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Editor’s Pick:Xiaomi patents phone with an in-display selfie camera!

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Jun 3, 2019

Who would’ve thought that Xiaomi would be the ones pushing for innovation in this day and age? Well, they’ve been doing it ever since the first MI Mix, and today they’ve got something special. Xiaomi co-founder and president Lin Bin shares a very interesting video showing a working under display selfie camera!

This comes just moments after Oppo’s video of the exact same tech, and the timing is impeccable. This reminds of back in the day when companies would rush to show off the latest changes as soon as they could. Both companies sharing under display selfie cameras on the same day, that’s pretty awesome.

Xiaomi’s video is a lot clearer and straightforward than Oppo’s however. While Oppo’s was very much a test from behind the scenes with a weird angle, Xiaomi’s is a straight up comparison. We can clearly see the Xiaomi Mi9, next to what appears to be a notchless Xiaomi Mi9. The video shows the lack of a notch, and then continues to showcase that the invisible selfie camera works just fine.

Now these are some exciting times! Between foldable phones, hidden selfie camera tech, companies racing to be first and the Huawei debacle, there’s been something interesting going on almost every day! It’s a great feeling to be able to talk about something new, instead of just the latest flagship release. We hope this trend towards new, innovative tech continues, it’s been great to write about.

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First Xiaomi Store in Chile has been receiving great reception

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Jun 3, 2019

The first Xiaomi physical store in Chile was opened in Santiago on April 27. The 250-square-meter place offers smartphones, wearable devices, smart home supplies and other Xiaomi products. According to Xinhua, the store managed to get 1,500 customers in its first day! Very impressive all things considered.

The Chilean store was mainly another part of Xiaomi’s ongoing global expansion plan. The company began operations in Chile on December 2018, and they’ve been going strong since then. It’s not inaccurate to say that they’ve been doing well in the country, and this store is proof of that.

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“Our users don’t just buy products; they become part of a global community. Common interests unite us, and we care about taking care of that relationship, as if it were with close friends,” said Felipe Villalobos, a social media manager with Xiaomi Chile.

One month later, Xiaomi now has 130 products available in Chile, including cellphones, security cameras, computers, robot vacuums, bicycles, electric scooters, and accessories. The company’s expansion over in Chile has been nothing if not impressive. The Latin American market is crucial and attractive for the brand – especially Chile, “a country that tends to adopt new technologies very rapidly”, a brand communication said.

As of now, Xiaomi plans to open six more physical stores in the country with their all their latest devices. On top of this, the company also wants to introduce the Mi Home ecosystem to Chile soon, which will be quite exciting to see. Xiaomi is taking an aggressive approach to expansion, and it’ll be interesting to see how it pans out for them.

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HMD Global may launch the Nokia 6.2 on June 6th

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Jun 3, 2019

HMD Global, which owns the Nokia brand, will be organising a launch event in India on 6 June. Amongst the candidates of hopeful launches is the flagship device from the company called the Nokia 9 PureView smartphone. Apart from that, a new teaser from the company has also hinted a possible launch of the Nokia 6.2, which is allegedly a rebranded Nokia X71 from China.

The Nokia X71 features a ZEISS-certified 48MP primary camera sensor at the rear with f/1.8 aperture, an 8MP 120-degree super-wide angle lens and a 5MP depth sensor at the back as well. For selfies, the smartphone is fitted with a 16MP shooter that has an aperture of f/2.0. Stock Android 9 Pie and a 3,500mAh battery. It’s very much a solid mid-range device, not too many clear problems here.

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Nokia anew has posted a tweet which indicates that the Nokia 6.2 will launch with a price tag around $290, which is similar to the launch price of Nokia 6.1 in some markets. The tweet also mentions new colours, Zooming capability and dedicated night mode on the upcoming device. That’s nice, it always gives a good impression when you keep devices up to date.

Nokia has been doing quite well recently, at least in terms of recognition. The company’s rise from death to relevance is quite an impressive saga, and it’s almost inspiring. HMD Global’s been seeing some pretty good reception for most of their devices, so let’s hope they keep it up. We wouldn’t want to see a repeat of the first Nokia death again, do we?

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Oppo shows off working prototype of under-display camera technology

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Jun 3, 2019

Smartphone technology keeps growing at a rapid pace and with each new iteration, new technology is making its way. Nowadays, most smartphone manufacturers, including Oppo, are working on provided higher screen-to-body ratio.

With an aim to offer a full-screen smartphone, the companies have adopted various different solutions, including notches, punch-hole display, and pop-up front-facing camera. Now, the next step for the manufacturers is the in-display camera sensors.

