iQOO 3 5G appears on Geekbench with Snapdragon 865, official poster confirms 48MP camera

Last weekend vivo sub-brand iQOO teased its next smartphone, dubbed iQOO 3 5G. Now the company has posted another teaser on Weibo, giving us a glimpse of the phone's design. The poster reveals the iQOO 3 5G will have the volume rocker and red-colored power button on the right side, along with what looks like touch-sensitive shoulder button placed in the corner. If that's the case there will likely be another one at the bottom corner. You can also see the iQOO 3 5G has the 3.5mm headphone jack at the top joined by the secondary microphone. The image also shows us the back of the...

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Poco X2 now available for purchase

The Poco X2 announced last week will go on sale today in India at noon local time through Flipkart.com. The Poco X2, which is a rebranded Redmi K30, comes in three memory configurations - 6GB/64GB priced at INR15,999 ($225/€205), 6GB/128GB priced at INR16,999 ($240/€220), and 8GB/256GB that costs INR19,999 ($280/€260). You can pick one up in Atlantis Blue, Matrix Purple or Phoenix Red colors. Poco X2 comes in three colors The Poco X2 is powered by the Snapdragon 730G SoC and runs Android 10-based MIUI 11 out of the box. It sports a 6.67" FHD+ 120Hz LCD and a 4,500 mAh battery...

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Huawei unveils Crush Green nova 5T

Huawei announced the nova 5T last August, and the phone became available in September. Thus, it's been on the market for a while now, so what better to keep interest rates high than add a new color, right? This strategy that other companies employ too from time to time seems to at least partly work, for otherwise it would've been scrapped entirely. Today Huawei unveiled a new Crush Green colorway for the nova 5T, joining the already available hues - black, Crush Blue, and Midsummer Purple. As you may have expected, spec-wise there are no differences between the Crush Green nova 5T...

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Samsung Galaxy M31 launches on February 25 with 64 MP quad rear camera, 6,000 mAh battery

Samsung launched the Galaxy M30 last February, the M30s last September, and now it's time for the M31 to shine. The company's official website for India is now teasing the Galaxy M31, due to launch on February 25 at 12 noon. Samsung helpfully revealed a few specs too. There are four cameras on the phone's back, one of which is the 64 MP main. The fingerprint sensor is on the back, while inside the M31 packs a 6,000 mAh battery. The screen is sAMOLED, unsurprisingly, with a small notch housing the front-facing camera. Samsung Galaxy M31 official images According to previously...

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Oppo Reno3 Pro 4G version is headed to India with 44 MP dual front cameras

Oppo is getting ready to launch the Reno3 Pro in India. Although it has the same name, this won't be identical to the Reno3 Pro that got official in December. Compared to the Chinese version, there will be some differences, chief among which is the use of a different chipset. That's because the Chinese Reno3 Pro uses the Snapdragon 765G, which is a 5G SoC, while the Indian model will top out at 4G only. This information comes from Tasleem Arif, Oppo's VP and Head of India R&D. He says the company is preparing "a pipeline of products" with 5G for India later this year. Moving on, the...

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Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+, S20 Ultra and Z Flip rumor round up

After months of leaks and speculations, it's almost time to watch Samsung officially unveil the Galaxy S20 generation. But while we count down the last hours until the Unpacked event, we decided to summarize everything we think we know about the phones. First off, there will be three models - S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra. In lieu of a lesser "e" model, this year Samsung decided to include a more premium "Ultra" phone as the third option. The Galaxy S20 and S20+ will be available in 4G and 5G flavors with a €100 difference in price between the two. It's not clear if you'll be given a choice,...

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Realme C3 to debut in Indonesia on February 19 with one extra camera

Realme announced its entry-level C3 smartphone last week in India and now the company is teasing the handset in Indonesia with February 19 being the launch date. It appears that the Indonesian market will get a different version with one extra camera. The official Realme website in the country outlines some of the key specs of the phone and "triple camera" is one of them. The currently released version features a 12MP main camera and a 2MP secondary one so we would assume that those two are to stay but we don't know anything about the third one just yet. The rest of the specs...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Thom Browne edition leaks alongside new hands-on video

After the unexpected Galaxy Z Fold commercial which aired two days ahead of Samsung's big Unpacked event the highly anticipated foldable managed to appear in yet another ad. This time around it's for a limited edition version of the phone created in collaboration with US fashion brand Thom Browne. The peculiar ad shows off the exclusive version of Samsung's second foldable which features a silver frame in contrast to the previously seen black color on the regular Galaxy Z Flip. The back comes with the signature Thom Browne red, white and blue stripe. Galaxy Z Flip Thom...

