iPhone SE teardown: What happens when you put an iPhone 8 motherboard into the iPhone SE?

The new iPhone SE (2020) is going on sale today and an early teardown shows the similarities between it and the iPhone 8. The "Jiang Teardown" video was posted by Wenzhou Ao Technololgy on YouTube (the channel's name is translated from Mandarin). In the video, the new iPhone SE is torn down side by side with the iPhone 8 to highlight the differences. Although the video is in Mandarin, English captions are available. The phone is just as easy to open as the iPhone 8, with barely any heat needed to soften the adhesive holding the display in place. Once removed, the display comes apart...

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OnePlus addresses green tint with the OnePlus 8 Pro's display

The OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro are available for sale in the UK and Europe since April 21. The devices aren't releasing in the US until April 29. However, as the first customers get their hands on the new OnePlus phones, some users are reporting concerns with the display. OnePlus 8 Pro There are two incidents that are causing a stir over at the OnePlus Community forums: one of them is the appearance of a green tint over the display in low brightness settings. Granted, its one of those cases where a display acts strange under a specific set of conditions, but it isn't one worth...

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Google releases Android 11 Developer Preview 3 for Pixel devices

Today, Google has begun rolling out the third release of the Android 11 Developer Preview to several Pixel devices. Unfortunately, we don't recommend anyone flash a Developer Preview build to your Pixel if it is currently your primary device, as it perhaps may not be stable enough. The update is dated on April 23 with a build number of RPP3.200230.017 and is security patched up to April 2020. Is is running with Google Play services 20.12.14. Google Pixel 3a If you are already running the Android 11 Developer Preview, Google offers the ability to update to DP3 via OTA update....

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vivo S6 5G gets new Streamer Secret color

vivo S6 5G debuted last month in black, white and blue colors but now vivo is bringing a new Streamer Secret option which features a gradient color that shifts between orange, purple and blue hues. The new Streamer Secret vivo S6 is scheduled to go on sale starting April 30. The company hasn't revealed the memory and storage configurations it will be available in though. The vivo S6 boasts a 6.44-inch AMOLED display, 48MP main camera and Exynos 980 chipset. It comes with 6/8GB RAM and 128/256GB storage while the battery front is covered by a 4,500 mAh battery. Source (in...

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Indian TWS earbud market grows by 700%, led by Apple's AirPods

The Indian truly wireless earbud market saw a tremendous 700% increase in 2019, which made it the fastest-growing market in wearables in the world. Apple dominated with its second-generation AirPods and its AirPods Pro, the latter of which launched in the country in November. Thanks to its premium pricing Apple will dominate the revenue share of the Indian market moving forward. In second was newcommer Noise and third was JBL, notable for the launch of its C100TWS in December. Realme jumped into the top 5 on the shoulders of its Buds Air TWS earbuds. The Buds Air had a huge...

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Huawei unveils the 10.4 MatePad with M-Pencil support

Huawei held an online launch event today, unveiling the new nova 7 series of phones,but alongside them we also got the new Huawei MatePad. It is essentially a toned-down version of the MatePad Pro, announced last November in China. The Huawei MatePad is built around a 10.4" 2,000 x 1,200 pixel IPS display and a Kirin 810 chipset. It packs a 7,250mAh battery with 18W fast charging via Type-C port. Huawei MatePad Other hardware highlights of the MatePad include two 8MP cameras. The rear one does come complete with autofocus, while the selfie one is fixed focus. All...

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Apple will reportedly launch ARM-based Mac in 2021 based on A14 SoC

Apple is planning to launch at least one ARM-based Mac next year, reports Bloomberg. According to its sources, Apple is working on three custom ARM-based chipsets for Macs, which will be based on the A14 processor that will power the 2020 iPhones. Although based on the A14, the Mac versions of these chipsets will be much more powerful. Exactly how powerful? According to the the report, the first of these three chipsets will have eight high-performance cores (codename: Firestorm) and at least four low-power cores (codename: Icestorm) for efficiency. The later models will have...

