Weekly poll results: the fans rebel against OnePlus' switch to the mainstream

It looks like OnePlus has angered its fans – the results from last week’s poll show that voters were against the new models 4 to 1. We rarely see a result quite so negative, however, it seems that not everyone shares this opinion. The OnePlus 9 series raked in pre-orders much higher than last year’s 8 series, eclipsing it by over 300%. The pre-order period ended this week with the OnePlus 9 Pro going on sale in multiple regions around the world on Wednesday. The vanilla OnePlus 9 became available a few days before that. Then there’s the OnePlus 9R, a revamped 8T. That is still a...

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Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro are getting a stable MIUI 12.5 Update in China

Xiaomi has successfully kicked-off its latest MIUI 12.5 update wave. Just like the company originally promised, the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro are part of the first batch of devices in line for MIUI 12.5. And, indeed, a stable build has now started seeding to Chinese units. MIUI 12.5 OTA packages for Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro China The OTA with firmware version V12.5.3.0.RJBCNXM and V12.5.3.0.RJACNXM, for the vanilla and Mi 10 Pro, respectively, weighs around 4GB and is based on Android 11. It also includes March 2021 Android security patches. You can read the changelog at the source...

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Honor MagicBook Pro Intel review

Introduction, unboxing, compared to AMD model This is the Honor MagicBook Pro and it's the 16.1-inch bang-for-buck champion in Honor's lineup of laptops at the moment. We had a run-in with this machine back in September and did a full review on it, only it was powered by the AMD Ryzen 5 4600H with built-in Radeon RX Vega 6 GPU. The unit we have today is the Intel Core i5-10210U-powered model with an NVIDIA GeForce MX350 GPU with the rest basically unchanged. We'll go over the hardware aspects of the Honor MagicBook Pro but won't get into too much detail as anything outside of...

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Realme Buds Air 2 Neo TWS earphones are coming on April 7 with Active Noise Cancellation

Realme unveiled the Buds Air 2 TWS earphones in February, and today the company revealed it will introduce their more affordable version dubbed Buds Air 2 Neo on April 7. This announcement comes from Realme's Pakistani branch, who shared a picture on its Twitter and Facebook accounts revealing the Buds Air 2 Neo's design and key features. The Buds Air 2 Neo look similar to the Buds Q that are Realme's most affordable TWS earphones right now. However, you can see that Realme's "R" logo on the Buds Q is now done away with on the Buds Air 2 Neo and the earphones also appear to have...

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Oppo A74 5G store listing features a 90Hz LCD display, and a quad camera setup and $340 price tag

The Oppo A74 has been visiting the rumor mill for quite some time now and we are well aware that a 4G and a 5G variant are on their way. A rather substantial leak from a few days ago offered plenty of detail on the 4G A74, or model number CPH2219. Some of those highlights include a Snapdragon 633 chipset, with 6GB of RAM, a triple rear camera setup, consisting of a 48MP main unit and two 2MP macro and depth sensors and also, crucially a 6.43-inch AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution and an in-display fingerprint scanner. We already knew that the 5G variant of the Oppo A74 (CPH2197)...

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OnePlus 9, 9 Pro receive OxygenOS 11.2.2.2 with camera improvements and bug fixes

The OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro unveiled last week are receiving yet another software update as OnePlus has released OxygenOS 11.2.2.2. The new update bumps up the Android security patch levels on both smartphones to March 2021 and comes with tons of improvements and bug fixes. You can check out the complete changelog below for more details. System Improved the charging stability to provide a better user experience Improved WhatsApp's video clarity when giving video calls Improved the vibrating performance of games such as Call of Duty and PUBG Fixed the issue...

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