The Realme 11 Pro brings a curved display, 100MP camera to the mid-range, Realme 11 tags along

Today Realme introduced the 11 series with three models – here we will focus on the vanilla and Pro, the Pro+ will be covered in a separate article. These mid-rangers have bold, distinctive designs and are currently separated by only CNY 100 (set to grow to CNY 200 after the pre-order warps up). Realme 11 Pro The Realme 11 Pro starts at CNY 1,700 ($245/€225/₹20,000) for the base 8/256GB unit (again, this is set to grow to CNY 1,800 after the pre-orders). There are also 12/256GB for CNY 2,000 and 12/512GB for CNY 2,200 options. You can reserve a unit today (payment is expected by May...

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Huawei announces Watch 4 and Watch 4 Pro

Huawei held a big launch event in Munich where it detailed pricing and availability details for the P60 Pro and Mate X3 in Europe but we also got a pair of new smartwatches with the Watch 4 and Watch 4 Pro. Huawei Watch 4, Watch 4 Pro (leather strap) and Watch 4 Pro (titanium strap) The Pro model brings a 1.5-inch LTPO AMOLED screen with sapphire glass. Its 48mm casing is made from TC4 titanium alloy which is said to be three times stronger than regular titanium. The regular Watch 4 comes with a 46mm stainless steel casing. Both watches have Always on Display functionality and...

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Huawei updates the MateBook X Pro 2023 and MateBook 16S with Intel's 13th Gen chips

Huawei added 13th Gen Intel processors to the MateBook X Pro and MateBook 16S lineup and attached 2023 to their names. Otherwise, there are very few hardware differences between the two and their 2022 counterparts. In fact, in the case of the Huawei MateBook X Pro 2023, there are no other differences outside of the new processor. The laptop goes from Intel's 12th Gen P-series chips to the 13th Gen Raptor Lake with a choice of the Core i5-1340P and the more popular i7-1360P. The processor comes with the same 28W thermal envelope and the same 12-core, 16-thread configuration. Those are...

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Poco F5 Pro in for review

The Poco F5 Pro just went global and is already at the office and in for review. It's a well-rounded phone and, fun fact, is the first Poco with wireless charging. And it's not your garden variety 5W speed either - the F5 Pro does 30W wireless and 67W wired charging. Even better, the 67W brick comes in the box along with a case and a USB cable. The battery is also an ample 5,160mAh unit. Unboxing the Poco F5 Pro The Poco F5 Pro has a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset with 8GB or 12GB of RAM, built-in liquid cooling, and either 256GB or 512GB of storage. The display is as...

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Oppo may be pulling out of France after June 30, internal sources claim

Last year Oppo pulled its phones from Germany due to a legal spat with Nokia. This March a report came out, claiming that Oppo (and its sibling OnePlus) will leave several key markets: France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK. Both Oppo and OnePlus refuted that report, but there may still be trouble on the horizon. Frandroid interviewed several employees in France to find out what’s happening. One worked for Atmospheres, a contractor for Oppo that handles phone sales. According to that person, the service contract with Oppo ends on June 30. A former Oppo sales manager said that...

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The two iPhone 16 Pro models will have taller displays

The iPhone X represented a major change in Apple designs – the Home button and most of the top bezel were removed, allowing the screen to stretch vertically. This signaled the end of the old 16:9 screens and 19.5:9 became the preferred number. The current iPhone 14 series still uses that aspect ratio and the iPhone 15 will as well. However, the one after that might not. According to analyst Ross Young, the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max will switch to a taller aspect ratio, though it’s not clear how much (20:9 or 20.5:9, probably). The diagonals will grow slightly from 6.1” and 6.7” to 6.2X”...

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