LG launches the G8s ThinQ and Q60 in India

LG has launched two new devices in the Indian market, the G8s ThinQ and the Q60. The LG G8s ThinQ looks similar to the more expensive G8 ThinQ but is a cutback version at a lower price. It has the same Snapdragon 855 chipset but the triple camera system on the back is slightly worse. The front camera system is also a bit worse but still has the ToF 3D camera for Hand ID. It also has a lower resolution 1080p display instead of 1440p. The G8s ThinQ has a 6.21-inch, 2248x1080 resolution OLED display. It's powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset with 6GB of memory and 128GB...

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Weekly poll results: people love the Huawei Mate 30 duo, but aren't keen to buy without Google

Last week's poll shows that buyers are faced with a dilemma - people love the new Huawei Mate 30 duo, but the no-Google situation means that many will hold off on buying one. Many in the comments are optimistic that manually installing Google Play Services is easy enough (after all, many do that to phones they imported from China). Some even seem happy enough to use Huawei's AppGallery instead. Still, instead of an overwhelmingly positive result, the phones got more of a lukewarm reception. Maybe things got a little warmer after the Mate 30 Pro climbed to the top of the DxOMark...

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Flashback: OnePlus One's story is one of great success and some missteps

The OnePlus One was a dream phone - the dream of Pete Lau and Carl Pei. The two met at Oppo and eventually left together to form their own company based on the ideals of simplicity and quality, the "never settle" mantra was part of the company's mission statement from the beginning. Before we get to the phone, a short bio on the company's founders will help us understand how they got to where they are. Pete Lau worked at Oppo where as a Vice President he was instrumental of bringing CyanogenMod to the Oppo N1. Carl Pei was hired by Meizu after the Meizu fan site he created got popular and...

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First Meizu 17 renders show off a curved screen design

With the Meuzi 16 and 16s series in the past, it's time too look forward to the Meizu 17 and the first renders of the smartphone arrive just in time. As of now, there's only a render from the front revealing a curved screen design (could be an extreme, "waterfall" curve like the vivo NEX 3 or the Mate 30 Pro) or it could be just a standard curve like the Galaxy S and Note-series. Aside from that, we can see an under-display fingerprint reader - no surprises there - and super slim bottom and top bezels. The top one, however, is still big enough to house a selfie camera, crammed in...

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Future iPhones could come with LED-illuminated Apple logo, patent reveals

According to a new patent, future iPhones might finally get LED notification light of some sort, which would double as an Apple logo too. The patent tells a story about a transparent layer on the back of a smartphone with adjustable decoration overlapping by the transparent layer changing the appearance of the light that comes out of the logo. There's also a control circuitry that can adjust the appearance in response to an event like a call or missed notification. It's interesting to see this feature being revived after it was removed from MacBooks. As some of you remember, the...

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OnePlus will begin manufacturing its TVs in India by the end of the year

In an interview, Pete Lau, the company's CEO said that the the newly-announced OnePlus TVs will be produced in India by the end of the year. As for now, the TVs sold in India are imported from China with a starting price for the non-Pro model at INR 69,900. Gradually, TVs sold in the country will be produced within the borders, which could also mean that prices would go down a little due to the lack of import taxes and cost of labor. Unfortunately, the CEO also said that the company isn't planning affordable TVs in the near future and will focus on higher-end devices for...

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