Huawei P30 and P30 Pro press renders leak in full

Huawei is launching its P30 flagships in Paris next month. There might be one month until the unveiling, but press renders already leaked, revealing the key features of the Huawei P30 and Huawei P30 Pro. Huawei P30 Pro in Black, Twilight, Aurora The Huawei P30 Pro will have four cameras and is expected to bring 10x hybrid zoom - telephoto lens, coupled with a 5x zoom. The setup is quite unusual, with one shooter, likely the ToF sensor positioned aside from the three main snappers. We also see the curved edges of the front - looks like Huawei P30 Pro will adopt the Mate...

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Razer Phone 2 dropping to $499 for a limited time; Android Pie also rolls out

The Razer Phone 2 is finally receiving the Android Pie update. Those with an unlocked variant of the Razer Phone 2 should begin to receive the OTA notification as of February 27. Since this phone runs mostly stock Android with minimal customizations, most of the changes and updates are those that come with the vanilla version of Android Pie. The gesture "pill" is now an alternative to the traditional nav bar. In addition, the update brings Adaptive Battery features, new volume controls, a new power menu, access to the Digital Wellbeing app. As for video, the Razer Phone 2 will...

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More vivo iQoo leaks: hands-on video and labeled graphic

Just this last week, we began to learn more about vivo's sub brand: iQoo. Just today, we heard about a benchmark score and a few screenshots showing that the phone charges in 47 minutes. The brand's first smartphone release is coming very soon and there are two more new leaks with a labeled graphic of the device and a snipped of a hands-on video that leaked. The video part of the leak was reposted in a tweet which shows parts of a hands-on video made by a Chinese outlet. The video shows the phone in two different colors: blue and red. We also see some close-ups of the triple cameras and...

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Samsung Galaxy S10+ review

Punch out a hole in the display, add an extra camera on the back, do the mandatory yearly updates to the internals and you'd end up with a Samsung Galaxy S10+ - that is, if you started out with an S9+ if it wasn't obvious. Only that would be oversimplifying it, and we'd rather explore the nuances.

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Samsung Galaxy S10+ teardown reveals tiny under-display fingerprint scanner

We finally get to see the insides of the Samsung Galaxy S10+. And on the contrary to most new phones, this one has a lot to show. The teardown begins the usual way with some pre-heating and prying up. The good news is that the screen and the back plate both attach to the mid-frame so you can easily change the screen without the need of a full disassembly. That's at least what we could gather from the first video. With the disassembly process advancing, more cool things start to pop up. It appears that Samsung has applied a thick thermal paste and some sort of heat sink along with...

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Amazon reveals Samsung Galaxy M30 pricing and availability in India

The Samsung Galaxy M30 will go on sale in India starting March 7, 12PM IST. The phone will be available in two variants; the 64GB model with 4GB RAM is priced at INR 14,990 ($210) while the 128GB model with 6GB RAM is priced at INR 17,990 ($252). The information was revealed today by Amazon India, which will be the online retailer for the smartphone. You can sign up to receive a notification when the phone is up for purchase. The Galaxy M30 is a new mid-range smartphone from Samsung with a 6.4-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with a teardrop notch. It runs on the Exynos 7904 chipset with...

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Lenovo Z6 Pro will be a 5G-capable smartphone with HyperVision camera

Even though most of Lenovo's handsets at this year's MWC in Barcelona were already introduced at least a month prior to the congress, a Lenovo representative was nice to give us a sneak peek into what the company has in store for us in the near future. The spokesperson began with some short-term and long-term predictions of how 5G connectivity will change the way we interact on the Internet. He said that high-resolution videos and images would dominate the web in a few years, so Lenovo is gearing up to meet the market's demand. The upcoming Lenovo Z6 Pro smartphone will not only be...

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Xiaomi Mi 9 availability in Europe expands to the Netherlands

Xiaomi Mi 9 was introduced at MWC 2019 in Spain, Italy, and France with an attractive price tag of €450 for the 6/64 GB variant, going as high as €499 if you opted for the version with 128 GB storage. The company does not have a Mi Store in the Netherlands, so it is up to retailers to offer the device, and that's what local company Belsimpel is doing. The Dutch retailer is offering the Xiaomi Mi 9 with 6 GB RAM and 128 gigs of storage for €549 with immediate shipping. The retailer is also offering subscriptions with the device. If you go for TELE2, you'll get 20 GB data per...

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Lenovo Z5 Pro will be a 5G-capable smartphone with HyperVision camera

Even though most of Lenovo's handsets at this year's MWC in Barcelona were already introduced at least a month prior to the congress, a Lenovo representative was nice to give us a sneak peek into what the company has in store for us in the near future. The spokesperson began with some short-term and long-term predictions of how 5G connectivity will change the way we interact on the Internet. He said that high-resolution videos and images would dominate the web in a few years, so Lenovo is gearing up to meet the market's demand. The upcoming Lenovo Z6 Pro smartphone will not only be...

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vivo iQOO fully charging under 50 minutes, leak shows

Vivo's recently announced sub-brand iQOO will launch its first smartphone on March 1. The company has already confirmed some of its features - one of which is the 44W fast charging. And, some snapshots that have leaked online show us that this charging tech will fully charge the phone under 50 minutes. These snapshots show the battery level on vivo iQOO smartphone going from 1 to 100% in 46 minutes. It charges up to 50% in 16 minutes but takes almost double time to go from 50 to 100%. Well, this is the natural behavior across the majority of the fast charging technologies as their...

