Huawei's Petal Search reaches 18M monthly active users outside China, to hit 60M by the end of the year

Earlier this week Huawei held a briefing with select media representatives to give more updates on its HMS and HarmonyOS environment. Some interesting numbers were reported at the meeting, hosted by Dr. Jaime Gonzalo, VP Consumer Mobile Services and Andreas Zimmer, Head of Product at Huawei Europe - Petal Search, Huawei’s own search engine, is on track to reach 60 million active users outside China by the end of 2021. During the call, both executives underlined that Huawei is strong outside its domestic market. Currently, there are 18 million monthly active users of Petal Search...

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The Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 Pro Max is reportedly coming soon with an inward folding design

Xiaomi’s first foldable phone has been a long time coming, but the wait may soon be over. Leakster Digital Chat Station claims that tentatively named Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 Pro Max will adopt an inward-folding design similar to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 and Huawei Mate X2. This could the prototype that was spotted in the wild in January. Then a foldable phone with a model number M2011J18C surfaced on TENAA in February. However, it could be only one of three Xiaomi foldables to be launched this year according to Ross Young, founder of Display Supply Chain Consultants. Xiaomi foldable...

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Poco X3 Pro launch teased for March 30

Poco has been going a little mad lately and the teaser for its next release is anything but straightforward. Instead, it focuses on what the brand does best – communication with the fans. Here's a letter for the Poco family. The letter itself is interesting, talking about why no other phone has managed to reach the insane value-for-money levels of the Poco F1 – costs and taxes have gone up, so INR 21,000 phones can’t get flagship Snapdragon chips. But note that bits of the text are in bold. If we’re reading this right, the Poco X3 Pro is coming on March 30. The phone recently bagged...

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Samsung Galaxy A52 5G appears in unboxing video

While Samsung is expected to announce its Galaxy A52 and A72 phones at next week’s Unpacked event, YouTuber Moboaesthetics got a hold of a retail Galaxy A52 5G unit early and posted his unboxing video. We can see the box reveals some of the phone’s key specs which match previous leaks. These include an Infinity-O display, 64MP main camera with OIS and IP67 water and dust resistance rating. The side of the packaging reveals the A52 5G bears the SM-A526B/DS model number. The box contents include a USB-A to USB-C cable alongside a 25W fast charger, clear silicone case and SIM ejector...

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OnePlus 9 series will feature a 50MP Sony IMX766 ultrawide camera, CEO shares camera sample

OnePlus recently confirmed that the primary cameras on its OnePlus 9 series arriving on March 23 will use Sony's IMX789 sensor. Now the company has also revealed the ultrawide camera on the OnePlus 9 will use an IMX766 sensor. Capture beautiful ultra-wide photos with the #OnePlus9Series. Learn more: https://t.co/1emddh5FvZ pic.twitter.com/b62Sg4bEfV— OnePlus India (@OnePlus_IN) March 9, 2021 The ultrawide camera will have 50MP resolution, and OnePlus says the unit will come with a freeform lens, which will reduce distortion from 20% to about 1%. OnePlus CEO Mr. Pete Lau even shared a...

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Asus unveils ROG Phone 5, Pro and Ultimate with 6.78" 144 Hz AMOLED displays, S888 chipsets

Asus has unleashed the ROG Phone 5. The gaming flagship has been redesigned to improve performance and ergonomics and now comes in multiple flavors with the Ultimate edition sporting 18GB of RAM. Let’s break down the different versions. The vanilla Asus ROG Phone 5 has three main configurations or versions A, B and C as Asus calls them. The difference between them is the memory configuration. A has 12GB or 16GB of RAM and 256GB storage, B adds a basic 8/128GB model and C comes in 8/128GB and 12/256GB configurations. Note that most models use UFS 3.1 storage, except the version C...

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