Realme C25s moves a step closer to launch as it gets EEC certified

The Realme C25s with model code RMX3195 that bagged NBTC certification last week has moved a step closer to the launch as it has been certified by Russia's EEC as well. The EEC listing doesn't divulge anything about the C25s, but there might not be too many differences between the C25s and the vanilla C25, which was announced in March. The Realme C25 has a Helio G70 SoC at the helm with 4GB RAM and up to 128GB storage. The smartphone boots Android 11-based Realme UI 2.0 and is built around a 6.5" LCD with a notch for the 8MP selfie camera. Realme C25 The phone's back cover...

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German regulator orders Facebook to cease collecting German WhatsApp users’ data

News about Whatsapp’s controversial policy changes pertaining to data collection involving Facebook have been causing a stir ever since WhatsApp tried to give users an ultimatum regarding data collection. In recent news, WhatsApp will slowly withhold features of the app until users agree to the new terms. In the latest development, Facebook faces scrutiny from German regulators. In a new release written up by Johannes Caspar, Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Germany outlines issues found with WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy. Caspar claims the issues...

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Upcoming MediaTek Dimensity 900 chipset performs better than the Snapdragon 768G

MediaTek's Dimensity line of 5G capable chipsets is about to expand even more. The company has already announced its top of the line Dimensity 1200 and Dimensity 1100 for 2021, so the upcoming chip will be lower down, decidedly in the mid-range space. It's tentatively called Dimensity 900, and is meant to succeed the Dimensity 820. According to a new rumor out of China, the Dimensity 900 (model number MT6877) has outperformed Qualcomm's Snapdragon 768G chipset in the AnTuTu benchmark, scoring about 480,000, compared to 440,000. The Dimensity 820 also scores about 440,000, so we're looking...

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Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra lands in Germany on May 20 with free 80W wireless charger

Xiaomi is finally bringing its top of the line smartphone to Germany, following its launch in the UK last week. The Mi 11 Ultra will go on sale on the company's official online store for the country on May 20 at 1 PM CET. If you order one between then and May 23 you will receive a free 80W wireless charging stand. This is the one that can charge up the phone at 67W, in the same short time it takes the wired charger in the box. The price is €1,199, as announced at the official global unveiling of the device back in March. Alongside the Mi 11 Ultra, some other recently announced...

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Leaksters: Huawei will unveil the MatePad 2 and Pro 2, two smartwatches on June 2

HarmonyOS 2.0 stable is set to arrive next month and (according to folks on Weibo) so will the first devices to run it out of the box – those will be two tablets and two smartwatches. The Huawei MatePad 2 (code name “Marx 2”) and the MatePad Pro 2 (“Wagner”) will be unveiled on June 2 and will become available in China on June 10th. Earlier, leaks talked of two MatePad slates, one with a 12.2” display and one with a 12.6” 120 Hz panel. The 12.9” model will be powered by Kirin 9000 and will run “PadOS”, a custom version of Harmony for tablets. Based on data from the 3C, the tablet will...

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Upcoming MacBook/MacBook Air renders reveal all-new flat design in several colors

Last month Apple unveiled its M1-powered 24” iMac which comes in a total of seven colors. The desktop features an all-new flat design with white display bezels and now John Prosser is reporting that Apple will bring a similar design to its MacBook line. We are treated to new renders which were created in collaboration with Ian Zelbo (@RedersbyIan) and depict a major redesign to Apple’s laptop line. Upcoming MacBook/MacBook Air renders The device which is expected to either be the next MacBook Air or a successor to the regular MacBook is depicted in a total of seven colors...

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Samsung and jewelry designer Tous unveil a limited edition Galaxy Watch3

Samsung partnered up with Catalan jewelry designer Tous to create a special edition of the Galaxy Watch3 (41 mm). The watch comes with redesigned silicone straps embossed with the Tous bear logo and is available in Black and Pink. There are also 18 different Tous wallpapers pre-loaded. Samsung Galaxy Watch3 x Tous in Pink and Black You can find it in all Tous stores in Spain. You can also buy one online – it will set you back €390. In Portugal it goes for €400, it is also available in the UK for £350 and the US for $495. Note that this is the Wi-Fi only version of the...

