Almond OnePlus 7 Pro is now selling in India

Almond-colored OnePlus 7 Pro arrived two days ago in the United States and China, and now it is time for India to receive the device as well. The phone will be in stock at noon IST, and can be purchased for INR52,999, which is about $760/€675. Just for comparison, the same 8/256 GB option is $699 in the United States and the equivalent of $649 in China. The phone's color resembles Sand or Gold, but OnePlus decided to go with the unusual and, honestly, quite catching moniker. There is only one memory combo of the phone that comes with Snapdragon 855 chipset and full-screen...

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FCC Chairman claims NASA and NOAA are wrong about 5G interference with weather forecasts

An interesting report by Ars Technica outlines the implications of the lack of research done leading up to the most recent auction of wireless spectrum to carriers looking to build 5G networks. These auctions proceeded despite controversial circumstances as many experts warned that cellular transmissions in the 24GHz band could significantly reduce the accuracy of weather forecasts. Weather forecasts are done by measuring the amount of radiation emitted from water vapor. This radiation is visible at about a spectrum of 23.8Ghz and the concern is that heavy transmissions in an adjacent band...

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Cara Merawat Baterai HP OPPO agar Tidak Mudah Rusak

Smartphone tidak bisa dipisahkan dari kehidupan manusia. Bahkan bisa dikatakan bahwa manusia tidak bisa hidup tanpa smartphone. Jika smartphone tertinggal, hilang, atau rusak pastinya akan membuat Anda pusing dan menyulitkan dalam beraktivitas. Oleh karena itu, sangat penting untuk merawat dan menjaga smartphone dengan baik. Baterai merupakan komponen penting dalam smartphone. Baterai yang rusak akan membuat […]

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OnePlus 5/5T and 6/6T get Digital Wellbeing, Fnatic mode, June security patch in latest beta

OnePlus has released new Open Beta builds for its pre-2019 smartphones today. These are labeled Beta 34 for the OnePlus 5, Beta 32 for the OnePlus 5T, Beta 20 for the OnePlus 6, and Beta 12 for the OnePlus 6T. They all bring the exact same changes, chief of which is the addition of the Digital Wellbeing suite, which was pioneered by Google last year and has been on its Pixels for a few months now. OnePlus 6 Next up, the aforementioned OnePlus phones are also receiving the brand new Fnatic mode that made its debut with the OnePlus 7 Pro and OnePlus 7 a few weeks ago, for a more...

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AT&T cancels pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy Fold

AT&T is the latest retailer to cancel pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy Fold. As initially reported by Tom's Guide AT&T has sent email notifications to those who pre-ordered Samsung's foldable smartphone. The email says that the pre-orders were cancelled because "Unfortunately, Samsung delayed the release of the Fold, which means we can't ship your phone and have to cancel your pre-order." As a courtesy, AT&T is sending affected customers a promotional $100 card, which will be received within 60 days. Source: Tom's Guide All AT&T offers about future pre-orders for the Galaxy...

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Huawei's foldable Mate X passes through China's 3C with faster Super Charger

Just yesterday, the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G variant was spotted going through China's 3C for certification to operate in the market. Today, the foldable Mate X is getting the same certification. This could indicate the 5G-compatible Mate X could be launching on the same day or just after Huawei decides to launch the Mate 20 X 5G in China. The Huawei Mate X has a model number of TAH-AN00 and as per the certification info, it will include a new power adapter. This isn't the same Super Charge 40W that the Mate 20 X 5G will come with. Based on the output currents in the certification listing, this...

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Mobovi TicWatch Pro LTE variant coming to Verizon

Today, Digital Trends offers some insight on a new Wear OS-powered smartwatch from Mobovi. The company's latest smartwatch is the Mobovi Ticwatch Pro, a Wear OS-powered wearable centered around fitness features like GPS and a built-in heart-rate monitor and NFC for Google Pay. Digital Trends spotted a different landing page when it went to Mobovi's website. The page teased a new TicWatch Pro that was "Powered by Verizon" but the teaser has since been taken down. The teaser strongly suggests that a new variant of the TicWatch is coming with support for Verizon's 4G LTE network. We...

