Xiaomi Mi 10 to have 90 Hz refresh rate, 50W charging speed

Xiaomi is going to introduce the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro to its home audience tomorrow - February 13. It is interesting to see what will actually be revealed since most of the info is already teased by the company and its officials. Latest information comes from the Weibo accounts of Xiaomi and of Lei Jun, the company CEO and co-founder - the Mi 10 phone will have a 90 Hz refresh rate of the display with plenty of other impressive specs coming in line, while the charging speeds will be up to 50W. Official display and charging teasers The screen of the Xiaomi Mi 10 (and likely...

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iQOO 3 5G is arriving on February 25

The iQOO 3 5G that was teased yesterday on Weibo will be unveiled on February 25. The company will hold an online event and the livestream will begin at 2:30 PM China time. iQOO has already confirmed that iQOO 3 5G will come with UFS 3.1 storage and feature a quad camera on the back with a 48MP main unit. The smartphone will also have a red-colored power button on the right side, joined by the volume rocker and likely touch-sensitive shoulder buttons. vivo hasn't revealed the rest of the specs officially, but thanks to Geekbench, we know it will have a Snapdragon 865 SoC at...

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Samsung also outs Galaxy Z Flip Thom Browne Edition and Galaxy S20+ Olympic Games Athlete Edition

Today Samsung not only took the wraps off its new S20 family and the Galaxy Z Flip, its second foldable smartphone, but also took the time to introduce a couple of special editions. First off, we have the previously leaked Galaxy Z Flip Thom Browne Edition. This version of the foldable is created in collaboration with the iconic New York fashion brand and its "bold, timeless style". It features distinctive Thom Browne signature brand colors on a pebble grey exterior, as well as a Thom Browne New York logo on the back of the casing. What's more, you can complete the look with custom...

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Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra hands-on review

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Samsung Galaxy S20 and S20+ hands-on review

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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip announced with UTG screen and Snapdragon 855+

The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip almost stole the spotlight from the Galaxy S20-series as it's the second phone with a proper foldable display for the company. This time around, however, the handset employs a largely different spin on the foldable formula - unlike the Galaxy Fold which unfolded to a tablet-sized screen the Z Flip is a regular-sized phone that folds to a tiny size. It's built around a super tall 22:9 6.7" Dynamic AMOLED. Excitingly, unlike all foldable screen phones so far, it employs Ultra Thin Glass layer on top, so it should be far more resistant to scratches. The...

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The Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra has a 108MP main camera and a 48MP periscope zoom camera

The Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra is the first in a new class of Samsung flagships, more premium than even the "Plus" phone of the S20 family. The camera department shares almost no hardware with the S20 and S20+, bringing several firsts for the Galaxy lineup and the industry in general. The main camera features a large 108MP sensor. Using 9-in-1 pixel binning, the camera can capture 12MP photos with the equivalent of 2.4µm pixels, which promises to set a new benchmark for low-light photography. This camera has optical image stabilization (OIS) and an f/1.8 aperture. The phone can record 8K...

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Samsung unveils Galaxy Buds+ with 2-way speakers, better battery life

Alongside the Galaxy S20 flagships, Samsung is unveiling its second iteration of true wireless headset - the Samsung Galaxy Buds+. And while these go hand-in-hand with the new Galaxy S20 flagships (in fact, the Buds+ are the pre-order bonus for the S20 phones), the new "Galaxy Buds+" app is compatible with any Android or iOS device. The audio experience received an upgrade with 2-way speakers (woofer + tweeter). These are tuned by AKG, naturally. There are three microphones on board, even if the new buds do not support active noise cancellation. They do feature ambient pass-through,...

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Samsung Galaxy S20 and S20+ come with 120Hz screens, 8K-capable 64MP camera

The Galaxy S20 and S20+ build on the successful formula of the S10 generation with notable improvements to the screen, battery and especially the camera. Note that the camera on the S20 Ultra is a whole different beast and that phone is covered in another article. Samsung Galaxy S20+ The Samsung Galaxy S20+ has Dynamic AMOLED screen with 120Hz refresh rate, a first for Samsung, and features increased touch responsiveness (240Hz touch sensing). The 6.7" panel has 1440p+ resolution with a taller aspect ratio than before, 20:9. What this means is that the phone is the same width as the...

