Watch the Realme 5 and Realme 5 Pro announcement live here

Realme is releasing its newest smartphones, complete with its first ever quad-camera setups. The Realme 5 and Realme 5 Pro are getting unveiled in New Delhi, but you can enjoy the show from the comfort of your home or office thanks to the official live stream. Starting at 7PM UTC, Madhav Sheth, Realme India CEO, will bring the two phones to the stage. Wathc the whole thing live and make sure you stop by our comments section to share your impressions. And don't forget to stop by our homepage once the event is over for the complete coverage of the new announcements, along with...

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T-Mobile's OnePlus 7 Pro gets OxygenOS 9.5.10 with battery and camera improvements

T-Mobile's OnePlus 7 Pro has started receiving a new software update today. It is labeled OxygenOS 9.5.10, and it's primarily a bug fixing release. Once you install it, you should notice better battery life, as well as both general camera improvements and some relating specifically to the pop-up mechanism of the selfie shooter. The Camera app's version has been updated, as has the version of Google Maps that's pre-installed. There are also some Bluetooth and Wi-Fi-focused bug fixes built-in, alongside the usual unnamed "general bug fixes and system improvements". The update arrives...

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Here's what the Redmi Note 8 Pro will look like

Xiaomi's sub-brand Redmi is busy working on its next mid-rangers, the Redmi 8 series. The Redmi 8 itself was spotted in some hands-on images earlier today, and now it's the Redmi Note 8 Pro's turn. Based on Redmi's past naming conventions, this is likely to be the highest-end of its upcoming mid-rangers. It seems to have leaked on a set where its TV commercial was being filmed. If so, that's probably a first in the mobile world. Anyway, you can see that the design of its back has the same overall language as what we've seen in the Redmi K20 and K20 Pro flagships. Redmi Note 8...

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Huawei Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro battery capacities revealed

Huawei's upcoming Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro have so far been rumored to sport 25W wireless charging, which would be the fastest yet, as well as 55W wired charging, just to break two records at once. But what about their battery capacities? According to a new post on China's Weibo, the cells you see in the image below are going to be the ones fitted to the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro. If this is true - and that's a big "if" - then the Mate 30 should get a 4,200 mAh unit, while the Pro model will have a 4,500 mAh battery keeping its lights running. That would be a 5% increase in capacity...

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Huawei's Mate X foldable will launch with Kirin 990 SoC and the P30's cameras

After Samsung was forced to pull the Galaxy Fold and re-engineer some bits and pieces to make it more durable, Huawei also postponed the launch of its direct competitor to that device, the Mate X. The Chinese company's first folding smartphone should be out in November. If you've been wondering what Huawei has been doing to the Mate X to warrant such a long time passing before it finally hits the shelves, it looks like it didn't just go with cosmetic changes like its Korean rival. Instead, Huawei also saw fit to upgrade some of the Mate X's internals. Thus, it will launch with the...

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Samsung cuts LCD production, shifts focus to new QD-OLED displays

Samsung has remained one of the leading display manufacturers for quite some time and the latest innovation in the brand's product line will be its Quantum Dot OLED (QD-OLED) panels. The company already uses Quantum Dot (QD) technology for its TVs while OLED panels have been a staple in its mobile division for more than a decade. Now Samsung is aiming to merge the best of both display technologies into a single display solution. A new report from The Korea Herald claims the brand has already begun limiting its LCD production lines across its facilities in South Korea mainly due to...

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Amazon reveals Xiaomi Mi A3 Indian price ahead of launch

Xiaomi is set to launch the Mi A3 in India on August 21, which is also when the official pricing will be announced. However, Xiaomi's launch partner Amazon went ahead and revealed the price of the phone two days earlier. Mi A3 pricing and variants Twitter user Mukul Sharma caught the listings for the device, which appeared in the deals section but weren't actually available for purchase. Among the listings were the two storage variants, 64GB and 128GB, which will come with 4GB and 6GB of RAM, respectively. There are also three color options named Not Just Blue, More Than...

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Oppo announces Enco Q1 active noise canceling earphones in China

Oppo has announced Enco Q1 in China, a pair of active noise canceling earphones as part of the company's new Enco series. Oppo Enco Q1 The Enco Q1 has a neckband design made from a single piece that goes around your neck without any cuts or splits. The Q1 will be available in black, white, and orange. The Enco Q1 features four microphones - the two microphones on the outside listen to the ambient noise and feed that into the system to cancel the noise. Two additional microphones within the earphones listen to the noise within your ears to further cancel out noise that...

