Follow the introduction of the Sony Xperia 5 II live with us

September is a month traditionally filled with smartphone announcements, but this is still one of the more exciting ones. While Sony doesn't have anywhere near the market share it once had it still bring innovative devices that can stand out in the crowded market The Xperia 5 II is debuting at an online event, live-streamed on YouTube and all other major social media platforms. We’ve provided a link below that you should tune in to at 7AM UTC. Leaks pointed to Sony Xperia 5 II retaining its 21:9 CinemaWide screen, dual stereo speakers, and a 3.5 mm audio jack on top. Inside we...

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Huawei reportedly has only 8.8 million Kirin 9000 chipsets for the Mate 40 smartphones

Huawei is going to release its next flagship chipset, dubbed Kirin 9000, on the 5 nm process technology, and is said to be hte first platform with a built-in 5G modem. Initial reports were the Chinese company ordered TSMC to manufacture 15 million units, but latest report says there will be only about 8.8 million chips. CAD-based renders: Huawei Mate 40 • Huawei Mate 40 Pro Going into details, one leakster on Weibo confirmed the 5nm wafers are 22,000 in total. One wafer can yield about 400 dies, and with the simple math trick called multiplication we can get the full amount of...

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Watch the Realme 7i announcement live here

In the beginning of September the Realme X7 and Realme X7 Pro debuted in China, and two days later the company also brought the Realme 7 and Realme 7 Pro in India. Now, a new device called Realme 7i is expected to join the midrange lineup. The phone will be introduced in Indonesia with Snapdragon 662 chipset, and those that want to know more about its hardware can tun in to the livestream, scheduled to begin at 6:00 AM UTC or 13:00 WIB. The Realme 7i has the overall looks of a Realme 7 smartphone - four cameras in an L-formation on the back, a punch hole on the front, big screen...

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Poco X3 launching in India on September 22

The Poco X3 will be launched in India on September 22 at noon local time, confirmed Poco on Twitter. It will be powered by the Snapdragon 732G SoC, but it's rumored to be slightly different from the Poco X3 NFC that was announced last week. It's time to redefine #SmoothAF.Get ready for the #POCOX3. Arriving on 22nd September at 12 noon on @Flipkart.To know something that you don't, visit here: https://t.co/NSmwqs6yLY pic.twitter.com/lbeTQfpK9m— POCO India #POCOX3 (@IndiaPOCO) September 16, 2020 The Indian X3 is said to come with 8GB RAM and pack a battery bigger than Poco X3 NFC's....

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OnePlus Nord N10 5G is headed to the US, priced under $400

OnePlus joined the mid-range fray this year with the Nord smartphone, and yet that model isn't available in the US - and it looks like we now know the reason why. According to a new rumor, the company is preparing another handset with Nord branding for launch in the States, and this one will be a bit different. Meet the OnePlus Nord N10 5G. We still don't have any leaked images of it (what you see below is the Nord), but some specs have surfaced today. Unlike the international Nord, that has the Snapdragon 765 SoC at the helm, the Nord N10 5G is going to be powered by the upcoming...

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Sony PlayStation 5 to start at $399, arriving November 12

Sony today announced the pricing and availability for its PlayStation 5 console during its PlayStation 5 Showcase that was streamed online. The console will be available in two versions. The standard version with the disc drive is priced at $500/€500/₤450 while the Digital Edition without the disc drive is priced at $400/€400/₤360. The console will be available starting November 12 in US, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea. The rest of the world (except China) will get it a week later on November 19. The Chinese launch date is yet to be finalized and will...

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Apple releases iOS 14, iPadOS 14, tvOS 14, and watchOS 7

As it promised during its online launch event yesterday, Apple has released new software updates today for its mobile devices, TV boxes, and wearables. Thus, now rolling out to all supported devices are iOS 14, iPadOS 14, tvOS 14, and watchOS 7. iOS 14 brings widgets to the home screens, as well as the App Library (don't call it an "app drawer") which categorizes all your apps, allowing you to declutter your home screens. This is the biggest change to the iOS home screen since the initial release. You can also change the default browser and email apps. Incoming calls and Siri get a...

