Motorola Moto G8 Power Lite announced: Helio P35, triple cameras, and 5,000 mAh battery

Motorola unveiled the Moto G8 Power back in February and now the company follows it up with the Moto G8 Power Lite. The Moto G8 Power Lite is built around a 6.5" Max Vision IPS display of 20:9 aspect ratio. It has HD+ resolution and a notch up top for the 8MP selfie camera. On the back you get a fingerprint reader along with a triple camera setup placed vertically in the top-left corner, which is a combination of a 16MP main, 2MP macro and 2MP depth sensor units. The Moto G8 Power Lite is driven by a Helio P35 SoC paired with 4GB RAM. The smartphone runs the outdated Android 9...

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Apple accidentally leaks AirTags in one of its own how-to videos

Last year, a report surfaced that Apple was working on developing Bluetooth trackers with the name "AirTag", much like the square Tile. This is a small device that helps you locate the things you tag the Tiles like a set of keys, a backpack, or even a bicycle. The Tile community could help track down your lost item. Some iOS 13 code found by 9To5Mac last year revealed news that Apple was working on its own version of these Tile trackers, supposedly called AIrTags. Now, Apple just accidentally revealed the AirTag's existence. Source: Apple via YouTube In a support video (Now taken...

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Oppo A12 leaks in full, specs and design outed

Oppo has recently re-entered the flagship smartphone space with the Find X2 Pro, and for a long time has also played the mid-range game very well. That, however, doesn't mean that the Chinese company plans on ignoring entry-level models. Case in point: it's currently working on a low-end smartphone to be called Oppo A12 when it launches. This has been leaked today. Alongside the official-looking image you can see below, there's also a full list of specs. So, let's see what we have here. The A12 is said to sport a 6.22-inch HD+ LCD touchscreen with a waterdrop notch housing a 5 MP...

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MSI, Acer, Lenovo announce laptops with new Intel, Nvidia hardware

If you've been around tech publications today, then it should be pretty obvious that there is quite the stir going on. Mostly, due to Intel's release of the 10th Gen Core Comet Lake-H CPUs and Nvidia giving us RTX Super cards on mobile. The two announcements were followed by a flood of new and upgraded laptop models to premiere the new chips. We already covered Razer and Asus and their unorthodox offers, but here come a few more. MSI MSI has a solid reputation to uphold when in comes to cramming a lot of power inside sleek compact bodies. The new GS66 Stealth seems to live up nicely...

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CCS Insight: phone shipments in 2020 will be the lowest in a decade

2020 will be tough for phone makers - analysts at CCS Insight believe that 250 million fewer smartphones will be shipped this year compared to 2019. The expected total for this year is 1.26 billion smartphones, the lowest level in a decade, plus 300 million feature phones. The effects of the outbreak will be felt the most in Q2, which will see a precipitous 29% drop in combined shipments, but issues will continue to the end of the year and will even affect the holiday sales. Demand hasn't died out completely, despite most consumers staying home and the stores being closed. However,...

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Our video review of Huawei P40 Pro's camera is up

The Huawei P40 Pro has many improvements over its predecessor, but the camera upgrades are by far the most impressive. In our shootout against the Galaxy S20 Ultra and iPhone 11 Pro Max it edged out its more expensive competitors. Our latest video features an in-depth look into the camera and how it performs. The main camera defaults to 12.5MP pixel binned photos and you should leave it that way. There's no benefit to the 50MP mode in terms of image detail and you even lose some dynamic range. The 12.5MP mode does involve some cropping - going from 23mm to 27mm focal length - but if...

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New Razer Blade 15, dual screen Asus laptop announced

Today is a rather eventful date for laptop hardware. Intel has officially dropped its 10th Gen Core Comet Lake-H CPUs and Nvidia gave us RTX Super cards for mobile. Naturally, neither of these announcements comes as a surprise to major laptop vendors, who have been hard at work, refreshing models and integrating the new silicon. Now that the floodgates are open, so to speak, there is an avalanche of new laptop announcements to dig through as well. Kicking off with the 2020 Razer Blade 15. The new revision of the popular gaming notebook will be available in May in what are actually...

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The Meizu 17 is coming on April 15 with a 30W fast charger

The Meizu 17 has broken cover once more. Here's the back of the phone again, this time with the protective sheet with quick start info that will be part of the retail package. There's also this promotional prop, a protective shield with April 15th written on the bottom. We already knew that the phone is coming in April, but now it looks like we have the exact date. This is an anniversary phone, so it will be special - it will be Meizu's first 5G phone, a present to itself for its 17th birthday. Meizu 17 • Coming on April 15 The Meizu 17 is expected to have an OLED screen with...

