ZTE Axon 30 Ultra specs revealed by company

ZTE is launching the Axon 30 Ultra tomorrow, April 15, and the company gave up on fighting leaks and rumors, so it posted all key specs by itself on Weibo. The new smartphone is now confirmed to have a 4,600 mAh battery with 66W fast charging, a 6.67” AMOLED with 144 Hz refresh rate and all the latest flagship-tier hardware on the inside. The ZTE Axon 30 Ultra will have UFS 3.1 storage and LPDDR5 RAM, but with the company not revealing actual numbers, we are pretty confident there will be multiple choices for the users. So far we’ve heard about a 12/256 GB combo, but we’re always up...

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Oppo A35 announced with Helio P35 SoC, triple camera, and 4,230 mAh battery

Oppo has added a new member to its A-series, dubbed Oppo A35. But it's not an entirely new smartphone. It's a rebranded A15s launched in India last December, meaning you get a Helio P35 SoC and Android 10 with ColorOS 7.2 on top. Like the A15s, the A35 also has 4GB RAM onboard, but it only has one storage option - 128GB. Although it does come with a microSD card slot for storage expansion by up to 256GB. The Oppo A35 is built around a 6.52" HD+ LCD with a waterdrop notch for the 8MP selfie camera. And around the back, we get a fingerprint reader and a triple camera setup, which is a...

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Realme 8 Pro video teardown shows how big the 108 MP camera actually is

Following up on his (in)famous "durability test" performed on the Realme 8 Pro late last month, Zack from YouTube channel JerryRigEverything is now ready to take things to the next level. And that, as you may know, means a teardown of the phone. On video, recorded for posterity's sake. He wants to see just how big that 108 MP camera really is, especially since this is a much cheaper phone than a flagship, and such big numbers have been mostly seen on higher-end devices so far (if we ignore Xiaomi actually putting the first ever 108 MP sensor in a mid-range phone, of course). If you're...

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vivo V21 official listing confirms design, 44 MP selfie camera with OIS

Last week we saw the upcoming vivo V21 getting certified in Indonesia ahead of its unveiling, and today the Chinese company's Malaysian website has decided to tease the launch by having an official listing of the phone. We get a couple of shots of the V21 showcasing its looks, which as you can see are definitely in line with vivo's design language for 2021. We're also treated to an official confirmation of some of the phone's specs. The V21 series focuses on thinness, and its members will apparently be the slimmest 5G capable devices vivo's ever made. There will be two colors on...

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Microsoft announces Surface Laptop 4 with AMD and Intel processors

Microsoft today announced the Surface Laptop 4, an updated version of the Surface Laptop 3 that primarily adds a choice of new processors. The Surface Laptop 4 comes with new AMD Ryzen 4000 and Intel 11th gen processors as options and will be on sale April 15. The Surface Laptop 4 will be available with four new CPU options, two each from AMD and Intel. The AMD CPU options are of the AMD Ryzen Microsoft Surface Edition variety, meaning they are semi-custom chips that feature some additional tweaks and performance over the off-the-shelf parts available to other manufacturers. The...

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Sony adds USB extended storage option for the PlayStation 5

Sony is rolling out the first major software update for the PlayStation 5 console tomorrow and it comes with several new features, including the much requested USB storage support. With this feature, players will be able to transfer their games from the PS5 to a connected USB storage device. You won't actually be able to play the game from the drive but rather just use it for archival. If you need to the game in future, it's much faster to just transfer it from the drive than download it all over again. This feature has been available on the PS4 consoles for a while now and...

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Motorola Moto G10 Power hands-on review

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Nokia 2.2 the latest to receive Android 11 update

The Nokia 2.2 is the latest device to get the Android 11, the 2019 entry-level phone now entering its first wave of updates. That wave includes the following 24 countries: Cambodia, Czech Republic (T-Mobile Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece (Cosmote), Hungary (Magyar Telekom), Iceland, Indonesia, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia (Monet, T-Mobile), Malaysia, Montenegro (Crnogorski Telekom), Myanmar, Norway, Philippines, Poland (T-Mobile Polska/Heyah), Romania (Telekom Romania), Slovakia (Slovak Telekom), Sweden, Thailand, and Vietnam. More countries will follow in a...

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Huawei's HarmonyOS to be reach 300 million devices this year

HarmonyOS is the future of the Huawei ecosystem and the company is investing heavily in its development. The company has now shared another update about its progress, saying it has attracted 20 hardware vendors and 280 software developing companies to work on the growing number of HarmonyOS devices. Huawei has set a goal of 300 million devices running HarmonyOS and 100 million of them to come with the said OS out of the box. Wang Chenglu, the president of Huawei's consumer business software says that the OS is built to unify different devices, not just for smartphones and TVs. The OS...

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Our Samsung Galaxy A52 video review is out

The Samsung Galaxy A50 and A51 were among the most popular phones on the market in the past two years and now the Galaxy A52 will try and replicate that success. Let’s see what it brings to the table and whether it’s a worthy upgrade over its popular predecessors in our video review. The Galaxy A52 brings a fresh new design with a plastic back and large rectangular camera cutout on the back. Despite the plastic back the phone feels solid and boasts an IP67 dust/water resistance. The display still measures in at 6.5-inches and boasts a FHD+ resolution but now supports 90Hz refresh...