Similar to the in-display fingerprint sensor, the camera sensor can be embedded into the display. China-based smartphone maker Oppo showcased an early engineering model of this technology which could be the world’s first under-display camera.

The video clip of this technology was shared by Oppo’s Vice President Brian Shen on Weibo, a Chinese microblogging platform, without much details. It shows a working front-facing camera that doesn’t need a notch, teardrop, hole punch, pop-up, or even sliding mechanism and keeps the edge-to-edge display uninterrupted.

For those seeking the perfect, notchless smartphone screen experience – prepare to be amazed. 📲

You are taking a very first look at our under-display selfie camera technology. RT! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/FrqB6RiJaY

— OPPO (@oppo) June 3, 2019

In a follow-up post, Brian Shen says that this under-screen camera technology is still in its early days. He added, “At this stage, it’s difficult for under-display cameras to match the same results as normal cameras, there’s bound to be some loss in optical quality. But, no new technology jumps to perfection right away.”

Currently, there’s no information about when this under-display camera technology will be mass-produced and when we can actually see a commercial smartphone using this tech. However, as per the reports, Oppo’s sister company Vivo is also working on similar technology, possibly for its next-gen Apex series smartphone.

Apart from Oppo and Vivo, South Korea-based Samsung, the leading smartphone company globally, is also working on under-display camera technology for smartphones. Last month, Samsung’s vice president of the display R&D group, Yang Byung-Duk hinted about the possibility of a ‘perfect full-screen’ display where all the sensors will be embedded into the display without hindering the viewing experience.

TENAA reveals the Honor 20 Pro gets 12GB of RAM

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Jun 3, 2019

Huawei’s Honor brand have just launched their latest smartphones – the Honor 20 and the Honor 20 Pro, in China a couple of days ago. The flagship models were first launched last week at an event in London. So, now why is it exactly that we’re finding new 12GB RAM variants of the devices over on TENAA?

They were just listed with model numbers YAL-AL00 and YAL-AL10 on TENAA, and while most of the specs are the same, both the Honor 20 and the Honor 20 Pro were certified with 12 GB RAM. The Honor YAL-AL00 is Honor 20, while YAL-AL10 is Honor 20 Pro. Both of these are certified by TENAA with additional RAM options from 6GB / 8GB / 12GB RAM variant with 128GB / 256GB storage options.

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Outside of this change, everything else is essentially the same with the early launch. Why did Honor release the lowest configuration worldwide instead of all of them? It’s possible the company wanted to advertise the lowest possible price, but we can really only speculate. Regardless, we’re quite happy to see more options available to consumers.

When George Zhao, Honor CEO, introduced the devices, he said they will be “coming soon” without giving an official date. We can assume this is thanks to problematic relations between the Chinese and US governments. It’s safe to say a delay is unlikely to happen in China, seeing how the thing already has its certification.

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Banggood Launched the Advanced Drones Club with Big Coupons and Unmissable Discounts

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Jun 3, 2019

It looks like drone lovers are in for a treat! If you have restlessly been waiting to get your hands on a top-end drone that doesn’t cost a bomb, it might interest you to know that Banggood has launched the ‘Advanced Drones Club’ promotion.

As part of this recently launched promo, Banggood is offering its users an exclusive $220 off coupon that can be used for discounts on select drones featured on the promotion page. In order to simplify the search process, the drones have been added into various categories.

The ‘Magic RC Drone’ section features the Hubsan H117S Zino RC Drone Quadcopter that normally sells for $489.99. Thanks to a 25 percent discount, you can now buy the drone for a reduced price of just $389.99.

Moreover, Banggood users spending over $19.99 qualify for free shipping. As if that weren’t enough, you can use coupon code BG15H117S and save a considerable amount of more money before placing your order.

Likewise, you can use coupon code 0d7c3c to get discount on the JJRC X6 Aircus RC Drone Quadcopter RTF, which retails for $365.98, and coupon code BGOSMOACTION to grab a significant discount on the DJI Osmo Action FPV Action Camera, which carries a $487.88 price tag. The aforesaid drones are available under the ‘Advanced New Arrival’ category.

Aside from that, there’s the Eachine EX2mini RC drone, and the Eachine Wizard X220S FPV Racer RC drone. More importantly, each drone has been assigned specific coupons that you can apply at checkout in order to avail noteworthy discounts.

The Eachine EV200D and the Eachine EV100 FPV Goggles, on the other hand, are gracing the next section called ‘Advanced FPV.’ While you can avail a $200 off on the coveted EV200D True Diversity FPV goggles, there’s a $250 off on the equally well-received Eachine EV100 FPV goggles.

