Huawei to launch first Harmony OS beta for mobile phones on December 18

Huawei knows the future path to Google Services might be non-existent even with a new US President, so the company is going full ahead with its own Harmony OS. According to Wang Chenglu, the president of the software department at Huawei Consumer Business Group, the open-source platform will be available to developers around December 18 and the first demo units will run the OS by January or February 2021. Official HarmonyOS roadmap Dr. Wang revealed all the employees at Huawei are working towards building a new ecosystem around the Harmony idea and so far everything is going...

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Moto G Stylus 2021 specs leak

Way back in February, Motorola released its Moto G Stylus in the US (known as Moto G Pro globally) and now Evan Blass is bringing our first set of detail on its successor. The G Stylus 2021 (name still tentative) bears the XT2115 model number and will sport a 6.81-inch FHD+ display compared to the 6.41-inch panel on its predecessor. It will be powered by a Snapdragon 675 chipset which should deliver a performance boost over the SD 665 on last year’s model. RAM and storage will remain at 4GB/128GB. The camera setup will be nearly identical with a 48MP primary shooter alongside an 8MP...

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vivo now has a new launch date for Origin OS - November 18

Vivo will introduce its fans to a “brand new world,” as the slogan for its new Origin OS says. The company was expected to unveil the interface on November 19, during VDC 2020 (vivo Developers Conference), but now we know it will actually be officially introduced a day ahead - November 18. Origin OS is arriving on November 18 The Origin OS now has its own Weibo page, and the first post unveiled the date when a “Special Event” will take place in Shenzhen, China. The location isn’t surprising; it is the city next door to vivo’s home Dongguan and is part of the local so-called Silicon...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 45

The Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max reigned our trending chart for a long time and in a weird twist it was taken down by a couple of rumored phones part of Xiaomi's Redmi lineup. The Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G and Redmi Note 9 5G appeared in a couple of major leaks and clearly got a lot of people excited. Combined with the iPhone 12 Pro Max hype dying down a bit it pushed the new Apple flagship down to third place. It will certainly hope to do better next week when its market availability starts. The newly announced Huawei nova 8 SE vaulted to fourth, while the Poco X3 NFC regained some of its old...

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Realme 7i hands-on review

Introduction Realme has been churning-out handsets at breakneck pace since its inception with the budget segment its happiest hunting ground. Hot on the heels of the new Narzo 20 trio - 20A, 20 and 20 Pro, Realme also decided to refresh its number series the Realme 7i. As the "i" suffix suggests, the Realme 7i is a slightly toned-down version of the vanilla Realme 7. In this case, the Asian Realme 7 variant is a closer match than the Global Realme 7 due to the shared 64MP Quad-Bayer camera. Realme 7i specs at a glance: Body: 164.1x75.5x8.9mm, 188g; Colors: Aurora Green,...

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ASUS ROG Kunai 3 Gamepad & TwinView Dock 3 review

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