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First-gen Razer Phone receives Android Pie update

The Razer Phone was released back in 2017 and came with the first 120Hz display on any smartphone. It was also one of the first dedicated gaming smartphones, a category which has only grown in popularity over the past two years. The phone launched on Android 7.1.1 Nougat and got subsequently updated to Android 8.1 Oreo. Starting today however the phone is getting its second major update - Android 9 Pie is seeded alongside the July security update. The new firmware comes in at just over 1GB and will likely be the last big update for the phone. The changelog reveals lists the...

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Caviar wastes no time, decks iPhone 11 in meteorites

Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 11 lineup in September, but the Russian luxury company Caviar already went ahead and started offering customized versions of the new flagships. The new design, based on a prototype, includes actual meteorite pieces, real pieces of the Moon, a handful of precious stones and an actual moving tourbillon on the back. The whole ensemble would cost the astounding $49,990 and only a single unit will be made. If you don't have that amount of spare cash lying around, you can always pre-order some of the cheaper variants, starting from just $4,400. The...

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Apple Watch Series 5 will come with new titanium and ceramic casings

The Apple Watch is the most popular smartwatch on the market and alongside AirPods is turning into a key product category for Apple. The company will look to offer more options with its upcoming series 5 lineup including titanium and ceramic versions in both 40mm and 44mm casings. Spanish site iHelp BR discovered the upcoming options hidden in the latest watchOS 6 beta. Apple previously had ceramic versions of the Watch, but never offered a titanium one. Other than that we have no other details on what to expect from the new Apple watches. According to past rumors, the Apple...

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Huawei's next flagship chipset to support 4K recording at 60 fps

Although Huawei has been known in recent years for its impressive camera performance and technology, video capture has been a weak points of its phones. More specifically, Huawei's flagship devices are not able to capture 4K video at framerates above 30 fps - something Apple introduced with the iPhone 8 and Samsung with the Galaxy S9. According to Neowin, attendee of last week's Huawei Developer's conference in Shenzhen, Huawei has confirmed that the next iteration of its high-end chipsets for smartphones - the Kirin 990, will be capable of recording 4k video at 60 fps. Kirin 980...

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Redmi to introduce a 70" Smart TV on August 29

Redmi has been a success since it separated into a new entity with two impressive smartphone lineups - the Redmi Note 7 midrangers and the Redmi K20 flagships. Now, the company is ready to expand beyond the smartphone borders and on August 29 it will introduce a huge 70" Smart TV, the brand manager Lu Weibing confirmed. The sub-brand might be new to the TV business, but its parent company sure is not. It currently has plenty of Mi TV options across the globe, latest being the affordable 4A and 4C series. The six-month-old Xiaomi E65A is currently CNY2,999 ($425), we would...

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Huawei to receive another 90-day extension to its temporary trade license

Huawei was banned from trading with US companies back in May this year, just to receive a temporary permit a few days later. The Shenzhen-based telecommunications giant had 90 days to trade with US partners and the reprieve is ending today. According to Reuters, the US Commerce Department is expected to extend the trade license for another three months, and hopefully, in this time the United States and China will manage to reach an agreement in their ongoing trade disputes. The agency quoted "two sources familiar with the situation" since none of the sides commented on the matter....

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Samsung issues out first firmware update for Note10 and Note10+

While Samsung's new Galaxy Note10 and Note10+ are still yet to officially go on sale, the company has issued the first firmware update for the duo. Early units in Europe and India are already receiving it, while retail Note10s will likely get it when they are first connected to a network. Update chaneglog The new firmware is dubbed version N975FXXU1ASH5 and comes in at just over 307 MB. It includes several key enhancements including improved fingerprint recognition, camera quality and touchscreen performance. In addition, the update also adds the August security...

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Redmi 8 appears in hands-on images

After passing through Chinese certification agency TENAA and revealing its key specs, the Redmi 8 was spotted in live pictures. In addition to showing us the design of the phone, the shots also confirm it will ship with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 chipset and run MIUI 9.7.11 on top of Android 9 Pie. Redmi 8 hands-on images Upfront, the Redmi 8 comes with a 6.21-inch HD+ LCD display with a waterdrop notch for the 8MP selfie cam. The bottom chin features Redmi branding. Around the back, we have a vertically aligned 12 MP and 8 MP dual camera setup and a fingerprint reader. The...

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Xiaomi, Oppo, vivo join hands to create cross-brand file transfer service

Xiaomi announced today the Inter-Transfer Alliance group, where it is joined by Oppo and vivo to create an AirDrop-like service for file transfer. The platform is currently in open beta and will allow devices from different manufacturers to exchange photos and documents with a simple swipe or click. According to the company, the exchange of files wouldn't use a lot of battery nor would it use 4G data or a third-party app - it is based on Bluetooth. Speeds would reach up to 20 MB/s, so a standard 720p movie would be transferred between phones in under two minutes. Currently, the...

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