Huawei nova 5i photos on TENAA confirm four cameras

Just two days ago the specs of the Huawei nova 5i arrived on TENAA revealing its specs. Now the listing was completed with photos, confirming the looks of the phone that is shaping to be an exact copy of the Huawei P20 Lite (2019) with its four cameras on the back. Huawei nova 5i on TENAA The front panel confirms the punch hole design of the selfie shooter, while everything else looks pretty straightforward - a speaker in the bezel, all the keys on one side, nothing too extraordinary from Huawei. While the cameras visually resemble the Honor 20 Pro with three sensors...

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Search engine and browser alternative pop-up rolling out for Android in EU

In April, Google announced that it would comply with feedback given from the European Commission on the way that Android carries itself with Chrome and Google Search. In order to make the playing field fair for other web browsers and search engine providers, it will kindly and easily offer the user to download and install other web browsers and search engines. Source: Android Police The update was set to hit over those coming weeks and we're already starting to see the pop-up prompt at least one user to install extra search engines and mobile browsers. One of the readers over...

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Exclusive: Google Pixel 4 live images leak, show punch hole selfie cam and smaller bezels

The Google Pixel 4 just keeps on leaking these days, even if its launch is only expected to happen in October. Following some controversial-looking renders that showed it would have a huge camera hump on the back with a similar design to that of the upcoming iPhones', today we bring you three exclusive shots of the Pixel 4, courtesy of Shivam Pandya. We have to warn you that the prototype captured here seems to be inside one of those bulky cases that are meant to obscure as much of its design as possible. Still, we can see the right-aligned oval punch hole cutout in the display for two...

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Samsung launches Galaxy A50, A20, and A10e in the US

Today Samsung has officially announced that it's bringing three of its newest A-series mid-range smartphones to the US, namely the Galaxy A50, A20, and A10e. The Galaxy A50 will become available on June 13 for a recommended retail price of $349.99. Verizon has already confirmed that it will be offering the device, and other carriers may follow suit. Galaxy A50 The Galaxy A20 and A10e will be out in the States "in the coming weeks", rolling out to yet-unnamed carriers and retailers. The Galaxy A20 will cost $249.99, while the A10e will go for just $179.99. While we've already...

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Honor announces two Honor Pad 5 tablets for India

Along with the Honor 20-series, the company also announced two tablets for the Indian market named Honor Pad 5 and they come in two flavors - 8" and 10.1". The 8-inch model is the more powerful option with Kirin 710 on board, 1920 x 1200px resolution screen and either 3GB or 4GB of RAM. The slate's internal storage is 32GB or 64GB and it has single 8MP cameras on the front and back. It runs on Android 9.0 Pie with Magic 2.0 UI on top and interestingly, it offers stereo loudspeakers as well. The 10.1-inch tablet, on the other hand, runs on slower and older Kirin 659 SoC with...

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One UI for Samsung Galaxy Watch LTE 46mm is rolling out

Samsung's smartwatch portfolio got updated last month with the latest One UI adding plenty of new features and giving the OS a brand new look. At that point one particular smartwatch was left out - the LTE model of Galaxy Watch 46mm. Now we are happy to report that this has been rectified and it's finally receiving the OTA update. The smartwatch is getting two different firmware versions for the US and Europe - R805FXXU1ESE6 is for the European customers while the R805USQU1BSE3 is aimed at the US market. Features are the same across both platforms, though. A quick reminder that...

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AMD announces new Radeon RX 5700 series graphics cards

AMD has announced three new desktop graphics cards at E3 2019. These are based on the new 7nm 'NAVI' architecture that gamers have been anticipating for a few years now. Two of the new models being announced today are the Radeon RX 5700 and the Radeon RX 5700 XT. The RX 5700 XT has 40 compute units and 2560 stream processors, with a peak performance of 9.75 TFLOPS. It has a base clock speed of 1605MHz and a boost clock speed of 1905MHz, which can only be sustained for short bursts. The more realistic game clock is 1755MHz. The GPU comes with 8GB of GDDR6 memory and starts at...

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AT&T's LG V40 ThinQ gets Android Pie with April 2019 security patch

Verizon's LG V40 ThinQ got updated with Android Pie last month and now AT&T has released the latest version of Android for this 2018 flagship. The new firmware carries version number V405UA20d and weighs around 1.5GB in size. It brings Android Pie niceties, new UI and new navigation to the V40 ThinQ, in addition to bumping up the Android security patch level on the phone to April 1, 2019. It's unclear why an update seeding in June only has the April patch - it could be that LG is running behind schedule or AT&T taking too long to approve the release as US carriers often do....

