vivo iQOO 7 might arrive with 120W fast charging

Vivo has introduced a 120W fast-charging solution earlier this year and actually followed through with an announcement of a smartphone with the technology. The vivo iQOO 5 Pro 5G is currently the only handset in the world with such powerful charging capabilities and it looks like a successor is already in the pipelines. A device codenamed V2049A, likely to be part of the iQOO 7 series, was spotted on 3C with a 120W charger. While we have no official confirmation this is an iQOO phone, this line-up is de-facto vivo’s flagship family since the X phones are better positioned in the...

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Oppo A15s leaked renders show color options, waterdrop notch

Oppo's A15 was released in October, and now the company is busy preparing the A15s for launch in India. We already know that it will be priced at INR 11,490, and some of its specs. Now though some official-looking press renders have been outed, showing us the front of the phone for the first time, as well as all three color options. The Oppo A15s will arrive in Rainbow Silver, Dynamic Black, and white. The phone is expected to sport a 6.52" HD+ touchscreen, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. These details come from an official promo poster. The fingerprint sensor is on the...

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Google Photos adds automatically generated 3D Cinematic photos

Today Google has announced an intriguing new feature to its Photos service. It's called Cinematic photos, and as you can see in the demo below, this will automatically create a 3D-like effect for some of your shots. This will work in the Memories section of the app, and you don't have to do anything - you'll find Cinematic photos in your recent highlights at the top of your photo grid. The feature wants to make you relive your memories in a more vivid and realistic way, and it uses machine learning to predict an image's depth and produce a 3D representation of the scene, even if the...

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Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra with Exynos 2100 spotted on Geekbench

We’re anticipating Samsung to unveil its Galaxy S21 flagships on January 14 which is less than a month away at this point. As usual, we’ve seen a plethora of leaks over the past months giving us a good idea of what to expect from the upcoming flagship trio. Now we have yet another interesting find on Geekbench with a listing of the Galaxy S21 Ultra powered by Samsung’s own Exynos 2100 chipset. This is the version that will likely be on sale in India and other regions like Europe and where Samsung has traditionally favored its own chipsets. Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra with Exynos 2100 on...

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Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 678 - a slightly enhanced SD 675

The widely popular Snapdragon 675 which was announced back in 2018 has a successor. Today Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon 678 which aims to bring better photography and connectivity capabilities in the midrange market without sacrificing battery endurance. The SD 678 is built on the 11nm LLP process and is quite similar to its predecessor with the only change being the overclocked Cortex A76 cores working at up to 2.2GHz compared to 2.0Ghz on the SD 675. You get the same Adreno 612 GPU though Qualcomm promises increased performance. The rest of the specs match those of the SD...

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Huawei is now offering financial incentives for e-business that join AppGallery

Huawei is really pushing to make its own app store called AppGallery more attractive, and the latest step is targeted at e-businesses and app developers. The company has announced the launch of new promotion tools, optimized Ads Kit and will give a bigger pie of the ad revenue to developers than other platforms. In a press release, Huawei announced that app owners will receive up to 90% of ad revenue, compared with 70% - that’s what Apple gives to its developers. There will be three tiers of packages - first is for companies yet to be introduced to AppGallery and HMS, the second is for...

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Samsung confirms the Galaxy S21 is coming in January with S Pen support

You heard the rumors, now hear it from the horse’s mouth. TM Roh, the President and Head of Samsung’s mobile division, penned a blog post in which he celebrates what the company accomplished in 2020 and what it has set out to do next year. You have to read to the bottom and read between the lines, but the message is clear enough – Samsung will launch the Galaxy S21 series in January and it will feature S Pen support. Here are the important quotes: “Thank you to everyone who supported us in 2020. I look forward to sharing more in January!” concludes the post, shortly after this promise:...

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Realme Watch S Pro officially arriving on December 23

Realme teased the Watch S Pro multiple times this month, but finally, we know when it will all come to fruition - on December 23 when the wearable gets launched. The announcement was spotted on Twitter, where a Realme account shared more details - the Watch S Pro will have an AMOLED screen and plenty more trendsetting features. The new device will have a circular 1.39” AMOLED screen and stainless steel body. With this panel, Realme can finally offer an Always-On Display feature, and there are plenty of interesting features on the inside as well. The battery will be topped in two...

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Xiaomi launches Mi Reader Pro with customizable color tone and voice search

Xiaomi has just launched a new e-reader, called Mi Reader Pro. It is a massive upgrade over the initial Mi Reader and comes as a direct competitor to Amazon Kindle Oasis, the bigger brother of the Paperwhite. The new reader comes with a big display, plenty of customizations of the screen, and voice search for quicker input of titles. The display is 7.8” in diagonal with an e-ink screen and 330 ppi pixel density. The screen illuminating LED comes with 24-level adjustable brightness and the ability to change the color tone from warm to cold, depending on the surrounding, allowing for...

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Samsung Galaxy A52 4G passes through Geekbench with Snapdragon 720G

The Samsung Galaxy A52 5G bearing model designation SM-A526B was spotted on Geekbench last month with a Snapdragon 750G SoC, 6GB RAM, and Android 11. Now the 4G variant (SM-A525F) has popped up in the benchmark's database, which is powered by the Snapdragon 720G chipset, runs Android 11 and has 8GB RAM onboard. The 4G model scored higher than its 5G counterpart in both the single and multi-core tests, but these are likely pre-production devices, and you can expect differences in performance on retail units. It's currently unclear if there will be any other differences between the 4G...

