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The Honor 20 went on sale in the UK last month, and it's finally set to be joined by its more impressive and expensive sibling, the Honor 20 Pro. The Honor 20 Pro will go on sale in the UK today with a £549 price tag that sees it compete against the OnePlus 7 while being a better device by most metrics.

Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy Tab S6, its latest attempt to stay in the tablet game by offering features that aim to deliver what the iPad Pro doesn’t. In doing so, it also includes some new features that will also help make it a potential alternative to Microsoft’s successful Surface Pro range.

Unless if you plan on exploiting DLSS or the ray-tracing capabilities of the GeForce RTX 2060, then there's little reason to own an RTX 2060 laptop over a GTX 1660 Ti laptop especially from a performance-per-dollar perspective. The gain in raw graphics potential is minor at under 10 percent compared to the larger price markup.

Famed leakster Ice Universe tweeted photos of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ in the wild that were forwarded by an unknown leaker and interestingly, they seem to be taken by what could be the iPhone XR 2019 that is reflected in the Note 10+'s screen. The Galaxy Note 10+'s photo looks to be the real deal and seems to be in line with what we've been expecting so far, but it's authenticity cannot be verified at this time.

GoPro has announced that it will refresh the companion app for its action-cameras. The updates will integrate Quik editing features directly into said app. This will enable the user to apply filters and convert footage into stories. This upgrade should also improve the GoPro app's UI in the future.

The OPPO sub-brand Realme's volume of smartphone shipments worldwide has increased from approximately 500,000 in the 2nd quarter of 2018 (2Q2018) to about 4.7 million in 2Q2019. In other words, this has grown 8.48 times year-on-year (YoY). Its parent company also remains in the top 5 OEMs worldwide, although Samsung still remains supreme.

The UltraFine 5K monitor by LG is typically marketed as an ideal companion screen for Macs or MacBooks. However, it mysteriously vanished from Apple's website not long ago. Now, it is back as a new model for this year.

A new server-side update to Google Maps has been observed to allow the user to add their own notes to their items in this app's Lists facility. Users can also now re-arrange said items to their own liking, or in (for example) alphabetical order. These tweaks may make these Lists more handy and productive.

A study conducted by Consumers International, in conjunction with the Internet Society has reportedly found that most individuals surveyed find connected devices (mostly IoT or "smart home" products) "creepy". In addition, 53% of this group said that they do not trust these devices with their privacy. Concerns such as these put 28% of a sub-group without these devices off buying one.

New information on the grapevine has corroborated rumors that the regular Galaxy Note 10 will, in fact, be saddled with a FHD+ display. The leak also claims that Samsung will debut IP69 certification on the phones, but we're not sure how much practical sense that makes.

An official teaser reveals that the next-gen Mi Gaming notebooks by Xiaomi will arrive this Sunday, but it does not mention any specs. However, the Chinese text says something about an improved cooling experience, so we can safely assume that the new portables will feature an advanced cooling solution.

The XPS 15 7590 has suffered from a severe GPU throttling issue under sustained load since it's release over a month ago, but Dell has finally pushed out a BIOS update to help fix the issue.

Samsung’s Galaxy Note Unpacked event is coming up soon on August 7 but it looks like it will launch its next flagship Android tablet and Galaxy Watch Active sequel in between times. It has just dropped a new video teaser for the two devices with the set to officially launch on July 31 and August 5 respectively.

Apple’s iPhone business continues to weaken with sales down 12 percent over the same time last year. At the same time its Services business enjoyed a record quarter which combined with the decline in iPhone sales meant that for the first time since 2012 iPhone sales accounted for less than half of Apple’s total revenue.

Taiwan-based MediaTek, one of the largest smartphone chipset manufacturers, is looking to get into the mobile gaming market with their new G-Series of gaming orientated SoCs. With Qualcomm and MediaTek being the only two mass producers of smartphone SoCs for other OEMs, MediaTek has an opportunity here to capture market share.

The Librem 5's specifications have been finalized, but the hardware looks outdated. Considering the phone's $700 price tag, it's unlikely that the Librem 5 will garner any significant market share. However, the Librem 5 is focused on user privacy and "free and open" software instead of bleeding-edge specifications. In that regard, the Librem 5 is sure to be an interesting niche device.

