More Huawei P30 and P30 Pro renders revealed by Spigen

More than a month since Olixar revealed what the back of the Huawei P30 and the P30 Pro would look like, another case maker sort of confirmed the info and revealed the front as well. Spigen has posted five different cases for the flagships, revealing four cameras on the Huawei P30 Pro in a vertical fashion, coupled by the dual LED flash on the right side. The vanilla P30 will stay with a vertical three-camera setup with the flash sitting horizontally below the shooters. Huawei P30 Pro in cases While renders from December showed the phone with a front, borrowed by an Oppo...

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Alleged press render of Nokia 9 PureView leaks

This MWC, Nokia is going to hold a press event where it is expected to announce a new flagship device, the Nokia 9 PureView. Today, a seemingly official render comes to us from 91Mobiles which gives us a good look at the Nokia 9's hardware. Probably the first think you'll notice is those thick upper and lower bezels. Many companies are pushing the limits of thin bezels and it seems that Nokia could be at a disadvantage in the eyes of other consumers. This design is more representative of 2017 than 2019. Source: 91Mobiles However, where the Nokia 9 could be ahead of all the...

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Three Galaxy S10 leaks: new live photos, huge set of renders, and wireless charging Galaxy Buds

Earlier today, a huge Galaxy S10e leak revealed a bit more about the entry-level Galaxy S10 model. Fast-forward some hours later, there are three major leaks that all broke out around the same time and they are all related to the Galaxy S10+. 1.) The phone appeared in several new live photos. 2.) A bunch of new renders of the phone have leaked. 3.) The Galaxy S10+ would be able to wirelessly charge a new product: Samsung's Galaxy Buds. Let's take a look at the live images first. On Twitter, SaudiAndroid posted four hands-on images of the Galaxy S10 and S10+ that confirm many previous...

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Moto G7 Plus benchmarked on GeekBench

Motorola's Moto G7 Plus was just spotted on popular benchmarking app GeekBench. Earlier today, we also covered a huge leak of the entire Moto G7 lineup in official-looking renders. Today will be the last day of rumors since the phone will be announced at a launch event in Brazil. The G7 Plus is running a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 and the benchmark appears with 4GB of RAM. The G7 Plus should be a bump in performance over the Moto G6 Plus, which ran a Snapdragon 630. The GeekBench Entry also revealed the phone is running Android 9 Pie so we can surely expect the latest Android version out of...

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Galaxy S10 will have 10MP selfie camera with OIS, S10+ will pack a 4,100mAh battery

We've received some exclusive inside information on the Samsung Galaxy S10e, Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+. A lucky insider who got a chance to play with them reports that all three flagship phones will premiere a new Super AMOLED display with support for 10-bit color processing (similar to what YouTube and Netflix use) but we don't know how it will differ from the Galaxy S9 and Note9. The punch hole will host a new 10MP selfie snapper with OIS, dual pixel autofocus and 4K video capture. The second front camera on the Galaxy S10+ is a depth-sensing unit. Our tipster says the in-display...

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Sony Xperia XA product images show a 21:9 screen, just like the XZ4

The Sony Xperia XA3 may not be what we thought it wouldbe - new product images have surfaced that show a 21:9 screen on the front, the same aspect ratio as the XZ4 flagship. Leakster @rquandt has been dropping hints that the CAD-based renders didn't show the front correctly. And now he just dropped a cache of product images. The back looks the same with the horizontal dual camera, but the front is different indeed. Sony Xperia XA3 with a 21:9 screen The screen should have a 1,080 x 2,560px resolution to cover the extra height. The diagonal is unknown as it's not quite clear...

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You will be able to try Galaxy S10 trio in NY as soon as it launches

The Samsung Galaxy S10 series smartphones will be unveiled on February 20 and will go on sale on March 8. But if you cannot wait for the sales to kick-off and happen to live in New York you will be able to check out the new flagships at Samsung 837 right after the launch. Samsung 837 is a the company's most prominent location in New York City, located in the Meatpacking District. Samsung will livestream its February 20 event at the experience center while also offering "light bites and beverages" to the attendees. Those interested in attending can click here to submit their...

