Weekly poll results: Motorola Razr 2019 gets the design right, needs to work on the specs

This year we've seen a strange mix of nostalgia and futuristic designs. Nintendo portable is the top console and a Moto Razr phone is causing a stir - if we didn't know better, we'd think it's 2004 again. The reborn Motorola Razr 2019 is a foldable phone - the first new-gen clamshell to be officially unveiled. This design perfectly combines the super tall aspect ratios that are popular today with portability that is out of reach for the gangly non-folding 21:9 phones. The the good news for Motorola is that there are very few skeptics - only 6% still maintain that foldable phones are not...

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Flashback: Motorola RAZR V3 - the little clamshell that could

Can a phone be too successful? It's a weird thing to think about, but the Motorola RAZR may have been so successful that it tanked its parent company. Motorola invented the cell phone and the StarTAC was one of the very first flip phones. However, the most memorable phone it made is certainly the original RAZR. Confusingly called "V3", it came out in 2004. It had a sleek profile and was marketed as a fashion phone. While it started off as a premium device, its price fell over time and two years after launch Motorola had sold 50 million units. Motorola RAZR V3 Motorola kept...

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Samsung Galaxy S10 series gets a new beta build with tons of bug fixes

Samsung rolled out a beta update for the Galaxy S10 a couple of days to iron out bugs related to Bluetooth tethering, volume control bar, and status bar. Today, the company released a new beta build for the S10 lineup with over a dozen bug fixes. The new firmware fixes issues related to device reset, always-on display, file moving, Wi-Fi hanging, and Bluetooth headset noise. You can check out the screenshot below for the complete list of bug fixes. This update weighs between 130MB and 200MB in size and is currently seeding to the unlocked units in the US and in South Korea, bearing...

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Visionox introduces a foldable clamshell smartphone and rollable OLED panel

During the First World Conference on Display Industry in China, Visionox showcased two new interesting products - a foldable clamshell smartphone and a rollable OLED panel hinting at even more interesting designs in the next one or two years. And just a quick reminder - this is the company that supplies the futuristic panel for the Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha. The foldable clamshell prototype that was shown on site looks a lot like the new Motorola Razr 2019 but when you look closely, the design looks more polished and resembles a normal handset from 2019. The AMOLED display used for the prototype...

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Realme X2 Pro and XT will soon get ColorOS 7 beta in India

Yesterday we reported that Realme X2 Pro will get ColorOS 7 beta on December 18 in China, and now we know that it will be released for the Indian X2 Pro and XT soon. This information comes to us through Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth who took to Twitter to make the announcement. Additionally, Sheth said that he will reveal the update timeline for ColorOS 7 (Realme Edition) on November 25 - a day before ColorOS 7's India launch. Realme X2 Pro ColorOS 7 was unveiled earlier this week and it will start rolling out to Oppo smartphones from November 25 and Realme devices from February...

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Huawei nova 5T Pro specs and design revealed through Android Enterprise listing

Huawei announced the nova 5T back in August and it seems the company will soon follow it up with a Pro variant that has appeared on Google's Android Enterprise website. The listing includes the nova 5T Pro's image which reveals the phone looks similar to the vanilla 5T. The listing also reveals a few specs of the nova 5T Pro - 5.5" screen, 8GB RAM, and Android Pie. The smartphone will come with an NFC chip and a fingerprint reader which is likely located on the right side like the 5T, and it will be available in two storage options - 128GB and 256GB. The nova 5T is a rebranded...

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One percent of the app publishers account for 80% of the total downloads in Q3 2019

According to extensive research done by Sensor Tower, about 1% of the top app publishers across Google's Play Store and Apple's App Store generated 80% of the total app downloads in Q3 2019 leaving the rest of the market fighting for the remaining 20%. The 80% translate into 29.6 billion downloads and the available apps in Google Play and App Store were 3.4 million in 2018, which is a staggering 65% increase from 2014. Unfortunately, though, only 26% of the apps had at least 1,000 downloads in 2018 - a significant decline from the 30% in 2014. This means that more apps get lost in the app...

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US carriers can no longer purchase Huawei and ZTE equipment with federal subsidy

And while things are slowly going back to normal around the Huawei ban, the US FCC is making things harder on the other end. The latest development around the US-China trade war is that USA operators can no longer purchase Huawei and ZTE equipment using federal subsidy funds. As of now, only select operators with approval can purchase Huawei and ZTE equipment and they can still do it but not with federal subsidy. In fact, FCC's ruling obliges the US carriers to replace its current equipment bought with federal funds, which would cost around $2 billion, according to FCC's...

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vivo V17 goes official, it's a rebranded S1 Pro

After announcing the V17 Neo and V17 Pro in August and September respectively, vivo has announced the vanilla V17. But, it's not exactly a new phone. It's actually a rebranded S1 Pro that was launched in the Philippines earlier this week. The vivo V17 is built around a 6.38" Super AMOLED display that has a 2340x1080 pixel resolution and a fingerprint reader underneath for biometric security. It has also a notch up top housing the 32MP selfie camera. Around the back, the V17 has a 48MP main camera joined by an 8MP ultrawide, 2MP macro and 2MP depth sensor modules arranged in a diamond...

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Honor V30 confirmed to ship with Kirin 990 SoC, price surfaces

The Honor V30 and V30 Pro arriving on November 26 were expected to ship with the flagship Kirin 990 SoC, and just three days ahead of the unveiling, the company has officially confirmed that the V30 series will indeed have the Kirin 990 chipset under the hood. Honor made this announcement by posting a short video clip on Weibo, and in addition to that, the company once again confirmed that the V30 series will come with 5G support. In another news, an image posted on Weibo reveals that the Honor V30 will be priced CNY4,999 ($710/€645) and come with a feature called Matrix...

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OnePlus security breach exposes customer names, emails, phone numbers, and addresses

OnePlus has revealed today that its systems have been breached, resulting in information about certain orders having been exposed. Names, contact numbers, emails, and shipping addresses could be in the possession of nefarious third parties. The company stresses that only a subset of orders have had these details exposed. Additionally, OnePlus says all payment information, passwords, and accounts are safe. That's in stark contrast to last year's breach, which even exposed the bank card details for some customers. OnePlus 7T Pro and OnePlus 7T OnePlus discovered this while its...

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