Meizu 16s Pro launch date revealed

The Meizu 16s Pro that leaked yesterday will be unveiled later this month, on August 28. Meizu hasn't divulged much about the 16s Pro yet, but the smartphone briefly appeared on the company's official website yesterday along with its specs. The 16s Pro will be powered by the Snapdragon 855+ SoC and will come in two RAM options - 8GB and 12GB - both having 256GB of UFS 3.0 storage onboard. The smartphone will sport a 90Hz AMOLED display with a fingerprint scanner embedded to it. It will run Flyme 8 OS and boast a triple camera setup at the back with a 48MP unit as the main...

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Xiaomi to launch Mi 9 with 256 GB storage tomorrow

Yesterday we saw Realme announcing a new variant of its flagship phone with 256 GB storage and today Xiaomi followed with the very same message - the Mi 9 will have an 8/256 GB option. It will hit the stores tomorrow and will cost CNY3,299 ($467/€417). First adopters will receive a 20W wireless charger as a gift that costs CNY99 (about $15), if purchased separately. The new RAM+storage combination is the fourth different - up until now the Mi 9 can be purchased with 6/64 GB, 6/128 GB, or 8/128 GB memory, with the first one missing from China. If you wanted 256 gigs of storage, the...

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Xiaomi is teasing something Redmi K20-related for August 16

Xiaomi's sub-brand Redmi took the mobile world by storm earlier this year when it unveiled the K20 series, with the K20 Pro being the first ever true flagship smartphone to bear the Redmi branding. The family has seen its fair share of backlash in India in the meantime, which has to do with pricing, but overall the K20 line seems to have been quite the success. With all that in mind, get ready for something new that's Redmi K20-related to come on August 16. Xiaomi's sub-brand is teasing as much through its Chinese social media channels, although aside from the date there aren't a lot of...

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LG V35 ThinQ is now just $399.99

LG's G8X might be on the way, but if you don't mind living with a slightly older flagship from the Korean company, Amazon is now holding a sale on the V35 ThinQ. This phone's recommended retail price is $899.99, but you can grab one currently for only $399.99. That's a whopping $500 off and a great value, if you don't mind the associated caveat. That is the fact that this is a Prime Exclusive device, so you have to be an Amazon Prime member to get it at this price. That means you'll have to live with a "pre-installed selection of Amazon apps", including the Amazon Widget, Amazon Shopping,...

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Samsung Galaxy A90 gets certified in Korea, 5G version in tow

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy A90 5G received Bluetooth certification a couple of days ago and today it has also approved by the Korea National Radio Research Agency (NRRA). The certification lists the SM-A908N, which points to the 5G variant. There's also an SM-A908B, presumably the 4G model. Both the 5G and 4G Galaxy A90 will be powered by the flagship Snapdragon 855 chipset paired to 6GB of RAM. Both are expected to have a 6.7-inch Infinity-U Super AMOLED display of FHD+ resolution. We expect the 5G and 4G models to differ in the camera department - the first should have a...

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LG trademarks V60S and K50S names ahead of IFA

The LG G8S ThinQ was released months after the regular G8 and it's a slight downgrade. It has a slightly larger screen 6.2" vs. 6.1", but with 1080p resolution. And while it gained stereo speakers, battery charging support took a small step back. The camera setup features both upgrades and downgrades. Here's the head to head comparison. The LG V30S was a clear upgrade over the V30 (though a minor one). The "S" naming scheme doesn't strictly mean an upgrade, but isn't necessarily a downgrade either. So, with two more "S" phones on the way - LG V60S and LG K50S - it's not clear what to...

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Samsung Galaxy Note10+'s display earns A+ rating from DisplayMate

The Galaxy S10 broke over a dozen display-related records in DisplayMate's testing, but the new generation is here - the Dynamic AMOLED screen on the Galaxy Note10+ broke 12 display records with major performance characteristics seeing improvements. The screen set the record for absolute color accuracy, contrast and intensity scale accuracy. Automatic color management makes sure that the correct color profile is used when displaying content, so you don't have to worry about display modes. If you do want to select the mode manually, DCI-P3 Natural is achieves an Absolute color accuracy...

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Huawei P30 and P30 Pro receiving Selfie Night mode with latest EMUI update

The latest EMUI update for the Huawei P30 duo will bring Night mode to the front camera. Version 9.1.0.193 is already seeding to Chinese users and is scheduled to make its way to other areas across the world in the coming weeks. After installing the update, users will see the new Night mode option when switching to the selfie cam. It will enable better exposed images in low-light conditions as long as you can keep steady as it captures multiple shots and stacks them together. In addition to the neat camera feature, the latest update also brings the August patch. Installing the new...

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Canalys: Samsung dominates Europe in Q2, Apple falters

Samsung has utterly dominated the European smartphone market in the second quarter of 2019, capturing a 40% share and shipping twice as many units as any other maker. Samsung, spearheaded by its revamped A series of phones, shipped 18.3m phones - up from Q2 of 2018's 15.3m. Despite its US-related woes Huawei still managed to retain the second spot with 8.5m shipped phones, but was still down compared to 2018 Q2's 10.1m. Apple was third thanks to iPhone XR and its 1.8m shipped units. Yet, while in 2018 it shipped nearly three times as many units as the fourth placed Xiaomi it's...