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Samsung Galaxy Note10 coming in late August, iPhone 11 in late September

We all know that Samsung's next flagship device, the Galaxy Note10, will be coming in August while iPhones traditionally come out in September. But it appears there will be a slight change of plans this year according to a leaked Verizon marketing calendar. Evan Blass, a renown leakster with a good track record shared a screenshot taken from Verizon's marketing calendar forecasting a Galaxy Note10 release sometime in the third week of August instead of the first as usual. This contradicts earlier reports of August 10 as a possible release date. The 2019 iPhones, on the...

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Huawei filed trademark requests for HongMeng OS across several countries

Huawei is hard at work on its alternative operating system and is gearing up to release the first devices with HongMeng OS in October. The brand has reportedly shipped 1 million devices for testing purposes and is also working hard on trademarking the HongMeng name in a growing number of countries across the world. HongMeng trademarks on WIPO The latest patent in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Global Brand Database reveals that a request to trademark the HongMeng name has been filled in a broad list of countries including Australia, Canada, Cambodia, the...

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Our Sony Xperia 1 video review is up

Sony flagships may not always be best sellers, but they are often some of the most interesting ones and the Xperia 1 makes no exception - its written review quickly become one of our most discussed articles. But for those of you who don't have the time to read all the details about the phone or just want everything in a video format, we now have uploaded our video review. The Xperia 1 is the first smartphone with a 4K OLED screen and has a CinemaWide display, which is one way to brand the 21:9 ratio. With such a tall aspect social media feeds can fit more content, while split-screen...

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ZTE Axon 10 Pro 5G will be available in China starting July

The regular ZTE Axon 10 Pro made its debut a month ago, and its 5G brother the Axon 10 Pro 5G is now confirmed to follow it to China next month. The phone has been available for purchase in Finland since last month. If all goes to plan, the Axon 10 5G will become the first commercially available 5G phone in China. Aside from the next generation network connectivity the device will offer liquid cooling and sport a distinctive 5G badge on its back. The rest of the spec sheet is identical to the standard Axon 10 Pro with a 6.47-inch AMOLED display, Snapdragon 855 and 4,000 mAh...

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Huawei is seeking $1 billion from Verizon over 230 patent infringements

A new report from Reuters claims that Huawei is in a patent dispute with Verizon for unregulated use of an estimated 230 patents. The total fines for these could be worth as much as $1 billion. The major infringements are allegedly in the network equipment area where an estimated twenty additional vendors are involved. Some of those are reportedly large scale US tech companies. Going into more details, the group of patents range from wire-line infrastructure to network equipment and IoT solutions. The report also claims meetings between Huawei and Verizon representatives already took...

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U.S. Cellular's LG V40 ThinQ gets Android Pie, South Korean units updated too

US-based carrier Verizon rolled out the Android Pie update for the LG V40 ThinQ units on its network last month, followed by AT&T two days ago. Now, one more American carrier - U.S. Cellular - has released the latest version of Android for the V40 ThinQ. The firmware is rolling out over-the-air and carries version number V405UA20A_02. And, in addition to bringing in Android Pie features, it also brings along the two-month-old April 2019 security patch. That said, the LG V40 ThinQ in South Korea is also updated to Android Pie. The build comes bearing version number V409NO20c and...

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Redmi K20 Pro kernel source code released

Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi has released the kernel source code for the Redmi K20 Pro which will let the developers build custom ROMs for this flagship smartphone. You can download it by heading over to the source link at the end of this article. The latest kernels for the Mi 9 and Mi Mix 3 5G, codenamed cepheus and andromeda respectively, have also been released. The Redmi K20 Pro was announced last month. It's powered by the Snapdragon 855 SoC and sports a 6.39-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED notch-less display. It boasts a triple camera setup (48MP+8MP+13MP) at the back and comes with a 20MP...

