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Apple iPhone 12 rumors: what was right and what we missed

October 16, 2020
Smartphone leaks and rumors have become a much larger business than it has been in the past, say 10 years. One company that we’ve seen be the victim of fake rumors the most has got to be Apple, but that’s changed in the past couple of years or so. With this article, we thought it’d be fun to go back and see which rumors about the iPhone 12 models were right (spoiler: many of them were) and…
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Infinix Note 8 and Note 8i get official

October 16, 2020
As expected, two new Infinix smartphones became official earlier today – the Note 8 and Note 8i. They are both powered by the MediaTek Helio G80 chipset. The Note 8 has a 6.95″ 720×1640 LCD touchscreen with a dual hole-punch cutout for a 16 MP selfie camera and a depth sensor next to it. On the rear there’s a 64 MP main shooter, aided by a 2 MP macro cam, a 2 MP depth…
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iOS 14: How the compact call interface works on iPhone

October 16, 2020
A long-requested feature that arrives with iOS 14 is a new compact iPhone call interface that doesn’t take over the whole screen. Here is how it works and the different ways you can use it. Up until iOS 14, iPhone has featured a full-screen takeover for incoming calls.
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iPhone 12 vs. iPhone 12 Pro: Which should you buy?

October 16, 2020
On the surface, the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro are very similar phones. They both feature 6.1-inch OLED displays with flat-edge designs and Apple’s A14 Bionic processor inside, but look a little closer, and there are several notable differences worth exploring. Read on as…
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Tempo 3 run tracking app gains iOS 14 widgets with workout metrics, all-new design, more

October 16, 2020
Tempo is a popular iPhone and Apple Watch app that collects in-depth data from your workouts to help runners train better. Developers behind the app today released Tempo 3 on the App Store, which features a new design, multiple iOS 14 widgets, new workout details, and much more. The app brings training tools and insights from your workouts, so you can see in detail how you’ve been performing…
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Motorola One 5G UW lands at Verizon for $549.99

October 16, 2020
Verizon simply loves to stick the “UW” suffix onto names of phones that support its mmWave high-band 5G network, and this time is no different. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Motorola One 5G UW. Just as the name implies, this is Verizon’s version of the…
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Geekbench results for iPhone 12 surface, show modest performance gains

October 16, 2020
The biggest phone announcement of the week, month and arguably the whole year is behind us with the iPhone 12 series already official. As Apple has a tendency to not reveal some specs of its phones (specifically RAM and battery capacity) we have to wait for the first benchmark results to get the actual values. These also help gauge the performance of the new chipset. Well, Geekbench is now…
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