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Oppo, Motorola, Xiaomi and Realme confirm they'll release Snapdragon 865 phones

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 865 chipset during its annual summit in Hawaii and major smartphone manufacturers raced to announce they will launch a phone with the flagship platform. Senior executives from Verizon, Motorola, Xiaomi, Oppo, said we should expect smartphones with the new SoC very soon. Meanwhile, Juho Sarvikas, chief product officer at HMD Global, pledged allegiance to the new…
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Nokia 7.2's front camera found to be just average by DxOMark

The Nokia 7.2 is the latest upper-midrange smartphone from HMD Global, announced in September at IFA and going on sale in the meantime. DxOMark’s selfie camera testing has just finished for this device, and the result is anything but impressive. The Nokia 7.2’s…
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Shopping apps for iOS see Black Friday boost as holiday spending shifts to smartphones

Now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are in the books, we’re getting our first look at the data from the big holiday shopping weekend. Sensor Tower reports that Black Friday marked a major increase in downloads for shopping apps on the App Store. According to that data, the overall number of first-time app downloads in the Shopping category on the App Store increased 8% year-over-year. In…
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Motorola announces plan to re-enter the premium smartphone space

After years on the fringes of the budget and affordable segment, Motorola has announced plans to re-enter the premium smartphone space. At the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit in Maui, the company reiterated plans to target the more premium end of the market, with a heavy reliance on the newly announced Snapdragon 865 chipset. “Motorola will continue leading the 5G era with our expanded lineup of…
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