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Huawei Mate 40 Pro's Kirin 9000 may be the first 5nm chipset with a built-in 5G modem

The new Huawei Mate 40 phones will be unveiled soon – interestingly, this news comes from the Huawei Mobile UK Twitter account. This is unexpected as just a couple of days ago we heard that a rumor the next-gen flagships won’t come to Europe until 2021. That is still the case, most likely. Leakster Roland Quandt reports that the phones will be unveiled in a live stream currently scheduled for mid-October. That would be for the Chinese market mainly, but the tweet is proof that Huawei hasn’t given up on trying to launch its top phones in Europe, even if it takes longer than usual. We've...

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Garmin Forerunner 745 offers tracking for elite athletes

Garmin’s premium GPS running and triathlon smartwatch series has a new member - welcome to the Forerunner 745. It sits just below the company’s flagship Forerunner 945 and offers all the necessary tracking features to help you succeed in competitions and the long training hours that get you there. The Forerunner 745 packs all the fitness tracking sensors and advanced stats of the more premium Garmin sportswatch alongside basic smartwatch features like notification management, local music storage and playback as well as NFC payments via Garmin Pay. It’s also Garmin’s smallest and...

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Watch the Sony PlayStation 5 showcase live here

The next gen consoles are upon us. Following Microsoft's announcement of the Xbox Series X and its more modest Series S counterpart, it's now Sony's turn. The Playstation 5 will be showcased today at an online event, starting at 1PM PDT/8PM UTC and you can tune in to it from the stream below. Sony previously revealed the design of the PlayStation 5 and its controller as well as its hardware. However we'll now get the most important pieces of the puzzle - pricing and availability.

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Android 11 beta now available for the Asus Zenfone 6

The recruitment is over and now those who signed up get to take the Android 11 beta for the Asus Zenfone 6 out for a test drive. The new software is based on the latest OS version and features some small changes to the ZenUI by Asus. New features include Notification History and Bubbles, also third-party launchers can make use of gestures. The PowerMaster feature has been moved into the battery settings where it belongs. Changelog: Android 11 beta for Asus Zenfone 6 Asus put some effort into decluttering the software – the Avast scanning engine, Private Listening and ZenUI Help...

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Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra will retain the 5,000 mAh battery

An inside source quoted by GalaxyClub revealed the model number and capacity of the battery that's going to be used for the future Galaxy S21 Ultra handset. In short - it's the same as the S20 Ultra. The model number of the battery is EB-BG998ABY and it's rated at 4,885 mAh so the typical capacity will surely be 5,000 mAh - matching the Galaxy S20 Ultra's juice pack. In contrast the Galaxy S21 and S21+ will get a bump in the battery capacity compared to their predecessors. Of course, the improved 5nm Exynos and Snapdragon chipsets will bring some efficiency improvements so we...

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Honor unveils its first gaming laptop - the Hunter V700

Honor has several laptops in its MagicBook fleet but today the company brought its first gaming machine to the mix with the Hunter V700. It features a clean aesthetic for the most part with an aluminum body and RGB backlit logo and rear vents alongside a full-sized keyboard, complete with a numpad. Honor Hunter V700 The Hunter V700 can be had in two variations, both with 10 gen Intel CPUs - namely the Core i5-10300H or the i7-10750H. On the GPU side choices are between the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and RTX 2060 graphics cards. Both trims come with 16GB DDR4 RAM and storage...

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Motorola G9 Play comes to Europe at £160/€170, Moto G9 Plus and E7 Plus will follow soon

Three new mid-range and entry-level offerings from Motorola have arrived in Europe, following launches in Brazil and India. As expected the Moto G9 Play (known simply as the G9 in India) can now be found on the Old Continent. In the UK its price is set to £160 while on the mainland it’s €170. That’s the price in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, anyway. Moto G9 Play prices in Europe Belgium €170 France €190 Germany €170 Italy €230 the Netherlands €170 Poland PLN...

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Realme and Xiaomi execs hint at new products with 5nm chipset

Apple detailed its new A14 SoC yesterday that's built on the 5nm process. The new iPad Air is the first device to have the A14 at the helm, and the iPhone 12 lineup will follow next month. Apple's competition currently uses chipsets based on the 7nm process, but Realme and Xiaomi's execs took to Weibo to tease new products powered by the 5nm flagship chipset. Realme VP Xu Qi Chase posted an image on the Chinese social network to tease a new smartphone series that will have a 5nm processor under the hood. Post is machine translated from Chinese Xiaomi's Lu Weibing, on the other...

