Oppo Reno3 Pro 5G battery size revealed

Oppo will unveil the Reno3 and Reno3 Pro 5G next month. The latter will sport a curved edge display and flaunt a glass body with a thickness of 7.7mm (excluding the camera bump). While that does sound impressive, we were worried this would come at the cost of battery capacity. Yet now Oppo VP Brian Shen has said that won't be the case and the Reno3 Pro 5G will pack a 4,025 mAh battery, which is solid even by today's standards. For comparison, some of the recently launched phones in the lineup like the Reno2 and Reno Ace pack a 4,000 mAh cell and have a thickness of 9.5mm and 8.7mm,...

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Here's a full frontal render of the Oppo Reno3 Pro 5G

Just yesterday Oppo VP Brian Shen teased the upcoming Reno3 Pro 5G on Twitter, with an image that shows part of its right side. Not 24 hours later, the Internet has produced a full frontal render of the smartphone, so without further ado, here it is in all its glory. Ladies and gentlemen, the Oppo Reno3 Pro 5G. As you can see, there's a punch-hole on the left for the single selfie cam, which is either smaller than most, or the handset itself is rather big. The Reno3 Pro 5G will be the Chinese company's first dual-mode 5G smartphone (that means it works with both standalone and...

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Save up to €30 on the Black Shark 2 Pro and 60% on accessories, today only

Xiaomi's gaming-focused sub-brand, Black Shark, is holding a sales event today, very appropriately named Black Shark Friday. Amazing word association aside, this has the potential to save you up to €30 or £30 off the price of the Black Shark 2 Pro smartphone. Here's how that works. You get €10 or £10 off through a voucher you receive if you are a voter of the Legendary Loot Campaign. An additional €20 or £20 is headed your way as a cashback once you submit a product review. But wait, there's more. You can save 60% off the Black Shark Gamepad 2.0 Stand, the Black Shark Gamepad Right...

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Xiaomi Mi Note 10 is down to $439.99, cheapest price yet

Black Friday is looming and so the deals are starting to pour in. And it's not just older devices that you can purchase for a lot less than usual, there are even offers for recently launched smartphones. Case in point: the Xiaomi Mi Note 10. This is a decidedly intriguing penta-camera device with a 108 MP main snapper on the back and not one but two zoom cams on its sides (with an additional ultrawide and a dedicated macro cam). And you can now grab one for just $439.99, when you buy from Gearbest and apply the promo code GBXMNT10BF at checkout. This reseller normally asks for...

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Honor V30 Pro Beijing photo tour - check out the camera samples

Honor unveiled the V30 Pro and V30 the other day - if you have missed them this will get you up to speed. China is the duo's debut market with updates on international availability hopefully to follow soon. It will undoubtedly depend on whether Huawei manages to get itself out of the tough position that the US band put it in. Either way the V30 and V30 Pro are exciting phones as we established in our hands-on review. One of its most interesting bits is undoubtedly its camera so we decided to dig a little deeper. With the dust settled, a V30 Pro unit acquired and some time spent in...

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Asus ROG Phone gets Android 9 Pie at last

Last year's Asus ROG Phone was the brand's first entry in the gaming smartphone category. Even though Android 9 Pie was already available on several devices at the time of its release, the ROG Phone launched with Android 8.1 Oreo. Now, the ROG Phone is finally getting a taste of Pie, just as other manufacturers are pushing their Android 10 updates. The new firmware comes with the lengthy v16.0410.1910.91 model number. It's an official OTA update and is being rolled out in stages so it should be arriving in more regions soon. Complete Changelog Upgraded system to Android...

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Samsung Galaxy S10 series stable Android 10 is now available for download

Earlier today, we Samsung's One UI 2.0 stable update started hitting the Galaxy S10 series in Germany. Initially only available to those part of the beta program it is now seeding to all phones in the country. Galaxy S10 owners in Germany have started receiving the Android 10-based update which comes in at just over 1.9GB in size and also brings the December security patch. This should signal that more regions will also get the update soon. Now if you don't live in Germany and hate waiting, the folks over at SamMobile have the firmwares for all three versions of the S10 ready for...

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Realme may spin-off from Oppo to become fully independent

Realme may soon spin off from Oppo entirely, reveals one of its head executives. While it operates fairly independently from its parent company (it already has its own R&D and marketing departments), Realme still shares resources with Oppo. Going forward, the company is expected to "build up its own ecosystem and production lines," says Chung Hsiang-wei, Chief Commercial Officer at Realme Taiwan. However, the spin-off relies on Realme's business continuing to expand. Which is what seems to be happening as it was recently ranked #7 in global shipments as well as being named the...

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Black Friday: Apple's 10.2-inch iPad down to just $249, Pixel 3a up fro grabs at $299

The Apple iPad 10.2 has been the most affordable entry to the company's tablet realm and with the arrival of the holiday sales, it's gotten a further price drop. A bunch of US retailers including Amazon and Walmart are knocking off $80 off its base 32GB Wi-Fi only model and are selling it for $249. The 128GB model is getting an even steeper $100 discount and is now $329. The cellular configurations are also being discounted with the 32GB model going for $379 ($79 off) while the 128GB version is $459 ($99 off). If you're eyeing an affordable phone with solid camera performance, the...

