Redmi K30 with 5G support confirmed for 2020

Last month, we heard that a Redmi K30 device would come with 5G support and a hole-punch selfie camera in the display. About a month later, and Xiaomi has confirmed the timeframe for the K30 smartphone. First image of Redmi K30 from October The news was shared by Lu Weibing, Vice President of Xiaomi Group, via Weibo. Following a post about the China Mobile Worldwide Partner Conference and Redmi's brief history with the partner, Weibing ended with "2020, Redmi 5G is a pioneer. K30 see!" - roughly translated from Chinese. Along with the post was a small chart showing the Redmi...

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Sony announces Android 10 update plans for 8 smartphones, rollout starts next month

With other device makers already updating their products to Android 10 left and right, it was high time for Sony to say something official about its plans, and that's exactly what it decided to finally do today. The company announced that eight of its smartphones are in line to receive the newest version of the OS. These are the Xperia 1, Xperia 5, Xperia 10, Xperia 10 Plus, Xperia XZ2, Xperia XZ2 Compact, Xperia XZ2 Premium, and Xperia XZ3. That's it. If you have another Sony handset and were hoping to see it run Android 10, you're out of luck, at least for now. There's always a...

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Realme X2 Pro "blind order" sale starts in India on November 18

The Realme X2 Pro will be officially introduced in India on November 20, but since the phone has already been launched elsewhere, it's not really a mystery anymore. The only missing detail is the pricing for the subcontinent, basically. If you're already excited about the device and want to be among the first people in India to get one, you can participate in Realme's "blind order" sale. Here's what this entails. On November 18, you visit the official website, login, and follow the steps on the blind order page to pay INR 1,000 as a deposit. This ensures 100% that you will be able...

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Samsung celebrates 10 years of Galaxy with the Anniversary Premium Package

To celebrate 10 years of Samsung's Galaxy phones, the phone maker is announcing the Samsung Galaxy Anniversary Premium Package. It's a retail kit with Samsung's latest gadgets in time for the holiday season. The Premium Package comes with a Samsung Galaxy Note10, Galaxy Watch Active2 with extra straps, a pair of Galaxy Buds, and a Galaxy Note 10 Silicone Cover. These products all work together nicely. Both the Galaxy Buds and the Galaxy Watch Active2 can be recharged on the back of the Note10 with Wireless PowerShare and they both work best when paired to a Samsung...

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Lenovo releases Z6 Pro 5G variant in dark blue finish

On Friday at Lenovo's Innovation and Technology Conference in Beijing, the company announced a new variant of the Lenovo Z6 Pro 5G in a new dark blue model. The only differences over the 4G model are the color and added support for 5G. At the same time, an executive from Lenovo - which primarily sells smartphones in China, announced via Weibo that it will only make 5G smartphones for the Chinese market moving forward. Lenovo mobile phone in China [is] all in 5G from today! We only do 5G mobile phones! With the arrival of the 5G era, we are welcoming TA with more exciting...

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German ruling forces Apple to let third party mobile wallets use NFC on iPhones

Ever since the iPhone 6 came around, Apple has been incorporating NFC into its iPhones, but so far it remained exclusive to Apple Pay for mobile contactless payments. Now a court ruling passed in Germany will force all "operators of electronic money infrastructure" to grant third party mobile wallet apps access for a "reasonable fee". While Apple was not distinctively mentioned in the new legislation it is without a doubt the big target here. The new legislation which was passed by a German parliamentary committee will, in turn, open up NFC payments to competing mobile wallet apps...

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Samsung Galaxy A50 firmware update causing fingerprint registration bug

Samsung's Galaxy A50 has been quite the success story in the past year, selling brilliantly in markets around the world.Now however, it's facing an issue as a recent firmware update has hindered the fingerprint registration process. Galaxy A50 users running on firmware versions A505FNXXS3ASK9 and A505FDDS3ASK8 are claiming that they can no longer register new fingerprints. Those two updates were supposed to improve fingerprint recognition and even advised users to re-register their fingerprints to benefit from the improved recognition features. Fingerprint enrollment...

