Google Coral device with Snapdragon 855 shines on Geekbench

The latest Qualcomm chipset is Snapdragon 855, and we expect plenty of 2019 devices to have it. One mysterious entry called "Google coral" appeared with the very same platform on Geekbench with 6 GB RAM and Android Q. Some assumptions might be made that this is an Alpha unit of the upcoming Pixel 4, but it is more likely a new Chromebook in the works since "Google coral" with different chipsets appeared at the benchmark database at least 150 times. Although we are not sure what the actual device is, we have some scores to see how a Snapdragon 855 would perform when coupled with...

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Xiaomi launches ShareSave in India, a platform for buying products from China

Xiaomi has launched a new e-commerce app that will let you purchase ecosystem devices and products that are only available in China. Xiaomi has backed so many products from water bottles, to toothbrushes, desk lamps and smart bulbs. Xiaomi's aim is to expand the reach of its ecosystem products. The ShareSave app is first launching in India with more markets to follow later. Amazon might already carry some of these products, but the cost of importing them is passed on to the customer. The ShareSave app has a unique approach to buying goods with plenty of opportunities to save on the cost of...

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Nokia 5 receives Android 9 Pie update

HMD Global is now sending out an update to Android 9 Pie to the Nokia 5, a mid-range phone launched in 2017. The company is definitely among the fastest out there when it comes to updating handsets that aren't flagships to the latest versions of Android. The news was proudly announced on Twitter by Juho Sarvikas, HMD's Chief Product Officer. The Nokia 5 has been on quite a journey so far. When it was released it had Android 7.1.1 Nougat on board, and then it received an update to Android 8.0 Oreo last year. It gives me immense pleasure to announce that Nokia 5 (2017) has just been...

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Microsoft releases Office 365 on Mac App Store

Microsoft has finally released Office apps on the Mac App Store. All Office apps are now available to download, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive. Customers will also be able to purchase an Office 365 subscription from within the apps directly, which is required to use the apps. Microsoft has updated the apps to play nice with macOS, which includes features such as Dark Mode added in Mojave, Continuity Camera (which lets you scan a document with your iPhone and have it instantly appear on your Mac), as well as support for the Touch Bar on...

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Samsung explains the improvements brought by the Exynos 9820 in pictures

Samsung unveiled the Exynos 9820 chipset late last year in preparation for this year's flagships. "The driving force behind the mobile experience's radical transformation is a mobile processor hidden beneath the surface", says the company in a post that details the brain inside the upcoming Galaxy S10. Tri-cluster CPU • The new GPU can deliver 40% more performance or use 35% less energy The 9820's processor features a tri-cluster setup with a mix of Samsung custom cores and ARM designs. Heavy tasks are handed to the two M4 cores, which are 20% faster than last year's M3 cores....

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Energizer at MWC: 26 phones, including foldable phone and phone with 18,000mAh battery

Energizer wants to electrify the MWC with a whopping 26 new models spread across four different product lines. One phone will grab people's attention with 18,000mAh battery, the largest ever on a phone. Read it again - 18 thousand milliamp hours. We'll believe it when we see it, however, as the Energizer Power Max P16K Pro was announced last year and subsequently canceled (as you can tell by its name, it was supposed to have a 16,000mAh battery). The Power Max line is built around large batteries, 4,000mAh and above (way above for some models). Energizer Ultimate is a new line that will...

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Motorola's website leaks the Moto G7 lineup

Motorola's Brazilian website accidentally uploaded the the Moto G7 lineup two weeks ahead of their official announcement. The pages contained specs and images revealing everything there's to know about the phones. The vanilla Moto G7 will feature a 6.24-inch display with a waterdrop notch and 1080 x 2270 pixel resolution. It's powered by a Snapdragon 632 with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The back carries a 12MP main sensor and a 5MP secondary unit for depth information. A 3,000 mAh battery sits underneath. The leak also contains information about the rest of the G7 phones...

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Brazil's Anatel lists batteries for all three Galaxy S10 models as 3,000mAh

Last year Anatel nailed the battery capacities of the Galaxy S9 and S9+. It has published its certifications for the Galaxy S10 batteries too, but something feels off. It lists all three models - EB-BG970ABU, EB-BG973ABU and EB-BG975ABU - which correspond to the Galaxy S10 Lite, S10 and S10+. However, all three are listed as 3,000mAh. That lines up with what we've heard about the S10 Lite, which was rumored to have a 3,100mAh battery (the 100mAh difference comes from the distinction between minimal and typical capacity). But the middle Galaxy S10 was supposed to have a 3,500mAh...

