Realme confirms periscope camera for the upcoming Realme 12 Pro+

Realme India posted on X that “It’s time for #Periscope” with a “200MP” crossed out. This post then links to a teaser page details some of the advantages of having an actual periscope lens rather than relying on in-sensor zoom from a 200MP module. One of the advantages is, of course, the better image clarity at high zoom levels. The other example shows portrait photos – the one taken with a periscope camera has better separation between the subject and background. The Realme 12 Pro appeared on TENAA with what looks to be a periscope lens. We also expect the Realme 12 Pro+ model to...

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Honor Magic6 Pro revealed in new Purple color

Honor will introduce Magic6 Pro on either January 10 or January 11 and we already saw the phone in a lovely Green color. Today, a Purple variant was revealed by George Zhao, company CEO, and this time, it was inspired by “the beautiful scenery during dawn on the coast of Lake Qinghai.” The new image does not reveal additional specs – periscope shooter behind the top lens, 2.5D curved sides and all the buttons on the right-hand side is all we can see here. We expect a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, up to 1 TB of storage and MagicOS 8.0 straight out of the box. Source (in Chinese) |...

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Oppo Reno11 and Reno11 Pro coming to India and Malaysia on January 11

Following their launch in China, the Oppo Reno11 and Reno11 Pro are set to go global on January 11. Oppo.com already has landing pages for the upcoming phones in India and Malaysia, which are pretty light on details right now, but they do reveal some changes. Oppo Reno11 for China (left) and global (right) • Oppo Reno11 Pro for China (left) and global (right) In China, the vanilla and Pro models look virtually identical on the outside. Not so for the global models – the Reno11 has a new camera island layout with a single lens in the top circle (the other lens seems to have...

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Samsung US offers $50 credit if you reserve a Galaxy S24 now

Just hours after confirming the January 17 date for the Galaxy S24 Unpacked event, Samsung US is already taking reservations for the upcoming trio. No, it hasn’t revealed any specs officially (other than its plan to focus on performance, quality and generative AI), this is just an early bird promo. And it’s basically a tradition at this point – it did it for the S21 series, then the S22 series and the S23 series. The idea is pretty simple – fill in this form with your name, email and (optionally) phone number and you will get $50 Samsung Credit when the Galaxy S24 trio launches. Note: the...

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