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Xiaomi unveiled the Redmi 17C 5G in Singapore last month and has now confirmed that the smartphone is coming to India. The company has also revealed the key specifications and color options for the Indian variant. The Redmi 17C 5G will launch in India on October 1. Based on the official listing, the Indian variant appears to be identical to the model launched in Singapore. It is confirmed to come with a 6,000mAh battery with 33W fast charging support and a 6.9-inch LCD display with a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate. The phone will be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset and...

vivo has silently added a new model to its Y600 lineup in China. The new variant is called the vivo Y600i and it arrives with an 8,000mAh battery and a large 6.87-inch display. It joins the recently announced vivo Y600 Turbo and the Y600 Pro. The Y600i is powered by the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chipset, which is paired with 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage. It offers a microSD card slot for storage expansion. Alongside the large 8,000mAh battery, which supports 44W wired fast charging, the phone also gets a large 6.87-inch LCD display that offers 120Hz refresh rate. The...

China doesn't run on cards or cash - it runs on app-based payments. WeChat Pay and Alipay rule, and while you could use both as a tourist before, WeChat is launching a new dedicated payment app for tourists. It's called TenPayGo and you can pay with it wherever WeChat Pay is accepted. You download it, set it up with your email address, and you can choose to use Apple Pay, another payment wallet ("nearly 60" international ones are supported), or your card directly through it. Then, every time you make a purchase in China with the app, you are charged by your mobile wallet or your...

Right after unveiling the new camera-less Ray-Ban Meta Audio and Meta VR glasses, Mark Zuckerberg went to a “one-more thing” device – the Meta Muse Charm. As the name implies, this is a standalone keychain-like/Tamagotchi type device that allows users to interact with Meta’s Muse AI. Meta Muse Charm From the sound of it, the device is in its late development phase, but Zuckerberg did confirm that it should ship in time for the holidays in December. Muse Charm supports voice input and features interchangeable avatars. It also gets a front-facing camera, a fingerprint sensor on...

Back in August, vivo resurrected the S line in India with the S2. And now, according to a new leak from a tipster on X, the company is working on the S2 FE. Its specs have purportedly been outed along with the two images you can see below. Before we go any further we need to caution you about the fact that this is not a tipster with a long track record of accurate leaks - so the usual pinch of salt may need to be bigger in this case. With that out of the way, let's dive in. vivo S2 FE leaked images The S2 FE's main claim to fame will undoubtedly be its 10,000 mAh battery, which...

Oppo unveiled the Find X10, Find X10 E, and Find X10 Pro Max in China yesterday. While the devices are not yet official for global markets, Oppo has already started taking blind pre-orders for them in the UK. The company is basically offering you the opportunity to save either £150 on the Find X10 or £200 on the Find X10 Pro Max. On top of that, you'll also get your choice between a free Hasselblad teleconverter kit, a free Oppo Watch X3, or a free Oppo Pad 5. All you need to do is put down a £49 deposit and wait for the devices to launch in the UK. There's not even an officially...

vivo will unveil the V80 in India on October 6 at 12 PM local time. It will come in three colors: Sunrise Anthem, Horizon Blue, and Stellar Black. We recently got our hands on the vivo V80's Sunrise Anthem model, and you can check the images below for a real-world look at it. The vivo V80 sports a 6.59" 1.5K OLED display on the front with 5,000 nits peak brightness and a 144Hz refresh rate. The screen brightness can drop to 1 nit, and it can also display 1.07 billion colors. There's also a centered punch-hole for a 50MP "ZEISS Group Selfie Camera." Around the back is a camera system...