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CEO Pete Lau keeps tweeting details about the OnePlus 7T and the company’s first TV set. The latest post shows the box of the phone, which switches to a much bolder design compared to cases from recent years. It’s painted in the company’s signature red, a callback to the boxes of its first phones. Also, instead of bearing a large digit for the model number, it’s a paragraph proclaiming that…

Yes, you’re reading that right. The recently announced Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha has a frankly ludicrous wrap-around display that results in a mammoth 180.6% screen-to-body ratio — so much for folding displays. Announced as a surprise extra at the Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro 5G launch, the Mi Mix line has always represented a “testing ground” for wacky designs and insane tech. The “Surround Display” is…

Apple focused on two big things for the iPhone 11 lineup: cameras and battery life. In typical battery life tests up to now, the flagship iPhones have performed well but have been outpaced by leading Android phones which ship much larger capacitiy batteries. However, Apple increased the battery capacity in the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max this year. And the results speak for…

Xiaomi just unveiled Mi 9 Pro, building on the successful Mi 9 formula with a new chipset and much faster charging. The phone is now powered by the latest Snapdragon 855+ with up to 12GB of RAM. You get the same 6.39” OLED panel with a built-in fingerprint scanner, the same triple camera setup with 48MP main module, but also plenty of upgrades. Lei Jun, the Xiaomi CEO, was talking all the time…