Honor 10 Lite debuts with gradient colors and sub-$300 price

Huawei created Honor as a brand for the young audience with massive online presence, and its latest attempt to appeal to such customers is called Honor 10 Lite. The new device has 6.21" screen and Kirin 710 with support for GPU Turbo 2.0, but the most prominent feature, according to the company, is the fancy gradient back panel in red or blue. The Honor 10 Lite is hardly any different from Honor 8X on the inside - the 12 nm SoC by HiSilicon is coupled with 4 GB or 6 GB RAM with up to 128 GB internal storage. The main camera setup has a 13 MP shooter with f/1.8 aperture and a secondary...

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Google Assistant just updated with Siri Shortcuts: "Hey Siri. Hey Google"

Google apps have always taken a backseat behind Apple's own offerings for Maps, Music, and even with Siri. Let's face it, many people find Siri to be inferior to the Google Assistant in many aspects including voice recognition. Today's news makes it one step easier to access Google Assistant via Siri Shortcuts. The latest version of Google Assistant for iOS supports Apple's Shortcuts app, which lets you program a list of tasks to perform using a vocal phrase with Siri or a shortcut that you add to a homescreen. Now, you can set the Shortcuts app to open Google Assistant with a phrase that...

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Samsung Galaxy M2 packing Exynos 7885 chipset goes through Geekbench

The first benchmark result of Samsung's upcoming Galaxy M series has surfaced in the Geekbench database. Going by the SM-M205F model name, this should be a "Samsung Galaxy M2". The phone is powered by an Exynos 7885 chipset, the same one used in the 2018 edition of some Galaxy A phones, including the recent Galaxy A7 (2018). The phone packed 3GB of RAM, which will likely be paired with 32GB storage (there should be a 64GB one, potentially with 4GB of RAM). Samsung Galaxy M2 (SM-M205F) at Geekbench That's a more powerful chipset than we expected out of the M-series, which takes...

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Google's Digital Wellbeing app no longer in beta

One of the trends in smartphone software this year is the ability to track and manage time spent within apps or setting limits for time-wasters like social media. This is one of the better trends to come from 2018 with many phone makers offering a different take on this. With that said, Google's Digital Wellbeing app is no longer in beta. If you wanted to use the Digital Wellbeing app on the Google Pixel 2 or Pixel 3, you had to sign up for a beta using your Google account. This is no longer the case as the app is now officially stable and out of beta. It is now available to all Google...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/googles_digital_wellbeing_app_no_longer_in_beta-news-34329.php

Google Pixel 3 XL with Android Q pops up on Geekbench

Plenty of manufacturers have already started pushing Android Pie to their devices, with Google, of course, being the first. Android Pie was announced in June, with actual rollout happening in October and all eyes are now set on the Android Q development. We still don't know how the OS will be called, but it appears the Mountain View company is already working on the update. A Google Pixel 3 XL smartphone was listed on Geekbench with Android Q for an operating system, suggesting an alpha package is already being tested. The rest of the listing, revealing Qualcomm chipset and 4 GB...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/google_pixel_3_xl_android_q_geekbench-news-34332.php

Samsung is working on a six-camera smartphone with 5G and a large 6.7-inch display

Today, a new report comes from The Wall Street Journal out of Seoul, claiming that Samsung is working on a "top-secret" device with 6 cameras: two in the front and four on the rear with the promise of "richer photos and better special perception". It sounds like Samsung wants to go after the Huawei Mate 20 Pro, which launched with three cameras and can shoot up to 5x hybrid zoom and macro shots up to 2.5cm close to the camera. This alleged Samsung device is referred to the "Beyond X" which also is said to have 5G connectivity and come with a large 6.7-inch display, larger than the 6.4-inch...

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