Vivo Y15 arrives with Helio P22

The Indian e-store of vivo has silently posted a new phone - vivo Y15. It is quite similar to the already announced vivo Y17 but comes with a Helio P22 chipset and just 64 GB storage, making company to the 4 GB RAM. The phone comes with a big 6.35" LCD panel with HD+ resolution and a waterdrop notch. The selfie shooter is 16 MP, a downgrade from the global vivo Y17 (although it has the same sensor in China, where the device is marketed as vivo Y3). The affordable phone has three cameras - a 13 MP main shooter, an 8 MP wide-angle lens with 120-degree FOV and a 2 MP f/2.4 depth...

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The next iPhones could support streaming audio to two Bluetooth accessories at the same time

A new rumor today claims Apple is going to introduce yet another new feature when it launches this year's iPhones in the fall, and it's one that Samsung flagships have had since the Galaxy S8. Samsung calls it Dual Audio and what it does is easy: allow you to stream audio to two Bluetooth accessories at the same time. A lot of smartphones can connect to two accessories at the same time, but those accessories have to be using different Bluetooth profiles. So you can have two headphones connected, for example, but use one only for calls and one only for media. Apple is reportedly...

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Asus Zenfone 6 update enhances the camera experience

The Asus Zenfone 6 was unveiled around a couple of weeks ago, and it's already receiving its first software update. This arrives over-the-air as version 16.1210.1904.115. Once installed, it will improve the performance of both Super Night Mode and HDR++ (aka HDR+ Enhanced mode) in the camera, resulting in better image quality and faster image processing speed. Volume key controls have also been added to the camera app. With these you can now control the flip camera's rotation, zoom, or capture a photo. You can pick which behavior you prefer in the Asus Camera settings. The smart key...

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Bittium Tough Mobile 2 is "the world's most secure smartphone"

Bittium is a Finnish company with over 30 years of experience in advanced radio communication technologies and biosignal processing, creating products for tactical communications, providing mobile devices and cyber security solutions certified for use by troops on battlefields. And today it's unveiled its latest smartphone, the Bittium Tough Mobile 2. The company says this is no less than "the world's most secure smartphone", suitable for both professional and personal use. It has a "multilayered security structure", based on the hardened Android 9 Pie OS, with information security...

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Motorola One Pro in the works alongside One Action, rumor says

Back in April famed leakster Evan Blass (aka @evleaks) revealed that Motorola was working on two new Android One smartphones - of those, the One Vision has already become official. As they say - but wait, there's more! According to Blass' April tweet, a Motorola One Action was also in the pipeline, and today he updated the list to add the Motorola One Pro. Unfortunately he hasn't provided any information about the specs of these models, so for now we're left guessing. Motorola One Vision Judging by the names alone, the One Action could be a rugged smartphone - remember those? They...

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HTC U11 finally starts receiving Android 9 Pie update

Earlier this month HTC shared some timelines for its Android 9 Pie updates, which have been very late - if you don't count the U11 Life's, and you shouldn't because that's part of the Android One program which handles things differently, with more control from Google over updates. HTC then promised to deliver the goods to the U11 first, by the end of this month. And here we are today, when the rollout has indeed started. The big caveat here is that the update to Pie for the U11 is currently only available in HTC's home market, namely Taiwan. We're hoping it will quickly spread to other...

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Asus announces Zenfone 6 Edition 30 with 12GB of RAM, 512GB of storage

Given Asus' past antics, involving multiple variations of handsets that all had the same name, we were pretty surprised to learn that there's only one Zenfone 6 when it made its global debut a couple of weeks ago. If you too were rooting for another variant of the phone to become official, today the company has delivered. Meet the Asus Zenfone 6 Edition 30, just unveiled at Computex in Taiwan. To be fair, it's not just a differently specced version that will be sold under the same name, so Asus isn't actually going back to its old tropes. The name is longer because the point of this phone...

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TikTok owner reportedly looking to make a phone with Smartisan

ByteDance, best-known for the TikTok video-sharing app, is reportedly looking to launch its own phone. It has a deal with phone maker Smartisan, it even hired some of its employees and acquired a patent portfolio (both companies are based in Beijing). ByteDance is one of the Chinese unicorns with over 800 million daily active users. Those come not just from TikTok, but also from the Toutiao ("headlines") news and information app (which is quite popular in China). Musical.ly was acquired in 2017 and folded into TikTok. It was a competing video-sharing platform that used short musical...

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CEO posts Redmi K20 teaser video showing off the red color option

The Redmi K20 will be unveiled tomorrow and the brand is ramping up its teaser campaign. It started by posting an image of the red color and now CEO Lu Weibing has also shared the first teaser video for the phone (also of the red one, you can see the blue paint job here). This is just a teaser, we expect the full promo video to be a good deal longer. Still, this one does a great job of highlighting the special coating on the back, which creates reflections that seem to move as the light hits the phone at different angles. Note that this is the Redmi K20, not the K20 Pro (we expect...

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Huawei founder talks US ban, says Huawei isn't going anywhere

The ongoing US and China Trade War has been keeping Huawei in a perpetual state of emergency ever since the US placed it on its Entity List. Since then Google was forced to withdraw Huawei's license to Android (and has since overturned the decision for up to 90 days) and the number two smartphone maker in the World has seen many of its major partners back away because of US pressure. We have a detailed timeline of events if you want to catch up. Huawei has issued statements on a number of the issues over the past week and a half but today we have the official two cents of Huawei's...

