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Today we are finally going to see the vivo iQOO arrive officially and you can join in too. The Chinese company is launching the first device of its sub-brand, and it will come with three cameras, Snapdragon 855 and 12 GB RAM and has posted a live stream from Shenzhen, China, which you can follow below. The event begins at 7:30 PM local time, which is 12:30 CET. The new device will be the most powerful vivo smartphone up to date. Aside from the obvious...

A report from Spanish website AppleSfera claims that its sources tell about a March 29 launch date for the second-generation Apple AirPods. Apple's AirPods received lots of mixed criticism when they were first announced, including looking outright ridiculous while wearing them. Around two years later, they are a best-selling Apple product at Best Buy as iPhone users struggle with losing or breaking their headphone dongles. The AirPods are due for...

Xfinity Mobile is an MVNO carrier that runs on both Verizon's LTE networks and seamlessly connects to Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots around the US when in range. The network has some customers left stranded with their phone numbers stolen by attackers who then used the numbers to commit identity fraud. The issue stemmed from Xfinity Mobile irresponsibly setting account PIN numbers to a default "0000". In the US, this PIN is given to a new phone company...

Huawei's latest EMUI 9 based on Android 9 Pie is now headed to a few more devices. The company has released the new software for the Mate 9, Mate 9 Pro, Mate 9 Porsche Design, and nova 2s in China today. The P10 and P10 Plus units sold in the company's home country are also in the process of making the jump, even though in that case the update is not a world premiere - the Pie release has been out in other parts of the world since December. Additionally,...

Xiaomi has launched the Mi Sports Basic Bluetooth earphones in India. They are priced at INR 1499 and will be available starting March 20. However, you can pre-order them right now and it will ship on March 20th. The Mi Sports Basic are IPX4 rated to be sweat and splash resistant. They have an in-ear design with adjustable ear hooks to keep them in place. The controls allow you to play/pause, skip, adjust volume, pickup calls and use Google Assistant...

Sony announced a total of four new smartphones at the MWC and two of them are now available to pre-order in the United States. The Xperia 10 and Xperia 10 Plus are two mid-range phones that will be sold unlocked in the US. Despite all the colors available, only silver and black are coming to the US In addition to working with GSM networks like AT&T and T-Mobile, the phones were also certified to work with Verizon. Since the carrier has begun...

Huawei's Mate X and Samsung's Galaxy Fold were undoubtedly the kings of MWC in Barcelona this week, as after many years of anxious anticipation and hype foldable phones finally seem to have arrived. The two employ very different designs however, and it's pretty clear which one Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's mobile business, prefers. He revealed to Business Insider that his company was at one point working on three different foldable phone projects...

In the past few weeks there's been a lot of talk about Samsung's Galaxy S10 and S10+ and how they would be able to handle screen protectors given the ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor they employ, which hasn't been seen in another device yet. The scanner's tech means not all plastic or glass screen protectors will allow you to authenticate in this way, which is obviously a complicating factor for would-be S10 owners. Thankfully, though, Samsung...

A Russian Luxury brand called Caviar is offering new custom-made jewelry editions of either the iPhone XS or iPhone XS Max. The company is debuting its latest Prima Collection in honor of three Russian classic ballets: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and La Bayadere. Each one represented by heroines from the respective ballets: Odette, Nikiya, and Aurora. Two of the designs use no fewer than 20 diamonds to decorate the phone's exterior and the result...

Promised and delivered. Samsung is rolling out an update for Bixby that lets you remap the button summoning the voice assistant. The update comes in the form of a Bixby app update so don't expect a full-fledged firmware OTA upgrade. The cool thing is that you can assign not only a certain pre-installed or a third-party app but also a command sequence. However, Bixby should be assigned at either single or double press - whatever suits you better....

The first of Motorola's new G7 family is available in the US - the Moto G7 can be yours for $300. It's compatible with Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Google Fi. There's a choice between Black and White, but when it comes to memory, 4/64GB is the only option. The rest of the G7 lineup is not available yet, not in the US, anyway. The Moto G6 is down to $180, though, if you're looking for a lower cost alternative. See it. Like it. Want it....

Xiaomi unveiled its MiWiFi mesh networking router, which was developed in collaboration with Qualcomm. The router is simple to use and there's an app for your smartphone to help configure it. The routers have four amplifiers - two each for the 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks. You can use either to connect the two routers, creating a basic mesh network with speeds up to 2,567Mbps. Additionally, the router supports power line networking in case there's no...

