Motorola Edge+ lands in India on May 19

The Motorola Edge+ will debut in India on May 19 at 12PM local time (6:30AM UTC). This information comes through Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart, which set up a page on its site to promote the flagship. The Motorola Edge+ is the first proper flagship from the Lenovo subsidiary in a long time. It's powered by the Snapdragon 865 SoC, has 12GB RAM and 256GB storage onboard, and supports 5G networks. The Edge+ runs Android 10 out of the box and sports a 6.7" FullHD+ Endless Edge display, that has a fingerprint reader underneath and a punch hole in the top-left corner for the 25MP...

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Google Pixel 4a to undercut iPhone SE starting price with double the storage

The Google Pixel 4a is set to arrive soon, possibly in early June. Following an inadvertent leak of the phone and a video testing the phone's performance and battery life, we now get to learn more about the phone's pricing. It was initially rumored that the Google Pixel 4a will start at $399 just like the iPhone SE. Now according to 9to5Google's sources the Pixel 4a could cost less than the cheapest iPhone. The claim is that Google would sell a 128GB variant of the Pixel 4a for $349, while a 64GB variant might be just $299. source suggests that $349 price will be for 128GB model—...

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Deal: grab an LG V60 ThinQ with Dual Screen on Verizon for just $550

LG's latest flagship smartphone, the V60 ThinQ, has now reached mid-ranger pricing territory, which makes it a very intriguing device, considering the high-end innards. Verizon has, for a limited time, decided to shave off a whopping $400 off the usual price of the V60, thus taking it down from $950 to $550. Of course this being a carrier deal, you know there are some caveats. Chief among them: you need to be a new customer or add a line to take advantage of this deal. Additionally, the price reduction is only on offer for people who get the V60 on the carrier's 24-month installment...

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Facebook Messenger Rooms now live with free video calls for up to 50 people

Throughout all the social distancing (and isolation) we've seen because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom has emerged as a household name, whereas before it was probably best known by some people for being the video conferencing tool at work. As more and more people have been using it for everything but work related purposes, it got to hundreds of millions of active users each day, and Facebook took notice. The social network thus announced Messenger Rooms a few weeks back, which is basically its response to Zoom's popularity, although aimed squarely at consumer use cases (because there's no...

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Honor X10's night mode abilities revealed through samples

Just yesterday, Honor confirmed that the X10 is going to arrive with a 90Hz display and a 180Hz touch-sensing digitizer. In the same news day, the X10's camera details leaked along with information about a periscope camera. Today, a couple of photo samples were teased by Honor, some that were shot with the Honor X10. The photos were posted to Honor's Weibo handle and shows the phone's low-light capabilities. The post also details the conditions of the shooting location, which was just across from Mount Everest. The temperature was minus 20 C and at 5,200 meters above sea level. The scene...

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Oppo launches Enco W31 and Enco M31 wireless Bluetooth headphones in India

Oppo has launched two new audio products in India, the Enco W31 true wireless and Enco M31 neckband earphones. Oppo Enco W31 The Enco W31 feature an in-ear design with low latency transmission. The design sits securely inside your ears with silicone ear tips and the earphones are dust and water-resistant. The W31 feature two sound mode, a natural sound profile and a bass-boost mode. Both speakers have two microphones to achieve noise-cancellation during voice calls. The Oppo Enco W31 is priced at INR 1999 and will be available in black or white starting May...

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Two key Google Pixel team members quit over Pixel 4 failure

According to a report, two key staff members have quit the Google Pixel division after apparent disappointment with how the Google Pixel 4 lineup turned out to be. Even during the development phase, the two key employees were not happy with most of the Pixel 4 and 4 XL specs. The two members are Mario Queiroz and Marc Levoy. The former has worked at Google since 2005 and has been part of every phone launch since the first Nexus One in 2010. He also led the Pixel division from the start. As for Mar Levoy, he's one of the main reasons the highly-regarded Pixel cameras came to be. He's...

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TCL 10 Pro and 10L go on sale in North America starting May 19

Initially unveiled back in January and properly announced in April, TCL's 10 Pro and 10L will officially go on sale in North America starting May 19. The TCL 10 Pro will retail for $450 while the 10L will be priced at $250. Both phones will be offered through Amazon initially, with BestBuy, Walmart and several carriers in Canada later this summer. The 10 Pro brings a curved 6.47-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with support for SDR to HDR remapping through TCL's NXTVISION chip. The panel has a teardrop notch for the 24MP selfie camera and a built-in fingerprint reader. Around the...

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HTC U Ear true wireless headphones photographed by the FCC

HTC will soon join the lucrative business of making true wireless headsets (TWS), photos from the FCC already revealed the design of its first set. They have a glossy black exterior but other than that are pretty reminiscent of Apple's AirPods. These will be called HTC U Ear and so far very little is known about them. You can see the USB-C port for charging and the bundled A-to-C cable. HTC U Ear true wireless headphones (photos by the FCC) Previously, the company made the wired USonic wired headphones with a USB-C connection, which enabled noise cancellation and a...

