Samsung Galaxy A50s gets One UI 2.5 with November security patch

Samsung released One UI 2.5 for the Galaxy A51 last month and now it's the Galaxy A50s's turn to receive the One UI 2.5 update. The new firmware is based on Android 10 and bumps up the Android security patch level on the Galaxy A50s to November 2020 in addition to bringing new features to the smartphone, like SOS functionality for Messages, Bitmoji support for Always-On Display, and an improved camera experience to name a few. The One UI 2.5 update has version number A507FNXXU5CTK3 and is currently only seeding in Vietnam, but should expand to more countries soon. If you live in...

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Google will announce new Google Pay app and co-branded debit card

Google is preparing for a video announcement livestream taking place tomorrow morning. Images of a Google co-branded debit card leaked back in April along with mockups of money managing tools in the Google Pay app, much like the Apple Card does for iPhone users in the Wallet app on iOS. The video premieres this Wednesday morning at 9:27AM (PT) on Google’s YouTube Channel (embedded below). The video is currently pending a livestream starting at that time and the video’s description says: We invite you to watch live and learn more about the new Google Pay app, designed to help you...

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Oppo teases Find X3 with new image capturing and display capabilities

Oppo announced its new “Full-path Color Management System”, which will make its debut with the Oppo Find X3 series coming next year. “Full-path” means that the system covers everything from capturing images, storing them and displaying them with full DCI-P3 gamut coverage and 10-bit color depth. An image’s journey starts with capture. Oppo has adopted algorithms and hardware that will preserve fidelity of an image while performing multi-frame noise reduction, distortion correction and “perceptual extreme super-resolution”. An interesting new development is support for Digital...

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OnePlus Buds will be just $1 tomorrow, OnePlus 7T can be yours for $349

OnePlus is holding a huge sale tomorrow, on November 18, through its US online store. You will be able to grab the OnePlus Buds true wireless earbuds for just $1. Yes, you read that right, and no, it's not a typo. However, stock will be limited at this price, and we don't know exactly how many pairs of 'buds the company has prepared for this purpose. It also hasn't mentioned a specific time when the sale will start, which means that if you want to buy these for $1, you're going to need to mash that F5 button a lot throughout the day. With OnePlus Buds, you'll get awesome bass drops. And...

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Google Fit app gets revamped while Wear OS improves workouts

The Google Fit app is being revamped to be more usable for people who are into tracking all possible fitness metrics. This has been a long time coming, as the app was in dire need of becoming more useful. Now there are new data points for you straight on the home screen, which acts as a hub for all your connected apps and devices. A summary of all your metrics and how you're doing compared to your goals is available at a glance. New sections on the main page include daily sleep info, recent workouts, and weight and blood pressure trends over time. The sleep tracking is more...

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Google Maps now shows COVID guidelines and restrictions, lets you order food

Google Maps has gained new features to help you navigate a world affected by the pandemic. The COVID-19 Info layer has been enhanced with additional info (total confirmed cases and deaths) and handy information about local guidelines and restriction, plus testing sites if you’re not feeling well. If you’re using public transport, you can still ensure social distancing is possible by checking the crowdedness information provided in Maps. If you’re driving instead, you can preview the voice control features enabled by Google Assistant’s new driving mode in Maps (limited to English-speaking...

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Huawei Black Friday kicks off with discounts on phones, laptops and accessories

The latest Black Friday offers are here and Huawei UK has a bunch of discounts on its laptops, phones and smart accessories. The MateBook 13 with the previous gen AMD Ryzen 5 chipset can be had for £499.99, there’s also the Huawei P40 Pro for £699.99 and the MatePad Pro for £449.99 bundled with a flip cover, smart keyboard and M-Pen stylus. The foldable Huawei Mate Xs is also on the menu at £1799.99 paired with the Huawei Watch GT 2 and FreeBuds 3 TWS earphones. Other options include the Huawei P40 lite for £179.99 and the MediaPad M5 lite 10 plus a mini Bluetooth speaker also for...

