Dogee announces its first women’s oriented smartwatch

Known for its rugged smartphone range, Doogee has also ventured into the smartwatch front with a few models. Today the brand is unveiling its first women’s smartwatch – the DG Venus. It brings a colorful design, a slim watchband and plenty of themes to suit your style. Doogee DG Venus (image: Doogee) Doogee DG Venus comes in at just 34 grams and is 9.6mm thick. It features a round display with a single button for controls on the right side. You get sports tracking for 7 sports as well as a heart rate monitor and sleep tracker. Battery life is rated at 7 days on a single charge. You...

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Marketing images of the Google Pixel Watch leak

Wear OS shot up in popularity after Samsung dropped its in-house platform in favor of Google’s software. But Google will still make a Pixel Watch, right? Apparently it tried, it was supposed to launch at the Pixel 6 event, but the chip shortage pushed back the release to early 2022. After years of waiting, a few more months doesn’t seem like much. Leaked marketing images of the Google Pixel Watch The design and branding have reportedly been decided – it will be called the Google Pixel Watch and it will have a bezel-less display with a crown as the only hardware button....

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 also gets stable One UI 4

Just as the Galaxy Z Flip3 got its stable One UI 4 update, Samsung has begun seeding the Android 12-based UI update to its other foldable – the Galaxy Z Fold3. South Korean units of the large screen foldable are now receiving the new firmware. Users in other parts of the world should expect to see the update pop up on their phones in the coming days. South Korean Z Fold3 users on the stable Android 11 build have reportedly received the update while those on the One UI 4 beta are yet to have the same success. As usual, the new update requires you to go into settings and select software...

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Lenovo execs post photos of Lenovo Legion Pad, a small gaming tablet

Gaming tablets are a rarity – we haven’t seen one in a long while, but Lenovo is making one and it will be part of its Legion series. Actually, we can barely call this a tablet, assuming that the rumors are true. So far all the official info that we have is two photos shared by Lenovo execs on Weibo. One shows the front of the tablet, the other the Legion branding on the back. The tablet is visibly on the small side. How small? It will be about 8”, according to IT Home, which quotes unnamed sources. That’s fairly small, considering that a phone like the Lenovo Legion 2 Pro has a 6.92”...

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Sharp Aquos Wish goes official in Japan with SD480 and compact body

Sharp has been making some really interesting phones for the Japanese market in the past year with the Aquos R6 and its 1-inch camera sensor being among the biggest headliners. Today the brand announced an entry-level device dubbed Aquos Wish. Sharp Aquos Wish in its three colors (image: Sharp) It comes with a compact 5.7-inch HD+ LCD with a waterdrop notch for its 8MP selfie cam. There’s a Snapdragon 480 chipset at the helm aided by 4GB RAM and 64GB storage which is expandable via microSD. The back house a single 13MP cam. There’s a side-mounted fingerprint scanner and the...

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Oppo shares detailed December timeline for ColorOS 12 updates

Oppo introduced its new ColorOS 12 back in October and promised some phones will be able to get it before the end of the calendar year. Now that we’re in the last month, the company gave specific dates for seven smartphones from four lineups. December 10 Oppo Reno5 Pro 5G Oppo F19 Pro+ 5G December 20 Oppo Find X2 December 22 Oppo Reno6 Pro 5G (incl. Diwali Edition) December 28 Oppo A74 5G Oppo Reno6 5G The date for every device mentioned is the first available when the update can be downloaded. If you want to participate you must head to the Software Update section in...

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