Xiaomi Mi 9 shines in hands-on photos

Earlier today Xiaomi officially announced the Mi 9 arrival on February 20. There are seven days until the official announcement, but the device already popped up in hands-on images, revealing the three-cam setup. The colorful accent around the camera is also visible and the back panel seems to have a unique paint job. Xiaomi Mi 9 hands-on photos The front of the Xiaomi Mi 9 will have a waterdrop notch for the selfie camera. Having such a small cutout means no more 3D face-scanning technology, introduced with the Mi 8 Pro. The bezels from all sides look minimal, with the bottom...

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Samsung puts up "The future unfolds" billboards in 5 more major cities

Back in January, Samsung put up giant billboards with "The future unfolds" written in Korean at Palace de la Concorde, Paris. Now, similar posters have gone up in five more iconic locations: New York's Times Square, Milan's Piazza del Duomo, Madrid's Callao Square, Moscow's Hydroproject Building and Singapore's The Heeren. New York City, Times Square The message hints at no less than "the future of smartphone innovation", referencing the new foldable Galaxy F, the 5G Galaxy S10 X, as well as the other three Galaxy S10 flagships. Milan, Piazza del Duomo • Madrid,...

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New renders show Sony Xperia XA3 and XA3 Ultra

The Sony Xperia XA3 will go "CinemaWide", just like the XZ4 flagship, but the renders so far haven't made a clear distinction between the vanilla, Plus and/or Ultra models. Rumors have described two models so far - one with a 5.9" screen (vanilla) and one with 6.5" (Ultra?). Sony Xperia XA3 and XA3 Ultra side by side These side-by-side 3D renders appear to show exactly those models, at least measuring the proportion of their screen diagonals matches the 5.9"/6.5" rumor accurately. Both screens have 21:9 aspect ratio. Size aside, the two models seem pretty much identical with...

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BOE dethrones LG as world's largest LCD TV and monitor panel manufacturer

After BOE stole LG's thunder as the main OLED panel supplier for Huawei's Mate 20 Pro, it has now displaced the Korean company as the world's largest LCD TV and monitor panel supplier. According to Sigmaintell Consulting, BOE shipped 54.3 million TV panels and 37.3 million monitor panels. In comparison, LG's numbers stood at 48.6 million and 34.5 million, respectively. But analysts think the competition will heat up in 2019 - CEC-Panda LCD Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) are about to ramp up production and adopt aggressive pricing strategies. CEC-Panda...

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Oppo teases F11 Pro with 48 MP camera

Last week we saw a leaked teaser of the Oppo F11 Pro with new camera setup on the back and no selfie camera on the front, suggesting a pop-up design. The image said "48 MP" and "Brilliant Portrait in low light", and today the company released an official six-second video on Twitter, confirming the slogans and the design of the phone. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. We say a #BrilliantPortrait is worth even more.  RT if you're set for the new #OPPOF11Pro, launching soon. pic.twitter.com/5ZyAirvzPf— OPPO (@oppo) February 13, 2019 The new smartphone is expected to have a...

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Galaxy S10e name officially confirmed by Samsung

After the massive Galaxy S10 leak from yesterday, there were few things left uncertain about the Samsung lineup. One of those was the name of the budget variant but we can cross it off the list. According to Samsung's official French website, the handset will indeed be called Galaxy S10e with a lowercase "e". The French branch set up a landing page and without giving any further details, it lists all three Galaxy S10 models with their names. This is as official as it gets. There's also no info regarding the fourth 5G model, but we assume it will come out later this year, while the...

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