Realme X50 5G Lite gets teased a day before the announcement

Realme X50 5G is arriving on January 7, but today we got an official confirmation from a senior executive at the company that the flagship will have a Lite version as well. The device is machine translated as Realme X50 5G Youth Edition, but these devices are marketed outside the Chinese market with the Lite moniker. Realme's post with an image of the letter "Y" The official Weibo account of the company simply went on social media and posted a quick message, saying "Dare to Leap! Youth! Real!", obviously revealing the Lite phone is not a gimmick. There was a double...

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Xiaomi CEO teases Redmi K30 5G packaging

One of Xiaomi's most anticipated devices was just teased on Weibo by Xiaomi's founder and CEO, Lei Jun. The executive shared (via Weibo) a photo of the Redmi K30 5G's retail box. The minimal design on the box features a white box with colorful letters. The Redmi K30's 5G variant will be going on sale in China starting January 7, but the company has already begun taking in-store orders at select Mi Store locations throughout China. The LTE version of the Redmi K30 has already been on sale since the first half of December and the main difference with the 5G version is that the 5G...

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2019 Winners and Losers: vivo

This year the mobile phone market saw the rise of many new trends - from high refresh rate screens through 108MP image sensors to periscope cameras. The first foldable phones went on sale, charging speeds went through the roof, displays got curvier and grew punch holes. Some brands used these trends to their advantage and grow in the market, others missed the mark. In this series we look at what each company got right in 2019 and where their efforts came short. One of the big players on the smartphone market was vivo, launching nearly 50 smartphones and variants in the span of 12...

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2019 Winners and Losers: Realme

This year the mobile phone market saw the rise of many new trends - from high refresh rate screens through 108MP image sensors to periscope cameras. The first foldable phones went on sale, charging speeds went through the roof, displays got curvier and grew punch holes. Some brands used these trends to their advantage and grow in the market, others missed the mark. In this series we look at what each company got right in 2019 and where their efforts came short. Realme had an amazing year, delivering a huge number of new smartphones and striking gold with many of them, which made it the...

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Huami's Amazfit T-Rex smartwatch to be announced on January 8 at CES, live photos leak

Xiaomi-backed company Huami is going to hold some announcements next week at CES in Las Vegas. The company has already revealed that it is going to announce the Amazfit BipS and its TWS truly wireless earbuds. According to a new teaser that Huami posted on Chinese social media site Weibo, there's a new rugged smartwatch coming called the Amazfit T-Rex. Source: Huami on Weibo The teaser translates to "New series of outdoor smartwatches meets you on January 8." The silhouette of the teaser shows a rugged-looking smartwatch with a thick wrist strap, which really defines the type of...

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Watch our most popular videos of 2019

The past 12 months saw us put in a lot of work in our YouTube channel and judging by the way it's growing you guys really liked what we are making of that place. So we decided to look back and share the most popular videos of 2019. Releasing a phone in the early days of 2019 is one of the key elements to getting many views throughout the year, but the more important part is actually launching a phone many will want to buy. Xiaomi did exactly that - it was the first company to introduce a midranger with a 48 MP camera and it struck gold. Huawei wanted to be ahead of everyone on the...

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Telegram pushes massive new update with dozens of changes

Telegram has released a massive new update for iOS and Android that brings with it dozens of new features and changes. One of the major new additions is the Theme Editor 2.0. Telegram already has robust theme support, with ability to change color schemes and backgrounds. With Theme Editor 2.0, you can now choose a precise custom color from a color picker tool. You can pick custom colors for the entire app, background and messages view. Once you are done making your theme, you can also share it with other Telegram users. The new version also adds more patterns for the background,...

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ZTE Axon 10s Pro 5G full specs revealed by TENAA

ZTE unveiled the Axon 10s Pro 5G with the flagship Snapdragon 865 SoC last month. And while the company hasn't announced its launch date yet, the smartphone has passed through TENAA, revealing its full specs in the process. The Axon 10s Pro 5G will boast a 6.47" OLED display, having a FullHD+ resolution and a fingerprint reader underneath. The smartphone will boot to Android 10 and arrive in three memory configurations - 6GB/128GB, 8GB/256GB, and 12GB/512GB. ZTE Axon 10s Pro 5G on TENAA For photography, the Axon 10s Pro 5G will feature a 20MP selfie camera on the front and...

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The best phones of the decade - part 2

At the turn of the decade we look back at the most influential phones to come out in the past 10 years. You can find the first part here. Google Pixel - 2016, October After parting ways with Motorola, Google tapped long-term partner HTC to develop the Pixel and Pixel XL (HTC also built the first ever Android phone). But this isn't about the search giant finally slapping its name on a phone, which it avoided previously so as not to antagonize other Android makers. It's not about the death of the Nexus line either. No, this is about computational photography. Google developed a...

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Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite live images surface

Around two weeks ago, we saw renders of the Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite which revealed its design. Now we are looking at its live images that corroborate previous design leaks. As you can see from the pictures below, the Galaxy Note10 Lite will sport a centered punch-hole display and feature triple cameras at the back housed inside a rectangular plate in the upper-left corner. The glossy back doesn't have a fingerprint reader, though, meaning we are likely looking at an in-display solution. Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite leaked live images The Galaxy Note10 Lite will have the...

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Oppo is recruiting beta testers for ColorOS 7 based on Android 10 for the F11 and F11 Pro

Oppo announced ColorOS 7 based on Android 10 back in November, with an initial launch in China followed by it going global. The company has in the meantime been working on updating its phones to this new version of its skin, but it's been slower than a lot of its competitors with the rollouts. If you have an Oppo F11, F11 Pro, or F11 Pro Avengers Edition, here's some good news for you. Oppo is opening up a "trial version" (read: open beta) of ColorOS 7 for these devices. If you want to get this on yours, then head over to the Source linked below for the full instructions. Note that...

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Realme 5i passes through Geekbench confirming key specs

The Realme 5i coming on January 6 has passed through Geekbench, confirming its key specs in the process. According to the benchmark database, the Realme 5i, bearing version number RMX2030, will be powered by the Snapdragon 665 SoC paired with 4GB RAM. The smartphone will run Android Pie out of the box, which will be likely layered with ColorOS 6. The Realme 5i scored 1,543 and 5,602 points in Geekbench 4's single and multi-core tests, respectively. And on Geekbench 5, it achieved single and multi-core scores of 314 and 1,389 points, respectively. Realme 5i on Geekbench 4 (left)...

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Top 10 most popular reviews of 2019: Q4

We are taking a look back at the phones that excited you the most in 2019 and the reviews that got you reading. We are now at the final quarter - you can also check out the 10 most popular reviews of Q1, Q2 and Q3. Welcome to the final installment in our top reviews of the year recap. The months October, November and December had just 3 flagships and were dominated by upper-midrangers. The most popular review of Q4 was the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro, which was characterized by snappy performance from the Helio G90T chip, a versatile 64MP camera and outstanding battery life. We didn't much...

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