Stable build of EMUI 11 rolling out to P40 , P40 Pro, and Mate 30 Pro

Huawei has just begun rolling out EMUI 11 stable for the Huawei P40, P40 Pro, and the Mate 30 Pro. A screenshot of the update has been posted to Reddit from Huawei Ailesi. Though the changelog is in Turkish, we can see some of the noted updated, which aren’t very significant compared to what’s been available on the Beta. The most notable changes are the subtle ones that further signify Huawei’s reliance on Android is switch to Huawei’s Harmony OS. For example, in the boot-up screen, the EMUI splash display still says “Powered by Android” but no longer uses the green Android...

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Huawei's boss wants recently sold Honor to become its biggest competitor

Earlier this month the persistent rumors were proven true: Huawei sold off its Honor brand to a consortium of Chinese companies. The sale was widely believed to have been triggered by the various bans that Huawei has been subjected to by the US government. Today Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei admitted at a company employee forum that the sale was necessary because of the smartphone unit being "under tremendous pressure due to a persistent unavailability of technical elements needed". He added that Huawei could overcome the difficulties, but decided to sell Honor so that the people it...

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iPhone 12 Pro Max vs. Mate 40 Pro vs. Xperia 1 II vs. Galaxy Note20 Ultra

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Samsung's next TWS earphones will be called Galaxy Buds Pro

Samsung is getting ready to launch yet another pair of true wireless earbuds with Galaxy Buds branding, perhaps alongside the Galaxy S21 family in January. Following the original Galaxy Buds, the Buds+, and the Buds Live, we're going to get the Buds Pro. This name was confirmed by the Indonesian Telecom Certification authority, right alongside the model number SM-R190. The new earbuds have also been certified by China's 3C with a 472 mAh battery in the case, as well as the Korean NRRA. All of these certifications mean that this product is almost ready to launch, and of course...

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ZTE Watch Live announced with IP68 rating and up to 21 day battery life

ZTE unveiled its latest smartwatch in China dubbed Watch Live. It packs a square 1.3-inch TFT LCD with 240 x 240-pixel resolution. The Watch Live weighs just a hair over 35 grams while its dimensions come out to 40.6 x 34.6 x 10.8mm. It’s also IP68 rated and comes with a soft silicone band. You get 12 kinds of activity tracking as well as real-time notifications, music control, sedentary reminders and remote camera shutter functionality. There’s a weather app as well as a find my phone function which can buzz your paired device if you’ve misplaced it. ZTE Watch Live The...

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Here are the best Black Friday deals on smartphones, tablets, smartwatches and headphones

Black Friday is an American tradition that has been adopted by stores around the world – this is the day (sometimes, whole week) with some of the biggest discounts of the year. This means you can get a better phone for your money or spend less on the phone you wanted. And it’s not just phones, Black Friday discounts cover everything imaginable. But since our interests mostly lie in the mobile gadgets field, we focused on that – smartphones, tablets, smartwatches and wireless headsets. The table below will help you navigate quicker, just pick a category and country and the link will take...

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First TCL 20 5G specs and images leak ahead of early 2021 announcement

TCL is preparing to launch another 5G smartphone at the start of next year and we have the first details for it. The new handset will simply be named TCL 20 5G, Evan Blass shared. It will be a midranger with a Snapdragon 690 chipset, three cameras and a big screen. The front panel will have a 6.67” diagonal with a Full HD+ resolution. There will be a hole in the center for an 8MP selfie camera, but the panel is likely to be LCD. It is a safe guess, given the fact the power key is said to double as a fingerprint scanner, positioned on the right side, right under the volume keys....

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YouTube for Android TV app adds support for 8K video playback

YouTube added support for 8K videos back in 2015 – long before 8K cameras or TVs were easily accessible. Five years later, flagship smartphones can shoot video in that resolution and there are some 8K TVs that, while pricey, are not completely out of reach. So, this update to the YouTube for Android TV app is a bit late, but better late than never. The changelog says that the new version adds “limited 8K support to Android 10 and up”. It’s not clear what “limited” means, but if you have a smart TV running Android 10 you can give it a shot. Here is probably the first 8K video to be...

