First sale of Redmi Note 8 Pro exceeds 300,000 units

Last week Xiaomi introduced the Redmi Note 8 Pro with a 64 MP main camera. The device arrived for sale this week and it already smashed the brand's record for the first sale - it pushed over 300,000 phones in its first day on the market. For comparison, the predecessor Redmi Note 7 saw "only" 100,000 phones sales on the first day, even if they sold in under 10 minutes. The Redmi Note 8 Pro is truly an intriguing phone - the camera is one thing, but it also has Helio G90T chipset, octa-core CPU, 18W fast-charging for the 4,500 mAh battery and pretty much everything else you might...

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Realme 5 Pro goes on sale in India

The Realme 5 Pro unveiled last month goes on sale today in India starting noon local time through Flipkart and Realme India's official site. It is priced at INR13,999 ($195/€175) for the 4GB/64GB variant and INR14,999 ($210/€190) for the 6GB/64GB version. The maxed-out model with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage is priced at INR16,999 ($235/€215). Realme 5 Pro The Realme 5 Pro is powered by the Snapdragon 712 SoC and features a quad camera setup which is a combination of 48MP main, 8MP ultra-wide, 2MP macro and 2MP depth sensor units. You can read our detailed written review of the...

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Newest Open Beta for the OnePlus 6 and 6T prepares them for the Android 10 update

Although OnePlus has yet to officially announce it, a new Open Beta build is now going out to the OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T. This arrives over-the-air for those who were already running the previous experimental build, as Open Beta 25 for the OnePlus 6 and Open Beta 17 for the OnePlus 6T. As you can see from the screenshot to the left, the sole purpose of this beta release, aside from bringing some unnamed optimizations for system performance, is to prepare the two phones for "major upcoming updates". Clearly that refers to Android 10. A few hours ago OnePlus outed the first beta...

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Samsung Galaxy Fold pre-orders to ship on September 11

Samsung's Galaxy Fold is almost in stores, finally, after many months of delays. The Korean company has supposedly fixed the issues that surfaced during the initial batch of reviews, hopefully making the foldable phone sturdier. A new report originating at South Korean carrier KT says pre-orders of the Galaxy Fold in that country will start shipping on September 11. The company is expected to re-announce the Fold at IFA on September 6, and that is also when pre-orders may start. Samsung is apparently still pushing hard for a release in its home country this Friday, but that may be...

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Realme Q teasers show off the Nightscape feature and macro camera

Realme keeps teasing the upcoming Realme Q phone - it's going to be a rugged version of the Realme 5 Pro. From the Pro, it inherits a quad camera with a 48MP main sensor. The Sony IMX586 is a Quad Bayer sensor whose pixel binning skills are leveraged for the Nightscape feature. Here's a promo video showing off Nightscape: The company also posted a couple of new camera samples from the main camera as it does occasionally. The first one was shot during the day, the second at dusk. Realme Q camera samples: 12MP shots from the main camera Realme Q's quad camera also...

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Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 details leak, launch expected on September 24

Xiaomi is planning to release its highly-anticipated flagship smartphone, the Mi Mix 4, on September 24 with a few surprises. This is coming from a fairly reputable source, so we have a good reason to believe the info. Initially, the phone was planned for a mid-September release but since the release schedule is already packed with a couple of competitors, including the Huawei Mate 30 Pro, Xiaomi decided to push back the date a little. According to people familiar with the matter, the handset will feature the world's first 108MP sensor manufactured by Samsung. The camera sensor was...

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Android 10 is rolling out for Redmi K20 Pro and Essential Phone, OnePlus 7/7 Pro get open beta

Mere hours ago Google officially released Android 10 for its Pixels, and now a bunch of companies are following suit, each in its own way. First off, the Essential Phone is now receiving the update to Android 10, which shouldn't be very surprising considering the company has so far been the only one to release security updates for its device on the same day as Google. Essential says the rollout has started for "select" customers that bought its handset unlocked, so it's likely a staged affair that may take a few days to conclude. Android 10 is now available on Essential Phone for select...

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Android 10 is now rolling out to Pixels with Dark Theme, new gestures, better privacy

The rumors were right: today, Google has officially released Android 10 to the public. That is, the public that owns Pixel smartphones. The update to the stable build of the new OS version is going out now to the Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a, and Pixel 3a XL. It includes the September security patches. It's a nice surprise to see the original Pixels still supported even though they are out of the official window for receiving platform updates. As always with Google firmware rollouts, it's likely it will take many days, if not weeks, for the new...

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Geekbench 5 is now official with new calculation models, comes 64-bit only

PrimateLabs, the company behind the Geekbench platform, has just announced the platform's latest version - Geekbench 5. It is already available for Windows, Linux, macOS, and iOS, and should hit Android later this week, although we already received it. The authors say both the CPU and GPU calculations are now working in a way that models the challenges a device faces when running the latest applications. There is also Dark Mode on macOS, with iOS 13 support coming later this year. The new Geekbench 5 version will drop support for 32-bit processors and operating systems. Removing...

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nubia Red Magic 3S will feature 90Hz display and 4D Vibration Feedback

ZTE sub-brand nubia has confirmed a few features of the Red Magic 3S that's slated to go official on September 5 at an event in China. The company released posters confirming features like 90Hz screen, 4D Vibration Feedback, and 3D Surround Sound on the Red Magic 3S. Well, that's hardly a surprise as these features were present on the Red Magic 3 as well. nubia Red Magic 3S confirmed features nubia also revealed that Red Magic 3S will feature LR Shoulder Buttons (machine translated from Chinese) which are likely to be similar to the capacitive triggers we saw on the right...

