Samsung W2019 luxury clamshell leaks in even more images

Every year Samsung launches an odd clamshell smartphone in China with two screens, top of the line internals, and a very high price. Following the W2016, W2017, and W2018, it's almost time for the W2019 to be officially unveiled. That should happen very soon, perhaps even in the next few weeks, given the amount of leaks we've seen about it recently. Samsung W2019 Today we have a bunch of new pictures showing the upcoming device in all its blocky glory. There are multiple angles, and the focus is mainly on how thick and unashamedly big it is. More angles of the Samsung...

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Mate 20 Pro breaks Huawei's pre-order record in Western Europe

Today Huawei has proudly announced that the Mate 20 Pro is shaping up to be its best selling smartphone ever in Western Europe. That is, at least, if we go by pre-order numbers. During the first ten days of pre-orders, the Mate 20 Pro managed to log 40% more of those than the P20 Pro did earlier in the year. The Mate 20 Pro is now Huawei's most pre-ordered smartphone of all time in Western Europe. Walter Ji, President of Huawei Western Europe's Consumer Business Group, said "the winning combination of innovative technologies on the Mate 20 Pro has proved impossible to resist and...

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OnePlus 6T getting its first update already

The OnePlus 6T isn't out yet as customers still have to wait until November 6 for sales to begin but we are now receiving an OTA update for our testing unit with some promising improvements. The OTA update upgrades the OxygenOS version to 9.0.4 and promises to deliver improvements mainly in the camera department by including the Studio Lighting effect when taking portrait shots and adds final touches to the Nightscape mode used for low-light photography. Along with the camera update, the software claims to squash a few bugs, further optimizes standby power consumption and improves...

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Latest Samsung Galaxy S9+ Android Pie beta brings DeX without a dock

With the launch of the Galaxy Note9 this year, Samsung brought a new version of its DeX feature, which didn't need a dock to enable the full desktop DeX experience - a USB-C to HDMI cable would do just fine. And according to the leaked Samsung Experience 10 beta software based on 9.0 Android, the Galaxy S9+ will get the feature as well. There's a catch though - if you choose not to use the DeX dock, you will be allowed to open only 5 windows instead of 20 and you will lose all the additional connectivity options the dock provides. In any case, since the Galaxy S9+, the regular Galaxy...

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ZTE gets back to US market with Blade Max 2s and Blade Max View

After a long hiatus from the US market, ZTE is back with two new phones. The ZTE Blade Max View has a 6" 18:9 1080p display and a Snapdragon 435 chipset with 3GB of RAM. Its 32GB storage is expandable and there's a 4,000mAh battery inside. The Max View offers a 16MP + 2 MP dual camera on the back with the latter sensor serving only to collect depth information for the portrait mode. At the front there's an 8MP camera. ZTE Blade Max View The ZTE Blade Max View will be available on Verizon and unlocked through B&H and Newegg for $199 starting October 31. The ZTE Blade Max...

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Lines for the OnePlus 6T were longer than the ones for the iPhones, says T-Mobile

People are buying what OnePlus and T-Mobile are selling - the lines for the OnePlus 6T in front of the carrier's stores were longer than those for the new iPhones (according to a T-Mo employee quoted by Business Insider). T-Mobile stores are currently the only place in the world where you can buy a 6T, but that's not why the carrier has the best deal on the new flagship. By trading in an eligible phone (the list is quite long and even includes the original OnePlus One) you get $300 credit towards buying a OnePlus 6T. That drops the final price from $580 to just $280 - a deal that Apple,...

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Samsung posts record Q3 profit, expects a much tougher year to follow

Samsung posted its quarterly report for Q3 and again smashed its own record by reaching KRW65.46 trillion ($57.3 billion) in revenue and KRW17.57 trillion ($15.4 billion) in operating profit. However, the Korean company realizes the money flow will likely decrease going forward due to the end of a two-year boom in memory chips demand. The IT & Mobile Division, responsible for the Galaxy smartphones, recorded a 10% YoY decline in sales to KRW24.91 trillion ($2.2 billion) compared with KRW27.69 trillion ($2.4 billion) in Q3 2017 despite "solid flagship sales." The semiconductor...

