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Realme is expected to introduce a smartband and a smart TV at MWC 2020, and today it officially confirmed a flagship smartphone is coming as well. The account of the European division posted a tweet with the geographical coordinates of Barcelona, revealing the location for “realme’s 1st Global Launch”. The coordinates … Read more

India’s premium smartphone shipments have been on the rise throughout 2019 and according to the latest Counterpoint Research report, OnePlus cemented its position as the leader in the segment with a 33% market share, ahead of Samsung and Apple. The catch is that the analysts consider premium all devices priced above INR 30,000 ($420). … Read more

With all the leaks floating about lately, the release date of the Xiaomi Mi 10 series was one of the few missing details. Now, a fresh new scoop offers an alleged official schedule of events. As per the source, the J1J1 and J1J2 – the official model numbers of the Mi 10 and Mi … Read more

High refresh rates seem to be the new battleground for mobile display tech – but do you actually care? Naturally, gaming phones were the first to adopt this feature (starting with the Razer Phone in 2017), now it has crossed over to mainstream flagships. Last year 90Hz was pretty popular, this year the industry … Read more

LG released the Android 10 update for the G8 ThinQ in South Korea last November, and last month, it was rolled out for the units locked to Sprint and Verizon’s networks in the US. Now, the rollout has expanded to the unlocked units of the G8 ThinQ in the States. The update carries version … Read more

The three Galaxy S20 phones have taken their turn running Geekbench 5.1. The models headed to the South Korean and US markets, specifically, which are powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 rather than a home-grown Samsung chipset (it seems that only European models will use Exynos 9830). Korean versions: Samsung … Read more

Apple was the market leader in smartphone shipments in Q4 of 2019, followed by Samsung and Huawei, according to the Strategy analytics report for Q2. The Cupertino maker shipped 70.7M iPhones – a 7% increase compared to the 65.9M iPhones it shipped in Q4 of 2018. That’s an impressive feat given that the global … Read more

It seems the 64MP S5KGW2 sensor that will be used as a zoom camera in the Galaxy S20 and S20+ will not produce pixel-binned 4-in-1 16MP photos. Instead it will use plain old cropping to achieve zoomed-in shots. Additionally it will offer 8K video support, likely 8K@30fps. We’ve seen specs sheets that suggest that … Read more

Motorola unveiled the new foldable screen Razr in November and after a delay it finally went on pre-order with delivery scheduled for February 6. It seems however that the demand is stronger than Motorola’s supply as the shipping date has already slipped back to February 18. It’s unclear how many units were pre-ordered, causing … Read more

The Nokia 9 PureView was a flagship with high expectations that failed to deliver on multiple fronts. Arguably the biggest let down was the unreliable performance of the Light’s optical technology camera. Towards the beginning of the month, we heard some rumors about the Nokia 9’s successor which will reportedly incorporate a Snapdragon 865 … Read more