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Axon 30 Ultra to feature razor-thin frame, 4,600mAh battery

In yet another teaser for the Axon 30 Ultra ZTE president revealed a couple more interesting details about the handset. A 4,600mAh battery will power up the phone and we got a couple more details about its body. ZTE's flagship will come with large cooling surface while achieving an impressive 8mm overall thickness and a metal frame that measures just 1.7mm. Additionally, the device will weight just 188g, which for a 6.9-inch display is pretty darn impressive. Source (in Chinese)

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Realme 8 5G is coming on April 21

The Realme 8 family is going to get a new member, and this one is coming with 5G connectivity. The phone, tentatively called Realme 8 5G, is arriving in Thailand on April 21, and in India just a day later - April 22. The info comes from anonymous sources, which also mention a Realme 8 Pro 5G, to be powered by a Dimensity 800U chipset. We also have no info on the non-Pro, but we expect it to be a Realme V13 under a new name, meaning it will come with a Dimensity 700 chip, 48MP quad cam and a 5,000 mAh battery. Other key specs that were revealed by Geekbench are Android 11 out of...

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iQOO 7 series Indian launch set for April 26

The iQOO 7 announced in January will debut in India on April 26 and will be sold exclusively through Amazon.in. Mark your calendar to witness the unleashing of most powerful Monsters ever!Exited to know more? Join us on 26.04.2021 for the launch of iQOO 7 Series.Notify me: https://ift.tt/2QmUJWZ #MonsterInside #iQOO7Series #ComingSoon pic.twitter.com/N90hchAHnM— iQOO India (@IqooInd) April 13, 2021 Alongside the iQOO 7, iQOO will also introduce the iQOO 7 Legend in the country, designed in partnership with BMW M Motorsport. In China, it shares the internals with the regular iQOO...

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OnePlus Watch review

After years spent in the rumor mills, the OnePlus Watch is finally here and on our hands. With the company slowly diverging into other markets, it was only a matter of time before we got a smartwatch from OnePlus. In fact, it's slightly weird that we got a OnePlus TV before a OnePlus Watch. But the OnePlus Watch almost didn't exist. The original smartwatch project was canceled sometime in 2015-2016, with Carl Pei then revealing early design sketches of a watch that will never exist in a since-deleted tweet. But since then, the company seems to have changed its stance on wearables. Last...

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Samsung Galaxy Quantum2 is official with QRNG chip and 5G

Samsung just announced the Galaxy Quantum2, successor to last year's Galaxy A Quantum. Once again this is a Korea-exclusive phone, with a new QRNG security chipset. The Galaxy Quantum2, which is expected to eventually ship globally as the Galaxy A82 (and sans the QRNG chip), has a 6.7-inch 1080p Super AMOLED with 120Hz refresh rate, a Snapdragon 855+ chipset mated to 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage and a 4,500mAh battery with 25W charging support (and a 15W charger in the box). The key feature of the Galaxy Quantum2 is its quantum random number generator (QRNG) chip, which is the smallest...

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Samsung takes 71 iF Design Awards, Galaxy Z Fold2 and Z Flip among the winners

During this year's International Forum Design Award, Samsung Electronics took 36 wins for its products as well as 10 for professional concepts, 11 for communication design, 5 for packaging design and 9 for user experience and user interface. Predictably, the Galaxy Z Fold2 and the Z Flip were awarded for breaking the mold in the smartphone industry with unique and innovative designs. The company's QLED 8K TVs also took an award home for their minimal bezels and immersive picture. The Premiere projector with Triple Laser and Ultra Short Throw technologies was another product with...

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Apple's next event is taking place on April 20, Siri reveals

In a rare turn of events, Apple’s own digital assistant Siri has revealed the date of the company's next event which is set for a week from now on April 20. It seems that getting the details requires you to open up Siri on your iPhone, iPad or Macbook with a US-based Apple ID and ask when the next Apple event is taking place. Siri then responds with April 20 at Apple Park in Cupertino. Apple event details from Siri Apple usually reveals the date of its announcements a week prior so we’re expecting official confirmation later today alongside an image hinting what to expect. Based on...

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Xiaomi Mi 11 starts receiving MIUI 12.5

Xiaomi's newly released Mi 11 is getting the latest version of the company's MIUI - 12.5 - a bit earlier than anticipated. The software update isn't huge but it brings a couple of new features and squashes some bugs along the way. The reports are coming from Chinese owners of the handset, so the global version of the software will probably take another few weeks to arrive. The update weighs 461MB and is said to deliver a "Android gesture Turbo" functionality, improve the chipset's performance and probably the most notable thing about this patch is that it fixes the random restarts...

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Oppo teams up with Vodafone, Qualcomm and Ericsson for first 5G SA network in Europe

5G availability has been steadily increasing throughout Europe though at varying speeds. Oppo has now teamed up with Vodafone, Qualcomm and Ericsson to bring the first commercial 5G SA (Standalone Architecture) network in Germany which will be available to Find X3 Pro users after a software update. Users in Dusseldorf, Munster, and Leipzig will be the first Europeans to benefit from 5G SA coverage. 5G SA brings much lower latency at 1ms compared to 5G NSA (Non-standalone) at around 20ms. The standalone mode only relies on 5G cell towers for signaling and information instead of using...

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ZTE Axon 30 Ultra color options officially confirmed ahead of launch

ZTE is bringing a true flagship on April 15, and just two days ahead of the announcement, we finally know what the phone looks like. A video teaser was posted on the Weibo page of the Chinese company, revealing four color options - one of them with a leathery finish, two of them with big Axon logos on the back. The new video complements the trio of teasers, posted yesterday, revealing some key features. Now we can see the body in detail, including the power key and volume rocker on the right-hand side, as well as the grille and USB-C port on the bottom. The camera island itself is...

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