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Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3050 and 3050 Ti laptop GPUs boost your gaming and content creation

Today marks the debut of the latest RTX 30-series mobile graphics cards from Nvidia. The RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti GPUs are destined for the next wave of productivity and compact gaming laptops. Both cards feature real-time ray tracing as well as NVIDA’s Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) which leverages AI cores to help you run high demanding games and apps with upscaled resolution and frame rates through proprietary algorithms. The RTX 3050 comes with 2,048 CUDA Cores and runs at 1,500Mhz speeds while the RTX 3050 Ti brings 2,560 CUDA Cores humming at 1,485Mhz. Both are outfitted...

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Intel introduces new Tiger Lake-H: 6 and 8-core 45W 10 nm processors for high end laptops

Intel is rolling out its Tiger Lake processors from the bottom up – starting with the 9/15W U-series in September, then the 28/35W H35 series in January and now the 45W top dogs of the H-series. Tiger Lake is the name for Intel’s latest 10 nm processors. The U and the H35 series were limited to quad-core designs, the Tiger Lake-H models bring that up to 6 and 8 cores. The top model is the is the Core i9-11980HK, Intel’s first unlocked 10 nm processor. It has eight cores (16 threads) and runs at a 2.6 GHz base clock speed at 45W. It can go up to 3.3 GHz at 65W. Again, those are...

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Nothing Ear 1 TWS earbuds set to launch in June

After months of speculation and rumors, Carl Pei’s Nothing brand is set to unveil its first set of TWS earbuds next month. The Nothing Ear 1 will be the first product by the up and coming tech brand though we don’t really get any specs or details apart from an illustration depicting two earbuds with shockingly long stems. Ear 1 combines notes of transparency, iconic form and refined functionality. We believe the earphones market was begging for differentiation, a space where we can elevate design and deliver value from day one. The earphones market will provide a fertile backdrop as we...

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Asus cancels tomorrow's Zenfone 8 event for India, ROG Flow X13 and Zephyrus reveals also delayed

Asus was planning on making several major reveals in India tomorrow, but those plans have been scuttled as much of the country goes into lockdown. The event was supposed to introduce the Zenfone 8 series and bring several gaming laptops. This change in plans seems to affect only India as the page dedicated to the global Zenfone 8 launch is still counting down (with a little over a day left on the clock). That event starts at 5:00 PM GMT and will introduce Asus’ new all-round flagship to the world. Or flagships rather, detailed leaks have described two devices: the Zenfone 8, a petite...

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iPhone 13 series will be slightly thicker and with larger camera bumps

The latest rumor for the iPhone 13 series concerns the phones' physical dimensions. According to schematics obtained by MacRumors, all iPhone 13 models will measure at 7.55mm in thickness compared to 7.4mm on the current 12 series. The resulting 0.15mm change is visualized below though you’d be hard-pressed to actually see it in real life. Then again it will be enough to render a lot of cases and other accessories incompatible with new models. Image credit: MacRumors Apple is allegedly preparing a more substantial change around the back with the camera bumps on the iPhone 13 Pro...

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Samsung to attend the MWC in Barcelona but only virtually

The Mobile World Congress is set to make a comeback last year after skipping 2020. The exhibition is set to take place between June 28 and July 1 in Barcelona, Spain with as many as 50,000 people attending. However, many tech companies have decided it is still not safe to send out their employees to do in-person presentations. The latest to pull out is Samsung Electronics – if the company has anything to unveil at the MWC, it will do so virtually. “The health and safety of our employees, partners and customers is our number one priority, so we have made the decision to withdraw from...

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Realme UI 2.0 edges closer for X7, C12 and C15 as new betas arrive

Realme’s campaign of bringing Realme UI 2.0 to a number of its smartphones is going at full steam, with three more phones opening to the public. Realme X7 5G users can sign up for Early Access, while Realme C12 and Realme C15 owners are already past that step and in line for Open Beta. The process with all phones is pretty much the same, but Early Access means more bugs, errors and non-supported apps, so Realme suggests only people who are ready to deal with the unpredictable impact on the phone and its effect on daily use. The package is over 5GB in size, and you can join through the...

