Samsung Galaxy S10 trio will boast LPDDR5 RAM

During the Summer of 2018, Samsung unveiled world's first LPDDR5 memory chips for next-generation smartphones and now we learn what we've suspected all along - the Galaxy S10 trio will most probably make use of the new tech. A tipster on Twitter suggests that the Galaxy S10 phones coming next month will be equipped with in-house LPDDR5 memory chips....

Samsung Galaxy Note9 owners in the UAE are receiving stable Android 9.0 Pie

The first Android 9.0 Pie OTA updates for the Galaxy Note9 were sighted in Germany a week ago but today. However, only users who participated in the beta testing got the stable update. Today, however, UAE users running Oreo are seeing their devices updated. There are numerous reports from the country citing that devices still running the Oreo version...

The Google Pixel Stand is an unreliable, expensive mess

The Google Pixel Stand accessory was announced back in October along with the Pixel 3 and the Pixel 3 XL. It was Google's first wireless fast charger, designed specifically with the Pixel 3 phones in mind. At $79 it was definitely one of the most expensive chargers on the market, but it came with a few cool features that promised to make it all worthwhile....

VLC soon to get Apple AirPlay support on iOS, Android and probably Windows

At CES 2019, VLC revealed that it has plans to implement support for AirPlay so you can stream all of your videos on Apple TV from your Android or iOS device. Unfortunately, it's still unclear when the feature will be rolled out but the lead developers over at Videolan said they are planning to introduce it with the next major update VLC 4. For now,...

Future Oppo and OnePlus devices could use Qi wireless charging

Oppo just joined the Wireless Power Consortium, which in turn means that future Oppo devices could finally make use of the Qi wireless charging tech. Maybe as early as 2019? And since Oppo, vivo and OnePlus are parent companies of BBK Electronics, it's probably safe to assume that their future smartphones will come with wireless charging capabilities....

Redmi Note 7 is actually waterproof (kind of)

Redmi Note 7 was introduced just two days ago, but the official announcement missed to mention an important feature - the ports and buttons have watertight seals. Xiaomi's CEO, Lei Jun, took the time to boast about the phone's build quality on Weibo. He says that the engineering team put a lot of effort to design watertight seals for all the weak...

Samsung Galaxy S10 rumor roundup details screen and battery info

Samsung Galaxy S10 rumors have crystallized with info coming from multiple sources. There have been a few conflicting rumors, but by now it's pretty clear what will be unveiled on February 20. Citing a reliable source, CompareRaja has confirmed this list of features. The Galaxy S10 and S10+ will have ultrasonic in-display fingerprint readers. They...

Google Play Books app on Android gets a redesign

Google has finally updated the Android version of the Play Books app with the new Material Theme design. The app now features a uniform white color theme across the screen, with a redesigned tab bar, smaller thumbnails with rounded corners, new typography and an overall cleaner look. The design of the new app is consistent with the new Material Theme...

Google discontinues Chromecast Audio

Google has confirmed that it is discontinuing the Chromecast Audio. In a statement sent to Android Police, the company said, Our product portfolio continues to evolve, and now we have a variety of products for users to enjoy audio. We have therefore stopped manufacturing our Chromecast Audio products. We will continue to offer assistance for Chromecast...

VLC soon to get Apple AirPlay suppot on iOS, Android and probably Windows

At CES 2019, VLC revealed that it has plans to implement support for AirPlay so you can stream all of your videos on Apple TV from your Android or iOS device. Unfortunately, it's still unclear when the feature will be rolled out but the lead developers over at Videolan said they are planning to introduce it with the next major update VLC 4. For now,...

IMDb announces Freedive, a free video streaming service with ads

IMDb has announced that it is launching a new video streaming service in the US called Freedive. The major draw of this service is that it will be free of cost and will be ad-supported. While IMDb previously had some amount of video content in the form of short-form original series, trailers and interviews, this service will be offering full-length...

Sony Mobile exec hints that the Xperia Compact line has been axed

Sony Mobile is undergoing restructuring to make it competitive again. This includes new leadership and a new strategy, we'll see the first step of that at the end of February. "We are going to be announcing products at MWC. What we present there will be a first step showing the direction we are going." Mesa adds that Sony is hoping to deliver a "much...

Samsung remembers its past milestones as Galaxy nears its 10 year anniversary

The Samsung I7500 Galaxy was announced in April 2009 - Samsung's Android phones turn 10 this year. Galaxy would grow to become the biggest smartphone line in the world, but it had to go through many innovations and milestones to get here. Samsung has a history of innovative devices and their DNA can still be seen in modern Galaxy gadgets. In 1999...

