Xiaomi sells over 300,000 units of the Redmi K40 in five minutes

Xiaomi launched its Redmi K40 series last month, and today was the first flash sale of the lineup. According to the company’s official Weibo profile, it managed to sell the batch of 300,000 units in just five minutes. It also confirmed another sale has been scheduled for Monday, March 8. The massive number of sales includes all three phones - the Redmi K40, Redmi K40 Pro, and Redmi K40 Pro+ in all their memory variations and in all three colors. A quick reminder about the difference between all three phones - the first one has a Snapdragon 870 chipset, while the two Pros come with a...

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Nintendo will reportedly launch updated Switch console with larger Samsung OLED screen

An interesting report comes from Bloomberg. Outside of supplying OLED display panels to many smartphone OEMS for both standard and (in the future) folding displays, Samsung will supply a 7-inch panel to Nintendo for a new Switch gaming console. The report says that Samsung Display Co. will begin mass producing OLED panels for an upcoming Nintendo Switch refresh model, one that will come with a larger screen (the current Switch model has a 6.2-inch 16:9 720p display – the Switch Lite has a 5.5-inch panel)). According to the anonymous sources, Samsung will begin production of these panels in...

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Android 12 Developer Preview 1.1 is out with bug fixes

Today Google has released the second build of its Android 12 Developer Preview. The initial one went out last month, and now the company is releasing Android 12 Developer Preview 1.1. As the minor version number incrementation implies, this is not a build that brings new features, instead it's all about bug fixes. Additionally, it incorporates the March security patches. The issues that have been fixed include intermittent disconnections from Wi-Fi even when the signal was strong, taking a screenshot from the lock screen resulting in an error, partial wake locks that caused battery...

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More Galaxy Xcover 5 specs and renders leak

Samsung is readying a new entry in its long-running line of rugged smartphones. We've seen the Galaxy Xcover 5 before, both in various certifications, as well as in some leaks. The phone should become official at some point this month, and is rumored to retail in Europe for €289 to €299. It will be offered in one color only, the one you can see in the newly leaked renders below, which Samsung calls Graphite Black. Samsung Galaxy Xcover 5 leaked renders The Xcover 5 is said to sport a 5.3-inch 720x1480 LCD touchscreen, covered with Gorilla Glass 6. The phone will be IP68 water...

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AMD announces the Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card

AMD today announced the Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card. The 6700 XT is based on the same RDNA2 architecture as the other RX 6000-series graphics cards but it is the cheapest model in the series so far, starting at $479. The 6700 XT has a new, smaller GPU than the one on the other three 6000-series cards. This GPU has 40 compute units, 64 ROPs, 160 texture units, and 2560 stream processors. One of the interesting things about the 6700 XT is the aggressive clock speed; the average clock speed under load or 'Game Frequency' as AMD likes to call it is a rather high 2424MHz. This gives...

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Oppo Find X3 stars in a couple of new teasers, 10-bit color engine confirmed

Let's start with the official teaser that comes from Oppo itself. On its Weibo page, the company posted a teaser confirming the 10-bit color engine that the X3 Pro would have. And perhaps the vanilla X3 too. The official teaser from Oppo's Weibo page It's supposed to be the first Android smartphone that's able to capture, store and reproduce 10-bit color content for smoother gradients and more accurate color reproduction in the DCI-P3 color space. Additionally, @evleaks posted two promo videos of the Find X3 Pro, both showing the device in full, highlighting some of the key...

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vivo S9 5G and S9e 5G announced with familiar design and upgraded internals

Vivo has just announced the S9 5G and S9e 5G - direct successors to the vivo S7 with an identical design but with upgraded hardware inside. The hardware is now capable of 5G connectivity, hence the names. And as you've probably guessed, the S9e is a toned-down version of the standard S9. Let's start with the S9 5G. It employs a MediaTek Dimensity 1100 chipset based on the 6nm node and is paired with either 8GB/128GB memory or 12GB/256GB. The display is still AMOLED with a 6.44-inch diagonal and a notch for the front-facing camera. The panel supports HDR10+ and offers an FHD+ resolution...

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DxOMark rates the OnePlus 8T's camera as average

It's been a while since the OnePlus 8T was released. In fact, we are just a few days away from the OnePlus 9-series launch event. Still, DxOMark did an in-depth camera review of the OnePlus 8T to see how it stacks against the competition. The overall score of 111 points puts the device on par with the Google Pixel 4a and the rather old Huawei Mate 20 Pro. And expectedly, the overall camera performance is far from stellar. Reviewers even call the phone a "refreshed midranger". Maybe because the camera experience is typical for a mid-range handset. The main issues with the phone's camera...

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Samsung Galaxy A82 5G pops up on Geekbench with Snapdragon 855+

Over a month ago, we had the first piece of information regarding Samsung Galaxy A80's successor. Other than the model number and the fact that it will feature a quirky camera module with a rotating mechanism, there was nothing else in the report. Now, we have the chipset, thanks to a couple of Geekbench listings. The model number SM-A826S helped us identify the handset as the Galaxy A82 5G and to our surprise, it will feature the Snapdragon 855+ SoC launched in late 2018. The configuration that was tested also runs Android 11 out of the box and is equipped with 6GB of RAM. We...

