Xiaomi Mi 9 specs and features officially revealed

Xiaomi Mi 9 is arriving in two days, but the company is so proud of its upcoming flagship, it already teased pretty much everything interesting about the smartphone. In a series of posts it revealed colors, the specifics of the triple camera setup along with wireless charging, fingerprint scanner, screen and some other features. Xiaomi Mi 9 camera features The Mi 9 triple setup will have a 48 MP camera with 0.8 µm pixel size and 1/2" image sensor, effectively outputting 12 MP images. The second snapper will be 16 MP ultra wide-angle with 117-degree FoV and f/2.2...

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vivo iQOO phone appears in real life, does not fold

Last week vivo introduced a new sub-brand called iQOO and we were wondering what will be its focus. We assumed it might be a gaming smartphone, but official-looking renders suggested a foldable device with fold-out design. During the broadcast of the NBA All-Star Game, a TV presenter in China revealed the smartphone, but it is just a regular-looking device with three cameras on the back and the iQOO logo in the lower left corner, positioned sideways. vivo iQOO Looking at how Huawei and Honor designs some of its handsets to be held in landscape mode so the logo reads...

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Transparent Xiaomi Mi 9 to be named after Alita: Battle Angel

We've heard rumors of a Mi 9 version with a Transparent back, but today the official teaser of the phone appeared online. The device will be called Xiaomi Mi 9: Battle Angel and is a product of the partnership between the Chinese phone manufacturer and the movie Alita: Battle Angel. The teaser directs the attention to the Qualcomm chipset, confirmed to be Snapdragon 855. There is also the triple camera and the Qi Wireless power charging coil on the lower side of the back. There are even some writings like "MIUI" and "Super Mi", pointing to the user interface and what is likely to be a...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 7

Week 7 was the proverbial calm before the storm that will follow over the next 10 days. The Samsung's Galaxy M20 is still leading from the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7, but in third we have a name that's entirely new to this chart. More surprising still, it's the just announced Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e tablet - it's been years since we had one of those among the top 10. That pushed the Galaxy A7 (2018) down to fourth, while the leader's more affordable sibling - Galaxy M10 gained four spots to take fifth. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro had to settle for sixth this time around after narrowly...

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Week 7 in review: Galaxy S10 and Xiaomi Mi 9's last week of rumors

It was a fun few weeks of constant Galaxy S10 rumor coverage but this is officially the last one. Not that there won't be leaks to cover next Monday and Tuesday but Wednesday Samsung will put an end to it with the unveil of its Galaxy S10 lineup. This week was once again dominated by the upcoming flagship trio. The biggest story by far was the detailed specs sheet, which we exclusively brought to you. We also witnessed the Galaxy S10+ being handled on video and saw its official banner from the upcoming event's promotional material. Samsung itself confirmed the 4K selfie camera and...

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The week leading to MWC will be hot: What to expect

We are entering what may become the busiest 10 days in the smartphone world in recent memory. The week leading up to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and the first days of the actual MWC will see most major manufacturers introduce new devices - flagships, camera phones, 5G-enabled phones, midrangers, even handsets with Android Go. Here's a brief summary to get you up to speed: Samsung The Korean manufacturer decided to pull its phone announcements away from big conferences to have all the spotlight for itself. The Galaxy S10 trio will arrive with spectacular Infinity-O screens,...

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