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Huawei releases a new video teaser for the nova 5

Huawei is announcing the nova 5 series on June 21 and to promote its upper midranger series, Huawei is launching a new teaser video. The company took it to the streets and commissioned several artists to do a rendition of the moniker on murals, and posted the result in a 15-second teaser on Weibo. Here's the new trailer for the Huawei Nova 5 series. I'm sure you'll love it.#huawei #huaweinova5 #huaweinova5i #huaweinova5pro pic.twitter.com/JbtpvfH3ap— Mukul Sharma (@stufflistings) June 13, 2019 The launch next Friday is expected to include two handsets - Huawei nova 5 and Huawei...

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KaiOS to add features, form factors and new markets this year

KaiOS is already the third most popular mobile operating system, running on 100 million next-gen featurephones with the ambitious goal of reaching a billion users in the coming years. Just last month the company got a new round of investment funding from the likes of TCL and Google, which brought supports for its core set of apps like Search, Maps and YouTube. The company has already partnered with other big names like Facebook and Qualcomm and is looking to branch out to different form factors and markets in 2019. KaiOS CEO Sebastien Codeville detailed the company's vision for the...

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AT&T cancels Galaxy Fold pre-orders, will offer compensations to customers

After Best Buy canceled its Samsung Galaxy Fold pre-orders, AT&T has also informed its customers that it's following suit. In emails sent out to those who pre-ordered the device, the carrier explained that Samsung's delays were taking too long and the best decision was to offer out full refunds. AT&T refund email As an added bonus, AT&T is also giving out one-time $100 promo cards directly to those who pre-ordered the device. All refunds will be promptly scheduled in the upcoming 60-days and the gift card will go towards the clients' AT&T billing account. This decision means...

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Motorola One Action detailed specs surface, Exynos 9609 SoC and triple camera in tow

Motorola announced the One Vision last month, but the company is expected to launch two more smartphones under the One series - One Pro and One Action. We haven't heard much about the One Pro, but the One Action did visit Geekbench two weeks ago revealing an Exynos 9609 chip under the hood. Now, a detailed specs sheet has leaked which tells us more about this smartphone. According to the leaked information, the Motorola One Action will be an affordable version of the One Vision and will come with a plastic back instead of the glass one that the One Vision flaunts. Motorola One...

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Huawei to ship devices with its new OS in October, but not the Mate 30

Multiple Chinese sources have revealed today that Huawei is ready to launch devices with its HongMeng OS (expected to be named Ark OS for global markets) this October. The memo comes from Guo Mingxi, an analyst with Tianfeng International, who revealed Huawei will be ready to push the smartphones in the Fall. However, they won't be from the flagship series Mate 30, but are likely to be entry level to midrange phones for the Chinese market. According to Global Times, the new OS was developed along with Tencent representatives, and Oppo and vivo were also present to test the new OS and...

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Xiaomi Mi 9T coming to Asian markets on June 20

The Xiaomi Mi 9T, which was unveiled yesterday will debut in Asia next week on June 20, starting with Malaysia. The launch event will be held in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur and will be open to fans. Those who wish to attend the event will have to register here by 11.59 PM local time on June 14. The Mi 9T is a re-branded Redmi K20 and is going to be available in Europe next week. It's priced at €329 ($370) for the 6GB/64GB variant and €369 ($420) for the 6GB/128GB model. There will also be a launch day promo that drops the base model to €299 ($340). Xiaomi was also expected...

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Z1 Pro with triple camera and punch hole display incoming, vivo confirms

vivo has announced that it will soon launch the Z1 Pro in India. The company has set up a page on its official India website revealing the design of the Z1 Pro. The smartphone has a punch hole in its display housing the triple camera setup and a fingerprint scanner on the back. The smartphone will be powered by a Snapdragon 710 chipset and ship with a battery offering 21 days of standby time. That said, the Z1 Pro isn't a new smartphone. It's a re-branded Z5x which was launched in China last month. You can head this way to know more about it. vivo hasn't revealed the launch...

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