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More Oppo K7x specs appear ahead of launch

November 2, 2020
Oppo is launching the K7x smartphone on Wednesday, November 4, and initially, the company revealed this device will have a big battery. Now the phone with model number PDM00 appeared on Geekbench with a Dimensity 720 5G chipset, while a new official Weibo post unveiled an LCD panel with a 90Hz refresh rate. The benchmarked unit had 8GB RAM which is rather impressive for an entry-level handset. We…
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Honor V40 phones to arrive mid-December with two chipsets

November 2, 2020
Back in October we spotted a teaser about the Honor V40 series, showing that the brand is still keen on manufacturing smartphones despite the troubles its parent Huawei is having. Today we know a bit more about the upcoming lineup, thanks to one leakster in China – the…
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Weekly poll: will the OnePlus Nord N10 5G and N100 fly or die?

November 2, 2020
In the beginning, OnePlus released only one phone a year. Then two. In 2020, the company has already unveiled six new models (not counting carrier-specific variants) and it’s the last two phones that are now in the spotlight. The two Nord-series phones are the most…
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Samsung highlights some of the new One UI 3.0 Android 11 features

November 1, 2020
One UI 3.0 builds are well into public beta at this point. Galaxy S20 family devices in both the US and Germany, signed-up for the program are already running test Android 11, One UI 3.0 ROMs and in a more-recent development, so are US Note20 units. A new page has now gone up on the company’s official Malaysian website, highlighting some of the major new additions and changes in One UI…
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Hot take: OnePlus Nord N10 5G and N100

November 1, 2020
OnePlus isn’t what it used to be – as the market changes the company evolves to try and adapt better. Its phones slowly turned from flagship killers to actual premium flagship phones. Sure, they are still undercutting many of the competition based on MSRP, but…
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Weekly poll results: the Huawei Mate 40 Pro can do well, but it might take a sweet pre-order bundle

November 1, 2020
Last week’s poll shows that Huawei’s new phones can stand on their own feet, even without the Google software ecosystem. However, there are several factors that will impact how the new models will perform in the market place. We gave the Huawei Mate 40 Pro its own poll as this one will first get a global release – units will be available in Europe next month. About 20% of voters are ready to…
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OnePlus 8T gets minor OxygenOS 11.0.2.3 update

November 1, 2020
The OnePlus 8T is getting its second software update since launch. The company is now rolling out OxygenOS 11.0.2.3 for all three regions (US, EU, and India). If you haven’t received the update yet, it should be available in the next week or so. The 11.0.2.3 update is…
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Latest OnePlus 8T promo video is shot on the phone itself

November 1, 2020
The tagline for the OnePlus 8T launch was “Ultra stops at nothing”, now the company has tapped actor/writer Kalki Koechlin to expand on that message in a spoken word poetry format. The video below was written by Koechlin and shot on an 8T. You can also follow the Source…
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LG’s Q3 earnings report shows signs of recovery for mobile division

November 1, 2020
Earlier today, LG posted its earnings report for the July-September period and results from the mobile division are looking promising. Operating income from mobile was listed at KRW 1.52 trillion ($1.34 billion) – a 17% quarter on quarter increase in sales. Despite this, the mobile division is still operating at a loss – $124.9 million for Q3 which is down from the $169.1 million loss…
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