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Meizu's next offering in its flagship line, the Meizu 17, has now surfaced and made the trip over to popular benchmark platform AnTuTu. While the phone doesn't post any groundbreaking numbers, the listing confirms that it'll be powered by a Snapdragon 865.

Recently, a leak that suggests Honor will follow Huawei's lead in adding a Pro+ variant to its 2020 flagship sprung. Now, a new Geekbench listing that may be for this very phone has appeared. It shows that the "Plus" model may run on the Kirin 990 SoC.

It was only a couple of days ago that LG first teased the design direction of its next smartphone and the drip feed continues. Today LG announced that the new device will be called the LG Velvet.

Lu Weibing, Xiaomi executive and general manager of Redmi, has been pondering the subject of Ingress Protection ratings on the Chinese social media site Weibo. The Redmi boss declared that IP53 was enough for the Redmi K30 Pro but was soon convinced by his followers that IP68 should be considered in regard to future smartphones.

Phone is an app made by Google that may offer more features and settings compared to the average default Android dialer. It is normally only exclusive to Pixel and Android One devices. However, XDA contributors now claim that it can work when downloaded onto some other handsets.

Sony released the Xperia XZ2 Compact back in 2018, and has failed to follow it up with a truly compact flagship phone, much to the chagrin of lovers of smaller-sized premium devices. That could be set to change, however.

YouTube teardown specialists iFixit has posted its disassembly video for the Huawei Mate Xs. This device has a flexible display found on the outer face of its phablet form-factor. It has also now been found to contain various serious obstacles to getting at its internal components.

Facebook has recently introduced a new group of settings to help the user manage the time they spend on its mobile app. Now, it has been augmented further with Quiet Mode, a set of toggles that allows notifications to be silenced for all or a specific part of the day. They may be followed by even more granular controls in the future.

A recent leak purported to outline how OnePlus would price its upcoming flagship 8-series of smartphones in Europe. Now, a new tip claims to do the same for India. It also states that the first-ever Warp Charge wireless charger is also coming to this market, as are new wireless earphones from this OEM.

Consumer tech has already been used for 'Covid-19 contact tracing' in Taiwan and South Korea already. Now, Google and Apple have jointly announced a new API to do the same using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). It will apparently used voluntarily-donated, anonymized data on those infected with the virus to alert other users who may have been in transmission-range of them.

A leaked poster hints at a brand-new member of Huawei's MatePad slate series. This one seems to have an about 10-inch screen with a 2K resolution. It is described as powered by the Kirin 810 processor, and may be intended to appeal to students.

A Galaxy S20 Ultra Exynos 990 user claims to be facing major QA issues on his smartphone. In a Twitter post, the user claims autofocus is broken, even on the latest firmware, and that the US$1400 has "poor performance," "poor battery life," and "heats like hell."

European prices for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite have been leaked online. The prices relate to the 64 GB Wi-Fi variant and the 64 GB LTE model, although more SKUs with 128 GB storage are expected. Samsung has started publishing support pages for the upcoming Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, which suggests the tablet will soon be released.

The Sony Xperia 10 II was unveiled back in February but is unlikely to hit store shelves until June at the earliest. When it does, it's expected to carry a price tag in the region of US$400, which places it in competition with the upcoming Pixel 4a and iPhone SE 2.

Nokia is currently believed to launch a phone called the 7.3 alongside its 9.3 PureView 2020 flagship. This event has reportedly been pushed back due to the Covid-19 pandemic; now, a new leak states that it will take place in 3Q2020. The 7-series phone may have quad cameras and a 5G variant.

The Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite has been issued with a new software update. It confers a fresh build of One UI 2.1 on the phone, which comes with a range of camera and AR Emoji enhancements. It also changes its security patch level to the most recent one.

The Mi A3 is not out of the woods yet, as Xiaomi keeps pushing buggy Android 10 updates to the device. Now, it has emerged that the company has pulled the latest Android 10 update following a litany of complaints from owners.

