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Honor V40 phones to arrive mid-December with two chipsets

November 2, 2020
Back in October we spotted a teaser about the Honor V40 series, showing that the brand is still keen on manufacturing smartphones despite the troubles its parent Huawei is having. Today we know a bit more about the upcoming lineup, thanks to one leakster in China – the lineup will come in December and Honor will split the chipsets – some units are getting Dimensity 1000+, others will…
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Weekly poll: will the OnePlus Nord N10 5G and N100 fly or die?

November 2, 2020
In the beginning, OnePlus released only one phone a year. Then two. In 2020, the company has already unveiled six new models (not counting carrier-specific variants) and it’s the last two phones that are now in the spotlight. The two Nord-series phones are the most…
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Motorola Moto G 5G pops-up online, running a Snapdragon 750G 5G chipset

November 1, 2020
When Motorola announced the rhythmically-named Moto G 5G Plus back in July, it was pretty apparent that a vanilla Moto G 5G should eventually follow. Now we seem to have the scoop on a Moto device, codenamed “Kiev”, allegedly coming to market as the Moto G 5G. The original source on this is somewhat sketchy. But seems to mostly check out. Motorola Moto G 5G leaked shot Apparently the Moto G…
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Hot take: OnePlus Nord N10 5G and N100

November 1, 2020
OnePlus isn’t what it used to be – as the market changes the company evolves to try and adapt better. Its phones slowly turned from flagship killers to actual premium flagship phones. Sure, they are still undercutting many of the competition based on MSRP, but…
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OnePlus 8T gets minor OxygenOS 11.0.2.3 update

November 1, 2020
The OnePlus 8T is getting its second software update since launch. The company is now rolling out OxygenOS 11.0.2.3 for all three regions (US, EU, and India). If you haven’t received the update yet, it should be available in the next week or so. The 11.0.2.3 update is largely for fixing some of the issues reported in the previous version. It optimizes the system power consumption and reduces…
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Latest OnePlus 8T promo video is shot on the phone itself

November 1, 2020
The tagline for the OnePlus 8T launch was “Ultra stops at nothing”, now the company has tapped actor/writer Kalki Koechlin to expand on that message in a spoken word poetry format. The video below was written by Koechlin and shot on an 8T. You can also follow the Source…
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iPhone 12 cameras can only be replaced by official Apple technicians, 12 Pro is unaffected

November 1, 2020
Back when Apple added a fingerprint reader to the iPhone 5s, it made it impossible to replace by anyone other than an authorized technician. That makes some sense – a bogus reader may circumvent security. But over the years more and more components have become difficult to replace. During its teardown and testing of the iPhone 12, iFixit found that taking the camera out and replacing it with an…
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