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Microsoft Surface Earbuds will launch in Europe on May 6, priced at €199

Microsoft's entry into TWS earbuds - the Surface Earbuds - will finally go on sale in European countries on May 6. The buds will cost €199, placing them slightly above the €169 Samsung Galaxy Buds+ and way below the €279 Apple AirPods Pro. Microsoft's Surface Earbuds will cost CHF 220 in Switzerland, while their US price is $249, but there's still no word on availability stateside. The Microsoft Surface Earbuds bring 8 hours of listening time with an additional 16 hours through the charging case. They offer active noise cancellation, Spotify and Office 365 integration and touch...

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Honor 30 Pro+ arrives in a limited edition Boy London-branded retail box

Honor announced a partnership with the fashion brand Boy London right in time for the launch of the Honor 30 smartphones. The most powerful Honor 30 Pro+ smartphone will be offered in a limited edition retail box with some branded accessories from the clothing company, including a case, a pin, and a unique t-shirt. There are two options of the limited edition retail box - both have the case and the pin, but only one of them comes with the shirt. According to a listing at the Chinese retailer JD.com, Boy London and Honor share a similar DNA - they are fashion-conscious brands for the...

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The new Huawei nova 7 phones are obsessed with selfies in their first promo videos

Huawei unveiled three new nova 7 phones, including the Pro model, which has a periscope lens with 5x optical zoom - typically, you only see periscopes on the flagship phones from a brand, but Huawei is breaking the mold here. So, you'd think that this would be the focus of the promo campaign but the first videos focus on the camera on the other side. The Huawei nova 7 Pro 5G has a 32MP wide and an 8MP ultrawide cameras in a pill-shaped punch hole on the front. The new eye-tracking feature ensures that the focus in your selfies is just right - this feature probably sounds familiar to a...

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Huawei nova 7, 7 SE and 7 Pro debut with 64MP cameras and 5G

After several weeks of leaks and speculations, Huawei officially took the wraps off its nova 7 series comprising of three devices - the nova 7 Pro, nova 7 and nova 7 SE. All three phones come with 5G connectivity, 64MP main cameras and 4,000 mAh batteries with 40W fast charging. The main differences come in the displays and chipsets where the nova 7 and 7 Pro pack the Kirin 985 while the 7 SE relies on the Kirin 820. nova 7 Pro 5G The Huawei nova 7 Pro 5G is built around a curved 6.57 OLED display with FHD+ resolution and a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The panel features a dual punch hole...

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Apple patches iOS flaw that allowed access to your data

An iOS flaw has been discovered, which would allow hackers to crash and reset an iPhone or iPad and gain access to some of the stored data. The vulnerability is in the Mail app and is activated by sending a special email, even a blank one, which causes the device to crash. From there the hacker could gain access to the device's emails and even its entire data by using a kernel exploit. The flaw is zero-click on devices running iOS 13, which means that the user doesn't need to open the email in order to get hacked - it's received in the background and starts wreaking havoc. The...

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Xiaomi details the Mi 10 Youth camera, shares plenty of photo samples

Xiaomi is preparing to launch a new phone for its domestic market named Mi 10 Youth. Initially expected to be based on the Mi 10 Lite 5G, it has now been confirmed to come with a periscope telephoto camera on the back. The launch is scheduled for April 27, and today the company shared the details on the camera setup. Xiaomi Mi 10 Youth The periscope shooter will provide 5x optical zoom and up to 50x digital zoom. First camera samples from The Bund in Shanghai and the hills of Guilin showcase the performance of the camera in two very different lighting setups - one in the dusk...

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Samsung video shows the best features of the 108MP ISOCELL HM1 sensor

The Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra may have one of the most technologically impressive cameras out there, but the results it gets out of the hardware are not the best - in our review we said that Samsung needs to work more on tuning the camera, DxOMark placed the Ultra in 6th position. The company is still confident in its hardware and released this video detailing why the ISOCELL Bright HM1 has great potential. This is not the first time that Samsung has talked about the sensor. Previously, it covered how the 9-in-1 pixel binning (nonacell) helps the sensor capture twice as much light. This...

