juho Sarvikas, HMD Global's CPO revealed the company's Android Pie update plans for the upcoming months. Juho just boasted on Twitter that the Nokia lineup were the fastest in moving to Android Oreo and that he hopes the switch to Pie will be completed in even shorter time. So far, eight phones have received the Android 9.0 Pie update with the Nokia 8 and 8 Sirocco being the latest to join the list earlier this month. The Nokia 5 and 3.1 Plus are expected to get the new software version by the end of January while the Nokia 6, 5.1, 3.1 and 2.1 will receive before Q1 ends. The Nokia 3 and...

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Meizu Zero debuts with no physical buttons, speaker or charging port

The Meizu Zero is here - the world's first phone without physical buttons, speaker cutout and even without a USB port for conventional wired charging. The Meizu Zero uses touch capacitive panels on the side as replacements for the conventional power and volume buttons (similar to what HTC did with the U12+, only without the buttons protruding the frame). For a speaker the Meizu Zero uses a piezoelectric transducer under the display (akin to what Sharp and Xiaomi have done with phones like the Aquos Crystal and Mi Mix). Meizu Zero Removing the USB port is trickier to compensate...

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LG will show a phone with hover gestures on February 24

LG has set its Mobile World Congress event date - February 24 - and revealed its tagline 'Goodbye Touch'. The short clip hints that LG will unveil a phone with new gestures that might even work without touching. Hovering over the screen is a bit 2011, but we guess LG has something special in mind. While at MWC 2019, LG is expected to unveil the LG G8 and its first foldable phone. We'll be there and will bring you first hand impressions.

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Foldable Xiaomi phone appears on video with company's co-founder

A new video has surfaced of Xiaomi's foldable device. This time, Lin Bin, the company's co-founder and president is demonstrating it on camera. It isn't entirely clear whether the video was intended to be released or not - but whatever the case may be - we have a closer look at Xiaomi's foldable phone. The video below was reposted to YouTube from Chinese social network Weibo. This appears to be the same device we saw in a short hands-on video tweeted by @evleaks earlier this month. The device doesn't fold closed but rather folds backwards and has two creases. The creases can clearly...

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