Flashback: LG V40 ThinQ, the first penta camera phone, aimed to lift the company's fortunes

Last week we looked back at the fist quad camera phone, well, quad camera if you only look at the back. Adding the selfie camera brings the total to five. But the Galaxy A9 (2018) wasn’t the first phone to have five cameras on board – the LG V40 ThinQ beat it by a few weeks. The V-series flagship from late 2018 is the topic of today’s Flashback. We’ll talk about its cameras, its other awesome features, some less awesome ones and a troubled launch. The V40 was officially announced on September 27, but that announcement was a bit short on details. The full reveal happened a few days...

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Weekly poll results: the vivo X80 Pro is shaping up to be a winner, the X80 gets lost in its shadow

We have a winner – the vivo X80 Pro convinced 1 in 3 readers to vote in its favor in last week’s poll. That number could double, given the right price. The phone is available only in China right now, but that is changing – the global launch is today (May 8). Last year the X70 Pro launched at ₹47,000 ($630/€545 at the time). A potential issue for would-be buyers is that vivo tends to focus on the Asian market and doesn’t bring its flagships to all markets that it is present in (e.g. Europe is still looking at the X60 Pro, the X70 Pro is nowhere to be seen half a year later). Other...

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Poco Buds Pro Genshin Impact Edition hands-on

Genshin Impact is one of the benchmark games for phones of this generation. An open-world action RPG with masterful themed visuals and new content added on a regular basis, it has become a staple in the mobile gaming community. Poco saw an opportunity to do a wireless earbud collaboration, which resulted in the Poco Buds Pro Genshin Impact Edition. We have the buds on hand so let’s take a closer look at what you get with these fancy new limited edition earphones. As expected, Poco Buds Pro Genshin Impact bring a unique visual experience starting with the packaging. There’s an...

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Powerbeats Pro Paria Farzaneh special edition wireless earphones now available

Apple subsidiary Beats announced the Powerbeats Pro NBA edition in February, and now the company is back with another special edition of its wireless earphones, made in collaboration with London-based English-Iranian fashion designer Paria Farzaneh. Our collaboration with @pariafarzaneh is available now. Shop the special-edition Powerbeats Pro. https://t.co/MAJfmFUlML pic.twitter.com/y5mWyDLRPu— Beats by Dre (@beatsbydre) May 6, 2022 The Powerbeats Pro Paria Farzaneh special edition has the same design and features as the regular version unveiled back in April 2019, but the charging...

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vivo T1 Pro is now available for purchase in India

The vivo T1 Pro unveiled a few days ago is now available for purchase in India through vivo's official website, Flipkart, and retail stores across the country. The T1 Pro is offered in Turbo Cyan and Turbo Black colors and has two memory options - 6GB/128GB and 8GB/128, priced at INR23,999 ($310/€295) and INR24,999 ($325/€310), respectively. The vivo T1 Pro is powered by the Snapdragon 778G SoC and runs Android 12-based Funtouch OS 12 out of the box. It packs a 6.44" FullHD+ AMOLED screen having 1,300 nits peak brightness and HDR10+ certification. vivo T1 Pro The T1 Pro comes...

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iOS 15.5 will reintroduce Apple Music API for third-party apps to allow playback speed adjustments

With iOS 15.4, Apple disabled the ability to change the playback speed in third-party apps using the Apple Music API and its content. However, Apple has now decided to reintroduce that feature with iOS 15.5. Word comes from Apple developer Joe Kun, who took to the Apple Developer Forums to announce that Apple re-evaluated their "previous decision to disable changing the playback rate for subscription content from Apple Music in third-party applications" and concluded that they "could safely enable that functionality again, just like before the release of iOS 15.4." "As such, this issue...

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