Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro is official with a 108 MP penta-camera

Xiaomi's highly teased Mi CC9 Pro is now finally official with five on its back cameras, the main one having a 108 MP sensor. The Mi CC9 Pro runs on Snapdragon 730G, meaning it has an octa-core CPU with a the two performance cores running at 2.2 GHz. The display is 6.47" Super AMOLED panel with Full HD+ resolution and a 19.5:9 ratio. It has curved edges and a waterdrop notch for the 32MP F/2.0 selfie camera. The biggest talking point of the Mi CC9 Pro is undoubtedly the cameras on the back. Five lenses and four LED flashes (in two couples) are working to provide...

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Realme X2 Pro now available for pre-order in Europe

When Realme first announced its entry into the European market, it brought a worthy contender with it. The Realme X2 Pro is the brand's first high-end flagship set to compete against Xiaomi, Honor, and OnePlus devices in newly explored markets. Pre-orders for the Realme X2 Pro opened on Monday November 4 for European customers. The X2 Pro is a departure from the company's initial focus on entry and mid-range devices. It's design is somewhat similar to that of the OnePlus 7T Pro, but there are some notable differences in hardware like beefier camera, faster charging standard, and runs...

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OnePlus 7T Pro McLaren Edition goes on sale Tuesday November 5

The McLaren Edition OnePlus 7T Pro is a limited edition of OnePlus' refresh of the 7 Pro. The phone comes with RAM and storage maxed out at 12GB and 256GB, respectively. It comes in a custom reflective finish in the rear glass, accented with the automaker's signature papaya orange color. Items in the box are special as well. The Warp charger comes in an orange and black paint job along with a papaya orange braided cord. A carrying case made of both alcantara leather and carbon fiber is also included in the special packaging. The same McLaren Edition OnePlus phone already went on...

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Smartisan Nut Pro 3 revealed for Chinese market from TikTok's parent company

TikTok is a wildly popular video creating and sharing platform popular with teens and tweens and its parent company has just revealed its first flagship smartphone. ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, acquired some patents from Chinese manufacturer Smartisan used to develop the Smartisan Nut Pro 3. The Nut Pro 3 runs Qualcomm's top-of-the-line Snapdragon 855+ chipset and comes in 8GB and 12GB configurations either 128GB or 256GB of storage. There's a large 6.39-inch AMOLED display with Full HD+ resolution and a small tear-drop notch. The phone packs a 4,000 mAh battery, a quad camera...

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Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro long-term review

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Asus ZenFone 6 gets Android 10

The Asus Zenfone 6 is one of the most feature-packed phones at the $500/€450 price segment. On top of the great rotating camera, snappy performance and monstrous 5,000 mAh battery the phone also comes with a clean build of Android. The software experience is getting even better now as Asus has begun pushing the Android 10 update to users across the US and India. Zenfone 6 Android 10 update changelog This is quite a feat given that Android 10 was released just two months ago and is still only running on a select group of devices from Google, Essential, OnePlus, Xiaomi and Nokia....

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Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Pro is also coming, revealed by 108MP camera sample

We already know that Xiaomi is gearing up to introduce the Mi CC9 Pro at an event in China tomorrow. Consequently, the phone will make its way to international markets as the Mi Note 10 but it seems we'll also get a Pro version. Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Pro camera sample A new camera sample published by Xiaomi Poland on the Mi community forum which aimed to show out the Mi Note 10's camera capabilities actually confirmed the presence of the Mi Note 10 Pro. The post (which is linked in the source link) features a Halloween themed image that can be downloaded in full resolution through a...

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Samsung Galaxy A51 to feature L-shaped quad camera

Samsung's revised Galaxy A lineup was a key growth driver for the company throughout 2019 and it looks like the same will apply to next year. A new leak gives us an early look at the back frame of the Galaxy A51 which reveals an L-shaped setup for the cameras. According to previous speculation, the back will house a quad camera setup. Some early rumors suggest a 48MP main shooter alongside a 12MP ultrawide lens, 12MP telephoto shooter and a 5MP depth sensor. The same leak also shows that the Galaxy A51 will come with a 3.5mm headphone jack, dual SIM slot and a USB Type-C connector....

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Samsung is shutting down its custom CPU core department, will use standard ARM cores

Ever since 2016 with the Galaxy S7 duo and its Exynos 8890, Samsung has been using its in-house developed Mongoose CPU cores. It seems this will no longer be the case as Samsung is looking to shut its custom CPU department in Austin, Texas. The decision will result in the layover of around 300 employees and is expected to come in effect starting December 31. Samsung representatives confirmed the news and detailed that the decision was made in order to keep Exynos chipsets more competitive. According to speculation, Samsung will replace its in-house CPU cores with ARM ones instead....

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US official: Licenses for companies wanting to trade with Huawei "coming soon"

Ever since May, when the US Commerce Department added Huawei to its Entity List, we've been hearing of possible workarounds to the issue. The blacklisting essentially denied US companies from trading hardware and software with Huawei and resulted in great losses for both sides. In July, the US Commerce Department announced its plans to begin issuing special licenses to local tech companies wishing to keep their business ties with Huawei. These licenses would only cover widely available components that do not pose a threat for national security and it became clear that there was strong...

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Samsung Galaxy S11 to use second-gen 108 MP sensor

We've had a good idea from early information that Samsung's Galaxy S11 will use the 108 MP ISOCELL Bright HMX sensor Samsung co-developed with Xiaomi, along with a 5x periscope zoom camera. But according to information obtained by usually very reliable @Iceuniverse the 108 MP sensor in the Galaxy S11 will be a new one, and not the one slated to be the centerpiece of the upcoming Xiaomi CC9 Pro/Mi Note 10. It's unclear what a "new" sensor could entail - a change in the matrix, the processing, perhaps a brighter lens on top of the sensor (although that's not strictly sensor-related). The...

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