nubia Red Magic 5G appears in an official poster

Chinese phone maker nubia has set up a promo page on its official website, which includes a poster of the Red Magic 5G revealing the phone's design and color options. The Red Magic 5G has a notchless display with a selfie camera placed in the classical full top top bezel. Around the back, the Red Magic 5G has a triple camera setup aligned vertically in the center. nubia has confirmed it includes a 64MP Sony IMX686 unit, but shared no details about the other two cameras. nubia CEO recently shared some camera samples of the Red Magic 5G. You can head this way to check them...

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Watch the Realme 6 and 6 Pro announcement live here

Realme unveiled the Realme 5 and 5 Pro last August and today the company will unveil their successors - Realme 6 and Realme 6 Pro. The Realme 6 duo was supposed to be unveiled at a grand event at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi, India, but it was scaled down due to outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Indian capital. The company will still unveil the Realme 6 pair in the stadium, albeit without any attendees, and the announcement will be streamed live. It will begin at 7AM UTC and you can follow it with us by tuning to the YouTube stream below. Realme hasn't...

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Apple Stores short on replacement iPhones and parts due to coronavirus

A report from Bloomberg explains that Apple's employees were notified by the company of a shortage of iPhone parts and replacements because of the industry-wide disruption caused by the corona virus. As per unidentified Apple Store employees, the company has warned Apple technicians that replacement iPhones (the ones that replace heavily damaged iPhones) will be low on supply in the next two to four weeks. In addition, Bloomberg reports that some individual Apple Stores are short of parts for repair. Wherever possible, Apple will replace individual parts, but for some situations...

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Here's where you can find a 24k gold Samsung Galaxy S20

Goldgenie, a luxury gift company based in London, has announced its newest offering. The company is customizing the entire Samsung Galaxy S20 lineup in 24k gold. It seems that every part of the phone is covered in gold, including the back and exposed part of the chassis. Judging by the photos, it seems like the camera and display are the only parts that aren't covered in gold. Source: Goldgenie These customized Galaxy S20's will certainly set back your wallet. The LTE Galaxy S20 starts at £3,397 and for each model higher, the price increases by £200. The Galaxy S20+ goes for ...

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The Galaxy S20 Ultra records awesome low-light video, here's a sampler

Our Galaxy S20 Ultra review has been up for a few days, but we're continually discovering new things about the phone and its camera prowess. The latest addition to the list of things that are easier to slip under most radars is low-light video recording. Motivated by our quest to find areas where the Ultra is better than the Note10s in hopes of justifying the new phone's price tag, we figured the big-sensor advantage across all cams must give it an edge at night. And let's just say from the get-go - the Ultra's low-light footage is mightily impressive. As a warm-up before the...

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Redmi Note 9 Pro pops up on Geekbench

Redmi will unveil its Note 9 series on March 12. The lineup will likely include the vanilla Note 9 and a Pro version, and the latter has passed through Geekbench revealing key specs in the process. If the Geekbench listing is accurate, we'll see the Redmi Note 9 Pro run Android 10 and have 6GB RAM. The motherboard is listed as "curtana", which we haven't heard of before. That said, the smartphone scored 569 and 1,755 points in Geekbench's single and multi-core tests, respectively. However, this being a pre-production unit we'd advise against reading too much into those...

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The Unisoc T7520 is the first chipset built on 6nm EUV, has an integrated 5G modem

After the first 7nm EUV chipsets were unveiled last year by the big players, the first 6nm EUV chip comes from a surprising source - say "hello" to the Unisoc T7520. This is the first chipset to be fabbed at TSMC's newest foundry. Compared to the first EUV process, this one increases transistor density by 18% and helps reduce power usage by 8%. The T7520 itself is quite interesting beyond novelty. Its CPU contains four Cortex-A76 cores and four A55 cores (clock speed unknown). The GPU is a mid-range Mali-G57 that supports displays up to 4K resolution with HDR+ and up to 120Hz refresh...

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Samsung to quadruple foldable display production in 2020

Samsung is planning to increase its foldable display production capacity to 1 million units per month by the end of the year, which is four times more than its current output. The Korean tech giant is currently pumping out 260,000 foldable displays per month with plans to reach 600,000 units per month by the end of May. The new report comes from ET News Korea which bases its estimates on data from industry representatives. According to their sources, Samsung Display is seeing increased demand from Chinese smartphone manufacturers for its flexible display solutions. The Korean tech...

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GSMArena labs: Introducing our new smartphone speaker test

If you've been following our reviews, you may have noticed that we haven't posted any audio tests recently. The reason for that is we've been working hard behind the scenes to deliver a new test of audio quality that would be more useful for those looking for their next smartphone. We'll take this opportunity to detail the changes we made and our motivation behind them. Why we are discontinuing the old loudspeaker and wired audio output tests The two tests were designed in 2007, which was ages ago in smartphone terms. Back then, the goal of the loudspeaker test was to gauge how loud...

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Huawei P40 Lite E launches in Europe as the cheapest P40 family member

A month ago Huawei unveiled the Y7p Thailand, an entry-level phone with a 48MP main camera. Now this phone has made its way to Europe as the Huawei P40 Lite E. It's available right now on Huawei's Polish site and costs PLN 700 - a temporary discount from PLN 1,168 (€163, down from €272). This is for a phone with 4GB of RAM and 64GB storage. Also, you're getting a free Huawei Band 4. Shipments start on March 12. As you might expect, the phone comes with Huawei's AppGallery instead of the Google Play Store (and similar Huawei-branded replacements for Google's apps). Huawei...

