Honor 20 Lite to arrive with an AMOLED screen on October 22

Yesterday we heard that Honor is having an unveiling of the 20 Lite today. It turns out that this was a translation error and the company actually revealed only the launch date of the phone, including a photo of the device with a fancy blue-pink gradient. The Honor 20 Lite will officially arrive on October 22 with no fingerprint scanners on the back - the sensor will be on the front, under the AMOLED screen. Having an under-display fingerprint scanner is not a novelty in the smartphone industry, but for some reason, Honor has only one smartphone with the technology - the Magic...

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Motorola One Action available for pre-order in the US

The Motorola One Action can now be pre-ordered in the US from the company's official site as well as Best Buy and B&H Photo. It comes in 4GB/128GB configuration and is priced at $349.99. It will start shipping from October 31, and for a limited time, you can get a Moto G6 32GB variant for free if you pre-order the One Action via Motorola's official site. The Motorola One Action is built around a 6.3" FHD+ display and comes with an Exynos 9609 SoC under the hood. It features a triple camera setup on the back which is a combination of 12MP main, 16MP ultrawide, and 5MP depth sensor...

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Pixel 4 pricing and cases, Nest Home Mini, and PixelBook Go all leak before tomorrow's event

This must have been one of the worst years to be surprised by a Google event. The Pixel 4 has widely leaked, leaving nothing to the imagination in the handsets' design. Earlier today, within 24 hours of the event, the Pixel's fabric cases leak, renders of the Nest Home Mini also leak, revealing an identical design to the Google Home Mini, and even a render of the PixelBook Go leaked, though we still don't know much about it. Let's start with something else that leaked today through a source cited by Droid Life, the Pixel 4's pricing. The smaller Pixel 4 is said to have the same asking...

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The Realme X2 Pro brings 90Hz OLED display, S855+ chipset and 64MP quad cam with optical zoom

The Realme X2 Pro is the brand's first proper flagship and it is such a massive jump up from the X2 that the two don't share much more than their name. Realme is no longer content with playing in the mid-field, with this phone it's challenging Xiaomi, Honor and OnePlus flagships directly. The phone boasts a 90Hz display - a "fluid" Super AMOLED with a 6.5" diagonal and 1080p+ resolution. Color rendering is bolstered by HDR10+ support and full coverage of the DCI-P3 color space. Behind the screen is a new, faster in-display fingerprint reader, which will unlock the phone in 0.23...

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OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro are receiving OxygenOS 10.0.1 update based on Android 10

OnePlus has initially sent out the update to Android 10 in its stable form to the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro back in September, but then not a lot of people actually received it. As it turns out, the company at some point halted the rollout of OxygenOS 10 "due to certain bugs". The good news is that it's now back, this time rolling out as OxygenOS 10.0.1. The update brings with it everything Google packed into Android 10, of course, as well as a brand new UI design, and Google's new full screen gesture system where you swipe from the left or right to go back and get a thin bottom...

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Google Pixel 4 leaks on UK retailer's site, confirming three color options

The Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL are going to be announced tomorrow at a Google Hardware event in New York City. We've seen pretty much all the specs and features of the new phone leak unofficially, so there isn't much left to reveal. If anything, the latest leak confirms Google is launching the Pixel 4 in three colors. UK retailer Carphone Warehouse has already listed its Pixel 4 landing page, complete with specs, color options, and feature posters. We've already seen the specs leak from Best Buy Canada, but that page didn't include the color options. At the time of this writing, Best Buy's...

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Oppo working on under-display sensors for supposed quad-curve ‘3D waterfall' display

Smartphone innovation has been at an all-time high in the past couple of years with new designs akin to the pop-up camera, under-display fingerprint technology, and waterfall displays we're already seeing. The latest patents filed by Oppo suggest we could see a display that's curved at all edges. This could be possible thanks to another technology that Oppo has also patented: placing sensors under the display. Mockup render by LetsGoDigital The patents outline a light sensor and another infrared light sensor, both of which could function from below the display. This would...

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Redmi 8 and 8A launched in China with sub $100 starting price

After making their respective debuts in India, the new entry-level Redmi 8 and 8A are now available in their home market of China. The two entry-level phones mostly differ in the camera and design departments. Redmi 8 (left) and Redmi 8A (right) The Redmi 8 features the new Aura Wave Glass design which began with the Redmi K20 while the 8A opts for the plastic Aura Wave Grip look. The screens are identical 6.22-inch HD+ panels with notches for the 8MP selfie cam. The similarities continue with the 12nm Snapdragon 439 chipset with 3/4GB RAM and 32/64GB storage alongside microSD...

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Kuo: iPhone SE 2 will start at $399

The iPhone SE came out back in 2016 and brought refreshed specs in the chassis of the 2-year-old (at the time) iPhone 5s. Ever since, we've been hearing of its successor but it seems that it's finally coming in Q1 2020. The phone is expected to feature the design of the iPhone 8 and according to the latest report from Ming-Chi Kuo will start at a dollar under $400. According to the analyst the second-gen iPhone SE is coming with the A13 Bionic chipset paired with 3GB LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB or 128GB storage. Color options will be Space Gray, Silver, and Red. Kuo expects the iPhone SE...

