Xiaomi Mi WiFi 6 Router AX1800 Is Now Available For Just $65.99 On Giztop

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May 14, 2020

A new project has made its way to Indiegogo and has shown quite a bit of promise. The Glamos is a tiny device that has been developed by two ex-Samsung engineers and brings the ability to make any display to a touchscreen. It has already garnered a healthy backing with nearly 500,000 US Dollars being pledged.

To put it simply, Glamos is a small motion sensing device, which allows users to create a virtual touchscreen anywhere. It can connect to a gadget that has no touch interactive features and instantly transform it into a touch responsive device. Furthermore, after being connected, it can be placed as per the users’ convenience, near a wall, facing the air, or even on a whiteboard that is showcasing a presentation.

During this time of crisis caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, gadgets like Glamos have a lot of added practical use as well. The virus is highly infectious and strands of it are even known to survive on various surfaces for a long while. Thus, Glamos can also potentially help save lives thanks to its touchless feature. For example, one can work on certain things like interacting with public kiosks without touching them, which is another step in preventing the spread of the infection.

With the pocket sized Glamos one can add many and varied forms of functions to an already existing gadget. Despite being just 1.5 inches, it is the world’s smallest LIDAR enabled device and has the least power consumption as well. For those unaware, LIDAR is the technology heavily employed by self driving cars and even smart robot vacuum cleaners to assess the environment around them.

Glamos is currently compatible with most smartphones, tablets, desktop PCs, Smart TVs, and other commercial kiosks as well. It has a sensory radius of three feet and can automatically scale the size of its virtual touchscreen from the size of a smartphone to even a display as large as 6 x 3 feet. This feat is made possible thanks to its rotating mirror module that can capture motion and gestures from 180 degrees.

It functions by using its rotating mirror module to scan its surroundings, measuring the distance between the object and itself. Thereafter, it transforms the data into touch coordinates and sends it to your smartphone, laptop, etc. This offers a bunch of unique and very useful interactions, with great examples being, giving a presentation on a regular whiteboard that displays your slides, turning smart TVs into interactive devices, turning mobile games into full fledged air gesture games similar to the Xbox Kinect.

Click here to check out Glamos on Indiegogo.

Huawei to launch an affordable foldable smartphone later this year: Rumor

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May 14, 2020

While various smartphone vendors have released their iterations of a smartphone with a flexible display, the foldable handset market is still not within the reach of an average consumer. The prices of a foldable device can be higher than even the most expensive flagship products. But now, a new rumor claims that Huawei is planning on launch an affordable foldable smartphone later this year.

According to Ross Young, the CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants, Huawei will release an affordable foldable phone alongside its flagship Mate 40 series this fall. The senior official revealed this information during an interview on YouTube and stated that the Chinese tech giant is developing an inward bending smartphone, which is different from Huawei’s two previously released foldable phones, the Mate X and Mate Xs.

Young said that he “expects to see Huawei pursue both a clamshell and an in-folding model, and we think they’re struggling to come up with an ultra-thin glass solution right now for the clamshell. But we do expect them to do an in-folding model later this year and be pretty aggressively priced.”

Reportedly, Huawei has already placed a large order of 500,000 units for this upcoming foldable smartphone, which is going to be “aggressively priced.” Ross Young claimed that we can expect to see this product launch sometime in September or October 2020. Unfortunately, we have no confirmation from Huawei regarding this news as of right now.

Honor Tablet V6 Leaked, features support for stylus and Kirin 985 SoC

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May 14, 2020

Earlier this week, Honor had announced that it will be launching its first tablet that supports both 5G networking and the new Wi-Fi 6 standards. The product will be unveiled by the company in its product launch conference on 18th May 2020. But prior to its launch, the tablet has been leaked online, with support for a stylus.

According to a Weibo post by @长安数码君, the Chinese tech giant’s tablet will feature HiSilicon’s Kirin 985 SoC. The processor is the latest 5G chip from Huawei and is placed directly below the flagship Kirin 990 5G and above the mid range Kirin 820 SoC. In the post on the Chinese microblogging website, an image was also shared which depicted a person using the tablet with a stylus, meaning we can expect to see official support from Honor.

The image shared also revealed certain details regarding the Honor Tablet V6. This includes its body that is colored silver with the company’s logo on the rear. The display on the front is large and is surrounded by a relatively thin bezel on all four corners. However, apart from the stylus and chipset model, no further details were available.