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The throttling feature hits iPhone X and iPhone 8 duo with iOS 12.1

Apple started rolling out iOS 12.1 yesterday with, among other improvements, a fix for the charging issues experienced by the latest batch of iPhones. Yet there was also a not so pleasant surprise for last year's batch - the "performance management feature" is back, despite early claims that it's not necessary. It is added to the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X by the update. However, Apple notes that this management "may be less noticeable due to their more advanced hardware and software design". Everything's okay • Performance management enabled • And disabled • Battery...

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LG will unveil its foldable smartphone during CES 2019

Clearly, next year's big thing will be foldable devices and LG wants in. Samsung promised to announce its flexible Galaxy phone soon, but its local rival might even beat it. According to the latest tweet from Evan Blass LG is looking to unveil its revolutionary smartphone at its own keynote at CES 2019. I can't speak for Samsung......but I do know that LG plans to unveil a foldable phone at its 2019 CES keynote.— Evan Blass (@evleaks) October 31, 2018 Going by the patent that got approved by the US Patent and Trademark Office in late 2017, the smartphone will most likely fold...

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Google Pixel 3 review

Bringing the small Pixel into the now with a tall display and less wasted space, we have this year's Google Pixel 3. Updated glass build and a couple of selfie cameras mark the other key changes compared to the 2017 vintage.

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Nokia 6.1 Plus is now receiving Android 9.0 Pie

October is almost over and HMD Global rushed to deliver the OTA updates for the Nokia 6.1 and 6.1 Plus and so kept its promise. Technically, both handsets got their deserved OTAs right before the month ended - yesterday it was the Nokia 6.1 and today it's Nokia 6.1 Plus' turn. Juho Sarvikas, the CPO of HMD Global, took it to Twitter and announced that the Nokia 6.1 Plus is now receiving the 9.0 Pie upgrade. He even included a short clip that demonstrates some of the new features. These include Adaptive Battery Saving, integrated Google Lens into the default camera app and the new Pie...

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FlexPai is the world's first foldable phone, first with Snapdragon 8150 too

The first foldable phone is a reality - the FlexPai. Well, it's actually a tablet as unfolded it boasts a 7.8" screen (4:3 aspect ratio). Folded, that drops to a more manageable 4". And get this, this device is the first to use the 7nm Snapdragon 8150! This is the "world's first foldable screen phone" released by Rouyu Technology, which will use the Snapdragon 8150 processor, but its design is very rough, just to seize the "first", this is a futures product. pic.twitter.com/M0v9o2z0Bw— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) October 31, 2018 Back to the screen, it's an AMOLED that folds down the...

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Honor Watch Magic unveiled: a smaller Huawei Watch GT at a lower price

Following Huawei's lead with the Watch GT, Honor has unveiled a smartwatch based on the proprietary Light OS platform. The Honor Watch Magic is smaller and less fancy than the GT, but even more affordable. The Honor smartwatch has a 1.2" AMOLED display, compared to 1.39" for the Huawei one. In both cases the resolution was selected to deliver a sharp 326ppi pixel density. The battery is smaller as well, 178mAh, down from 420mAh. Honor claims that this is enough for a week of typical operation. Honor Watch Magic in Lava Black The price of the Honor Watch Magic is CNY 900, down...

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Honor Magic 2 slider arrives with six cameras and UD fingerprint scanner

‘Tis the season of slider phones - the Honor Magic 2 arrived a week after the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 and a day ahead of the Lenovo Z5 Pro. The new flagship by the Huawei subsidiary has six cameras (three front-facing, three on the back), Kirin 980 chipset and impressively fast 40W charging. Oh yeah, there are also no notches at the front, thanks to the sliding mechanism. The screen is a 6.4" OLED panel with Full HD+ resolution in 19:9 ratio with a curved 2.5D glass on top. On the inside, we see the latest chipset by HiSilicon, coupled with either 6 GB RAM or 8 GB RAM. The storage is...