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Motorola shares stunning Edge and Edge+ camera samples

Yesteday Motorola unveiled the Edge+ and Edge - they share a 6.7-inch AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh rate and general design, but have different chipsets, batteries and camera setups. The Motorola Edge+ has the superior 108MP camera, which outputs 27MP 4-in-1 pixel-binned results, while the vanilla Edge has a 64MP main camera that combines 4 pixels into 1 for 16MP. The 16MP 13mm ultrawide snapper is shared between the two while the 8MP telephoto comes with 3x zoom on the Edge+ and 2x on the regular Edge. After the announcement Motorola released a bunch of sample images, taken with...

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iPhone SE (2020) AnTuTu scores reveal underclocked chipset

When Apple relaunched the iPhone SE (2020) with the current A13 Bionic chipset, many were celbrating the opportunity to get iPhone 11 Pro Max performance at a far more affordable price. However, the SE appeared on AnTuTu and posted an underwhelming score of under 500,000, which is quite off the performance of the 2019 iPhones. Looking at the result breakdown of the iPhone SE (2020), the CPU and GPU yield is closer to the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max that are powered by an A12 Bionic platform. Optimization of the RAM is the only thing pushing the 256 GB iPhone SE way ahead of the XS...

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Alleged Redmi Note 9 will actually be called Redmi 10X in China

Last week we a Xiaomi phone stopped by TENAA with model number M2003J15SC. It was rumored to go official as Redmi Note 9, but that might not be the case at least in Xiaomi's home market. The very same device appeared in the China Telecom database today with the name Redmi 10X. It has the Mediatek Helio G85 chipset, coupled with 6GB RAM and 128GB of storage. Redmi 10X The listing by the carrier gives us a bit more info than the one at TENAA. Redmi 10X will ship with MIUI 11 and Android 10 out of the box. The USB-C port will be 2.0, while the microSD slot supports cards...

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iQOO Neo3 brings 144Hz display, Snapdragon 865 and 44W fast charging for $380

Last month, vivo's iQOO sub-brand introduced the iQOO 3 5G, one of the most affordable Snapdragon 865-powered phones on the market. Now the company has gone even more aggressive with the new iQOO Neo3. It comes with a 144Hz refresh rate display, Snapdragon 865 chipset, dual-mode 5G connectivity and a CNY 2,698 ($380/INR 28,991) starting price. The iQOO Neo3 is built around a 6.57-inch FHD+ AMOLED panel with a 144Hz refresh rate. It's also HDR10 compliant and comes with a 20:9 aspect ratio. The panel has a punch-hole cutout in the top right corner for the 16MP selfie cam. Around the...

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Teasing of the Meizu 17 continues with quad cameras and ring flash

Meizu has been teasing its upcoming 17 flagship for the past few days and it has just revealed full frontal and backside photos of the device on Weibo. The caption on Meizu's post translates to "Talented like you. An annual flagship that you can never forget at a glance. On May 8, the 5G flagship press conference of the series 17, 15 days to dream!" Yesterday the company revealed the phone's launch date of May 8. The camera setup of the Meizu 17 consists of four cameras, arranged horizontally, with a ring flash in the center. Although the back of the phone does have tapered glass...

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Realme X50m 5G announced: Snapdragon 765G SoC, 120Hz display, and 48MP quad camera

Realme's 5G lineup gets a third member today as the X50m 5G joins the X50 and X50 Pro. The Realme X50m 5G is powered by the Snapdragon 765G SoC, which is the same chipset that powers the vanilla X50. The smartphone runs Android 10-based Realme UI out of the box and has two memory options - 6GB/128GB and 8GB/128GB. The X50m 5G packs a 6.57" 20:9 120Hz LCD of FullHD+ resolution with a pill-shaped punch hole in the upper-left corner for the 16MP wide and 2MP depth cameras. The back of the Realme X50m 5G, which is reminiscent of the Realme 6, is home to a quad camera setup comprising a...

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