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Watch Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2020 Live

The world's largest smartphone maker Samsung is hosting its Galaxy Unpacked 2020 event in San Francisco today, starting at 11 AM PST (7PM UTC). But fret not - if you are unable to attend it in person, you can watch it live by tuning to the YouTube stream below. Samsung hasn't officially revealed what it's going to unveil at today's Unpacked event, but the leak marathon has conclusively proved that the company will announce the Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, Galaxy S20 Ultra, and the Galaxy Z Flip. You can read our rumor round up to know what to expect from these smartphones. Besides new...

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Huawei Mate 30 Pro goes on pre-order in the UK, sales tip-off on February 20

Huawei's Mate 30 Pro is finally making its way to the UK, nearly 5 months after its official launch. The phone is already up for pre-order exclusively through Carphone Warehouse with official sales scheduled to start on February 20. It will be offered in its 8 GB RAM and 256 GB storage configuration and will go for £899. The only available colorway is Space Silver. Carphone is bundling in a free Watch GT 2 (Sport Edition) and a pair of FreeBuds 3 TWS headphones to entice potential buyers. Despite the stellar hardware, the phone is still without Google Mobile Services (GMS) which is the...

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Oppo Find X2 confirmed to pack 120Hz QHD+ display with 240Hz touch sampling

Oppo's Find X2 is scheduled to arrive on February 22 but CEO Brian Shen just can't stop leaking its features - his latest Tweet shedding more light on the screen. The display will come with a 120Hz refresh rate screen and 240Hz sampling rate. Other confirmed specs include a 2K resolution which is a marketing term wrongly used in China for QHD+ (2560 x 1440 pixel) panels. The phone will also pack SDR to HDR content conversion alongside up to 1200 nits of brightness in HDR and will cover 100% of the DCI-P3 color gamut. This is my kind of ‘Flagship' 🤓🎞️ 120Hz Refresh...

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Samsung Galaxy A11 back panel leaks, triple camera revealed

The Samsung Galaxy A11 surfaced a couple of weeks ago on the Wi-Fi alliance website suggesting that it could come in the following weeks and now we have a good look at what appears to be the back cover of the A11. According to a fairly reputable source, this is the Galaxy A11's back panel made of plastic and housing a triple rear camera setup along with a fingerprint reader. The handset is expected to launch with Android 10 with One UI 2.0 on top and 128GB of internal storage for less than INR 10,000 in the Indian market. That's a significant upgrade considering that the latest...

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Google starts rolling out Ambient Mode for OnePlus smartphones

Last year we saw Google's new Ambient Mode, which shows up on the lockscreen of a charging smartphone and gives you information such as notifications, upcoming events, shortcuts to important functions and also turns the display into a photo frame. The feature is now rolling out to OnePlus smartphones running Android 8 and above. The feature will show itself to users over the coming days as the rollout progresses. To activate the feature, open the Google app on your phone > More > Settings > Google Assistant > Assistant tab > Phone > Ambient mode. Here you can also choose whether...

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IDC: Chinese smartphone market declines in 2019, coronavirus will disturb 2020 too

IDC just came out with its report on the Chinese smartphone market in 2019. According to the stats, the market has shrunk another 7.5% in 2019 compared to 2018, which is a decline for the third year in a row and 11 quarters in a row. In Q4 2019, shipments went down 15.6% year-over-year but Huawei managed not only to stay afloat but even hit 10.5% increase in domestic shipments compared to Q4 2018. vivo and Oppo came in as second and third in terms of shipments with Apple and Xiaomi taking the fourth and fifth positions. All except Huawei saw a significant drop in sales...

