Realme Q2 teased by company exec, will have a leather back panel

Realme Q2 is expected to arrive this month, and today the CMO of the brand, Xu Qi Chase, posted an official teaser of the phone. The handset appears to have a light-gray leather panel on the back with “Dare To Leap” embedded into the texture. We also see a four-cam setup in the upper right corner, with the main shooter being 48 MP. Realme Q2 Another thing we can make out of this official render is a standard power key on the right (the volume rocker is on the left-hand side). This means the phone is most likely to have a fingerprint scanner under the front panel, meaning it...

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OnePlus 8T design confirmed by official teaser

OnePlus is relentlessly continuing its relentless teaser campaign for the 8T, a smartphone that will be fully unveiled next week, on October 14. After sharing quite a few details regarding its specs, the company has now chosen to reveal the upcoming device's design, in its latest teaser video. Here it is, ladies and gentlemen, the OnePlus 8T in Aquamarine Green. According to the company, this version comes with a "remarkable" glossy glass back. To quote OnePlus, it "takes advantage of diffuse reflection, a form of light refraction that scatters light in an expansive array of angles and...

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Samsung finally outs full specs of the Galaxy A42 5G

At the beginning of last month, Samsung semi-unveiled its cheapest 5G phone yet, the Galaxy A42 5G. The company showed us some official images, and only touched upon a few specs - like its 6.6" AMOLED touchscreen. And that was it. Thankfully, today Samsung has shared more details about what's inside this smartphone, handily presented in infographic form, as you can see below. The Galaxy A42 5G screen has HD+ resolution, and is indeed Super AMOLED. On the rear there's a 48 MP main camera with f/1.8 aperture, an 8 MP f/2.2 ultrawide, a 5 MP f/2.4 macro cam, and a 5 MP f/2.4 depth...

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Huawei Mate X2 leaks in hands-on shot, looks a lot like its predecessor

Huawei is set to introduce its Mate 40 lineup soon but we’re also expecting a successor to its foldable Mate Xs which has been rumored for a while now. There’s talk we won’t see the Mate X2 hit shelves until next year but that isn't stopping the leaks from coming in. A shot from Chinese blogger @8090 Life Digital shows us the alleged Mate X2 in its fully unfolded state and it looks just like the Mate Xs which in turn was nearly identical to the Mate X. We can observe the foldable bears the same screen protector as it predecessor and it appears to be another outward folding solution despite...

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ARM will drop 32-bit support starting in 2022

ARM announced the first details of the upcoming “big” Cortex-A CPU cores for 2021 and 2022, codenamed Matterhorn and Makalu, respectively. The second one is interesting as it will mark the end of the 32-bit era. Android gained 64-bit support with version 5.0 Lollipop in 2014 and Google announced that starting in August 2019 the Play Store will no longer accept 32-bit only apps. According to ARM, 60% of current apps already support 64-bit and most of the ones that don’t are outside the Google and Apple ecosystems. That doesn’t mean that the transition will be unnoticed by users – ARM...

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Huawei committed to Honor brand, dismisses Kuo's speculations of a sale

ITHome cited analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in a report, which claimed that Huawei is “very likely” to sell the Honor brand. The justification for this is clear – under new ownership Honor will not be subject to the trade bans enforced by the US. This will allow it to buy chipsets and other hardware from suppliers that are currently barred from selling to Huawei (and by extension Honor). It will even unleash the brand, allowing it to build flagships – while it has high-end devices now, for every Honor phone there is a more premium Huawei alternative. Kuo points out that such a move will be...

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Watch the Realme 7i get unboxed in this official video

The Realme 7i first introduced last month debuted in India yesterday alongside a bevy of new AIoT products. The smartphone is yet to go on sale, but the company's Indian branch has posted its unboxing video that gives us a quick look at the 7i's retail package contents, design, and key specs. The video also includes a few camera samples. You can check it out below. The Realme 7i is built around a 6.5" 90Hz HD+ LCD having a hole in the upper-left corner for the 16MP selfie camera. Around the back, it has a fingerprint reader keeping company to the quad camera setup, which is a...

