ZTE Blade V41 Vita quietly announced

Earlier this year ZTE released the Blade V40 Vita with a Unisoc chipset and massive 6,000 mAh battery and now the company is bringing the Blade V41 Vita with upgrades across the board. ZTE Blade V41 Vita Blade V41 Vita brings a 6.6-inch IPS LCD with FHD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. The panel also boasts a notch cutout for the 8MP selfie camera. The back features a 50MP main camera alongside a 2MP macro camera and a 2MP depth unit. MediaTek’s Dimensity 810 chipset sits at the helm aided by 6GB RAM and 128GB storage. ZTE Blade V41 Vita key specs ZTE Blade V41...

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The Tecno MegaBook S1 is a super thin and light 15.6" laptop (120Hz) with 12th gen Core i7 CPU

Tecno introduced its first laptop at IFA, now the company is launching something more premium – the Tecno MegaBook S1. This laptop is super thin and light, it measures 13.5mm thick (0.53”) and weighs 1.35kg (2.97lbs). That is very petite for a 16” laptop, but the magnesium alloy build makes for a sturdy body. The 16” display has 3.2K resolution with a 16:10 aspect ratio. This is high quality panel with 120Hz refresh rate and 100% sRGB coverage. It is fairly bright for a laptop too, reaching 450 nits, and it offers a flicker-free experience with DC dimming. The MegaBook T1 from a few...

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Tecno Phantom X2 Pro review

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Tecno unveils Phantom X2 with Dimensity 9000, X2 Pro with retractable portrait lens

Tecno’s premium Phantom series is back with new camera innovation and a much more powerful chipset. There are two phones, one of which brings the first retractable portrait camera, we’ll get to the advantages of that in a minute. The Tecno Phantom X2 and Phantom X2 Pro are both powered by the Dimensity 9000 (the non-plus version). While not the latest, it is still a 4nm chip from TSMC’s foundry using recent tech (Cortex-X2 prime CPU core, three A710, four A510 and a Mali-G710 MC10 GPU), it’s miles ahead of the Helio G95 used in the original Phantom X. The X2 phones use LPDDR5X RAM – 8GB on...

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 series is launching soon in India

Xiaomi's Redmi unveiled the Note 12 series in October, which is currently exclusive to China. But that's about to change since Redmi's Indian branch today announced that the Note 12 series will launch soon in India. The Redmi Note 12 series consists of four smartphones - Redmi Note 12, Redmi Note 12 Pro, Redmi Note 12 Pro+, and Redmi Note 12 Discovery (aka Explorer). Judging by the image shared by Redmi, it appears the Chinese brand will bring three Note 12 smartphones to India. Redmi hasn't mentioned any names, but a closer inspection of the poster suggests the vanilla model won't be...

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Apple brings new pricing and equalization tools to the App Store

Apple is bringing more app pricing options to developers starting in Spring 2023. The lowest supported price point will be $0.29 while the highest price point is now $10,000. Devs will also gain the ability to define price per storefront across 45 currencies in 175 territories. Apps and subscriptions will now be able to increase by $0.10 up to $10 and by $0.50 between $10 and $50 and etc. App Store new price flexiblity options Starting today, developers with subscription-based apps will be able to manage currency and taxes across different storefronts with the option of selecting a...

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Trendforce: Global smartphone production in Q3 '22 declined 11%

Trendforce posted its latest research on the global smartphone market, revealing a decline in production in the third quarter of 2022. The industry saw 289 million units produced between July and September, which is a 0.9% quarterly decline and 11% YoY. The “extremely weak” demand was due to companies prioritizing inventory rather than new devices while keeping low production due to “strong global economic headwinds”. Samsung kept its place as the top manufacturer with 64.2 million units in device production, a slight 3.9% increase from the previous quarter. The Korean maker is...

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