Asus launches ZenFone Lite L1 and ZenFone Max M1 in India

Asus has launched two new budget smartphones in the Indian market, the ZenFone Lite L1 and the ZenFone Max M1. The two phones will go against the current segment leaders, the Xiaomi Redmi 6A and the Redmi 6, respectively. The ZenFone Lite L1 is priced at INR5,999 ($82) at launch, which is the same as the Redmi 5A price. The ZenFone Max M1 is priced at INR7,499($102), which slightly undercuts that of the more expensive Redmi 6. The pricing is introductory on both devices, with the ZenFone Lite L1 set to cost INR6,999($95) and the ZenFone Max M1 to go to INR8,999($122) after the launch...

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Huawei officially launches EMUI 9.0 beta for 9 phones

Huawei officially announced the launch of the beta program for EMUI 9.0, based on Android Pie. The company took it to Twitter to say which devices will be the first to receive an update to the latest version of the platform. The list includes six Huawei and three Honor phones, all powered by the Kirin 970 chipset, since the Kirin 980-powered Mate 20 series smartphones already run the EMUI 9.0 out of the box. Here's the full list of first-wave phones: Huawei Mate 10 Huawei Mate 10 Pro Huawei Mate 10 Porsche Design Huawei Mate RS Porsche Design Huawei P20 Huawei P20 Pro Honor...

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Xiaomi Black Shark 2 shows up on Geekbench running Android 8.1 Oreo

Xiaomi is all set to launch the follow-up to the Black Shark gaming smartphone released in April this year - it has an official landing page up, it has the TENAA clearance and supposedly a launch date as well. A Geekbench listing, however, is here to reveal some specs of the upcoming handset. According to the score sheet, the Black Shark 2 will ship with Snapdragon 845 and at least one of the version will feature 8GB of RAM - no surprise here. But the sheet also reveals Android 8.1 Oreo running out of the box. With Android 9.0 Pie out since August that's somewhat disappointing but with...

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vivo Z3 is official - Two versions with different Snapdragon chipsets

The Chinese manufacturer vivo introduced the V11 in early September in China, then renamed the phone as V11 Pro in India. Later the company issued a slightly lighter version called V11i everywhere else but had the simple V11 moniker on the Indian market. And when you thought it couldn't get more confusing, the Helio P60-powered unit with a fingerprint scanner on the back appeared as vivo Z3i in China. vivo Z3 All these phones have the same footprint, and now a new twin named vivo Z3 joined the family. It is exactly the same in size, including the waterdrop notch, but it...

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Samsung Galaxy Watch gets a new update that improves charging and music playback

Samsung's latest wearable, the Galaxy Watch, debuted alongside the Galaxy Note9 back in August. Today it's started to receive a new software update. This isn't a big one, nor does it bring with it new features. Instead, what it does is enhance the reliability of battery charging and improve the reliability of music playback. Additionally, the overall usability and experience have been improved as well, though there are no further details as to what that might entail. The update requires a 28MB download, and you can grab it through the Galaxy Wearable app on the phone that your...

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Foldable tablets are coming: Lenovo to launch one with an LG-made display

You might already be tired of reading rumors about foldable smartphones being imminent - after all, they've been in the news for years without one single such device actually shipping yet (or being announced). Well then, how about foldable tablets? Apparently those are going to exist too, at some point in the future. And the first one might be a Lenovo tablet, with an LG-made foldable screen. That is, if a new report from South Korea is to be believed. The Lenovo foldable tablet will have a 13" display when it's opened, and 8" to 9" when folded. It should be sold in China, at least...

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