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No, you can't use the old Apple Pencil on the new iPad Pros

Alongside the new iPad Pro 11 and iPad Pro 12.9 Apple also introduced a second generation Pencil. In case it wasn't clear, the new tablets are not compatible with the old stylus and the new stylus isn't compatible with the old tablets. A big part of that is charging - the new Apple Pencil is charged wirelessly from the new iPad Pros while the old one plugged into the Lightning port (which, by the way, the new tablets do not have). The second-gen Pencil also attaches to the tablet with magnets, which triggers a pairing process. There are other differences too. The new Pencil supports...

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Xiaomi trolls OnePlus fans with a calculator giveaway

Remember when last year Big Shaq taught us quick maths - two plus two is four, minus one that's three? Xiaomi went one step further and gave away calculators to people lining for the OnePlus 6T launch in New Delhi, India. They had to "do the math" how much cheaper the Poco F1 is compared to the new OnePlus flagship. Quick math Poco India even took the diss to Twitter, hijacking the OnePlus key slogan "Never Settle" and explaining that you can get the same processor, RAM, better battery and a headphone jack, all of them in separate tweets, for INR20,999, rather than INR37,999....

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ZTE nubia X unveiled with two screens and two fingerprint readers

ZTE nubia X is finally here and as expected - the dual screen flagship went official earlier today. Arguably, the best feature is the main display achieving 93.6% screen-to-body ratio. It uses and LCD panel, while on the back you get a secondary OLED screen. The main display has a FHD+ (1080 x 2280 pixels) resolution and a 6.26-inch diagonal with a tall 19:9 aspect ratio. The secondary one stretches to 5.1" and has the same 19:9 aspect ratio but lower HD+ (720 x 1520) resolution. The ZTE nubia X are powered by a Snapdragon 845 chipset paired with either 6GB or 8GB of RAM while...

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Apple iPad Pro arrives on Verizon, promo in tow

Yesterday Apple announced the new iPad Pro in two iterations - an 11" model and 12.9" model with prices starting at $799 and $999. Verizon followed through with an announcement that it is launch pre-orders tomorrow, with the official launch taking place next Wednesday - in line with other channels that will offer the tablets. You can get the device with monthly payments and 0% interest, but there are promos if you purchase a plan along with the tablet. Pricing for the 11" Wi-Fi + Cellular 64 GB model starts from $39.58/mo for 24 months, which is $950. The same configuration for the...

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OnePlus 6 to get Nightscape and Studio Lighting camera features from the 6T

The new OxygenOS Open Beta 6 for the OnePlus 6 is now rolling out and it contains a number of new features coming straight from the newly released OnePlus 6T. This one doesn't come as a surprise because the company promised to bring the nifty camera features to the OnePlus 6 and since the latter uses the same camera setup as the 6T, there's no reason not to. As promised, the Open Beta 6 delivers the so-called Nightscape mode for hand-held long exposure shots and the Studio Lighting effect for professional-looking portraits. The latter, however, isn't a mode of its own but it's...

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Honor Magic 2 visits TENAA, specs and pictures in tow

An hour before the announcement we get a full scoop of Honor Magic 2 specs thanks to a TENAA listing. We already knew that Huawei's Kirin 980 chipset will be running the show, but now we can confirm it's paired with either 6 or 8GB of RAM. Storage options are 128GB and 256GB with no mention of microSD card support The display is listed as 6.39-inch with AMOLED panel sporting FHD+ (1080 x 2340) resolution. Honor Magic 2 in white The list continues with a triple-camera setup that consists of two 16MP sensors and one 24MP while the front-facing cameras on the slider are 16MP +...

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Pocophone F1 starts receiving closed Android Pie Beta

Xiaomi released the Pocophone F1 two months ago and it was an instant hit due to its flagship chipset and impressively low price. The device has MIUI for Poco out of the box, which is a simplified MIUI 9.6, based on Android Oreo. Today a closed beta ROM started going around the internet with a version number 10.8.30, based on Android Pie. Jai Mani, head of product at Pocophone promised yesterday at least Android Pie and Android Q will come to the F1. If everything goes according to plan with the closed beta, the company should open the beta to everyone this Friday. The stable ROM...

