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LG Wing and SD845-powered Velvet arrive in India

November 1, 2020
In the final week of October, LG detailed the rollout of its latest phones in India – LG Velvet (the 4G variant with Snapdragon 845) is scheduled to hit the market on October 30, the LG Wing to follow on November 9. LG Velvet and LG Dual Screen LG has decided to skip on the 5G variant of the Velvet since India has no infrastructure to take advantage of it yet. The 2.5-year-old Snapdragon…
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Huawei Mate 40 Pro disassembled, have a peek inside

November 1, 2020
The same Chinese tech blog that gave us a look inside the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro now brings the teardown of the Huawei Mate 40 Pro. The disassembly is the usual process of heating up the phone so that the adhesive holding its glass plate to the frame can loosen and then be…
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Samsung pushes September security patch for Galaxy S7 series

November 1, 2020
Despite officially no longer being supported the Galaxy S7 duo is now receiving the September 2020 security patch. The two early 2016 phones were previously on the March 2020 security patch Update changelog The new update is currently rolling out in Canada and the UK and…
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Apple iPhone 12 dormant reverse wireless charging revealed by FCC

November 1, 2020
According to an FCC filing, the recently released iPhone 12 family might be hiding a reverse wireless charging feature, much like several of its Android rivals. The functionality has been rumored to appear with iPhone 11 but was then revealed that Apple has removed the feature in the final testing phase. A teardown from last year showed that not all the required hardware was in place. This year…
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Realme C15 Qualcomm Edition with Snapdragon 460 unveiled

November 1, 2020
Back in July, Realme unveiled the C15 – an entry level phone with 6,000 mAh battery and MediaTek’s Helio G35 chipset at the helm. Now, Realme is introducing a new Snapdragon 460 version of the C15 dubbed Realme C15 Qualcomm Edition. The only major change here is the…
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Apple iPhone 12 Pro Ceramic Shield scratches like regular glass, torture test finds

November 1, 2020
The iPhone 12 Pro is the latest phone to enter the durability test and unsurprisingly it passed without issue. What’s also not surprising is that the iPhone’s new Ceramic Shield front glass scratched at the same level as any regular glass screen – at a level 6 on Mohs’ scale of hardness. The scratches do appear fainter, but they’re scratches nonetheless. Apple has…
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Analyst: Apple reaches 1 billion active iPhones

November 1, 2020
Above Avalon is a crowd-funded platform tracking Apple’s performance in the smartphone market since the first iPhone in 2008. According to its founder Neil Cybart Cupertino has reached 1 billion active iPhones milestone in 2020. iPhone active users • New and…
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Sony Xperia shipments stabilize, but image sensor division slipped

November 1, 2020
Sony has published its financial reports for the three months ending on September 30 and there’s some good news from the mobile division – it shipped 600,000 smartphones, level with the same period last year. It may not sound like great news, but Xperia shipments were on a decline and they hit their lowest point at the beginning of this year with only 400,000 units shipped. So, leveling off is…
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