Weekly poll results: HTC U20 5G can be popular if the price is right, Desire 20 Pro gets snubbed

Last week's poll shows that the HTC brand still lingers in people's minds - the HTC U20 5G can receive a very warm welcome under one condition. The price has to be right, people are no longer willing to pay a premium for an HTC phone like they did in the golden days. The company is yet to put a price tag on the U20, but if it gets it right then there are plenty of people willing to give HTC another shot. There's a small contingent willing to buy even at a higher price, not many but still more than the people who voted for the alternative phones. The Snapdragon 765G chipset and...

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Amazfit PowerBuds review

The field of truly wireless headphones has become our second calling after smartphone companies all embraced the latest accessory. The latest addition in our office is a pair of Amazfit Powerbuds - truly wireless earbuds with a heart-rate sensor. These are the first TWS earphones by Amazfit, a Xiaomi-owned company specializing in smart wearables. The Amazfit Powerbuds ship in three colors - Black, White, and Yellow, with the last one having some neon accents. We received the Black ones, which have neat red details that bring a bit of life to the otherwise understated matte paint...

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Honor X10 Max 5G with Dimensity 800 benchmarked ahead of launch

The Honor X10 Max 5G is scheduled for official announcement in the second half of next week and it's already passed certification at the Chinese telecom regulator TENAA. A few days ahead of launch we're now being treated to a GeekBench listing. Honor X10 Max 5G at GeekBench The benchmark gives us a glimpse of how the CPU of the 5G-capable Dimensity 800 chipset (a.k.a. MT6873) compares to rival midrange offerings. At 539 points in the single-core test the X10 Max 5G ranks slightly below the Snapdragon 765G equipped Moto Edge and LG Velvet (both at 586 in our testing), with the...

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T-Mobile's LG Stylo 5 gets Android 10 update

The LG Stylo 5 locked to Metro and Verizon's networks received Android 10 a couple of days ago and now it's the T-Mobile unit's turn to get a taste of the latest version of Android. A detailed changelog of the update is currently unavailable and T-Mobile hasn't updated its support page with details of Android 10 for the Stylo 5 at the time of writing this, but you can expect the new build to bring in the usual Android 10 goodies to the smartphone which includes a new design, navigation gestures, system-wide dark mode and better privacy controls. A screenshot shared by a Reddit user...

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Microsoft Surface Duo to have an 'app group' feature to help with multitasking

The Microsoft Surface Duo was announced all the way back in last Fall with a time frame for release around this year's holiday season. Recent rumors point to Microsoft shooting to beat that deadline by as much as several months and judging by how often we're hearing the Surface Duo mentioned in the past weeks this could indeed be the case. The latest bit of info concerns a software feature of the Surface Duo and it's one to do with making better use of the two displays - that's what the Duo is all about after all. It'll be called something along the lines of 'app groups' (why not 'duet',...

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OnePlus confirms its upcoming TV series will have three models, pricing teased

OnePlus entered the smart TV segment last September with its Q1 series which includes two models - Q1 and Q1 Pro. These TVs are a bit on the higher end of the price spectrum but the company is set to bring more affordable TVs on July 2. OnePlus has confirmed a few features of its new TV series and today the company revealed the lineup will include three models. OnePlus didn't reveal the screen sizes of these models but earlier this month two TVs with a diagonal of 32" and 43" got certified, and we assume the third one might pack a 55" screen - the same size as the Q1 series. The 32"...

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Huawei P20 is receiving Android 10 and EMUI 10 in Canada

The Huawei P20 is receiving Android 10 with EMUI 10 in Canada, as reported by a customer on local carrier Fido. The second major OS update for the phone that launched on Android 8.1 Oreo was promised at the start of the year. The P20 Pro and the Mate 10 from 2017 started getting the update about a month ago, and the P20 has now followed. The hefty 4.6GB release for the EML-L09 variant of the handset comes with GPU Turbo, UI tweaks and new security features. That is, of course, on top of the Android 10's native system-wide dark mode, one-time location permissions, and...

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Samsung Galaxy M01s certified by TUV Rheinland with a 3,900 mAh battery

The Galaxy M01 was unveiled earlier this month but Samsung is also working on a M01s. It has been certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) already and now it has bagged TUV Rheinland certification as well, which reveals the smartphone will pack a 3,900 mAh battery. The listing on TUV Rheinland's website doesn't reveal any other specs of the Galaxy M01s, but the smartphone passed through Geekbench back in May, revealing its key specs in the process - Helio P22 SoC, 3GB RAM, and surprisingly, Android Pie. We are hopeful the retail version of the Galaxy...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 gets Android 10 with One UI 2.1 in the US and Canada

Samsung rolled out the Android 10 update for the Galaxy Tab S4 a few days ago that brought along One UI 2.1 to the tablet with June 1, 2020 Android security patch. The update was only rolling for the LTE version (SM-T835) in Europe but now it's seeding for the Wi-Fi version (SM-T830) as well, albeit in the US and Canada only at the time of writing this. The new update sports build number T830XXU4CTF5 and has the same changelog as the firmware for the LTE version. It comes with Dark Mode, improved layout for titles and buttons, clearer app icons, and new full-screen navigation...

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Realme X3 gets a new software update with optimizations and bug fixes

The Realme X3 unveiled a couple of days ago is yet to go on sale but it's already receiving its second software update, which brings a fix for phone lag and improves the system stability. Additionally, the new build optimizes the screen brightness as well as the picture quality and fixes the issue of fingerprint reader heating. The changelog also mentions June 2020 Android security patch along with Realme PaySa (India only) and Realme Link apps, but after installation of the update, we didn't find the apps on our unit. It's worth noting, however, that these apps were a part of the...

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