First images of Moto G10 phone appear

The Moto G9 Play, also sold in India under the name Moto G9 only came out two months ago, but it looks like Motorola is already finalizing work on a successor that will likely be called Moto G10 or Moto G10 Play. The first images of the phone appeared online and we see some major changes that will differentiate the new device from the previous one - a new place for the selfie camera, the LED flash, and the fingerprint scanner. Moto XT-2117 renders The Moto G10 measures 165.3 x 75.4 x 9.5mm (thickness goes up to 10.4 mm with the camera bump), meaning the screen will be 6.5” in...

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Huawei nova 8 SE will be unveiled on November 5

Huawei introduced the nova 7 SE back in April, and last month it launched the nova 7 SE 5G Youth. Today the company announced it will follow up with the nova 8 SE on November 5, which will be unveiled at 2PM local time in China. Huawei's post on Weibo also includes a teaser, which confirms the nova 8 SE will pack four rear cameras and have iPhone 12-like flat frames, with the right one housing the volume rocker and power key. nova 8 SE is coming on November 5 A separate poster gives us a better look at the nova 8 SE while confirming its colors and a few specs, which include a...

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November security patch arrives for Pixel devices

Google is notorious for releasing OTA updates within the first few days of every month. The November security patch is arriving to Pixel phones dating all the way back to the Pixel 3. The most notable fixes include a bug that was causing playlists in YouTube Music to inadvertently get deleted. There’s also a fix for a camera bug that was causing the screen to come on after locking it, and a system UI fix where the navigation controls would disappear while watching fullscreen video. The Pixel 5 is also getting its first post-release update which also addresses an issue with phone...

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iPhone 12 Pro video teardown goes hunting for magnets

As usual, following his traditional durability test, YouTuber Zach from the JerryRigEverything channel then goes on to tear down a phone on video. In this case, we're talking about the iPhone 12 Pro. The device's Ceramic Shield front glass was found to scratch just like regular glass, but what about what's underneath? That's where the teardown video comes in, to reveal everything that Apple packed inside the iPhone 12 Pro, all the different components and their various connectors. You'll also notice how hard it is to 'get in', along with Apple's love for a specific type of connector (and...

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Apple announces November 10 event for "one more thing"

Earlier this year Apple shocked the world when it announced plans to move its Macs from Intel processors to in-house designed chips based on ARM architecture (like its mobile A-series SoCs it uses in phones and tablets). The transition will take two years to fully conclude, but we may be very close to the first announcement of Macs powered by Apple silicon. Today Apple unveiled that it's holding another launch event, this time on November 10, for 'one more thing'. Rumor has it this will be all about new Macs with Apple silicon inside. In fact, a report today revealed that we should...

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ZTE Blade 20 5G appears in listing ahead of launch

Even though we’re getting close to the end of 2020, ZTE is only now gearing up to introduce its first Blade series phone of the year. The Blade 20 5G which was previously spotted in China’s TENAA certification agency's database has now appeared on China Telecom’s product library bearing the same ZTE 8012N model number. ZTE Blade 20 5G listing The new listing brings a more detailed spec sheet confirming the Blade 20 5G sports a 6.52-inch LCD with HD+ resolution with an 8MP waterdrop notch. The chipset is MediaTek’s Dimensity 720 and it's paired with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage. We have...

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Google Pixel 5's chipset is actually even slower than we initially thought

Google's flagships have usually had a tad less performance than their direct rivals, with the first gen using a down-clocked Snapdragon 821, while the Pixel 4 generation missed on the plus version of the Snapdragon 855 and used the original version. This year the Pixel 5 took things further by going for the mid-range Snapdragon 765G and it turns out that's not even the entire story. It turns out that the chipset actually doesn't deliver nearly as much processing power as its 765 peers. During our review, we actually requested another Google Pixel 5 phone as we suspected the first...

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Realme celebrates 50 million users by sending us on a trip down memory lane

Less than 3 years after its inception, Realme reached the 50 million users milestone. The growing tech brand is still the fastest-growing smartphone company in the world and is celebrating the occasion with a blog post of how it got here. It all started in May of 2018 with the goal of creating a brand that resonates with the young generation and the Realme 1 did just that. After the smashing success of its first phone, the brand quickly expanded to cover all segments of the smartphone industry including the flagship end with devices like the X50 Pro 5G. Realme's journey to 50...

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vivo's new Origin OS to offer quick switch to stock Android on the fly

vivo officially confirmed its upcoming Origin OS is coming to replace Funtouch OS just the other day. However, no specifics have been given at the time. Now an intriguing leak sheds some light on it. He says that vivo's future Origin OS will offer a switch to stock Android on the fly. At least that's what we assume the machine translation wanted to tell. The other possibility is that it that Origin OS is a completely different OS built from scratch and it would offer fast switch to Android OS but that seems highly unlikely. The first possibility seems to be in line, however,...

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Snapdragon 875 CPU beats Kirin 9000 in latest benchmark, but the GPUs are evenly matched

The first benchmark results from the Snapdragon 875 are looking promising. The latest info comes in the form of a Master Lu score sheet published by leakster Digital Chat Station, which was run on an engineering device (so, not a retail device). Qualcomm is keeping the 1+3+4 CPU core layout and, interestingly, the Prime core is still running at 2.84 GHz – the same as last year and below the 3.09 GHz clock speed of the 865+ chip. The upgraded core design still delivered a higher result than what the original 865 achieved. It also beat out the new Kirin 9000 by quite a margin. ...

