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Huawei's Mate 40 Pro tops AnTuTu's October flagship charts, Xiaomi rules the mid-range

November 4, 2020
AnTuTu has published its monthly top 10 charts for best-performing flagships and mid-rangers and the Huawei Mate 40 Pro tops the first one. The average score of all devices that ran AnTuTu 8 is 685,339 but with the performance mode turned on, the Mate 40 Pro can go even beyond 720,000 points. The second place takes the iQOO 5 Pro and iQOO 5 both running the Snapdragon 865+ chipset. The Asus ROG…
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iPhone 12 mini MagSafe charging tops out at 12W, Lightning accessories limit power for all models

November 4, 2020
Ahead of iPhone 12 mini and Pro Max pre-orders going live on November 6, Apple has updated a support document covering MagSafe charging details for the latest iPhones. Notably, the 12 mini won’t see the same 15W MagSafe charging as the other models and Apple has also shared some other interesting tidbits like having Lightning accessories plugged in will mean reduced charging speeds. As we…
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Google Pixel 4 vs Pixel 5: Worth the upgrade?

November 4, 2020
It seems ridiculous to be even suggesting that after 12 months, someone “should” upgrade from the Pixel 4 to the Pixel 5, but we’re here to examine whether this is a thought you might be having. 2020 is a very different year for Pixel fans, as there is no real…
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Far Cry 5, New Dawn now available on Google Stadia, more Ubisoft games coming

November 4, 2020
Ahead of the launch of its UPlay+ service, Ubisoft has just revealed some big news for Google Stadia players. Later this year, a huge backlog of games from the Assassin’s Creed, Watch Dogs, and Far Cry series will be making their way to Stadia. Update 11/3: The first of Ubisoft’s new games heading to Stadia have just been released! Far Cry 5 and Far Cry: New Dawn are now available for purchase…
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Google Voice now supports contact cards in text messages

November 4, 2020
Over a year after we first spotted it, Google Voice is rolling out a new feature to its mobile apps — the ability to see previews of vCard contact cards. Google Voice has had trouble with certain types of attachments for quite some time. Videos, for example, didn’t show…
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Huawei Mate 40 RS teardown reveals self-developed memory chip

November 3, 2020
Last week we saw a teardown of Huawei’s Mate 40 Pro by Chinese tech blog and now we have a disassembly for the flashier Mate 40 RS which revealed a proprietary HiSilicon storage chip underneath. The teardown starts predictably by heating up the back of the device and using a suction cup to pry it open. Aside from the exclusive octagon-shaped rear design, the Mate 40 RS is nearly identical in…
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