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The iPhone 12 Pro has been shown to conquer the speed of the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, even the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ edition. The Note 20 Ultra may have double the RAM that the iPhone 12 Pro offers, but Apple's new 5 nm chipset proves too much for Qualcomm's 7 nm offering.

LG's CX and C9 OLED TVs may look exquisite, but they have a serious issue with displaying content with variable refresh rate (VRR) enabled. From washed-out dark areas to image flickering and instability, VRR is currently a no-go on some of LG's expensive OLED TV series. A firmware update may not be able to resolve the issues, either.

The Xiaomi Mi 11 has just made its second Geekbench appearance. The Snapdragon 875-powered smartphone nets single and multi-core scores of 1,105 and 3,512, respectively. Although the multi-core score seems a bit lot, the results reconfirm what we already know about the chip. Xiaomi is expected to launch the Mi 11 in Q1 2020

Besides teasing the upcoming advanced undervolting feature for the Ryzen 5000 CPUs, Robert Hallock also clarifies some aspects regarding power plans, DDRAM clocks, CPU thermals and voltages, plus overclocking through Precision Boost 2.

A leak supposedly of the Meizu 18 Max 5G is doing the rounds online, and it points towards the smartphone being a true flagship challenger. Allegedly, Meizu's next smartphone will feature a 3K OLED screen, a Snapdragon 875 chipset, LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage, among other attention-grabbing specifications. A render of the Meizu 18 Max 5G, possibly fan-made, does not look half-bad either.

Huawei has reached another milestone in its release of EMUI 10.1, this time finishing its OS rollout in North-Eastern Europe. EMUI 10.1 should now have been delivered to all devices in the region, from the likes of the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro to the new P40 Lite.

Huawei has unveiled the Nova 8 SE, and it has borrowed heavily from the design of the iPhone 12 series. The Nova 8 SE comes in standard and 'High Edition' versions, which means to say that the latter has a more powerful chipset and superior 5G support. All other elements of the Nova 8 SE and Nova 8 SE High Edition are identical though, including a large OLED screen and 66 W fast charging.

With the Ryzen 5000 desktop CPUs already dominating the consumer market in terms of both raw performance and value, AMD is now working on the next-gen EPYC Milan lineup that will target the server market. An early sample of the 64-core EPYC 7713 processor has recently surfaced online with twice the performance of the Intel Xeon Platinum.

An alleged image of a PlayStation 5 overheating warning message has appeared on social media, leading to speculation of whether the console runs too hot or not or whether this particular PS5’s enclosed environment was the main cause for the thermal-driven shutdown on show.

After struggling around the US$10,000 line for most of the year and with the lowest point of 2020 at US$4,887.52, Bitcoin is now above US$15,000. Earlier today, the world's most popular cryptocurrency has reached the highest value of the year — US$15,561.39 — but it would not be surprising to see it hit US$16,000 in the coming days.

An Acer Aspire 5 powered by the upcoming AMD Ryzen 7 5700U Lucienne APU has popped-up on Amazon Italy. The laptop features a 15.6-inch FHD display, 8 GB RAM, and a 512 GB PCIe SSD. The chassis and port selection seem to be unchanged from the previous generation. Though now listed as not available, the laptop was initially indicated to be priced at €779.

The first alleged benchmark of the Apple A14X SoC has leaked and it underscores why Apple dumped Intel for its own silicon. If accurate, the Geekbench result puts the A14X ahead of the Intel Core i9-9880H found in the 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro.

The midrange smartphone Redmi Note 9 Pro already offers plenty of punch for its price, but with Banggood offering a further 34-40% discount off the Xiaomi smartphone in key markets like India, UK, Brazil, Australia, and more, now could be the time to snag an absolute bargain. The Redmi Note 9 Pro shines with great battery life and NFC functionality.

A new report states that Samsung is working on a high-end Galaxy M series phone, allegedly coming with up to 256GB of internal storage. Dubbed as the Galaxy M62, it will succeed the Galaxy M51 released earlier this year. We can expect the Galaxy M62 to offer minor upgrades over its predecessor, including a better SoC, cameras, and a larger battery.

Apple is expected to unveil its first ARM-based MacBooks next week, with a MacBook Pro 16, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro 13 on the cards. The company expects to ship up to 2.5 million units of ARM MacBooks in the next four months, underlining its confidence in its in-house processors.

A Sony spokesperson has confirmed that PlayStation 5 users will not be able to install their own NVMe SSDs on the console at launch. Users may have to wait for a few months for Sony to enable the feature via a software update. However, the console will support external USB hard disks, allowing users to play last-generation titles with ease.

