Xiaomi Mi 11 prices leaked, will cost around $700

Xiaomi is expected to unveil its new Mi 11 phones on Monday, December 28, and today a leak from China revealed how much would the vanilla variant cost. According to sources, pricing will begin from CNY4,500 or $687/€565 and that’s the least powerful 8/128 GB option. If we can trust this leaked image, the 8/256 GB option of the Xiaomi Mi 11 will be CNY4,800 ($735/€600), while a 12/256 GB variant will be priced at CNY5,200 ($800/€650). The prices are nowhere near the Xiaomi Mi 10 cost at its unveiling back in February 2020, with every option being 20% cheaper. There might be...

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Watch Realme's "Meet the Pro trendsetters" event live here

The time has come for Realme to unveil its latest and greatest wearables - today the young compnay is unveiling its Watch S Pro, as well as the new Gray color of the Realme Buds Air Pro, also called Master Edition. The event is scheduled for 12:30 IST/07:00 GMT and will be livestreamed on YouTube so you don't have to leave this page to follow it. The Watch S Pro will be the first Realme wearable with an AMOLED screen and will offer 2 weeks of battery life on a single charge. It will have 15 sports tracking modes, dual-GPS, heart-rate sensor, SpO2 sensor, 5 ATM water resistance -...

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Xiaomi’s Mi 11 will also have a leather-wrapped edition

Xiaomi has been prominent in the news this week. Following an official confirmation of the company’s upcoming Mi 11 launch date, benchmark scores, and even leaked official images, details about the Mi 11’s color configurations reveal that there will also be a special edition leather-wrapped variant. A leak from Weibo (via GizChina) revealed some of the Xiaomi MI 11’s color and storage configurations. The 12GB + 256GB variant will come in Blue, an 8GB + 128GB option will come in Smoke Purple, a 12GB + 256GB variant will be offered in Cigarette Purple, and a Special Edition variant will come...

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OnePlus Watch is coming early next year, CEO confirms

Looks like the mythical OnePlus Watch won't continue to be vaporware for much longer. The company's CEO and co-founder, Pete Lau, has confirmed on Twitter that the smartwatch will be released early next year. This follows a tweet from OnePlus in October when it was revealed that the first sketches of a smartwatch were created inside the company all the way back in 2015. So it's definitely been a very, very long time coming. Many of you said you wanted a watch, and as you might have heard over the weekend—we're making one, to be released early next year. Wishes do come true.🎁...

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Android 11 update reaches European Sony Xperia 1 II units

Last week the Sony Xperia 1 II started receiving the update to Android 11 in Taiwan, and today the new release has already traveled all the way to Europe. Reports on Reddit mention this update dropping in both France and the UK. Sony had promised to roll out Android 11 to Xperia 1 II units across the globe by the end of the year, and so here we are. The version that's rolling out is 58.1.A.0.926 for Vodafone UK, slightly different from the Taiwanese software build which was 58.1.A.0.921. However, the French models are receiving the 921 build too. You're looking at a 985MB t0 991MB...

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European prices for the entire Samsung Galaxy S21 family leak

The supposed Indian pricing of the whole Galaxy S21 lineup leaked earlier this month and it concluded that there won't be any major changes compared to the launch prices of this year's Galaxy S20 lineup. However, trustworthy sources say that pricing in Europe will be quite different from before. The good news is that the vanilla S21 and the S21+ will be priced lower while the bad news is that the Ultra will cost extra. The Galaxy 21 will start at €849, the S21+ will ask €1,049 and the Ultra will set you back €1,349. That's the pricing for the standard 128GB configurations. In...

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Exynos 2100 new benchmarks show substantial lead over SD888

According to the early reports, Samsung might finally be bringing some serious competition to the flagship SoC market potentially outperforming Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888, which is also still unreleased. The new batch of Geekbench results are in line with this theory. We will see the Exynos 2100 powering up the still unannounced Galaxy S21-series in most markets while the chipset itself is going to be unveiled on January 12. Unfortunately, we don't have the actual Geekbench results to show but we can definitely take Ice Universe's word for it. And according to him, the CPU peaks at...

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Lava BeU announced with 6.08” LCD, Android 10 Go and unique design

Lava continues its barrage in the entry-level market with the BeU handset. It packs a rose gold back with an unusual set of crystal decorations2 part of the camera cutout. Next to those, you find the 13MP primary camera and 2MP depth sensor alongside the LED flash and fingerprint reader. The display comes in at 6.08-inches and sports a waterdrop notch for the 8MP selfie cam. It sports an HD+ resolution and 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The Unisoc SC9863A chipset sits at the helm alongside 2GB RAM and 32GB onboard storage which is further expandable via the microSD slot. We have Android...

