Honor 20S is up for pre-order registrations, September 4 launch is confirmed

The Honor 20 series was introduced in times of uncertainty when no one knew whether Huawei will be allowed to be on the free smartphone market ever again. Three months later all is good between China and the United States and Huawei devices start popping back up. The latest phone is the Honor 20S - pretty similar to the Honor 20, but with a different camera setup on the back. The company announced it is up for pre-order registrations until September 4, when the official unveiling will take place. The Honor 20S was already certified on TENAA, giving us a sneak peek of the specs....

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Realme Q to come with Snapdragon 712 SoC

Realme is all set to introduce its Q series next week on September 5 at an event in China, and the company has now confirmed that it will be powered by the Snapdragon 712 SoC. Realme CMO confirmed yesterday we are going to see four products at the event. However, an insider, familiar with the company's plan revealed to us: Realme 5 Pro is the main hero product in the Q lineup. Perhaps the 5 Pro will debut in China under a different moniker as a part of the Q series? That leaves us wondering whether the 5 Pro will appear with a different moniker at Realme's home scene and...

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vivo NEX 3 flaunts its display curves in unboxing video

vivo's NEX 3 will get official sometime next month, and as we get closer and closer to its grand unveiling the Chinese company's teaser campaign is turning more and more into a bona fide hype-driving endeavor. We've already had an official teaser video, but this time around vivo went one step further and gave a NEX 3 unit to Arun Maini, aka the guy running the YouTube channel Mrwhosetheboss (yes that's a typo, but it seems intentional on his part). As this is still a teaser we don't get any spec lists or the likes, but we do catch a lot of glimpses of the phone, and especially its screen....

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Samsung Galaxy Fold is on its way to India

After many months of fixes that are supposedly going to make it sturdier, Samsung's Galaxy Fold is going to become available at some point next month, perhaps around the same time as the new iPhones hit the streets. Samsung has slowly been readying the launch of its first foldable smartphone, and as part of that process the company's Indian website is now listing the Fold. That means the device will also launch in the subcontinent, though at this point it's unclear if India will be in the initial batch of markets to get it in September. If that's not the case, then if you are in India...

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Oppo Reno2's quad camera is the focus of the first promo videos

The Oppo Reno2 has twice as many cameras on its back than its predecessor. That's a lot of cameras to cover, but the first promo videos will give you the crash course. Let's start with a short 30 second clip that covers all the major features. They are hybrid zoom, video stabilization and a new dark mode. The Reno2 does not have a periscope module, instead it relies on a zoom lens and software processing to deliver 5x hybrid zoom and 20x digital zoom (note that Oppo hasn't revealed the true focal length of the lens yet). The main 48MP sensor is backed by optical image...

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Google Maps update brings ride-sharing and biking to transit directions

Google Maps has been offering public transport directions for quite some time, and also has Uber feature at some cities where the ride-sharing service is available. Now, the company is adding them together, along with biking services. The feature works pretty much as you expect - enter your destination, select the Transit tab and you'll automatically see the cycling and ridesharing options if the walk from the bus stop/station is a bit too much. You'll also have the regular info like how much time would it take, how much will it cost and you can also set preferences for your...

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Samsung Galaxy M30s price tipped, will pack a 6,000 mAh battery

Samsung is rumored to expand its Galaxy M lineup next month with the launch of the Galaxy M30s in India. The smartphone is said to come with a 48MP camera, and the latest report by IANS states that it will be priced between INR15,000 ($210/€190) and INR20,000 ($280/€250). The report further states that the Galaxy M30s will pack a massive 6,000 mAh battery and not a 5,000 mAh one as previously thought. Samsung Galaxy M30 Samsung hasn't revealed any information about the M30s yet, but if rumors are to be believed, it will be powered by an Exynos chip which isn't seen on the...

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ZTE is launching Axon 10 Pro in the US at $550, promises Android 10 soon

Last year was hard for ZTE - a US ban caused it to cease operations and though it was lifted relatively quickly, the company posted massive losses. All of that didn't faze ZTE, however, and today it returns to the US market with a bang. The ZTE Axon 10 Pro is now available for pre-order over at zteusa.com and B&H. Shipments are expected to start in early September. It costs $550 - not a bad deal for a phone with Snapdragon 855, large AMOLED display and a triple camera (48MP main, tele and wide). The base model comes with 8GB of RAM and 256GB storage, but you can have 12GB of RAM for...

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Samsung Galaxy A71 and A91 are coming in 2020 with Android 10

It's no secret that Samsung is preparing the next-generation A-series but we now have a clue when the first phones from the family might arrive and which ones will be the first on the market. According to Galaxy Club's report, the Galaxy A71 and A91 will be the first one from the series and will come with Android 10 out of the box. This could mean that the phones will be released in the Spring of 2020 right after the Galaxy S11-series. Samsung usually releases smartphones running the new software version after its S lineup so it would make sense for the new A-series to arrive with...

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Canon launches EOS M6 Mark II and EOS 90D

Canon has announced two new cameras in the mid-range segment, the EOS M6 Mark II, which is a mirrorless camera and the EOS 90D, which is a DSLR. The EOS M6 Mark II has a 32.5 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor with Canon's M-mount. It also features Dual Pixel CMOS AF, which works for both stills and videos. The new model is capable of shooting at 14fps with AF and AE lock with new focus controls on the back of the camera. Canon EOS M6 Mark II The video capabilities have also been upgraded and now the EOS M6 Mark II can record 4K video using the full width of the sensor without...

