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The Sony Xperia 1 III will launch in Europe in August, Xperia 5 III gets delayed to September

July 4, 2021
Sony announced pre-orders for its Mark III flagships in Europe last week, but it was a false start and pre-orders were taken down a few days later. Now, they are back on again and we have some bad news. Some good news first. The Sony Xperia 1 III will become available for pre-order in Germany on July 15 and should start shipping on August 31. At least that’s when the pre-order bonus ends, the…
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OnePlus extends software support for its smartphones

July 4, 2021
Earlier today, OnePlus confirmed its new update policy for its device portfolio. Flagship devices starting with the OnePlus 8 series will now get three major Android OS updates and four years of security updates. This includes T-series and R models too. OnePlus Nord and…
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Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G is now available in a new Navy color

July 4, 2021
The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G unveiled earlier this year in Phantom Black, Phantom Silver, Phantom Titanium, Phantom Navy, and Phantom Brown shades now comes in a new color – Navy. The Navy color variant is currently only available through Best Buy in a single memory configuration – 8GB RAM + 128GB storage. The unit locked to Verizon’s network is priced at $1,100 (this color…
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LG's QNED Mini-LED TV lineup launches in July 2021

July 3, 2021
LG’s brand new QNED TV series is about to be released globally starting July. The new bit about those TVs is the Mini-LED backlighting combiled with LG’s Quantum Dot NanoCell tech, which is still based on the QLED types of panels like Samsung’s QLED series.
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Realme X2 Pro finally receives update to Android 11 and Realme UI 2.0

July 3, 2021
The Realme X2 Pro was a revelation in the ‘flagship killer’ space when it launched back in October 2019, using the traditional formula of pairing killer specs with a jaw-droppingly low price. And Realme hasn’t forgotten it. Not completely, at least. Starting today, the phone is finally receiving a stable update to Android 11 with Realme UI 2.0, following some beta testing. The…
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Google Phone 67 tests a much-needed redesign of settings

July 1, 2021
The Phone by Google app — as it’s officially named — is a key part of the Pixel experience, and home to a handful of Assistant and other smart features. Google is now testing a settings redesign in the Phone app to make everything more manageable. This settings…
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Google Chrome begins using Material You colors on Android 12

July 1, 2021
One of the hallmarks of Android 12’s Material You redesign is the usage of your current wallpaper’s colors throughout your favorite apps. Google Chrome is the latest app to begin respecting your Material You colors on Android 12. For the past few weeks, we’ve been watching with great anticipation as Googlers have moved from mentioning the possibility of a Material You redesign for Chrome…
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