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Sony Xperia 5 II shipping across Europe

October 16, 2020
The Sony Xperia 5 II is now listed as in stock and has even shipped to some lucky pre-orderers. Sony opened pre-orders for the Xperia 5 II on October 1 and listed shipping at October 19 – next Monday. At the time of writing the official UK and German online store say the phone is in stock, and so does UK retailer CarphoneWarehouse. Amazon UK will ship the Xperia 5 II tomorrow &#8211…
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Carl Pei officially confirms he has left OnePlus

October 16, 2020
Following countless reports earlier this week, OnePlus has officially confirmed the departure of its cofounder Carl Pei in a new post online. After several years helping to build up the OnePlus brand to the relative popularity and success that it enjoys today, Pei…
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AnTuTu scores suggest iPhone 12 chipset is downclocked, GPU is slower than on the 11-series

October 16, 2020
Yesterday we saw the first AnTuTu scores from the Apple A14 Bionic inside the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro. Now results have come out for the same chipset, except this time powering an iPad Air (2020) and they are much higher. In the past we’ve see X versions of Apple’s chipsets used in iPad Pros, e.g. the A12X had two extra large cores and a beefier GPU. But as far as we know this is not the case…
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Sony Xperia 5 II disassembled on video, has a graphite sheet to cool the cameras

October 16, 2020
The Sony Xperia 5 II packs a lot of phone in a relatively small body. The video below shows how to take the phone apart piece by piece, so we can admire the engineering effort that went into the design. Sony draped graphite sheets over several components to guide heat away from them, even the triple 12 MP camera has a sheet to help keep its sensors cool. There’s a copper tape behind the screen…
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Samsung Galaxy Note9 gets One UI 2.5 update

October 16, 2020
Samsung is now bringing its stable One UI 2.5 update for the Galaxy Note9 in Germany. The update bears the N960FXXU6FTJ3M build number. It brings wireless DeX, new camera modes like Single Take, variable resolution and frame rate in the Pro video mode. There’s also a new…
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Apple iPhone 12 and 12 Pro go on pre-order today

October 16, 2020
Apple opens up pre-orders for the 6.1-inch iPhone 12 and 12 Pro today. And for the first time the launch is going to go live simultaneously around the world. Apple’s store is down in anticipation of the launch. For the US, the start is at 5:00 am PDT, same for Canada. Moving east to the UK, the launch will be at 1:00 pm BST, a bit further to Germany go time is at 2:00 pm CEST, then moving…
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