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Google Pixel 4 leaks yet again in high quality render

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Did you hear about the upcoming Google Pixel 4? Of course, you have , as the upcoming Pixel 4 duo has been one of the most leaked smartphones in recent memory. Other than pricing and availability, we know practically everything about the phones: Right from the design , through official teasers from Google as well as leaked images and videos and even reviews, to its software features such as Face Unlock , Astrophotography on the Google Camera , Motion Sense gestures , recorder app , Live Captions , car crash detection , and even the launcher and live wallpapers ! If you are still looking for more, Evan Blass has now shared a high-quality render of the Google Pixel 4, because why not. This render from @evleaks is our best and cleanest look at the Google Pixel 4. In the render, we can clearly see the larger forehead and the relatively thinner chin, along with the rounded corners on the display that come off as too-rounded. We can also spot the front camera, flanked by hardware for...

vivo NEX 3 5G 12GB RAM variant now available for purchase

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vivo unveiled the NEX 3 5G last month in two memory versions - 8GB/256GB and 12GB/256GB. The 8GB RAM variant was already available for purchase in China, and starting today, the 12GB RAM version goes on sale for CNY6,198 ($870/€795). You can buy the vivo NEX 3 5G 12GB RAM variant from the company's official China site and online retailers like TMall, JD.com, and Suning.com. The vivo NEX 3 5G is built around a 6.89" Waterfall Display and has a Snapdragon 855+ SoC at the helm. It sports a 64MP triple camera at the back and has a 16MP selfie camera mounted on a pop-up mechanism. You...

Source: Huawei to debut 5nm Kirin 1000 on Mate 40 series

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The latest report from Huawei Central cites industry sources about Huawei's next-generation Kirin processor. Supposedly called the Kirin 1000, it will be Huawei's first chipset built on the 5nm process and said to launch in the second half of 2020. The source says Huawei has begun trial production of the chipset and the Kirin 1000 would use A77 architecture cores (the 990 uses A76). We can expect the Kirin 1000 to be even faster while consuming even less battery life. Like the 990, we can expect the Kirin 1000 to be configured with 5G radios built in. Huawei Mate 30...

Call of Duty: Mobile Now Available on Android in the US!

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First teased for launch back in March, Call of Duty: Mobile is now available on Android. The game is free to play and available on most Android devices running Android 4.3 and up. Call of Duty: Mobile features both multiplayer and battle royale modes, though some of the experience needs to be unlocked by playing and ranking up. For example, you’ll start the game with only multiplayer as an option. Within multiplayer, you’ll need to rank up to be able to access game types outside of team deathmatch, like domination and search & destroy. You’ll also need to rank up to at least level 7 before you can play the battle royale mode. Again, the game is free to play, but there is a store that Activision is hoping you’ll spend a boatload of money in. If you opt for the free way to play the game, you’ll get access to item unlocks in the store as you rank up. If you want to access more items at a faster pace, there is a premium pass you can pay for. There are daily challenges too that will...

Remap the S Pen button on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 with sideActions

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Android users love to stretch the functionality of every aspect of their phones. This is why the modding community is so active. People want complete control over their device. If there’s a button on a phone programmed to do something, we want it to do something else . The developer of the popular bxActions app is back with a similar tool for the Galaxy Note 10 and the S Pen. Galaxy Note 10 Forums ||| Galaxy Note 10+ Forums sideActions is an app that allows Galaxy Note 10 (and 10+) users to remap the power button on the S Pen. The developer says this is the first time the power button on the S Pen has ever been remapped. The power button can be mapped to any action or app you like. It can even be used to navigate the phone (map the button to the Back button). Setting up sideActions is pretty easy. All you need to do is hook up the Galaxy Note 10 to a computer and run a simple ADB command. After that, it can be remapped to your heart’s content. Download the app for free from the P...

Major Saudi online retailer leaks Moto One Macro

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The latest variant of the Moto One series was spotted on a Saudi Arabian retail website, but the listing has been taken down. A tipster provided us with an image of the phone and some of the specs from the listing. The spotted device is called the Moto One Macro and its headline feature could be a 2MP macro camera. It has two other main cameras: a main 13Mp sensor and another 2MP sensor, which we suspect to be a depth sensor. Moto One Macro Based on the image above, we are also looking at laser assisted autofocus and a rear fingerprint scanner. There is also a...

Google releases new #SwitchtoPixel ads anticipating Pixel 4

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Google is set to announce the Pixel 4 and 4 XL on October 15 and the phone has already leaked on several previous occasions. The latest few ads posted by Google are touting the Pixel's various features. The #SwitchtoPixel campaign consists of four videos released on the ‘Made by Google' YouTube channel. Each video features customer testimonies of their experiences pertaining to Unlimited Google Photos storage, camera experience, process of transferring data, and battery life. The ‘Get it Together' video above shows a person's testimony using an older-generation Pixel,...

New Honor Note phone gets certified in China

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Honor is preparing another phone for debut alongside the recently teased V30. Carrying the model number LRA-AL00 it was certified by China's CCC agency and according to speculation will be the next addition to Honor's Note line, succeeding the Honor Note 10. CCC certification While the certification only reveals that the device will ship with a 20W charger, a Chinese tipster claims the phone will come with the Kirin 810 chipset and a 64MP main camera around the back. The device will be priced in the midrange segment and should be revealed alongside the Honor V30 in late...