About a week after Samsung started the Android Pie beta program for the Galaxy A7 (2018) in India it's starting one for the Galaxy A6 (2018) in Korea. You can enroll into the beta program through the Samsung Members app and get Android Pie and the new One UI along with a host of new features. Samsung Galaxy A6 (2018) running One UI Being a beta firmware, you should be forewarned that it may be unstable and contain bugs, so it's no recommended to...

There were 18 million smartwatches shipped in the final three months of 2018, a new record (up 56% year on year). Half of those were Apple Watches as Cupertino extends its lead over the competition. For the full year 2018 the shipments rose to 45 million units and, again, Apple accounts for half of those with 22.5 million. Fitbit is a distant second with 5.5 million and then comes Samsung with 5.3 million. Samsung actually edged out Fitbit in the...

The Nokia 9 PureView is days away from launch. In the US, sales will start on March 3, available from Amazon, B&H and Best Buy. While those retailers list the price as $700, HMD will actually launch its new flagship with a discount. From March 3 and until the 11th, the Nokia 9 will cost $600 - a $100 discount. That's very aggressive pricing for the first 5-camera flagship, especially at a time when the market leaders are trying to push north...

We publish a lot of stories on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the majority of news breaks during our European hours of operation, which makes it difficult for our readers in the US (and other regions) to keep up. However, we think we’ve come up with a fantastic solution — a daily recap. Here’s what we covered today. Phones Support page confirms approaching Samsung Galaxy A40 launch in...

The debut of the vivo iQOO is fast approaching and rumors and leaks are starting to intensify. After the full specs sheet was revealed on Monday, photos appeared on TENAA as well, completing everything we need to know before tomorrow's announcement. vivo iQOO The iQOO will pack three cameras on the back, but otherwise and a tall screen with a waterdrop notch on the front. The usual power and volume keys are on the right side and a button for the...

The Xiaomi Mi 9 SE will go on sale in China at 10AM. Chances are that the available units will be gone in seconds, that's what happened with the larger Mi 9. The base Mi 9 SE with 64GB storage costs CNY 2,000 (that's the equivalent of $300). There's a version with 128GB storage at CNY 2,300 ($345), but both have the same RAM capacity, 6GB. Xiaomi Mi 9 SE goes on sale in China tomorrow at 10:00 Compared to the Mi 9 (CNY 3,000), the SE model has the...

Now that we have the option to remap the dedicated Bixby key on our Galaxy phones, Samsung could be planning to give us the option to customize the ‘Hi Bixby’ wake-up command for Bixby Voice. Well, at least in China, where the company has apparently announced that Samsung will swap the Bixby in ‘Hi Bixby’ with a word of their choice. There are no more details available yet, but Twitter leakster Ice...

When the Galaxy Tab S4 went official, Samsung told us that the tablet would have support for Bixby Voice. That was well and good until we realized the Tab S4 had no physical Bixby key, which is required for Bixby Voice access on a Galaxy device. Samsung told us Bixby Voice would come with an update to the Tab S4 in 2019, and it turns out it’s the Android Pie update that the company was talking about. Long press power key for Bixby Voice, double press...

The Honor Magic 2 3D will add a structured light 3D scanner to the formula of the original Honor Magic 2, which already had two 2MP depth sensors on the front in addition to the 16MP selfie camera. The 3D scanner will track 10,000 points and, unlike the depth sensors, will work even in the dark. The extra biometric security that it offers will be used to guard AliPay, Alibaba's mobile payment platform (currently the largest of its kind). The Honor...

It has been a week since Samsung announced the Galaxy Fold at its Unpacked event in San Francisco. The much-awaited device will go on sale on April 26 for $1,980 in select markets. So far, the company hasn’t allowed the press to play with the device, thereby leaving many questions unanswered. However, quite a bit of information about the Galaxy Fold has emerged online in the last few days,...

Meizu is making the Note 9 (alternatively known as M9 Note) official on March 6, but the phone already leaked in hands-on photos in Chinese websites. We know what the phone will look like, thanks to the TENAA listing, but this is the first time we see it in real life. The Note 9 will be the first Meizu with a waterdrop notch, while the back panel is made of glass as is the norm with most phones these days. Meizu Note 9 The company was known for...

After launching the online-exclusive Galaxy M series, Samsung is now focusing on the offline market in India by launching new Galaxy A series smartphones. In line with all the previous reports, the company has announced the Galaxy A10, A30, and A50 in the country today. Of these three models, the Galaxy A30 and A50 already made their debut at the MWC in Barcelona last week. While the three devices share many similarities with the recent Galaxy M...

