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Oppo to release ColorOS 12 later this month, wallpapers already available

When asking Oppo’s smart assistant for the ColorOS 12 release, it would tell you that it’s September 13 but in an official Weibo post, the company announced that the next version of its OS will arrive mid to late September. This also means that Google will release the stable version of Android 12 very soon. Unfortunately, though, we don’t have any more info about the supported…
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120W fast charging officially confirmed for the Xiaomi 11T Pro 

The Xiaomi 11T Pro was rumored to support 120W fast charging or (as Xiaomi calls it) HyperCharge. The company has officially confirmed that spec with a Twitter teaser building up to the September 15 event. That’s close to double the charge rate of the original Mi 11, which…
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LG introduces new foldable display tech that's hard as glass, has no creases

LG Electronics might’ve pulled out of the smartphone business but is still going strong in every other division. LG Chem now announced it has developed a new foldable display material that makes screen covers hard as glass but flexible as plastic. The technologies used in the process improve both the durability and strength of any foldable panel as such phones are becoming more and more…
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Huawei nova 9 will arrive on September 23

Last month we saw the Huawei RTL-AL00 on TENAA, and today the company confirmed it is a nova 9 smartphone. The new series will be announced on September 23 in China, borrowing the dual-circle design from the P50 flagships. The nova series is the midrange solution for Huawei…
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Are foldable phones better for multimedia? Here is how the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 stack up

The history of widescreen is a fascinating tale of film makers trying to impress their audience and later to try and claw back audience members from those new-fangled “television sets”. Early TVs settled on a 4:3 aspect ratio, which was the most common choice for movies too. But why go to the movies when you can stay at home? This lead film makers to start using wider and wider aspect ratios…
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Testing Realme's MagDart 50W and 15W wireless magnetic chargers

Wireless charging has been supported on select phones for over a decade now, but it has many detractors. It’s slow, it’s inefficient, it requires careful placement. But things have been improving lately. The latest major upgrade comes in the form of magnets. Apple lead…
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Samsung Galaxy S20 series is receiving the September 2021 Android security patch

Samsung began rolling out the September 2021 Android security patch last month, with the Galaxy S20 FE being the first in line to get it, and now it’s the S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra that are getting updated with the newest security patch. Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra The new firmware comes with version G98xxXXSADUH5 and is currently seeding in some parts of Europe, but it doesn’t bring any…
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