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The View40 is Honor's first phone after splitting from Huawei

January 22, 2021
Honor has unveiled the flagship View40 5G, its first phone since it was sold off by Huawei, Engadget Chinese has reported. Released in China as the V40, it could well come to Europe and elsewhere at a later date under the View brand. The V40’s headline feature is the 6.72-inch OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and 800 nits of maximum brightness. It’s powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 1000+…
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YouTube finally delivers HDR videos on the Xbox One

January 22, 2021
You can finally watch YouTube videos in HDR on last-gen Xbox One S and One X consoles, along with the latest Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X models, according to Google. As spotted by Flat Panels HD and confirmed by Engadget, opening a YouTube HDR video on a recent Xbox One…
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Microsoft increases Xbox Live Gold prices for new members

January 22, 2021
Microsoft continues sending not-so-subtle signals that it would really, really like you to drop Xbox Live Gold in favor of Game Pass. The company has raised prices for new Xbox Live Gold memberships across the board, with the changes becoming more noticeable the longer…
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Another supply-chain report says iPhone 12 mini production cut

January 22, 2021
An analyst note earlier this week suggested that iPhone 12 mini production for this quarter had been cut by 2M units in response to disappointing sales. It said this had been balanced by better-than-expected sales of the more expensive iPhone 12 Pro, and that Apple was upping production of this by the same amount. A new supply-chain report today echoes this, and provides a little more detail ……
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Segway-Ninebot launches new self-balancing electric scooter with steering wheel

January 22, 2021
Segway-Ninebot has just opened orders in North America for a new version of the company’s self-balancing electric scooter, the Ninebot S Max. Unlike conventional electric scooters of the Bird and Lime variety, the Ninebot S Max uses the hoverboard-style parallel wheel design. The previous version of the scooter offered by Ninebot included a center pillar that reached just short of the…
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Verizon’s Visible begins supporting 5G on Android, starting w/ Galaxy S20 series

January 22, 2021
Visible, Verizon’s once iPhone-exclusive MVNO that offers “unlimited everything,” has begun to allow select Android phones to connect to Verizon’s 5G towers, starting with the Galaxy S20 series. In an email being sent to current customers, Visible has announced that some Android phones will now be able to enjoy the benefits of Verizon’s 5G that the carrier began offering with the…
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