Shuttle has launched a new mini-PC, the XH410G. The XH410G supports with a choice of Comet Lake-S processors, and has a PCIe card slot that could house a dedicated GPU, like the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650. The Shuttle XH410G starts at €283 as a barebones machine.

Xiaomi has introduced the Mi Box 4S Pro, its latest Android TV box. The device can output in up to 8K for just CNY 399 (~US$60), meaning that it supports HDMI 2.1. The Mi Box 4S Pro also has 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage.

The first pictures of the AirPods 3 have leaked, revealing that Apple has moved away from the current design and towards the design of the AirPods Pro. Apple is expected to announce the AirPods 3 in the first half of 2021.

Today, (November 5, 2020) Google has released the 5G variant of the Pixel 4a for pre-orders in Germany, France, the UK and Ireland. As with its flagship sibling, the 5, they come with an offer of free Bose wireless headphones with each order (while stocks last). The same phone is also now live in Taiwan and Australia.

Fully compatible with the brand-new AMD Ryzen 5000 desktop processors, G.SKILL's Trident Z Neo DDR4 memory kits feature low-latency CL14 timings, up to 4000 MHz frequencies, and come in capacities that go all the way up to 64 GB. Sales will kick off before the end of the month.

Motorola has unveiled the Moto G 5G, its latest mid-range smartphone. Paired with a Snapdragon 750G, the Moto G 5G has a 6.7-inch punch-hole display, a 5,000 mAh battery and up to 6 GB of RAM. The Moto G 5G is available with either 64 GB or 128 GB of storage too and starts at €299.

The newest entry in the Moto G9 family comes with a 6,000 mAh battery that Motorola claims should last up to 60 hours on a single charge. The Moto G9 Power comes with a 6.8-inch display too, along with a Snapdragon 662 chipset, 20 W fast charging and four cameras. Motorola has priced the Moto G9 Power at €199.

The reliable tipster IceUniverse has posted what appear to be marketing images for Galaxy S21 and S21 Ultra cases. The high-quality photos unambiguously show the new and super-prominent rear camera modules linked to this upcoming flagship line in earlier leaks. Therefore, Samsung fans may have to brace for a 2021 of these frame-hugging humps.

The Chuwi CoreBox Pro offers an Intel Ice Lake processor, 12 GB of RAM, an NVMe drive and loads of ports. One of these is a Thunderbolt 3 port, opening the two-litre machine up to being used with an eGPU. The Chuwi CoreBox Pro is available to order now for US$439.

Most of the tests we've seen thus far claim that it is quite tricky to push all cores above 4.7 GHz on a Ryzen 9 5900X, but the creator of the CTR overclocking utility managed to run this model stably at 4.82 GHz on all core coupled with DDR4-3933 RAM and the performance gains are quite substantial, unlike the PBO overclocking offered by the Ryzen Master utility.

The Radeon RX 6800 XT is not out yet, but one card is already being benchmarked in China. Put through its paces in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme, the RX 6800 XT comes close to equalling the performance of NVIDIA's RTX 3080.

It may look like a Blade Stealth at first glance, but the Razer Book 13 is so much more. The new business laptop includes features not found on the Blade Stealth including HDMI, MicroSD, 16:10 display, and even per-key RGB lighting for a starting price of $1200 USD.

LG Display has been contracted to supply mini-LED LCDs to Apple for its fifth-generation iPad Pros, according to ETNews. Mass-production of these next-generation displays will commence before the end of the year, allowing Apple to release new iPad Pros in Q1 2021.

AMD offered a glimpse into how Zen 3 processors can be beneficial for gaming. Comparison with corresponding Intel Comet Lake processors shows Zen 3's new CCX architecture helps eliminate most latency issues and allows much improved single-threaded and gaming performance across the board.

The finalized PCIe 6.0 specs should be released in late 2021, a timeframe coinciding with the first consumer implementations of the PCIe 5.0 standard from AMD and Intel. This means that we can expect to see the PCIe 6.0 consumer implementations only by 2023. PCI SIG is planning to double the PCIe bandwidth every two years, even though AMD and Intel will most likely not move that quickly.

The Xiaomi Mi Developer Conference (MIDC) is underway and an incredible prototype smartphone with a mechanical zoom lens has already been revealed. Xiaomi is also apparently planning on becoming the number one smartphone brand in Europe and will recruit a whole new army of engineers to help with that task.

The Predator Helios 300 brings all modern computer games smoothly onto the matte screen (Full HD, IPS, 144 Hz). Since Acer only uses one RAM module, memory runs in single-channel mode.