The remaining two sections dubbed ‘Advanced Transmitter’ and ‘Advanced RC Parts’ are also crammed with all sorts of RC parts that usually carry steep price tags, but are currently up for grabs bearing lowered prices. You can visit the promotion page by following this link and take advantage of the coupons before they expire.

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Malaysian Prime Minister claims continued support for Huawei

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Jun 3, 2019

Huawei may be in a bad spot at the moment, but they’ve still got supporters. Prime Minister Tun Mahathir has recently stated that Malaysia will try to make use of Huawei’s technologies as much as possible. The remark was made during a dialogue session at The Nikkei Future of Asia Conference in Tokyo earlier last week.

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According to the PM, this is due to the fact that big tech companies such as Huawei have research capabilities that are way bigger than the whole Malaysia combined. As for security risk, this is what he has to say:

“Yes, there may be some spying (and whatnot) but what is there to spy in Malaysia? We are an open book. Everybody knows, if any country wants to invade Malaysia, they can walk through, and we will not resist. Because it is a waste of time.”- Prime Minister, Tun Mahathir.

In general, this is a huge sign of confidence that the Malaysian government has for Huawei. All in all, it looks like Huawei’s status in Malaysia still remain intact regardless of the ban that the United States government has imposed on the company.

Just earlier this week, Huawei’s membership in important technologies groups such as SD Association, Bluetooth SIG, Wi-Fi Alliance, and JEDEC has also been reinstated. Things certainly have looked much better for Huawei right now just as the company filed a court motion to have the ban to be declared unconstitutional.

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Buy QCY T2C TWS Dual Bluetooth 5.0 Earbuds, Coupon Code 3WKNRNWL

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Jun 3, 2019

The QCY T2C TWS Dual Bluetooth 5.0 Earbuds sports a unique design for sound effects that bring an impression of space to the wearer. It enables you to enjoy your favorite music as if you are in the concert hall.

The newfangled earbuds offer 8-care features including Realtek, auto pairing, stereo talking, a 32-hour battery life, HIFI, and IPX4. We will check out more details about the features the QCY T2C offer in just a bit.

The QCY T2C adopts the latest Bluetooth 5.0 technology that delivers more stable connection, coupled with faster sound transmission in real time during calls and game playing. It uses CVC 6.0 noise reduction technology along with high sensitivity silicon wheat for enhanced speech recognition.

These 4.6 g earbuds sport ergonomic design that fits the contours of the ears without any sort of discomfort even after hours of wearing. It offers a one-step pairing features, allowing you to enjoy music without delay.

Furthermore, the QCY T2C packs BT v5.0 chipset with codec support to unleash original sound. It has a high sensitivity 6mm driver, ABS chamber, along with adaptive noise isolation and environment monitoring in stereo mode for unparalleled sound quality.

While the aforesaid features completely justify the $33.99 price tag the QCY T2C TWS earbuds normally carries, you can now buy them for a reduced price of just $29.99 from GeekBuying. This is a significant 12 percent drop in the earbud’s original asking price.

But if that doesn’t impress you much, you can use coupon code 3WKNRNWL and get an extra $5 off. In other words, you can bring the already reduced retail price of the QCY T2C TWS earbuds further down to just $24.99 simply by applying the aforesaid coupon before placing your order.

You can head straight to this link to avail the discount, which will be valid for the black color version of the earbuds. Note that the promo is slated to end in just two days.

Huawei Maimang 8 poster reveals specifications; all set to launch on June 5

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Jun 3, 2019

Although Huawei is going through possibly the worst time, the company is still pushing new devices in the market. The Chinese technology giant has announced that it is holding a launch event in China on 5th June, where it’ll unveil the Maimang 8 smartphone.

The company has shared a few teaser posters of the Huawei Maimang 8 smartphone, which reveals some of the key specifications. It confirms that the device will feature a 6.21-inch display with a waterdrop notch.

As for the memory configuration, it will be offered with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. The phone will feature a triple rear camera setup, aligned vertically in the top-left corner. It will have a 24 MP + 16 MP + 2 MP AI camera sensors.

The smartphone will also come with a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor for added security. As for the interface, it will come with a 3.5mm headphone jack and a micro USB port for charging and transferring data.

The company has not yet revealed which chipset will be powering the device. Its predecessor, Maimang 7, was powered by the Kirin 710 SoC, so it’s likely that the Maimang 8 will have Kirin 700-series chipset and could also pack the same Kirin 710 SoC.

