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Vivo is preparing a new smartphone called V11 and its photos and specs already leaked into the wild. Live images of the phone were initially leaked by a Belarusian website, later followed by detailed pictures of the Waterdrop notch from Russia. Specs of the phone were also outed, revealing the device will have an under-display fingerprint scanner, Snapdragon 660 chipset, and a flagship-tier camera. vivo V11 live images The vivo V11 is expected to have a 6.41" AMOLED screen with Full HD+ resolution and a massive ration of 19.5:9. The chipset in the phone comes with octa-core... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2Mjhx7w via IFTTT

Back in the beginning of the month we reported about a project called Dragonfly, aiming to bring back Google Search to China but with revised mechanisms and abiding by the censorship laws in China. Now The New York Times reported that a letter demanding more transparency to understand the ethical consequences has been circling around the internal networks of Google and has been signed by over 1,400 employees of the Mountain View company. The message, acquired by NYT, is one page long and asks leadership "to work with employees to implement concrete transparency and oversight... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2MvdqVa via IFTTT

The newest Skype Preview version 8.29.76 for Android brings a couple of new features. You can now make Skype calls on your smartphone and record them right from the app. This might be a good option for those that used to rely on a third-party call recording app before their functionality was borked by the Android Pie update. The new feature is SMS messaging. You can choose two options for SMS: You can now use Skype SMS to send and receive text messages on your Skype account using Skype Credit. The second option is to send SMS messages using "SMS Connect" which will set your... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2BkcUVE via IFTTT

This week, Motorola announced the Moto P30 exclusively for the Chinese market. The smartphone itself took inspiration from not only the iPhone X's notch, but basically the rest of its design. iPhone references aside, the global version of the P30 is rumored to be the Motorola One (leaked images here) and One Power. We're expecting the "One" to be the less spec'd device of the two. Today, the Motorola One appeared on GeekBench unofficially confirming that the device will run a Snapdragon 625 CPU and 4GB of RAM for apps. Meanwhile, the device that was benchmarked is running Android 8.1 Oreo.... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2Midfgp via IFTTT

Huawei, by way of CEO Richard Yu, has confirmed that the Mate 20 series will launch in October and will be powered by the Kirin 980 - the world's first commercially available 7nm chipset. The new chipset will be 20% faster and 40% more efficient that the Kirin 970. It will reportedly have processor cores that peak at 2.8GHz. Huawei will announce the Kirin 980 at the IFA congress in Berlin in a few weeks. We'll get the full details then. As for the Huawei Mate 20 series, it will consist of the Mate 20, the Mate 20 Pro and the Mate 20 Lite. We know very little of the Mate 20,... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2OHbPJ5 via IFTTT

Platform lock-in sucks - especially when talking about nascent platforms like VR where content is pretty limited to begin with. So, here's some good news: HTC's Viveport VR store will soon support the Oculus Rift headset. The consumer launch is set for September 4, developers can start testing today. The support includes both purchased titles and ones rented via the Viveport Subscription. Games built with OpenVR should require no changes, which will help build up a wide selection of games for launch day. Like on Steam, icons will show at-a-glance compatibility info in the Viveport... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2Mx9XFx via IFTTT

Earlier this year ARM unveiled the Cortex-A76, which promised 35% boost in performance. This core will be out later this year, but there's much more to come - the company announced a road map for 7nm and 5nm cores and is not shy about making comparisons with Intel. The A76 will be made on both 10nm and 7nm nodes. Its followup, codenamed Deimos, will be made on the 7nm node once it matures. Expect to see this in devices in 2019 with a 15% increase in performance over A76. The sequel to Deimos is Hercules and it will be made on both the 7nm node and the yet to be developed 5nm node.... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2ODZ9mw via IFTTT

HMD's teaser campaign heats up as the Nokia Mobile India Twitter account promises the "most awaited phone". The campaign operates under the #BringItOn hashtag and has been building anticipation for the August 21 event. The Nokia 6.1 Plus is the most likely device to be featured, though HMD hasn't confirmed anything officially. The support page has been up on the Nokia India site since late June. We are thrilled to bring you the Nokia smartphones event for the most awaited phone. Stay tuned to #BringItOn with #NokiaMobile pic.twitter.com/v1ZHBnTSri— Nokia Mobile India (@NokiamobileIN)... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2MRraWW via IFTTT

Samsung launched the Galaxy Note9 on August 9 with a price tag of $999/€999 for the basic 128 GB variant. It arrived in four fancy colors and Gorilla Glass 5 protecting the back panel. The luxury smartphone company Caviar that is based in Russia decided that price and looks are not flashy enough and launched the Galaxy Note9 with 1 kilogram of pure gold on the back. We're not joking, just look at the images. Caviar is not playing around The Samsung Galaxy Note9 Fine Gold Edition retains its internals with Caviar choosing to focus on the looks only. The Russian... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2PgJL0z via IFTTT