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Apple Watch gains cardio fitness notifications just in time for Fitness+ launch

Apple released its watchOS 7.2 alongside iOS 14.3 and the big new addition for watch users is cardio fitness measurement which classifies your cardio fitness level based on your age group and sex. There are four fitness level categories from low to high. You will receive notifications if your measurements fall in the low range. Apple Watch cardio fitness and Fitness+ interface The whole classification happens via the V02 max readings on the Apple Watch and comes just in time for the launch of Apple’s Fitness+ subscription service. Interestingly enough accessing Fitness+...

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Xiaomi Redmi K40 surfaces in a set of live images

It's been a while since we've heard anything about the Redmi K40, but we now get a set of live shots allegedly showing the phone in a design concealing case. The source says it's the vanilla K40 but the design will probably be shared among the lineup anyway. The case gives us a peak at the front panel and the camera bits, strategically hiding the finish of the rear and the frame. We can see the K40 will adopt a centered punch-hole for the selfie camera on the front, while the camera module has been totally re-worked. It's now placed in the upper-left corner housing four sensors....

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Oppo A15s price leaked ahead of launch

A few days ago, we saw a leaked banner that revealed the design and a few specs of the Oppo A15s. Now another poster has surfaced, telling us the A15s will cost INR11,490 ($155/€130) in India. The poster doesn't include any new details but corroborates specs from the previous leak: 6.52" HD+ screen, triple rear camera, 4GB RAM, and 64GB storage. The A15s also has a fingerprint reader on the back for biometric authentication. The rest of the specs are currently unknown and there's no word from Oppo about the A15s yet, but looking at the leaked poster, it seems the A15s will go...

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Meet the realmeow, Realme's official mascot and Chief Trend Officer

Today's announcement from Realme isn't about a product but more about the vision of future products. The company has just announced its official mascot, who is also Realme's so-called Chief Trend Officer. realmeow Working with Realme's design team, famed animator Mark A. Walsh came up with realmeow. Walsh has worked on numerous animation films like Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc. The mascot is 18 years old, wears Realme's typical yellow, has stylish laser glasses, loves to skate, dance to hip-hop and listen to rap. Realmeow aims to appeal to the Gen-Z as well as deliver...

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Huawei nova 8, 8 Pro, and Enjoy 20 SE specs tipped

Huawei is set to introduce the nova 8 and nova 8 Pro smartphones on December 23. While no official specs have been teased yet an image shared by Digital Chat Station reveals the specifications of the nova 8 duo. The nova 8 Pro will be powered by the Kirin 985 SoC and support dual-mode 5G. It will pack a 120Hz curved screen and feature a quad camera on the back comprising a 64MP primary, 8MP ultrawide, and two 2MP units. For selfies and video calls, the nova 8 Pro will come with a 32MP camera joined by a 16MP module for portraits. The image shared by the source doesn't reveal the nova...

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Apple iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max get ProRAW with iOS 14.3

Apple has released iOS 14.3 that enables the ProRAW feature on the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. What that does is give you all the standard RAW data with the photos, while also retaining the information generated by the phone's processing algorithms. Additionally, iOS 14.3 brings Apple Fitness+ and AirPods Max support, while introducing privacy information on the App Store and squashing a few bugs. You can check out the complete changelog of iOS 14.3 below for all the details: Apple Fitness+ A new fitness experience powered by Apple Watch with...

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Oppo Reno5 Pro+ 5G appears on TENAA, confirms most rumored specs

Oppo Reno5 Pro+ 5G is expected to arrive on December 24, blurring the lines between midrange and flagship. Rumors were claiming the phone will have a Snapdragon 865 chipset, four cameras with one of them bringing along a periscope lens, and plenty of storage options. The smartphone has finally appeared on TENAA, masked behind its model number PDRM00, confirming pretty much most claims and leaks. Oppo PDRM00/Reno5 Pro+ 5G on TENAA While the chipset is not mentioned per se, the CPU is listed as 2.8 GHz, and only the Snapdragon 865 series has a core running at those exact...

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vivo X60 series camera specs leak ahead of announcement

We’re eagerly expecting vivo to debut its X60 series on December 28 and we’ve already been through an extensive leak marathon which has us covered with most of the key specs. We’re expecting 3 devices this year the X60, X60 Pro and X60 Pro+ and now we have the camera details for the vanilla and Pro models thanks to Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station just one day after vivo confirmed its Zeiss partnership. DigitalChatStation Weibo posts The X60 will offer a 48MP main camera with f/1.6 aperture alongside a 13MP ultrawide snapper and 13MP portrait shooter. The X60 Pro adds an 8MP...

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Spotify introduces new Premium Mini plans for India with revised daily and weekly rates

Spotify India has introduced revised daily and weekly plans. Now called Premium Mini, these new plans come at a reduced cost than when the service first went live in the country. Those opting to subscribe to these new plans will have to pay INR 7 for the 1-day plan and INR 25 for the 1-week plan. In the past, these same plans would have set you back by INR 13 and INR 39, respectively. The Mini plan has some limitations compared to the Individual plan. The plan's benefits only apply to listening on a mobile device and not on the desktop apps or web. Second, instead of the 10k songs...

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