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Asus ROG Phone 2 confirmed to feature 120Hz display

After announcing their partnership with Tencent Games for the upcoming ROG Phone 2, Asus has officially confirmed the first major feature of the new device - its 120Hz screen. In partnership with Chinese fighting game "Under the One Man" Asus announced its upcoming phone will feature the increased refresh rate and promised more future games will be optimized for the 120Hz experience. This will make the ROG Phone 2, the third smartphone with a 120Hz display after the Razer Phone and Razer Phone 2. The new ROG phone will also feature exclusive gaming software optimization from...

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Samsung will be fabbing the Snapdragon 865 chipset

Samsung 7nm EUV foundry scored several major contracts. A Korean news source reports that Qualcomm has picked Samsung to make the Snapdragon 865 chipset, instead of TSMC. The deal is not yet complete but is reportedly in the final stages. TSMC was Qualcomm's foundry of choice to fab the 7nm chipsets - Snapdragon 845 and 855 - taking over from Samsung, which built the 820 and 835. Qualcomm believes that Samsung's 7nm EUV process is more advanced than TSMC's 7nm node. There's info circulating on Twitter that there will be two versions of the Snapdragon 865 - standard and one with a X55 5G...

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Sony Xperia L3 review

Sony launched four smartphones at the last MWC in Barcelona, but it was easy to miss the cheapest of the quartet - the Xperia L3. The Xperia 1 had the 4K buzzword, the Xperia 10 and 10 Plus with 21:9 wide screens retired the XA midranges, and then came the L3's fifteen seconds of fame. Well, today we are giving it way more than that.

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Apple Pay now live in the Netherlands

Apple Pay is available in 39 countries and territories, and today it has officially expanded to one more - the Netherlands. The ING Dutch brandch announced last month it will start supporting Apple Pay and today it finally happened - you can add your card to the Apple Wallet and pay cardless at all compatible stores. ING is the largest retail bank by market share in the Western European country, with nearly 40% of all current deposits. It has already set up a support page in Dutch and accompanying videos on its website. Setting it up is easy - customers only need to enable Apple Pay...

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Honor 20 launches in the UK, shipments begin June 21

Starting today UK buyers can start pre-ordering the Honor 20 through carrier Three and retailers Amazon, Mobile Phones Direct, Very and Carphone Warehouse. A 6GB/128GB Honor 20 in either Black or Blue costs £399 (you can also have it for free with certain carrier deals) and will begin shipping on June 21. If you pre-order by June 20 you'll get a free Honor Watch Magic, normally worth £180. The Honor 20 has a 6.26-inch 1080x2340px IPS LCD, a 7nm Kirin 980 chipset and a quadruple rear camera that consists of a 48MP f/1.8 main snapper, 16MP f/2.2 ultrawide, 2MP f/2.4 depth camera and a...

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Samsung Galaxy M40 announced with Infinity-O display, Snapdragon 675 and triple camera

Samsung has found new success with its Galaxy A and M lines and it's looking to capitalize on it by expanding the latter with the Galaxy M40. The phone was just announced with an Infinity-O display, triple camera and a capable Snadragon 675 chipset. The Samsung Galaxy M40 is built around a 6.3-inch PLS display with a hole in the top left corner for the 16MP selfie cam. In the absence of a traditional earpiece, the phone features Screen sound technology which transforms the display into a loudspeaker. The phone has a Snapdragon 675 chipset paired with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage...

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Sony working on a hexa camera smartphone

The penta camera-toting Nokia 9 PureView currently holds the record for the highest number of rear cameras on a smartphone. However, it seems it won't retain this crown long as Japanese tech giant Sony is reportedly working on an Xperia smartphone with six snappers at the back. Concept Render It's currently unclear what kind of functionality this camera system will provide. Wide-angle, telephoto, and ToF along with a main snapper could account for four of those, but about those other two? This smartphone will also have two snappers on the front, but again, we don't have any details...

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Xiaomi unveils Smart Watch 2 and Health Watch with ECG sensors

As expected, Xiaomi-owned Huami unveiled a pair of new smartwatches, but they are not the Verge 2 and BIP 2. They feature an electrocardiogram sensor (ECG) in addition to an optical heart rate sensor, similar to the Apple Watch 4. Amazfit Smart Watch 2 This smartwatch is round like the Verge, but has a slightly larger, sharper display - a 1.39" OLED display with 454 x 454px resolution, that's 326ppi (the Verge has a 1.30" display with 360 x 360px resolution). There's Gorilla Glass 3 over the OLED panel for protection. Amazfit Smart Watch 2 The Amazfit Smart Watch 2 switches to...