Unfortunately, this image is just a leak and we cannot provide any concrete statements yet. Honor has yet to officially reveal the Tablet V6, so we have to wait until 18th May for the launch conference. So stay tuned, as we will be covering the event and all of the upcoming product announcements as well.

Redmi K30 5G Racing Edition sold over 10,000 units in just 11 minutes

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May 14, 2020

Earlier today (14th May 2020), the Redmi K30 5G Racing Edition went on sale for the first time. The device was priced at 1,899 Yuan (roughly 267 US Dollars) and, according to an official statement, has crossed over 10,000 units in sales in just 11 minutes.

After the initial sales opened, the Redmi K30 5G Racing Edition saw an explosive demand. For those unaware, the device is a mid range handset that is a more powerful version of the base Redmi K30 5G. The smartphone arrives with dual mode 5G networking and, similar to its base entry, arrives with a very competitive price tag as well.

One of the notable improvements includes the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G making its debut on the device. The chipset is an overclocked version of the Snapdragon 765G, which is found in the previously launched K30 5G. This enables the processor to offer better performance that should also translate to a better gaming experience, especially when paired with its high display refresh rate of 120Hz.

Additional features include MIUI 12, which arrives with improved privacy related features like recording applications behavior and more. The new custom skin on the Android 10 operating system also brings improvements and optimization aimed towards multitasking. For more details check out this link here.

Honor 30S Feather Red gradient color variant is now up for reservation in China

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May 14, 2020

Honor launched its Honor 30S smartphone at the end of March this year, making it the first smartphone to come powered by Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G chipset. The company had announced the phone in four colors — Black, Blue, Green, and a new Feather Red gradient.

While the smartphone has been available for purchase in China, the Feather Red color variant hasn’t been up for sale yet. Today, the company has announced that this Feather Red color which comes in a Blue-Red gradient, will be available for purchase from 18th May and is already up for reservation.

The Honor 30S comes in two variants — 8GB RAM + 128GB Storage which is priced at 2,399 Yuan (~$338) and the 8GB RAM + 256GB Storage model which costs 2,699 Yuan that roughly converts to $380. In its first sale last month, the company sold units worth 100 million yuan in just one minute.

The Honor 30S smartphone features a 6.5-inch IPS LCD display. The 1080 x 2400 pixels Full HD+ screen resolution and 20:9 aspect ratio. The handset also comes with a side-mounted fingerprint reader for added security.

Under the hood, the device comes powered by Kirin 820 SoC, along with Mali-G57 GPU, up to 8GB LPDDR4x RAM and up to 256GB UFS 2.1 storage. It features a quad-camera setup on the back that consists of a 64MP primary sensor, an 8MP telephoto lens, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens, and a 2MP macro sensor.

On the front side, the device features a 16MP snapper for taking selfies and video calling. The smartphone is running Android 10 operating system with the company’s EMUI 10 custom user interface. The device is powered by a 4,000mAh battery that supports 40W rapid charging technology.

Google faces Privacy Complaint, accused of tracking EU users

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May 14, 2020

Google is now facing another issue regarding privacy as it received a data protection complaint. The complaint was filed by Max Shrems, an Austrian privacy activist, and accused the search giant of unlawfully monitoring users and passing on the “tracking ID’ to various advertisers.

Schrems filed the complaint through his activist group called, Noyb. It was filed with the Austrian data protection authority and mainly concerned Android users. According to their complaint, Google tracked its Android users’ phones through a unique ID, which “allows Google and countless third-parties to” track and monitor EU users. In the complaint, the group mentioned that people have to be asked for consent before being tracked.

This is in line with the strict data protection rules the European Union has enforced since May 2018. Through these regulations, the data protection advisories have the power to impose fines that can amount up to 4 percent of a company’s global annual sales when concerning major breaches in conduct. Furthermore, the complaint accused Google of not collecting “valid ‘opt-in’ consent before generating the tracking ID, but seems to generate these IDs without user consent.”

According to Nyob, “Android does not allow deleting the tracking ID. It only allows users to generate a new tracking ID to replace the existing tracking ID. This neither deletes the data that was collected before, nor stops tracking going forward.” As of right now, Google has yet to make a public statement. Unfortunately, this also arrives during a period of crisis where various governments and private companies are working on tracing technology, which is another hassle regulatory bodies are dealing with.

