vivo Y20 (2021) gets NBTC certified

vivo announced the Y20 back in August and it's now preparing to introduce the Y20 (2021), which has been certified by Thailand's NBTC. The vivo Y20 (2021) sports model designation V2043, and while the listing on the Thai regulator's website doesn't reveal its specs, it does confirm that the Y20 (2021) will not support 5G networks. The Y20 (2021) should come with some upgrades over the Y20 launched in August, which is built around a 6.51" HD+ LCD and has a Snapdragon 460 SoC under the hood. vivo Y20 The smartphone ships with a 5,000 mAh battery charging at up to 18W through...

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Huawei announces 10 million EMUI 11 users worldwide

Huawei has just announced that 10 million users across the world are using smartphones with its latest EMUI 11. The accomplishment was done in 82 days since the user interface’s announcement back in September, which is a month and a half faster than the EMUI 10 rollout. The Emotion UI was introduced at the Huawei Developer Conference with plenty of visual changes and some process optimizations. One of the biggest changes is the new multi-window functionality - it is now centered and comes with a dedicated gesture. There are also improvements in how the phone works with a mirrored PC,...

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Apple’s homepage gets (RED) makeover, proceeds go to COVID-19 relief through June 2021

On Tuesday, Apple made its home page positively RED. In its latest efforts to promote its newest change to its Product (RED) lineup of products, Apple is announcing that proceeds of (RED) devices and accessories will be redirected to the “Global Fund’s COVID-19 Response. Starting now through June 30, 100% of “eligible proceeds” from (RED) products will go to this Global Fund. Here’s how Apple explained it on its website. For 14 years, our partnership with (RED) has led to almost $250 million in donations to fund HIV/AIDS treatment programs. Now through June 30, Apple is working...

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New Redmi Note 9 series sells more than 300,000 units in a few hours

Xiaomi unveiled three new members of the Redmi Note 9 line last week, the Redmi Note 9 5G, Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G, and Redmi Note 9 4G, making matters even more confusing than before when it comes to understanding its lineup (since there are a bunch of other, older, non-5G Redmi Note 9 models too). The new phones went on sale in China today, and in just a few hours the company recorded more than 300,000 sales. The number was tallied up until 12 PM local time, after which the official Redmi account on Weibo posted the image you can see below, in celebration of the good news. The Redmi...

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Oppo Find X3 series will unsurprisingly use the Snapdragon 888

Oppo may currently be very busy preparing the launch of the Reno5 series, but the Chinese company is also developing its next flagship smartphones, which are due to arrive in the first quarter of next year, according to a press release we received. Oppo doesn't say it outright, but we'll assume the devices in question will be called Find X3 and Find X3 Pro, successors of the Find X2 and X2 Pro, respectively. They will be powered by the just unveiled Snapdragon 888 chipset, surprising absolutely no one. Oppo Find X2 Pro (left) and Find X (right) While it does launch a myriad of...

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WhatsApp now lets you assign individual wallpapers to different chats

WhatsApp's latest update is all about personalization. After updating to the latest version of the app on Android and iOS, you can assign different wallpapers to your chats with all of your contacts. It's not only aesthetically pleasing but it can also work as a visual indicator that you are sending the right message to the right person once you get used to the said wallpapers. There is a handful of them too. They are split into two categories - dark and bright. The app can also sync with your system's preference so once you turn on the dark mode, the app will switch to dark mode as...

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Caviar removes the cameras of the iPhone 12 Pro to make it Stealth

You may not remember this, but back in the day companies used to make special versions of their phones without cameras. Those were for business and government employees working in sensitive areas where cameras are banned. With today’s always-connected devices the bigger worry is that the phone can be compromised and its camera used to spy on you. As usual, Caviar's phones arrive in a premium box Caviar has a lavish solution to the problem – the iPhone 12 Pro Stealth. The company removed the triple cam from the back and disabled the selfie camera on the front (Face ID still...

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Omdia: Quad-cam smartphones have become the most popular among consumers

Smartphone companies have been launching devices with three or more cameras since the beginning of 2018 and the multi-cam approach became practically universal. According to research agency Omdia, quad-camera smartphones are most popular among consumers in 2020, surpassing the triple cameras solution. Advantages of multiple cameras are obvious - with more lenses and sensors, smartphones can take better variations of photos without compromising the quality. Omdia said that phones with multiple cameras are no longer considered premium - the feature has become a necessity even in...

