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Realme 5's first sale moves over 120,000 units

August 28, 2019
The Realme 5 went on sale for the first time in India on August 27, and the phone has turned out to be a resounding success for the Oppo spinoff company. Realme CEO Madhav Sheth has triumphantly announced on Twitter that more than 120,000 units of the phone were moved as part of that first sale. Another sale was planned for later in the day, to appease fans who weren’t able to get a device…
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Apple is already beta testing iOS 13.1

August 28, 2019
Apple isn’t waiting for the release of iOS 13 to start testing its first big update. The tech giant has posted an iOS 13.1 developer beta (plus a corresponding iPadOS 13.1 beta) — apparently the first time an iOS point release has been in a dev beta before its…
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AirPods fail to earn Consumer Reports approval, lose to Samsung Galaxy Buds in sound quality test

August 28, 2019
Consumer Reports has a history of making questionable claims and recommendations when it comes to Apple products. That now extends to AirPods, as Consumer Reports has published a new comparison between Apple’s latest AirPods and Samsung’s Galaxy Buds – with a surprising winner. Consumer Reports says that its “sound quality testing” revealed a clear winner between the two…
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OnePlus 7 Pro 5G is now available at Sprint

August 28, 2019
As expected given Sprint’s announcement earlier this month, the OnePlus 7 Pro 5G has now reached the carrier. It’s already available in select stores, and you’ll be able to purchase it online from August 28. Beginning on September 6, it will be in stock in…
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Honor 20SE expected to arrive on September 4

August 28, 2019
The Honor 20 series which currently includes the vanilla 20, 20 Pro, 20i, and 20 lite is likely to be joined by a fifth smartphone next week – Honor 20SE. Honor is holding an event in China on September 4 where it will unveil a new 20 series smartphone. The company…
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LG, Panasonic and Vizio fix motion smoothing with 'filmmaker mode'

August 27, 2019
Today the UHD Alliance — an industry group of various companies involved in getting 4K video to you — banded together and announced something that couldn’t come too soon: filmmaker mode. According to its backers, which include manufacturers like LG, Vizio and Panasonic, the feature will make sure movies and TV shows are seen as intended. That means automatically disabling motion…
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Samsung Galaxy A70s gets certified by Wi-Fi Alliance

August 27, 2019
The rumored successor to Samsung’s Galaxy A70 will be called the A70s and the device was just granted certification honors from the Wi-Fi Alliance. The device comes with the SM-A707F model number just like its previous appearance on a Geekbench listing at the beginning of…
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Fortnite star Ninja signs apparel deal with Adidas

August 27, 2019
Fresh off of a well-publicized split from Twitch, streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins today announced a partnership with Adidas. There aren’t any shoes or apparel for sale right now, but on his Mixer stream, Blevins said, “I can’t say specifically what is in the works…
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What’s new in iOS 13.1 beta 1?

August 27, 2019
Apple today surprisingly released the first developer beta of iOS 13.1, despite the fact that iOS 13 is not yet publicly available. Read on as we roundup all of the changes and everything new in iOS 13.1 beta 1. One key focus in iOS 13.1 is seemingly restoring features that were initially available in iOS 13 but removed later in the beta…
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