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Honor Router 3 teased, its first Wi-Fi 6 Plus router

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May 14, 2020

While Honor is gearing up for an upcoming product launch event, the company has also started teasing a few gadgets beforehand. Earlier today (14th May 2020), the Chinese tech giant teased its first Wi-Fi 6 Plus router, named Honor Router 3.

Earlier this year, the Wi-Fi technology saw an advancement in its technology with the new generation of WiFi 6 standards being launched. As of right now, its popularity is already increasing, with most flagship smartphones featuring this technology. Routers and other AIoT products also appeared early on and now it seems that a higher WiFi 6 Plus standard is arriving soon as well.

For those unaware, WiFi 6 brought a lot of improvements over the older generations. It had bandwidth almost three times higher than WiFi 5 and can have nearly 4 times the capacity of concurrently connected devices. Furthermore, its power consumption was also powered by 30 percent while latency also saw a reduction. Unfortunately, it is currently unknown what improvements WiFi 6 Plus brings over the regular WiFi 6, but it is likely to be further improvements on the aforementioned features.

The official Honor Weibo account, a Chinese microblogging website, shared the first poster image for the Honor Router 3. This product will be announced on 18th May 2020, alongside many others like a new laptop, the company’s first 5G and WiFi 6 compliant tablet, and more. So stay tuned, as we will be covering the product launch conference.

Sony smartphone shipments were all-time low with only 400,000 units in Q1 2020

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May 14, 2020

Sony is no longer a player in the smartphone market. But it still releases a couple of premium as well as mid-range smartphones every year to prove that it can also make phones. Although some of these handsets are good with certain flaws, their higher price tags make them invaluable compared to competitors. As a result of it, Sony only shipped 400,000 smartphones in Q1 2020.

The Japanese electronics giant recently released its earnings report for the first quarter of 2020. According to it, the company’s smartphone shipments plunged by 64% YoY in Q1 2020, the largest ever-drop in its history.

The shipments of Sony Xperia lineup of smartphones have been dropping since 2015. The company had a solid performance in 2013 and 2014 with 39.1 million units each year. Then, it finally declined to only 3.2 million units in 2019. That’s almost 50% lesser than 6.5 million units in 2018.

Sony’s smartphone business does not seem to have a bright future at his point. The company has to revamp its strategy to succeed in the world’s one of the most competitive industry.

Recently, Sony merged its Mobile Communications business with Imaging Products & Solutions and Home Entertainment & Sound under a new holding company called ‘Sony Electronics Corporation’. Maybe, this will help the company build compelling products for customers.

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OnePlus 8 Pro’s camera can see through plastics with certain color filter

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May 14, 2020

The OnePlus 8 Pro is currently the flagship smartphone from the company. It is by far, one of its most premium handsets that features top notch specs and great cameras. However, it seems that the device has a few hidden abilities as well, being able to “see through” certain plastics when using particular color filters from its camera.

One of the best examples 🤯#OnePlus8Pro Color Filter Camera can see through some plastic pic.twitter.com/UkaxdyV6yP

— Ben Geskin (@BenGeskin) May 13, 2020

According to a tweet by Ben Geskin (@BenGeskin), the OnePlus 8 Pro’s camera is observed to able to see through an Apple TV’s body to reveal its internals. Ben also shared a video, which was a video screen capture from the smartphones. Furthermore, this prompted others to also attempt the same feat with tech reporting agencies publishing their findings as well.

Digital Trends did their own digging into this hidden ability and found that the OnePlus 8 Pro’s camera can even see through the Nintendo Switch Pro Controler. According to their tests, the color filters through the camera can only see through plastics that don’t have any form of infrared shielding. Notably, it was also discovered that the OnePlus 8 Pro’s camera can pick up on infrared LED lights and more that cannot be observed by the naked eye.

The color filter that allows this ability to be highlighted is “Photochrom,” which can be found in the default OnePlus camera app. Although this isn’t a ground breaking feature, it still is quite impressive for a smartphone to have pseudo X-ray like vision. Additionally, this ability may not be exclusive to just the OnePlus 8 Pro as more smartphones have a similar sensor and a few specialize in infrared technology like the Pixel 4 and iPhone 11 series, albeit you can’t use them in that manner.

