Xiaomi Redmi 8, 8A and 7A are receiving MIUI 12

Xiaomi is well-known for updating its devices for many a year, even its older, less expensive ones. Despite not seeding the latest Android version, Xiaomi devices often get most of the features that the next-generation MIUI brings. Now, the latest phones to receive Xiaomi's MIUI 12 are the Redmi 8, 8A and 7A. The Redmi 8's MIUI 12 update has been delivered for the Global, EEA and Russian variants, while the 8A's update has been pushed to Chinese and EEA units. The firmwares are in their so-called Stable Beta stages except for the global Redmi 8, which is getting the final and stable...

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Lypertek Tevi review

Lypertek is a small Chinese manufacturer of personal audio products. Last month, we reviewed the Lypertek Levi, the company's latest TWS earbuds at an affordable price. The Levi offered great performance for the price and quickly became one of our favorites in their price category. Today, however, I am checking out the product that put the company on the map. The Lypertek Tevi are the popular TWS earbuds that received a ton of critical acclaim since their release. The Tevi feature graphene drivers, along with features such as aptX TWS+ and IPX7 rating for water-resistance. They...

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Sony introduces two new wireless speakers with 360 Reality Audio

Sony has announced two new wireless speaker systems, the SRS-RA5000 and the SRS-RA3000. Both speakers are designed with providing a room-filling sound in an indoor setting and feature Sony's proprietary 360 Reality Audio feature. The more expensive of the two, the RA5000 has seven speaker system with three up-firing drivers, three front-facing drivers and an internal woofer. The up and side-firing design creates a uniform sphere of sound around the speaker regardless of its position around the room. The RA5000 also has a manual sound calibration feature, which lets it tune its...

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Apple iPhone 13 to retain design, but be thicker and with smaller notch

It's 2021 and we guess it's time to talk about the next generation of iPhones. Supposedly called iPhone 13, the first report this year suggests that the two Pro models will have 120Hz OLED panels from Samsung. Today's info, however, is all about the design. According to the Japanese blog MacOtakara, the iPhone 13 lineup will retain the iPhone 12's chassis with the flat edges, but will be approximately 0.26mm thicker and will reduce the size of the notch thanks to a position change of the top receiver. Additionally, the camera bump will be just as thick with a small change to the...

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Samsung Galaxy S21 lineup's marketing renders surface ahead of announcement

The Samsung Galaxy S21 lineup will be unveiled on January 14 and ahead of the announcement, official marketing renders of the S21 series have surfaced, which don't reveal anything new but corroborate previous design leaks. The S21, S21+ and S21 Ultra will all pack punch hole displays, but the vanilla and Plus variants will come with triple camera setups, whereas the Ultra model will feature a quad rear camera (fifth circle houses Laser AF unit). While Samsung hasn't divulged much about the S21 lineup, previous leaks have left little to the imagination since we know what the trio...

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vivo shares its FuntouchOS 11 release schedule for India

While vivo is running an open beta of its new OriginOS, which is supposed to replace FuntouchOS, the manufacturer will be kicking off FuntouchOS 11 based on Android 11 beta program for a couple of its devices in India. The vivo V20 debuted with the stable version of the said software while the V20 Pro 5G's version of the OS has been bumped up shortly after its release. Starting from the end of January, V19 and X50 owners can get a taste of FuntouchOS 11, while V17, V17 Pro, V15 Pro and S1 users will be getting the OTA update starting March. S1 Pro, Z1x and Z1Pro start receiving it in...

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Samsung to introduce a plethora of ISOCELL sensors, 200MP included

According to one of the most reliable Samsung tipsters, the Korean tech giant plans to introduce plenty of new ISOCELL camera sensors this year and a 200MP one will likely come around very soon. While we are still far away from a 600MP sensor, Samsung thinks that we are ready to make the jump to 200MP as early as this year. Sadly, there are no details surrounding the rumor, so we would have to take IceUniverse's word for it. And we don't really know any of the upcoming camera's specs too such as pixels size, sensor size, etc. However, a report from April last year suggested that...

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vivo V2035 passes through Geekbench revealing key specs

The vivo V2035 spotted on FCC last month has appeared on Geekbench with Android 11 and 8GB RAM. Its motherboard is listed as "bengal", which is associated with Snapdragon 662 or Snapdragon 460. The benchmark database doesn't divulge any other specs of the V2035, but FCC revealed the smartphone will pack a 5,000 mAh battery and come with 18W charging. It will also come with a dual-SIM slot and support 4G networks. The marketing name and the rest of the specs of vivo V2035 are currently unknown, but more details about it should surface soon. Source | Via

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Samsung Galaxy A32 5G appears in colorful press renders

We already know what the unannounced Samsung Galaxy A32 5G looks like, thanks to the CAD renders that surfaced last November. Today we are looking at a bunch of official press renders leaked by WinFuture, which corroborate previous design leaks and reveal the A32 5G will come in at least four colors. The Galaxy A32 5G will pack an Infinity-V display, which is rumored to measure 6.5" diagonally. The rear panel of the phone, made of plastic, is home to a quad camera setup. The primary shooter reportedly uses a 48MP sensor, with the rest said to be ultrawide, depth, and macro...

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Google Phone app teardown hints feature that automatically records callers from unknown numbers

Last year, Google own Phone app introduced a new call recording feature that only works with Pixel devices and select Nokia and Xiaomi phones. A recording button appears in the ongoing call screen that plays back a voice, notifying both parties that the call is being recorded. An APK teardown of the latest Google Phone app version 59 (performed by XDA-Developers) reveals some strings of text that suggest a new feature would allow users to begin recording all phone calls from unknown callers or numbers not on a user’s contacts list. One string is essentially a disclaimer that...

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