YouTube TV launches on Amazon Fire TV devices

Google and Amazon have become fierce competitors in the past few years, competing for dominance on a lot of things such as artificial intelligence, voice assistants, and the smart TV ecosystem. They’ve even tried to take on Google’s dominance in the smartphone marketplace. In the case of smart TVs, though, Google’s Android TV is challenged by Amazon’s Fire TV devices–while this space is currently dominated by Roku , Amazon still has a small, yet considerable lead over Google here. This fierce competition has also led to some services from one company not being available on the other company’s devices, but this has been slowly changing . Now, YouTube TV, Google’s live TV streaming service, is becoming available on some Fire TV devices. Amazon took to their Fire TV blog to announce the news today. The YouTube TV app, in case you don’t know, allows users to get access to live TV and over 70 channels from cable networks and local networks such as FOX, CBS, and ABC, all without the hassl...

Google Play Store gets one-tap buttons to unsubscribe from betas, clear wishlists, and more

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The Google Play Store , amongst all its features, allows developers to roll out multiple release channels for the same app. Users can easily opt into an app’s beta program and start testing unreleased versions of an app without much more hassle. There is also a number of other features you can easily opt-in to, such as adding apps to your wishlist, pre-registering for unreleased apps, and so on. But a very pesky thing about these opt-in features is how, if you want to opt-out of them, you would have to go the extra mile and remove them one by one, which sounds like a complicated and annoying task. Well, luckily for you, you don’t have to do this anymore. As of the latest version of the Google Play Store, the app has added a new “Google Play preferences” section in the app’s Settings. This gives you four new buttons which will allow you to leave every beta program you’ve ever joined, wipe your wishlist clean, and unregister for both upcoming events and unreleased, upcoming apps you’ve ...

Realme X2 Pro will have 90 Hz display

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Earlier today the Realme CMO teased a new phone, called Realme X2 Pro and powered by the Snapdragon 855 Plus. Several hours later the Chief Product Officer also chimed in on Weibo, this time with a screenshot. The post simply says "here's a little gift for National Day #X2Pro" and the image attached reveals a toggle between 60 Hz and 90 Hz refresh rate for the upcoming device. Are we going to see OnePlus 7T's display on a Realme phone? This is not the first time Dereck Wang is teasing the new refresh rate - earlier this month he said that Realme's 90 Hz device is on its way and it...

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Display Analysis: The Most Vibrant and Brightest, but Not the Most Accurate

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Samsung and Apple are the two back-to-back contenders for “best smartphone display” , and the title is sometimes thought to belong to the company who’s released the latest phone. However, since both companies source their displays from Samsung Display, many believe that it is Samsung’s smartphones that must have the better displays. This belief is flawed since Samsung Display is actually a separate company from Samsung Mobile, who assembles the Galaxy smartphones, and who are also asking client to Samsung Display. And just like any other client, the OEM is ultimately responsible for the color calibration qualities shipped on their phones’ displays, and the latest panels don’t necessarily mean the best-calibrated. In this review, we take an extensive look at panel qualities of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and how well it has been calibrated according to industry standards. Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Display Specifications The Note lineup has previously been thought of as giant phones with...

AutoResponder for Instagram helps you automate your DM responses

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Instagram by Facebook , the photo and video-sharing social network, has become the social network of choice for many users, boasting of over 1 billion users as of May 2019. Because of the sheer number of casual users it attracts, Instagram has become a popular way for businesses to attract new customers and interact with them. Instagram also has its own set of “influencers” – users with very large followings that can leverage their social reach to promote brands and products. Needless to say, Instagram is a serious business for many , and every business can benefit from tools that can automate some of the workflows. AutoResponder for Instagram takes automation to your DM (Direct Message) responses, allowing you to maintain interaction with your users. As the name implies, AutoResponder for Instagram lets you respond to Instagram Direct Messages with custom messages of your own. There are a fair few customization settings available, allowing you to set your own filters to which message...

OnePlus 7T Kernel Sources are now available

Whether you like OnePlus as a brand and for their recent pricing strategies, or not, one cannot deny that OnePlus devices are one of the easiest-to-mod devices currently available in the market, with a thriving community existing for even older releases . OnePlus has been receptive towards the needs of the developer community , promising timely kernel source releases, among other things. OnePlus released the kernel sources of the OnePlus 7 and the OnePlus 7 Pro shortly after their release , and the company is keeping up with the tradition with the OnePlus 7T by releasing its kernel source as well . OnePlus 7T XDA Forums OxygenOS on OnePlus comes with its own thoughtful additions and features, but even then, it may not be enough for the needs of every single user. OnePlus recognizes this possibility, thus allowing users to easily unlock their bootloaders without any wait times or without voiding their warranty, and allowing very easy methods to root the device. Further, timely kern...

iPhone 11 lineup doing exceptionally well in India

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Apple's new iPhone 11 lineup seems to be doing quite well in India according to recent reports. The phones were released on Friday with strong consumer interest comparable to that of the iPhone 6 launch according to Tarun Pathak from Counterpoint Research. Pre-bookings opened on September 20 and the two leading retailers Amazon India and Flipkart ran out of stock just three days later. Consumers were queuing for hours in front of retailers across the country to pick up their new iPhones. As expected, the iPhone 11 was the most sought after model among the three. Apple's new...

First Look at Android 10’s Live Caption feature from the Google Pixel 4

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Besides the next-gen Google Assistant , one of the coolest new features for Android 10 that Google showed off at I/O this year was Live Caption. It’s part of Google’s push to make Android more accessible for users with disabilities like hearing impairment, and what it does is transcribes audio that’s playing on the device into captions that float on the screen. It works offline and with most apps that play audio on your phone, including videos and podcasts. Google demoed the feature in a pre-recorded video played at I/O, but rather than making it immediately available like Live Transcribe, they’ll be rolling it out to “select phones running Android Q later this year.” Thanks to an unreleased APK we obtained from the Pixel 4 XL, we managed to get Live Caption working ahead of the feature’s general availability. Here’s our first look at the new feature. Thanks to Nextrift , we got our hands on a treasure trove of APKs from the Pixel 4, including the Motion Sense APK and the new live w...