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Lava Z2 Max announced with 7" screen and 6,000 mAh battery

Indian handset maker Lava unveiled four Z series smartphones in January - Z1, Z2, Z4, and Z6. Today the company added a fifth member to the lineup, dubbed Lava Z2 Max. The Lava Z2 Max is aimed at students and is developed to support online education during the ongoing pandemic. Thus, it comes equipped with a 7" HD+ LCD - allowing students to comfortably watch the content on screen - and packs a 6,000 mAh battery which Lava claims can play YouTube videos for about nine hours at full brightness and volume. Under the hood, the Lava Z2 Max has a quad-core Helio chipset clocked at...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 cameras detailed

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 will carry a similar array of cameras as its predecessor, if the information of @FrontTron is to be believed. The major innovation here will be the use of an under-display camera for the foldable display - a 16MP Sony IMXx71 with 1μm pixels - allowing for a seamless big display experience. There will be another selfie camera on the cover display - a 10MP Sony IMX374 with 1.22μm pixels - inside a punch-hole cutout. The rest of the cameras are a trio of 12MP sensors - wide, ultrawide and a telephoto units, the latter likely a 3x non-periscope one. Z Fold3...

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Report: iPhone 12 production in Foxconn's facility in India drops by half as staff tests positive

Apple started manufacturing iPhone 12 in India recently, but according to a report by Reuters the production capacity at one of the factories has shrunken by half. The cause is that over 100 employees at the Foxconn-operated facility have tested positive for COVID-19. There are dormitories on site where employees can stay, they are the ones keeping production running. Employees are allowed to leave, but as a precaution no one is allowed to get in. The two sources quoted by the publication do not know how many workers are at the factory in total. The factory is located in southern state...

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Samsung certifies Galaxy Tab S7 XL Lite as more colors leak

Samsung is close to launching the Galaxy Tab S7 Lite series - the affordable alternative of the Galaxy Tab S7 tablets. While we expected a regular and a Plus variant, the company actually obtained certification for the bigger slate from the FCC under the moniker Galaxy Tab S7 XL Lite. Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 XL Lite certifications In the same time, Evan Blass posted on Twitter some more renders of the Tab S7 Lite series in Blue, Silver, and White colors. Beyond the colors those don’t reveal anything new - we already spotted the same tablet in Pink and...

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Oppo Reno6 Pro and Reno6 Pro+ certified on TENAA with key specs and images

The past month has been abundant in information about Oppo’s upcoming Reno6 series and we now have detailed specs for the Reno6 Pro and Reno6 Pro+ thanks to their updated TENAA certifications. Oppo Reno6 Pro and Reno6 Pro+ key specs Both Reno6 Pro models (PEPM00 and PENM00) bring curved 6.55-inch OLED displays with FHD+ resolution and punch hole cutouts in the left corner. The Reno6 Pro is outfitted with MediaTek’s Dimensity 1200 chipset while the Reno6 Pro+ brings Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 870 SoC. Both phones come with dual cell batteries with a total capacity of 4,500mAh and offer...

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Realme C20A announced: Helio G35 and a 6.5" screen

After introducing the C20 and C21, Realme has further expanded its portfolio of entry-level smartphones with the Realme C20A. The Realme C20A is built around a 6.5" HD+ display that has a waterdrop notch for the 5MP selfie camera. The back panel of the smartphone, having what Realme calls a "Geometric Art Design", is home to a square-shaped camera island that only includes the 8MP primary camera joined by an LED flash. Under the hood, the Realme C20A has a Helio G35 SoC paired with 2GB RAM and 32GB storage. The smartphone boots Android 10-based Realme UI and comes with a dedicated...

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nubia Z30 Pro gets new teaser as May 20 arrival is officially confirmed

The ZTE Axon 20 was the first commercially available smartphone with an under-display front-facing camera. The Chinese maker improved its technology and its CEO said earlier it will arrive with the Nubia Z30 Pro on May 20. Today, the nubia brand officially confirmed the date on Weibo, revealing the first poster of the new phone as well. The new under-display technology was already demoed at MWC Shanghai which took place in February. Ni Fei, President of Mobile Devices at ZTE, posted an image revealing the position of the camera is practically invisible, which is a massive upgrade...

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