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M1-powered Macs now available, but shipping times have already stretched to weeks

The new M1-powered MacBooks are now available... make that “were available”. It seems that Apple is having trouble keeping up with demand and the shipping times for some models have already stretched to a couple of weeks. We checked out the situation in several countries and in most cases you’re in for a week or two of waiting for your new MacBook to ship. The Mac Mini seems more readily available and will ship within 4-5 working days. Shipping times MacBook Air MacBook Pro Mac mini US 1-2 weeks(2-3 weeks for 512 GB) 3-4 weeks 4-5...

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Samsung delaying One UI 3.0 beta for Galaxy S10 series over excessive battery drain

Samsung has already pushed its one UI 3.0 beta based on Android 11 to the Galaxy S20, Note20 and Note10 series but the S10 line seems to be forgotten. Well according to early reports from beta testers, battery life drain is a real problem particularly on the Note10 series which is why Samsung is allegedly postponing the beta for older devices like the S10s. The news on the beta delay was confirmed by a Samsung Beta Software Operations Manager in a post on the Samsung community South Korea forum. Post on Samsung Community forum The beta for the S10 series was reportedly close to...

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LG Q63 (or Q83) renders show a distinctive triangular camera bump

The LG Q63 name was lumped with 12 other trademark applications for various LG models. However, the first CAD-based renders of the phone – or of the related LG Q83 – show that it's more than a face in the crowd. It will have distinctive design that stands out from the current Q-series phones and may set the design language for LG's 2021 mid-rangers. The camera bumps is triangular with one big lens in the corner and two smaller modules to the side. Besides the LED flash, there’s an extra sensor, but there are no details on the camera features so far, so we can only guess at its...

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Huawei asks UK to reconsider ban now that Trump lost

Huawei is having a turbulent period in the past two years, being a major hostage in the trade war between the United States and China. One of the setbacks the Chinese company suffered is its ban for supplying carriers with 5G equipment in the United Kingdom. In an interview with The Guardian, Victor Zhang, Huawei’s vice president, said he is hoping the decision could be revisited since Donald Trump was not reelected for US President and “the new US administration would adopt a different approach.” Victor Zhang, Vice-President at Huawei Initially, the United Kingdom allowed carriers...

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Snapdragon 875 in Galaxy S21 benchmarked, but the Exynos 2100 might be the one to have

Samsung is expected to introduce its Galaxy S21 lineup in January, and as usual, the phones will arrive with Snapdragon 875 or Exynos 2100 chipset, depending on the market. The variant with Qualcomm’s platform appeared on Geekbench and reached a 3,319 multi-core score, but according to leaksters, this is not nearly enough - the Exynos 2100 version will be able to reach nearly 4,000. Samsung Galaxy S21 phone on Geekbench Over the past few years the Snapdragon variant of the Galaxy S flagships available in China, South Korea and the US offered better power management, which lead some...

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All Redmi K40 phones will have high refresh rate screens and fast charging, claims leakster

The current Redmi K30 line-up is a bit of a mess with screen refresh rate ranging from 60Hz through 120Hz to 144Hz across various LCD and OLED panels. Similarly, the phones have 27W, 30W or 33W fast charging. According to Weibo leakster Digital Chat Station, the upcoming K-series flagships should be more unified. All Redmi K40 models will have fast refresh screens and fast charging. Don’t expect massive improvements from the current generation, though, the 3C already certified a possible K40 (Pro?) phone with 33W fast charging using the same MDY-11-EX power brick as the K30...

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Samsung Galaxy M12 renders show an A42-like design

Samsung is working on an entry-level Android with a massive 7,000 mAh battery. It will likely be named “Galaxy M12”, though F12/F12s is also a possibility. Anyway, we saw live photos of an unfinished back panel earlier this month, now @OnLeaks has filled in the blanks with CAD-based 3D renders of the phone. The design is very similar to the recently announced Galaxy A42 5G. The screen will be a flat 6.5” panel, an LCD this time – notice the side-mounted fingerprint reader (also consider M12’s price class). The resolution will be 720p+ at best as even the A42 5G has a 720 x 1,600 px...

