Xiaomi Mi 11 European pricing leaks ahead of February 8 global debut

Xiaomi Mi 11 European pricing has leaked ahead of its February 8 international debut. The base variant of Mi 11 with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage will be priced at €799 in Europe, and shelling out €100 more will get you double storage. The Mi 11, currently only available in China, has a 12GB/256GB variant as well, but the source has no information on its global pricing. If the global Mi 11 shares the specs with its Chinese counterpart, it will have a Snapdragon 888 SoC, 6.81" 120Hz QHD+ AMOLED screen, and a 4,600 mAh battery with 55W charging in tow. For photography, it will have a...

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Realme announces affordable V11 5G with Dimensity 700

Realme has just announced a new affordable smartphone in China. It is called Realme V11 5G and comes with Dimensity 700 chipset, two cameras on the back, and a big 5,000 mAh battery. The front panel is a 6.52” LCD with a waterdrop notch for the 8 MP camera. The resolution of the screen is HD+ with a tall ratio of 20:9. Unsurprisingly, the refresh rate is only 60 Hz. Since the fingerprint scanner cannot be placed underneath, it made its way on the side, acting as a power key. The camera setup on the back might look like it has three shooters, but there is only one 13 MP main cam + 2...

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Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Z Fold 3 rumored to arrive in July

The Note lineup normally launched around September/October so we generally believed this was when we’d expect the new foldables to arrive. If a rumor is to be believed, Samsung may be planning to launch its new foldable phones, the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3, in July this year - months earlier than the Z Fold2, which arrived last September. We may have to wait 5 months to see Flip 3 and Fold 3.— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) February 4, 2021 If Samsung is now making a shift to its release strategy and its H1 flagship (the S21 seires) already released in January, then this new timeline...

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Nvidia GeForce Now game streaming service lands on M1 Macs

The M1 Macs Apple recently announced have a ton of power thanks to the company's own processor, but what about gaming? Well, Nvidia's got your back. Its GeForce Now game streaming service is now available to use on M1 Macs, through the dedicated app. This has been 'translated' using Apple's Rosetta 2 emulator, so GeForce Now isn't at this point fully optimized for M1. However, many other apps that use Rosetta 2 have almost no discernible performance hit, so we're very curious as to how this will do. You can also use GeForce Now through Chrome or Safari, but a dedicated app is...

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Google's Pixels will read your heart rate and respiratory rate with their cameras

Google is soon adding some interesting new features to its Fit app for its Pixel smartphones. You'll be able to measure your heart rate by placing a finger on the rear camera, which reminds us of a fad from many years ago in the Android world. This works by tracking color change as blood moves through your fingertip. On the other hand, measuring your respiratory rate works with the selfie camera, where you position yourself within a frame and then just breathe. The software will monitor the rise and fall of your chest and infer the rate from there. A Google Health product manager...

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Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro gets One UI 3.0 with Android 11

Samsung’s XCover Pro is the latest phone to get the Android 11-based One UI 3.0 update. This update comes hot on the heels of the One UI 3.0 update for the Galaxy A51 which started seeding in Russia earlier today. The rugged XCover Pro launched a year ago with Android 10 and One UI 2.0 and this is the phone’s first major update. The new firmware bears the G715FNXXU7BUA8 build number and brings along the January security patch. Check out all the new additions found in One UI 3.0 in our mini review write up. Via

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Upcoming Motorola Ibiza spotted on Geekbench

Geekbench is giving us a look at an upcoming Motorola device bearing the XT2137-2 model number. The phone carries the Ibiza codename and could be the Moto’s first device powered by the 5G ready Snapdragon 480 chipset. So far vivo’s Y31s and Oppo’s A93 5G are the only devices to launch with the budget 5G SoC. Moto Ibiza Gekbench listing The Moto Ibiza managed 2,466 points in the single-core test run and 6,223 points in the multi-core department. Keep in mind that this test was done on Gekbench 4. The listing also reveals the device packs 6GB RAM and boots Android 11. Moto...