Dell is currently running a 72-hour sale with a fair share of bargains to be had. Shoppers can pick from an Inspiron 11 Chromebook laptop for US$129.99 (US$70 off), a couple of discounted XPS notebooks in 13-inch and 15-inch sizes, and even a heavily reduced gaming behemoth in the form of an Alienware 17 laptop with an overclockable dGPU.

Just four months after Xiaomi released the Black Shark 2, the company has now launched a refresh of the gaming phone. The Black Shark 2 Pro features Qualcomm's new flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 855+ and comes with a few other improvements over the Black Shark 2. Prices start under US$450.

Huawei was hit with a trade ban that saw it effectively unable to do business with American companies. The media response after that may have led one to believe that all Huawei owners were tossing their phones in the bin and that the company's smartphone division was set to go under. Turns out, that couldn't have been farther from the truth.

Although its specs are not official yet, most chances are that the upcoming Vivo IQOO Pro 5G will use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus processor. The latest teaser by Vivo reveals the "Monster Inside" text on the back of the phone and nothing more. This handset should be unleashed upon China by the end of August.

New renders of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 phablet have been posted online by WinFuture that should appeal to those who like to mix business with pleasure. The often business-oriented Note line has been given a fresh coat of pink for this iteration, although it has not yet been confirmed which markets will receive the rose-colored variant.

Not long after MediaTek announced its first mobile SoC focused on gaming handsets, namely the Helio G90, this chip surfaced on both Geekbench and AnTuTu. According to the results it obtained, the MediaTek Helio G90 ranks between the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 and the HiSilicon Kirin 810.

Sony has revealed that it has now sold over 100 million units worldwide. The company touted the figure during its latest earnings call making it the fastest console to achieve this milestone.

As revealed in a YouTube documentary by IO Interactive employees, a third Hitman game is already in the works. Hitman 2 gets a new DLC today, namely Siberia (The Prison), and Hitman 3 could bring back the episodic structure that was present in the first Hitman title, which was released back in 2016.

Released at the end of last week, Action Launcher 42 comes with full theme support — light, dark, and full black options available, color matching and custom color selection for the Quicktheme feature, improved Google Discover/Now and ActionDash integration, and more. This app requires Android 5.0 Lollipop or later.

The new 14-inch LowPower displays in Lenovo's T-series will probably be very popular options among customers, but similar to recent years, there are multiple suppliers and one clear winner. Update: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2019 with fourth panel version from LG Philips

Speculation is rife that Navi 12 with 64 CUs (4096 SPs) could be AMD's flagship RDNA GPU offering that could compete against NVIDIA's RTX 2080 Ti. This is surprising as Navi 12 was originally thought to be a low-end part. We also aren't quite sure if this would prompt NVIDIA to respond in kind with a Super version of the RTX 2080 Ti.

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Note 10 phones are expected to be powered by the Exynos 9825 and the Note 10+ 5G has finally hit Geekbench, posting scores that could very well make the devices the fastest Android phones on the planet. Yes, even ahead of the new Snapdragon 855+.

A new video from the popular YouTube channel JerryRigEverything shows that foldables that keep their displays on the outside of their case are at severe risk for damage. Simple items like keys or extreme heat could permanently mar the display of a foldable smartphone.

A Swedish online retailer’s listing for the Sony PlayStation 5 has been making news recently because of the value stated in the placeholder for the console’s price. MediaMarkt has given a figure of 9,999 Swedish krona for the PS5, which equates to around US$1,054 or €946. This has led to new speculation of what the device could end up actually costing.

A recent Geekbench listing has revealed that Intel has a fourth Comet Lake U processor up its sleeve, and it could be a corker. Named the Core i7-10710U, it will be the first hexacore CPU in Intel's U series and will come with 12 MB of L3 cache along with a 4.67 GHz turbo clock speed.

Google is back with yet more teasers for the upcoming Pixel 4 series. Remember Project Soli? Well, Google is making it a stand-out feature of the Pixel 4, and it has just told the world how it plans to use it, months before its official unveiling. A few other nuggets of information await too.

If you're in the market for an entry-level gaming machine, the Pavilion Gaming 17 costs about the same as the MSI GF75 and yet it offers faster gaming performance at measurably quieter and cooler temperatures overall. However, the MSI is significantly lighter and thinner.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 is rumored to be this OEM's next premium tablet. It is already projected to ship with the Snapdragon 855 SoC, 128 or 256 GB in onboard storage and fast charging. A new tweet posted by the renowned leaker may fill in the few blanks left on this putative device.

