Watch the Honor Magic Vs launch here

Honor is holding a major two-day event in China, culminating in the announcement of its latest smartphones. We already know the Magic Vs will be officially introduced, as well as the Honor 80 series. These phones will pioneer the just unveiled Magic OS 7.0. The stream begins at 14:30 local time, which is 06:30 AM GMT, 07:30 Central European time, and 12 PM/noon IST. The event will be in Chinese, but there will be simultaneous translation in English. The Honor Magic Vs is going to be a foldable smartphone that will inherit the overall design from the first Magic V. The big change...

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Samsung Galaxy A71 and F62 are the latest to receive One UI 5 update with Android 13

Samsung has been releasing Android 13 updates left and right for the past few weeks at a seemingly unstoppable pace, and we're getting to a point now where multiple new phone models receive the new software on the same day. Case in point: today, the update to One UI 5 based on Android 13 started rolling out to two handsets that haven't had the pleasure of tasting it so far. We're talking about the Galaxy A71 (4G) and the Galaxy F62. Samsung Galaxy A71 The former is seeing the update rolling out in Poland so far, but as always it should expand to other countries and territories (at...

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Here's the official introduction video for the vivo X90 Pro and X90 Pro+

vivo made a trio of new phones official today, as you may already know. We're talking about the X90, X90 Pro, and X90 Pro+, the latter of which is the first device to be announced sporting the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. Its camera is touted to be the king of one-inch sensors, and like previous X series devices, this one definitely has a big camera focus (excuse the pun). To followup on the announcement, vivo released an official introduction video for the X90 Pro and X90 Pro+, which you can see embedded below. Yes, that's Chinese, you're not mistaken - but we feel like the most...

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Tecno unveils Eagle Eye Lens - the first dual prism tele camera that automatically tracks objects

Typical telephoto cameras have Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) because optical magnification also multiplies handshake. This works well for static objects, but you still have to track moving objects manually – and that tends to amplify handshake. Tecno now claims to have come up with a solution, a system of two prism instead of one (it’s the first of its kind). Each prism can rotate along one axis – one can do +/-8°, the other +/-10°. With the two prisms combined the camera is able to automatically track an object – by as much as +/-16° on one axis and +/-20° on the other, according to...

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Samsung launches new Galaxy A23 5G in Japan with 5.8" LCD and IP68 rating

The Samsung Galaxy A23 5G launched in earlier this year in the US and Europe. Today, Samsung launched a new version for the Japanese market which brings a smaller display, MediaTek Dimensity 700 chipset and an IP68 rating. Samsung Galaxy A23 5G (Japan) The Japanese Galaxy A23 5G sports a 5.8-inch TFT LCD with HD+ resolution and a waterdrop notch for its 5 MP selfie camera. There’s a single 50MP main camera on the back while the side houses a fingerprint scanner that doubles as the power button. The phone is equipped with MediaTek’s Dimensity 700 chipset and 4GB RAM while...

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Android TV and Google TV are moving to app bundles from 2023

The standard for mobile and TV apps has been APK (Android Package Kit) for a long time. It is slowly being replaced by AAB (Android App Bundle), which allows for faster and smaller applications that save storage and optimize performance. Josh Wentz from the Product Management team at Google TV revealed starting from May 2023, Google TV and Android TV will also require App Bundles. The company is giving a six-month notice to developers to repackage their apps lighter, although Wentz believes it might take about 3 days. The key benefit of App Bundles is about 20% lower storage...

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