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ARM unveils IoT-targeted Cortex-M55 CPU, Ethos-U55 NPU

ARM unveiled the new Cortex-M55 core and its first NPU in this class, the Ethos-U55. Unlike the high-powered Cortex-A cores (which are used in smartphones), the M-series is used in smart speakers, cameras, wearables and various Internet of Things devices. The focus of the two new products is machine learning (ML). The M55 is the first to support the ARM Helium vector processing tech - that's a set of SIMD instructions (think SSE, AVX, etc.). This means that the core itself is 5x faster in DSP applications (e.g. Dolby Atmos processing) and 15x faster on machine learning tasks. This...

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Xiaomi confirms it will attend the MWC, details precautions

While many companies cancelled their MWC events due to the coronavirus outbreak, Xiaomi has made an announcement that it will stick to its original plan. The company tweeted a detailed list of precautions it will take to ensure the safety of its employees and the visitors to its booth. For presentations at the Xiaomi booth, the company will bring in employees from its European offices (after checking that they have shown no symptoms for 14 days). All displayed products will be frequently disinfected, following GSMA guidelines. For employees and senior staff coming out of China, Xiaomi...

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Intel, vivo and MediaTek also pull out of MWC over Coronavirus concerns

The list of brands pulling out of MWC due to the Novel Coronavirus is expanding in numbers. Last week, LG announced its plans to skip this year's trade show, while ZTE cancelled its press conference but said it will still attend the show. They were followed by Sony, Nvidia and Amazon who canceled their participation yesterday. Today, vivo issued an official statement which reads as follows: vivo has been closely monitoring the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (NCP) outbreak and continuously evaluating planned activities. The health and safety of our employees and the public are our top...

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Motorola Razr Blush Gold version coming this spring, company confirms

The Motorola Razr 2019 announced last November is currently only sold in Noir Black color. But this spring, it will be available in a new colorway - Blush Gold. The exact date of availability of the new color version is currently unknown, but its renders leaked last week tell us what the foldable screen phone will look like. You can check them out below. The Blush Gold variant will likely come with the same specs and price as the Noir Black version, meaning you'll have to shell out $1499.99 for a Snapdragon 710 SoC, 6GB RAM, 128GB storage, and a 2,510 mAh battery. However, the...

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Xiaomi Mi 10 camera showcase - samples and videos

Here's to giant leaks! This latest one is solely focused on the upcoming Xiaomi Mi 10 (and the Mi 10 Pro) and their 108MP camera. Below you'll see a two pairs of images, one showing what looks to be either a full resolution 108MP or pixel-binned 27MP shot and the other a cropped-in section of the same shot. The images aim to showcase the impressive detail-retention of the huge 1/1.33-inch sensor. Xiaomi Mi 10 camera samples (resized) The Xiaomi Mi 10 will support the HEIF/HEIC (High Efficiency Image File Format) to save space, not unlike the Apple iPhone and other devices....

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Redmi launches 2 new power banks with two-way fast charging

Alongside the new Redmi 8A Dual, Redmi introduced its own set of power banks for the Indian market. They come in 10,000mAh and 20,000mAh capacities and offer dual input and output, two-way fast charging an LED charging indicator at affordable prices. Both power banks come with two USB-A outputs as well micro-USB and Type-C interfaces. The 10,000mAh unit is good for 10W fast charging while the larger 20,000mAh one can reach 18W speeds. The actual cells inside both power banks are of the Lithium Polymer variety which offers higher density in comparison to Li-ion ones. Both offer a...

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Redmi 8A Dual announced with Snapdragon 439, dual camera and 5,000 mAh battery

The entry-level Redmi 8A announced last September gets an upgraded version today, dubbed Redmi 8A Dual. As evident from its name, the Redmi 8A Dual comes with a dual camera setup on the back which is a combination of 13MP main and 2MP depth sensor modules. For selfies and video calls, you get an 8MP camera on the front with Portrait Mode. The Redmi 8A Dual comes with a total of three cameras The Redmi 8A Dual is built around a 6.22" HD+ LCD protected by Gorilla Glass 5, and the back panel has an Aura XGrip Design for a better hand grip. The smartphone also comes with a P2i...

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