Today, Vivo announced new X-series phones in China. The Vivo X70 series includes three devices – the standard X70, the X70 Pro, and the X70 Pro+. This post is for the topmost model, the Vivo X70 Pro+.

Vivo X70 Pro+ Design

The Vivo X70 Pro+ has a similar design to its predecessor but with some slight changes. It still has a centered punch hole in the front and the camera housing is still a rectangular slab though bigger now. However, Vivo has added a sheet of ceramic called the Ceramic Cloud Window to the right of the camera housing. This sheet of ceramic has a mesmerizing effect when it reflects the sky.

The phone comes in three colors – black, blue, and orange. The black variant is covered in glass while the orange and blue variants are covered in plain leather.

Vivo X70 Pro+ Specs

The Vivo X70 Pro+ has a 6.78-inch 2K (3200 x 1440) display. The 10-bit panel is Samsung’s E5 AMOLED and it has a 120Hz variable refresh rate, a maximum brightness of 1500 nits, 300Hz touch sampling rate (1000Hz max). The display has received an A+ certification rating from DisplayMate.

There is a Snapdragon 888+ processor under the hood and it is paired with LPDDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage. Buyers will be able to pick up the phone in three configurations with up to 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.

There are four cameras on the back of the phone and all of them are equipped with optical image stabilization. The sensors include a 48MP micro-pan-tilt ultrawide angle camera with 360° Horizontal Levelling Stabilization so even if you rotate the phone while recording, you still get a stable video. There is also a 50MP Samsung GN1 main camera, a 12MP Sony IMX663 portrait camera, and an 8MP telescope camera that brings 5x optical zoom and 60x super zoom.

Vivo says that the X70 Pro+ uses a Low-Dispersion High-Transmittance Glass Lens for its main camera. This type of glass is found only in high-end SLR lenses. The Vivo X70 Pro+ also comes with four classic ZEISS lenses that allow users to capture portrait images in different styles. The lenses are the Contax Biotar, Contax Distagon, Hasselblad Planar, and Olympia Sonnar. All of the Vivo X70 phones come with a ZEISS T* coating to reduce ghosting. The Vivo V1 ISP chip is also present inside the phone.

The Vivo X70 Pro+ has a 4500mAh battery capacity with support for 55W flash wired charging just like its predecessor. However, it now adds support for 50W wireless fast charging and 10W reverse wireless charging. Seeing as Vivo now has a phone with wireless charging support, it is no surprise that it has announced a wireless charger. The vertical wireless charger pictured below is inclined at a 60° angle and features multiple charging coils at the top and bottom. It also has air vents on the rear for cooling and a breathing light in front.

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Vivo’s topmost X70 model also has an IP68 rating, making it on par with flagships from Samsung and Apple. The phone runs OriginOS based on Android 11 out of the box.

Vivo X70 Pro+ price and availability

The Vivo X70 Pro+ will be priced at ¥5499 (~$852) for the 8GB RAM + 256GB version, ¥5999 (~$929) for the 12GB RAM + 256GB version, and ¥6999 (~$1084) for the 12GB RAM + 512GB version. The 512GB version is also dubbed the Vivo X70 Pro+ Premium Edition and it comes with a free pair of the Vivo TWS 2 ANC earbuds which costs ¥299 (~$46), 2 years of warranty, one-on-one customer service, and an exclusive butler service worth more than ¥1200 (~$186). Those who pre-order the premium edition also get the ¥329 (~$51) wireless charger for free.

On September 12, Vivo Silver and Gold members will be able to experience the two pro models at designated experience stores in 38 cities across China.

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A few weeks ago, Honor announced the Magic3 series of smartphones. However, the three flagship phones which are already available for purchase in China are not the only devices Honor has planned to launch to launch this year. The manufacturer is also expected to announce its first foldable smartphone which will launch as the Magic Fold. While we await its release, more details regarding its design have surfaced.

Most of the details about the Magic Fold have come from the leaker that goes by @RODENT950 on Twitter, and this new one is no different. In a tweet posted earlier today, he shared images that give us a glimpse at what the device will look like.