OPPO has officially announced that it will launch a new phone called the Ace2 later in April 2020. This device is also slated to support a 90 hertz (Hz) refresh rate, along with a 180Hz touch-sampling rate. These gaming-focused specs will apparently be joined by others that may make it smoother during this type of use.

With little fanfare, LG has released a new phone, the Style3, in Japan. It has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of fixed storage, but also rocks a 1440p display and Qualcomm's 2018 flagship SoC. This phone is only available through the carrier NTT Docomo in black or white.

Honor is already thought to bring a P40 Pro-esque 50MP main camera to its impending new flagships, the 30 and 30 Pro. Now, there are indications that the brand is making this series even more like the new Huawei flagships, with an extra added top-end SKU and 40-watt (W) fast charging.

A listing imaginatively titled "Google Pixel 4a XL Replacement New Battery Back Cover Door" has appeared on eBay France, sparking rumours about Google releasing a second mid-range Pixel this year. While Google has apparently cancelled the Pixel 4a XL, there has been no official confirmation from Google as such.

The new Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro smartphone has leapfrogged over various iPhones to head Soomal’s display evaluation charts for both subjective user experience and the more objective professional color tests. It’s a good result for the Xiaomi device, but the charts do not yet include flagship rivals such as the Huawei P40, OPPO Find X2, or Samsung Galaxy S20.

The bootloader unlock tool for the Realme XT is now official with instructions for use being made available on the Realme Community site. While the bootloader unlock allows Realme XT users to install custom ROMs, it disables official OTA updates and also downgrades the Widevine level from L1 to L3.

Google has continued its progressive global rollout of Duplex, its AI-powered automated phone booking service for Android smartphones. The latest countries to receive the functionality include Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Motorola has added a new Blush Gold color to its Razr fold line up hoping to inspire a new round of sales. Unfortunately, while the new color has a more upmarket look about it, the US$1,500 starting price is still hard to swallow.

Reports a few weeks ago touted Google to eschew the Snapdragon 865 in its Pixel 5 plans. A new report has now surfaced, claiming that Samsung is working on a customized SoC for Google, built on a next-gen 5nm manufacturing node and featuring Cortex-A78 CPU cores.

Recent leaks have pointed to a successor for the Galaxy A20s, a phone that may stand out among its new siblings as the only one with a brand-new SoC on its launch. A device with its rumored model number has just appeared again, this time on the Wi-Fi Alliance's database of approved products.

Nokia has announced that its 2019 budget 4.2 handset can now be updated to Android 10, bringing improvements such as Digital Wellbeing and a dark mode to the phone. However, many users now face a long wait for this major software upgrade.

The official OnePlus Twitter channel has released a trailer for Crackables 2.0, a new version of a game premiered last year by the electronics OEM. This year, it is presented in partnership with Google, and consists of a series of puzzles, the fastest solvers of which will be invited to compete for the title of best player and US$10,000.

The Android 10-based One UI 2.0 update for the Samsung Galaxy A70 reportedly causes some variants of the phone to stop working. You can get around the problem by sideloading Android 9 Pie on to your phone. If that isn't an option, the only way out is to get a hardware replacement from a Samsung retailer.

With leaked retail boxes and final hardware specifications appearing online almost simultaneously, it is easy to get swept up in news about the Pixel 4a. Is it just a modest upgrade from the Pixel 3a, though? Current information would suggest so, in our opinion.

Samsung was first to unveil patents for in-display selfie cams, but Oppo one-upped the Korean giant by presenting working phone prototypes integrating in-display cameras. While Samsung is now strongly considering adding in-display cams to the upcoming Galaxy S21 launching next year, Oppo could still be first-to-market, if its prototypes showcased last December are any indication.

Samsung's massively popular Galaxy A50 is now receiving its Android 10 update. It comes in the form of One UI 2.0 and brings forth exciting features such as support for Google's new navigation gestures, a dedicated screen recorder app, and more. The update is rolling out worldwide and should be available to eligible devices in the next few days.