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Jony Ive formally out of Apple

Jony Ive is now formally and officially not working for Apple. Apple's perennial Design chief announced in the summer that he would be leaving the company but up until yesterday still featured in Apple's exec page. Not anymore, giving the move closure. Ive formed the design firm LoveFrom with long-time friend and work partner Marc Newson and has Apple as a client, so the working relationship will continue. But it isn't clear yet if Apple will appoint a new Chief Design Officer in Ive's stead. Jony Ive's departure from Apple comes at an important time when the company is at work...

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Leakster claims the real Galaxy S11 camera design will not be so "messy"

If you're not a fan of the Galaxy S11+ camera as seen in renders, you may be glad to hear that Ice Universe claims they are inaccurate. The leakster is regarded as knowledgeable in the matters of Samsung, but does have logic on his side too. The S11 is supposed to have a 5x periscope zoom camera and all periscope designs we've seen so far have a rectangular aperture. This allows more light to reach the sensor (which is similarly rectangular), so it's unlikely that Samsung will switch to a circular lens. But that's not what the renders show - they show multiple circular lenses and no...

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vivo set to introduce its new JoviOS with the X30 series next month

FunTouchOS has been the default Android UI for vivo phones since 2014. This will soon change as the company is launching a new version dubbed JoviOS. Ge Yanan, who serves as the FunTouchOS Project Manager revealed the news on his Weibo profile and it looks like the upcoming X30 series will be the first phones to ship with the brand new OS. The only piece of info that we have for the new JoviOS so far is a design sketch for the logo so we don't know what to expect in terms of features. Given that vivo is ready to completely rebrand its UI, we are probably in for a big redesign. We...

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Realme teases ColorOS 7 with first screenshots, seeks beta testers for X2 Pro

Realme is recruiting X2 Pro beta testers. Company's Indian CEO Madhav Sheth shared a couple of screenshots from the upcoming ColorOS 7 to entice more users to sign up for the beta testing. First screenshots of ColorOS 7 for Realme phones If you want to be one of them, you'll have to be quick as the trial will be open for only a limited number of participants. You can read this forum post for details on what it takes to get in (note: only Indian residents over 18 will be considered). Based on the official update timeline, the Realme X2 Pro is scheduled to receive the stable...

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Black Friday: Google discounts Pixel 4 and accessories in Europe

Google is also joining in on the Black Friday discounts with deals across its product lineup on the Google Store. All offers are already underway and will continue until December 2 or until stocks last. Starting out with the smartphone deals, we have €50/£70 off on the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. There's also £70 off on the Pixel 3a and 3a XL in the UK. German buyers can get an even steeper €100 off on the 3a XL. Moving to smart home appliances, Google is offering €30/£60 down on the Nest Hub, €34/£20 off the Home mini and a €70/£80 discount on the Nest Hello Doorbell. There's also...

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Samsung Galaxy S10 receiving stable Android 10 update

Samsung has released the stable build of Android 10 for the Galaxy S10 series. This comes as a surprise since the roadmaps for multiple countries shared by the company revealed the smartphones wouldn't get Android 10 this year. Anyways, the new build weighs around 140MB in size and sports version number G97**XXU3BSKO. It comes with One UI 2.0 and brings along Android 10 features and December 2019 security patch. The update is currently rolling out in Germany to those who participated in the One UI 2.0 beta program. If your device is enrolled in it, you will get an update...

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Xiaomi launches Electric Blue version of Redmi Note 8 Pro in India

Yesterday Xiaomi launched the Cosmic Purple color of the Redmi Note 8 in India, and today the company announced a new gradient for the Pro variant - Electric Blue. This new gradient, like other color versions, comes in three memory configurations - 6GB/64GB priced at INR14,999 ($210/€190), 6GB/128GB priced at INR15,999 ($225/€205), and 8GB/128GB that costs INR17,999 ($250/€230). You'll be able to pick one in India from November 29 noon local time through Mi.com and Amazon.in. The Redmi Note 8 Pro is powered by the Helio G90T SoC. It features a 6.53" FHD+ IPS LCD and runs Android...

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New vivo iQOO Neo appears in Android Enterprise listing, more specs confirmed

Yesterday the vivo iQOO Neo arrived on Master Lu's listings with a twist - it now has a Snapdragon 855+ chipset, instead of the 855. Today, the very same device with the very same model number V1936AL was listed on the Android Enterprise website, adding some more specs to the picture, but also adding to the confusion whether or not this is a completely new phone. The model number vivo V1936AL is almost the same as the V1936A of the vivo iQOO Neo 855. The appearance of the phone's front panel is identical as is the 6.4" diagonal of the screen. The listing also says Android Pie and...

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Samsung reveals Android 10 update timing for India and China

A couple of days ago Samsung shared a roadmap for the release of the stable version of Android 10 in Israel. Now the company has revealed its plans for the rollout of the latest version of Android in China and India. The first wave of smartphones to receive Android 10 in China will be the Galaxy S10 trio, which will be updated in January 2020. Later in February, the company will release the update for the Galaxy A40s, Note9, Note10, and Note10+ 5G. The Galaxy S9 and S9+ will get a taste of Android 10 in March, and the company will continue the rollout for the rest of its devices until...

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