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Realme and Huawei are cutting the prices on some of their best phones in India

India’s festival of lights, Diwali, is starting in a few days and it’s usually a time of promotions and discounts. Here are the deals that Realme and Huawei have prepared in partnership with Flipkart and Amazon. Many Realme models are INR 1,000 off, but the Realme 3 Pro is INR 3,000 off. This means it costs the same as the Realme 5 and (while it’s a few months older) we think the Pro model…
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Pixel 4’s face unlock feature is only supported by 5 Android apps so far

Android smartphones can have as much cool tech as companies can dream of, but implementing it properly relies on apps. Convincing developers to support new features has always been Android’s Achillies heel, and it seems that app problem will be the case with Pixel 4’s face unlock biometrics. In its full review of the Pixel 4, the folks at Android Central offered an interesting tidbit about…
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The Honor V30 Pro with 5G connectivity is coming in November

Honor President Zhao Ming has stated that a 5G-connected Honor V30 will be launched next month. Ming didn’t commit to a specific date in November, but said that the phone will support Stand Alone and Non-Stand Alone modes and hinted that this phone will target a young…
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MacWorld test says iPhone 11 beats Pixel 4

When Apple announced the low-light photography capabilities of the iPhone 11, everyone was eagerly awaiting a new Night mode versus Night Sight test, aka Apple against Google. PC World conducted one back in September, but that was against the Pixel 3 – the smartphone…
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Samsung Galaxy Fold gets Note10 camera features with new update

The Samsung Galaxy Fold has been out for some time and Samsung is issuing the first official software update which brings all of the camera updates from the Note 10 line. Users in France and the UAE have already begun receiving firmware version F900FXXU1ASJ4 which comes in at just over 670 MB and brings the October security patch. Galaxy Fold update changelog The major additions in the camera…
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WSJ backs report of Apple making the iPhone XR in India

A report last week said that a Foxconn facility had begun making the iPhone XR in India, and a new report today backs this. The  Newley Purnell supported the report with a tweeted photo of an iPhone XR box printed with “Designed by Apple in California, Assembled in…
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Xiaomi plans to launch over 10 phones with 5G in 2020

Xiaomi has a bold plan of launching nearly a dozen new smartphones with 5G next year. The devices won’t be all flagships, but midrangers as well, as the company fears 4G smartphones won’t be competitive come 2020. Lei Jun, the Xiaomi CEO, revealed the 2020 plans at the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, China, where he also urged telecoms to hurry up with their 5G expansion. “People in the…
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