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Lenovo Z5 Pro live images leak a day ahead of announcement

Lenovo Z5 Pro is getting introduced tomorrow, and we know the phone is going to have a dual 24 MP + 16 MP main camera with dedicated AI Night Scene Mode. It is also expected to have a sliding mechanism for the selfie camera and ZUI, and now these have been confirmed by leaked live images of the flagship in its retail box. Lenovo Z5 arrived with ZUI 4.0, and the logical step is the Lenovo Z5 Pro to come with ZUI 5.0 or something similar, but apparently, the company decided to ditch the whole numbering system of the user interface. More Lenovo Z5 Pro images Massive...

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Energizer E500S with Android Go is a 4G smartphone for less than €100

A new Energizer smartphone has been made official today. It's called E500S and right off the bat its most important spec seems to be the price: €99.99 SIM-free and unlocked. It comes with Android Oreo (Go Edition), the special version of Google's OS that is optimized to run well on very low-end hardware. The E500S has 4G support (including VoLTE), an 8 MP main camera with LED flash, a 5 MP selfie shooter, and a 5-inch 800x480 touchscreen. You get 1GB of RAM and 8GB of expandable storage, dual-SIM functionality, and a 2,000 mAh battery - which is frankly unimpressive from the brand...

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BlackBerry KEY2 LE is now available through the company's online store for the EU

BlackBerry's latest smartphone, the KEY2 LE, was announced at IFA at the end of August as a toned down version of the KEY2, with lesser specs but also a more affordable price. This smartphone is now up for grabs from the company's own online store serving the EU. At the moment only the Slate color version is in stock, and you can buy a KEY2 LE in that hue with 32GB of storage for €399. The Champagne colorway is up for pre-order, and will start shipping on November 12. This comes with 64GB of storage and a €429 price tag attached. Regardless of which color you pick, you have a...

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OnePlus releases the kernel source code for the 6T

Shortly after the announcement of the new OnePlus 6T, the company released the kernel source code for on GitHub so that developers can build ROMs and mods taking advantage of the full potential of the handset. In a community forum post, the OnePlus team reminds us that the tradition of unlocking the bootloader and giving away the kernel source code started with the release of the OnePlus 3. A big part of the community goes back to OnePlus every year because the OEM doesn't care if you are rooting, modding or just unlocking the bootloader - the warranty stays valid. So OnePlus is...

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LG patents new phone design with three or four cameras, no notch

LG has filed design patents for a new phone, which sports a quad camera and a traditional fingerprint reader on the back. The design was submitted in three version, each with more rounding on the corners (of the screen and of the phone itself). LG's recent V40 was its first with three cameras and this new phone may go up to four. They are arranged in a square a la Huawei. No flash is indicated in the drawings, so it is possible that just like the Mate 20 phones one of the circles is actually the flash and not a camera. New LG design: Design A • Design B • Design C The company...

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Sony posts record profit, but sold only 1.6 million phones in Q3

Sony's mobile business cannot catch a break - last quarter it published its financial report, revealing only 2 million phones sold between April and June. The July-September numbers are out, and they are even less impressive - just 1.6 million, which is half the sales this time last year. In term of revenue the numbers are down from JPY172 billion to JPY117.8 billion, with an operating loss of JPY29.8 billion, half of it due to an impairment charge against long-lived assets. Sony Mobile Communications financial results During the past quarter, Sony saw decreased sales mainly...

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Nokia 6.1 is now receiving Android 9.0 Pie

Right on schedule! HMD promised to release the OTA update to Android 9.0 Pie for a the Nokia 6.1 and 6.1 Plus this month and it's now happening. Users report that their beloved Nokia 6.1 is now getting the fresh new look and functionality of the 9.0 Pie. The update is 1,462MB big and carries a slew of changes - both visual and under-the-hood. You can expect Android's new gesture-based navigation system, Adaptive Battery optimization, new camera optimizations and UI and much more. You can check out all the changes in the screenshots below. With the regular Nokia 6.1 out of the way,...

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Google Pay arrives in Scandinavia

Google Pay is a payment method for Android devices with NFC in over 20 countries that allows you to leave your credit and debit cards at home. Today the number of markets it's offered in grew by four after banks in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark enabled the service for its customers. Google Pay is already rolling out to users Although we have four more countries, the initial number of banks and platforms in Scandinavia is pretty basic. Nordea and Revolut are two financial services available in all new markets, and they are accompanied by Jyske Bank in Denmark, Edenred in...

