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iPhone 12 mini teardown shows what Apple shrank to make a tiny flagship

It’s now clear just how Apple stuffed a high-end smartphone into the iPhone 12 mini’s diminutive frame. iFixit has finished a teardown of the 12 mini that reveals just what Apple sacrificed in the name of size. The battery is an expectedly smaller 8.57Wh versus the 10.78Wh in the regular iPhone 12, although that’s still larger than the 6.96Wh from the iPhone SE. However, that’s not the…
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Hands-on: iPhone 12 mini versus iPhone 12 Pro Max design

The iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max have officially arrived, marking the largest and the smallest iPhones ever made with Apple’s edge-to-edge design language. Here’s how the two devices, which are on the opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of both size and price…
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Google Stadia holds up, but falls just behind Xbox Series X in speed test [Video]

The promise of cloud gaming is to bring the power of a high-end gaming machine to almost any device through streaming, but this month, Google’s platform gets the challenge of next-gen — now current-gen — hardware. Now, a speed test pits Google Stadia against the Xbox Series X, and the results are a bit surprising. Google has touted the speed of Stadia since day one, from the time to launch a…
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Qualcomm gets US permission to sell 4G phone chips to Huawei

The US is making an exception to a ban against Huawei buying US chip technology — if a slight one. Qualcomm has confirmed to Reuters that it has received US government permission to sell 4G phone chips to Huawei. The American company didn’t say which chips were allowed…
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Galaxy S21 specs leak hints at Ultra model with S Pen support

There might not be much mystery left when Samsung reveals the Galaxy S21 (or S30) next year. Android Police sources claim to have leaked detailed specs for the S21 family, and they suggest the Ultra model will be even more of a centerpiece than it is now. While display sizes…
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iPhone 12 mini owners report unresponsive lock screens

Some early iPhone 12 mini buyers are having a rough experience with their diminutive new handset. Users on MacRumors, Apple’s forum and Reddit report that the 12 mini’s touchscreen is partly unresponsive at the lock screen. They’ll not only have trouble launching the camera or flashlight, but even swiping up to unlock using their thumb. Other fingers work, but that’s not very helpful for a…
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First OnePlus 9 CAD renders surface

The upcoming OnePlus 9-series are said to launch earlier next year in March and the first batch of rumors started flying in this month. At first, wе heard that OnePlus is planning to launch three OnePlus 9 phones but then the rumor was quickly dismissed. Now we have…
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OnePlus 9 might boast a larger screen and Note 20-like cameras

You might be getting a glimpse at the OnePlus 9 mere weeks after the 8T made its debut. The 91mobiles team says it has obtained CAD renders for the OnePlus 9 that reveal some of its key design choices. While it will reportedly borrow a flat display, a corner camera bump and…
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Hands-on with Survivor’s Endurance MagSafe-compatible cases for iPhone 12

With availability for all of Apple’s new devices hitting yesterday, Survivor’s latest cases for iPhone 12 have your device covered. Readers can head below for a more detailed look at Survivor’s Endurance collection, and watch as we go hands-on with the new line from Survivor. As seen in our hands-on above, Survivor offers iPhone 12 users sleek and sturdy defence against potential…
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