Two Huawei employees arrested in Poland over spying allegations

Two Huawei employees had been arrested in Poland over allegations of spying for the Chinese government. This is the second incident after Huawei's CFO got arrested in Canada. Now the Polish counterintelligence agency believes it has hard evidence of Huawei's employees' wrongdoings. One of them is Polish while the other one is Chinese. The Chinese...

Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) surfaces on Geekbench running Android Pie

Obviously, Samsung has prioritized its 2018 and 2017 flagships to receive the Android 9.0 Pie updates first but it appears that the company has already baking the Pie for a 2017 midranger, the Galaxy A7 (2017). The evidence is a Geekbench listing of the phone running the latest Google OS. The score sheet doesn't reveal anything out of the ordinary...

Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 arrives in the UK for £499

Xiaomi introduced the Mi Mix 3 slider and promised the phone would arrive in Europe with 5G in the first quarter of 2019. While the next-gen connectivity is still a mere wish, the actual device popped up in Spain yesterday and now it's on its way to the Albion. Xiaomi is launching the slider in the United Kingdom on January 16 with a promo price...

Pocophone F1 long-term review

A little phone that isn't small. A flagship that costs a third of what you'd expect. A contradiction? No, it's the Pocophone F1. Shocking? Awe-inspiring? Yes and yes. The most intriguing handset of the year isn't the most bezel-starved, or one with sliding bits and pieces, or one with an in-display fingerprint senso Source: https://www.gsmaren...

Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 outscores the 710 on AnTuTu, matches it on Geekbench

An unknown device has appeared on AnTuTu, sporting the new 11nm Snapdragon 675 chipset. It scored 174K, which is a lot higher than the 155K we got with the 10nm Snapdragon 710-powered Oppo RX17 Pro. What's more interesting than the chip itself is the phone that's wielding it. Only two phones are using the Snapdragon 675 - the yet-to-be-announced...

vivo Z3i with an IPS LCD panel announced

vivo just announced another variation of its Z3i smartphone called Z3i Standard Edition. It's only available in China for now and it's essentially the same old Z3i but with an IPS LCD instead of an AMOLED screen. As you'd expect, the use of an IPS panel brings the price down to CNY 1,998 ($296). That's a 17% decrease compared to the original vivo...

Xiaomi Yi Home Camera 3 arrives with AI notifications and Full HD video

CES 2019 is still going on in Las Vegas, and the latest announcement comes from Yi Technology. The Xiaomi subsidiary introduced the Yi Home Camera 3 with AI notifications and features, along with 1080p video quality. According to the Core Algorithm Developer Ron Fridental, no one wants to receive useless notifications. The company improved its recognition...

WSJ: iPhone 11 will have triple camera, XR successor will have dual

The new generation of iPhones are still just four months old now but intel is already piling up on the iPhone 11. Earlier this week we saw the first alleged renders of the upcoming iPhone 11 and today there's a fresh report about it. According to sources close to the Wall Street Journal, the high-end iPhone 11 will gain a triple camera while the...

OnePlus 5/5T getting Oxygen 9.0.2 hot fix for WiFi connection issues

The OnePlus 5 and 5T received their Android Pie update right at the end of 2018 but it was discovered to come with annoying issues for some units. The biggest problem with the new Pie update was the WiFi connectivity. Some users report that the WiFi didn't work in select third-party apps and experienced bad WiFi stability overall. Well now a hotfix...

Realme 3 coming this quarter, a 48 MP cameraphone too

Realme had a great start when it launched last year, releasing five phones to offer amazing value for money and smashing a bunch of records. And it appears that it intends to keep the pace up in the new year as the latest rumor points to Realme 3 coming within the next three months. The report says Realme will introduce a phone with a 48 MP shooter,...

Xiaomi launches Mi Soundbar, along with two new television models in India

Xiaomi has launched a new soundbar in India. Called the Mi Soundbar, it's priced at INR 4,999 ($71) and will be available exclusively through Mi.com and Mi Home stores starting January 16. The Mi Soundbar has eight drivers, consisting of two tweeters, two woofers and four passive radiators, all of which are powered by a 28W amplifier. The soundbar...

Xiaomi kicks off MIUI 11 development

Xiaomi has pushed MIUI 10 to over two dozen smartphones, but now it is time to look forward. The company kicked off development of MIUI 11 which is said to be "a new and unique OS", compared with the minor and major updates that have been coming in the past two years. The company held the Xiaomi MIUI Core Experience Annual Meeting, where Liu Ming,...

vivo phone codenamed "The Waterdrop" is coming soon with a unique design

Last year vivo's NEX smartphones took the world by storm with their slim bezels and motorized selfie cams, and the company doesn't plan on sitting still this year either. According to a series of new rumors out of China, vivo is working on a new smartphone codenamed "The Waterdrop" which will have a very unique design. The tipster sharing the info...