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Xiaomi Mi 11 appears in official images, listings, and Geekbench

Xiaomi will introduce the Mi 11 flagship series next Monday (December 28) and the phone started popping more and more frequently. After the teaser from this morning, now the Mi 11 family was also listed on JD.com, and went by Geekbench, showcasing its 12GB RAM. The Geekbench data gives us a preview of how the Snapdragon 888 and its CPU will perform. The single-core score is 1,135, while the result for multiple cores is 3,642 - a massive 15-20% increase, compared with the Snapdragon 865+ results. Xiaomi Mi 11 official images According to early leaked images, the front of the...

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Latest vivo X60 teasers hype up camera performance

The launch of vivo’s X60 series is scheduled to take place on December 29 and the teasers keep on coming. The latest ones include more detailed product images of the X60 and X60 Pro as well as a promo video showcasing the main 48MP camera’s stabilization and night prowess. The vivo X60 is expected to sport a triple-cam setup headlined by a 48MP main camera with f/1.6 aperture alongside a 13MP ultrawide snapper and 13MP portrait shooter. The X60 Pro adds an 8MP periscope module with 5x optical and up to 60x digital zoom. The Pro also gets an f/1.48 aperture for the main 48MP...

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Oppo Reno5 Pro+ 5G already listed on JD.com, handled on video

The Oppo Reno5 Pro+ 5G is two days away from its December 24 announcement, but we can dispel with most of the remaining mystery. The phone was handled on video, showing the glittering finish on its rear panel (RenoGlow 2.0), and listed on JD.com with images and memory options. First the hands-on. It shows the special textured finish in black with the Reno Glow inscription. There will also be a Blue-ish variant. The listing on JD.com promises to start taking orders on December 24 at 15:30 CST. The listed price is CNY 9,999, but that's a place holder. There are two variants - 8/128GB...

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Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite gets Android 11-based One UI 3.0 update

Samsung has rolled out the stable builds of Android 11-based One UI 3.0 for the Galaxy Note20 and S20 lineups and it's now shifting its attention to non-flagship models. The latest smartphone to get a taste of the latest Android version and the 3.0 version of the company's customization is the Galaxy S10 Lite. The One UI 3.0 update for the S10 Lite has firmware number G770FXXU3DTL1 and requires a hefty download of around 2GB. The new build bumps up the Android security patch level on the S10 Lite to December 1, 2020 and comes with a redesigned UI and a bunch of new features. You can head...

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Realme Buds Air Pro Master Edition revealed by company CEO

The Realme Buds Air Pro are the first TWS earphones with ANC (Active Noise Cancellation) of the brand. We already reviewed them and established they bring a superb powerful sound, excellent battery life, and an attractive price tag. Now the accessory, initially launched in White or Black, is also arriving in Grey but the device will be called Realme Buds Air Pro Master Edition. The audio wearable was finally revealed by the company CEO in an official teaser on Twitter and the buds can be seen on the live stream page as well. Few days ago I asked you guys which Master Edition do you...

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Xiaomi Mi 10i 5G teased ahead of January 5 announcement

Back in November, Xiaomi introduced its trio of Redmi Note 9 phones for the Chinese market headlined by the Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G and it seems the device will make its way to India as the Xiaomi Mi 10i 5G on January 5. A perfect start to the new year. #ThePerfect10Guess what's coming and 1⃣0⃣ lucky winners stand a chance to win #Mi goodies perfect for all you enthusiasts. A hint is in the video. Leave your responses with #ThePerfect10.05.01.21Stay Tuned. Spread The Word. pic.twitter.com/PnD4xmZWt7— Mi India #Mi10TSeries5G (@XiaomiIndia) December 22, 2020 Xiaomi India began teasing the...

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SD888-powered Realme Race is a part of new series, exec confirms

Earlier this month we exclusively reported that Realme is working on a new smartphone called Race (RMX2202), which is powered by the Snapdragon 888 SoC, has 12GB RAM and 256GB storage onboard, and runs Android 11 with Realme UI 2.0 on top. Now we get official confirmation that Race is just a codename and the smartphone is a part of a new series. This information comes from Realme VP Xu Qi Chase, who corroborated our leak and said that the smartphone has a Snapdragon 888 SoC under the hood and will arrive in 2021. He didn't say when exactly, but we expect the smartphone to go official...

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