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Asus Zenfone 6 gets the highest selfie camera score on DxOMark

DxOMark has published the Asus Zenfone 6 review and, interestingly, it decided to review the 48MP rotating camera as a selfie unit first. Hopefully DxO will publish its full review of the Zenfone 6's 48MP snapper as a main one soon. So as a selfie unit the Zenfone 6 tops DxOMark's chart, surpassing the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G as the overall best selfie shooter. The Zenfone 6 manages an overall score of 98 by matching its Galaxy rival's 101 photo score and the achieving the best ever video score of 93. DxO commended the Zenfone 6' use of the larger 1/2-inch Quad Bayer sensor for...

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Samsung begins Android Pie roll out for Galaxy M30

Samsung announced that Android 9.0 will come to the Galaxy M trio in the beginning of June, but some are already reporting that the Pie update is arolling out for the Galaxy M30. The M305FDDU1BSEA update comes in at 1.14 GB and brings Samsung's One UI interface alongside the May 2019 security patch to the entry-level phone. One UI is a big overhaul in Samsung's design language with a focus on one hand usability and simplicity. There is a system-wide dark mode as well as the new Bixby Routines. The Android 9 update should arrive to more Galaxy M users in the coming week. Via

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Realme 3 Pro arrives in over 8,000 offline stores across India

Realme 3 Pro was officially announced on April 22, initially being sold in India through online flash sales. Now the Oppo spin-off is expanding the phone's availability by bringing it to over 8,000 offline stores across India. It will be up for purchase starting tomorrow, May 28. The Realme 3 Pro comes with three memory configurations, but the cheapest 4/64 GB option will not make it to the brick-and-mortar stores - only 6/64 GB or 6/128 GB variants are available for purchase. Prices will remain unchanged - INR15,999 ($230/€205) and INR16,999 ($245/€220), respectively. At least...

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ARM unveils Cortex-A77 and Mali-G77: improved CPU and brand new GPU

ARM has unveiled the new Cortex-A77 CPU and the new Mali-G77 GPU. The GPU is a bigger deal as it leaves the Bifrost architecture behind and moves to Valhall. The CPU is an upgraded version of the A76 core designed for mature 7nm processes. Mali-G77 GPU Bifrost was announced back in 2016 with the G71 core. Valhall is a major redesign, which promises 30% better energy efficiency, 30% better performance density. Also a 60% improvement to machine learning tasks. What this means that late 2019 and 2020 chipsets that use the G77 core can expect an impressive 40% increase in performance,...

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ZTE nubia Red Magic 3 now available globally

ZTE has expanded the availability of its Red Magic 3 to virtually all corners of the world. The first phone with a built-in cooling fan and 8K video recording was previously exclusive to Chinese customers. Now users in Europe, North America, Australia and several Asian markets will be able to scoop up a unit. The phone is available in Black, Red and Camo colors with a starting price of $479 / €479 for the 8/128 GB base model and $599/€599 for the 12/256GB top of the line variant. Starting today the Red Magic 3 is up for grabs in the EU, UK, United States and Canada as well...

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Black Shark 2 arrives in India for $575

The Black Shark team just held an event in India, where it announced the market arrival of its latest gaming smartphone - Black Shark 2. The phone will arrive with two memory options and will be sold by Flipkart, starting June 4. The handset has a 6.39" OLED panel with Full HD+ resolution and 19.5:9 tall ratio, but no notch - just a straight semi-thick bezel that houses the selfie camera and earpiece (doubling as a stereo speaker). There is a fingerprint scanner under the display and a special touch algorithm optimizing the device for gaming purposes. The Snapdragon 855 chipset...

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Redmi Go with 16 GB arrives in India

Redmi India teased the arrival of the Redmi Go 16 GB to the country on Saturday and the phone has just arrived. It is already available for purchase at Mi.com and Flipkart at the price of INR4,799, which is about $70 or €62. Zyada apps, zyada entertainment, zyada masti.#RedmiGo ab (1GB + 16GB) ke zyada space waale variant ke saath. Sirf ₹4,799 mein.#AapkiNayiDuniya ab aur badi. Get yours from https://t.co/cwYEXdVQIo, Mi Home, @Flipkart. pic.twitter.com/HHfBlHumbk— Redmi India (@RedmiIndia) May 27, 2019 Redmi Go is the Android Go smartphone of the Chinese manufacturer. It has...

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OnePlus 7 Pro receives promised camera-improving update

Two weeks after its first firmware update, the OnePlus 7 Pro is getting a second one which aims to improve the camera performance and fix some ambient display issues. The update will come as Oxygen OS 9.5.4 for the global build and Oxygen OS 9.5.5 for EU variants, but they are essentially the same thing. On the system side of things, there are some general bugs fixes and improvements. Bluetooth audio delays are also fixed and double tap to wake functionality is now optimized alongside the Ambient Display functionality. The camera refinements will bring enhanced image quality when...

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Redmi K20 appears on Geekbench, K20 Pro shines in live photos

Xiaomi announced its sub-brand Redmi reached 10 million sales globally of the Note 7 series, but also reminded its flagship series K20 are arriving tomorrow. We expect to see Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro, both of which leaked one last time more before the big event. According to a listing on Geekbench, Redmi K20 will have Snapdragon 730 chipset. The Pro version will have Snapdragon 855 - we have this confirmed by the brand manager, but also by the leaked pre-sales photos of the device. Redmi K20 on Geekbench The Redmi K20 is codenamed as Da Vinci, for some reason, and will...

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