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Poco M3 launching on November 24

Last month we got word that Poco is planning to launch another device before the year’s end. Now, Poco Global’s official Twitter account shared a teaser for the upcoming Poco M3. The phone will be the third member of the Poco M-series after the Poco M2 and M2 Pro. The online launch event will take place on November 24 at 8PM GMT. I don’t know about you, but I truly miss the feeling of waiting for a new POCO to be revealed. 🙌Introducing POCO M3, Our MOST ???? yet! 😏#POCOM3 Is #MoreThanYouExpect pic.twitter.com/pQKQoGbFSe— POCO (@POCOGlobal) November 17, 2020 We don’t know much else...

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Mediatek purchases power management chip business from Intel

Intel sold its smartphone modem business to Apple last year, and now the it's offloading another chip-related division. In a press release, Mediatek announced it has purchased Enpirion - Intel’s power management chip business for the price of $85 million. The deal is ready to go through once approved by regulators. The Envision business provides an integrated high-frequency power solution for FPGA circuits, SoC, CPU, and ASIC. To put it simply, the division offers power management tools for chips in devices that come with a power supply, often from a battery. The acquisition was...

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OnePlus 9 also spotted on Geekbench

Yesterday we saw the OnePlus 9 Pro in a Geekbench listing, flexing its Snapdragon 875 chipset and 8GB RAM. That phone had the LE2117 model number and now we have its non-Pro counterpart with the LE2113 codename in another Geekbench test run. OnePlus 9 on Geekbench The new listing confirms the OnePlus 9 is also powered by the Snapdragon 875 alongside the same 8GB of RAM and runs Android 11. The single-core performance is slightly below the 9 Pro at 1,115 points while the multi-core score comes out to 3,483-points. Take these scores with a grain of salt as usual as they are just...

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Oppo announces AR Glass 2021

Last year at its Inno Day event, Oppo unveiled AR glasses, and this year it's back with a much improved version. While the previous iteration seemed to model VR glasses in design, this time around, with the Oppo AR Glass 2021, we're getting something that's much closer to a casual pair of eyewear. Not quite there yet entirely, but definitely closer. Oppo says the AR Glass 2021 is 75% lighter than its predecessor, while connecting it to a Find X2 Pro smartphone through a USB-C to USB-C cable results in a big boost in performance thanks to the Snapdragon 865 chipset. The Birdbath...

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Oppo unveils rollable smartphone concept

Oppo is no stranger to shaking up the smartphone design status quo. Back in 2013, the Oppo N1 had a rotating camera followed by 2018’s Find X which got rid of the notch thanks to its slide-out cameras. Now the maker is yet again redefining the norms with its Oppo X 2021 rollable concept phone. The biggest wow factor with this device is that it doesn’t have a fixed display size as it can adjust between 6.7 and 7.4-inches in diagonal which presents new opportunities for developers and users. Oppo gives the example of clicking a video link which then results in the screen adjusting for...

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Samsung Black Friday Deals announced: Smartphones, tablets, and more discounted for two weeks

Black Friday is still more than a week away but smartphone brands have already started announcing their Black Friday deals. Samsung, too, has joined the group and announced discount offers for its smartphones, smartwatches, wireless earphones, and more to celebrate the event in the UK. Samsung's Black Friday deals run for two weeks starting from November 18, 2020. You can check out the table below for all the details. Product BAU Price Discounted Price Galaxy S20+ BTS Edition GBP1,049 GBP629 Galaxy S20 5G GBP899 ...

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Nokia 9.3 PureView, 7.3 5G and 6.3 to arrive by the end of 2020

The Nokia 7.3 was expected to arrive in September, then the launch was delayed for November and according to the latest reports from Nokiapoweruser, another postponement is inevitable and the device will be introduced “by the end of 2020”. It will be accompanied by Nokia 9.3 PureView and Nokia 6.3, two devices that were also supposed to arrive this month. Nokia 7.3 (renders by @OnLeaks) The source quotes its own insiders from HMD Global who revealed the major launch event is postponed yet again. So far, we expected the Nokia 9.3 PureView phone to be a flagship from top to...

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