Counterclockwise: the past and present of fast charging technologies

In the beginning, USB could deliver up to 500mA of power at 5V, which worked out well enough for early phones. But as chipsets became faster and screens grew bigger, batteries ballooned in size (we covered the growth of battery capacity in a previous article). Today we'll focus on charging technology as there are quite a few competing standards. To keep things (relatively) short, we'll only cover the popular wired standards. USB As we already mentioned, the early USB standards had provisions for up to 2.5W of power, which was bumped up to 4.5W with USB 3.0. That's the official...

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Samsung's upcoming Galaxy A90 to have a pop-up selfie ca

Popular leakster Ice Universe just jump-started the Galaxy A90 rumor mill. With the Galaxy A9 being released not long ago, one would expect the first rumors start flying in in the second half of 2019. However, the first report is already in saying that the handset will have a pop-up selfie camera. Why do I say that the A90 is perfect? The answer is that the Galaxy A90 will be Samsung's first pop-up front camera phone, so its screen is perfect, there is no Notch, no Hole. pic.twitter.com/j01WWtPzh8— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) February 2, 2019 It might not be as crazy as it sounds....

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Realme U1 gets a permanent price cut in India

The Realme U1 is undoubtedly one of the cheapest, yet capable smartphones you can get right now with its MediaTek Helio P70 chipset. If you so happen to be on the market for an affordable handset, you are in for a treat. You've heard it right! #RealmeU1 #IndiasSelfiePro is now available at an unbelievable starting price of INR 10,999.Grab it now: https://t.co/9IxAcjQdbo pic.twitter.com/WhM2ZVkh5x— Realme (@realmemobiles) February 1, 2019 Realme announced on Twitter that the Realme U1 is getting a permanent price cut in India and you can get it right now from Amazon.in. The handset's...

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Redmi is working on a Snapdragon 855-powered flagship

After the successful launch of the Redmi Note 7, Xiaomi's sub-brand is looking forward to its upcoming Redmi Note 7 Pro and another flagship phone. Yes, you read that right - Redmi is working on a Snapdragon 855-powered handset aimed to launch this year. Lu Weibing revealed the information on Weibo posting a photo of him and Redmi's crew in Xioami's Shenzhen R&D Institute where they've discussed the future of Redmi as a brand and its upcoming devices. He said that they've talked in details about the two phones, which means that the company will be stepping out of the mid-range...

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Meizu M9 Note surfaces on TENAA

After Miezu's CEO confirmed that the company is working on a new smartphone, the Meizu M9 Note, a list of specs surfaced online. The report featured a 4,000 mAh battery, 48MP main camera and a Snapdragon 675 chipset. Well, a TENAA listing just popped up confirming some of the rumors. The TENAA report is still fresh on the Chinese regulatory's website, which means that most of the specs, including the product photos, are yet to be added. However, the listing confirms that the battery will indeed by around the 4,000 mAh mark - 3,900 mAh to be exact. We also get to learn the screen...

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Apple says sorry for the FaceTime security flaw, to re-enable the feature next week

A major security flaw with Group FaceTime was discovered just a few days ago and Apple had to shut down the Group FaceTime servers while working on a solution. The company has now issued an apology for the inconvenience and promised to bring back online the servers next week. In the statement, Apple says that they've already sorted things out server-side and next week the company will seed a software update to re-enable FaceTime Group. The statement also gives special thanks to the Thompson family for reporting the bug. Here's the full statement: We have fixed the Group FaceTime...

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Samsung Galaxy S10E official renders appear

So far, the Galaxy S10 and the S10+ are generating all the hype and almost all of the leaked renders online belong to the more expensive Galaxy S10 models. Today's batch of alleged official press renders, however, are all about the budget Galaxy S10 Lite or the Galaxy S10E as some like to call it. Samsung Galaxy S10E in different colors The images come from a credible source, which claims they are the real deal. As you can see, it's clear that the S10E is going to be considerably cheaper compared to its siblings - it has thicker bezels and just two cameras on the back. And the...

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