Nokia explains the process of Android updates in this cool infographic

Nokia phones are known for its clean, clutter-free Android experience and timely updates. But that doesn't take away from the fact that each and every update has to walk a long way before it ends up on your phone so the company created this cool infographic explaining all the stages. Google's latest mobile OS version starts its journey from the chipset...

Samsung had a 5G phone prototype at CES, hidden in plain sight

Samsung had exciting smartphones to show at CES, but it did not publicize them - the foldable Galaxy and a 5G prototype were both at the show. The 5G phone wasn't even hidden like the foldable prototype, which was only shown behind closed doors. It was just not promoted, which made it hard to spot in its glass enclosure at the end of the 5G hardware...

The iPhone turned 12, here's a look back through the models

The original Apple iPhone, that later went down in history books as the iPhone 2G, went on sale on June 29 2007 but was announced 12 years ago on January 9 2007 at Macworld. Since then we've seen 11 more generations of iPhones - the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4, the iPhone 5, the iPhone 5S/5C, the iPhone 6/6 Plus, the iPhone 6S/6S Plus,...

EE teases new Samsung Galaxy, promises "something big is coming"

British carrier EE is teasing "Something BIG" on its coming soon page - a Samsung Galaxy. It doesn't say which one, but there are only two things it could be. The foldable Samsung Galaxy F was rumored to be exclusive to EE and with a 7.3" screen (when unfolded), it's certainly big. The phone was allegedly shown off at CES behind closed doors. Samsung...

Nokia 6.2 specs leaked, could adopt an in-screen camera

With the beginning of the new year, manufacturers are rushing to prepare their next wave of smartphones and HMD Global is no exception. The smartphone manufacturer appears to have a successor to the Nokia 6.1 on the way and chances are it will be called Nokia 6.2. We now got to learn its first specs thanks to a Twitter leakster. Nokia 6.2 (6 2019):...

Samsung Galaxy F to have two batteries, S10 5G model's cell revealed as well

A new report comes to fill us in on the battery capacities of two upcoming Samsung flagships. Tje Galaxy F or Galaxy Fold, is believed to incorporate not one but two batteries. According to the report, each side of the flip will have a 3,100 mAh cell - matching the capacity of the ones found in the future Galaxy S10 Lite or Galaxy S10 E, as it may...

Honor View 20 hands-on review

The Honor View 20 is a long-anticipated and teased smartphone that was released last month but this is the first chance we got to be acquainted with the handset here at CES 2019 in Las Vegas. To be frank, we had some private time with the View 20 on its launch date but we can now tell a bit more about the device and what makes it stand out. Source:...

Lexar delivers first 1TB SDXC card, beats pioneer SanDisk

Lexar has announced a 1TB SD card that will actually go on sale, although there's no official information as to when or for how much. The 1TB 633x SDXC UHS-I card is not a technical marvel, being only UHS-I instead of the faster II but still tops out at a read speed of 95 MB/s, which makes it a great choice for 4K and high-speed 1080p video or fast...

Samsung Galaxy S10 arriving officially on February 20

The waiting is almost over. Samsung scheduled its Galaxy Unpacked event for February 20 when the anniversary Galaxy S10 flagship lineup is expected to be launched. We received an invitation in our inbox for the official launch that is taking place in San Francisco, United States, and will be available to watch live all over the world on Samsung's...

Samsung article on One UI accidentally shows Galaxy S10 design

Samsung recently posted an article explaining the hows and whys of One UI. Eagle-eyed Reddit user qgtx spotted that one of the images has a punch hole selfie camera. Oops. Samsung has since updated the article with a new image, but that one is quite interesting too - gone is the camera and the bezels got thicker too. Here are the two images side...

Sony Xperia XZ4 case compared to the size of an Xperia XZ Premium

The Sony Xperia XZ4 will have a 21:9 screen with a 6.5" diagonal, making the phone rather tall - 166.9mm. That's almost a centimeter more than the iPhone XS Max (6.5" as well, but 19.5:9). Naturally, there's some worry that the new Sony flagship will be too big. Comparing the size of a Sony Xperia XZ4 case with the XZ Premium Using a case for the...

Apple Maps turn-by-turn navigation now available in India

Apple has enabled turn-by-turn navigation feature for India. Users can now use the voice navigation feature on their iOS and macOS devices, as well as in their cars using CarPlay. Turn-by-turn navigation has been a major missing piece of the puzzle ever since the service went live in India back in 2012. The initial release did not even show directions...