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Indian version of Poco X3 surfaces with 8GB of RAM, launch expected on September 22

A new, slightly upgraded version of the Poco X3 NFC has surfaced on the Google Play Console, this one apparently preparing for a launch in India on September 22. The code name of the new model is “karna” and its retail name notably lacks “NFC” (which doesn’t necessarily mean that the feature will be omitted). The Console lists the chipset as Snapdragon 730, though a quick trip to Geekbench shows that the “karna” scores on par with the “surya” (the code name for the current Poco X3 model). This means it uses the same Snapdragon 732G chipset, which is just an overclocked version of the 730,...

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Huawei MatePad 5G unveiled: a Kirin 820-powered version of the MatePad 10.4

The Huawei MatePad Pro 5G is a high end tablet with next gen connectivity, but it starts at CNY 5,300 ($785). The MatePad 10.4 is cheaper, CNY 1,900 ($280) for the Wi-Fi only option, but is not as capable. In the midway point between those two lies the new Huawei MatePad 5G. The Huawei MatePad 5G builds on the MatePad 10.4 from earlier this year It is fairly similar to the 10.4 model, however it upgrades to the Kirin 820 chipset. This brings with it a 5G modem along with Wi-Fi 6. Compared to the Kirin 810 of the other tablet it has double the Cortex-A76 cores (four in total) and a...

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Report: Samsung to control 80% of the foldable smartphone market this year

Foldable phones are slowly making their way to more consumers around the world and it looks like Samsung will be in the driving position in terms of market share for the next year. The Korean tech giant quickly emerged as the leading foldable smartphone maker and while the category is just now entering its second phase headlined by the Galaxy Z Fold 2 it seems Samsung will continue to dominate the foldable market for the coming year. Data from Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) reveals Samsung’s market share in the foldable smartphone scene is projected to hit 80% in the coming 12...

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Huawei Mate X2 might not launch this year due to US sanctions

Everyone knows about US sanctions by now and how they troubled Huawei's parts supplies for future phones and unfortunately, the Huawei Mate X2 is yet another first device to feel the effects. Going by Ross Young's words, the successor of the original Huawei Mate X was set to launch before the end of this year but due to difficulties with the hardware sourcing, the release will be postponed for 2021. Since both, the Mate X and Mate XS used Chinese-made BOE foldable displays the panels likely aren't the issue. Maybe shortages of the new Kirin 1000 chipset is causing this but that's...

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Samsung Galaxy F4's Exynos 9611 exposed by Google Play Console

Yesterday, we got our first more substantial leak of the upcoming Galaxy F-series from Samsung. It’s expected to be a midrange line with a focus on camera performance and the first device in the series will likely be called Galaxy F41. The phone’s manual was listed on Samsung India’s support page revealing its appearance and key features and it also managed to pass by Geekbench alongside the Exynos 9611 aided by 6GB RAM. Now, we get another certification listing from the Google Play Console. It reaffirms the previous Exynos 9611 speculations and also shows the F41 will pack 6GB RAM. There...

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Apple Watch is the heart of Singapore's new healthy lifestyle campaign

Apple is trying to picture itself as a health-oriented tech company, and the latest partnership is a great step forward. The Cupertino company struck a deal with the government of Singapore to use its Watch to encourage a healthy lifestyle in the Asia-Pacific country. Citizens will be able to track their sleep, movement, food, and mindfulness through their iPhones and Watches in a platform, called LumiHealth. LumiHealth has been developed specifically for the needs of the Singaporean users. It was designed by the Health Promotion Board of the country, as part of its Smart Nation...

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Realme 7i poses for the camera ahead of launch confirming key specs

The Realme 7i is coming tomorrow and we already know what the smartphone looks like - thanks to its renders listed on an e-commerce website. Now we are looking at the live images of the Realme 7i which were shared by a couple of Indonesian reviewers on Instagram. These pictures show the Realme 7i in two colors, which according to Lazada's Indonesian branch are called Champagne and Jade. The smartphone appears to have a two-tone design - the top portion seemingly has a glossy finish, with the rest having a matte finish. Realme 7i The back of the phone is home to a fingerprint...

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