From the images, we can deduce that the Magic Fold will look a lot like the Honor 50 Pro. It will have a pill-shaped punch hole on its flat cover display which has a speaker grille in the frame above it while the rear will have the same pulley-like camera housing with four cameras. The Honor Fold will also copy the Huawei Mate X2’s design by not having a camera in the inner display.

Q4: Magic X (Fold) https://t.co/ATBPGwEQp9

— Teme (特米) (@RODENT950) August 21, 2021

The Honor Magic Fold will have a cover display that is 6.5 inches in size while the inner display will measure 8 inches. It is also expected to come with a Snapdragon 888 Plus processor.

The leaker adds that the Magic Fold will arrive in the fourth quarter of the year.

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Earlier this week we reported that the next-generation Nubia Z series flagship smartphone will soon arrive according to Ni Fei, a top executive and head of mobile devices at ZTE. Now an alleged render of the phone which is called the Nubia Z30 (name yet to be confirmed) has been posted online.

Since this is not an official render, we advise our readers to take it with a pinch of salt as there is a possibility the original device may not look like this. The render was posted on Weibo earlier today and it shows that the Nubia Z30 will adopt a design very different from that of its predecessor.

As seen in the image, the Nubia Z30 is shown to have a curved display. The back is also curved at the sides but surprisingly, the side view doesn’t seem to show that the device is as curved as the front and rear view portrays.

The most noticeable thing is the lack of a hole in the screen for the front-facing camera. Since there is no hole or notch, there is a chance that the phone has either a pop-up camera or an under-display camera. And since this is a ZTE phone, it is most likely the latter.

On the back is a four-camera array in a rectangular housing. There is an inscription that says that the phone has a 100x hybrid zoom mode like the Galaxy S21 Ultra. This means one of the cameras is a periscope telephoto camera.

The Nubia Z30 will have a Snapdragon 888 processor as revealed in a Weibo post by Ni Fei a while back. However, we do not know if there will be only one model or if there will be lite, pro, and ultra versions too.

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The Galaxy A72 5G is a mid-range phone Samsung is expected to announce next year. The phone first appeared in the news back in September when a leak said it will have five rear cameras. However, another leak surfaced recently that said the phone will have four rear cameras. CAD-based renders have now surfaced and they confirm that the Galaxy A72 5G will indeed have a quad-camera setup on the rear.

The A72 5G is the successor to the Galaxy A71 5G that was announced in April and its design doesn’t seem to have changed much. It has a centered punch hole which appears to be smaller in diameter than that of its predecessor and the back is home to four rear cameras that are housed in rectangular glass.

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Steve Hemmersoffer a.k.a. OnLeaks, who published the renders on Voice, says the rear panel of the Galaxy A72 5G is “glasstic” while the frame that goes around it is aluminum. The general appearance of the phone is very similar to that of the Galaxy A52 5G whose renders leaked last week with the only visual difference being the size of both phones.

The Galaxy A72 5G is said to pack a 6.7-inch display which should be a Super AMOLED panel with a 1080p resolution. The display is flat, has slim bezels around it, and will have a fingerprint scanner behind it.

The renders show the phone has an audio jack at the bottom along with a USB-C port and a five-hole speaker grille. The dimensions of the phone are given as 165 x 77.4 x 8.1 mm. The thickness goes up to 9.1 mm when you add the camera bump.

The Galaxy A72 5G should come with the 5nm Exynos 1080 processor that will make its debut in the Vivo X60 series later this month. It should run One UI 3.0 based on Android 11 out of the box. When Samsung launches the phone next year, its price tag is expected to be about $599.

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The Redmi K series has been a big success. While the series began with the Redmi K20, Redmi K20 Pro, and Redmi K20 Pro Premium, Redmi went full throttle with the Redmi K30 series which has 8 different models. News of the next-gen model, the Redmi K40 series, has been surfacing for more than five months now and the latest is a set of live photos of the standard model.

The images which are alleged to be of the Redmi K40 were posted on Weibo earlier today and then reposted on Twitter by the Indian leaker, Sudhanshu Ambhore. They show the new Redmi K series phone with a new design on both sides.