Teased earlier this week, Huawei has now unveiled the Vision X65. Featuring a 65-inch OLED panel, fourteen hidden speakers and gesture controls, the Vision X65 certainly looks futuristic.

A list of alleged Xiaomi smartphones that have been lined up to receive an update to MIUI 12 has been published online. A total of 23 devices are included on the list, which features phones from both Xiaomi and Redmi brands. The Mi 10, Mi 9, Mi Mix 3, Redmi K30, Redmi Note 8, and Redmi Note 7 are just some of the popular smartphones listed.

LG has all but confirmed that its flagship G-series smartphone line is dead with its reveal of the new design direction its next smartphone will be taking. The new sketches point to a highly refined, clean and elegant design aiming to differentiate itself primarily by going for a more seamless and integrated look.

Huawei recently unveiled a slight update to its skin—EMUI 10.1—and the first build is now being sent out to the company's last-gen flagships, the P30, P30 Pro, Mate 20 pro, and other phones in the Mate 20 series. EMUI 10.1 brings a number of features including Huawei's new voice assistant, Celia.

One year after, we're yet to get a successor to the incredibly promising but ultimately disappointing penta-camera Nokia 9 PureView. The phone in question has apparently been delayed yet again, with Covid-19 touted as the reason this time.

You can now get a Samsung Galaxy A50 for free with every Galaxy S20+ in the US. The offer is only valid Verizon, AT&T and Sprint variants of Samsung's 2020 flagship. The promotion also holds for those who want an unlocked version of the phone, but it'll cost an extra $50.

Casio's upcoming addition to the G-SHOCK line has heart-rate tracking functions for the first time. The watch's new sensor is also joined by others to track fitness-related activities while in use. It is also a Bluetooth device, with its own app to display its measurements and manage notifications while training.

Samsung has announced that several new Galaxy A-line phones will become available in the USA soon. This "select" list includes the 5G versions of the A51 and A71. It also extends to the ultra-budget A01, which drops the entry-level pricing of this series well below US$150 in 2020.

MediaTek has been accused of artificially inflating benchmark scores on some of their devices. The shortcoming came to light when a reviewer found that a Helio P95 chip outperformed a Dimensity 1000L in PCMark. Some digging revealed that MediaTek has 'whitelists' for popular benchmarking apps. Whitelisted apps are allowed to push the device's SoC far beyond its limit, resulting in higher benchmark scores.

With OnePlus set to unveil the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro on April 14, WinFuture has gone and confirmed pretty much every detail about both devices. While some decisions may leave you scratching your head, OnePlus' pricing structure alone should you tell you enough about the company's ambitions for 2020.

Samsung is expected to release its upcoming flagships —Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Fold 2— as per schedule. Both devices will be unveiled sometime in late July or mid-August at an online event. It could be a while before both devices are available for purchase via retail channels, though.

Keeping in mind that the image uploaded to Instagram is actually a low resolution sample with compression already applied to it, the quality is not bad at all. Then again, maybe this device is not even supposed to have Huawei P40 Pro image quality and should only be appreciated for its dual-hinge-screen design.

Following the publication of a patent filed by Samsung for a quad-curved display, Concept Creator and LetsGoDigital have teamed up to imagine what such a smartphone could look like. Featuring the rear-facing cameras from the Galaxy S20 Ultra, the design resembles a P40 Pro, but one that truly curves over the front of the device.

Samsung once again trying to get Apple directly in its sights with rumored new 12.4-inch and 11-inch Galaxy Tabs. It has been all over the shop with display sizes and ratios, but is once again following Apple’s lead.

Users of Xiaomi MIUI 11 will soon be able to enable Android 10 gestures. An update to MIUI 11 is going live to select Chinese ROM users and is expected to be available globally soon.

According to a new report, there's a new smartphone on the way, coming with a massive 192 MP sensor onboard. The phone, however, will eschew Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon 865 in favor of the sub-premium Snapdragon 765G.