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Japan Display OLED iPhone screens could still be two plus years away

September 2, 2019
Japan Display OLED iPhone screens could still be at least two years away, according to a new report today. Apple has been working hard to diversify its supply chain for OLED screens for its flagship iPhone models, working with multiple suppliers to break Samsung’s monopoly — even injecting funds into two of them. Samsung has a strong technical lead over other OLED display manufacturers and was…
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Oppo Reno2 5G appears on TENAA with periscope zoom lens

September 2, 2019
The Oppo Reno 10x zoom didn’t get a successor last week when Oppo unveiled three Reno2 phones. The new flagship seems to be working its way through TENAA, however, or at least its 5G model is. As a reminder, the original Oppo Reno 5G added a Qualcomm X50 5G modem to the 10x…
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Realme Q will be water resistant, probably MIL-STD-810G certified as well

September 2, 2019
The leaked photos of the Realme Q and its retail box didn’t tell the whole story – this will be better than just a rebadged Realme 5 Pro. Official teaser posters show that the phone will have a more rugged exterior while keeping the same Snapdragon 712 chipset and 48MP camera as the Pro. The Realme Q promises to survive the 100°C water boiling tests that you may have seen on YouTube. This also…
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Sites stealing iPhone data reportedly targeted Uyghur Muslims

September 1, 2019
The websites stealing data from iPhones might have been used for particularly sinister purposes. TechCrunch sources claim the sites were part of a state-sponsored campaign, presumably from China, targeting the country’s Uyghur Muslim population. The pages would have let China swipe sensitive info like messages and passwords, not to mention track their locations. Apple quietly fixed the issue…
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OnePlus publishes standalone Zen Mode app on the Google Play Store

September 1, 2019
OnePlus has officially published its Oxygen OS-only digital mindfulness Zen Mode as a standalone app on the Google Play Store. Zen Mode came to OnePlus devices with the release of the fantastic OnePlus 7 Pro earlier this year. It basically works by giving you a 20-minute break from your smartphone, locking almost all non-essential apps so that you can simply focus on something else. It does leave…
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