Huawei Mate 40E 5G announced with Kirin 990E and 90Hz curved screen, Mate 40 RS Porsche Design gets a new variant

Huawei's Mate 40 series includes four smartphones - Mate 40, Mate 40 Pro, Mate 40 Pro+, and Mate 40 RS Porsche Design. Today the company added the fifth member to the lineup, dubbed Mate 40E 5G. The Huawei Mate 40E 5G sports a 6.5" FullHD+ 90Hz curved OLED screen with a 240Hz touch sampling rate. The panel has a punch hole in the top-left corner for the 13MP selfie camera and a fingerprint reader underneath for password-less unlocking of the phone. The Mate 40E 5G's rear panel houses a circular camera island that includes a 64MP primary, 8MP telephoto (3x optical zoom), and 16MP...

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Chrome OS turns 10, new update brings Phone Hub, refreshed icons, Nearby Share on its way

Google is celebrating Chrome OS’ tenth birthday by announced a major update to the operating system that brings new features, improved interoperability and Wi-Fi sharing with Android phones, and some features that improve the productivity experience. Phone Hub is a new shortcut that lives on the taskbar. From here, you’ll be able to remotely enable your smartphone’s hotspot, switch the volume mode, and locate it if you need to. You’ll be able to see the phone’s signal strength, battery level, and recent Chrome browser tabs from your phone. Wi-Fi Sync has been expanded to support...

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Samsung Galaxy A52 4G appears on Google Console listing

A new LTE variant of the Samsung Galaxy A52 is arriving soon, and the smartphone’s existence has been confirmed in a Google Play Console listing. Some of the phone’s specs have been revealed, though they’re mostly similar to those of the 5G variant. This Galaxy A52 LTE variant is powered by the Snapdragon 720G paried with 8GB of RAM and reportedly 128GB of storage. Graphics are powered by the Adreno 618 GPU and the phone will arrive with Android 11 out of the box. The new Galaxy-A series smartphone will expand into India with model number SM-A525F. Like the 5G model, the LTE...

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Samsung announces launch event for March 17, Galaxy A52 and A72 will probably star

Samsung's upcoming heroes in its A-series mid-range line, the Galaxy A52 and A72 (in both 4G and 5G iterations) have been leaking a lot lately, which usually means an official announcement is close by. And would you know it, today the Korean company has just announced its next launch event. It's called Galaxy Awesome Unpacked, and it's scheduled for March 17 at 10 AM ET. Samsung is unsurprisingly staying mum on what exactly it will unveil on that occasion, but we are willing to take a stab at guessing. Perhaps it's Galaxy Awesome Unpacked, and not just Galaxy Unpacked, because the...

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Google Pixel 5a to arrive on June 11, Pixel 6 may get a centered hole-punch selfie cam

According to a new report from an unnamed source, Google's next Pixel smartphone will be the Pixel 5a. This should be announced on June 11. The Pixel 4a only got official in August of last year, so it looks like its successor will be faster out of the gate. Then again, the 4a's launch was repeatedly delayed (rumor had it), hopefully the same doesn't happen this year. The Pixel 5a's selfie camera hole-punch is reportedly going to be smaller than its predecessor's, while being found in roughly the same left-aligned spot at the top of the screen. The Pixel 6, on the other hand,...

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Asus ROG Phone 5: what to expect

The Asus ROG Phone 5 will join the game tomorrow and we thought this would be the perfect time to look back at all the official and unofficial info about the phone we’ve seen so far. The event will be live streamed starting at 11:00 am UTC. In the meantime, here’s a summary of what to expect from said event. Two versions (at least) There will be at least two versions of the new ROG Phone. One has an LED backlit ROG logo, the other has a small display on its back. We’re sure that there will be other differences too, but the back design is the easiest way to tell them...

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Report: Android 11 has the fastest adoption rate of any Android yet

According to data from StatCounter Google’s Android 11 now boasts the fastest adoption rate out of any Android version to date in the US. As of this month, Android 11 holds over 25% of the mobile and tablet Android version market share just 6 months after its official release. Android 10 is still the most widely available version in the US with its 33% market share. Android version adoption rates in the US On the global stage, Android 10 is again the undisputed leader with its 41% market share. Android 10 is still the most popular version across Europe and Asia where Android 11 is...

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LG wins first patent lawsuit against TCL, two more to go

LG filed three patent suits against TCL in November of 2019. The Mannheim Regional Court now ruled in favor of the South Korean tech giant. This particular suit was regarding the standard essential patent EP 2627146 B1. This suit isn’t completely over just yet as TCL can appeal. Also, it is trying to have LG’s patent revoked with a nullity action that is currently pending at the German Federal Patent Court. For its part, LG is looking to immediately stop TCL from using its technology without a license. As for the other two suites, the second one was heard on March 2, but the court...