We reported last week that Samsung had finally struck a compromise by allowing Galaxy S10 users to remap the Bixby key to launch a third-party app. Since this is a software feature, there was a possibility that Samsung would bring it to older devices. It’s not waiting for the Galaxy S10 to come out to do that. Samsung has rolled out an update for the Bixby app today which allows users to remap the Bixby key on the Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy Note 8, Galaxy...

We've heard that the upcoming Galaxy A90 will come with a pop-up selfie cam from different sources so perhaps they are right. However, newly surfaced information suggests that Samsung is maybe trying to spice things up. After all, pop-up cameras are starting to become mainstream these days. According to new and yet unconfirmed but seemingly reliable source, #Samsung #GalaxyA90 will come with a sliding and rotating camera system (kinda mix between...

Now that Samsung has released the Android Pie update, either in beta or stable form, for its flagship devices, it is shifting its focus to bring the same to many of its newer midrange devices. Last week, the company kickstarted the Android Pie beta program for the Galaxy A7 (2018) users in India. It is now bringing the same update to the Galaxy A6 (2018) customers in Korea. Predictably, the Pie update also brings Samsung’s new One UI to the A6. Unfortunately,...

What a wonderful day for fans of affordable smartphones in India - first Samsung introduced the Galaxy A10 and now the Redmi Note 7 Pro officially arrives, along with the Redmi Note 7. The Pro variant is everything we expected - Snapdragon 675, 48 MP camera and up to 128 GB storage. The vanilla version, however, received a massive hit and comes with a 12 MP main shooter. Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro The Redmi Note 7 Pro chipset is coupled with octa-core...

Samsung has now announced the Galaxy A10, A30 and A50 in several countries, and shown of the latter two during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. But more models in the A series are nearing release, with the Galaxy A40 possibly leading the next wave of A series devices. Galaxy A40 coming to Europe On Samsung’s German website, the first Galaxy A40 support page confirms our earlier reports about the device coming to, amongst others, that country....

Samsung announced the Galaxy A30 and Galaxy A50 right in time for MWC 2019, but today the company also introduced the most affordable device from the A series - the Galaxy A10. The device will have basic specs like Exynos 7884 chipset and 2 GB RAM, and there is only one camera on the back. The screen on the Galaxy A10 is an Infinity-V display with 6.2" HD+ panel. The chipset is an Exynos 7884 which is a rare platform even for Samsung smartphones...

Huawei is launching its P30 flagships in Paris next month. There might be one month until the unveiling, but press renders already leaked, revealing the key features of the Huawei P30 and Huawei P30 Pro. Huawei P30 Pro in Black, Twilight, Aurora The Huawei P30 Pro will have four cameras and is expected to bring 10x hybrid zoom - telephoto lens, coupled with a 5x zoom. The setup is quite unusual, with one shooter, likely the ToF sensor positioned...

The Razer Phone 2 is finally receiving the Android Pie update. Those with an unlocked variant of the Razer Phone 2 should begin to receive the OTA notification as of February 27. Since this phone runs mostly stock Android with minimal customizations, most of the changes and updates are those that come with the vanilla version of Android Pie. The gesture "pill" is now an alternative to the traditional nav bar. In addition, the update brings Adaptive...

Just this last week, we began to learn more about vivo's sub brand: iQoo. Just today, we heard about a benchmark score and a few screenshots showing that the phone charges in 47 minutes. The brand's first smartphone release is coming very soon and there are two more new leaks with a labeled graphic of the device and a snipped of a hands-on video that leaked. The video part of the leak was reposted in a tweet which shows parts of a hands-on video...

Punch out a hole in the display, add an extra camera on the back, do the mandatory yearly updates to the internals and you'd end up with a Samsung Galaxy S10+ - that is, if you started out with an S9+ if it wasn't obvious. Only that would be oversimplifying it, and we'd rather explore the nuances. Read More........

We finally get to see the insides of the Samsung Galaxy S10+. And on the contrary to most new phones, this one has a lot to show. The teardown begins the usual way with some pre-heating and prying up. The good news is that the screen and the back plate both attach to the mid-frame so you can easily change the screen without the need of a full disassembly. That's at least what we could gather from the first video. With the disassembly process advancing,...

The Samsung Galaxy M30 will go on sale in India starting March 7, 12PM IST. The phone will be available in two variants; the 64GB model with 4GB RAM is priced at INR 14,990 ($210) while the 128GB model with 6GB RAM is priced at INR 17,990 ($252). The information was revealed today by Amazon India, which will be the online retailer for the smartphone. You can sign up to receive a notification when the phone is up for purchase. The Galaxy M30 is a...

Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy A series earlier this week. Only the A30 and A50 have been announced so far but there will be additional devices in the lineup which will come out down the line. The Galaxy A90 is one such device. We have been hearing rumors about it for a few months now. Samsung is expected to go in a completely different direction for the camera. It would be in line with the company’s...

Even though most of Lenovo's handsets at this year's MWC in Barcelona were already introduced at least a month prior to the congress, a Lenovo representative was nice to give us a sneak peek into what the company has in store for us in the near future. The spokesperson began with some short-term and long-term predictions of how 5G connectivity will change the way we interact on the Internet. He said that high-resolution videos and images would dominate...

Xiaomi Mi 9 was introduced at MWC 2019 in Spain, Italy, and France with an attractive price tag of €450 for the 6/64 GB variant, going as high as €499 if you opted for the version with 128 GB storage. The company does not have a Mi Store in the Netherlands, so it is up to retailers to offer the device, and that's what local company Belsimpel is doing. The Dutch retailer is offering the Xiaomi Mi 9 with 6 GB RAM and 128 gigs of storage for €549 with...

Even though most of Lenovo's handsets at this year's MWC in Barcelona were already introduced at least a month prior to the congress, a Lenovo representative was nice to give us a sneak peek into what the company has in store for us in the near future. The spokesperson began with some short-term and long-term predictions of how 5G connectivity will change the way we interact on the Internet. He said that high-resolution videos and images would dominate...

Vivo's recently announced sub-brand iQOO will launch its first smartphone on March 1. The company has already confirmed some of its features - one of which is the 44W fast charging. And, some snapshots that have leaked online show us that this charging tech will fully charge the phone under 50 minutes. These snapshots show the battery level on vivo iQOO smartphone going from 1 to 100% in 46 minutes. It charges up to 50% in 16 minutes but takes almost...

Asus has unveiled the official 2019 roadmap for the Android 9.0 Pie updates of its Zenfone lineup. Unfortunately, the timing doesn't get any more specific than "2019". A couple of those - the Zenfone 5 flagship duo - are already running the latest Android version. Another one, the ROG Phone was spotted doing test runs, so its update can't be far away. Here's the full lineup:       Product Name Model Updated?       ZenFone...

The Xperia 10 duo was supposed to go on sale on Monday, just after it was unveiled. Well, they are not on time, but they are here now. The Sony Xperia 10 Plus (Dual SIM) can be yours for €430 in mainland Europe. The UK gets the single SIM version instead, that's for £350. The smaller Sony Xperia 10 (dual SIM) is €350. The UK once again gets the single-SIM model instead, priced at £300. Sony Xperia 10 Plus • Sony Xperia 10 • Sony Xperia L3 The entry-level...

After the successful launch of the Galaxy M10 and M20 in India, Samsung is expanding its M series portfolio by launching the Galaxy M30 in the country. As the model number suggests, the M30 sits above the Galaxy M20 in Samsung’s new online-exclusive budget lineup. It boasts slightly better specs than the M20 and accordingly comes at a higher price as well. The Galaxy M30 comes with a 6.4-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED Infinity-U display, Exynos 7904 SoC,...

Now that the Mobile World Congress is at its penultimate day, it's time for GSMA to issue the Global Mobility of Employees (GLOMO) awards. The GLOMO awards cover a wide spectrum of the industry so we'll focus on what matters to us - Mobile. Starting with the best smartphone. A panel of judges chose the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. For Best Overall Mobile Consumer Innovation GSMA gave the nod to Epic Games for their Fortnite Franchise. Samsung won the Best...

Bruce Lee - no, not the actor, the Product Manager at Huawei - posted four photos of a new 5G cell tower near the MWC venue in Barcelona. The cell tower was set up by Huawei and Vodafone, but the photos are much more interesting than the tower itself. There's speculation that the photos were taken with a Huawei P30 Pro. The vanilla Huawei P30 is expected to get the triple camera of the Mate 20 Pro while the P30 Pro should have a new quad camera....

The Samsung Galaxy S10+ is just a few days old but it's already getting a software update to fix some critical software and security issues. And more importantly, it allows you to remap the Bixby button. According to the changelog, the update fixes several small and critical vulnerabilities tied with Android OS in general and Samsung's own firmware. It also takes care of some annoying issues with the default Camera app and improves the accuracy...