When you look at the Xiaomi Mi Miax Alpha its hard not to gawk at its screen, but the 108MP camera on the back is equally unique. The company posted several camera samples and while they are downscaled, there are crops that highlight just how much detail is packed into each photo. The phone has a 12MP camera with 2x optical zoom, though by the looks of it digital zoom from the monstrous 1.33 main…

Vivo dismissed reports that it’s looking to build its own chip and instead confirmed that it will launch a phone with Samsung’s Exynos 980 by the end of this year. Vivo may be the first to use the chipset as it was namechecked during the announcement of 980 chip. The Exynos 980 is the first mid-range chipset with an integrated 5G modem. It’s an 8nm chip featuring two Cortex-A77 cores, six A55…

Gmail for Android’s dark theme began rolling out at the start of this month. Google today is now making the look official and providing an availability timeline, while also bringing it to iOS. The night-friendly look follows Android 10’s rollout at the very start of the month and iOS 13 last week, as well as iPadOS 13 today. Gmail’s dark theme is most apparent — and appreciated — in…

The Asus ROG Phone II first launched back in July and just yesterday it was announced for India. Today, though, the ROG Phone II is available in the United States from a few select retailers. Some gamers have been enthusiastically awaiting the debut of the ROG Phone II in the US, but Asus was quiet on when the phone would actually be available. Both Asus’ own online store…