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Redmi Go nearing a launch in the Philippines

Redmi Note 7 arrived as the first device by Xiaomi with 48 MP camera and now another first for the company is coming - the first Android Go phone. It was teased by Xiaomi's Philippines branch and according to one source, it will be called Redmi Go. Leaked specs suggest 5" screen with regular HD resolution, Snapdragon 425 chipset and Android Oreo (Go Edition) OS. Leaked Redmi Go poster According to the leaked poster, the Redmi Go will have all the basics - 1 GB RAM, 8 GB storage, microSD slot, 8 MP rear camera and 5 MP front-facing shooter. It will have micro USB and a 3,000 mAh...

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Huawei will bring the world's first foldable 5G phone to the MWC

Huawei's pre-MWC briefing on 5G focused on its new Balong 5000 5G modem and the company's base station hardware. However, a curious bit of info was snuck in towards the end of the hour-long presentation - Huawei is bringing a 5G phone to the MWC. And not just any 5G smartphone, but a foldable 5G smartphone. That would be a world's first. The phone will use the Kirin 980 chipset in combination with the Balong 5000 modem. Well, "phones" actually, the slide suggests there will be more than one 5G handset presented in Barcelona (presumably, only one of them will be foldable). Anyway,...

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BOE surpases LG as main supplier of AMOLED panels for the Huawei Mate 20 Pro

BOE Technology, China's leading maker of AMOLED displays, has surpassed LG and is catching up to Samsung, according to industry insiders. The company is also planning a massive $6.85 million investment into a third production line for 6G flexible AMOLED panels. During Q3 of 2018, BOE's yield rates for 6.39" QHD+ AMOLEDs were just 10%. That means only one in ten screens was usable. This improved to 30% in Q4 and could get higher than 50% by the end of this year. In that final quarter of 2018 it cost BOE an estimated $80 to make such a 6.39" AMOLED panel while Samsung only spent $60 pen...

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Samsung taps Disha Patani for Galaxy M teaser, she shows off the ultra wide camera

Samsung has tapped Bollywood star Disha Patani to promote its upcoming Galaxy M series. She receives an M-shaped box (we doubt that's the actual retail package) and takes the camera for a quick spin. She demos the ultra-wide angle camera in particular, here's how switching changes the field of view: Samsung Galaxy M: normal and ultra-wide angle camera Details on the price and availability of the phones - yes, plural - will be unveiled at 6pm January 28. They will be available from Amazon and Samsung (online only). View this post on Instagram I'M SO KICKED....

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Huawei unveils the 5G CPE Pro router with Wi-Fi 6, it uses the new Balong 5000 chipset

Huawei wants to be a one-stop shop for all things 5G. It unveiled the Balong 5000 chipset and the world's first 5G core chip, the Tiangang. The Balong 5000 is a multi-mode modem supporting 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G and will be used in anything from smartphones to cars. Its first application is in the Huawei 5G CPE Pro router. It supports both sub-6GHz 5G where it achieves speeds of up to 4.6Gbps as well as mmWave where it goes up to 6.5Gbps. That's actually too fast for the router's Wi-Fi 6, which tops out at 4.8Gbps. Long story short, you can download a 1GB file in 3 seconds and blow...

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Samsung Galaxy S10 and S10+ live images surface

We are still a month away from the Samsung Galaxy S10 trio launch and this is by far our best look at the Galaxy S10 and S10+. A bunch of live images have surfaced revealing the design in great detail. Galaxy S10 and S10+ prototypes The first thing we've noticed about those prototypes are the bezels. They appear to be slightly bigger than those pictured in the recent renders, but that was to be expected. The photos also confirm that the more expensive Plus variant will feature a slightly better screen-to-body ratio and a dual front-facing camera setup. Oh, and more...

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Sexy vivo Apex 2019 unveiled with no buttons, all screen fingerprint sensor

The vivo Apex 2019 concept phone is here and it packs some serious tech. It's powered by a Snapdragon 855 chipset, has 256GB of storage, 12GB of RAM and 5G - the last two are firsts for vivo. Arriving just a day after Meizu announced its take on the portless buttonless phone, vivo's Apex 2019 is a rather different beast despite similar looks. For starters the Apex 2019 has a port, of sorts. Whereas the Meizu Zero relies entirely on wireless charging, the vivo Apex 2019 has what vivo calls a MagPort - a magnetic connector on the rear that's used for charging and data transfer. The...

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Realme teases new smartphone that's all about entertainment

Realme is announcing a new phone in India and it will be "all about entertainment". The company teased it on Flipkart as the device to have if you are into movies or photos but did not announce what the name will be. Chances are it is either the Realme 3 or the Realme A1 since both are expected to arrive soon. The most intriguing feature, however, is the pictured wide notch, meaning the company is stepping back from the waterdrop cutout for some reason. Although the assumption the new Realme could have a notch is pretty clear, we see the volume buttons appear both on the left and...

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