China officials don’t agree with selling TikTok to a US business, would make China look weak

We’re closing in on the deadline of September 15, which is when the Trump Administration’s executive order will supposedly censor ban TikTok in the US due to unproven security concerns expressed by the US Government. ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company in China, would have until then to sell TikTok’s US business to an American company. Both Oracle and Microsoft have expressed interest in acquiring the business. The TikTok app According to an exclusive report from Reuters, Chinese believe that selling TikTok US to an American company amidst the forced actions from the White...

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Apple One will be the name of Cupertino's subscription bundle

Over the years Apple has launched a number of subscription services – Music, Arcade, News+, TV+ and others – and it’s very un-Apple to have you manage all of those separately. Which is why the company is preparing to launch one subscription to rule them all. Predictably, it will be named “Apple One”. Clues about this service were discovered in the APK for Apple Music 3.4.0 beta during one of 9to5google’s APK teardowns. Apple Music will be part of of a subscription bundle, though the exact details are a bit hazy. We first heard about Apple’s plans of subscription bundles back in...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 review

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Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G passes by TENAA, confirms key specs

Samsung is expected to launch its Galaxy S20 Fan Edition soon. We’ve been seeing plenty of leaks over the last weeks and the latest one comes from China’s TENAA agency which confirms the key specs of the 5G model. The phone with model designation SM-G7810 is listed with a 6.5-inch display, 4,500 mAh battery which we also know will support 15W wired charging and dual SIM capabilities. We’re also briefed on the phone’s dimensions which come in at 159.8×74.5×8.4(mm) which puts it right between the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S20+ in terms of size. Galaxy S20 FE 5G listing A recent giant...

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Leaked HTC Wildfire E Lite image shows dual cam and fingerprint reader on the back

Remember when the HTC Wildfire E Lite appeared on the Google Play Console? You’d be forgiven if you answered “no”, a phone with a quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM is hardly memorable. Still, the first proper image of the Lite has surfaced, courtesy of @evleaks, so you might want to have another look. It’s a classic design with top and bottom bezels surrounding the 18:9 screen (720 x 1,440 px resolution). HTC Wildfire E Lite The back houses a dual camera. We don’t have the sensor info, but the original Wildfire E had a 13+2 MP cam on its back side. And a fingerprint reader too,...

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Watch the first demo of a Huawei watch with Harmony OS

Huawei announced Harmony OS 2.0 and today we see the first video of an upcoming device with the new operating system. According to one user on Weibo, the interface is still in its development phase, but the R&D team is ready to demo the UI of the in-house OS on a smartwatch hooked to a development board. In the video some of the features can be spotted, including SpO2 meter, a heart rate sensor, tracker of some activities, and some of the navigation gestures around the UI. The self-proclaimed “Digital King” stated on Weibo that many features could not be filmed due to confidentiality...

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Moto E7 Plus debuts with Snapdragon 460 and 5,000 mAh battery

After a lengthy period of leaks, Motorola finally made its Moto E7 Plus official in Brazil. True to its Eseries nature the phone comes with entry-level spec sheet headlined by the Snapdragon 460, a 48MP primary camera and a 5,000 mAh battery. Motorola E7 Plus The Android 10-running phone is built around a 6.5-inch HD+ LCD with a waterdrop notch cutout for its 8MP selfie camera. The back houses a square setup with a 48MP primary camera and a 2MP depth helper. There’s also an LED flash at the top and a capacitive fingerprint scanner below. The Snapdragon 460 sits at the...

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Some EMUI 11 phones will be able to install HarmonyOS

Yesterday Huawei officially unveiled HarmonyOS 2.0 and confirmed that it will power smartphones in 2021. Interestingly, you may not need to buy a new phone to make the switch – some EMUI 11 devices will be able to install and run the new OS. It’s not clear which ones – all, perhaps, or just select models – and we don’t know if users will be able to roll back to the Android-based EMUI after trying out Huawei’s in-house operating system. “Yes, devices running the new distributed-technology based EMUI 11 will be eligible for upgrade to Harmony OS in the future,” wrote a Huawei...

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YouTube Music joins the 500 million downloads club

YouTube music came to be in 2018 and Google introduced it as a replacement for Google Play Music. Ever since, the company is trying hard to make the transition as smooth as possible with users constantly giving feedback on what Google should do to improve its YouTube Music service. The latter comes bundled with YouTube Premium too. And it seems that the transition is going well as the app reached the 500 million downloads milestone and is now in the elite club with some of the most popular apps out there. The main benefit of YouTube music is that it has the biggest and probably most...

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Sharp unveils four new smartphones, two of which with 5G

Sharp unveiled four new smartphones for the Japanese market, all of them based on Snapdragon chipsets - two models stick with LTE while the other two support 5G connectivity. The Sharp zero5G basic name is misleading as this one is actually the top model. The 6.4” OLED display has 120Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate. It supports HDR and has 1080p+ resolution, there’s a fingerprint reader embedded below. The phone is powered by the Snapdragon 765G chipset, paired with 6GB of RAM and 64GB storage. There will also be an 8/128GB option when the phone launches in the coming...

