Weekly poll results: the Huawei P40 Pro and Pro+ draw in crowds, P40 barely gets noticed

Huawei makes awesome phones, but the trade war is really hurting its sales potential globally, that's what last week's poll shows. The Huawei P40 Pro and the Pro+ got a lot of love, but the lack of Google Mobile Services really limits the group of potential buyers. Some in the comments were asking for a discount since the phones lack GMS. That's not going to happen - the P40 Pro already costs less than the Samsung and Apple flagships and it's not like Huawei's R&D costs have gone down. In fact, since the company is trying to replace the Google ecosystem, they are likely...

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Realme X50 Pro 5G in for review

Here's a familiar face. This is our second encounter with the Realme X50 Pro 5G - we spent some quality time with a pre-production unit, but here we have the finished, market-ready device and we've now begun our full review on it. Before that we'll recap what the Realme X50 Pro 5G is and why you should care. It brings a 90Hz refresh 6.44-inch Super AMOLED, a flagship camera array and the brand-new Snapdragon 865 chipset with up to 12GB of RAM. And as the name suggests, this phone has 5G. There are six cameras on the Realme X50 Pro 5G - a 32MP regular + 8MP ultrawide pair cut into...

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Counterpoint: Music streaming market grows 32% in 2019, Spotify still on top

Last year was a good year for the music streaming business. The whole market grew about 32% year-over-year while Spotify and Apple Music are still leading the pack. According to the research by Counterpoint, Apple's music subscriber count grew 36%, grabbing 19% of the market. Spotify's numbers also grew 23%, capturing an impressive 35% market share last year and even accounting for 31% of the total market revenue in the industry. The third place is taken by Amazon's streaming service reaching 15% while YouTube Music is dragging behind with just 6% of the total premium...

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Samsung's Camera Controller app now lets you take photos from Galaxy S20 using a Galaxy Watch

Samsung has updated its Camera Controller app to let Galaxy S20 series owners capture photos and record videos from their phones using their Samsung Galaxy smartwatch. All you have to do is download the Camera Controller app from the Galaxy Store on your device, sync it with your Samsung smartwatch, and your smartwatch will act as a viewfinder and a shutter button for your device's camera. You can also use the smartwatch to switch between the front and rear cameras of the smartphone with swipe gestures. Samsung has also squashed some bugs on the Camera Controller app with the...

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Lenovo and Motorola also extend product warranties in light of the COVID-19 pandemic

Lenovo and Motorola have announced the extension of global warranty on all their products till May 31, 2020 in a bid to better support their customers amid the COVID-19 situation prevailing across the globe. This extension is applicable on products whose warranties expire between March 15, 2020 and April 30, 2020. Lenovo and Motorola aren't the only smartphone brands to extend the warranty on their products, though. Realme, OnePlus, vivo and Samsung recently announced warranty extensions on their products till May 31, 2020. Additionally, vivo, OnePlus and Xiaomi have donated...

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Big price cuts of 4G Android phones are expected in the following months

According to Pan Jiutang, a partner of Xiaomi's Industry Investment Department, the price of 4G Android phones will fall significantly in the following months and several factors are at play here. One of which is the massive price cut of the iPhone 11-series in China. If Chinese smartphone manufacturers want to stay competitive against the iPhone 11 family, they will have to lower the prices of its high-end handsets. Additionally, the rapid development of the 5G network in the country has allowed for wider adoption and the number of 5G-capable smartphones is increasing by the day,...

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OnePlus 7T, 7T Pro get March patch and improved slow-mo recording with new updates

Earlier this week, OnePlus released new software updates for the OnePlus 7 and 7 Pro, which were rolled out as OxygenOS 10.3.2 in India and 10.0.5 for European and global units. Now it's time for their T variants to get new firmwares. OnePlus is seeding OxygenOS 10.0.9 and 10.0.8 for the global units of 7T and 7T Pro, respectively, which are rolling as 10.3.2 in India. OnePlus 7T (left) and OnePlus 7T Pro (right) The new builds bring in March 2020 Android security patch to both smartphones, along with optimized RAM management and improved stability for slow-mo video recording....

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One UI 2.1 arrives to some US Galaxy S10 and Note10 users

As promised, the latest version of Samsung's One UI is starting to roll out for the unlocked versions of the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note10 phones. The update bumps up the version of One UI to 2.1 and delivers some of the new features the Galaxy S20 lineup has. The firmware versions for the Galaxy S10 and the Galaxy Note10 are G97xU1UEU3DTC9 and N97xU1UEU3CTC9, respectively. The first one weighs around 1.4GB while the Nopte10's upgrade is a little over 1.6GB big. Changelogs for the Note10 and S10 The list of new features is in the changelog - Single Take, Pro mode for video...

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Samsung Galaxy A21s visits Geekbench with an Exynos 850 SoC

Last month the Samsung Galaxy A21 passed through Geekbench, revealing key specs in the process. And now, a Samsung device which is likely the Galaxy A21s has been spotted on the benchmark database with a few of its specifications. The Galaxy A21s, bearing model number SM-A217F, is powered by the unannounced Exynos 850 SoC. It runs Android 10 and has 3GB RAM onboard. However, there will likely be more RAM options that are yet to be confirmed. Geekbench doesn't reveal any other specs of the Galaxy A21s, but a report by SamMobile claimed the smartphone will come with 32GB and 64GB...

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