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iPhone SE 2020 sale begins in India on May 20 with Rs. 38,900 (~$515) starting price

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May 14, 2020

Apple unveiled the iPhone SE 2020 smartphone last month. It debuted as the cheapest phone in the company’s current lineup. The sale of the smartphone did not start immediately in India after its launch. Now that the COVID-19 lockdown has been relaxed in some regions across India, Apple is now gearing up to begin the sales of the iPhone SE 2020 in the country. Indian retailer site Flipkart now has a landing page for the iPhone SE 2020. The listing reveals that the iPhone SE 2020 sales will bring from May 20.

iPhone SE 2020 price in India and launch offers

The iPhone SE 2020 can be bought in India in three storage versions such as 64 GB, 128 GB, and 256 GB. They are priced at Rs. 42,500 (~$563), Rs. 47,800 (~$633), and Rs. 58,300 (~$772), respectively. The first sale will start at noon (local time) on May 20. The handset will be available in color variants like black, white, and red.

Customers can avail Rs. 3,600 (~$48) instant discount on HDFC Bank cards and EasyEMI. This effectively reduces the price of the base model to Rs. 38,900 (~$515). It is not clear whether Rs. 3,600 discount will be also available for customers of 128 GB and 256 GB storage variants.

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iPhone SE 2020 specifications

The iPhone SE 2020 has a 4.7-inch display that supports 750 x 1334 pixels. The chin of the device has a Touch ID sensor. The handset runs on iOS 13 and it is driven by Apple A13 Bionic chipset and 3 GB of RAM.

There is a 7-megapixel front camera on the iPhone SE 2020. The back panel of the device is fitted with an OIS equipped with a 12-megapixel camera along with an LED flash. The handset has a 1,821mAh battery that supports 18W fast charging and Qi wireless charging.

MediaTek is launching a new 5G chip on May 18; could be Dimensity 800 Plus

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May 14, 2020

MediaTek has launched three chipsets under its new 5G Dimensity lineup — MediaTek Dimensity 1000, Dimensity 800, and the most recent Dimensity 1000+. Now, the company is all set to launch yet another chipset in the same series.

The company has today confirmed that it will be hosting a launch event on 18th May in China to launch a new 5G chipset. While the name of the chipset getting launched is not revealed, we expect it to be the MediaTek Dimensity 800 Plus.

As per the previous leak, the Dimensity 800 Plus is expected to cove with an overclocked CPU at 2.6GHz instead of 2.0GHz. Apart from this, everything else is expected to be almost the same as the original variant.

The MediaTek Dimensity 800, launched earlier this year, is a 7nm octa-core processor that comprises of four Cortex A76 cores clocking at 2.0GHz and four Cortex A55 cores working at 2.0GHz. For graphics, it is equipped with Mali-G77MC4 and also comes with its own HyperEngine gaming technology for enhanced gaming experience.

It offers support for Full HD+ screen resolution with up to 90Hz refresh rate. As for the memory, it can support up to 16GB of LPDDR4x RAM. The chipset supports voice and data over 5G and is built for global sub-6GHz 5G networks and promises up to 3.5Gbps download speeds and up to 1.25Gbps upload speeds.

Recently, the company launched Dimensity 1000+ SoC which comes with supports up to 144Hz refresh rate, MiraVision Enhanced HDR10+, and AI-PQ for real-time dynamic adjustment of contrast, color, sharpness and color levels of 4K videos.

It also comes with 5G UltraSave Technology and HyperEnging 2.0 for enhanced gaming performance. The upcoming iQOO Z1 5G, which is set to launch on 19th May, will be the first smartphone to be powered by this premium chipset.

OPPO Ace2 Aurora Silver goes on sale in China

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May 14, 2020

Last month, OPPO introduced the OPPO Ace2 flagship phone in China. The handset had arrived in color editions such as Moon Rock Grey, Fantasy Purple, and Aurora Silver. Except for the silver colorway, the other two variants have been available for purchase since launch. Today, the company carried out the first sales of the Aurora Silver edition of the OPPO Ace2.

The OPPO Ace2 had landed in China in three variants like 8 G RAM + 128 GB storage for 3,999 Yuan (~$563), 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage for 4,399 Yuan (~$619) and 12 GB RAM + 256 GB storage for 4,599 Yuan (~$648).

