Black Shark 4 is arriving on March 23

Black Shark has been teasing the Black Shark 4 since January, and today the company revealed the smartphone will be unveiled on March 23 at 3PM local time in China. Black Shark is expected to announce two smartphones on March 23 - Black Shark 4 (PRS-A0) and Black Shark 4 Pro (KSR-A0). The company hasn't detailed the specs of either of these phones yet, but it previously teased a 4,500 mAh battery with 120W charging. Yesterday it also confirmed triple rear cameras on the Pro model. The vanilla model was listed on TENAA's database with its images, which revealed the smartphone will...

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Realme C25 is coming on March 23 with Helio G70 SoC and 48MP triple camera

Realme introduced the C21 earlier this month, and it will add yet another member to the C lineup on March 23, dubbed Realme C25. The event will take place in Indonesia and will be streamed live on the company's official YouTube channel starting 1:30PM WIB (6:30AM UTC). The event page on Realme Indonesia's website reveals the C25 will be powered by the Helio G70 SoC and sport a 6.5" display with a waterdrop notch for the 8MP selfie camera. The smartphone will feature a 48MP triple camera on the back joined by a fingerprint scanner and pack a 6,000 mAh battery with 18W...

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Poco X3 Pro price leaks

Xiaomi sub-brand Poco is having a launch event on March 22, which it just announced today. Countless rumors and leaks so far have led us to believe that one of the phones becoming official next week will be the Poco X3 Pro. As the name implies, this should be the Poco X3 non-Pro's beefier brother. A lot of details about its purported specs have been leaked before, and today we get a glimpse of what the pricing could be. Obviously we can't verify that this is correct, but according to a preemptive listing by a European retailer, the Poco X3 Pro is going to start at just €269, with...

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Oppo Reno2 Z gets ColorOS 11 beta

Oppo’s custom ColorOS 11 interface based on Android 11 was announced back in September of last year with a focus on streamlining the UI and adding a plethora of new features and optimizations. Color OS11 Beta update rollout As specified in the launch rollout schedule, Oppo has begun seeding ColorOS 11 beta to the Reno2 Z just two days after the Oppo F15 got the same update. In addition, the Oppo Reno2, Reno2 F, Reno 10X Zoom, Reno3 Pro 5G as well as the Oppo A91 for global users. In Europe, Oppo Find X2 Neo and Find X2 Lite can expect the beta to rollout soon. There is still no...

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OnePlus and Deutsche Telekom will hold a OnePlus 9 blind sale tomorrow

Rumor has it that OnePlus and Deutsche Telekom have partnered up to do a blind sale of the upcoming OnePlus 9 series starting tomorrow, just like they did last year. As usual, the blind box will be loaded with more accessories than the standard retail package, but the exact contents are unknown. Also, people who participate in the blind sale will get their phones 24 hours before those who take part in the regular pre-orders. You should be able to pick whether you want a OnePlus 9 or a 9 Pro. This info comes from leakster Max Jambor, who adds that the price will be €1,111. This is...

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Poco teases global launch event for March 22, Poco F3 and X3 Pro incoming

Poco began teasing its X3 Pro last week and we’ve also seen rumors about the Poco F3 which is expected to be a rebranded Redmi K40. Now the brand’s global Twitter account teased a launch event scheduled for March 22 where we should see the global launch of both devices. The online event will start at 8PM GMT/12PM UTC time and will be broadcasted live on YouTube. #PowerMeetSpeedWho is ready for the biggest #POCO launch of the year?Stay tuned for March 22nd! pic.twitter.com/WknIRzAon6— POCO (@POCOGlobal) March 15, 2021 In related news, Poco India confirmed it's holding another event on...

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Nokia G10, X10 and X20 leak ahead of announcement

HMD Global has scheduled an April 8 event, and we expect to see at least three new phones at it. The Nokia X10 and Nokia X20 are two budget 5G smartphones with Snapdragon 480 chipsets. They will be accompanied by a midranger named Nokia G10, which also got its specs revealed a bit early. The Nokia G10 will have four cameras, a 6.38” LCD screen with HD+ resolution and a 4,000 mAh battery. The phone will have an octa-core processor of unspecified clock speed and architecture. What we do know is that it will be coupled with 3GB or 4GB RAM, and will have either 32GB or 64GB storage....