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Oppo Reno5 series pictured before official announcement

Soon Oppo will unveil the new Reno5 series starting with a trio of phones. Leakster Digital Chat Station posted an image showing the three models from the front. All three have single punch hole cameras, but only two have curved screens (the one on the left has a flat screen). The three upcoming Oppo Reno5 phones We think these three are the Oppo Reno5 5G, Reno5 Pro 5G and Reno5 Pro+ 5G, respectively. The vanilla model will be powered by the Snapdragon 765G (the other two will use a Dimensity 1000+ and a Snapdragon 865). From what we've seen in photos by TENAA, it will be the...

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Honor is reportedly postponing the V40 series launch until January 2021

Honor was expected to introduce the V40 series in December but the latest reports say the brand decided to regroup and do the launch next month, in January 2021. Also, up until now, there were usually up to two phones in the yearly V lineups, but this might change and see a third one with a super-zoom/periscope lens. "New Honor, New Roads" Launching a phone in January won’t be too much of a delay for the Honor V40 series. The Honor V10 and Honor V20 arrived in December and eventually became global taking the View moniker a month later. The Honor V30 lineup had it a bit different from...

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Exclusive: Realme "Race" is coming with the Snapdragon 888 chipset, here's what it looks like

Realme’s next flagship will be code named “Race” and will have the model number RMX2202. This can be seen in a screenshot of the About screen sent to us by a reliable source. The Race will be powered by the Snapdragon 888 – that’s the name of Qualcomm’s new flagship chipset (which was rumored as the 875). This will be among the first S888-based phones to reach the market. The chipset will be paired with 12GB of RAM and 256GB storage and runs Android 11 with Realme UI 2.0 on top. Realme RMX2202 "Race" • Powered by Snapdragon 888 and Android 11 We also received an image of the...

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Snapdragon 888 unveiled with massive upgrades to GPU, AI hardware and 5G modem

New name, new architecture, new modem – Qualcomm lifted the veil off the Snapdragon 888 to offer everyone a peek. The chip has already been shown off behind closed doors to Asus, Black Shark, Lenovo, LG, Meizu, Motorola, Nubia, Realme, OnePlus, Oppo, Sharp, Sony, vivo, Xiaomi and ZTE. In other words, flagships are coming, a lot of them. The new Adreno GPU targets 144 fps gaming and supports updateable GPU drivers. This is the “most significant upgrade in Qualcomm Adreno GPU performance,” according to the company. Some details (especially about the CPU) are still kept under wraps,...

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Here's a closer look at the Samsung Galaxy S21+

Based on the leaked Samsung Galaxy S21+ CAD renders from more than a month ago, Pigtou in collaboration with @xleaks7 bring complete 3D renders that give us a closer look at what the Galaxy S21+ might look like. There's a 4K video along with the renders too. Galaxy S21+ renders The images depict razor-thin side bezels, symmetrical at that, super small cutout for the front-facing camera and the unusual camera module on the back. It is believed that the dimensions are as follows: 161.55 x 75.6 x 7.86mm. If those are correct, we are looking at almost the same Galaxy S20+ size...

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The Samsung Galaxy A32 5G will come with Android 11 out of the box

It seems that Samsung’s 2021 smartphones will come with Android 11 out of the box – even the more affordable models like the Galaxy A32 5G, which had its web browser evaluated by HTML5 Test. The phone, SM-A326B, was running the latest Android according to the test’s database. It’s not clear if that’s OneUI 3.0 (the more likely option) or the upcoming 3.1 version that will debut with the Galaxy S21 series. The S21 will also come with Android 11, of course, as seen in benchmarks. The Galaxy A32 5G will have a 20:9 screen, which can be seen in the CAD renders recently released by...

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Nvidia announces RTX 3060 Ti with ray tracing and DLSS for $399

Nvidia today announced the RTX 3060 Ti, the first of what is to be a family of RTX 3060 series graphics cards. Priced at $399, the RTX 3060 Ti is now the cheapest member of the 30-series graphics cards based on Nvidia's new Ampere architecture and will be replacing the RTX 2060 Super that launched at the same price last year. The RTX 3060 Ti is using a cutback version of the GA104 GPU used on the $499 RTX 3070. This has resulted in fewer SM units, fewer CUDA cores, fewer RT cores, fewer Tensor cores, fewer texture units, and fewer ROPs. Aside from that, the RTX 3060 Ti also has a lower...

