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Xiaomi official confirms Mi Mix 4 is not coming

September 30, 2019
When Xiaomi had a launch last week, we all expected the Mi Mix 4 with 5G capabilities alongside the Mi 9 Pro 5G. Well, Lei Jun surprised everyone and only introduced the concept Mi Mix Alpha with wrap-around screen. Some self-appointed leaksters kept suggesting Mi Mix 4 is coming, including with dubious screenshots, while other just kept bombarding Xiaomi executives with questions about more…
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Realme X2 Pro incoming with Snapdragon 855 Plus

September 30, 2019
Realme X2 arrived last week with Snapdragon 730G chipset, and it looks like a Pro variant will be unveiled sooner than expected. Xu Qi Chase, the Chief Marketing Officer at the company, posted on Weibo that the first Realme flagship with Snapdragon 855 Plus is coming soon…
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Developer shows a jailbroken iPhone X on iOS 13.1.1 achieved by a new exploit

September 29, 2019
Developer and hacker Axi0mX recently shared a new exploit called “checkm8” that offers the possibility to jailbreak almost every Apple A-series CPU up to A11 Bionic chip. Today, the developer has posted a video that shows an iPhone X (which runs on A11 chip) booting up in verbose mode — something that is only possible with more profound modifications to the core of the system. If you’re…
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Weekly poll: How good is the OnePlus 7T?

September 29, 2019
The OnePlus 7T feels more like the phones that made the company popular – while the 7 Pro was a pricey attempt to take on flagships, the 7T adds a lot the value proposition of the phone but not much to the price. Camera selection on pure or nearly pure Android phones is…
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LG launches the G8s ThinQ and Q60 in India

September 29, 2019
LG has launched two new devices in the Indian market, the G8s ThinQ and the Q60. The LG G8s ThinQ looks similar to the more expensive G8 ThinQ but is a cutback version at a lower price. It has the same Snapdragon 855 chipset but the triple camera system on the back is slightly worse. The front camera system is also a bit worse but still has the ToF 3D camera for Hand ID. It also has a lower…
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First Meizu 17 renders show off a curved screen design

September 29, 2019
With the Meuzi 16 and 16s series in the past, it’s time too look forward to the Meizu 17 and the first renders of the smartphone arrive just in time. As of now, there’s only a render from the front revealing a curved screen design (could be an extreme…
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Future iPhones could come with LED-illuminated Apple logo, patent reveals

September 28, 2019
According to a new patent, future iPhones might finally get LED notification light of some sort, which would double as an Apple logo too. The patent tells a story about a transparent layer on the back of a smartphone with adjustable decoration overlapping by the transparent layer changing the appearance of the light that comes out of the logo. There’s also a control circuitry that can adjust…
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