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Asus reveals which Zenfones will be updated to Android 9 Pie

Asus has unveiled the official 2019 roadmap for the Android 9.0 Pie updates of its Zenfone lineup. Unfortunately, the timing doesn't get any more specific than "2019". A couple of those - the Zenfone 5 flagship duo - are already running the latest Android version. Another one, the ROG Phone was spotted doing test runs, so its update can't be far away. Here's the full lineup:       Product Name Model Updated?       ZenFone 5 ZE620KL Yes       ZenFone 5Z ZS620KL Yes       ASUS ROG Phone ZS600KL ...

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Sony Xperia 10 and 10 Plus available in Europe, Xperia L3 too

The Xperia 10 duo was supposed to go on sale on Monday, just after it was unveiled. Well, they are not on time, but they are here now. The Sony Xperia 10 Plus (Dual SIM) can be yours for €430 in mainland Europe. The UK gets the single SIM version instead, that's for £350. The smaller Sony Xperia 10 (dual SIM) is €350. The UK once again gets the single-SIM model instead, priced at £300. Sony Xperia 10 Plus • Sony Xperia 10 • Sony Xperia L3 The entry-level Sony Xperia L3 launched alongside those two. It's €200 (dual SIM) and &poud;170 (single SIM) in mainland Europe and the...

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GSMA names Mate 20 Pro best phone, Google's Night Sight most disruptive tech

Now that the Mobile World Congress is at its penultimate day, it's time for GSMA to issue the Global Mobility of Employees (GLOMO) awards. The GLOMO awards cover a wide spectrum of the industry so we'll focus on what matters to us - Mobile. Starting with the best smartphone. A panel of judges chose the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. For Best Overall Mobile Consumer Innovation GSMA gave the nod to Epic Games for their Fortnite Franchise. Samsung won the Best Wearable Mobile Technology for its Galaxy Watch. Google won the award for Disruptive Device Innovation for Night Sight, which...

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Possible Huawei P30 Pro camera samples posted by company's product manager

Bruce Lee - no, not the actor, the Product Manager at Huawei - posted four photos of a new 5G cell tower near the MWC venue in Barcelona. The cell tower was set up by Huawei and Vodafone, but the photos are much more interesting than the tower itself. There's speculation that the photos were taken with a Huawei P30 Pro. The vanilla Huawei P30 is expected to get the triple camera of the Mate 20 Pro while the P30 Pro should have a new quad camera. They go from what appears to be an ultra-wide angle shot to a zoomed in view (the last image almost certainly uses digital zoom)....

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Samsung Galaxy S10+ first software update rolling out

The Samsung Galaxy S10+ is just a few days old but it's already getting a software update to fix some critical software and security issues. And more importantly, it allows you to remap the Bixby button. According to the changelog, the update fixes several small and critical vulnerabilities tied with Android OS in general and Samsung's own firmware. It also takes care of some annoying issues with the default Camera app and improves the accuracy and speed of the under-display fingerprint reader. We've had our fare share of problems with the new tech and we are eager to see how Qualcomm's...

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Redmi Note 7 fails spectacularly at an actual durability test

Redmi Note 7 arrived with an impressively low price and 48 MP camera, and expectedly sold in 1 million units in just 30 days. The company president shared plenty of scripted videos from China where the device was getting abused, but today JerryRigEverything posted its durability test, revealing many weak points of the $150 smartphone. The bend test revealed the weak spots of the plastic frame are around the power key and next to the SIM tray. A phone might bend accidentally sit on it while it is in your back pocket, so third time will be the charm to render the LCD of the Redmi Note 7...

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The name of the new USB standard changes to USB 3.2 Gen 2x2

The tech industry has a chronic problem when it comes to naming things - it goes from confusing to outright . This brings us to USB 3.2 Gen 2x2. The standard was announced in 2017 but this change in branding is a new plot twist. USB 3.1 is no more, just like USB 3.0 doesn't exist. Instead there's USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps, formerly USB 3.0), USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps, USB 3.1 originally) and USB 3.2 Gen 2x2. So not only is the USB-IF erasing the names of the old standards from existence, it can't even count up to 3 without getting weird. Okay, in some ways it makes sense. USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 is "Gen...

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Samsung starts mass producing world's first 512GB eUFS 3.0 storage solution

Not long after the announcement of the new Samsung Galaxy S10-series, the company is moving forward with another big announcement. One would argue that it's just as important for the whole mobile industry. We are talking about the first 512GB eUFS 3.0 storage delivering great performance gains over the previous generation. The new 512GB eUFS 3.0 chips are already in mass production and outperform the eUFS 2.1 chips twofold. The executive vice president of Memory Sales and Marketing at Samsung Electronics went even further and said that the new standard finally catches up with today's...

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New Xiaomi Black Shark appears in a hands-on photo

Xiaomi's gaming smartphone series Black Shark is expected to have a new addition to the portfolio in the next month or two. We know it runs Snapdragon 855 with 8 GB RAM and Android Pie, and now we have a leaked hands-on photo of the device. #Xiaomi #blackshark Xiaomi Black Shark 2 leak pic.twitter.com/1IPPT8qTgi— Xiaomishka (@xiaomishka) February 27, 2019 The Black Shark 2 (name is yet to be confirmed) follows the design of the first Black Shark and the successor Black Shark Helo - dark with tight green lines. The dual camera will be positioned in the upper left corner, and even if...

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