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Moto G7 family leaks in high res images

A day before it becomes official, the entire Moto G7 lineup has been detailed in full-res renders. Starting off with the Moto G7, which will have a 6.24-inch 1080x2270px IPS LCD, a Snapdragon 632 chip with 4GB of RAM, a 12MP f/1.8 + 5MP main camera and an 8MP f/2.2 selfie snapper. The Moto G7 has a 3,000mAh battery. Moto G7 It will cost €300 in Europe. The Moto G7 Plus offers a higher-res 16MP f/1.7 main camera (paired to a second 5MP shooter) and a more powerful Snapdragon 636 chipset. The Moto G7 Plus is the most expensive in the lineup with a price of €360. Moto...

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Spotify paying subscribers reach 96 million

Spotify has just released its quarterly financial reports and the numbers are looking good for the Swedish company. The total monthly active users in Q4 2018 were 207 million, of them 96 million paying for the premium service. Compared with the same period in 2017, the increase is 36% from 71 million, while this holiday season brought 11% more subscribers than the previous quarter. According to Daniel Ek, co-founder of Spotify, the biggest reason for the increase is a holiday bundle in which Spotify Family accounts received Google Home Mini for free. The total revenue of the...

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The Huawei P30 will be unveiled at the end of March in Paris

In a press release detailing business plans in Poland, Huawei has let it slip that the Huawei P30 series will be unveiled in Paris at the end of March. This was tucked in the bottom of a press release that mainly announced that the company will double the staff at its Polish office by hiring 100 new employees. Huawei seems undeterred by the recent arrest of two of its Polish executives over spying allegations. Huawei is the market leader in the country (with a 33.4% share in 2018), in large part thanks to the strong sales of the P20 and Mate 20 phones. The local division also sells...

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Google launches Chrome extension that detects stolen account details

Google is celebrating Safer Internet Day with two updates to protect user data, including your priceless usernames and passwords. One of them is a neat extension for the desktop version of Chrome, the other is called Cross Account Protection. To keep your username and account safe from hackers and attacks, Google has collected a massive dump of 4 billion compromised credentials. When you install the extension called Password Checkup, it matches the data you've shared with Google with the one typed in and tells you if any of the entries was hacked. This will trigger an automatic warning...

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Sony is working on another flagship with a more common aspect ratio

Sony model names follow a simple scheme - the letter indicates the year. For example, "H" was used for 2018 phones (XZ2, XZ3, XA2, L2), "G" for 2017 models (XA1, XZ1, etc.) and so on. So, what do you make of this? The User Agent profiles for three Sony units were discovered - J8110, J8170 and J9110 (we think they are the same model, see below). The "I" generation wasn't skipped over, there are UA profiles for the likes of I4113 (likely XA3) and I4312 (L3). So, we wouldn't have expected to see J-phones until 2020. And look at that resolution, 1,440 x 2,880px. That's a pure 16:9 or...

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Apple update iPhone 7 and 8 to deal with Germany sales ban

A German court issued a sales ban on the iPhone 7, iPhone 8 and their respective Plus models for infringing on a Qualcomm Envelope tracking patent. To get around this, Apple has informed local stores that it's building new units, which will be available in about four weeks. The court ruled that iPhones sold in Germany, which use chips supplied by Intel and Qorvo, infringe on Qualcomm patents. Apple will source different chips to get around this issue. The US also found that Intel chips infringe on a Qualcomm patent, but refused to ban them (saying it would hamper competition)....

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vivo V15 Pro shines in a leaked TV commercial

The pop-up selfie camera seen in the vivo NEX is coming back on February 20. This is when vivo will announce the V15 Pro officially, but we've already seen plenty of leaked images and specs. The latest bit of info that slipped out of vivo's marketing department is a TV ad highlighting the rising motion of the selfie camera, which is said to be 32 MP. If you haven't been convinced by the raising kettle, violin, fork, sandwich or a ball, you should know the ad is about a pop-up camera from the lyrics of the song "flying so high, make it pop, bring it to the top". The short video ends...