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Huawei's waiver to get 6-month extension

Huawei has been officially banned from trading with US companies since May. Back then, the mobile equipment manufacturer was added to the US Bureau of Industry and Security's Entity List, meaning American businesses cannot sell goods to it. After some time of uncertainty, Huawei received a three-month export waiver, meaning it remains on the list, but US-based companies can still carry out trading with some limitations. Now, the Shenzhen phone maker is looking at another six months of extension. A spokesperson of the US Commerce Department declined to comment whether the waiver...

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Samsung pushes another Android 10 beta for the Galaxy S10 series

Samsung has begun seeding its newest Android 10 beta for the Galaxy S10 series. This is the fourth since the One UI 2.0 beta program began. Update changelog The German version, in particular, comes with the G97**XXU3ZSK9 build number and weighs in at just over 344 MB. It brings a slew of bug fixes that tackle screen flickering problems, status bar issues, keyboard and other UI problems. Samsung has already closed its One UI 2.0 beta program in South Korea, which signals that it is close to releasing the stable build soon. That all depends on the number of bugs left to fix after...

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Xiaomi says all its 2020 phones over €250 will support 5G

Earlier this year Lei Jun, Xiaomi CEO, announced the company is planning to launch at least 10 new smartphones with 5G connectivity. Today, during a keynote in Guangzhou, China, he doubled down and said all phones over CNY2,000 (that's about $285/€255) will have 5G capabilities. Lei Jun, Xiaomi CEO The executive's speech was part of the annual China Mobile Global Partner Conference. During the event, the carrier's chairman Yang Jie said the plans are to add 70 million 5G users in 2020 and to expand the 5G application to over 100 industries. Another important guest of the conference...

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Support page suggests Samsung Galaxy A51 might be just around the corner

The Samsung Galaxy A51 passed through Geekbench last month bearing model number SM-A515F, and a few days ago, the smartphone bagged certification from Wi-Fi Alliance hinting an imminent launch. There's no word from Samsung about the Galaxy A51 yet, but the Korean giant has updated its official Russian site with the support page of the Galaxy A51, which implies the smartphone will go official soon. CAD renders of the Galaxy A51 surfaced earlier this week revealing the phone's design. On the front, we'll get a 6.5" display with a hole up top in the center for the 32MP selfie camera,...

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Redmi Note 8 Pro gets MIUI 11 stable beta across China, Indonesia and India

Last month Xiaomi released its list of devices which will receive MIUI 11. Back then, the Redmi Note 8 Pro was scheduled to get the firmware update in December, and now users in India are reporting that the stable beta build of MIUI 11 is already being seeded to their devices. Prior to that Chinese and Indonesian users also received the update. The stable beta is a term used by Xiaomi to describe what other makers typically call Golden Master or Release candidate versions. It should have all the bugs fixed and unless new ones are found at the last minute, it will be more or less identical...

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New Honor V30 case render gives us a clear look of the back

The Honor V30 is expected to arrive on November 26 and we already know the phone is going to have a dual-selfie camera in a punch-hole design and a rectangular setup on the back. Today, a popular leakster on Weibo shared a render, which is based on blueprints that case makers received, in order to prepare their products in time for the Honor V30 launch. It appears the new device will indeed have a huge rectangle on the back for all the cameras, while the fingerprint scanner will remain on the side. While the render looks like the real deal, it is only based on schematics and the...

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Huawei MatePad Pro to be unveiled on November 25

Huawei CEO Richard Yu took to Chinese social network Weibo to announce that the company will unveil new Mate series products at an event in Shanghai, China on November 25. Yu didn't reveal what exactly these products will be, but one of them is very likely to be the MatePad Pro tablet that we've been hearing about for the past month. Huawei hasn't officially revealed any details about the MatePad Pro yet, but thanks to its leaked images, we know it will flaunt a punch-hole display surrounded by slim bezels. The tablet will also come with a stylus and magnetic keyboard support,...

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Realme X2 gets Dark Mode and Nightscape for selfie camera with the latest update

Realme has released a new software update for the Realme X2 in Europe which brings in system-wide dark mode to the mid-ranger. And with this, the total number of Realme smartphones having dark mode reach 11, which include the Realme 1, U1, 2 Pro, 5, 5 Pro, 3, 3i, 3 Pro, X, and XT. The new firmware bumps up the Android security patch level on the Realme X2 to October 2019, but more importantly, it brings Nightscape Mode for the selfie camera. Additionally, the new build, bearing version number RMX1993EX_11.A.15, comes with an updated charging animation and now lets you expand the...

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