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Google celebrates summer down under with new Australian 3D animals: kangaroo, echidna, more

November 11, 2020
Over the northern hemisphere’s summer, Google’s 3D animals became an overnight viral hit, especially among parents trying to entertain their kids while stuck at home. Celebrating the arrival of summer in the southern hemisphere, Google is launching a new set of 3D animals hailing from Australia. For over a year now, Google has offered what most have called “3D animals,” which let you…
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There's a purple Sony Xperia 5 II in Japan

November 11, 2020
Sony’s Xperia 5 II is theoretically available in four colors across the globe: black, grey, blue, and pink. That said, not all of those are necessarily up for grabs in all markets. And to make things even more interesting, there’s actually a fifth hue in which Sony is offering the Xperia 5 II, but only in Japan. Meet the purple Xperia 5 II for Docomo, Japan’s biggest carrier. It…
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Realme V5 5G may launch globally as Realme 7 5G

November 11, 2020
The Realme 7 series currently consists of the vanilla 7, 7 Pro and 7i. Now it appears a fourth one called Realme 7 5G will soon join the lineup as it has been certified by Thailand’s NBTC. However, the Realme 7 5G won’t be an entirely new smartphone. NBTC…
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Samsung Galaxy A52 5G appears on Geekbench with Snapdragon 750G

November 11, 2020
Originally launched in December of 2019, Samsung’s Galaxy A51 is one of the most popular phones of 2020 and was followed up with a 5G counterpart in April this year. Today, we have our first substantial leak of the Samsung Galaxy A52 5G which will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 750G chipset and 6GB RAM. Samsung Galaxy A52 5G Geekbench scorecard The phone was spotted bearing the SM-A526B…
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Huawei to sell Honor smartphone unit to Shenzhen government, others in $15 billion deal

November 11, 2020
(Reuters) — Huawei plans to sell budget-brand smartphone unit Honor in a 100 billion yuan ($15.2 billion) deal to a consortium led by handset distributor Digital China and the government of its home town of Shenzhen, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The plan comes as U.S. restrictions on supplying Huawei force the world’s second-biggest smartphone maker — after South…
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