Xiaomi unveils Mi Home Projector Lite

Xiaomi has launched the Mi Home Projector Lite in China. It is priced at CNY2199 ($320) currently on the company's Mijia crowdfunding platform. It will later retail at CNY2499 ($364). The Mi Home Projector Lite is a compact long-throw projector. It can project a 1080p image between 40 and 200 inches in size with a native aspect ratio of 1.2:1. The projector has a 500 ANSI LED lamp that has a life of 30,000 hours. It supports HDR10. The projector also has a built-in speaker, along with Dolby Atmos and DTS support. It also has built-in Mi TV functionality along with voice control. It...

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The Nokia 8.1 uses NEG Dinorex instead of Gorilla Glass

Most recent Nokia phones use Gorilla Glass by Corning to protect their screens from scratches and cracks (as do most smartphones out there). The latest Nokia 8.1 skips GG in favor of another brand of strengthened glass - Dinorex by NEG. NEG is a Japanese company (Nippon Electric Glass) and uses a similar process to Corning - depositing potassium ions on the surface of the glass to toughen the glass. It's already used by several phones including models by ZTE (e.g. the nubia Red Magic Mars), Meizu and BQ. Dinorex is designed for mobile devices • How strengthened glass...

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Huawei Y9 2019 to launch in India on January 7

Yesterday, we reported that Amazon had set up a teaser page for the Huawei Y9 2019. The page had a few details about the phone but no information on price or availability. We have now learned that Huawei will be launching the phone in India January 7. The phone will be announced at an event in New Delhi. The company has sent out invites to the media for the same. For more details on the device, check out our story from yesterday. Source

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vivo opens up the Android Pie beta for the NEX and X21 phones to all Chinese users

Just before the New Year celebrations kicked off, vivo launched a closed Android Pie beta for its recent flagships in China. That was limited to just 5,000 participants, however. Starting today, the limit has been lifted and everyone who wants in can download the recruitment app and install the latest version of Funtouch OS. Head here for more details (again, this is limited to China). You have until January 6 to join. The update is available for the following phones: vivo X21 • vivo X21 UD • vivo NEX S • vivo NEX A It's a hefty download, 2.71GB in size. Here's the...

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Huawei unveils Y5 Lite with Android Oreo (Go Edition) on board

Huawei's second Android Go smartphone is here. The Huawei Y5 Lite offers lowly specs and an entry-level Android experience at a very attractive price. The Huawei Y5 Lite has a 5.45-inch IPS LCD of 1440x720px resolution, a rear-facing 8MP f/2.0 PDAF camera and a 5MP f/2.2 fixed-focus selfie camera. Huawei has equipped the Y5 Lite with 1GB of RAM, 16GB of expandable storage, a quad-core MediaTek MT6739 processor and a 3,020mAh battery with regular charging. Our only gripe with the Huawei Y5 Lite is the fact that it comes with Android 8.1 Oreo (Go Edition) and not Android 9 Pie (Go...

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Xiaomi has an event tomorrow, could unveil Redmi 7 or Redmi Pro 2

Xiaomi wants to start 2019 with a bang - today the company announced its first event for the year and it's sooner than you might expect - tomorrow, in fact. But what will be unveiled? The teaser post only promises that good things will happen. The Xiaomi Redmi Pro 2 - which may pack a powerful 48MP camera - has been teased for a while. Also, the Redmi 7 went through TENAA and is probably ready to go. Xiaomi announces an event for tomorrow • 48MP teaser • Redmi Pro 2 teaser What else? There's Redmi Go, Xiaomi's first Android Go phone, which won't be quite so exciting. And it's...

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