Watch the Honor V30 announcement live here

Today is the day - Honor is announcing the new flagship of the company - the Honor V30. The keynote is already live and you can follow it on Honor's website. The phone is expected to have a Kirin 990 chipset and the price will be around CNY4,999, which is about $710/€645. Other specs leaked through benchmark websites - we should see it with 8 GB RAM and 256 gigs of storage, Android 10-based UI and Full HD+ screen. We already know the phone will follow with the punch-hole design of the Honor V20, but now there are two selfie cameras, instead of one. All other details are being...

Read More

MediaTek announces Dimensity lineup of 5G chipsets with dual 5G support and Wi-Fi 6

Not long after announcing its partnership with Intel, MediaTek has officially unveiled its new SoC linup with 5G support. The chip maker calls it Dimensity and the Dimensity 1000 5G is the first SoC of the lineup. Build on the 7nm process, MediaTek claims its new 5G chipset offers the most power-efficient 5G of any other mobile SoC. Since 5G is integrated, the chip doesn't take up as much space as a chipset + 5G modem solution. Our Dimensity series is a culmination of MediaTek's investment in 5G and positions us as a leader driving 5G development and innovation. Our 5G technolog goes...

Read More

Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds buys ownership in Mint Mobile

Today, Mint Mobile has a new owner. Famous movie actor Ryan Reynolds has purchase ownership stake in the US carrier. The California-based network offers low-cost data plans with unlimited talk and text to folks who bring their own phones to the network. Mint Mobile is an MVNO that operates on T-Mobile's nationwide LTE network. Mint Mobile currently offers a promotion of $45 for three months of service with 12 GB of data per month. You renew your service by paying for a few months at a time, up to 12 months. After the promotional rate, it'll cost $75 to renew the 12 GB plan for...

Read More

Xiaomi Mi Note 10 is headed to India

Xiaomi's Mi Note 10 is definitely one of the most intriguing smartphones of the past few months, with its unique camera setup and seemingly all-high-end features aside from the chipset. The device has so far launched in China (under a different name) and Europe, and it looks like it will be finally headed to India very soon. Xiaomi's official Twitter account for the subcontinent has confirmed this with what amounts to the start of its teaser campaign for the launch of the Mi Note 10 in India. 📸 📸📸📸📸 📸📸📸📸📸...

Read More

Google details incoming Ambient Mode in latest video

Dubbed "Android's proactive Google Assistant", Ambient Mode is a new feature of Google Assistant headed to select Android devices on Android Oreo (8.0) and above. We've seen hints of an ambient interaction with Google Assistant back in July in earlier builds of the Google App. Today, Google released a video that explained a little more about what Ambient Mode is. Arvind Chandrababu, Google Product Manager for Google Assistant, explains what the intent of the new mode is and some of the ways it can help get things done. The ultimate goal for proactive Assistant is to help you get...

Read More

Apple forecasts over 100 million iPhone 12 shipments in 2020

According to a new report from Digitimes, Apple has given out its iPhone shipment forecasts for 2020 to its key supply chain partners. These estimates claim that next year's iPhone lineup should total over 100 million shipments, driven by the new design of the phones and their 5G support. These figures are quite optimistic given the overall slowdown of the global smartphone shipments in the past year. For reference, Apple predicted 80 million sales of its iPhone 11 series. The new forecast is noticeably more optimistic, but Apple is confident that more consumers will be willing to...

Read More

The Samsung Galaxy S11 models will have laser autofocus

The Samsung Galaxy S11 will have a trypophobia-inducing number of cameras on its back. For the first time, Samsung is adding a Laser AF system - as leakster Ice Universe points out, that's the small circle at the bottom right of the busy camera island. Previously, Samsung had relied on the Dual Pixel AF system of the image sensor. So, why the change - does the 108MP main sensor not have Dual Pixel AF? The ISOCELL Bright HMX does not have it, but it's not clear if that's the sensor that Samsung will use on its flagship. Either way, any of the four other cameras may need assistance in...

Read More

Huawei nova 6 SE tipped to launch alongside nova 6 next week

The past month gave us a multitude of leaks and teasers for the upcoming Huawei nova 6 and its 5G counterpart which are scheduled to be announced on December 5. A new leak courtesy of a reputable Slashleaks contributor, details that Huawei is also gearing up to release a budget version dubbed the nova 6 SE. Design-wise the nova 6 SE resembles the nova 5z which launched last month with a punch-hole display and quad-camera setup. The leaked poster for the nova 6 SE reveals it will come with a similar-looking display while the quad-camera setup will be moved to the top left corner. The...

Read More

Samsung Galaxy S11+ (SM-G986) appears in Geekbench, its Exynos chipset lacks custom cores

The Samsung Galaxy S11+ (SM-G986) has surfaced on Geekbench and as expected, it's powered by the Exynos 9830 chipset. Naturally, there will be a Snapdragon 965 version for some regions. The benchmark reveals that the phone packs 12GB of RAM, which matches the maximum configuration of the S10+. Whether or not there will be an 8GB version this time around remains to be seen. Unsurprisingly, the Galaxy S11+ ran Android 10 for the benchmark. Samsung has been busy updating current models to v10, which also comes with One UI 2.0. Samsung Galaxy S11+ (SM-G986) in the Geekbench...