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Oppo R17 Neo launches in Japan: its first phone with in-display fingerprint reader

Japan often gets cool tech gadgets first, but not this time - it just got its first phone with an in-display fingerprint reader and it's late to that particular party. The phone itself is quite interesting - the Oppo R17 Neo. For the most part it's based on the Oppo R17. That means a 6.4" AMOLED display with a teardrop notch and 1080p+ resolution, which houses the fingerprint reader in question. The back is painted in two new gradient colors. The computational power of the phone took a bit of a hit. The Oppo R17 Neo has a Snapdragon 660 chipset (down from S670) with 4GB of RAM (down...

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nubia X listed benchmark listing confirms key specs

A TENAA listing from last month gave us a pretty good idea of what to expect from the nubia X smartphone with two displays so the latest leaks serves as more of a confirmation of what the phone will bring tomorrow. The Master Lu benchmark listing shows a respectable 311,411 score that's typical for a Snapdragon 845-powered flagship. It's paired with 8GB of RAM and the screenshot also lists the main screen with 1080 x 2280 resolution. We've seen this concept before on the YotaPhone, but this time around, the nubia X promises much larger rear display. Only one day until the...

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OnePlus 6T price and availability around the world

The OnePlus 6T was announced yesterday but it will go on sale in a manner of days around the globe. This is OnePlus' biggest launch ever, bringing in T-Mobile and Verizon in the US as well as all major carriers and retailers in the UK as partners. So when will the new 6T become available in stores and how much are you going to pay. The when is November 1 in the States and India and November 6 in Europe. OnePlus impressed us when it came to price. The base model costs a few bucks more than its predecessor but it comes with double the storage at 128GB. Here's an easy to read...

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New Apple iPad Pro 11 and iPad Pro 12.9 come with the fastest mobile chipsets

If the new MacBook Air is the new MacBook, then the new iPad Pro is the new MacBook Air. Apple says it's more powerful than 92% of laptops out there and it's running the full-blown versions of Adobe Photoshop and Autodesk AutoCAD and, yes, it could easily transform into a laptop-like device with keyboard or even a desktop with an external monitor. There's so much to cover, but we have to start with the new screens. With thinner bezels, Apple fit larger screen in the same body on the iPad Pro 11 and the same screen in a smaller body on iPad Pro 12.9. The new tablets are available in...

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Apple updates the Mac mini - more RAM, more cores and more connectors

Apple just announced a long-awaited hardware refresh of the Mac mini. The mini desktop computer was overdue for an update as the last one was four years ago. So it's only natural to make the new one considerably faster and more refined. But does it deserve your hard-earned money? The new Mac mini comes in a familiar enclosure with improved cooling to support the considerably more powerful hardware. It's also made of 100% recyclable aluminum and comes in a new cool Space Gray finish. Configurations start from Intel's 8th Generation quad-core Core i3 processors and go up to six-core...

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Apple seeds iOS 12.1 to fix soft selfies, add group FaceTime

Today Apple will seed the final iOS 12.1 firmware to supported iPhone and iPad models. The firmware enables the dual-SIM support of the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR, brings Group FaceTime calls with support for up to 32 people at once and adds some 70 new emoji characters. It also fixes the charging woes of some devices and brings an end to the soft selfies that were coming out of new iPhone XS, XS Max and XR units. Finally iOS 12.1 adds depth control for portrait mode shots while in the camera viewfinder (not only in the Photos app). Supported devices should start getting the iOS...

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Apple finally unveils all-new MacBook Air with Retina Display, thinner bezels, updated internals

The rumors were right: Apple has finally decided to update the very long in the tooth MacBook Air. Apple's best selling laptop (and cheapest one, incidentally) has been in need of a refresh for years, and today we finally got it. The new MacBook Air has a 13.3" 2560x1600 Retina Display with 50% narrower bezels than its predecessor, and a modern-looking design that has glass coverage up to the edges. The screen can show 48% more color, and the FaceTime camera is still at the top. The laptop has Touch ID, which is enabled by the T2 chip that's inside the MacBook Air (and made its...