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Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 3 LTE announced

After launching its TicWatch Pro 3 series back in September, Mobvoi has now unveiled its TicWatch Pro 3 LTE in Europe. As the name suggests, the biggest change here is the addition of LTE antennas in the watch which allows it to take calls and send texts on its own without a paired smartphone. It's important to note that at launch, cellular connectivity is limited to Vodafone users in Spain, Germany and the UK through the carrier's OneNumber program. Mobvoi TicWatch Pro 3 LTE The TicWatch Pro 3 series has an interesting trick up its sleeves – two display layers. There’s the main...

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Watch the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit 2020 live here

It's finally December, meaning it is time for the annual Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit. As is the norm this year the conference will be virtual, which means you'll be able to follow it from all around the globe. Usually, the San Diego chip company announces its latest flagship chipset for smartphones and we expect nothing out of the ordinary here - the new Snapdragon 8-series was previously expected to be called 875, but today several tipsters are saying Qualcomm will go with 888 instead. You can tune in to the livestream below at 7AM PST/10AM EST/2PM GMT to know which is the correct...

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Samsung: future foldables will be thinner and lighter

Foldable phones will enable growth in the “saturated smartphone market”, according to Lee Jong-min, the Executive Director of the planning team at Samsung’s mobile division. “Foldable phones are not an expansion of existing smartphones, but a completely new field,” said Lee at Samsung’s 2020 Investor Forum. He adds that foldable phones will become thinner and lighter in the future. That’s not the case with the Galaxy Z Fold2, which went up to 282g from the 263g of the original. The redesigned hinge offers several advantages (keeps dust out, can be locked at several angles), but it did make...

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Samsung Galaxy A31, M51 receive One UI 2.5 update

Samsung's busy testing Android 11-based One UI 3.0 beta on its flagships smartphones, but it has also been updating the lower-tier smartphones with One UI 2.5, with the Galaxy A31 and Galaxy M51 being the latest to get the upgrade. The One UI 2.5 update for the Galaxy A31 carries firmware version A315NKSU1BTK2, while the firmware version for Galaxy A51 is M515FXXU1BTK4. Both are based on Android 10 and come with November 2020 Android security patch. Samsung Galaxy A31 • Samsung Galaxy M51 The new builds squash some bugs and bring improvements to the camera and keyboard while...

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ZTE Axon 20 5G Extreme Edition comes with 12GB RAM and leather-like back

ZTE made headlines back in September when it announced its Axon 20 5G - the first smartphone with an under-display camera. Now, the Chinese maker is releasing an updated version of the same phone with 12GB RAM and an orange faux leather back dubbed Axon 20 5G Extreme Edition. Apart from those two changes the rest of the hardware is identical to the regular Axon 20 5G. You still get a 6.92-inch OLED display with FHD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. The under-display camera is still here as is the under-display fingerprint scanner near the bottom of the panel. Check out ZTE's...

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Nokia 5.4 price and specs revealed by early listings

A Nokia smartphone bearing model designation TA-1333 has bagged FCC certification. It's said to be the Nokia 5.4, since TA-1223 was one of the model codes for the Nokia 5.3. A document shared on FCC's website revealed the TA-1333 will pack a 4,000 mAh battery. It also revealed that the smartphone will measure 161 x 76mm, which is the same as Nokia 3.4's dimensions. Nokia 5.3 While there's no word from HMD about the Nokia 5.4 yet, Australian retailers Acquire and Aus Shop IT have listed the smartphone on their websites. Acquire says the smartphone will arrive in Blue color with...

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Amazfit unveils two new smartwatches - Pop Pro and GTS 2 mini

Amazfit held an event today in China where two wearables were introduced - the Amazfit Pop Pro and the Amazfit GTS 2 mini. The devices come as a variation of the already known Amazfit Pop and Amazfit GTS 2 with some key differences, allowing Huami to position them in different price categoris. For the most part the Amazfit Pop Pro is identical to the its non-Pro sibling that sells in India under the name Amazfit Bip U. We’re looking at a 1.43” square LCD, Bluetooth 5, 5ATM, 60 sports modes, etc. The battery is 225 mAh and the company promises 9 days life on a single charge. What...

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Lenovo officially teases Lemon K12 Series, to be announced December 9

Recently a new smartphone from Lenovo was spotted going through the FCC as a rebranded Moto G9 Power. The name of this device was pegged as the K12 Pro. Just a few days later, Lenovo teased a photo of the upcoming smartphone (that’s set to compete with the Redmi lineup). On Monday, Lenovo has officially confirmed its upcoming “Lemon K12 Series” as written on the teaser poster. This device we saw in the previous two reports are related, and at least one of the devices will be a rebranded variant of a Moto G9 variant. We wonder if other smartphones of the Lemon K12 lineup will be rebranded...

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