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Vivo Y73s 5G goes official in China

October 11, 2020
The Y73s 5G (V2031A) is now up on vivo’s Chinese website as the latest member of the company’s value midrange family of devices. vivo Y73s 5G The 161 x 74.04 x 7.73 mm, 171.3-gram phone features a 6.44-inch, 2400 x 1080-pixel (20:9) AMOLED display, with a teardrop or u-shaped selfie notch. While the overall thickness of the bezels surrounding said panel might suggest otherwise, it…
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Nokia 215 4G and 225 4G announced in China

October 11, 2020
Nokia just dropped two featurephones via in Chinese Weibo account. Like their names suggest, the spotlight feature for both is 4G, with support for VoLTE and HD calls on all three Chinese mobile carriers. Nokia 215 4G and 225 4G banners While we are still a bit short on…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 10, 2020

October 11, 2020
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Realme Q2 shows up on GeekBench, revealing some specs

October 11, 2020
A new Realme Q2 family of phones is on its way. We have known as much at least since the end of September, with today bringing official confirmation of a Chinese launch event on Weibo. The event will be held on October 13 at 10AM (2AM UTC). As far as we currently know, there will be a vanilla Realme Q2, as well as a Q2 Pro. Hot on the heels of the event announcement, a certain Realme RMX2117…
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Samsung Galaxy M02 and A02 pop-up in certification listing

October 11, 2020
We won’t pretend like we know exactly what Samsung is doing or really planning with recent Galaxy “0X” devices. We know that these tend to span both the Galaxy A and Galaxy M lines, sometimes feature an “s” or Core modifier and are often re-brands of the same basic…
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Report: iPhone 12 could face ‘coverage issues’ in the UK due to varying 5G standards

October 11, 2020
We’re just days away from the introduction of the iPhone 12, and a new report from The Telegraph today highlights that customers in the UK might face issues taking advantage of the flagship 5G feature. Specifically, the iPhone 12 is unlikely to support 700MHz spectrum connectivity, which is expected to be commonly used for 5G in the UK. The iPhone 12 is expected to feature 5G support across…
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After two whiffs, Razer’s latest Tomahawk PC cases look practical enough to actually exist

October 10, 2020
Last January, we showed you Razer’s awesome-looking Tomahawk Elite desktop PC case, with its gull-wing doors and auto-lifting lid for excessive heat. This January, I told you about the stunning Razer Tomahawk prebuilt desktop, with slide-out upgradable Intel NUC Element modules and space for the latest GPUs despite its tiny 10-liter frame. As far as we can tell, no product called the “Razer…
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