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Vivo V21 SE appears on AI Benchmark with Snapdragon 720G

With the vivo V21 5G, V21e and V21e 5G already official the company might be looking to add a fourt member to the V21 family dubbed V21 SE. The handset popped up on Geekbench about two months ago running the Snapdragon 720G and we now have another confirmation of its progressing development. It comes in the form of a AI Benchmark listing revealing 8GB of RAM and Android 11. A screenshot from the…
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Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra first sale in India is on July 7

Following a bunch of promises and teasers, the Mi 11 Ultra has finally reached India. Almost. The first sale for the Chinese company’s top of the line device will take place on July 7 at 12 noon local time on the Indian Mi.com website. Note that this will be a…
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Poco X3 Pro units in India now seeing limited rollout of MIUI 12.5 update

The Poco X3 Pro units that have been sold in India are now the next in line to get the MIUI 12.5 update. There is already a rollout happening, although a limited one which is pushing the new software to a few devices. If there are no huge issues discovered, then a wider release will follow. According to Poco India director Anuj Sharma, “the reason for the limited release is to monitor if any…
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Google counters that Play Store antitrust suit is ‘about boosting a handful of major app developers’

In response to the lawsuit filed by attorneys general from 36 states and Washington DC over alleged Play Store antitrust practices, Google has issued a public-facing counter this evening.  Google starts by arguing that the complaint “completely ignores the competition” it receives from “Apple’s incredibly successful app store” in limiting the scope of the suit to Android application…
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Brazilian criminals detail how they gain access to bank accounts from stolen iPhones

The Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reported last month how criminals had been stealing iPhones in Brazil to access people’s bank accounts instead of reselling the devices. Now, the police seem to have finally figured out how they gain access to bank accounts, and to our surprise, the process seems easier than you might think. Folha de S. Paulo now reported that Police in São Paulo have…
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