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vivo IQOO Pro 5G will ship with Snapdragon 855+ chipset, other key specs appear on TENAA

The upcoming vivo IQOO Pro 5G gaming phone will feature the Snapdragon 855+ SoC, the company just confirmed via its Weibo account. The phone is scheduled to debut on August 22 and will reportedly boast faster performance than other competing Snapdragon 855+ powered devices. While it remains to be seen how IQOO team plans on accomplishing this, it will probably rely on some software tweaks similar to Huawei's GPU Turbo. IQOO Pro 5G Weibo post In the meantime the phone also appeared in a TENAA listing reveling the rest of the spec sheet. The display of the IQOO Pro 5G is a...

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Samsung Galaxy Note10+ 5G tops DxO charts for both main camera and selfies

The Samsung Galaxy Note10+ 5G is the new camera king sitting atop the DxOMark charts with wins in both the main and selfie camera categories. Since the only difference between the 5G model and the LTE-connected Galaxy Note10+ is just the 5G modem, the score applies to that model as well. Let's start with the main camera. The overall score of 113 is one higher than what the Huawei P30 Pro got. Breaking it down, the Note got a Photo score of 118, which is just a point behind the Huawei. While the main camera is almost the same as that of the Galaxy S10 5G (which matched the P30 Pro's overall...

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Realme X 256GB version arrives on August 18

Realme X arrived in May with its most expensive version topping at 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. Today, the company announced it now offer a variant with double the storage starting on August 18. The price of the phone will be CNY1,999, which is about $285/€250. Pre-orders for the phone have already started at major Chinese retailers JD.com, Tmall, and Suning. Once the promo ends, the phone will cost CNY2,099, which is an extra $20/€15 over the discounted price tag. Realme doesn't say how long the campaign will last, but if you are willing to buy a Realme X from China, now's the...

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LG G8X images show a bigger screen with a smaller notch, 3.5mm jack

LG is teasing a dual screen phone ahead of its appearance at IFA - a followup of the LG V50 ThinQ and its second screen accessory. The LG G8 ThinQ might get a successor of its own and it will look like this. The LG G8X moves from a dual to a single selfie camera, which means a narrower teardrop notch. There's a regular earpiece near the lone selfie camera, so the G8X will not use the Crystal Sound OLED speaker tech. The screen grows a tenth of an inch to 6.2", so it will offer even more screen real estate. The phone grew along with it, measuring 159.3 x 75.8 x...

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HTC teases new phone ahead of return to Indian market

As expected HTC will make its return to the Indian market after pulling out in July of 2018. The company just teased a new phone on its official Twitter account and judging by the looks it appears to be the rumored HTC Wildfire which is believed to arrive with a 6.2-inch screen with waterdrop notch, dual cameras and the Helio P23 chipset. Hello India! Our journey of innovation continues. Can you guess what's coming next?#htcIndia pic.twitter.com/bTavBjvcUw— HTC India (@HTC_IN) August 12, 2019 The phone will compete in the highly contested entry-level segment but we still don't have an...

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Samsung announces the Galaxy A10s - 4,000 mAh battery and fingerprint reader

Samsung has just taken the wraps of its latest A-series phone - as the name implies, the Galaxy A10s is a refresh of the original Galaxy A10 with a couple of key improvements. It adopts a larger battery and adds a rear-mounted fingerprint into the mix - something the standard A10 was missing. The phone features a 6.2-inch IPS Infinity-V screen (so a v-shaped notch) with a resolution of 720 x 1520px. It is powered by an octa-core CPU (4 cores clocked at 2.0GHz and 4 cores running at 1.5GHz). It also packs 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage expandable via microSD. The camera setup...

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Samsung announces a huge 108 MP ISOCELL Bright HMX smartphone camera sensor

Last week Xiaomi said it will be the first smartphone company to bring a phone with a 108MP camera and today Samsung detailed the actual sensor. The Korean manufacturer announced the ISOCELL Bright HMX sensor for smartphones with 108 Megapixels. Its size is 1/1.33", which is 125% bigger than the 48MP ISOCELL Bright GM1, which lets it retain the same 0.8μm pixel pitch. Samsung said in a press release that with over 100 million effective pixels, the sensor will produce "exceptional photos even in extreme lighting conditions". It employs the Tetracell technology, meaning it's...

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Meizu 16s Pro spec leak reveals 90Hz display and Snapdragon 855+ SoC

Meizu released its flagship 16s in April and the company will offer a refreshed versions dubbed the 16s Pro soon. The specs and design of the upcoming device managed to sneak up on Meizu's website briefly before being taken down. The device will pack a 90Hz AMOLED display with a 120Hz touch sample rate and an in-display fingerprint scanner. The overall design of the Meizu 16s will be retained on the new model as it will mainly focus on upgrading the core specs. Meizu 16s Pro spec sheet This isn't the first time the 16s Pro leaks as it was also briefly listed on Chinese online...

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