All three RAM and storage combinations can be bought in Moon Rock Grey and Fantasy Purple colorways. However, the newly introduced Aurora Silver color variant is not available in 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage option. Ace2 is currently only available in China.

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OPPO Ace2 specifications

The OPPO Ace2 has a 6.55-inch S-AMOLED display. The punch-hole screen supports Full HD+ resolution and it offers a 20:9 aspect ratio. The screen of the phone is integrated with a fingerprint sensor.

The Snapdragon 865 powered Ace2 comes with LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.0 storage. It lacks a microSD card slot. The ColorOS 7 based Android 10 OS runs on the device. The handset features a 4,000mAh battery that supports 65W fast charging, 40W wireless charging, and 10W reverse wireless charging.

Realme has over 35 million users worldwide in just 2 years

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May 14, 2020

Realme came into existence in May of 2018 as a sub-brand of Oppo. A year later, it became an independent brand. Now, the company is gearing up to celebrate its anniversary by launching 8 new products on May 25. Ahead of it, it has been posting teasers to build up the hype. Today, the brand also revealed it has over 35 million users worldwide.

Being a new kid in the town, it is a massive achievement for Realme to acquire over 35 million users worldwide in a span of two years. The brand started in India with Realme 1, a device focussed on performance and design.

The handset did lack some of the features such as fingerprint sensor, which were present on devices from rival companies. But its affordable starting price of ₹8,990 made it popular among youth who prefer performance for gaming over anything else.

Soon, the brand started bombarding smartphones, which no one ever thought would happen. Ultimately, it became one of the first brands to launch the cheapest phones with a quad-camera setup, pop-up camera, in-display fingerprint sensor, and more.

According to rumours and teasers, the brand will be announcing its first gaming smartphone dubbed as ‘Blade Runner’ on May 25. It is also expected to unveil certain IoT products such as smart TV, smartwatch, and others.

We will know more about them in the coming days as we expect the brand to drop teasers daily leading up to the day of the launch.

Samsung Galaxy Fold Special Edition could be the cheapest foldable smartphone

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May 14, 2020

Samsung has been reportedly working on a cheaper version of the Galaxy Fold smartphone and recently, more details about the smartphone were leaked online. While the device has been in the news as Galaxy Fold Lite, the actual naming of the phone has leaked online.

As per the industry insider Ross Young, the smartphone is named Samsung Galaxy Fold Special Edition. It seems that the company will launch this foldable smartphone to clear out the inventory of original Galaxy Fold before the company launches Galaxy Fold 2.

It is said that the Galaxy Fold Special Edition will be priced at $1,099, making it the cheapest foldable smartphone not just from Samsung but any other manufacturer. He has also revealed that the smartphone will be launched in July and will have a limited stock of around 55,000 units.

Recently leaked specifications of the smartphone suggest that it will come powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor but won’t have 5G support. The device is said to be be built with an aluminium frame and glass body and should come in Mirror Black and Mirror Purple color options.

Max Weinbach, who leaked the phone’s specs, mentions that these are not the final specifications and they could get changed by the time the device launches in the market. So, we’d advise you to take this information with a pinch of salt.

The usage of SD865 SoC will make the processor on the phone stronger than the one offered in Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Z Flip. Also, it doesn’t make sense for the phone to be a 4G-only device if it’s powered by SD865 as the chipset comes with built-in 5G modem.

Meanwhile, the company is also working on Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 smartphone as a successor to the Galaxy Fold. The device is rumoured to have 120Hz display, punch-hole cutout, S Pen support, triple rear cameras, and more.

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Alleged Vivo X50 spotted in leaked render; Launch could be near

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May 14, 2020

Recently, the Vivo X50 Lite smartphone went official in Australia. The handset seems to belong to the X50 series which seemingly includes devices like Vivo X50 and Vivo X50 Pro. The Chinese firm is yet to confirm the existence of the Vivo X50 and X50 Pro phones. However, the Vivo X50 moniker for the first time during the “Go Fighting!” reality TV show in China last night. At the same time, a blurry image of the Vivo X50 retail package has surfaced on Weibo. Also, a reliable tipster from China has shared a render that seems to match with X50’s design shown in the retail box.

The screengrab from the reality show reveals the Vivo X50 moniker. It also reveals that the phone will possess professional imaging features like the predecessor Vivo X30 series. The Vivo X30 Pro came with a periscope zoom lens that supported 5x optical zoom and up to 60x digital zoom. Hence, there is a possibility that the Vivo X50 series may offer users with better digital zoom experience.