Alleged photos of what appear to be Rocket Lake and Alder Lake processors are now doing the rounds around the interwebs. The information on the IHS is masked for obvious reasons, but we see that the Alder Lake processor is taller than current Comet Lake parts possibly to accommodate the additional 500 pins.

The tests that included three Ryzen 5000 Zen 3 processors in a fight against the Intel Core i9-10900K, both parties using 16 GB of memory and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card revealed what we already knew: Intel needs to worry and — more important — hurry up with the release of its next-gen processors.

A new fan-made concept video of the Xiaomi Mi 11 has been posted online, and it offers an intriguing vision of the upcoming flagship smartphone. The Mi 11 rendered here has an extremely curved design and borrows its rear view from the Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha.

After a few luxury handsets available exclusively for the Chinese market, such as the W2018, W2019, and the W20, Samsung is back with the W21 5G. With a 7.6-inch Dynamic AMOLED screen inside and an external 6.23-inch display, the Samsung W21 5G looks like the Galaxy Z Fold2 5G and runs on the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ processor.

Down to one of the less important email service providers from the market leader position, Yahoo Mail continues on its downward spiral. Starting January 1, 2021, those who use free Yahoo Mail accounts will lose the automatic forwarding feature, which will only be available for Pro accounts (US$3.49 per month).

A prominent leaker has asserted that Xiaomi has a new variant of the pre-existing Redmi Note 9 in the works. This device is to have a 6.67-inch display with a refresh rate that can range from 30 to 120 hertz (Hz). It is also apparently certified for low blue light emissions and improved sunlight visibility.

The launch of Realme's first round-faced smartwatch has been predicted for some time through numerous leaks. Now, this wearable has made its debut, albeit in only 1 market (Pakistan). Nevertheless, this event may offer hints as to its pricing and availability in other markets.

Powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 4800H CPU and Radeon RX 5600M GPU, the Dell G5 15 Special Edition can offer GeForce RTX 2060-level gaming performance for the price of a typical GeForce GTX 1650 Ti laptop.

Huami has already released multiple smartwatches under its Amazfit brand, but the company also recently expanded into Zepp. The company started with the Zepp E and has now moved onto the Zepp Z, which it will unveil on November 17. The Zepp Z will feature a circular display, a leather strap and at least three hardware buttons.

After sending the MIUI 12 update to the global models of the Redmi Note 8T and Redmi Note 8, Xiaomi is now bringing the update to Europe. The new OTA finally brings MIUI 12 to the horde of European Redmi Note 8T owners, with new updates also landing on the Mi Note 10 Lite across the board.

LG is bringing a face mask to market. Called the PuriCare Wearable Air Purifier, the elaborate face mask features sensors, fans and two H13-HEPA filters. The mask should filter up to 99.95% of hazardous air particles, including bacteria and viruses. However, LG remains tight-lipped on the price of the PuriCare Wearable Air Purifier.

The first RTX 3060 Ti custom card has been spotted, and it is already available to purchase in for nearly US$1,000. Sold by Saudi Arabian retailer Silicon Valley Computers, the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3060 Ti EAGLE OC will probably cost closer to US$400 upon release on December 2.

NVIDIA has another two RTX 30 series cards up its sleeve, according to a prominent leaker. Apparently, the company will release the RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3060 early next year on its GA106 GPU with up to 3,840 CUDA cores and 6 GB of VRAM. The arrival of the RTX 3050 Ti may signal that there will be no new forthcoming GTX x050 cards, too.

A lucky Reddit user who happened to receive their Xbox Series S console a week early states that it only comes with 364GB of usable storage. That, combined with a lack of a disc drive, will make it difficult for users to simultaneously store more than a few games on the console.

A new Geekbench listing has revealed multiple aspects about the Xe-HP Neo, Intel's high-powered graphics chip. The listing not only shows the volume of compute units that the chip has, but shows the volume of cores, clock speeds and built-in VRAM.

The Samsung Galaxy S21 series will reputedly launch on January 14, 2021, with wireless earbuds in the box, according to new reports. The Galaxy S21, S21 Plus and S21 Ultra will launch simultaneously and will begin shipping 3before the start of February 2021.

A seasoned Weibo leaker has shed some light on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 875's specifications. Its 1+3+4 design consists of a Cortex-X1 super core clocked at 2.8GHz, three Cortex-A78 cores at 2.4GHz, and four Cortex-A55 cores at 1.8GHz. The chip will be released in December 2020 and likely debut alongside the Xiaomi Mi 11 the next month.