As per the reports, the phone will also come with the company’s GPU Turbo technology, which is a graphics acceleration technology aimed at improving the gaming experience. It could come with Android 9 Pie pre-installed with the EMUI 9 UI on top.

To know for sure what the Huawei Maimang 8 packs inside as well as the smartphone’s pricing and availability information, we’ll have to wait for the official launch event to take place in China on 5th June. As per the reports, the phone could also launch as the Huawei Mate 30 Lite for the international markets.

Buy Xiaomi Redmi Go Smartphone Global Version for Just $53 from Gearbest [Coupon]

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Get 36% Off on Xiaomi Redmi Go 4G Smartphone Global Version

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Jun 3, 2019

Xiaomi made the long-awaited Redmi Go smartphone available to the public in February this year. The Redmi Go is the company’s first phone with an 8MP dual camera setup, which uses a Sony IMX 586 sensor.

We will be checking out more details about this feature-laden smartphone in just a bit. More importantly, we will shed light on a noteworthy discount that Gearbest is currently offering on the Redmi Go smartphone and show how you can save more money at checkout.

The global version of the Xiaomi Redmi Go with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage capacity would normally set you back $91.48, but you can buy this model for a dropped price of just $59.99 from Gearbest. This is a 34 percent reduction in the device’s original asking price.

Moreover, you can extend this discount by applying coupon code GBFXGO53. The coupon helps you get an extra $6.99 off by bringing the already reduced retail price of the Xiaomi Redmi Go further down to just $53 before you place your order.

An absolute steal at this price, the Redmi Go sports a 5.0-inch display with a screen resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The phone is powered by a Snapdragon 425 Quad-core 1.4GHz processor and packs a highly efficient Adreno 308 GPU, under the hood.

The phone ships with 1GB of RAM and offers 8GB of expandable (up to 128GB) onboard storage capacity for you to save your favorite music, videos, and other multimedia content. It houses an 8.0MP camera at the back and a 5.0MP front shooter for selfies and video chatting.

The dual-SIM smartphone runs Android Go OS and is backed by a 3000mAh non-removable battery. It also offers a wide selection of useful sensors including Accelerometer, Ambient Light Sensor, Gravity Sensor, and Proximity Sensor.

You can follow this link to check out more details about Xiaomi Redmi Go and grab the discount, which will be available for the black color version of the smartphone.

Redmi K20 Pro inventory sold out in China; Xiaomi to speed up production

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Jun 3, 2019

Xiaomi-backed Redmi brand recently launched its flagship smartphone series — Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro. As the name itself suggests, the Redmi K20 Pro is the high-end device and comes with an interesting set of specifications.

In the first sale of the smartphone in China on 1st June, the company said that over 200,000 units of the Redmi K20 Pro were sold and the phone was ranked first on JD.com in the single product sale on the same day.

Now, Lu Weibing, Vice President of Xiaomi and General Manager of Redmi has announced that the inventory of the Redmi K20 Pro in China is almost sold out and the company is speeding up production and supply to meet the demand.

Coming to the specifications, the Redmi K20 Pro flaunts a 6.39-inch AMOLED display that offers a tall aspect ratio of 19.5:9 and Full HD+ screen resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels. The AMOLED screen is integrated with the latest 7th-generation in-display fingerprint sensor and the phone also comes with support full DC dimming and eye protection mode.

Under the hood, the smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset, coupled with up to 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB internal storage. The phone comes with 8-layer of graphite sheet for heat dissipation.

In the camera department, the smartphone features a triple rear camera setup, consisting of a 48-megapixel Sony IMX586 primary sensor with f/1.75 aperture, a 124.8-degree 13-megapixel superwide lens with f/2.4 aperture, and an 8-megapixel telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture and 2x optical zoom capabilities.

It comes with features like dual LED flash, AI scene recognition, night scene mode, handheld super night scene mode and 960 fps slow-motion video recording. On the front side, the phone is equipped with a pop-up camera of 20-megapixel with f/2.0 aperture.

Other features on the device include Hi-Res audio, dual-SIM support, 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, dual-frequency GPS, USB-C, and 3.5mm headphone jack. The MIUI 10 based Android 9 Pie OS comes preloaded on the device, with support for Game Turbo 2.0. The flagship smartphone from Redmi comes powered by a 4,000mAh battery which also supports 27W fast charging technology.