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Red Magic 6 Pro pieced together on video by brand leader Ni Fei

The Red Magic 6 Pro (along with its vanilla sibling) became the first phone to launch with a 165 Hz display. It’s powered by a Snapdragon 888 chipset that can be configured with up to 18 GB of RAM and 512 GB storage. Those are soldered to the motherboard, of course, but there are plenty of other components to attach before you get a complete, working phone. Here’s nubia leader Ni Fei showing the step by step process of assembling a Red Magic 6 Pro. If you’re curious to see the opposite process, you can watch this disassembly video by Io Technology (note: the link will take you to...

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OnePlus teases Morning Mist color for OnePlus 9 Pro, camera system

We know that the OnePlus 9 series is coming on March 23, alongside the OnePlus Watch, and at this point we know pretty much all there is to know about the OnePlus 9 Pro, thanks to both leaks and teasers. But it never hurts to look at another teaser or two, or in this case, a dozen? First is the official poster, showing the OnePlus 9 in Winter Mist and the OnePlus 9 Pro in Morning Mist - those are the purple and white, respectively. The rest of the teasers are all about the 9 Pro. Here it is next to a staple Hasselblad camera, in the same Morning Mist paint job. Pete Lau says...

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Xiaomi Black Shark 4 Pro to have AI triple camera, sample photo shared

The upcoming Xiaomi Black Shark 4 Pro will have a triple camera, just like its predecessor. The information comes from a camera sample, shared on Weibo by Black Shark CEO Lou Yuzhou. The image, which you can see below, is of a sunrise and has a watermark of the Black Shark 4 Pro's AI triple camera. Lou Yuzhou goes on to tease that the Black Shark 4 Pro is coming soon. Black Shark 4 Pro camera sample (click for larger image) Thanks to leaks from Google Play console, 3c certification, TENAA and Geekbench, we know that the Black Shark 4 will have a 4,500mAh battery with 120W...

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Honor's Snapdragon 888-powered flagship will arrive in July

Honor's separation into a fully independent brand is complete and we can now focus on actual products rather politics. Such as its upcoming Snapdragon 888-powered flagship. According to sources from China, the new phone will arrive in July and will be part of the Magic series. Honor released its V40/View 40 series at the beginning of January, but the phone was developed under Huawei’s supervision and arrived with a Dimensity 1000+ chipset, which while fast is not exactly cutting edge. Industry insiders revealed there are two main reasons why the new phone can’t arrive sooner -...

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Realme X9 Pro Concrete edition leaks in live photos

Over the weekend we saw a TENAA listing for an upcoming Realme device bearing the RMX3116 model number. The device speculated as the Realme X9 Pro/GT Neo packs a curved 6.55-inch display, a dual-cell 4,400mAh battery and measures 159.9 x 73.4 x 7.8 mm. RMX3116 TENAA listing According to previous speculations the phone will launch with the Dimensity 1200 chipset and now we get a closer hands-on look of the limited Concrete edition thanks to Chinese tech blogger WhyLab who shared several images on Weibo. Realme X9 Pro/ GT Neo "Concrete" hands-on This limited...

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The OnePlus 9 phones will come with 2 years of warranty

CEO Pete Lau announced that the OnePlus 9 series will come with a two year warranty, instead of the industry standard 1 year. Some regions (e.g. the European Union) already have 2 year warranties for all electronics, but most of the world does not. The company looked at surveys and found that flagship buyers keep their phone for around two years before upgrading. This move will give buyers a piece of mind that any hardware defects will be handled without extra costs. The OnePlus 9 series will enjoy 2 years of warranty As for software, a few years ago OnePlus committed to 2 years...