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Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite gets One UI 3.1 with March security patch

The Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite got the Android 11-based One UI 3.0 update in late January, and over a month later, it's receiving One UI 3.1, which is Samsung's latest custom Android skin. The new update carries version number N770FXXU7EUB3 and comes with the March 2021 Android security patch. A detailed changelog of the latest firmware is unavailable at the moment, but you can expect it to bring new features, including Private Share and Eye Comfort Shield, to the smartphone. The One UI 3.1 update for the Galaxy Note10 Lite is seeding in France at the time of writing this, and if...

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Realme 8 specs revealed by brand CEO

Realme has unveiled its 108 MP camera technology on March 2, and the company revealed it will come with the Realme 8 Pro. This also means there is a Realme 8 in the works, and Madhav Sheth, CEO at Realme, has confirmed such a device exists. The executive posted a photo of the phone and its retail box, essentially revealing all major specs and phone features. The Realme 8 will come with a 6.4” Super AMOLED screen, which will be a first for the midrange series - up until now, the phones had LCD. The chipset will be Helio G95, which isn’t really an upgrade because it also came in the...

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Google Play Console listing reveals key Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite specs

Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite recently starred in a couple of hands-on photos revealing the design but information about specs has been rather scarce. An early rumor suggested that the Mi 11 Lite will feature a brand new Qualcomm SoC, but the Google Play Console listing says otherwise. A screenshot from the Google Play Console listing The listing reveals the code name "renoir" as well as the model number M2101K9G. The chipset's model number coincides with the Snapdragon 765G and so do the core configuration and clocks. Memory configurations will surely vary but an 8GB RAM variant will likely...

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MediaTek announces the MT9638, a 4K-capable TV SoC

MediaTek may be known mostly for its smartphone SoCs but the company is doing chips for all kinds of electronics. Today, the Taiwanese-based maker announces its MT9638 chipset for 4K TVs. But 4K is far from being the only neat feature. The chipset can also do a bunch of AI-powered stuff like super resolution, picture quality and voice assistant. The infamous MEMC feature is also on board but the variable refresh rate is arguably the most important feature for gamers. A quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 CPU is running the show at up to 1.5GHz. Aside from the standard CPU, there's also a...

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Samsung is indeed working on a Wear OS smartwatch, new evidence suggest

A couple of weeks ago, a renowned Samsung tipster said that Samsung is working on a Wear OS-powered smartwatch and will be ditching Tizen OS. And while we can't say that the latter is for sure, the former seems to be further backed by stronger evidence. In a Galaxy S20 kernel source code teardown, an XDA developer found that there's a device codenamed "Merlot" and it's associated with Google's Wear OS. The device has been mentioned even alongside the already released Galaxy Watch3 with code name "Noblesse". As of now, information is pretty scarce, but we hope to see some more...

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Samsung Galaxy A32 4G arrives in India for $300

The Samsung Galaxy A32 4G announced last week was expected to arrive in India on March 5, but the company launched the smartphone two days early. The Galaxy A32 4G comes in a single 6GB/128GB memory configuration in India and is listed on Samsung's official Indian website. It's priced at INR21,999 ($300/€250) and has four color options - Awesome Black, Awesome White, Awesome Blue, and Awesome Violet. The Galaxy A32 4G is powered by the Helio G80 SoC and runs Android 11-based One UI 3.1 out of the box. It's built around a 6.4" FullHD+ 90Hz Super AMOLED screen with a notch for the...

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Meizu 18 and 18 Pro are official with Snapdragon 888, curved front glass

As expected, Meizu unveiled its 18 series in China today. The Meizu 18 and 18 Pro both run Snapdragon 888 chipsets with 5G, offer up to 12GB of RAM, and they are both on sale in China starting today. The Meizu 18 Pro is the bigger phone with a 6.7-inch 3200x1440px Samsung E4 AMOLED that supports 120Hz refresh rate and a 240Hz touch sampling rate. The front glass is curved on all four sides - 50-degrees on the left and right and 5-degrees on the top and bottom. Meizu has gone with Qualcomm's latest 3D ultrasonic fingerprint scanner underneath the display. The Meizu 18 Pro is equipped...

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Oppo Reno5 F to arrive as A94 and F19 in different markets

Oppo's Kenya branch teased the Reno5 F last week with a 48MP primary camera, 4,310 mAh battery, and 30W charging. Now we learn the smartphone will arrive with two other names in different markets. Word comes from leakster Evan Blass, who claims an Oppo smartphone codenamed Darwin will be launched in different regions with three different names - Reno5 F, A94, and F19. The Oppo Darwin will be called F19 in India, A94 in Europe, and Reno5 F in Asia. India and Europe will also get 5G variants called F19 Pro and A94 5G, respectively. We wonder why Oppo decided to name the 5G variant F19...

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vivo iQOO Neo5 shines in live photos, will have three cameras, 120 Hz display

A new gaming phone from vivo’s iQOO branch will arrive on March 16, and today we got to see a couple of live photos of the device. We’re talking about the vivo iQOO Neo5 that apparently will have three cameras on the back and one on the front behind a punch hole. All three cameras appear to be standard, with no periscope shooter in sight. However, this is expected, since the Neo lineup is an affordable flagship within the iQOO universe and a sophisticated telephoto camera is not how you keep the price low. The front of the phone will be a flat OLED panel, as evident by the...

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