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Samsung brings discounts to Galaxy S10 series in India

February 14, 2020
With the announcement of the new Galaxy S20 series this week, Samsung is slashing the prices of its S10 series in India. All three phones are still up for grabs on Samsung’s official web store with significantly lower asking prices compared to their launch. The S10e is now going for INR 47,900 down from INR 55,000. The vanilla S10 is INR54,900 which is a solid INR 16,100 discount on the original…
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Realme X50 Pro 5G will have 65W SuperDart fast wired charging

February 14, 2020
Because MWC was canceled, Realme is holding an online launch event for the X50 Pro 5G on February 24, when it was initially supposed to take the wraps off it in Barcelona at the trade show. The phone has now been confirmed by its maker to sport 65W fast charging, which…
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Android 11 Developer Preview website briefly goes live, no downloads available

February 13, 2020
Every year, in the build up to the launch of the next version of Android, Google launches a beta and developer preview period for that update, usually starting with Pixel devices. Today, the landing page for the Android 11 Developer Preview went live, if perhaps earlier than intended. The improvements coming with Android 11 are still something of a mystery to us at this point, though we’ve seen…
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Alphabet Scoop 084: Galaxy Z Flip, S20 line, and Unpacked 2020

February 13, 2020
This week is all about what Samsung announced at Unpacked 2020. We of course kick off by talking about the Galaxy Z Flip, which one of us experienced in the flesh, and then dive into everything else the company announced. Alphabet Scoop is available on Google Play, Google…
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OnePlus 8 with Snapdragon 865 runs Geekbench

February 13, 2020
A month ago we saw the OnePlus 8 Pro – model number IN2023 – go through Geekbench. Now a second device, IN2025, has done the same and this may be the vanilla OnePlus 8. OnePlus 8 (IN2025) running Geekbench 4 It’s powered by the same Snapdragon 865 chipset (“kona”) and the score it posted is essentially the same. But notice the RAM – it’s 8GB while the Pro model packed 12GB. That’s not…
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Hands-on with Google Assistant Ambient mode for OnePlus devices

February 13, 2020
The Google Assistant Ambient mode for OnePlus devices is rolling out right now, with all previously “flagship killers” also included — as far back as 2016’s OnePlus 3/3T. Of course, this isn’t a new feature to Android, as it has been available on selected Nokia…
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iFixit: Motorola Razr is a ‘complex’ phone that’s almost impossible to repair

February 13, 2020
A lot of people had high hopes for the Motorola Razr, but those quickly fell apart when its durability was questioned and reviews were… not good. Today, iFixit has given the Motorola Razr a teardown and, unsurprisingly, they’ve come to the conclusion it’s extremely difficult to repair, even saying it’s “one of the most complex phones ever.” Foldables are, by their very nature, much…
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