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Apple's first car will be fully autonomous, won't be available for end users

A new report emerged today to back up most recent claims that Apple has reached a deal with Kia to make its first electric car. And Kia's US arm will take on production, which is said to kick off in 2024. The report also confirms that Apple's first electric car won't be available for end users and will be aimed at businesses. Moreover, it's being designed to be fully autonomous. It all seems to be in line with Apple's acquisition of Drive.ai - a self-driving car startup. On the same day, a different South Korean source published a report that on February 27, Apple and Kia will sign...

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Samsung Galaxy Watch3 gets SmartThings Find support in new update

The Samsung Galaxy Watch3 has received a new firmware, which brings bug fixes, stability improvements and a few new features. The release - R840XXU1BUA8 - is live in the US & South Korea and involves a 74MB download. It enables support for Samsung's SmartThings Find, which allows your Galaxy phone to help you find your Galaxy Watch3 on a map. The service also allows you to ring the watch to help you locate it. SmartThings Find supports all manner of Galaxy devices like phones, tablets and even the Galaxy Buds Pro. The Galaxy Watch3 update also introduces a new group-walking challenge,...

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Instagram takes on TikTok with Vertical Stories

Instagram is working on vertical stories in TikTok style. And it kind of makes sense since most of the scrolling on our phones is done vertically as TikTok was quick to realize. The discovery was made by a developer, who was able to dig up the Vertical Stories feature from Instagram's source code. Of course, since it isn't still live, we can't see it in action yet. #Instagram is working on Vertical Stories 👀Swipe up and down to browse stories. pic.twitter.com/LDJje8l137— Alessandro Paluzzi (@alex193a) February 2, 2021 Instagram representative even confirmed to TechCrunch that...

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OnePlus Nord gets OxygenOS 11 open beta 3

OnePlus is seeding the third OxygenOS 11 open beta to the OnePlus Nord. The update fixes issues with the camera, ambient display, the system and the clock. Here's the full changelog. System Optimized UI display effects of work life balance Fixed the issue that the dial icons overlap on the lock screen Fixed the issue of white space in the notification bar in Dark mode Camera Fixed the issue that the camera fails to start through quick gestures Fixed the issue with video recorded by the front camera that can not be played Ambient Display Fixed the small probability issue...

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Apple takes another lens supplier on board for its iPhone 13 lineup

While there won't be any significant camera upgrades to this year's iPhones, according to Ming-Chi Kuo (though other analysts disagree), Apple is trying to secure another lens supplier for its upcoming iPhone 13 lineup. Sunny Optical will most likely join Largan, Yujingguang and Kantatsu, which in turn supply the lenses to LG Innotek for assembly. Sunny Optical will be appointed to the 7P main lens. Recent rumors suggest that the ultrawide camera will receive an update with a better 6P lens, bigger aperture - f/1.8 and autofocus. The report doesn't say whether Sunny Optical will...

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Poco discounts several phones on Flipkart, announces X-series has sold over 1 million units

Poco India says it turns 1 year old today and while the company definitely had a presence in the country before 2020, we won’t argue against having a party. And by “party” we mean discounts on Poco phones – check out the sale over at Flipkart (it will run from today until Sunday). Among the offers is the Poco X3, which saw its price reduced by 25% and down to INR 15,000. It and other X-series phones have been quite successful – the company just announced that it has sold over 1 million units of X-phones. It doesn’t specify whether this is just in India, but since this is reported by...

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Android TV gets updated UI more in tune with Google TV

Google has refreshed its Android TV interface to look and feel more like the Google TV UI which debuted with on the latest Chromecast back in September. New Android TV interface For context, Google TV is the newer interface for smart TVs and the company’s Chromecast streaming sticks. It's still based on Android TV though it has a distinctly different UI. It’s available on Sony and TCL’s latest TVs and is expected to come as the UI of choice for new TV models going forward. Old Android TV interface The new Android TV update replaces the old vertical scrollable apps list...