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Amazfit Pop Pro smartwatch incoming on December 1

Huami introduced a smartwatch called Amazfit Pop last month, and we already reviewed it. We were quite impressed with its health-tracking options and now a Pro version is incoming. A teaser revealed some key specs of the wearable, with a promise to tell us the rest on December 1. The Amazfit Pop Pro is said to have a 1.43” OLED screen, come with NFC, and 24/7 heart-rate tracking. It will bring Amazfit’s PAI algorithm to keep you active and motivated, and the wearable will have over 60 different sports modes. Here’s where it gets interesting - all the listed specs are also available...

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Tecno teases new Pova phone with quad camera, will launch on Flipkart in India next week

Tecno will launch a new product line in India with the speed-obsessed Pova phone. It will be available exclusively through Flipkart starting at 12:00 noon on December 4 (that’s next Friday). The phone will have a quad camera with a quad LED flash on the back. There are no details about the four modules, however, not much on the phone itself either. But going by the teaser images published by the retailer, the phone will also have a fingerprint reader on the back and a punch hole selfie camera on the front. Tecno Pova teaser images Other images make allusions to a large...

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Huawei to use liquid lens in its 2021 flagships

A new report coming straight from China claims that Huawei is in the final stage of testing the so-called liquid lens, which is supposed to largely improve image stabilization and focus times. In fact, the focus time will be reduced to a couple of milliseconds matching the focus time of the human eye. It's said that the tech will be used for the telephoto camera first so instead of moving the lenses, the module will change the shape of the liquid through varying voltage so it focuses the light. As a bonus, the implementation will be more durable to shock as well, compared to the...

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Redmi Note 9 series teardown reveals differences between the 4G and 5G models

Yesterday marked the arrival of the Redmi Note 9 series in China and now local repair and teardown experts Aio Technology took apart all three models to show us what's on the inside. Taking off the backs reveals that the Redmi Note 9 4G and Note 9 5G come with plastic plates while the Note 9 Pro 5G uses of glass. Taking a look underneath we find the 4G model has its heat dissipation film on its back cover while the 5G models have theirs above the batteries. We can also observe the fingerprint cable connectors going to the motherboard and the integrated antennas. The 5G models have a...

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Samsung resumes rollout of One UI 3.0 beta for Galaxy Z Fold2

Samsung released the Android 11-based One UI 3.0 beta for the Galaxy Z Fold2 in South Korea, but it was quickly suspended after a major bug was discovered preventing users from unlocking their phones after the update. However, the rollout has now resumed and the company has released a hotfix update for the foldable smartphone. The new firmware sports version number F916NKSU1ZTKD and squashes the bug that locked the Galaxy Z Fold2 users out. It weighs around 190MB in size and also includes the November 2020 Android security patch. New update for Galaxy Z Fold2 While Samsung is...

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Snapdragon 875 and 775G's AnTuTu scores tipped

December is approaching fast and that means Qualcomm will soon unveil it's next-gen, flagship CPU along with its upper mid-tier SoC - the Snapdragon 875 and 775G, respectively. And thanks to a famous Chinese tipster, we can also get a pretty good idea of what to expect in terms of performance. Reportedly, the prototype platform running the Snapdragon 875 scored around 740,000 points in AnTuTu, which is almost 25% faster than the Snapdragon 865+-powered smartphones that we tested. They cap around the 600,000 mark. However, we are pretty curious about the raw CPU performance and more...

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Samsung sums up the key features of its 5nm Exynos 1080 chipset on video

Samsung introduced the Exynos 1080 chipset two weeks ago. The new platform is an evolution of the Exynos 980 and is the company's first chip, built on the 5nm EUV FinFET technology process. The unveiling took place mostly online without much pomposity. Now, Samsung has posted a video on its YouTube channel, highlighting all the cool specs and features of the Exynos 1080. Check it out below: The greatest proud of Samsung is the 5G modem in the Exynos 1080. It can theoretically get up to 5.1 GHz speeds at NR Sub-6GHz networks, and any eventual phone can also take advantage of the new...

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Lenovo teases its upcoming smartphone series, challenges the Redmi Note 9

Lenovo posted a few images on Weibo to tease its upcoming smartphone series that will compete with Redmi's freshly announced Note 9 trio. The pictures shared by Lenovo also reveal a few details about the company's upcoming smartphone lineup. For starters, at least one of the smartphones will have a squircle-shaped camera island on the back housing what appears to be three cameras and an LED flash. It will pack a punch-hole display and have the power key placed on the right-side frame. There's another button on the left, which might be a dedicated button to summon the digital...

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