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Meizu 16s Pro goes official with triple camera setup, Snapdragon 855+ and Flyme 8 OS

It looks like the "Pro" moniker is here to stay as one of the naming trends making waves through smartphone manufacturers. Meizu is the latest brand to release a Pro version in its lineup with the newly announced Meizu 16s Pro. Overall, the device is an incremental update to the Meizu 16s which was released back in April. The main differences come under the hood with the Snapdragon 855+ chipset and around the back with the new triple camera setup. Upfront, we have the same 6.2-inch FHD+ AMOLED panel which now features a 160Hz touch sampling rate and the same sleek symmetrical top...

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Oppo Reno2, Reno2 Z and Reno2 F announced with quad cameras all around

Oppo unleashed three new Reno models, all three of them successors to the Oppo Reno. The best handset of the three spans the gap between the Reno and Reno 10x zoom, though it lacks the impressive periscope camera. The other two are closer to the original Reno. All three Reno2 models have quad cameras on their backs, 6.5" AMOLED displays on their fronts (with pop-up selfie cams) and 4,000mAh batteries with VOOC 3.0 fast charging (20W). All three will be sold through Flipkart, Amazon and Oppo partner stores in India. Oppo Reno2 The main camera here uses a 48MP Sony IMX586 1/2.0" sensor...

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Oppo Reno2, Reno2 Z and Reno 2 F announced with quad cameras all around

Oppo unleashed three new Reno models, all three of them successors to the Oppo Reno. The best handset of the three spans the gap between the Reno and Reno 10x zoom, though it lacks the impressive periscope camera. The other two are closer to the original Reno. All three Reno2 models have quad cameras on their backs, 6.5" AMOLED displays on their fronts (with pop-up selfie cams) and 4,000mAh batteries with VOOC 3.0 fast charging (20W). All three will be sold through Flipkart, Amazon and Oppo partner stores in India. Oppo Reno2 The main camera on the Oppo Reno2 uses a 48MP Sony IMX586...

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LG's rollable smartphone pictured in 3D renders

It looks like LG is looking a few steps ahead with its rollable smartphone design. The company still hasn't come out with a working foldable handset and here we start to see an even more advanced screen technology that can bend in two directions. Earlier this month, LG has filed a patent about the rollable smartphone that we talk about. It's a bit different than the rollable pen kind of phone we've reported a year ago. The images in the patent reveal a full-fledged smartphone with a screen that bends in more than one direction and has two hinges. This way the display wraps around the...

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Realme XT is (sort of) official with a 64 MP camera

Redmi was expected to launch tomorrow the world's first 64 MP camera, but Realme decided to speed its announcement in order to rain on Xiaomi's parade. The Realme XT was shipped to several media representatives in India, effectively making it the first smartphone with a 64 MP camera in their hands, even if the company is still remaining silent on actual features, pricing, availability and all the other key details. Dare To Leap! pic.twitter.com/oOIiMfpBnj— realme (@realmemobiles) August 28, 2019 Looking at the phone, it is pretty much what we already expected - the Realme 5 Pro...

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vivo Z1x arriving on September 6 with triple camera and UD fingerprint scanner

Chinese phone maker vivo unveiled the Z1 Pro last month with Snapdragon 712 SoC and a 5,000 mAh battery, and the company has now announced that it will bring one more Z series smartphone to the market - Z1x. The vivo Z1x will be launched in India on September 6 and will be sold through Flipkart. It will be powered by a Snapdragon chip and boast a notched display with a fingerprint scanner embedded in it. The Z1x will sport a triple camera setup at the back which is rumored to have a 48MP Samsung ISOCELL GM1 sensor as the main unit. vivo hasn't revealed the battery capacity of the...

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Gartner: Global smartphone shipments saw another decline in Q2 2019

According to the latest report from Gartner Research, worldwide smartphone sales over the April - June period totaled 368 million units. That's 1.7% lower than the same time last year. Samsung maintained the top spot in terms of market share with 20.4% of all smartphone sales for the period, followed by Huawei with 15.8% and Apple with 10.5%. The top five list is complete with Xiaomi and Oppo which held 9 and 7.6% market share respectively. For Samsung, this was the first quarterly growth after six consecutive declines as it managed to push out 75 million units in total. The strong...

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Honor 9X smashes another record - sells 3 million devices in under a month

When Honor announced the 9X will be the successor of the 8X series, company executives proudly said the Honor 8X is the best-selling smartphone for the Huawei brand. It sold in 15 million units, 10 million of them in the first 173 days, and now it appears that the Honor 9X lineup is about to smash this record in pieces. In the first 29 days since the Honor 9X and Honor 9X Pro have been selling in China, the company managed to sell 3 million units, which simple math reveals is over 100,000 phones per day. It is hardly a surprise why these phones sell so well. They come with the...

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Alleged Google Pixel 4 poses for the camera

Renders of the Google Pixel 4 that's likely to go official in October surfaced last month showing us what the phone looks like. And now, we are looking at the alleged live images of the Pixel 4 which give us a closer look of its front and back. These photos align well with the previously leaked renders and you can see the Sprint logo in the top-left corner of the screen, indicating that the phone's being tested on the US-based carrier's network. We can also see a new wallpaper here, and the navigation bar and the Assistant handles confirm that the phone's running Android Q Android...

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