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Kuo: AirPods 3 not due until Q3 of 2021

As per renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple's third generation AirPods will enter mass production in Q3 of 2021, which means Q3 is the earliest they can become available. There has been a series of AirPods 3 rumors and leaks these past few weeks and insiders were hinting at a March 23 event where Apple would announce the AirPods 3. However Apple hasn't made such an event official and even if it did, it's now clear that it won't feature AirPods 3. We saw renders and even a supposed live image of the AirPods 3. They appear to have a similar design to the ongoing AirPods Pro, only without...

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Motorola Moto G100 renders appear, confirm Edge S rebranding reports

Last month a phone called Moto G100 was spotted on Geekbench, suggesting it might be a rebranded Motorola Edge S for the global markets. Today a whole bunch of press renders of the very same G100 popped up, shwoing it's identical to the Edge S down to the button placement, camera alignment and colors. Motorola Moto G100 The Moto G100 will have a 64MP main camera, and it will be coupled with a 16MP ultrawide shooter and a 2MP depth sensor if we can trust the Edge S specs sheet. The front panel has two punch holes for the 16MP main and 8MP ultrawide cameras, while the display...

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Caviar's Goldphone: an iPhone 12 Pro or Galaxy S21 Ultra that are basically 1 kg gold ingots

Say that you have $159,000 laying around that you want to invest in gold – but gold ingots don’t have 5G connectivity or 5 nm chipsets. Booo-ring. Caviar has a fix for this issue with the introduction of the Goldphone. There’s two of them, actually, one version is based on the Apple iPhone 12 Pro, the other is based on the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. The latter model is more expensive too, $169,000, even though both have the same amount of gold on them. Only 7 pieces will be made of the iPhone and of the Galaxy versions. Caviar Goldphone, a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra with 1 kg...

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Sony Xperia Pro has the largest vapor cooling chamber in a phone yet

Every time a new gaming phone is announced we hear a lot about the cooling – so it is surprising that the biggest vapor cooling chamber is not found in a gaming phone but in the Sony Xperia Pro instead. Zack from JerryRigEverything has taken apart his fair share of ROG Phones, Black Sharks, Red Magics and so on, so he knows what he is talking about. Sony used a plastic frame and plastic back on the Pro model rather than the metal and glass design of the Xperia 1 II. That may have improved durability (the plastic back is not going to crack easily), but it also complicated cooling. The...

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OnePlus Nord's Android 11 update fixed, rollout resumes

The developers needed a few days to the fix issues in OnePlus Nord’s Android 11 update, which was paused due to bug reports coming in. A hotfix is now rolling out to all Nord owners – both those who have the original Android 11 update installed and those who do not. The new update’s firmware version is 11.1.1.1 and the changelog is almost the same as that of the original release. The key additions to the log are Optimized power consumption to increase battery life, Fixed the known issues and Improved system stability. A hotfix is rolling out for OnePlus Nord's Android 11...

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Xiaomi granted injunction in the US

In the early days of this year, Xiaomi was subject to an executive order ban by the US Department of Defense over allegations of being a “Communist Chinese Military Company”. The action undertaken in the last days of President Trump’s term prevented US companies from investing capital in Xiaomi and naturally raised concerns if more severe measures could be taken in a similar manner to Huawei’s ban. In a sigh of relief, Xiaomi was granted a preliminary injunction by the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia which lifts the investment restrictions for US companies. U.S....

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HTC Wildfire E3 is official with four cameras and a 4,000 mAh battery

HTC has its glory days way in its past but it hasn't given up and today it had a new phone launch. It has released the HTC Wildfire E3 - an entry-level smartphone with four cameras, a big battery and a Mediatek chipset. The Wildfire E3 runs on Helio P22 platform with octa-core CPU running at 2.0GHz. It has 3/4 GB RAM and two storage options - 64GB or 128GB, with up to 128GB more through a microSD slot. The screen of the phone is a 6.5” LCD with HD+ resolution. There’s no room for the fingerprint scanner on the front, so the sensor made its way to the back. Speaking about the...

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