Photos allegedly show iPad mini 5, but we wouldn't hold our breath

Recent reports coming out of China suggest that Apple has started mass production of the iPad mini 5 and this might be it. The design sticks close to the iPad 9.7" (2018) with rounded sides and antenna window on top. The sides are important - the new iPad Pros have squared off sides so that the second-gen Apple Pencil can magnetically snap on the...

Huawei Y9 2019 comes to India for $230

Huawei Y9 (2019) was introduced back in October but fans in India had to wait more than 2 months for the Kirin 710-powered phone. Now it was officially announced as Amazon Exclusive and will be available for sale starting next Tuesday, January 15. The new Y9 comes with Game Assistant 2.0 for optimizing the system resources when gaming. There is also...

Redmi Note 7 debuts with 48 MP camera, amazing price tag

Lei Jun, Xiaomi CEO, introduced today the Redmi Note 7 - the first phone that's part of the new Redmi sub-brand. The phone has a 48 MP camera with Sony IMX586 sensor, Snapdragon 660 chipset, massive screen and battery, while costing just CNY999 ($150). The 6.3" LCD comes with a waterdrop notch for the selfie camera and Gorilla Glass on top. The resolution...

Samsung's Lite model will actually be called Galaxy S10 E, eschews in-display fingerprint sensor

AT&T's decision to rebrand LTE as "5G E" may not have gone very well with its competitors, but Samsung seems to have taken notice. That is because, according to a new rumor, the smartphone previously known as Galaxy S10 Lite will actually be sold under the name Galaxy S10 E. Make of that what you wish. Additionally, for cost-cutting purposes,...

Nokia 8.1 Plus renders show a punch hole camera on a 6.2" display

Renders of a Nokia 8.1 Plus show another change in design direction for HMD - dropping the notch in favor of a punch hole selfie camera. These come from the usually reliable @OnLeaks, but something's not quite right with the device. Despite the "Plus" designation, the phone is essentially the same size as the regular Nokia 8.1 - its screen measures...

HiSense U30 is the first phone with SD675, Samsung's 48MP camera

As other phone makers nap, HiSense swoops in with the most interesting handset at CES - the HiSense U30. This is the first phone with the new Snapdragon 675 chipset and that's not even the best part. The rear camera features a Samsung ISOCELL Bright GM1 48MP sensor - the first phone to do so. There's also a 5MP depth sensor next to it and a fingerprint...

Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 review

Once a prop for the communicating devices in sci-fi flicks, today the edge-to-edge screen has become a must-have feature for any flagship smartphone. It was Xiaomi who made the first steps in this direction back with their original Mi Mix phone a year before Apple came up with their notched iPhone X. The Mi Mix 3 proves once again that nothing is...

Xiaomi unveils the logo for the Redmi brand

Xiaomi has announced plans to spin off the Redmi line as a separate brand and brands need logos. CEO Lei Jun unveiled a minimalistic logo that simply says "Redmi by Xiaomi". The debut phones of the new brand will be the Redmi 7 and Redmi Note 7, which will be unveiled at an event tomorrow. You can see images of both, courtesy of TENAA. They feature...

Samsung showcases its foldable phone to a limited audience at CES 2019

CES 2019 is taking place in Las Vegas right now and even if there aren't many phone announcements coming from there, some companies still pull some surprises out of the sleeve. According to Korean media, Samsung showcased its foldable phone exclusively to customers behind closed doors. The phone is not yet ready to make a global appearance, since...

Lenovo Z5 Pro GT pops up on Geekbench with Snapdragon 855 on board

Lenovo announced the first smartphone with Snapdragon 855 Z5 Pro GT last month and now we get to see its first benchmark scorecard. The score sheet says the handset tested is the Lenovo L78032 with 6GB of RAM, an octa-core Qualcomm processor and runs Android 9.0 Pie out of the box. This contradicts the official specs of the handset as there are only...

Nokia 8 Sirocco finally getting the Android 9 Pie update

The Nokia 8 Sirocco is finally getting a stable release of the Android 9 Pie update. It brings the new gesture navigation, slices and app actions. Also, it adds Adaptive Battery and adaptive screen brightness level to improve battery life. All of these are standard features of Pie, of course. They lean on machine learning to predict what you will...

XOLO unveils Era 5X with LEDs on the front and back

Today, XOLO announced that it's starting to sell the Era 4X smartphone exclusively through Amazon India and also unveiled the Era 5X that will go on sale later on. The XOLO Era 4X is priced INR 4,444 (~€55) for the 1GB model and INR 5,555 (~€70) for the 2GB model. XOLO Era 4X Onto the Era 5X - it packs both a fingerprint scanner and face unlock -...