Huawei P50 Pro leaked renders reveal striking design

Huawei’s next flagship line is the Huawei P50 series and a new leak from @OnLeaks gives us a look at reportedly the first smartphone to launch with Huawei’s in-house operating system that reduces its reliance on Android. Huawei’s gearing up to launch its next flagship smartphone. The P50 series is expected to come and may be the first Huawei device to launch with the company’s in-house Harmony OS. Renders of the Huawei P50 Pro have leaked, and while the handset’s body looks pretty conventional, what stands out is the camera island. The camera bump has two huge circular...

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ZTE S series to launch with four cameras, Axon 30 Pro with only three

ZTE is working on a new lineup of phones, simply called ZTE S series. Ni Fei, Mobile Devices VP at the company, has posted an image of an upcoming phone, revealing the camera setup while talking about the color. Here it is: The new phone will have four shooters, with the main one being 64 MP. The other three are unnamed, but we can easily guess one of them is an ultra-wide-angle snapper (the one beneath the main cam), while the other two will be macro + portrait cams. The dual-LED flash also is nothing impressive, meaning the ZTE S phones might be a midranger lineup that will...

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LG announces Android 11 update rollout schedule

LG is and has always been one of the slowest companies to issue big Android version updates to its smartphones, and this time around things aren't any different. The Korean company has so far sent out the update to Android 11 to the Velvet 5G units in Korea (in January), and some V60 versions in the US (last month). If you're in Europe and are wondering what to expect, LG's German arm has published a helpful table. Helpful, but not necessarily hopeful. The Velvet 5G will be the first to get its update in Europe too, at some point in April. Before the end of June, the G8X should join...

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Apple announces investment for chip design plant in Germany

Apple’s commitment to expanding its chipset designs and producing in-house 5G modems just received a significant boost. In an official press release, Cupertino announced its funding a new R&D facility in Munich, Germany with 1 billion euros over the coming three years. The European Center for Chip Design will serve as Apple’s largest semiconductor facility in Europe and is touted as the largest development site for mobile wireless semiconductors and software in the Old Continent. Apple's European Center for Chip Design will be located in downtown Munich. For this purpose, Apple is...

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Two new images show AirPods 3 without silicone tips

Apple's AirPods 3 are here in the form of yet another image leak. The images below appear to show the third generation of Apple's mainstream TWS earbuds and are in line with the previous leaks. Rumor has it that Apple will use an almost identical design between the AirPods 3 and the AirPods Pro, with silicone ear tips at the end. But we're starting to think that the AirPods 3 will have an open ear design, like the AirPods 1 and 2, without rubber ear tips at the end. It would make sense, differentiating the 3's from the Pro's. In-ear design, like that of the AirPods Pro, offers...

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Adobe Photoshop for macOS now runs natively on the M1

Adobe has announced that the macOS version of Photoshop has been updated to natively support the ARM-based Apple M1 chip on the latest Mac models. Native support means that the application no longer has to run within the built-in emulation software (known as Rosetta 2), which improves performance. According to Adobe, the native Apple silicon version of Photoshop runs on average 1.5x faster than "similarly configured previous generation systems". This was tested over a wide range of tasks such as opening and saving files, running filters, and compute-heavy operations like Content-Aware Fill...

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Twitter enables 4K image uploads from mobile apps

Twitter is rolling out a server-side update on its iOS and Android apps that will enable higher quality uploads from these platforms while also changing how the image appear on the timeline. Both apps now support uploading images in 4K. This likely refers to the same 4096x4096 resolution limit that exists when uploading from Twitter web. Previously, the limit was 2K or 2048x2048 pixels. Have a collection of higher res photos waiting to be shared? We’re testing ways for you to upload and view 4K images on Android and iOS.If you're in the test, update your high-quality image preferences...