The second image is blurry, but it manages to reveal the design of the Vivo X50 phone. The retail box shows that the Vivo X50 carries support for 5G connectivity. The handset can be seen in the same light blue color as the predecessor X30 series. The back panel of the Vivo X50 has a rectangle-shaped camera module.

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The image does not give a good view of the display. Its right side is not visible, but the left corner seems to have a punch-hole. Another image (shown above) of the Vivo X50’s promo also shows the presence of a round-shaped cutout at the top-left corner.

A reliable tipster from China shared a render of the smartphone without revealing its name. The design of the phone resembles the above-shown X50. Hence, it appears that the tipster has shared an image of the Vivo X50. The back panel has four cameras and the fourth unit seems to be a periscope zoom lens. Last year, Vivo had added a periscope lens on the X30 Pro model while the vanilla variant lacked it. It appears that this year, the vanilla X50 may also feature a periscope lens.

Recently, a couple of new Vivo phones such as Vivo V2005A, V2002A, and V2001A received approval from the 3C authority of China. The V2002A could be the upcoming Vivo Y70s smartphone powered the unannounced Exynos 880 5G chipset. The identities of the V2005A and V2001A are expected to come with 33W fast charging are not known yet. These could be Vivo X50 series smartphones.

Google Pixel 4a leaked benchmark results indicate a promising mid-range smartphone

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May 14, 2020

Google Pixel 4a smartphone launch is around the corner and ahead of the official announcement from the company, more and more information about the device keeps surfacing online.

In the latest development, we have got indication about the smartphone’s performance as the benchmark results have been leaked online. Going by the benchmark results, it seems that the device is quite promising in terms of performance.

YouTuber Julio Lusson from the TecnoLike Plus has put the Google Pixel 4a to the test to determine how powerful the device is in various benchmark analyses. In the AnTuTu benchmark, the phone seems to have scored 268,971 points.

In the GeekBench testing, the device seems to have scored 2,544 points in the single-core test and 6,370 points in the multi-core test. In the video, the YouTuber is also showcasing the real-life performance of the phone through gameplays, video playback, and more.

The Google Pixel 4a features a 5.81-inch OLED Full HD+ display with a punch-hole cutout in the top-left corner for housing the front-facing snapper. Under the hood, the device is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 chipset along with 6GB of RAM.

In terms of storage, the device will be offered in two options — 64GB and 128GB. The phone will also have Google Titan M security chip. It is running Android 10 operating system out-of-the-box and will be powered by a 3,080mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging technology.

The Google Pixel 4a is expected to be available in at least two color options — Just Black and Barely Blue and will reportedly start at $399. To know for sure about the smartphone, we’ll have to wait for the official launch event.

The Google Pixel 4a was expected to get launched on 22nd May but a recent report claimed that instead of getting the smartphone this month, we may have to wait till the first week of June to get our hands on the Pixel 4a. It reveals that the sale of the device could now start from 5th June.

US extends ban on Huawei till May 2021

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May 14, 2020

It has been one year since the Trump administration put Chinese giant Huawei on Entity List through executive order citing national security risk, effectively banning the company from doing business with any of the US-based company without explicit permission.

This is the reason Huawei cannot using Google‘s apps and services in its new smartphones. And is seems that this will be the case for at least another year as Donald Trump, President of the United States, has extended the ban on Huawei till May 2021.

Although Huawei has been barred from doing business with the US-based companies, the U.S. Commerce Department has issued a series of temporary licenses allowing U.S. companies to keep doing business with the company. That license is about to expire this week and it is expected to get renewed.

Since getting banned from using Google’s Android as well as the company’s app and services, Huawei has launched several smartphones, including two flagship phones, without support for GMS. This has hit the company’s sales outside of the Chinese market.

However, the Chinese giant launched its own operating system named HarmonyOS and has developed its own Huawei Mobile Services meant as a replacement for Google Mobile Services. The company also plans to spend billions of dollars to incentivise developers to make apps for its ecosystem.

While the company is trailing in terms of smartphones sales in the Western market, it is performing quite well in its home market China. Huawei now seems to be working on reducing its reliance on third-party suppliers.

Redmi K30 5G Racing Edition goes on sale in China

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