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The base Galaxy S20 for Verizon won't arrive until the spring

The ‘entry’ Galaxy S20 doesn’t have support for millimeter wave 5G, and it’s now clear that will be a pain for some would-be early adopters. Verizon (Engadget’s parent company) quietly mentioned in its press release for Samsung’s phones that the base S20 won’t be available until the second quarter of the year, when a model with support for Verizon’s…
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Gboard for Android combines old emoji to create new ones

Google has launched a new feature for Gboard on Android, which uses existing emoji as ingredients to create new stickers. The tech giant aptly calls it Emoji Kitchen, and it’s rolling out to Android users starting today. Unfortunately, you can’t create your own recipes to fuse any two expressions you want — you’ll just have to hope that one of the designers who worked on…
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Samsung Galaxy A50s starts getting Android 10 with One UI 2.0

Samsung has introduced the Galaxy A51 and Galaxy A71, but it hasn’t forgotten about its older smartphones. The Galaxy A50s has started receiving a software update to Android 10 with One UI 2.0. Devices in Vietnam are already receiving notifications about an incoming…
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Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro tops DxOMark camera chart

Earlier today Xiaomi introduced its flagship Mi 10 series smartphones which among other things boast some of the more impressive camera arrays around. In fact the Mi 10 Pro has the most impressive camera DxOMark has reviewed so far, posting a score of 124 and eclipsing the previous leader Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G. The Mi 10 Pro has a 108MP main camera which boasts a 1/1.33-inch type sensor and…
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New Google Maps widely available on Android and iOS

Google last week celebrated the 15th birthday of Maps with an icon redesign and by previewing several new features. The first of those to become widely available is an Android and iOS redesign. The primary aim of this redesign is to centralize key controls in the bottom bar by adding two new tabs. “Explore” and “Commute” are unchanged, but “For you” has been renamed to “Updates.”…
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