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Google Pixel 4a benchmarked and battery tested

The latest detailed leak pertaining to the unreleased Google Pixel 4a shows the device running different games and benchmarks, painting a very complete image of what to expect from the phone when it finally launches. The video is posted by Cuban YouTube channel TechnoLike Plus, which has a pre-production Pixel 4a in hand. Gaming is smooth courtesy of a Snapdragon 730 paired to 6GB of RAM - not the most advanced combination around, but not bad either. It's certainly a step up from the Snapdragon 670 in the Pixel 3a. As for benchmarks, the Pixel 4a scored 268,973 on AnTuTu (that's around...

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Motorola Edge+ in for review

You have to go back three years to find the last proper Motorola flagship. That makes the Motorola Edge+ a welcome return to form and one of the most exciting phones of 2020. The company is feeling good about its chances too, pricing the Edge+ at €1,199/$999, which pins it against some of the best phones in the market. So what do you get for that considerable amount? Well the phone, naturally, a silicone case, 18W charger, USB-C cable and a pair of headphones ending on a 3.5mm connector (yes, the Edge+ has a headphone jack). When put side by side with the Motorola Edge, the...

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OnePlus 8 series gets Oxygen OS 10.5.7/10.5.8 updates

OnePlus has officially begun seeding the latest OxygenOS update for the OnePlus 8 series. OnePlus 8 owners are getting OxygenOS 10.5.7 while the version for 8 Pro is 10.5.8. The new updates change a lot of stuff under the hood ranging from display issues to camera tweaks and stability improvements and network connectivity optimizations. In addition, you are getting the April security patch. The updates are currently seeding to EU, Indian as well as international OnePlus 8 units. The update should reach global availability in the coming days. OxygenOS OS 10.5.7/10.5.8 update...

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Dell announces updated XPS 15 and a new larger XPS 17 laptops

Dell has launched two new models in its premium XPS lineup. We now get an updated XPS 15 alongside a new XPS 17 model for 2020. The XPS 15 is an update to last year's model and now comes with Intel's 10th generation CPUs. You have a choice between the 4 core/8 thread Core i5-10300H, 6 core/12 thread Core i7-10750H, or 8 core/16 thread Core i7-10875H and Core i9-10885H processors. The graphics have been updated to include the NVIDIA GTX 1650 Ti with 4GB VRAM. The XPS 15 features a new design with a two-piece machined aluminum body and a new 15.6-inch 16:10 InfinityEdge...

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Sony's Intelligent Vision Sensor is the first to have AI processing hardware on board

A few years ago Sony created the first image sensor with on-chip RAM, which enabled slow-motion video capture at very high frame rates. Now the company has created the first sensor with on-board AI hardware, which can do high-speed image recognition. The Intelligent Vision Sensor, IMX500, has a stacked design, consisting of a pixel chip (1/2.3", 12.3MP resolution, 1.55µm pixels) and a logic chip that has a Sony-developed DSP and memory for the AI models. The sensor can capture 4K video at 60fps, but more importantly it needs only 3.1 milliseconds to analyze the image (using the...

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Huawei Watch GT 2e launched in India, pre-orders begin May 15

The Huawei Watch GT 2e unveiled in March has debuted in India. It's priced at INR11,990 ($160/€147) and will be up for pre-orders from May 15 on Amazon.in and Flipkart with three color options - Graphite Black, Lava Red, and Mint Green. Those who pre-book the Watch GT 2e on Amazon.in between May 15 and May 21 will get the Huawei AM61 Bluetooth Earphones worth INR3,990 ($53/€49) for free, and those who prefer Flipkart can get it for INR1. The Huawei Watch GT 2e is powered by the Kirin A1 SoC - the same chip that powers the Watch GT 2 and Freebuds 3 TWS earphones. The smartwatch...

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OnePlus 8 Pro's color filter camera able to see through clothes, solid objects

First spotted by XDA-Developers' Max Weinbach, the OnePlus 8 Pro can see through certain surfaces thanks to its custom 5MP sensor that lacks the usual color and IR filters to produce artistic images. And it seems that it can do so with certain types of clothes too. pic.twitter.com/dysWJLE660— Max Weinbach (@MaxWinebach) May 13, 2020 In a short investigation done by AndroidPIT, the fourth camera on the back of the OnePlus 8 Pro can see through some surfaces if the right conditions are met. How? Well, standard cameras that we use have color filters, because sensors would naturally only...

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Ross Young: Galaxy Note20 duo will have a larger ultrasonic fingerprint readers from Qualcomm

Ross Young is back with more on Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Note20 phones. He already covered some screen details (including the 120Hz refresh rate), now he says that the two Notes may be the first phones to adopt Qualcomm's new 3D Sonic Max fingerprint reading technology. It creates a sensing area 17x larger than before, covering 20mm x 30mm (a typical reader is only 4mm x 9mm). Max can even scan two fingerprints simultaneously, which increases the level of security offered by the system. Young and his team believe that Samsung will stick with the center punch hole design for the selfie...

