vivo iQOO fully charging under 50 minutes, leak shows

Vivo's recently announced sub-brand iQOO will launch its first smartphone on March 1. The company has already confirmed some of its features - one of which is the 44W fast charging. And, some snapshots that have leaked online show us that this charging tech will fully charge the phone under 50 minutes. These snapshots show the battery level on vivo iQOO smartphone going from 1 to 100% in 46 minutes. It charges up to 50% in 16 minutes but takes almost double time to go from 50 to 100%. Well, this is the natural behavior across the majority of the fast charging technologies as their...

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Asus reveals which Zenfones will be updated to Android 9 Pie

Asus has unveiled the official 2019 roadmap for the Android 9.0 Pie updates of its Zenfone lineup. Unfortunately, the timing doesn't get any more specific than "2019". A couple of those - the Zenfone 5 flagship duo - are already running the latest Android version. Another one, the ROG Phone was spotted doing test runs, so its update can't be far away. Here's the full lineup:       Product Name Model Updated?       ZenFone 5 ZE620KL Yes       ZenFone 5Z ZS620KL Yes       ASUS ROG Phone ZS600KL ...

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Sony Xperia 10 and 10 Plus available in Europe, Xperia L3 too

The Xperia 10 duo was supposed to go on sale on Monday, just after it was unveiled. Well, they are not on time, but they are here now. The Sony Xperia 10 Plus (Dual SIM) can be yours for €430 in mainland Europe. The UK gets the single SIM version instead, that's for £350. The smaller Sony Xperia 10 (dual SIM) is €350. The UK once again gets the single-SIM model instead, priced at £300. Sony Xperia 10 Plus • Sony Xperia 10 • Sony Xperia L3 The entry-level Sony Xperia L3 launched alongside those two. It's €200 (dual SIM) and &poud;170 (single SIM) in mainland Europe and the...

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Samsung launches the Galaxy M30 in India

After the successful launch of the Galaxy M10 and M20 in India, Samsung is expanding its M series portfolio by launching the Galaxy M30 in the country. As the model number suggests, the M30 sits above the Galaxy M20 in Samsung’s new online-exclusive budget lineup. It boasts slightly better specs than the M20 and accordingly comes at a higher price as well.

The Galaxy M30 comes with a 6.4-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED Infinity-U display, Exynos 7904 SoC, a fingerprint reader on the back, 5,000mAh battery with support for fast charging, and Android 8.1 Oreo with Samsung Experience 9.5 UI on top. On the back, it sports a triple-camera setup with a 13-megapixel primary camera, 5-megapixel depth sensor, and a 5-megapixel wide-angle lens. There is also a 16-megapixel selfie camera with Live Focus support. The device will be available in 4GB/64GB and 6GB/128GB storage variants. As evident from the specs, the Galaxy M30 is essentially an M20 with a Super AMOLED display, more storage, and a triple-camera setup.

The Galaxy M30 will go on sale in India on Amazon.in and Samsung eStore at 12 PM IST on March 7. It will be available in Gradation Black and Gradation Blue color options. The base 4GB/64GB variant is priced at INR 14,990 (~$210), while the higher-end variant costs INR 17,990 (~$250). Those are extremely aggressive price points for what Samsung is offering and are bound to attract a lot of buyers in the world’s second largest smartphone market.

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GSMA names Mate 20 Pro best phone, Google's Night Sight most disruptive tech

Now that the Mobile World Congress is at its penultimate day, it's time for GSMA to issue the Global Mobility of Employees (GLOMO) awards. The GLOMO awards cover a wide spectrum of the industry so we'll focus on what matters to us - Mobile. Starting with the best smartphone. A panel of judges chose the Huawei Mate 20 Pro. For Best Overall Mobile Consumer Innovation GSMA gave the nod to Epic Games for their Fortnite Franchise. Samsung won the Best Wearable Mobile Technology for its Galaxy Watch. Google won the award for Disruptive Device Innovation for Night Sight, which...

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Possible Huawei P30 Pro camera samples posted by company's product manager

Bruce Lee - no, not the actor, the Product Manager at Huawei - posted four photos of a new 5G cell tower near the MWC venue in Barcelona. The cell tower was set up by Huawei and Vodafone, but the photos are much more interesting than the tower itself. There's speculation that the photos were taken with a Huawei P30 Pro. The vanilla Huawei P30 is expected to get the triple camera of the Mate 20 Pro while the P30 Pro should have a new quad camera. They go from what appears to be an ultra-wide angle shot to a zoomed in view (the last image almost certainly uses digital zoom)....

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Samsung Galaxy S10+ first software update rolling out

The Samsung Galaxy S10+ is just a few days old but it's already getting a software update to fix some critical software and security issues. And more importantly, it allows you to remap the Bixby button. According to the changelog, the update fixes several small and critical vulnerabilities tied with Android OS in general and Samsung's own firmware. It also takes care of some annoying issues with the default Camera app and improves the accuracy and speed of the under-display fingerprint reader. We've had our fare share of problems with the new tech and we are eager to see how Qualcomm's...

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