Alleged Redmi K40 live images have leaked on weibo.https://t.co/037mKLvpET#RedmiK40 #RedmiK40Series pic.twitter.com/7twdhr7yQS

— Sudhanshu (@Sudhanshu1414) December 14, 2020

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The Redmi K40 is shown with a centered punch hole, a shift from the pill-shaped hole on the right side of the Redmi K30’s screen. We do not know if this design will be uniform across all models of the Redmi K40 series as the models of the Redmi K30 series have various designs as listed below:

• Redmi K30 Pro, K30 Pro Zoom, and K30 Ultra – pop-up camera
• Redmi K30, K30 5G, K30i 5G, and K30 5G Racing – pill-shaped hole (top right corner)
• Redmi K30S – hole punch (top left corner)

The back of the phone has also been redesigned. There are four cameras just like that of the predecessor but the camera housing and arrangement of the sensor are different. The housing is a rectangle with curved corners and it has a large sensor at the top, two small ones below it, and another large one at the bottom. The photos also show the Redmi K40 with an audio jack at the bottom, flanking the USB-C port on the left while a speaker grill is on the right.

It has been reported that the Redmi K40 will be announced this month. It is expected to have a high refresh rate, a Snapdragon processor, and support for a faster charging technology. It should also run Android 11 out of the box.

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The front view of the OnePlus 8T leaked a few weeks ago. Now, we know what the entire device will look thanks to renders that have been published on the web. These renders are also accompanied by the specs of the phone, some of which you may find disappointing and others that you will be excited for.

The renders and specs are from OnLeaks and he has partnered with the Indian blog, PriceBaba. These renders are said to be based on internal schematics and not 3D CADs, so there are no dimensions.

The OnePlus 8T will indeed have a flat display with a hole punch at the top left corner of the screen. The back is covered in glass and it is curved with rounded corners. OnePlus has adopted a new design for the rear cameras. Gone is the centered and elongated pill-shaped housing, and in its place is a rectangular housing similar to the ones we have seen on Samsung phones. The camera housing is home to four cameras arranged in an L-shape and an LED flash.

The phone has a USB-C port at the bottom and it is flanked on the right by two slits for the speaker grille and the SIM tray on the left. The alert slider and power button are on the right side of the frame while the left is home to the volume control. There is also a wide but thin speaker grille above the display.

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With respect to the specs, the OnePlus 8T is said to have a 6.55-inch screen just like the OnePlus 8. The resolution is still FHD+ but the refresh rate ha been bumped up to 120Hz. Under the hood is a Snapdragon 865 processor and it will be paired with 8GB or 12GB of RAM with 128GB and 256GB of storage respectively.

The OnePlus 8T is reported to have a 32MP selfie camera while the quad cameras on the back of the phone include a 48MP primary sensor, a 16MP ultrawide angle camera, a 5MP macro camera, and a 2MP depth sensor.

The camera is getting a slight bump from 4300mAh on the OnePlus 8 to 4500mAh on the OnePlus 8T. However, fast charging gets a huge bump as the OnePlus 8 is said to support 65W fast charging. What do you think it will be called, Warp Charge 65? As expected, the phone will run Android 11 with OxygenOS 11 on top out of the box.

The OnePlus 8T should launch by the end of the month or by the first week of October. It is not yet known if any of the reported mid-range Nord phones will be arriving together with it or later.

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Shortly after OnLeaks posted 3D renders of the Huawei Mate 40, the renowned leaker followed it with those of the Mate 40 Pro. The upcoming flagship largely shares its design with the standard variant in addition to a few key differences.

The Mate 40 Pro has a pill-shaped punch hole too for its front-facing cameras as seen in the images and video posted on PriceBaba, OnLeaks partner site for this leak. The sensors are spaced apart too on the waterfall display.

Yes, the Mate 40 Pro has a curved display but its curves extend further to give it a waterfall design. Even with the screen, Huawei manages to put a volume rocker along with the power button on the side rather than going for the touch-sensitive on-screen volume control that the Mate 30 Pro uses.