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LG Q60 arrives in South Korea as LG X6

LG introduced three midrangers at MWC 2019, and one of them made their way to the company's home market of South Korea. The LG Q60 was reintroduced under the name LG X6, with all the specs unchanged - octa-core CPU, 3,500 mAh battery and a triple camera setup on the back. Although LG is not a fan of announcing chipsets, we know the X6 sports the 12 nm Helio P22 chipset, coupled with 3 GB RAM and 64 GB storage. The display is a basic 6.26" LCD with a notch on the top for the 13 MP front-facing camera. The three cameras on the back are as follows - 16 MP main shooter, 5 MP...

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Honor 20, 20i, and 20 Pro arrive in India

Huawei sub-brand Honor has brought the Honor 20 series smartphones to India which include the Honor 20i, the vanilla 20, and the Pro variant. The Honor 20i powered by Kirin 710 SoC is priced at INR14,999 ($215) and comes with 4GB RAM and 128GB storage. The vanilla model and the Pro version on the other hand, which have Kirin 980 SoC at the helm, are priced at INR32,999 ($475) and INR39,999 ($575) respectively. The Honor 20 is offered in 6GB/128GB configuration, while the Pro variant comes with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. Honor 20, 20i, and 20 Pro You will be able to buy the...

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Xiaomi Mi Band 4 goes official with color display, voice assistant and NFC

Xiaomi just announced its revamped Mi Band 4 at its event in China and it's the biggest upgrade in the series yet. It comes in three versions with the top models getting NFC. The new smartband comes with a 0.95-inch AMOLED color screen with a 120x240 resolution and 2.5D scratch-resistant glass. It features 77 colorful dial themes for added personalization and eight distinct bands (counting the exclusive Avengers bands). A big addition to the Mi Band 4 is the new six-axis high precision accelerometer for better sport tracking which now comes with swimming stroke recognition. You can...

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Nokia 2.2 now available for purchase in India

The Nokia 2.2 is now available for purchase in India through the company's official site as well as brick-and-mortar stores across the country The smartphone is offered in Steel and Tungsten Black colors and is priced at INR6,999 ($100) for the 2GB/16GB model, and INR7,999 ($115) for the 3GB/32GB variant. The Nokia 2.2 features a 5.71-inch HD+ notched display and comes with a Helio A22 SoC under-the-hood. For photography, it has a 13MP rear and a 5MP front camera. Nokia 2.2 The smartphone runs near stock version of Android Pie out-of-the-box, and, being a part of the...

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HTC announces U19e and Desire 19+ mid-rangers

Right on schedule HTC has unveiled two smartphones in Taiwan - the HTC U19e and the Desire 19+. HTC U19e Starting with the HTC U19e - it's built around a 6.0-inch 1080x2160 IPS LCD, a Snapdragon 710 chipset with 6GB of RAM, 128GB of onboard storage and a 3,930mAh battery. The HTC U19e has a dual setup on the rear - a 12MP f/1.8 regular snapper and a 20MP f/2.6 telephoto camera. The selfie camera is a 24MP f/2.0 snapper and there's a 2MP Iris scanner for secure unlock. If you'd prefer to go that way there's a traditional fingerprint scanner on the rear as well. The HTC...

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Huawei P20 lite (2019) listed on a Swiss retailer's website with full specs and price

The Huawei P20 lite (2019) has been listed on Swiss retailer MediaMarkt's website along with its full specs and price. The P20 lite (2019) is powered by Kirin 710 SoC with 4GB RAM. The smartphone's built around a 6.4-inch FHD+ LCD that has a punch hole in the upper left corner accommodating the 16MP selfie camera. Huawei P20 lite (2019) At the back, it has a quad camera setup which is a combination of 16MP, 8MP and two 2MP units. However, it's unclear what purpose do each of them serves. Chances are we are looking at regular, telephoto, depth sensor and macro units. The...

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Huawei ships 1 million devices with its HongMeng OS

Huawei has managed to ship 1 million smartphones with its own OS, called HongMeng, sources reported. According to the firm Rosenblatt Securities, the devices were being prepared for testing, without clarifying if they are actual market-available phones or development products. The report revealed the in-house software is compatible with all Android applications and has "increased security functions to protect personal data". The China Daily website quoted Yu Chengdong (also known as Richard Yu), Huawei's CEO of the consumer business group, who said the company's own operating...

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Huawei nova 5 arriving on June 21

Huawei nova 5 and nova 5i appeared on TENAA and other various benchmarking platforms. We expected the phone to arrive any time now, and today the company announced the official launch date - June 21. We expect to see both devices with a punch-hole camera in the upper left corner, following the trend from the Huawei nova 4, that was the first officially announced smartphone with the unusual front-facing camera position. We expect to see three to four more cameras on the back, coupled by a fingerprint scanner, meaning the screen is likely an LCD. Some specs on TENAA...

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