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OnePlus 8 phones get A+ score from DisplayMate, 8 Pro broke 13 records

DisplayMate has already tested the upcoming OnePlus 8 phones and announced that they have excellent screens. This is just a teaser, though, the full findings probably won't be published until the phones are officially unveiled. The new flagships set "10+ display performance records" and their color accuracy is "visually indistinguishable from perfect". This secured them DisplayMate's highest rating, A+, and earned them a DisplayMate Best Smartphone Display Award. OnePlus CEO Pete Lau chimed in to say that the OnePlus 8 Pro broke 13 display performance records. So why the "10+"...

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Redmi 8A Pro announced - a rebranded 8A Dual

Xiaomi Indonesia just unveiled a new handset, dubbed the Redmi 8A Pro. New is being used loosely here since the 8A Pro is merely a rebadged Redmi 8A Dual. #Redmi8APro adalah hape dengan banyak fitur: Batre 5000mAh, Pengisian Cepat 18W, Corning® Gorilla® Glass 5, USB Type C, 2+1 slot kartu, Lapisan nano tahan percikan air, 24 bulan garansi dan masih banyak yang lain.#JelasPilihXiaomi pic.twitter.com/1rh6dXlWOC— Xiaomi Indonesia #MiFan (@XiaomiIndonesia) April 2, 2020 We are looking at a budget offering with a 6.22" HD+ LCD protected by Gorilla Glass 5. It's running on a Snapdragon 439...

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Nokia 8.3 5G, 5.3 and 1.3 are now available for pre-order in the UK

The new Nokia phones from a couple of weeks ago are now available for pre-order in the UK, but it will be a while before you can have one. The phones appeared on British retailer Clove, which shows prices and shipping dates, while the official Nokia site is still holding off on accepting pre-orders. The Nokia 1.3 will be out first, Clove expects to have it in stock around April 16. It costs £80 and you can have it in Charcoal, Cyan and Sand. There is only one memory configuration - 1GB of RAM and 16GB storage (this is an Android 10 Go Edition phone). The Nokia 5.3 is coming next month...

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Redmi band coming tomorrow, images reveal color options

Alongside the expected Mi Band 5, Xiaomi's Redmi sub-brand is ready to introduce its first wearable. The company uploaded two teaser posters on its official Weibo page which give us a clear look at what to expect. The Redmi smartband will be unveiled at the Xiaomi Smart Inn conference which starts at 2 PM local time. Redmi Band teaser posters It will feature a rectangular color screen and will come with a silicone strap in black, blue, red and green color options. Apart from this, we don't have any other details about the Redmi band. Back in January, we did come across a BIS...

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Honor Play 4T and 4T Pro listed on Chinese retailers' websites, designs revealed

Earlier today Honor announced it will unveil the Play 4T series on April 9, which we now know includes two smartphones - the vanilla Play 4T and the Play 4T Pro. Both smartphones are up for reservations in China through multiple retailers, and the listings include their images which confirm their designs and the 48MP main cameras. Let's talk about the Play 4T Pro first. It sports a waterdrop notch display, a triple camera setup on the back, and will have at least three color options - Black, Green, and Blue-Purple gradient. Honor Play 4T Pro An image shared by Suning.com...

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Xiaomi working on a 144 MP smartphone

Xiaomi was the first company to launch a smartphone with a 48MP camera in the Redmi Note 7, then it introduced the Redmi Note 8 Pro with a 64MP shooter, and later it also pioneered 108MP cams with the Mi CC9 Pro/Mi Note 10. Now, according to one leakster, it will also be the first one to introduce a 144MP image sensor in a handset. Xiaomi is working on a phone with 144MP camera sensor.I guess it should be Mi 10S Pro or Mi CC10 Pro— Sudhanshu A. (@Sudhanshu1414) April 2, 2020 Through this whole process of gaining more and more megapixels, Xiaomi was partnering with Samsung - the...

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Nvidia RTX Super cards are officially coming to laptops

Keeping in line with promises and expectations, Nvidia has announced the RTX 2070 Super and RTX 2080 Super for laptops. Just like their desktop counterparts, these are souped-up versions on the original RTX line, based on the same Turing architecture and featuring dedicated RT cores. Team green will be offering both regular and Max-Q versions of the new cards. The latter, as usual, are more power-efficient variants, meant for thinner and lighter notebook designs. Apparently, this generation of Max-Q designs will double its power efficiency, compared to previous implementations, in...

