Weekly poll results: the Poco M3 needs positive reviews to become successful

If last week’s poll shows anything, it is that it’s better to launch a phone before the shopping holiday, not on. The Poco M3 got a bit over 50% positive vote, which is a strong showing for an affordable phone, though most of those who are interested held off on buying one on Black Friday last week. About 45% of voters want to see reviews before they make a decision. The M3 looks good for the price, but there were questions about the Snapdragon 662 – is it still fast enough? Especially since this phone has a 1080p display (and people did appreciate the higher resolution). The large battery...

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Samsung Galaxy M51 in for review

If you had to use one word to describe the Samsung Galaxy M51 it's probably going to be the word huge. The budget handset with 6.7-inch Super AMOLED Plus display and enormous battery is in our office and we are about to see how good it is. This is one of the few mid-range phones in Samsung's portfolio that's powered by a Qualcomm SoC. The Snapdragon 730G sits behind the wheel paired with either 6GB or 8GB of RAM. The best part is that the storage in both cases is 128GB, which is also expandable. Arguably the most notable feature is the humongous 7,000 mAh battery supporting...

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Chinese court finds Gionee guilty of planting malware on more than 20 million units

The Chinese court has published a verdict on a case involving the Chinese smartphone maker Gionee. It seems that Gionee planted a Trojan Horse on more than 20 million devices to money from unsolicited ads and other malicious activities without the user's knowledge. The Shenzhen Zhipu Technology Co. Ltd., which is a subsidiary of Gionee, has implanted a Trojan Horse through a software update using the so-called "Story Lock Screen" app. The first devices infected with the "Dark Horse Program" were in December 2018. The job was carried out until October 2019 and for that period, the...

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vivo X60 series gets 3C certified with 33W charging

vivo is expected to unveil its X60 series soon, which is said to include X60, X60 Pro, X60 Pro+ and X60s. We already know the last one will come with Snapdragon 765G SoC and 33W charging. Now the lineup has bagged 3C certification, revealing 33W charging support in the process. The listing includes three smartphones with model designations V2059A, V2047A, and V2046A. We don't know which one's associated with which smartphone, but neither of them is the X60 Pro+, since it will charge at a faster rate. The X50 Pro+ came with 44W charging, so we expect the X60 Pro+ to charge at the same...

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Samsung's 600MP sensor confirmed to be in the pipeline

According to a tipster, who seems to have really good internal connections over at Samsung, has confirmed that the company is indeed working on a 600MP sensor. And to prove it, he has shared what seems to be a slide from an internal document or presentation. In short, we have a very good reason to believe the report. To our surprise, the slide reveals quite a bit of information - from some key specs to the motivation behind the project. It says that due to the 4K and 8K video recording becoming more mainstream, Samsung wants to solve that with a bigger sensor, which allows for zoomed...

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A new Nokia phone surfaces on TENAA's website

After the FCC's listing of two upcoming Nokia smartphones from yesterday, we now have a TENAA listing with an unnamed Nokia device. The model number is TA-1335, which is suspiciously close to the TA-1333 model number of the FCC handset. However, early findings suggest that the two phones have little in common. While the TA-1333 has some similarities with the Nokia 3.4, the TA-1335 from TENAA is clearly closer to the Nokia C3. It's a budget device, reportedly aimed at the CNY 1,000-2,000 market segment. But closer to the lower end of the bracket. The filing reveals a handset with a...

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vivo V20 Pro 5G gets Android 11 update

The vivo V20 Pro 5G was announced in September with Android 10-based Funtouch OS 11, and ahead of its India debut, vivo said the smartphone will receive the Android 11 update this week. Well, vivo kept its promise as Android 11 has started rolling out for the V20 Pro 5G. The Android 11 update has build number PD2020F_EX_A_6.70.8 and requires a download of around 3.6GB. It comes with notification history, priority chat function, and chat bubbles features and bumps up the Android security patch level on the V20 Pro 5G to November 1, 2020. vivo V20 Pro 5G Android 11...

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DxOMark re-tests the iPhone 11, gets a much higher score

DxOMark recently changed its testing protocol and is now doing the fourth version of the said protocol. This means that some of the devices deemed relevant will go through the new round of testing because the overall score changes too. Not to mention the software improvements manufacturers introduce over time can have a big effect. Anyway, the iPhone 11 was recently re-tested and the overall score shot up quite significantly from 109 to 119 points overtaking some of the 2020 flagships like the Samsung Samsung Galaxy S20+ and the OnePlus 8 Pro in DxOMark's ranking. Although, the Galaxy...

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Oppo Reno5 Pro+ 5G to come with SD 865, 50MP Sony IMX7xx sensor, and electrochromic back

Oppo will introduce the Reno5 5G and Reno5 Pro 5G on December 10, and we already know what they look like as the Chinese phone maker posted their images on its official website a couple of days ago while also confirming a few specs. Alongside the vanilla Reno5 and the Pro model, Oppo is rumored to unveil the Reno5 Pro+ 5G. There's no word about it yet from Oppo, but an image posted on Weibo revealed its design, and we also get some information about its hardware. The rear panel of the Reno5 Pro+ 5G looks similar to the Reno5 5G and Reno5 Pro 5G's and has a quad camera setup on the back,...

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Nokia 3.4 to launch in India in mid-December

HMD announced the Nokia 2.4 and Nokia 3.4 back in September. The Nokia 2.4 debuted in India last week, and a new report by Nokiapoweruser claims that the 3.4 will arrive in the country in mid-December. The publication further claims that the base variant of Nokia 3.4 with 3GB RAM will be priced around INR12,000 ($160/€135) and will be released by the end of December. The Nokia 3.4 is powered by the Snapdragon 460 SoC, runs Android 10 out of the box, and has three memory configurations - 3GB/32GB, 3GB/64GB, and 4GB/64GB. It packs a 6.39" HD+ LCD that has a punch hole in the...

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