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Oppo Find X3 Pro: What to expect

Oppo will introduce its Find X3 Pro flagship tomorrow, but a plethora of leaks have given us a pretty good idea of what to expect. The event is scheduled for March 11, 11:30 GMT, and will be live-streamed, and we’ll provide a link once the time comes. But before that, here’s what the rumor says the Oppo Find X3 Pro and its siblings will offer. Oppo Find X3 Pro At least three phones The Oppo Find X3 family will include the Find X3 Pro flagship, Find X3 Lite, and Find X3 Neo. There are also rumors for a fourth, vanilla version with a Snapdragon 870 being exclusive for the...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite finally gets DeX with One UI 3.1 update

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S6 Lite launched back in May of last year as a more affordable entry into the maker’s tablet range. It comes bundled with a stylus making it ideal for taking notes and jotting down sketches though it lacked one key feature found on more premium tablets – Samsung’s DeX desktop-like interface. Fortunately for Tab S6 Lite owners the latest One UI 3.1 update now brings the DeX interface. The new update also brings the standard array of Android 11 and One UI 3.1 features like one-time permissions, chat-bubbles, stability improvements and the March 2021 security patch....

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Disney+ reaches 100 million subscribers in just 16 months

The Disney+ streaming service launched on November 12 2019 and now, just 16 months later, it has reached the impressive 100 million subscribers milestone. Looking back, the service had half has many subscribers in April last year and grew to 95 million this February. These are worldwide numbers – after its launch in North America, the service expanded to Europe, India, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Today, Disney+ is available in 59 countries. CEO Bob Chapek said that Disney will leverage its extensive IP and plans to launch over 100 new titles every year coming...

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Huawei's Petal Search reaches 18M monthly active users outside China, to hit 60M by the end of the year

Earlier this week Huawei held a briefing with select media representatives to give more updates on its HMS and HarmonyOS environment. Some interesting numbers were reported at the meeting, hosted by Dr. Jaime Gonzalo, VP Consumer Mobile Services and Andreas Zimmer, Head of Product at Huawei Europe - Petal Search, Huawei’s own search engine, is on track to reach 60 million active users outside China by the end of 2021. During the call, both executives underlined that Huawei is strong outside its domestic market. Currently, there are 18 million monthly active users of Petal Search...

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The Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 Pro Max is reportedly coming soon with an inward folding design

Xiaomi’s first foldable phone has been a long time coming, but the wait may soon be over. Leakster Digital Chat Station claims that tentatively named Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 Pro Max will adopt an inward-folding design similar to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 and Huawei Mate X2. This could the prototype that was spotted in the wild in January. Then a foldable phone with a model number M2011J18C surfaced on TENAA in February. However, it could be only one of three Xiaomi foldables to be launched this year according to Ross Young, founder of Display Supply Chain Consultants. Xiaomi foldable...

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Poco X3 Pro launch teased for March 30

Poco has been going a little mad lately and the teaser for its next release is anything but straightforward. Instead, it focuses on what the brand does best – communication with the fans. Here's a letter for the Poco family. The letter itself is interesting, talking about why no other phone has managed to reach the insane value-for-money levels of the Poco F1 – costs and taxes have gone up, so INR 21,000 phones can’t get flagship Snapdragon chips. But note that bits of the text are in bold. If we’re reading this right, the Poco X3 Pro is coming on March 30. The phone recently bagged...

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Samsung Galaxy A52 5G appears in unboxing video

While Samsung is expected to announce its Galaxy A52 and A72 phones at next week’s Unpacked event, YouTuber Moboaesthetics got a hold of a retail Galaxy A52 5G unit early and posted his unboxing video. We can see the box reveals some of the phone’s key specs which match previous leaks. These include an Infinity-O display, 64MP main camera with OIS and IP67 water and dust resistance rating. The side of the packaging reveals the A52 5G bears the SM-A526B/DS model number. The box contents include a USB-A to USB-C cable alongside a 25W fast charger, clear silicone case and SIM ejector...