Read More

Update for Realme 5 Pro in Europe brings Nightscape for the selfie cam

The Realme 5 Pro is receiving a camera-focused update. Version RMX1971EX_11_A.13 is currently rolling out in Europe after arriving in India last week. Here's what's new. The selfie camera gains Nightscape mode. The rear camera should also perform better in the dark thanks to some additional tweaking (it already had Nightscape). The image clarity in general should be improved and if you've experienced a reddish tint in some of your photos, that should be fixed now too. Playing Arena of Valor should result in fewer dropped frames with this update, which also reduces power usage while...

Read More

MediaTek partnership with Intel brings 5G to Dell and HP laptops

Today, MediaTek is announcing a major partnership with Intel. The Taiwanese chip maker will work with Intel to bring 5G support on Intel-powered laptops. MediaTek's 5G modem is under development and the chip maker is working with partners to manufacture the solution. 5G will user in the next era of PC experiences, and working with Intel, an industry leader in computing, highlights MediaTek's expertise in designing 5G technology for global markets. With this partnership, consumers will be able to browse, stream and game faster on their PCs, but we also expect them to innovate with 5G in...

Read More

Huawei sells over 7 million Mate 30 units in two months

Today Huawei had a massive event where the Mediapad Pro tablet was unveiled. During the keynote, Richard Yu, CEO at Huawei, revealed the company has managed to sell over 7 million phones of the Mate 30 family, which is a massive 75% increase compared to the Mate 20. Huawei is still offering the Mate 30 series predominantly in China, although they can be found at other Asia Pacific markets. Nevertheless, the 7-million milestone in the first two months is surely an accomplishment, given the situation the company has fallen into. It is worth noting that this amount includes the...

Read More

Check out the first vivo X30 video teaser

The vivo X30 is expected to arrive next month, and we finally have a first look at the phone's back, thanks to an official teaser. The 30-second video reveals a vertical camera setup in the upper left corner with a rectangular aperture beside it and a neat gradient. The most interesting bit is the frame of a camera, which confirms 16mm to 135mm focal length and F/1.8 to F/3.0 apertures. Those confirm the X30 will come with an ultrawide angla camera and a long F/3.0 telephoto. The latter will likely use a periscope design, that ends in the aforementioned rectangular...

Read More

Huawei MateBook D duo announced, Smart Screen TVs and Sound X speaker

Huawei had a big event in Shanghai earlier today where it announced its new flagship Android tablet - the MatePad Pro. Alongside it, we also got two MateBook laptops, two Smart Screen TV and a Sound X smart speaker. MateBook D 14 and 15 Huawei's latest laptops come in 14 and 15.6-inch variants with identical hardware and design. Both bring 1080p screens with 16:9 aspect ratios, slim bezels and fingerprint readers for fast login. The 14-incher weighs just 1.38kg while the 15-inch one comes in at 1.62kg. There's also a neatly hidden webcam in the keyboard. Both laptops can be had...

Read More

Samsung Galaxy S11e renders show up

Right after we saw the first CAD-based renders of the Galaxy S11, we now see those of its compact sibling, the Galaxy S11e. The renders aren't official and offer an educated guess as to what the Galaxy S11e will look like. Right off the bat what grabs the eye is the selfie camera, centrally-embedded into the display. On the rear the Galaxy S10e successor adds a third camera, likely a telephoto of some sort. Another key difference is the slightly curved screen - the Galaxy S10e's is flat. The right side of the phone is host to a power button and volume rocker. Notice that...

Read More

Realme announces ColorsOS 7 and Android 10 update roadmap

During the past several months, numerous Realme executives revealed the company is working on its own branch of ColorOS, and it will finally start hitting phones with Color OS 7. In an official press release, Realme released the roadmap for its own customized ColorOS 7 basedon on Android 10. The first beta will arrive at Realme X2 Pro owners on December 18, but strangely enough the flagship is not going to be the first to get a stable release. The final versions will rollout starting from January with Realme 3 Pro and Realme XT. Realme X and Realme 5 Pro will follow in February,...

Read More

Huawei announces the MatePad Pro, a flagship tablet with punch-hole display

Punch hole displays have been a theme for the past year and it looks like they aren't going away anytime soon. Up until now, we only saw them on smartphones but now Huawei decided to bring the design to the tablet world with its latest MatePad Pro. This is a high-end tablet that aims to compete with the likes of the iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 and on paper it certainly has what it takes. You get a 10.8-inch AMOLED panel with a 2560x1600 pixel resolution and 16:10 aspect ratio. Huawei says the bezels come in at just 4.9mm which certainly helps towards the claimed 90% screen to...

Read More