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Oppo K7x coming on November 4 with a big battery

November 1, 2020
Oppo is bringing a new smartphone to its lineup of midrangers – the K7x 5G. The launch is scheduled for November 4 and while we don’t know any actual specs about the phone, the company says it will have “lots and lots of power”. We can clearly see a rectangle island on the back for the camera but even when we tinkered with the brightness of the image, we couldn’t make out the number…
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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…
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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 weighs in just under 70MB. The Galaxy S7 gets the G930W8VLS8CTI1 while the S7 Edge comes with the G935W8VLS8CTI1 build…
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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 chipset while the rest of the spec sheet is identical to the regular Realme C15. The phone retains its 6.5-inch HD+ IPS LCD…
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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 upgrading iPhone users The pace of growth in the iPhone installed base has slowed due to high smartphone penetration, Cybart wrote.
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