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Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite to get Night Scene camera mode

In november we learned that the Mi Mix 3's Night Scene will arrive to the Mi 8 and Mi Mix 2S flagships. It eventually also hit the Redmi Note 7, and now Chuan Wang, Xiaomi VP and co-founder, confirmed one more device will get the neat camera feature - Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite. Wang said engineers are working overtime to port the Night Scene algorithm to the lite flagship and even posted a photo from his own Mi Mix 3 to remind people what results the Mi 8 Lite owners will be getting very soon. The Redmi Note 7 proved that even midrangers with 14 nm chipsets can yield great images in dark...

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Xiaomi launches Mi Men's Sports Shoes 2 in India

Shoemi Xiaomi has launched the Mi Men's Sports Shoes 2 in India. They are currently available on the company's crowdfunding platform and will be available for sale after it hits a certain target. The shoes are currently priced at INR 2,499 ($35) during the funding period but the cost will eventually go up to INR 2,999 ($42) once they go on sale. You can put your money down starting today, February 6 and they will start shipping starting March 15. Black • Dark Gray • Blue The Mi Men's Sports Shoes 2 are just a standard pair of sports shoes with none of the smart...

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OnePlus sends invites for a MWC event

MWC 2019 is shaping to be the stage for a bunch of key announcements coming from Xiaomi, Huawei, LG, and Sony. All of them will have new devices to show the world, and apparently OnePlus wants to join the party. The company sent out invites for an exclusive event called Reimagine, but there is no word if it will have an actual phone to show in Barcelona. The invite, according to the source, says "Join OnePlus at Ultramarinos where drinks and a taste of the future will be on us.". It clearly means the company is having a party for media representatives, partners, and exclusive...

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Oppo K1 arrives in India, exclusive to Flipkart

Last week Oppo teased the arrival of "the latest tech at an incredible price" and today we know what this mysterious device with UD fingerprint scanner is. Enter Oppo K1 with 6.4" AMOLED panel, Snapdragon 660 and 4/64 GB memory at an impressive price of about $235. We hoped to see the Oppo F11/F11 Pro midranger or the R17 Neo, but the Chinese company decided to go with the K1. It brings a tall Full HD+ screen with a waterdrop notch, housing a 25 MP selfie shooter. The primary setup has a 16 MP sensor and a 2 MP secondary depth-sensing camera. The phone boots Android 8.1 Oreo as a...

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Samsung patents an S-Pen with a built-in camera

A new development from Samsung has surfaced and it doesn't have anything to do with the upcoming Galaxy S10. A patent originally filed back in February of 2017 was recently granted to Samsung by the US Patent and Trademark Office for an S-Pen with an optical system and image sensor inside - so, a camera. The patent titled Electronic pen device having optical zoom details an image of an S-Pen with an optics system in the upper section of the pen. The diagram shows four lenses aligned before an image sensor, there would also be a "communications module" to transmit the image data back to the...

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Sony trademarks "CinemaWide" display for Xperia XZ4

A report from LetsGoDigital sees a filing made by Sony Mobile with the EU Intellectual Property Office. Sony trademarks the name "CinemaWide" and is classified as ‘Class 9' which is a general class that covers tablets, smartphones, displays, apps for phones, among other things. Despite the general classification, we have a pretty good idea what this trademark could be for. The filing was made on February 4 so it is likely that Sony is going to market its 21:9 ultra wide display for smartphones as CinemaWide. Previous rumors have claimed that the upcoming Sony Xperia XZ4 will have this...

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Samsung Galaxy S10e mega leak: name, photos and specs

Gradually the entire Galaxy S10 roster has gotten clearer and clearer weeks before its unveil. Today's huge leak covers much of the most affordable member of the lineup - the Galaxy S10e. Starting with the name - forget Galaxy S10 Lite. The Galaxy S10e name is confirmed by both the live images below and certification documents with the Taiwanese NBTC agency. Next up we have a bunch of images of the Galaxy S10e in the wild. One of the photos shows a handy ruler next to the punch hole camera. Rough measure suggests the selfie camera diameter in the display is 10mm. It seems Samsung...

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