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Lenovo Legion phone to offer game-changing cooling technology

Lenovo is gearing up to release its first dedicated gaming phone under the Legion brand. The device is already confirmed to sport the Snapdragon 865 chipset and was recently teased to score over 600,000 points on AnTuTu. The latest bit of info comes from Lenovo China Mobile GM Chen Jin who teased the Legion gaming phone will come with a new "disruptive" cooling technology. There are no details on what this entails but Jin claims that this experience will be much better than competing gaming phones. Lenovo has solid experience in the gaming PC realm and it will be interesting to see...

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Oppo Find X2 will get close to 8 hours of screen on time in 120Hz mode, says VP

Thanks to his executive position at Oppo, Brian Shen gets to try the upcoming Oppo Find X2 before its announcement. In his most recent tweet, he reported the impact of the screen's 120Hz mode on the battery life. In his daily usage, he got 7.9 hours of screen on time. That's already impressive, but according to Shen the Intelligent refresh rate mode (which automatically selects the appropriate refresh rate) can extent battery life by 10%. The phone will boast Super VOOC 2.0, which charges the 4,065mAh battery at up to 65W, so top ups will be quick and painless. It's a pity that I can...

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nubia Red Magic 5G will have a Transparent Edition, that shows the fan spinning

The nubia Red Magic 5G will be unveiled on March 12 and the brand has been building up to the event by posting teasers of the gaming phone's capabilities. Now CEO Ni Fei has posted a short clip showing a special Transparent Edition. The clear glass back really boosts the cool factor of the phone. You can see the active cooling fan spin as it quickly becomes a blur (its maximum is 15,000 RPM, as the label next to it explains why). You can also see the record-setting Snapdragon 865 chipset, the LPDDR5 RAM (up to 16GB), plus the advanced connectivity - 5G and Wi-Fi 6. The...

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Xiaomi patent shows upcoming phone with reverse wireless charging capabilities

Reverse wireless charging has been around since 2018 with the introduction of Huawei's Mate 20 Pro and it's been making its way to more and more phones since. In a new development based on a patent filed with CNIPA (Chinese National Intellectual Property Administration), Xiaomi is working on a phone with reverse wireless charging support. Xiaomi reverse wireless charging patent sketches The patent sketches reveal an accessory that attaches to the phone's back for storing wireless earphones and charge them. There are two designs with one for earbuds with stems and another one for...

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OnePlus 8 lineup coming on April 14, prices start at GBP400

Yesterday a report emerged, pointing to a mid-April launch event for the OnePlus 8 family and today a specific date has been linked to it - April 14. The information is by no means official just yet, but it does align nicely. According to the same insider information OnePlus will launch the OnePlus 8 Lite in the UK by July, with an as of yet unconfirmed MediaTek chipset, a punch-hole display with 90Hz refresh rate and a price of £400. The OnePlus 8 Lite is expected to come to India by July. It's unclear whether the OnePlus 8 Lite will join the 8 and 8 Pro at the unveiling on April 14 or...

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Leaked Google Pixel 4a live images confirm punch hole design

Google will not host its annual I/O event, but the product launches will go ahead as planned. We expect to see the midranger lineup in two months time, and now we get the first alleged images of the Google Pixel 4a. The front of the phone appears to have a single punch hole in the upper left corner, while the back panel comes with a fingerprint scanner, along with one camera and one LED flash, positioned in on a big square base. Google Pixel 4a Perhaps Google is trying to unify the design across the Pixel 4 family - a relatively big square in the upper left corner of the back....

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Samsung Galaxy A71 5G gets certification from 3C, will support 25W charging

While the 4G variant of the Samsung Galaxy A71 has been out for two months now, its 5G counterpart is yet to make an official debut. We've already came across it on Geekbench and we saw rumors about its availability and now the latest clue from China's 3C agency reveals the phone will sport a 25W fast charger. Galaxy A71 5G certification The device was spotted bearing the SM-A7160 model number which was also seen in the Geekbench listing where it was revealed to carry the Exynos 980 SoC, 8GB RAM and Android 10. The Galaxy A71 5G is expected to launch in the US, China, Australia,...

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vivo NEX 3s 5G leaks once again with Snapdragon 865, 8 GB RAM

Yesterday vivo announced that the NEX 3s 5G will be introduced on March 10 without revealing any specs. While the alleged successor appeared on Geekbench in late February, today the actual device with code name V1950A popped up on the Google Play Console, lifting the curtain on some more specs. The upcoming vivo NEX 3s 5G will also have 8 GB RAM, Full HD+ resolution with 440 ppi density and Android 10 out of the box. Looking at the image, we see the NEX 3s 5G will keep having no notches or punch holes, so the selfie camera is likely going to remain mounted on an elevating...

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Samsung Galaxy A31 visits Geekbench, key specs revealed

The Samsung Galaxy A31 that we've been hearing about since last November has passed through Geekbench, confirming some of its key specs and hinting at imminent launch. The Galaxy A31, bearing model code SM-A315F, scored 349 and 1,291 points in Geekbench 5's single and multi-core tests, respectively. It's powered by MediaTek's MT6768V/CA which could be the Helio P65 SoC. The A31 runs Android 10 and has 4GB RAM onboard, but there are likely to be more memory options that are still unconfirmed. Geekbench doesn't reveal any other specs of the A31, but from previous leaks, we know it...

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HMD to introduce new Nokia phones on March 19

Following the cancellation of MWC, several smartphone manufacturers were forced to change their upcoming device announcement plans. HMD Global was one of those companies and we were left in the dark as to when the new Nokia phones would be launched. Thanks to a new tweet from HMD Global VP Juho Sarvikas, we now have an event to look forward to which will take place on March 19 in London. No Time To Wait. We have something very special lined up for you. #nokiamobilelive pic.twitter.com/xQAZWok0v6— Juho Sarvikas (@sarvikas) March 3, 2020 The short promo does come with a James Bond twist...

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