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Oppo A74 renders surface, will be available in 4G and 5G flavors

While the Oppo A73 and A73 5G are still fairly fresh, the company is preparing a sequel. The Oppo A74 will also come in 4G and 5G flavors and we already saw it bag several certifications. Now more detailed info on the phones has surfaced in the Netherlands. The A74 will be a larger phone, measuring 169.2 x 75.7 x 8.4 mm and weighing 190g. This means a larger display too – 6.8”, if our calculations are correct, compared to 6.5” on the A73 5G. Oppo A74 5G in Fluid Black and Space Silver The triple camera on the rear will have a 48MP main sensor as indicated by the label next to...

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Apple to start manufacturing iPhone 12 in India this year

Apple has been planning to move more of its production to India and now local sources claim it's about to take another step in that direction. According to Business Standard, the Wistron facility near Bengaluru will be the first to manufacture the current iPhone 12 lineup, while by the end of 2021 the Pegatron factory will also join. At that point the lineup (or the members left from it anyway) will already be previous generation and will drop in price so the 22% lower taxes will be crucial for maintaining profitability. Apple is currently manufacturing iPhone SE, iPhone XR, and the...

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Teaser video shows how Oppo Find X3 Pro's rear glass is crafted

If you’ve been following the leaks the shape of Oppo Find X3 Pro’s camera bump should be pretty familiar by now. But did you know that the whole back panel is made from a single sheet of glass? The complex shapes of the camera bump and curved sides start life as a flat piece of glass. A lengthy 40 hour process heat treats and models the glass following over 2,000 design control points. For a better surface finish the glass undergoes “OC0 process” that creates a porcelain glaze. Then it’s off to get painted with a dye Oppo calls “shine-through mirror black” (wouldn’t it be cool if...

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Realme C25 spotted in Geekbench, NBTC and EEC listings

Realme’s budget C-series saw its latest member – the C21 announced just last week. It seems we’re in for yet another C-series phone soon though as the Realme C25 (RMX3191) was spotted on several certification listings. Realme C25 NBTC and Geekbench listings Thailand’s NBTC revealed the RMX3191 model number corresponds to the Realme C25 and the phone will work on GSM WCDMA and LTE bands. The accompanying Geekbench listing showed the device is powered by MediaTek’s Helio P65 paired with 4GB RAM. The phone managed 383 points in the single core test and 1,308 in the multi-core...

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Kuo: no periscopes on iPhones until 2023

Apple may have been the first to launch a phone with a dedicated telephoto camera (the iPhone 7 Plus from 2016), but it has been quite conservative with focal lengths since. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo that won’t change soon. He is pushing back his original forecast by a year and now says that Apple will adopt periscope lenses in 2023. This is more in line with his most recent forecasts. There will be an intermediate step, next year’s iPhones will feature upgraded optics on their telephoto lenses (they’ll still be the classic design, however). The main camera lens will be...

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First details on upcoming Snapdragon flagship and non-5G SD888 version emerge

Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 888 chipset in December, and now a popular tipster suggests the San Diego company is already well underway with testing its next-gen most premium platform. It has model number SM8450 and a code name Waipio, after the Waipi’o Valley in Hawaii. According to WinFuture, the new chip could bring some camera innovations, since a new imaging module called Leica1 is part of the SoC. According to the leakster, this platform will be manufactured by Samsung. What is more interesting is the partnership with Leica - the company has so far partnered with Huawei...

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Lenovo Legion 2 Pro appears on Geekbench with SD 888 and 16GB RAM

Lenovo is gearing up to release a successor to last year’s Legion Duel (aka Legion Pro) soon. According to rumors we should see the Legion Pro 2 powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 888 and re-vamped fan cooling for better sustained performance. Now a device bearing the Lenovo L70081 model name believed to be the Legion Pro 2 appeared on Geekbench revealing it’s powered by the SD 888 and 16GB RAM. Lenovo L70081 Geekbench results The phone managed 1,129 and 3,763 points in the single and multi-core tests which are quite impressive and among the highest scores we’ve seen to...

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iQOO Neo5 will sport a 120Hz display with punch hole, 1000Hz touch sampling rate

The iQOO Neo5 coming on March 16 was rumored to pack a 120Hz screen, and now the company has confirmed that. It took to Weibo and announced that the Neo5 will sport a 120Hz OLED panel with a punch hole in the center for the selfie camera. The screen will be HDR10+ certified and have a 1000Hz touch sampling rate. We are looking at a 1080p panel here with a peak brightness of 1,300 nits. iQOO didn't reveal the display size, but it tells us the smartphone will use MEMC technology and feature an independent display chip to convert SDR images to HDR. Additionally, iQOO said it will...

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Motorola Moto G10 Power debuts in India with 6,000 mAh battery, Moto G30 tags along

Motorola unveiled the Moto G10 in February, and today the company introduced the Power variant in India. Motorola Moto G10 Power The Moto G10 Power isn't an entirely new phone, though. It's a Moto G10 with a bigger battery and faster charging, meaning you get a 6,000 mAh cell that charges at up to 20W instead of the 5,000 mAh battery and 10W charging on the vanilla G10. The rest of the specs of the G10 Power remain the same as the regular G10: Snapdragon 460 SoC, 6.5" HD+ Max Vision display, Android 11, USB-C port, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, and IP52 rating. For...

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