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Prices of Galaxy S10 lite, Note10 lite, Galaxy A71 and A51 appear on online retailer

December 9, 2019
The Samsung Galaxy A (2020) phones will be unveiled this Thursday, but a Slovakian retailer couldn’t wait this long and put up pages for the Galaxy A51 through A91. The pages were clearly placeholders, though someone forgot to hide the prices. The Samsung Galaxy A91 is rumored to sell under the name “Galaxy S10 lite” in some markets. It will be the priciest of the bunch, at €670 it’s…
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Exclusive: Epic submitting Fortnite for Android to Play Store in hopes of special billing exception

December 9, 2019
In launching on Android last year, Fortnite could not be installed by simply going to the Play Store. Rather, the battle royale game has to be downloaded directly from Epic Games and then sideloaded. This is primarily due to the developer not wanting to give Google its mandated 30% cut of lucrative in-app purchase revenue. However, Epic Games is now hoping for a special exception to that…
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Apple may offer tighter iOS parental controls this week

December 9, 2019
Apple’s flurry of iOS updates might include one more substantial tweak before the holiday break. Vietnamese carrier Viettel has posted a page that hints at a release for iOS 13.3 (plus a minor watchOS 6.1.1 update) this coming week, most likely on or before…
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Weekly poll: can Motorola One Hyper's 64MP camera and 45W charging carry it to victory?

December 8, 2019
Motorola’s One series of phones is now focused on delivering interesting cameras rather than an Android One experience. The newest member of the family, the Motorola One Hyper, brings Moto’s first 64MP sensor and its first pop-up selfie camera. The pop-up houses a 32MP sensor, topping previous 25MP selfie cams in the Motorola range. This is a Quad Bayer sensor, which enables the Night Vision…
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Flashback: Nokia N9 was ahead of everyone but went nowhere

December 8, 2019
Nokia’s Symbian phones are often seen as the big victim of the Nokia-Microsoft alliance, but the truth is that the old OS was dying already. There was a promising new OS on the horizon poised to replace it, unfortunately it powered only one phone in its short existence –…
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OnePlus may return to low-cost phones with the 8 Lite

December 8, 2019
OnePlus might be returning to truly low-cost phones years after the OnePlus X faded away. OnLeaks and 91Mobiles have posted renders and early tidbits of what they say is the OnePlus 8 Lite, a budget model that would sit below the rumored OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro. Not surprisingly, this phone would scale back to ‘just’ two cameras on the back versus three on other variants (though…
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