Xiaomi announces 30W Mi Charge Turbo wireless charging for Mi 9 Pro 5G

Xiaomi showcased its latest smartphone innovation today, introducing its Mi Charge Tubro tech. It's a wireless charging standard supporting the unseen-on-a-smartphone 30W speed. A 5-layer nanocrystal receiver coil was used with a conversion efficiency of 98 percent, which should help keep temperatures under control too. The company claims that should be enough to take a flat 4,000mAh battery to 50% in just 25 minutes. A full charge on the same size is achieved in 69 minute. In comparison the previous best by Xiaomi - Mi 9, which went to 20W - only charged 30% of its 3,300mAh battery in...

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Honor 30 confirmed to come with Kirin 990, 5G support in tow

Huawei officially announced its new Kirin 990 flagship SoC on Friday and the company already confirmed that the Mate 30-series will be the first phones to adopt it. Today, sub-brand Honor also reveled its first product to pack theits Kirin 990. Honor's brand president officially confirmed the V30 name last month and today the company announced that the handset will be the first for the company to sport the SoC with 5G connectivity. The V30 name is usually used for the Chinese market so if we see the phone make it outside the country, it will likely be called View 30. Via (in...

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vivo posts a number of teaser NEX 3 videos and images

The new vivo NEX 3 is all set to launch next week and vivo released a plethora of teaser videos and a couple of renders as well. They don't carry any new information, especially after the TENAA listing came out a couple of days ago, but we get a much better look of the handset's design aside from the Waterfall-type of display. Official teaser images The sides don't have any buttons while the dual front facing camera is mounted on a motorized pop-up mechanism on top. It's unclear if the second module is a depth sensor or an ultrawide module. It looks as if the phone will...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 36

It was certainly one of the most turbulent weeks in recent memory in our trending chart. Only the top three from last week remain and one of them barely hung up to the 10th spot. Impressively enough, the Redmi 8 Pro managed to retain its lead amid the drama, but the next phone to have been here last week is all the way down in seventh. Nokia 7.2 takes second, while another phone to come at IFA - Sony Xperia 5 - completes the podium. A trio of Apple iPhones follows - those are going official next week, but they are already getting people talking about them. In seventh we have...

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Week 36 in review: IFA week brings a myriad of announcements

Welcome to your personal recap of a very, very busy week in the world of tech. This week saw the IFA trade show's biggest announcements - while the show technically started on September 6, a number of smartphone announcements happened on the days before that. Here's a list of the many announcements of the week, which include the Kirin 990, vivo Z1x, LG G8X ThinQ, Moto E6 Plus and One Zoom, Nokia 7.2 and 6.2, Huawei Enjoy 10 Plus, and many many more. We'll be focusing on the biggest announcements in the paragraphs to follow. Samsung announced the Galaxy A90 5G and officially relaunched...

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Weekly poll: What were the best phones to come out at IFA 2019

IFA 2019 saw several major reveals - you can read our recap of the new phones that were announced if you were too busy to follow along with each event. What do you think - was it more exciting than last year? Here's the 2018 recap if you need a reminder. And more importantly - which is your favorite phone? That's the theme of this week's poll. To keep things fair, we've split things into flagships and mid-rangers. Let's start with the flagships. We'll link to our hands-on reviews and videos if you need more info on each phone. Asus ROG Phone II ZS660KL • Sony Xperia 5 • LG G8X...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/weekly_poll_best_new_flagship_and_midranger_of_ifa_2019-news-39074.php