Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro is coming on April 28

Huawei launched the Watch GT 3 last October, and it will follow it up with the Pro model on April 28 at an event in China which will begin at 7PM local time. Huawei hasn't detailed the Watch GT 3 Pro's features yet, but the company posted a video clip on its Weibo account, teasing support for 30-meter sea diving. The Huawei Watch GT 3 Pro won't be the only star of the April 28 event since Huawei will also unveil the Mate Xs 2 foldable smartphone at the event. Huawei hasn't divulged much about the Mate Xs 2 and the Watch GT 3 Pro, but with the official unveiling just two...

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Check out this souped up Xiaomi Mi 9 turned beastly gaming phone

Smartphones made for gaming come with some serious hardware, flashy design, active cooling, and sometimes extra buttons to improve the overall gaming experience on a mobile phone. But what if you wanted to make your own? That’s what the folks over on YouTube channel Geekerwan set out to do. Well, kind of. These guys took a Xiaomi Mi 9 with a Snapdragon 855, and significantly modified both hardware and software to make it a mobile gaming monster. The idea is that a three-year-old flagship smartphone has enough horsepower to run modern mobile games and can be bought second-hand quite...

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iQOO Neo6 SE specs leak

vivo sub-brand iQOO has recently unveiled the Neo6, but like last year the Neo family will have multiple members, according to the latest rumor from China. The first one to become official, at some point soon, will be the iQOO Neo6 SE. This model is allegedly going to sport a 6.62-inch FHD+ 120Hz OLED flat touchscreen with a centered single hole-punch for the selfie camera, and it will be powered by the aging Snapdragon 870 high-end SoC. iQOO Neo6 The phone is said to come with a 4,700 mAh battery which will have support for 80W fast charging. Thus, the display, battery capacity...

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Sony PlayStation 5 gets variable refresh rate support

Sony today announced that it is bringing variable refresh rate to the PlayStation 5 console. The feature will be rolled out through a software update, which will be available globally this week. Sony first announced the feature was coming back in November 2020. VRR on the PlayStation 5 can be enabled through an option in the Screen and Video settings. It can be applied to only supported games or forced to work on all games through an additional option. The latter option may cause some unexpected visual effects and may not necessarily work in all cases. Sony announced a list of...

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It's official: Elon Musk just bought Twitter for $44 billion

Last week Elon Musk announced his bid to fully acquire Twitter and take it off the stock market, and initially it seemed like the company would politely (or not so politely) decline. However, a few days later it appears as it did some more thinking and today it officially announced that it's accepting Musk's bid. This means that Twitter has now "entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk", according to the company's press release. The price is $54.20 per share in cash (which means not shares in SEC-speak, and not actual cash, by the way). Thus...

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vivo S15e announced with Exynos 1080 SoC,50MP camera and 6.44" OLED

It's a busy day for vivo. The company announced not only the X80 and the X80 Pro but also the mid-range S15e smartphone. Arguably, the most intriguing aspect of the vivo S15e is the Exynos 1080 chipset built on a modern 5nm manufacturing process from Samsung. The handset also features a 6.44-inch AMOLED panel with FHD+ (1080 x 2404px) resolution supporting 90Hz refresh rate. The available memory options are three in total - 8GB/128GB, 8GB/256GB and 12GB/256GB. The camera module on the back holds three cameras - pretty standard stuff. The main one is 50MP, f/1.8 joined by an 8MP,...

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vivo X80 and X80 Pro debut, powered by SD 8 Gen 1 and Dimensity 9000

There were many leaks surrounding the upcoming vivo X80 series in the last couple of months and they kind of spoiled the whole release. The company still managed to keep some of the details behind the curtains, though and that includes the X80 Pro+ as well. The true flagship of the series won't be joining its siblings today and will be announced sometime in Q3 this year. For now, the X80 Pro and the X80 would have to do. vivo X80 Pro It seems like vivo has been taking notes from Oppo and is now releasing the X80 Pro in two versions - a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered one and a Dimensity 9000...

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Apple ups its iPhone 13 Pro series orders in light of increased demand

The Elec reports that Apple has increased its order for the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max this quarter. And that's mainly because the demand for the more expensive Pro series is getting higher than initially anticipated. In the first quarter of this year, Apple ordered just a million of the smaller iPhone 13 Pro while the Max was produced in 3.5 million units. Starting Q2 2022, however, the standard Pro sees a whopping increase to 8 million orders, whereas the Pro Max sees a bump to 6.5 million. That makes a 10 million increase over the last quarter. This is good news for Apple...

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Oppo announces the Oppo K10 5G and the K10 Pro in China

Oppo released the vanilla K10 last month and is now introducing the upper-tier K10 5G and the K10 Pro. Both handsets just debuted in China and there's no word on international availability yet. Oppo K10 Pro The Pro version of the phone is built around a 6.62-inch FHD+ AMOLED panel with 120Hz refresh rate and is advertised to reach 800 nits and even 1,300 nits peak brightness in some scenarios like watching HDR content, for example. The display is protected by Gorilla Glass 5. The handset is powered by the Snapdragon 888 from last year paired with either 8GB or 12GB RAM. The...

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