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Watch the OnePlus 6T's Indian launch here

OnePlus 6T got unveiled yesterday and now the phone is having a separate introduction in New Delhi, India. The global launch was broadcasted on YouTube and this one will be live and freely available as well. The stream will be live at 8.30 PM IST when the event begins. Although we know the OnePlus 6T comes with an UD fingerprint scanner, waterdrop notch, and Snapdragon 845, we are expecting to see prices and availability dates for the Amazon Exclusive device, and hopefully some local promos with gifts.

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The Pocophone F1 will get "at least" Android 9.0 and the one after that

The Pocophone F1 is a great value for money phone and the value just got better - Jai Mani, Head of Product at Poco, has confirmed on Twitter that the F1 will get "at least" Android 9.0 Pie and Android Q. The Pocophone launched with Android 8.1 Oreo and was spotted testing Pie over a month ago. There's no release time frame, though. "Q", the Android version after Pie, is yet to be named, but if Google keeps the schedule, it will be delivered in August next year. That would be a year after the Pocophone F1 launched. "At least" suggests there will be more to come, but Mani offered no further...

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Watch Apple's iPad Pro event live here

It's time - Apple's iPad Pro event is here and will begin in a few short hours but as always you can watch it live online. If you own an iPhone, iPad or a Mac you could tune in at Apple's event page at 11 AM EDT through a Safari browser. Apple TV users will need to download Apple's Events App. If you're a Windows user you should be able to watch the livestream through the Microsoft Edge browser over at the same location. But be sure to stay tuned to GSMArena as we'll be covering the event live as well. And if you have time to spare - here's what's expected of today's event.

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Panasonic P85 Nxt arrives in India for under $100

Panasonic India keeps expanding its presence in the offline smartphone market in India with the latest entry-level device called Panasonic P85 Nxt. The device has basic specs, big 4,000 mAh battery and a price tag of INR6,999 ($95). The phone is equipped with a Snapdragon 210 chipset that has a quad-core CPU clocked at 1.3 GHz. The screen is 5" with a standard HD resolution, and there is Gorilla Glass on top for protecting the LCD and the capacitive keys. The memory combo is 2/16 GB with a slot that can carry up to 128 GB. There is one camera on the back and one on the front of...

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Xiaomi tops Indian market with record numbers, OnePlus leads in satisfaction

Market analysts at Canalys have announced the winner of the Xiaomi-Samsung battle in India. It was neck and neck in Q2, but during the third quarter Xiaomi shot up with a record 12 million smartphones shipped. This represents a 32% jump over the numbers from Q3 last year, meanwhile Samsung's shipments (and the Indian market as a whole) declined slightly. Another success story is vivo's 12% growth year over year to 4.5 million units shipped, which allowed it to expand its lead over sibling company Oppo. Note that Oppo's numbers are worse than they appear on the chart as the analysts...

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Apple's October 30 event - what to expect

Apple's October 30 event is upon us and while it will bring no new phones or smart wearables it will be jam packed with announcements. So let's try and decipher the clues with the help of recent leaks and rumors. The stars will undoubtedly be the iPads. Plural, as Apple will likely present its new 12.9 and 10.5-inch iPad Pros. Both are expected to ditch the home button in favor of Face ID and both will have slimmed down bezels. Some rumors mentioned that the new iPad Pros will use a USB-C port instead of Apple's Lightning and that move will grant the new Apple slates Thunderbolt 3...

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Samsung announces two new ISOCELL sensors

Today Samsung announced two high resolution ISOCELL Plus sensors with 0.8μm pixels for smartphones. The two sensors are named Bright GM1 and Bright GD1 - the first one boasts 48MP while the second one has 32MP resolution. Due to their small physical size and large pixel count coupled with the ISOCELL technology, they would be the perfect fit to today's dual, triple and even quad-camera setups. The ISOCELL tech allows for better performance all-around, especially for small-sized pixels and paired with the so-called Tetracell technology, which combines four pixels into a...

