Honor to unveil new global smartphone models on March 29

A new Honor announcement event invitation has recently surfaced online. The banner is clearly titled "NONOR New Product Launch" with the tag line "Ready To Go Beyond" and a March 29, 8:30 PM starting time. No mention of time zone, though. Industry sources speculate that the event will feature some entry-level and mid-range devices and hint at the Honor X series. In particular - a new Honor X7, X8 and X9 5G. The Honor X8 was actually already announced in the Middle East and Africa. Honor X8 Assuming it is indeed the same device, the X8 is your typical 2022 budget to...

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Oppo Find X5 in for review

Oppo introduced its new flagship series Find X5 last month. The Pro version of the lineup is already in our review queue, and now we have received the vanilla smartphone. It is a more affordable alternative to the Find X5 Pro, but it shares many of its standout features. Here’s what impressed us after our first contact with the phone. The Oppo Find X5 is a cool looking phone, and while we cannot call it small or compact, it is a lot easier to handle than the Find X5 Pro. The display diagonal is 6.55” with FullHD+ resolution and 120Hz refresh rate and it looks great. Unlike the Pro...

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Motorola Moto G 5G (2022) specs and renders leak

Last November, we saw a render of a Motorola smartphone codenamed "Austin," having a centered punch hole display and a triple camera system on the rear headlined by a 50MP camera. Today, we are looking at a set of new renders which not only corroborate Austin's design but also give us our best look yet at it. These images come courtesy of leakster OnLeaks, who collaborated with Prepp.in and revealed that the marketing name of Motorola Austin is Moto G 5G (2022). The source also said that the Motorola Moto G 5G (2022) has model code XT2213, and its screen measures 6.6" diagonally. The...

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Android 13 will notify users of high app background battery usage using complex monitoring

Google has been working hard on Android 13, just recently releasing the Developer Preview 2 build of the OS. As the current timeline goes, we can expect to see the first Beta build sometime in April, followed by a few more beta's and likely a full release in August, September, or October. Google is not committing to any launch window. Shortly after DP2 dropped, some interesting changes were documented within a developer resource titled "Battery Resource Utilization". It goes over some new rules and limitations regarding the "restricted" App Standby Bucket state an app can end up...

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Realme GT Neo3 confirmed to pack a 120Hz screen

The Realme GT Neo3 arriving on March 22 is already confirmed to come with the Dimensity 8100 SoC and 150W charging. Today, the company announced it will pack a 120Hz screen with a 1000Hz touch sampling rate. Realme didn't divulge the display's resolution and size, but thanks to TENAA, we know it's a FullHD+ AMOLED screen measuring 6.7" diagonally with a fingerprint reader underneath. Realme GT Neo3's screen will have 120Hz refresh rate and 1000Hz touch sampling rate Realme previously said that the GT Neo3 will have vapor chamber cooling, LPDDR5 RAM, and UFS 3.1 storage onboard....

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Poco X3 Pro is receiving Android 12-based MIUI 13 update in India

Xiaomi's Poco began the global rollout of Android 12-based MIUI 13 for the Poco X3 Pro earlier this month, and India is the latest market to receive the company's newest custom Android skin. Poco X3 Pro The update has version number 13.0.1.0.SJUINXM and requires a download of 3.1GB. It comes with the February 2022 Android security patch and allows apps to be opened as floating windows from the sidebar. The new firmware also enhances the accessibility support for the Phone, Clock, and Weather apps. However, the source claims that the MIUI 13 update is currently only seeding...

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iOS 15.4 update reportedly causing battery drain for some users

Earlier this week, Apple started rolling out iOS 15.4, alongside iPadOS 15.4, watchOS 8.5, macOS Monterey 12.3, tvOS 15.4, and HomePod Software 15.4. You can read more about the update here, but its biggest spotlight feature is the ability to unlock your phone using Face ID with a mask on. A nice gesture for users who don't own an Apple Watch - iOS 14.5 from last year originally introduced Face ID with a mask for iPhone users with an Apple Watch. The new Face ID only works on the iPhone 13 and iPhone 12 generation, though and is slower and less secure. So, let's call it a partial...

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