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Intel 10-gen H chips for gaming laptops are here, surpass 5GHz clock speed

Just two days after AMD showed off its Ryzen 4000 series chips for laptops, Intel has made its 10th gen H chips for high-end gaming and content-creation laptops official. These new i5, i7 and i9 chips are of the Comet Lake family and are built on the 14nm++ process (and not the 10nm Ice Lake, nor the 10nm+ Tiger Lake). They are all 45W and have 4 to 8 cores with double the threads. The 10th gen Intel i7 and i9 H chips are the first mobile chips to surpass 5GHz boost clock, which is their biggest advantage over AMD's new Ryzen 4000-H chips - high-frequency cores are helpful in both...

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Xiaomi Mi Band 5 could be unveiled tomorrow

Xiaomi's Mi Band line could be getting a new version as early as tomorrow at an event hosted by the Mijia sub-brand will introduce its latest wearables. The Xiaomi Smart Inn conference will be live broadcasted starting at 2MP local time. Mijia Weibo post confirming new wearables The Mi Band 5 is expected to bring a 1.2-inch OLED color display and NFC on global units which would allow for contactless payments. Up until now, NFC was only available on Chinese Mi Band units. Apart from the update display and expanded NFC functionality we don't know much about the new...

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Exclusive: Honor 30 image confirms 50MP Sony IMX700 camera

The Honor 30 arriving on April 15 was rumored to pack a 50MP Sony IMX7xx sensor. That rumor has turned out to be true now as we've got an image of the Honor 30, which confirms its 50MP Sony IMX700-based camera. While details about the IMX700 are still scarce, our source tells us that it will be the industry's largest Sony custom sensor. That would presumably mean that it will match the Huawei P40 lineup's 1/1.28" sensor. The picture also confirms that the 50MP primary camera will be joined by three more shooters, with one of them being a periscope module. These cameras are housed inside...

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Upcoming OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z color versions revealed in new images

Yesterday we learned about the arrival of OnePlus' Bullets Wireless Z - more affordable version of the current Bullets Wireless 2. Today we get to see their entire color palette. The earphones will come in 4 colors, three of which match the rumored OnePlus 8 Pro versions - they are Glacial Green, Ultramarine Blue and Onyx Black. The fourth version is Gold - we haven't seen the OnePlus 8 Pro in such color yet, but maybe we haven't seen all existing versions yet. Otherwise the Bullets Wireless Z look identical to the ongoing Bullets Wireless 2, but they might be bringing changes on...

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Huawei P40 Pro+ uses Samsung OLED, P40 Pro has a mix of suppliers

According to a report by Korean outlet TheELec Huawei is exclusively using Samsung-made OLED screens for its upcoming P40 Pro+ flagship. The report says that for the P40 Pro, Huawei is relying on a mix of Samsung, BOE and LG Display OLEDs while the P40 is using only BOE-made OLED screens. The Huawei P40 has a 6.1-inch 1080x2340px OLED screen, while the P40 Pro and P40 Pro+ have 6.58-inch 1200x2640px OLED panels. The screens on last year's Huawei P30 Pro were reportedly made by Chinese BOE and not Samsung. The report says only around 20% of Huawei phones use OLED, but the...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite goes on sale, US price revealed

Samsung is launching a Galaxy Tab S6 Lite tablet that has already appeared in numerous leaks and even on Amazon Germany with a price tag. Today the specs got confirmed once more through a listing at B&H, and we also know the price for the US market. The Tab S6 Lite will have a 10.4" screen and will cost $349.99 for the Wi-Fi-only version. The specs, provided by B&H have some differences from what was already leaked, and we think some of them are typos or placeholders. The diagonal, for example, might be 10.1" in the title, but all the other leaks suggested the bigger panel, so...

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Honor Play 4T arriving on April 9, specs revealed

Honor unveiled the Play 9A smartphone earlier this week, and today, the company announced it will follow it up with the launch of the Play 4T series on April 9. Honor hasn't revealed any specifications of the Play 4T, but it posted an image on Weibo which includes a silhouette of the smartphone, hinting at a notchless screen. However, reliable Chinese tipster Digital chat station shared an image of the Play 4T showing the smartphone with a waterdrop notch display. The tipster says the Play 4T will have an OLED panel of FullHD+ resolution, measuring 6.3" diagonally. The smartphone...

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Oppo Reno Ace 2 5G officially launching on April 13

The Reno Ace 2 has been leaking for some time, and finally we know when it will end - at the date the official launch was just set for April 13. The information was revealed by Brian Shen, VP at Oppo, on his Weibo profile. The Reno Ace 2 is expected to stick with the 65W wired fast charging of its predecessor Oppo Reno Ace. This phone is likely to have a circular camera setup on the back, while the front will be a flat panel with a single punch hole in the upper left corner. Rumors say the new phone will come with the massively fast 40W wireless charging, meaning Oppo is likely to...

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