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Sharp unveils four new Sense smartphones, two of which with 5G

Sharp unveiled four new smartphones for the Japanese market, all of them based on Snapdragon chipsets - two models stick with LTE while the other two support 5G connectivity. The Sharp Sense5G basic name is misleading as this one is actually the top model. The 6.4” OLED display has 120Hz refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate. It supports HDR and has 1080p+ resolution, there’s a fingerprint reader embedded below. The phone is powered by the Snapdragon 765G chipset, paired with 6GB of RAM and 64GB storage. There will also be an 8/128GB option when the phone launches in the coming...

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Samsung explains how the new Galaxy Z Fold2 hinge works

One of the biggest changes in the new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 over the original Galaxy Fold, is the hinge and Samsung just released the video detailing how it was designed and where it improves on the old design. The redesign allowed Samsung to close the gap between the two folding parts of the device but more importantly, it has made the device considerably sturdier. Thanks to the dual CAM mechanism that relies not only on a mechanical lock but on magnets, the Z Fold2's hinge can keep the phone upright and prevent accidental folding when unfolded. The mechanism is similar to Galaxy Z...

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Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro renders surface, flaunt the 108 MP main cam

The hands-on photos of the Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro we saw a couple of weeks ago weren’t the best quality, but these newly-leaked official renders are much cleaner. The “108MP camera” label is clearly visible below the large module on top. Based on the previous leak, the non-Pro version of the Mi 10T will have a 64 MP module here. Note that this is a triple cam even though it looks like a quad setup – the function of the module in the upper right corner of the “square” is unclear (Laser AF, perhaps?). Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro renders Also notice the fingerprint reader mounted on the left...

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vivo V20 SE is coming on September 24

We saw leaked images of the vivo V20 earlier this week, followed by an official teaser of the V20 SE yesterday. Today, vivo's Malaysian branch announced that V20 SE will be unveiled on September 24 at 4PM MYT (8AM UTC). vivo has also set up a promo page for the V20 SE on its website, which teases sleek design, Super Night Mode and FlashCharge support. vivo V20 SE teasers vivo hasn't divulged any other specifications of the V20 SE yet, but a vivo device sporting model code V2022, and believed to be the V20 SE, was spotted on Geekbench with Snapdragon 665 SoC and 8GB...

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Android 11 (Go edition) is here with faster app launching, grouped notifications and one-time permissions

The stable build of Android 11 arrived earlier this week and now Google is bringing its (Go edition) alternative. Android 11 (Go edition) is meant for phones with up to 2GB RAM and will come loaded on entry-level devices from a broad range of manufacturers. Some older devices running on Android 10 (Go edition) will get the new update though there’s no exact list for now. Some of Android 11’s key features have made their way to the new Go edition such as grouped notifications for chat apps and one-time permissions for camera, microphone and location. Google also promises 20 percent...

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Huawei to relaunch Nova 7 SE with Dimensity 800U chipset

Huawei has just certified a smartphone with the model number CND-AN00, and leaksters in China claim this is the previously available nova 7 SE 5G with a new chipset. The device matches the footprint and the battery size, as well as the actual charger that will be shipped with the phone but will be powered by Mediatek’s Dimensity 800U rather than the Kirin 820 5G platform. According to one leakster, the new version of Huawei nova 7 SE 5G will have a lower price. The Kirin 820 5G chipset has four Cortex-A76 units that go over 2.2 GHz, with the other four staying at 1.84 GHz. However,...

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Moto G9 Plus announced: Snapdragon 730G SoC, 6.8" display, and 5,000 mAh battery

Following a couple of major leaks, Motorola went on and made the Moto G9 Plus official. The Moto G9 Plus is powered by the Snapdragon 730G SoC that's paired with 4GB RAM. The smartphone runs Android 10 and has 128GB of storage onboard, but it also comes with a microSD card slot, which allows storage expansion by up to 512GB. The Moto G9 Plus is built around a 6.8" FullHD+ Max Vision display with HDR10 support. It also has a punch hole in the upper-left corner for the 16MP selfie camera. The reflective back of the phone is home to a quad camera setup: 64MP primary, 8MP ultrawide...

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Motorola Razr 5G arrives in China for $1,830

The Motorola Razr 5G announced a couple of days ago has debuted in China. It's priced at CNY12,499 ($1,830/€1,545) and is currently up for pre-order through Lenovo's official China website, with sales kicking off from September 15. You can get one in Blush Gold or Polished Graphite color. Motorola Razr 5G in Blush Gold and Polished Graphite colors The Motorola Razr 5G is a successor to last year's Razr 2019 clamshell foldable smartphone. It's powered by the Snapdragon 765G SoC, runs Android 10-based Moto UI, and has 8GB RAM and 256GB storage onboard. The Razr 5G sports two...

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