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Hands-on: iPhone 12 mini versus iPhone 12 Pro Max design

November 16, 2020
The iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max have officially arrived, marking the largest and the smallest iPhones ever made with Apple’s edge-to-edge design language. Here’s how the two devices, which are on the opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of both size and price, compare in the real world. The iPhone 12 mini features a 5.4-inch display with a resolution of 2340×1080, equating to 476…
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Google Stadia holds up, but falls just behind Xbox Series X in speed test [Video]

November 16, 2020
The promise of cloud gaming is to bring the power of a high-end gaming machine to almost any device through streaming, but this month, Google’s platform gets the challenge of next-gen — now current-gen — hardware. Now, a speed test pits Google Stadia against the Xbox Series X, and the results are a bit surprising. Google has touted the speed of Stadia since day one, from the time to launch a…
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Qualcomm gets US permission to sell 4G phone chips to Huawei

November 15, 2020
The US is making an exception to a ban against Huawei buying US chip technology — if a slight one. Qualcomm has confirmed to Reuters that it has received US government permission to sell 4G phone chips to Huawei. The American company didn’t say which chips were allowed…
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Galaxy S21 specs leak hints at Ultra model with S Pen support

November 15, 2020
There might not be much mystery left when Samsung reveals the Galaxy S21 (or S30) next year. Android Police sources claim to have leaked detailed specs for the S21 family, and they suggest the Ultra model will be even more of a centerpiece than it is now. While display sizes…
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iPhone 12 mini owners report unresponsive lock screens

November 15, 2020
Some early iPhone 12 mini buyers are having a rough experience with their diminutive new handset. Users on MacRumors, Apple’s forum and Reddit report that the 12 mini’s touchscreen is partly unresponsive at the lock screen. They’ll not only have trouble launching the camera or flashlight, but even swiping up to unlock using their thumb. Other fingers work, but that’s not very helpful for a…
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First OnePlus 9 CAD renders surface

November 15, 2020
The upcoming OnePlus 9-series are said to launch earlier next year in March and the first batch of rumors started flying in this month. At first, wе heard that OnePlus is planning to launch three OnePlus 9 phones but then the rumor was quickly dismissed. Now we have…
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Quick Charge Podcast: November 14, 2020

November 15, 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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OnePlus 9 might boast a larger screen and Note 20-like cameras

November 15, 2020
You might be getting a glimpse at the OnePlus 9 mere weeks after the 8T made its debut. The 91mobiles team says it has obtained CAD renders for the OnePlus 9 that reveal some of its key design choices. While it will reportedly borrow a flat display, a corner camera bump and a hole-punch selife cam from the 8T, it should also have a larger screen than the existing 6.55-inch OLED as well as a rear…
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