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Latest Samsung update brings Note10 feature to older Note devices

Samsung Galaxy Note10 arrived with a handwriting-to-text feature in the Galaxy Notes app, and the Korean company promised it would arrive at other phones with the OneUI 2.0 beta. Well, we didn't have to wait that long as today users of the Galaxy Note9 and Galaxy Note8 smartphones have received the feature as an upgrade. According to the report, if your phone can upgrade the Samsung Notes app to version 3.1.04.16, you get the feature even without the need for an S Pen - you can write simply with your finger. However, a quick check on a Samsung Galaxy S10+ reveals that not all...

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Samsung Galaxy Fold will launch in more countries soon

The Samsung Galaxy Fold will soon expand to new markets reports The Korea Herald. Japan, Poland, Mexico and Switzerland will be added to the list of countries where the Fold is available, joining South Korea, the US, the UK, Germany, France and Singapore. For South Korea, Samsung is preparing the third batch - the company has been selling its foldable phone in batches of about 10,000. Despite the high price, the available units sell out within minutes. According to market analysts, Samsung has already sold 20,000 Galaxy Folds in the previous two batches. An industry official says this...

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Samsung details Android 10 beta for Galaxy S10 series as international rollout starts

After several teases, Samsung is finally bringing the Android 10 beta for its S10, S10e, S10+ and S10 5G phones internationally. The firmware was already live in South Korea for several days and now international users will be able to test out the new gesture navigation, Focus Mode, and One UI additions before the official Android 10 release. New minimized pop-ups and volume HUD Some new design features include improved notification management with minimized pop-ups and simplified button arrangement. The new design will come in handy during gaming sessions and media consumption as...

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Huawei Mate X sales begin in late October

Huawei unveiled the foldable Mate X back at MWC 2019, but has been delayed a couple of times since. Originally supposed to launch in May, the trade war between the United States and China meant that nobody is able to purchase it yet. Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei, promised the device will arrive in October, and almost in the middle of the month a report from China says the Mate X is already in mass production and that last deadline will be met. The news outlet of the Sina Technology Company reported that the production of the foldable screen is "very difficult", which is hardly...

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Pixel 4 retail box confirms no bundled earbuds, not even a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter

The Pixel 3 came with wired Pixel earbuds in the box - the Pixel 4 will not. This was expected from previous leaks, but photos of the phone's the retail packaging are now confirming it. And that's not all that's missing either. Since the 3rd gen model was the first Pixel not to have a 3.5mm headphone jack, Google gave you USB-C earbuds and a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter. That adapter is also missing. You do get the Quick Switch adapter (USB-C to USB-A) though. Pixel 4 (64GB, Just Black) retail box, note the contents The charger is as before - an 18W USB Power Delivery charger with...

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Our OnePlus 7T video review is up

OnePlus unveiled the 7T several weeks ago as a follow-up of the OnePlus 7. It is already in stores and brings slight upgrades, such as a faster chipset, smoother 90Hz screen, and a revamped main camera. We already posted our written review of the OnePlus 7T, but now we also have a video if that's more to your liking. Ricky goes through all details, revealing the pros and cons of the new smartphone. It is a phone that is something of a mixture between the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro. The OnePlus 7T also fills a void, left by the OnePlus 7 which did not appear in some markets,...

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Redmi K30 will bring 5G connectivity and punch hole display

The Redmi K20 line or Mi 9T line depending on where you live has been among the most popular handsets in the brand's lineup. Today, however we have our first look at the next generation in the Redmi K series. We've been hearing for some time now that brand is working on a 5G phone and the company's GM Lu Weibing revealed an early look at the Redmi K30 during the launch presentation for the Redmi 8 in China. In addition to the 5G support, the phone will also come with a punch display which would be a first from Xiaomi. Weibing shared a teaser of the device on his Weibo profile and it...

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ZTE nubia Z20 review

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nubia Z20 now available globally

Unveiled back in August and on sale in China since then, the nubia Z20 is now officially available for purchase internationally. The dual-screen flagship can now be purchased in North America, Europe and Asia. While the focal point of the device is the presence of the secondary 5.1-inch screen on the back, it leaves little to be desired elsewhere, with flagship components throughout. You get a curved 6.42-inch AMOLED display, Snapdragon 855+ SoC alongside a 4,000 mAh battery and triple camera setup. Thanks to that second display you lose out on the whole notch/cutout/pop-up...

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ZTE Blade V7s to arrive on October 18, Blade V20 expected to tag along

ZTE is planning to announce the Blade V7s on October 18, according to a post on Weibo. However, it also says that a new phone is coming too, meaning we might be in for a treat and see the Blade 20 go official. The device already popped up at FCC with a square camera setup in the top left corner, and now, the very same design was spotted on the ZTE V1050 phone, listed at TENAA. ZTE Blade V20 on TENAA We already saw some specs, but the Chinese regulatory revealed more details about the phone. It will have an octa-core CPU running at 2 GHz, while memory is going to be 4 GB...

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