The vivo X23 is going to be announced soon, possibly even on August 20 - that date leaked through the Chinese company's virtual assistant, Jovi. Someone in China already seems to have his or her hands on a unit, however, as evidenced by the two spy shots you can see below. They show a phone with a very small notch at the top of the display, akin to the one found in the Oppo F9 that recently became official. Oppo calls it a 'waterdrop' screen, and it's not surprising to see vivo using the same design as the two companies are both subsidiaries of BBK Electronics. Alleged vivo X23 in... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2nLsoIl via IFTTT

Coolpad has added a new entry-level smartphone to its Mega series. Slated as an offline-exclusive for India, the Coolpad Mega 5A comes with a 5.45-inch 1440x720px 18:9 display, a Spreadtrum chipset with a quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable storage. It packs an 8MP+0.3MP dual camera on the back and a 5MP camera on the front. There's a 2,500mAh battery on board. The Coolpad Mega 5A will be available starting today in 8 states - Delhi NCR, Haryana, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. It's priced at INR 6,999 (about... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2wasRb5 via IFTTT

Google unleashed the Android 9.0 Pie at the beginning of the month with a bunch of new features and polished design. Today the company introduced the Go edition of the new OS and the improvements it would bring to ultra-affordable smartphones in developing markets. According to the official blog post, the new OS has a 500MB smaller footprint, the boot is faster and more secure and will offer a dashboard for tracking and monitoring data consumption. The phones with Android Oreo (Go Edition) and the upcoming devices that will be with the Pie variant have some lite pre-installed apps... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2MRfbsF via IFTTT

Samsung has been gearing up to launch its first foldable smartphone for a very long time now, and the device may finally become official at CES 2019 in January. While we impatiently wait for the Korean company's next innovation, the folks over at Dutch website NieuweMobiel teamed up with Jonas Dähnert to bring us a glimpse of what the handset may end up looking like. Samsung Galaxy F (or Galaxy X) concept renders The phone has been referred to as the Galaxy X, but there's also a chance it will be launched as the Galaxy F (reusing the name of a canceled model from a few years... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2PbdZC5 via IFTTT

The Moto Z3 is now available on Verizon. You can pay its $480 price up front or spread it out across 24 months at $20 a month. The phone is available online here and here as well as offline in Verizon stores. If you're coming from another US carrier, by switching to Verizon and trading in your old phone, you can get up to $300 off that price. Note that shipping may take a week (that's what Motorola.com estimates, anyway). Moto Z3's claim to fame is that early next year there will be a MotoMod (pictured above) that gives the phone 5G connectivity. However, LG and Sprint stole some of... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2MqSnmu via IFTTT

A Sony H4493 has passed through Geekbench, likely the Xperia XA3 or one of its variants (Plus/Ultra). The phone is powered by a Snapdragon 660 chipset, Sony's first, which should provide a boost in performance compared to the previous generation (the XA2 phones used Snapdragon 630). We say "should" as the scores posted by this model are not actually an improvement over the older phones. Still, it's early days and the software may not be ready for prime time (Android 8.0 Oreo). The Xperia XA3 boasts 6GB of RAM, which was only available on the top Xperia XA2 Plus in the previous... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2MR3out via IFTTT

The Oppo-made Realme 2 is coming soon. We saw a press render of the new phone earlier today, then Realme launched its official website and now we bring you the Realme 2's retail box. The website features the Realme brand story as well as its only product so far - the Realme 1. Naturally, the site makes no mention of Realme's connection with Oppo. At this time we don't have any other details outside of the retail box, but we expect the Realme 2 to bring similar if not quite identical hardware to the Oppo F7. Oppo Realme 2 retail box It's unclear when Oppo's sub-brand Realme... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2nInOLh via IFTTT

Oppo R17 was unveiled on Monday with an under-display fingerprint scanner and a tiny notch for the selfie camera. The phone will go on pre-order on Saturday and will be officially released in a week, but it already appeared in a hands-on video, showing the fingerprint scanner in action. The Oppo R17 has an OLED screen, allowing the optical fingerprint reader to work. As the video shows, the scanner is not as fast as conventional ones, but the phone unlocks at the first try. We also see the tiny chin, the small notch and some side bezels. While the Oppo R17 is official, there are... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2wa2fHd via IFTTT

The as of yet unofficial Honor ARE-AL00 has made another appearance on regulatory platform TENAA this time with a detailed list of specs. The Honor ARE-AL00 is expected to launch as the Honor 8X (or 8S, or Honor 8X Max) and is rumored to use a Snapdragon 660 or 636. We can now add the rather large screen size of 7.12-inches to the mix of known facts. The ample canvas will have a resolution of 2244x1080 pixels. Powering the phablet will be a 4,900mAh battery. That's somewhat lower than the 6.9" Xiaomi Mi Max 3's, which packs in a 5,500mAh battery, but battery life is always about more... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2OCz1II via IFTTT

WhatsApp has been offering to backup all your conversations, photos, and videos to Google Drive for a while now. It used to take up some space on the cloud, but today all users received emails saying the backup package will not count towards your available quota of storage, meaning you can store all the data for free. The email from Google to every WhatsApp user Google sent out the message, stating the change is due to a new agreement with WhatsApp. The transition is starting today but might take some time to come into effect for everyone. The policy will be available to all by... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2MzSjRH via IFTTT

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