OnePlus Nord's Android 11 update fixed, rollout resumes

The developers needed a few days to the fix issues in OnePlus Nord’s Android 11 update, which was paused due to bug reports coming in. A hotfix is now rolling out to all Nord owners – both those who have the original Android 11 update installed and those who do not. The new update’s firmware version is 11.1.1.1 and the changelog is almost the same as that of the original release. The key additions to the log are Optimized power consumption to increase battery life, Fixed the known issues and Improved system stability. A hotfix is rolling out for OnePlus Nord's Android 11...

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Xiaomi granted injunction in the US

In the early days of this year, Xiaomi was subject to an executive order ban by the US Department of Defense over allegations of being a “Communist Chinese Military Company”. The action undertaken in the last days of President Trump’s term prevented US companies from investing capital in Xiaomi and naturally raised concerns if more severe measures could be taken in a similar manner to Huawei’s ban. In a sigh of relief, Xiaomi was granted a preliminary injunction by the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia which lifts the investment restrictions for US companies. U.S....

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HTC Wildfire E3 is official with four cameras and a 4,000 mAh battery

HTC has its glory days way in its past but it hasn't given up and today it had a new phone launch. It has released the HTC Wildfire E3 - an entry-level smartphone with four cameras, a big battery and a Mediatek chipset. The Wildfire E3 runs on Helio P22 platform with octa-core CPU running at 2.0GHz. It has 3/4 GB RAM and two storage options - 64GB or 128GB, with up to 128GB more through a microSD slot. The screen of the phone is a 6.5” LCD with HD+ resolution. There’s no room for the fingerprint scanner on the front, so the sensor made its way to the back. Speaking about the...

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Realme 8, 8 Pro blind sale scheduled to begin today

The Realme 8 series will arrive on March 24, but the brand is opening pre-orders early, at noon IST today. The campaign, called “Infinity Sale”, will continue until the end of the week, and everyone who pre-orders will be able to claim their device on March 25 - just a day after the official unveiling. Pre-orders will be taking at Flipkart.com and Realme’s own online store with an upfront payment of INR1,080 (about $15). The brand also promised a free gift during this blind sale, in which customers are technically pre-ordering a phone they haven’t even seen. The remaining amount...

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Realme 8 series is arriving on March 24 with 108MP Infinity Camera

Realme introduced the Realme 7 and Realme 7 Pro last September, and the company is now set to follow up with their successors Realme 8 and 8 Pro on March 24. Realme sent us a special media invite package for the Realme 8 lineup's announcement, which tells us that the March 24 event will mark the global debut of the Realme 8 smartphones, and it will be streamed live in India starting at 7:30PM IST. In the UK, the event will begin at 2PM GMT and at 3PM CET in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The package also comes with an actual 108MP Infinity Camera, which was detailed earlier...

Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/realme_8_8_pro_launch_date-news-48202.php

Top 10 trending phones of week 10

The host of new announcements this week shook up the order of our trending chart. While none of the new additions was popular enough to dethrone the Redmi Note 10 lineup from last week, two of the new ROG Phone 5 series members made the top 10, while the Find X3 Pro also made the cut in seventh. The Xiaomi Mi 10S has also gained plenty of attention and is now sitting in fourth, while the rumored Huawei P50 sits in sixth, making this one of the most diverse edition of the chart in recent times. The Redmi Note 10 members take first second and fifth as the vanilla Asus ROG Phone 5...

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