Lava Blaze 5G arrives: India’s cheapest 5G smartphone

Lava Blaze 5G was introduced today during India Mobile Congress 2022. It is set to be India’s most affordable 5G smartphone, although the company did not reveal an actual price. The device is powered by a Mediatek Dimensity 700 chipset, which is one of few differences to the Lava Blaze Pro, introduced last month. The Blaze 5G also has a 6.5” LCD with 720p resolution 90Hz refresh rate, and a fingerprint scanner on the side. RAM is 4GB, storage is 128GB. There is a slot for a microSD card. The phone also has a 50MP main camera on the back and an 8MP selfie shooter at the front. The...

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Gurman: Apple unlikely to hold in-person October event, no Touch ID on iPhone 15

The latest newsletter from Bloomberg analyst Mark Gurman suggests Apple will forgo holding an in-person event for its new MacBooks, iPads and Apple TV and will instead just announce the new devices on its website. Apple is expected to announce new MacBook Pro 14 and 16 models with updated M2 Pro and M2 Max chipsets alongside new iPad Pro 11 and 12.9 models with the standard M2 chip. Apple TV is also expected to get an update with the Apple A14 chip and 4GB RAM. In addition, Gurman suggests Apple will not bring Touch ID back on the iPhone 15 or any of the upcoming flagship iPhones in...

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Another set of Pixel 7 and 7 Pro renders arrive alongside manual

It's three days to Google's Pixel 7 event so let's enjoy some quality press renders of the Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, as well as the control scheme taken straight out of the manual for the two phones and the Pixel Watch. Here's the Google Pixel 7 Pro in Obsidian, Hazel, and Snow. Google Pixel 7 Pro, source: Evan Blass And this is the Google Pixel 7 in Obsidian, Snow, and Lemongrass. Interestingly, the widgets on the homescreen show the October 4 date, perhaps that was the original event date? Just spitballing here. Google Pixel 7, source: Evan Blass Moving on to the...

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Honor X40 GT teaser surfaces

Honor X40 series was officially launched last month, and now we have reports of a third phone joining the family - Honor X40 GT. The name popped over the weekend on Chinese social media, with multiple tipsters reporting the phone will come with Snapdragon 888. The chipset was the most popular among early 2021 flagships and brings a mighty 2.84 GHz Cortex-X1 CPU core, three Cortex-A78 cores at 2.42GHz, and the four efficient Cortex-A55 units at 1.8GHz. The Honor X40 GT is said to be the performance smartphone in the midrange X series and will be announced this month. However, the...

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OnePlus Nord Watch is official with 1.78” OLED screen and up to 30 days of battery life

OnePlus joined the world of smartwatches in March 2021, and today it's delivering it's also bringing its affordable sub-brand Nord on board. Meet the OnePlus Nord Watch - a smartwatch with big and bright screen, sports tracking and up to 30 days of battery life. The Nord Watch has a 1.78” AMOLED rectangular screen with a resolution of 368x448 pixels and 60Hz refresh rate. The watch does not have its own GPS, meaning it can only gathers positioning from the smartphone through Bluetooth 5.2. OnePlus Nord Watch OnePlus developed the watch as a unisex wearable and it can...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 39

For yet another week our trending chart is topped by the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max, but the gap to the second-placed Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is much narrower this time around. The Pixel 7 Pro is about to make its official debut and it already got enough people checking it out to finish the week in third place. The newly unveiled Xiaomi Civi 2 captured fourth ahead of the Galaxy A53 and the rapidly rising Redmi Note 11. The discontinued iPhone X ranked seventh as its owners still consider their upgrade options, while the far more current iPhone 14 Pro lost a lot of ground and is now...

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Week 39 in review: Redmi Note 11R is here, Pixel 7 rumors heat up in the final week

Another week down, so let's take a look back at the biggest events from it. This week saw the announcement of the Redmi Note 11R. It packs a Dimensity 700 chip, a 6.58-inch 1080p IPS LCD of 90Hz refresh rate, and a 5,000mAh battery. It's basically a rebranded Poco M4 5G. The Redmi Note 11R is now on sale in China, starting at CNY 1,099 for the 4/128GB model. Infinix teased the Zero Ultra - a phone with a 200MP camera and 180W charging. It will have a 6.8-inch 120Hz AMOLED display, a Dimensity 920 chipset, and 8GB of RAM. This week brought renders of the entire Galaxy S23 lineup and...

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