Weekly poll: Realme 6 and Realme 6 Pro borrow features from the X-series, but do you want one?

While Realme has waded into the flagship battle, the company's mid-rangers are still its most desirable products as they offer great value for money. The Realme 6 went on sale this Wednesday and the Pro on Friday, so we wanted to ask - will you be picking one up and which one? The Realme 6 and the 6 Pro borrow several features from the company's budding flagship line, the X-series, so the two phones feel tangibly more premium than the Realme 5 and 5 Pro. For one, both phones now have 1080p display panels. Better yet, they feature 90Hz refresh rate and 120Hz touch sampling. Also, Realme...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/weekly_poll_realme_6_and_realme_6_pro-news-41939.php

Flashback: the headphone jack has been around for over 100 years, still has a place on phones

The 3.5mm headphone jack is a dying breed - most smartphone manufacturers are skipping it, especially on higher-end devices. But its story deserves to be told, the jack has been around almost as long as phones, its original use was in 19th century switchboards when human operators manually connected your call. They needed a way to easily make and break electrical connection that carry audio. Today's use of the jack is much the same, even if most audio lives in the digital domain (of course, it's inevitably transformed into an analog signal before it can reach your ears). Phone jacks...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/flashback_the_headphone_jack_has_been_around_for_over_100_years_still_has_a_place_on_phones-news-41946.php

Realme 6i confirmed to feature waterdrop notch display, 16MP selfie camera and 5,000 mAh battery

The Realme 6i is set to be unveiled on March 17 and the company has already revealed that the smartphone will come with the Helio G80 SoC, 48MP quad camera and 18W fast charging. Now Realme has revealed that 6i will pack a 5,000 mAh battery, which from a previous teaser we know will charge through a USB-C port. The 6i will sport a 16MP selfie shooter, which is an upgrade over the 5i's 8MP front camera. However, this snapper will be housed inside a waterdrop notch, unlike the 6 and 6 Pro's selfie cameras that are placed inside punch holes in the top-left corner of their...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/realme_6i_specs_selfie_camera_battery-news-42014.php

Huawei P40 Lite in for review

Huawei has made it a habit to release the Lite version of its flagship series before the actual flagships, and such is the case with the P40 Lite as well. The phone was initially launched as nova 6 SE in Asia, but was upgraded to a part of the P40 portfolio in Europe and other markets. The phone finally arrived with us for a review, but until that's complete here are our initial impressions. The Huawei P40 Lite is arriving with a Kirin 810 chipset, meaning it is an entirely new platform that is relying on Huawei Mobile Services instead of Google Mobile Services. Huawei is busy...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_p40_lite_in_for_review-news-41917.php

Weekly poll results: Oppo Find X2 Pro sees a lot of love, the X2 not so much

Last week Oppo finally announced the successor to the 2018 Oppo Find X. In fact, we now have two successors - the Find X2 and Find X2 Pro. As the name implies, the Pro model adds a couple of extra features on top of the vanilla and it's generally considered to be the proper flagship. And it's by far the better loved of the duo. The results are clear - the X2 Pro has ten times the approval rate of the vanilla X2. Somewhat worryingly for Oppo the "too expensive" option end up the most popular. However the €200 upgrade that gives you better ultrawide and 5x periscope telephoto cameras along...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/weekly_poll_results_oppo_find_x2_pro_sees_a_lot_of_love_the_x2_not_so_much-news-41928.php

Xiaomi Mi CC9 starts receiving MIUI 11 based on Android 10

Reports from users in China claim that the Xiaomi has started seeding MIUI 11 based on Android 10 to their Mi CC9 handsets. And this is the stable version of the software we are talking about. The update is around 2.3GB big and brings the intrinsic Android 10 features like system-wide dark mode and more granular control over app permissions. Additionally, the changelog says something about fixing some of the issues the phone had with the previous version of the OS and, of course, the February 2020 security patch has also been included in the package. This update hints at a...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_cc9_starts_receiving_miui_11_based_on_android_10-news-42013.php