The Honor 8X and 10 may be updated to new versions of their Android skin soon. This may lead to speculation that these 2 phones may also get the next major software upgrade, which would be EMUI 10. When asked about this via Twitter, the brand's Indian division gave answers that seem to affirm this.

Rumors of a 16-inch MacBook Pro continue to circulate. A new rumor by Digitimes states that the larger MacBook Pro may debut as early as September, although Apple's recent trims of the MacBook Pro line suggest otherwise.

Configurations of a few HP laptops with Intel Comet Lake-U CPUs were posted by known leakster @momomo_us on Twitter indicating that Intel's Whiskey Lake successor is right around the corner. In the leak, we see Core i5-10210U and Core i7-10510U specs with a choice of NVIDA GeForce MX250 graphics.

While there is no official statement regarding LG's plans for foldable and bendable devices, at least they are going for two names. The South Korean OEM has recently filed for two new trademarks and none of them seems to bring anything new to the market — "Arc" and "Folds" are not the most original names they could have come up with.

The legendary FPS titles Doom and Doom II are now finally available for iOS and Android handsets. While they are not free, they come for a fair price of US$4.99 each. Doom includes the "Thy Flesh Consumed" expansion and Doom 2 comes with 20 new levels, four-player co-op, and four-player multiplayer.

Oppo has given us our first look at what it is calling a “waterfall screen.” The new display aggressively curves around the side of the device eliminating side bezels altogether creating a dramatic waterfall effect.

The Google device codenamed "Atlas" has just surfaced in an FCC listing. If the rumor turns out to be true, this portable made by Quanta Computer Inc. will soon hit the market as the Pixelbook 2. Unfortunately, the aforementioned listing only confirms the presence of WiFi 802.11 ac and Bluetooth 5.0 support.

Although previous rumors claimed otherwise, a recent report by popular Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reveals that all three iPhone models that are expected to arrive in 2020 will feature 5G connectivity. All these upcoming devices — 5.4, 6.1, and 6.7 inches in size — are expected to sport OLED displays.

You don't need to spend any money if you want your laptop display to be more color accurate despite what other websites may suggest. For the most color accurate display, you would have to calibrate your own laptop individually. If that is not possible, then you can apply our own calibrated ICC or ICM profiles.

A true legend has used an Arduino microcontroller, 128x64p display, and 300 mAh battery to create the world's smallest ThinkPad (and probably laptop). To top it all off, the ThinkTiny can play some classic games and is controlled by a TrackPoint-style nub.

The upcoming Ice Lake processor recently posted an impressive set of Geekbench scores, and now a set of SiSoftware benchmark results point to the CPU reaching up to 65 W. The quad-core processor will have a 3.9 GHz boost clock along with 2 MB of L2 cache and 8 MB of L3 cache too.

Rejoice V30 owners, for LG has finally released Android 9.0 Pie for its former flagship. The OS update introduces gesture controls, upgraded system apps and more. Some early adopters have reported experiencing laggy UI and gesture control issues though, which were not present in Oreo. LG has started pushing the update over the air (OTA), but there is a workaround if it is not appearing on your device.

Some up-to-date renders of the Galaxy Note 10 are depicted as having an unfamiliar finish that appears as a gradient from pale purple to pale green. The latest rumors indicate that this is in fact an official color option, called Aura Glow. It may feature on the upcoming 2019 Galaxy Notes, as it now does on matching Galaxy Buds.

Google Nest - the new name for this company's smart-home arm - has partnered with the Reeve Foundation to help members of the community built around this organization. They are individuals affected by paralysis or movement loss disorders. As many as 100,000 of them will receive a free Home Mini as a result of this collaboration.

The 7 is an updated version of the 6T that launched alongside the OnePlus 7 Pro flagship smartphone. It was originally sold in SKUs with either 6 or 8GB of RAM. Now, it is also available with 12GB - but this model is for the Chinese market only.

AMD's VP of Radeon Scott Herkelman recently revealed in an interview that the company keenly observed NVIDIA's launch of the RTX 20 Super series and revised the pricing of the new RX 5700 series GPUs to undercut NVIDIA's RTX 2060 and 2070 Super GPUs. The initial pricing of the RX 5700 series was deliberately kept higher to trick NVIDIA into reducing its launch prices.