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Kuo: Apple to release iPhone with both Face ID and under-screen Touch ID in 2021

Ming-Chi Kuo today released a report claiming that Apple will bring back Touch ID fingerprint recognition to its iPhones starting in 2021. The analyst said that he believes Apple will release a iPhone with both Face ID and under-display Touch ID fingerprint biometrics. Kuo says that over the next 18 months, a lot of technical issues will be resolved which will enable Apple to deliver the high-tier…
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LG unveils X2 (2019) / K30 (2019) mid-ranger

LG announced its latest affordable handset in South Korea under the name X2 (2019). It arrives with a quad-core CPU, an HD+ screen without notches, and a single camera on the back. The price is KRW198,000 in South Korea, but we expect it to cost about $160 around the…
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Color renders of an Oppo slider follow up on patent application

A lot of patent applications never develop into actual products but in the case of this particular Oppo filing, it could be the real deal. A patent application filed at the end of March that included a set of schematics has now been updated with high-quality official-looking renders. This unannounced slider phone borrows from the existing Find X in that it stashes the selfie camera (likely…
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HTC's standalone VR kit will stream PC content via WiFi

We’re still some way away from getting compact VR headsets that tap into cloud VR services via 5G, but for now, HTC has cooked up something that will let standalone 6DoF kits take advantage of a PC’s processing power. In early Q4 this year, the Vive Focus Plus…
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Samsung Galaxy Note10 and Note10+ US prices revealed, to start at $949

The Samsung Galaxy Note10 and Note10+ are a mere few days from announcement, and only a few things are still unclear, as we’ve come to expect with such high-profile launches. The latest unofficial piece of information we’re getting is the two smartphones’ US prices, following earlier reports on what you’d have to pay in the EU. If the Roland Quandt‘s sources are to be…
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