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Another Xiaomi MI 10 video teaser surfaces

Xiaomi's upcoming flagship, the Mi 10, has been in the news for some time now and plenty of info has leaked already. In the latest teaser Xiaomi doesn't seem to be hiding the handset's front design that much. And we can once more see the phone's front with curved display and a punch-hole for the dual camera in the upper-left corner. Aside from the front design, the promo shows that the Snapdragon 865-powered phone can do some serious number-crunching. The Mi 10 was able to calculate 10 million digits after Pi's decimal point in 36.8 seconds. And that's more than twice as fast...

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Microsoft Surface Duo spotted in the wild, very much a work in progress

Remember the Microsoft Surface Duo, the Android device with two 5.6-inch screens with a hinge between them? Well, it's out and about. Microsoft has apparently given pre-release units to developers to work on creating apps for the dual-screened interface and reportedly one of those units was caught on shaky-cam video in a Vancouver train. The video of the rogue Surface Duo shows off the device running a single app over one of the screens, then two apps running side by side and finally one app running over both screens, something Microsoft calls "extended canvas". Microsoft hasn't...

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Realme's X50 Pro 5G announcement event scheduled for February 24

Last week, Realme's European branch teased the release of its future flagship device, the Realme X50 Pro 5G, on Twitter and announced that it's attending the MWC for the first time this year. Now the company is making it official by scheduling its event on February 24 at 9:30 am CET during this year's MWC 2020 in Barcelona. The firm is about to unveil one of the first Snapdragon 865-powered smartphones with 5G support as Qualcomm teased during its announcement of the chipset a couple of months ago. This official invitation is a breath of fresh air amidst all the companies canceling...

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Samsung aims to ship 2.5 million Galaxy Z Flip units this year

Samsung expects to ship around 2.5 million Galaxy Z Flip foldable display phones this year, according to inside sources cited by Korean media. The maker will reportedly have 500,000 units ready initially with the option to assemble some 2 million more down the road if the demand is there. The estimate is much higher than what the Galaxy Fold moved in 2019 - between 400,000 and 500,000. In addition to the higher awareness about the novel form factor the price should also greatly contribute to th Galaxy Z Flip higher sales - it is rumored to cost 1.5M KRW (€1,155/$1,260), much lower than...

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Sony and and Amazon cancel MWC 2020 attendance

It looks like the novel coronavirus is going to spoil the biggest mobile event this year - the Mobile World Congress 2020. Following LG's decision to withdraw from the event, Sony made an official announcement that it will cancel its appearance and announce its new products online instead. Earlier today Amazon also confirmed it will not participate, while Nvidia and Ericsson dropped out last week. Of course, Nvidia and Amazon haven't traditionally had huge presence but LG Sony and Ericsson's absence will be felt. The GSMA, on its part has announced further measures to limit the...

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New Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G live photo surfaces

The Galaxy S20 phones will be unveiled tomorrow, but that hasn't deterred leaks. Here's a live photo of the Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G shared by prolific leakster Max Weinbach. The punch hole for the selfie camera is smaller than in the previous generation and is placed right on the bottom of the status bar. Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G The bezels have been slimmed down as well. Ice Universe compares the bottom bezel of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra with that of the Note10+ and by his estimates, it's a fraction of a millimeter thinner. The Note10 phones boasted slimmer top and bottom bezels...

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Xiaomi Mi 10 official poster confirms design, benchmark results impress

We already know the global launch of the Xiaomi Mi 10 series is planned for February 23 while the premiere for the Chinese market is coming this week on February 13. Xiaomi is betting big on its upcoming flagship and we got a handful of leaks which give us a lot of details before the big unveiling. First up we have an official poster of the Mi 10 which shows the device in its vibrant pink and blue colorways. We also get a good look at the curved front glass with its slim bezels and the punch hole cutout in the top left corner for the selfie cam. The back comes with a four-camera array...

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Galaxy S20 camera samples show greatly improved night mode, 30x zoom

We're now just a day away from the Galaxy S20's launch but that doesn't mean the leaks need to stop, right? The latest is among the most interesting yet - camera samples, specifically from the Galaxy S20 put next to the Galaxy S10 and even two from the Galaxy S20+' 108MP main camera. The images, courtesy of XDA Developers'Max Weinback on Twitter are of an extreme night mode comparison between the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S20, captured in what looks like a back yard way after dark. The Galaxy S20 captures much better exposed image with a improved level of detail (just look at the grass and the...

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Samsung airs Galaxy Z Flip commercial ahead of announcement

Well, the big Samsung event is happening tomorrow but the company decided to give everyone a sneak peek at what to expect with a full-blown Galaxy Z Flip commercial which aired during the Oscar Awards ceremony last night. The short ad gives us a full look at the phone from multiple angles with a focus on the device's camera and video chat capabilities. Throughout the video, the Z Flip is mostly seated at a 90-degree angle which emphasizes the adapted UI elements which display content on the top half of the screen and controls on the bottom. Samsung clearly acknowledges the crease in...

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