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ZTE to bring four smartphones in India

ZTE had a rough couple of months after it breached US trade regulations, but is finally back on track and even managed to launch a hot flagship on the Android One program - the Axon 9 Pro. According to reports, the phone will arrive in India along with three cheaper devices from the manufacturer - Blade A7 Vita, Blade V9 Vita, and Blade V9. ZTE Axon 9 Pro The Blade trio will be part of "an aggressive comeback in the country" and will arrive as early as November. The Blade A7 Vita will cost less than INR6,000 (about $80/€70), the Blade V9 Vita will be slightly more expensive -...

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AnTuTu: The OnePlus 6T is second fastest Android smartphone

Following last night's launch event, AnTuTu published a screenshot of a OnePlus 6T score sheet with pretty impressive results. The overall score is 298,011, which is an improvement over the OnePlus 6's average score of around 289,424, despite the two phones packing identical chipsets. Last month's AnTuTu global ranking placed the OnePlus 6 in the third position right after Asus' ROG Phone and Xiaomi Black Shark. But the OnePlus 6T is here to disrupt the charts - the screenshot says it takes second place, right behind the ROG Phone. In any case, the score appears to be in line with...

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Sony's PlayStation Classic will have 20 games pre-loaded, here's the full list

Sony's PlayStation Classic will be out on December 3, massively playing the nostalgia card. The console was unveiled last month, but only a few games were teased for it at that time. Thankfully, today Sony has come out and shared the entire list of 20 games that will come pre-loaded on the PSC. Here they are: Battle Arena Toshinden Cool Boarders 2 Destruction Derby Final Fantasy VII Grand Theft Auto Intelligent Qube Jumping Flash Metal Gear Solid Mr Driller Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee Rayman Resident Evil Director's Cut Revelations: Persona Ridge Racer Type 4 Super Puzzle...

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Xiaomi Black Shark Helo goes on sale early

Xiaomi's Black Shark Helo gaming phone was announced a week ago and the release date was supposed to be November 10, but it appears that the handset is arriving a bit early. A lot earlier, in fact. In a Weibo post, Lei Jun, Xiaomi's founder, announced that the official Mi online store will start selling the phone as early as today. The flash sale begins at 8PM local time and as far as we can tell from the post, it's the second one for today. Unfortunately, the 10GB version is still nowhere to be found and the store is offering the 8GB/128GB and the 6GB/128GB configurations only. The...

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Lenovo Z5 Pro to have 24 MP + 16 MP main dual camera

Lenovo is introducing the flagship Z5 Pro in two days that will have a massive screen-to-body ratio and slider form factor as the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 and the Honor Magic 2. The company VP and former president of ZUK Chang Cheng introduced the main camera setup the device will have - dual AI snappers with 24 MP and 16 MP sensors. The phone's tagline is, roughly translated as "An Epochal Flagship" and it will have one of the most advanced cameras in a Lenovo smartphone. The 24 MP + 16 MP setup will have AI Super Night Mode scene and AI Video, according to Cheng who posted a teaser on...

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Microsoft experiments with modular controllers for mobile devices

While some of the new gaming phones have hardware controls - either on board or as accessories - most handsets out there rely on touch and motion. Those are fine for casual games, but Microsoft believes it can interest serious players with Xbox-like controllers. This is just a research project for now, but the vision of the team is for Switch-like flexibility. They controllers themselves - analog sticks plus a D-pad or a handful of buttons on each side - are relatively small and they attach to the side of the device (be it phone or tablet). Additional slide-in grips can be used for...

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OnePlus 6T durability test: scratches don't bother the in-display fingerprint reader

The OnePlus 6T was unveiled just minutes ago and it already had to face the JerryRigEverything durability test. Not just that, Zack was at the event in New York and he disassembled the phone in front of a live audience. We're live with @zackjerryrig as he goes under the hood of the #OnePlus6T! https://t.co/BKYcvJ4VfN— OnePlus (@oneplus) October 29, 2018 Back to the durability test. The phone has Gorilla Glass 6 on the front, which gets minor scratches at a level 6 and deeper ones at level 7 of the Mohs' scale. The thing to worry about here is that the in-display fingerprint reader...

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