Honor X8a announced with 90Hz screen and 100MP main cam

Honor’s latest entry-level device - the Honor X8a brings a 100MP main camera and a 6.7-inch FHD+ LCD with a 90Hz refresh rate. The phone is equipped with MediaTek’s Helio G88 chipset alongside 6/8GB RAM and 128GB of non-expandable storage. The back houses a 100 MP main cam with an f/1.9 lens and autofocus alongside a 5MP ultrawide cam and a 2MP macro module. There’s a 16MP selfie cam housed in a punch-hole cutout on the display. The software side is covered by Magic UI 6.1 based on Android 12 while the battery comes in at 4,500 mAh and supports 22.5W fast charging. Honor X8a key...

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Microsoft announces enhanced Bing and Edge powered by OpenAI

After its recent $10 billion investment in OpenAI, Microsoft is now overhauling its Bing search engine and Edge browser with a next-generation OpenAI large language model. Bing and Edge will now tap into OpenAI’s infrastructure to give you summarized answers to your specific search queries instead of presenting you with an overwhelming amount of search result links. Microsoft is also applying the new AI model to its search algorithm and claims the new OpenAI model used in Bing and Edge is faster, more accurate and more capable than ChatGPT. Bing will retain its classic search...

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Honor Magic Vs teardown reveals the four-component hinge

Honor announced the Magic Vs in November 2022, and the foldable will make its international debut on February 27 at MWC in Barcelona. The company provided a pre-production unit to the Jerry Rig Everything channel on YouTube, where Zack tears down the foldable and tells us all about its innovative hinge. This is the first time Honor is shedding light on the meaning of its “4-component design” which lowers the number of components from 92 to just 4. Zack reveals the magnesium elements are cast together and molded into the plastic frame, making the hinge more durable and 62% lighter than...

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vivo V27 5G visits Geekbench with 12GB of RAM, unknown MediaTek chipset

Back in November of last year a leak talked about vivo launching the V27 and V27 Pro in India sometime this month. Today the V27 has allegedly showed up in the Geekbench online database, and thus is seemingly solidifying the credibility of that past information, since prototypes are usually tested closer to their official introductions. The phone which ran Geekbench has the model number V2246, and it runs Android 13, unsurprisingly. Perhaps somewhat more surprising is the fact that it has 12GB of RAM, which is not something you see often on a mid-ranger. The chipset isn't listed, but due...

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OnePlus enters the tablet game with the OnePlus Pad

As expected OnePlus delivered its first tablet today, dubbed simply Pad. The new offering lands in the premium tablet segment with a Dimensity 9000 chipset, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB UFS 3.1 storage. It also carries a distinct design, so you'll never mistake it for another maker's slate. Upfront, the OnePlus Pad offers an unusual 7:5 aspect display - an aspect sitting between 3:2 and 4:3. It's an 11.61-inch 2800x2000px IPS LCD with a variable refresh rate that goes up to 144Hz. The panel reaches 500 nits and offers solid 1400:1 contrast. OnePlus says the thin bezels allow for a...

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The OnePlus 11 and Buds Pro 2 are now globally available

The OnePlus 11 and the OnePlus Buds Pro 2 started their global journey today. The pair was unveiled in China back on January 4, so there are no surprises when it comes to their hardware, but let's do them over, just in case. The OnePlus 11 is the company's full-on flagship, now that the Pro monicker has been dropped. It features a 6.7-inch 1440x3216px Fluid AMOLED LTPO3 display with with adaptive 120Hz refresh rate, and a peak brightness of 1300 nits. There's a 16MP selfie camera on the front. On the back, the OnePlus 11 has a 50MP f/1.8 24mm main camera (IMX890 - 1/1.56"), a 32MP...

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