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Canalys: Companies expected to ship 200M bands, 350M TWS devices in 2021

Phone companies have been expanding their product portfolios beyond smartphones with smartbands and TWS earphones particularly hot lately. According to Canalys, the smart accessories market will record 32% growth by the end of 2020 and an additional 28% increase in 2021. The total amount of wearable bands and TWS devices will reach 558 million in 2021 and 760 million by the end of 2024. According to Cynthia Chen, bands and earbuds have been more resilient than smartphones to the pandemic. It is due to the so-called “lipstick effect” that drives consumers purchasing smaller, less...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 Aston Martin Racing limited edition revs up for 11.11 sale

Thom Browne is not the only name attached to a Galaxy Z Fold2 5G special edition - Samsung has unveiled a very limited Aston Martin Racing edition of its foldable flagship. Only 777 units will be sold, starting on 11.11 (Singles’ Day). While you may be thinking of the luxury cars made by the British automaker, this model is styled after the BSEM Asia Sonic Racing team, which scored its first podium in the China GT Championship last year with a pair of V8 Vantage GT4s. The phone itself is essentially unmodified, it’s the retail package that is special here. You get a leather...

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vivo V20 SE makes its way to India, starting at INR 20,990

Two weeks ago, vivo brought its V20 series to India with the launch of the vivo V20, which we reviewed recently. Today, the company is finally bringing the more affordable V20 SE with a base price of INR 20,990 ($282). The V20 SE sports a 6.44-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with a waterdrop notch for its 32MP selfie cam. It’s powered by the Snapdragon 665 alongside 8GB RAM and 128GB of expandable storage. Around the back, we have a 48MP primary camera with an f/1.8 aperture and an 8MP ultrawide shooter with a 120-degree field of view. They are joined by two 2MP sensors for macro and depth...

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Anker unveils iPhone 12 charging accessories, Doraemon versions coming on Wednesday

Anker unveiled a new line-up of charging accessories that target the iPhone 12 series and specifically the new direction taken by Apple. So, yes, there is a USB-C charger – three of them, in fact – two cables and a MagSafe wireless adapter. The power bricks output 20W, which can charge an iPhone 12 or 12 Pro battery from 0% to 50% in half an hour. Calling these things “bricks” is not entirely accurate as the smallest option is based on the Anker Nano, which is properly tiny. These specifically are Doraemon-themed charging accessories, the pre-sale of which will start on November 4...

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Huawei is building a new chip factory to circumvent US ban

Huawei’s operations face great difficulties following the latest US ban, that cut access to chip supply. Now according to Financial Times, the Shenzhen company is now preparing its own chipset plant (instead of relying on TSMC) that will run on behalf of the in-house R&D business and will be backed by the local government. It will initially be able to only manufacture 45nm chipsets that were initially introduced back in 2007. Earlier this year Richard Yu, CEO of the consumer business group at Huawei, revealed the company can no longer make its own chips, meaning it has to start...

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Three new Redmi 9s coming this month, one to have 108MP camera

One would expect that Xiaomi is readying the Redmi Note 10 series but according to famous tipster Digital Chat Station from China, the company will instead be releasing three new phones as part of the Redmi Note 9 family. The most interesting bit of all is that one of the models will boast a 108MP main camera. It's going to be sourced from Samsung and the sensor in question is going to be the brand new ISOCELL HM2 released a little over a month ago. Previous rumors about the phone suggest that a telephoto macro camera will also be in place. This leaves us wondering what's happening...

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OnePlus 8T Cyberpunk 2077 Edition announced

OnePlus has just announced the Cyberpunk 2077 Edition of its latest smartphone, the OnePlus 8T. The new model is available in China only for now, costing just CNY 300 more than the standard edition and pre-orders open on November 2 asking CNY 3,999. Actual sales start on November 11 and the new skin is limited edition. OnePlus 8T Cyberpunk 2077 Edition But what's new? For starters, the design is a lot different from the standard version with an enlarged camera module now covering a good chunk of the handset's back. The extra space was used to accommodate the Cyberpunk 2077 logo....

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Exynos 1080 chipset will be unveled on November 12

Samsung finally revealed the launch date for its 5nm Exynos 1080 chipset which is the successor to last year’s Exynos 980. The launch is scheduled to take place on November 12 in Shanghai and there will be an in-person event taking place. We’ll get all details of the SoC there but we’ll have to wait a bit more to see it debut on an actual device. Exynos 1080 launch poster According to recent rumors, the Exynos 1080 will power vivo’s X60 which is expected to launch soon in China. The Exynos 1080 will debut as the first 5nm chipset with ARM’s Cortex A-78 CPU big cores working at up...

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Honor V40 phones to arrive mid-December with two chipsets

Back in October we spotted a teaser about the Honor V40 series, showing that the brand is still keen on manufacturing smartphones despite the troubles its parent Huawei is having. Today we know a bit more about the upcoming lineup, thanks to one leakster in China - the lineup will come in December and Honor will split the chipsets - some units are getting Dimensity 1000+, others will stick to the Kirin 9000. The rumored specs also include 120Hz refresh rate, two front-facing cameras behind a punch hole of a Full HD+ display, and a 50MP main camera with RYYB sensor. The series will...

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