The Redmi K20 Pro comes in four variants based on the memory configuration — 6GB RAM + 64GB storage, 6GB RAM + 128GB storage, 8GB RAM + 128GB storage, and 8GB RAM + 256GB storage, costing 2,499 Yuan (~$362), 2,599 Yuan (~$376), 2,799 Yuan (~$405), and 2,999 Yuan (~$435) respectivaly.

Huawei P30 series smartphones get support for DC Dimming feature

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Jun 3, 2019

Flagship smartphones launching this year comes with support for DC Dimming feature. It has come to a point where if the phone is a flagship device, people expect the smartphone to come with DC Dimming.

Looking at this, Huawei has now confirmed that the DC Dimming feature will come to the Huawei P30 series smartphones. For those who are unaware, DC dimming essentially controls the brightness of the display by varying the power supplied to the circuit.

A user of the P30 series flagship smartphone in China has shared a screenshot of the smartphone’s newly received update which reveals that the DC Dimming feature has been introduced in this series.

There are two methods to control the screen’s brightness — Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Dimming and DC Dimming. In PWM, the width of the light pulse is varied to control the brightness of the display panel while in DC dimming, the power supplied to the circuit is varied to control the brightness.

To know more about the DC Dimming as well as the PWM Dimming and why this is important for smartphones featuring an AMOLED display, head over to our detailed article about this by clicking here.

When the Black Shark 2 smartphone was launched with the DC Dimming feature, the company made it a point to let users know about this and made sure to include this in the phone’s marketing.

Later, many smartphone manufacturers started adopting this DC Dimming feature. As manufacturers are moving ahead from LCD to AMOLED panels, it has become a major selling point to include DC dimming.

Coming to the specifications, the flagship smartphone — Huawei P30 Pro features a 6.47-inch Full HD+ curved OLED display. The phone doesn’t have an earpiece, instead, it uses Acoustic Display Technology which emits sounds through the display using magnetic levitation.

Under the hood, the device is powered by the company’s own HiSilicon Kirin 980 octa-core processor along with 8GB of RAM and up to 512GB of internal storage. There is support for storage expansion using Huawei’s NM Card.

In terms of the camera configuration, the P30 Pro has four camera sensors on the back panel – a 20MP f/2.2 ultra wide angle lens, a 40MP f/1.6 wide-angle lens, an 8MP f/3.4 5X telephoto, and a ToF depth-sensing camera. For taking selfies, the phone comes with a 32MP sensor with AI HDR+.

The IP68 rated smartphone also comes with an in-display fingerprint scanner which is claimed by the company to be 30% faster than that of the previous generation. The P30 Pro runs Android 9 Pie-based EMUI 9.1 custom interface and is powered by a 4,200mAh battery with support for 40W fast-charging and support for 15W wireless fast charging.

You can check out our review of the Honor P30 Pro here.

Xiaomi 70mai Pro Dash Cam comes powered by Huawei’s HiSilicon chipset

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Jun 3, 2019

Huawei is currently going through a really bad time because of the US-China trade war and many companies have already suspended business dealing with the Chinese giant in order to comply with the order from the United States.

At a time when business is shying away from naming Huawei or admitting the use of Huawei equipment, it has been revealed that the Xiaomi 70mai Pro Dash Cam is powered by Huawei’s HiSilicon processor.

HiSilicon is one of the world’s leading semiconductor companies which makes chipsets for a wide range of products, including smartphones, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The most popular chipsets from the company are the Kirin lineup, primarily used in the Huawei and Honor smartphones.

As per the report, the device is powered by HiSilicon Hi3556 dual-core processor which also comes with support for H.265 encoding technology that greatly helps in improving the compression efficiency of the video.

When the Xiaomi 70mai Pro Dash Cam in the driving mode, the mode can be switched to the parking monitoring mode in which the G-sensor will continuously monitor the vehicle. So, when a collision occurs, the recorder automatically turns on the video recording.

The Dash Camera comes equipped with a 5-megapixel camera that has a Sony IMX335 sensor with an f / 1.8 aperture and shoots at a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels with WDR. The lens of the recorder allows users to fix the numbers of cars and everything that happens on the roadway within 140-degree.

It comes with high-quality optics and support for Wi-Fi connection and is capable of capturing objects with high definition even at a distance of around 70 meters. On one side of the device, there’s a slot for installing microSD card of up to 64GB as well as a USB port using which the device can be charged, either through a car charger or a powerbank.

The device, which measures 87.5 x 53 x 18 mm, is powered by a 500mAh battery. It comes with a 2-inch LCD screen with mechanical control keys. The entire setup of the 70 Mai Pro Smart Recorder is done via a smartphone, without installing additional software.

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