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OnePlus 9 series will feature a 50MP Sony IMX766 ultrawide camera, CEO shares camera sample

OnePlus recently confirmed that the primary cameras on its OnePlus 9 series arriving on March 23 will use Sony's IMX789 sensor. Now the company has also revealed the ultrawide camera on the OnePlus 9 will use an IMX766 sensor. Capture beautiful ultra-wide photos with the #OnePlus9Series. Learn more: https://t.co/1emddh5FvZ pic.twitter.com/b62Sg4bEfV— OnePlus India (@OnePlus_IN) March 9, 2021 The ultrawide camera will have 50MP resolution, and OnePlus says the unit will come with a freeform lens, which will reduce distortion from 20% to about 1%. OnePlus CEO Mr. Pete Lau even shared a...

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Asus unveils ROG Phone 5, Pro and Ultimate with 6.78" 144 Hz AMOLED displays, S888 chipsets

Asus has unleashed the ROG Phone 5. The gaming flagship has been redesigned to improve performance and ergonomics and now comes in multiple flavors with the Ultimate edition sporting 18GB of RAM. Let’s break down the different versions. The vanilla Asus ROG Phone 5 has three main configurations or versions A, B and C as Asus calls them. The difference between them is the memory configuration. A has 12GB or 16GB of RAM and 256GB storage, B adds a basic 8/128GB model and C comes in 8/128GB and 12/256GB configurations. Note that most models use UFS 3.1 storage, except the version C...

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Nikkei: Apple is reducing iPhone 12 mini production

The iPhone 12 mini has been underperforming for months and Apple has been whittling down production orders. In early February analysts at JP Morgan reported that Cupertino has cut the build numbers by 11 million. Now Nikkei Asia is saying that when it rains, it pours. The latest estimates suggest that Apple will reduce overall iPhone production numbers by a further 20% compared to the plans in December. And most of that is the mini. Overall Apple is expected to produce 75 million iPhones (including 12-series and older models) in the first 6 months of 2021. That’s well below the initial...

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Watch the Asus ROG Phone 5 event live

The countdown is nearly at zero and the live stream is about to start – hit play to watch the Asus ROG Phone 5 be unveiled on stage. If you prefer, you can watch on Facebook and Twitter too, the event starts at 11:00 am UTC. Asus has lined up an all-star cast of esports competitors for a showmatch of League of Legends: Wild Rift to warm up the crowd. Asus will give away ten ROG Phone 5s. Round 1 of that giveaway started yesterday, you had to predict which team would win the match for a chance to win one of five phones. Don’t worry if you missed it, you can enter Round 2 while the...

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Xiaomi Mi 10S debuts with Snapdragon 870, dual speakers and 108MP camera

While Xiaomi’s Mi 11 is already making waves, last year’s Mi 10 series is not yet ready to take a back seat. The latest addition is the Mi 10S which just debuted in China. It brings a 90Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 870 chipset and a Samsung 108MP main sensor. The front features a curved 6.67-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh rate. The panel is HDR10+ certified and protected by Gorilla Glass 5. It packs a punch hole cutout for the 20MP selfie cam as well as a fingerprint reader tucked under the panel. Audio is a big focus point of the Mi 10S thanks to its dual speaker setup...

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Over 30,000 Realme GT units sold in first flash sale

Realme GT 5G was unveiled with a Snapdragon 888 chipset and an affordable price, and the first sale in China has been a massive success - over 30,000 units of the new flagship sold out in seconds. The company boasted on Weibo for gathering over CNY100 million in revenue during the sale. The exact number of devices is not revealed, but depending on the exact breakdown of the versions purchased, the amount is between 30,312 and 35,727. The phone launched at two price tags - CNY2,799 and CNY3,299 for the different memory options. It's no wonder that there's no shortage of demand...

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T-Mobile will automatically enroll all users in targeted ad data collection under new privacy policy

As spotted by Wall Street Journal, T-Mobile has updated its privacy policy and will begin enrolling its subscribers in its advertising program that will use basic browsing and app usage data for advertisers to target more specific ads to users. This change will take place starting on April 26, unless subscribers opt out. An example that WSJ gives is that advertisers would be able to know if a user is interested in things like buying a car or cooking. We imagine that this kind of tracking could reveal a user’s specific interests and spending habits. T-Mobile flagship store in Time...

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