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HMD teases faster than expected Android 11 rollout for the next batch of Nokia phones

Back in September last year, Nokia shared its update roadmap for Android 11 for most of its phones. Today the company's CPO Juho Sarvikas teased on Twitter that Android 11 is coming sooner than expected. Counterpoint Research recognized us for fastest portfolio wide deployment of Android 9 & 10. Now we do a hat trick with Android 11 committing to latest Android experience even to our most affordable global handsets. Nokia 8.3 5G opens flood gates, other products to fast follow pic.twitter.com/YDvG50Wh3h— Juho Sarvikas (@sarvikas) February 2, 2021 That's at least what we could gather...

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Amazon's upcoming CEO backs the company's troubled game studio

Despite a string of canceled games, Amazon will not shut down its game studio. Bloomberg reports that Andy Jassy, who is poised to take over the CEO position from Jeff Bezos, has pledged support for Amazon Game Studios. This comes after an extensive report by Bloomberg on the issues that the studio is facing. Mike Frazzini, the head of AGS, denied those reports and now has the backing of the new CEO. In June of last year, AGS cancelled Crucible, a year earlier Intensity was axed and the year before that Breakaway went on the chopping block. New World was delayed from a mid-2020 launch...

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Qualcomm reports massive increase in income, warns about chip shortage in H1 2021

Qualcomm has published its financial results for the past quarter, and they look mightily impressive. During the October-December period, marked as Q1 2021 in the fiscal year of the chip company, revenue increased 62%, while net income soared 165% from $925 million to $2.455 billion. However during a call with investors, CEO Cristiano Amon warned the company is struggling to meet demand and the industry is facing a global shortage for the next six months. (in $ million) Fiscal Q1 2021 Fiscal Q1 2020 Change Revenue $8,235 $5,077 62% ...

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OneDrive one-ups Google Photos with Samsung Motion Photo and 8K video support

Microsoft just updated OneDrive adding playback support for Samsung Motion Photo and 8K video from the Galaxy S20, S21 and Note20 series. Up until now OneDrive could store the files, but not play them back. In the case of Samsung's Motion Photo, which adds a couple of seconds of video and sound to a still shot, OneDrive will only show the still image. OneDrive now supports up to 250GB files, which works nicely for those large 8K videos. The app also features a new home screen layout with quick access to recent and offline files and a new "On This Day" with photos taken on this day years...

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Оppo F19 and F19 Pro expected to launch in March

According to a new report from 91mobiles, Oppo will introduce its F19 and F19 Pro phones in India next month. Based on industry sources, the F19 series will come as the follow up to last year’s F17 series though there are few details on what we can expect from the new models so far. The report also mentions Oppo’s F21 series will be released in the second half of 2021. Oppo F17 Pro The F19 series was actually rumored as far back as January 2019 with speculations of a 10x optical zoom module though that didn’t quite pan out. Wе'll be on the lookout for more details surrounding Oppo's...

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Samsung Galaxy A51 receiving Android 11-based One UI 3.0 stable update

The Samsung Galaxy A51 launched in December 2019 is receiving the Android 11-based One UI 3.0 stable update. The new firmware comes with version A515FXXU4DUB1 and bumps up the Android security patch level on the Galaxy A51 to February 2021. The update also comes with an improved UI and includes the usual Android 11 and One UI 3.0 goodies, which include chat bubbles, dedicated media playback widget, and Always-On Display customizations. Samsung Galaxy A51 The One UI 3.0 update for the Galaxy A51 is currently seeding in Russia, but other markets should get it soon. If you live...

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Realme X7 and X7 Pro debut in India

Realme announced its X7 series in China last September, and now the phones have reached India. The Realme X7 and Realme X7 Pro bring 5G connectivity, 64MP cameras, and prices starting from INR15,399 through the Real Upgrade Program. Realme X7 Pro The Realme X7 Pro comes with a Dimensity 1000+ chipset and a quad-cam setup on the back with 64MP main and 8MP ultrawide units. Two 2MP sensors for bokeh and close-up shots are keeping them company. At the front is a 6.55” Super AMOLED panel with a fingerprint scanner underneath and a 32MP selfie shooter in the upper left corner inside a...

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