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Samsung Galaxy Fold tipped to launch on September 27

Noted tech blogger Evan Blass just revealed the launch date for the Samsung Galaxy Fold is set for September 27. Samsung previously confirmed it's bringing its revised Galaxy Fold starting September but the company did not disclose a specific date. Evan Blass tweet According to past rumors Samsung may release the Fold in South Korea as early as September 18 but we still don't have confirmation on that. Back in July, the company issued an official statement which detailed all the improvements made to the design of the Fold. These include a revised hinge mechanism as well as an...

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Huawei will unveil the Kirin 990 simultaneously in Berlin and Beijing

Huawei CEO Richard Yu will hold the opening keynote of IFA 2019 and is expected to unveil the Kirin 990 chipset (last year he presented the 980). This will happen on September 6, just hours before Qualcomm's own keynote, which will focus on 5G. There's a rivalry brewing here. The keynote in Berlin will be under the slogan "Rethink Evolution", but Huawei has scheduled a separate event to be held in Beijing at the same time. The theme of this one is "Reconstruction". The Kirin 990 will be unveiled simultaneously in Berlin and Beijing on September 6 The Kirin 990 is expected to have...

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Sony teaser hits at a small "Xperia in the palm of your hand"

Sony is teasing an "Xperia in the palm of your hand", which lines up with the rumors we've been hearing about a smaller phone - a Sony Xperia 2 with a 6.1" screen. This is reportedly an OLED screen with 4K resolution and 21:9 aspect ratio, just like to the larger Xperia 1 (which has a 6.5" screen). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sony Mobile (@sonyxperia) on Sep 2, 2019 at 4:34am PDT .instagram-media { max-width: unset !important; } This teaser video actually reveals more than first meets the eye. Did you notice the background colors? They match up...

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Sony Mobile's division in Sweden will be merged in Sony Nordic

Sony Mobile has been following a plan to downsize its office in Lund, Sweden. Last year it announced that it will let go of 200 staff, now there are reports that 60 additional jobs may be at risk. Both engineers and support staff are affected. Eventually, Sony Mobile AB (the Swedish branch of the company) will be folded into Sony Nordic. Some have already made the jump - 50 employees have been moved to Network Communications Europe. Another 100 are working in the new R&D department that opened in Lund this spring. This doesn't mean that Sony is giving up on the mobile market,...

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Samsung is offering AKG Y500 headphones with selected Galaxy smartphones

Samsung just announced that's bundling a set of wireless headphones from AKG. The AKG Y500 are on-ear Bluetooth headphones that would normally set you back £129 but Samsung is giving them for free if you purchase one of the phones included in the promotion. The phones in question are the Galaxy A50, A70, A80 and S10e. We've reviewed all of them so if you are based in the UK, you can choose the one that fits you best, then see which retailers are participating in the promotion and go pick up the bundle. Even though the press release says it's from August 21, this is the first time we...

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vivo finally revealed the launch date of NEX 3 5G - it is September 16

We've been hearing about the vivo NEX 3 5G for quite some time, and now we know when the rumors will end and the official unveiling will take place. It is scheduled for September 16 in Shanghai, China and that's when we'll see how much the new flagship will cost and how much more expensive will be its 5G variant. While we don't know where the NEX 3 will position on the market, we know pretty much everything else. The phone appeared earlier today on TENAA with Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset, 8 or 12 GB RAM, up to 512 GB storage (though the microSD slot is missing) and three...

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OnePlus TV confirmed to sport 8 speakers with a total output of 50 watts

The OnePlus TV coming later this month will flaunt a 55" 4K QLED display and get at least three years of software updates. It's rumored to have a MediaTek MT5670 SoC under the hood laced with 3GB RAM. Now thanks to a landing page on Amazon.in, we get to know more about the OnePlus TV. The page on Amazon confirms that OnePlus TV will sport 8 speakers having a combined output of 50 watts which will offer "punchy bass to fill your living room". The TV will also come with Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision for enhanced audio and video experience. OnePlus TV features The OnePlus TV will...

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Huawei Y9 (2019) sells in 10 million units just in China

Huawei might be having trouble selling its phones in the Western World, but it is performing more than impressive at home. A senior executive has just boasted on Weibo that the Enjoy 9 Plus smartphone sold in 10 million units and the company is now ceasing production to prepare for the Enjoy 10 Plus. The impressive milestone is only for the Chinese market - it doesn't account for the units, sold under the global name Huawei Y9 (2019). The device with model numbers JKM-AL00 and JKM-TL00 brings plenty of impressive specs for $200 - Kirin 710 chipset, a tall screen with Full Hd+...

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Facebook too may hide the Like count from your posts

Back in July, Instagram started hiding the like counts from the posts because it wants your followers to "focus on the photos and videos you share, not on how many likes they get". It seems Instagram has received positive feedback, hence, its parent Facebook may also start hiding the Like counts from the posts. This information comes to us from reverse engineering expert Jane Wong who spotted this change in the source code of Facebook's Android app. Facebook's Like-hiding feature works similarly to Instagram's - only the author of the post can see the total Likes while others can...

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