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Galaxy F41 unveiled: 6,000 mAh battery and 64MP cam, cheaper than the M31

The Samsung Galaxy F41 has a 6,000 mAh battery that is designed to keep the party going – it can last up to 26 hours of video playback, days of phone calls or just browsing the web for 21 hours straight. The phone is designed and made in India and the “Full On” marketing makes it very clear that it is aimed at a young crowd. Still, the flashy marketing can’t conceal the Galaxy M31 that hides inside this phone. The F41 has a 6.4” Super AMOLED display with 1080p+ resolution. It promises 110% coverage of the NTSC color gamut a peak brightness of 420 nits. Inside is the familiar Exynos...

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Sony's PlayStation 5 teardown reveals massive heatsink, liquid metal

Sony recently posted its own teardown of the PlayStation 5 console. Performed by Yasuhiro Ootori, Sony's VP of Mechanical Design Department, it is entirely in Japanese but you can enable subtitles through the YouTube player. You can find the video below. There's a lot to discuss here, so let's do a breakdown of everything we have seen. The first interesting thing you see in this video is the sheer size of the console. Sony is using the standard version of the PlayStation 5, which means it comes with the optical drive. We already knew the dimensions of the console but seeing it next...

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Honor introduces Watch ES, Watch GS Pro to India

Honor introduced the Watch ES and the Watch GS Pro at IFA 2020 a month ago and the two wearables were available at select European markets. Today the brand announced the duo’s presence is expanding, and the next country to get them is India. The Honor Watch GS Pro comes with its massive battery, rugged design, and tracking for over 100 sports. It also has a long battery life, a simplified OS, and a built-in speaker and mic for Bluetooth calls. When we reviewed the smartwatch, we established it is as good as it gets in the hands of average hiking enthusiasts. The wearable will cost...

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Smartphone image sensor market grows 15%, Sony remains on top

Despite the economic impact of the pandemic, the smartphone image sensor market saw a growth of 15% year over year in the first half of 2020, reports Strategy Analytics. Total revenue reached $6.3 billion for the six month period. Sony took home the lion’s share of the market, 44%, but its revenue declined due to stronger competition. Its biggest rival is Samsung with a 32% share, followed by OmniVision in a distant third. Demand for phones with high resolution sensors - 64MP and 108MP - helped push sales higher. Camera count was the other major factor driving sales, which kept 8MP...

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Realme X7 Pro 5G appears in NCC database ahead of global launch

Last week we saw a listing on Thailand’s NBTC agency which revealed Realme’s X7 Pro is indeed coming outside of China. The device was seen bearing the RMX 2121 model number and now it’s been spotted on Taiwan’s NCC agency complete with detailed images of the phone, its batteries (two of them) and 65W SuperDart charger. Realme X7 Pro NCC listing The phone’s design looks unchanged with a 6.55-inch punch-hole display upfront and four cameras around the back. We’ll have to wait and see if there will be any changes compared to the Chinese X7 Pro. Realme X7 Pro...

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Samsung's Q3 guidance shows record profits

Samsung’s earnings guidance report for the July - September period is out and the Korean tech giant is expecting huge profits. According to estimates, Samsung posted KRW 66 trillion ($57 billion) in consolidated sales and KRW 12.3 trillion ($10.6 billion) in operating profits. These numbers are above previous market expectations and the operating profits represent a 58% increase compared to the same period last year when the company saw KRW 7.78 trillion ($6.73 billion) in terms of profits. As usual, Samsung saw high demand for its home appliances and semiconductor chips. Smartphone...

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Huawei brings Moovit app to AppGallery

Huawei keeps scoring small victories in the big quest of bringing AppGallery up to speed and making it a worthy alternative to the Google Play Store. The company just announced that Moovit, one of the biggest urban mobility apps, can finally be downloaded from the its in-house app store, providing an urban mobility solution to its users. Moovit is an Israel-based service provider and also acts as a journey planner. The platform essentially gathers API frameworks from public transport companies worldwide and provides real-time stop-by-stop navigation, where available. Over 865...

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