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Samsung Galaxy A Quantum announced with quantum encryption technology

Samsung and South Korean carrier SK Telecom today announced a new 5G smartphone dubbed Galaxy A Quantum. The Samsung Galaxy A Quantum is the world's first 5G smartphone equipped with a quantum random number generator (QRNG) chipset, which is developed by SK Telecom's Switzerland-based subsidiary ID Quantique. The QRNG chipset is the SKT IDQ S2Q000 and it enhances the security of the phone's data by using quantum encryption technology to generate random numbers and create unpredictable secure keys. The chipset comprises an LED and a CMOS image sensor, which detects the light...

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Honor 30S in Butterfly Red is finally arriving

Honor launched the 30S midranger at the end of March, two weeks ahead of the Honor 30 flagships. At first, the phone was introduced in White, Green, and Black, while a fourth gradient color was only mentioned, but not shown. Today the company revealed it will be called Butterfly Red and will be finally available for sale on May 18. Тhe color is likely the only change - the phone will remain powered by Kirin 820 that has an integrated 5G modem. RAM is 8GB, while storage will be either 128GB or 256GB. Pricing of the phone will also remain unchanged - CNY2,399 or CNY2,699,...

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Analysts: Galaxy A51 was the best-selling Android in Q1, Galaxy S20+ only flagship in the Top 6

Four out of the six best-selling Android phones during the first quarter of this year were made by Samsung, shows data by Strategy Analytics. The other two were Xiaomi phones. The Samsung Galaxy A51 (the 4G version) was on top with a comfortable lead - with 6 million units shipped, it made up 2.3% of all Androids sold globally during Q1. The A51 is popular around the world, but especially in Europe and Asia. Its closest rival is another affordable model - the Redmi 8 from Xiaomi, which made up 1.9% of the market. It has many fans in India and China and is becoming increasingly popular...

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New Realme Watch teaser released, likely to be unveiled on May 25

We've had some pretty extensive leaks about the upcoming Realme Watch with one of them even revealing key software and hardware features. But none of them had any info regarding the announcement date. Well, it's now becoming clearer with the latest teaser from Realme. Watch me! Are you ready to join our journey in becoming India's Most Popular Tech-Lifestyle Brand?Our next AIoT products are on the way? RT to show your excitement. pic.twitter.com/3Ny6EEDMi4— Madhav @home (@MadhavSheth1) May 14, 2020 As you can see, the teaser itself doesn't say when the watch will be made available but...

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Xiaomi unveils Mi AirDots 2 SE - a cheaper version of the AirDots 2s

Xiaomi unveiled a more affordable version of its AirPod-like true wireless headset, the Mi AirDots 2 SE. They are available for pre-order in China and shipments will start on the May 19. At CNY 170 ($24/€22), they are less than half the price of the AirDots 2s. Xiaomi Mi AirDots 2 SE The main difference is that the SE does not support the high definition codec LHDC, but they do offer AAC. Bluetooth 5.0 is used for the connection to your phone, the signal is transmitted simultaneously to each bud (which offers a more stable connection). Each bud weighs just 4.7g and is good...

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Amazfit Ares coming on May 19

Xiaomi's smart wearables subsidiary Huami is set to introduce its latest smartwatch dubbed Amazfit Ares next week on May 19. Thanks to a new post from the brands' official Weibo account we have our first look at the device complete with some of its features which will include sports tracking with 70 distinct sports modes. It features a rugged design with a silicone strap. The watch will also support Firstbeat professional-grade tracking with special modes for VO2Max measurement, training effectiveness and load as well as recovery times. In addition, Huami CEO Huang Wang also posted...

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Mediatek to introduce a new 5G chipset on May 18

Mediatek is introducing chipset after chipset for the growing 5G market. After we saw the Dimensity 800 and Dimensity 1000 back in January, a more powerful follow-up called Dimensity 1000+ was recently unveiled with the vivo iQOO Z1. Today, the Weibo profile of the company teased another 5G chipset, and it might be a Dimensity 800+ with a mightier GPU and improved features for gaming. The poster doesn't reveal anything in particular, so we're left to play the guessing game. Honor will have an event on May 18, but it is later during the day, so an Honor smartphone with a...

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Honor X10 5G design reveled in official poster, specs revealed

The Honor X10 5G is nearing its launch which is scheduled for next week on May 20. The latest leak gives us an official look at the phone's design which will in fact feature a pop-up camera and will come in white and blue colors with a pattern design. Around the back, we can see the square cutout for the triple cameras. The phone was also listed on Chinese retailer Vmall's website giving us an even more detailed look at its design. Pricing and other specs were not revealed though. Honor X10 5G In related news, noted tipster Ishan Agrawal shared a detailed spec sheet for...

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