The left side of the phone is bare but the bottom is home to the USB-C port and speaker grille. It is also said to be home to the SIM tray but isn’t shown in the renders. The top of the phone is where the IR blaster and secondary microphone are located.

On the back, Huawei has redesigned the camera housing which has four sensors including a periscope lens for zooming. Flanking the setup on the left is the LED flash.

The source reports the screen size is about 6.7-inches and the phone’s dimensions are 162.8 x 75.5 x 9mm (10.4mm with the camera bump). It will launch with a new flagship Kirin processor and run EMUI 11 out of the box when it arrives in October.

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The Redmi 9 is expected to launch as a successor to the Redmi 8. A leak says the phone will launch in the third quarter of the year but that seems like a long time for Redmi to launch a successor for a mid-range or entry-level phone. Today, a leak has revealed key specs of the phone as well as a photo that shows the design of the rear.

The source of the leak is Sudhanshu Ambhore who in turn says he got the info from a Chinese source. According to the tweet, the Redmi 9 will be powered by MediaTek’s Helio G80 chipset. This is the same chipset inside the Realme 6i that was announced over a week ago.

Here's an exclusive live image of Redmi 9 with some key specs from a Chinese source

MediaTek Helio G80
13MP Main + 8MP Wide + 5MP Macro + 2MP Depth
Purple & Green color options (atleast 2)#Redmi9 pic.twitter.com/X43WMx95VF

— Sudhanshu Ambhore (@Sudhanshu1414) March 28, 2020

The Redmi 9 should come in multiple configurations with the base model having 3GB of RAM and 32GB of expandable storage.

The configuration of the rear cameras was also revealed in the leak. The primary sensor is a 13MP camera and it is accompanied by an 8MP ultrawide angle camera, a 5MP macro camera, and a 2MP depth sensor.

The leaked image shows the Redmi 9’s design is inspired by that of the Redmi K30. Three of the cameras are arranged vertically in a single housing shared with a fingerprint scanner. To the left of this setup is a smaller housing that holds the fourth camera and LED flash. The whole setup is inside a ring but it is flush with the rest of the body, unlike that of the Redmi K30.

Alongside the purple colorway above, there will also be a green variant according to the leak.

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The Redmi K30 Pro might soon launch judging by the flood of details pouring in. The latest is a bunch of photos of a prototype that reveal some key details regarding the phone’s design.

The photos were posted on Weibo and they show Redmi is going with a different design from that of the Redmi K30, unlike last year’s Redmi K20 and Redmi k20 Pro that share the same design. However, Redmi has retained some features from the K20 series.

The Redmi K30 Pro has a pop-up selfie camera rather than a punch hole like the Redmi K30 4G and Redmi K30 5G. Based on this design, the phone should have a similar screen-to-body ratio as the Redmi K20 Pro.

The image also shows that the upcoming flagship will keep the audio jack. The image shows the audio jack is on the opposite side of the selfie camera.

The big difference between the Redmi K30 Pro and the Redmi K20 Pro and of course the Redmi K30 is the rear camera design. Redmi has adopted the cookie design made popular by Motorola and then adopted by manufacturers such as Nokia and OnePlus.

The black camera housing which is slightly raised houses four camera sensors arranged in a matrix and not horizontally as in the case of the Oneplus 7T. The image confirms the phone has a 64MP primary camera but the specs of the other sensors are unknown. Below the camera housing is an LED flash. You also have “5G” printed right underneath confirming it is a 5G device.

This design is far from original and some might not like it but the thing about design is that it is subjective.

The Redmi K30 Pro should have an AMOLED display. The display may not have a high-refresh-rate if reports about Redmi keeping the price down to make it the cheapest Snapdragon 865 phone are true. It will have NFC, an in-display fingerprint scanner, and run Android 10 out of the box.

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Realme had an event today where it launched its first flagship phone of the year. The Realme X50 Pro 5G is the first 5G smartphone to go on sale on India. Realme might have another launch soon but this time for a more affordable smartphone. This device has the model number RMX2040 and is believed to be the Realme 6i. Photos and specs of the phone gotten from FCC documents published today have surfaced on the web.

The Realme 6i has a notch at the top just like the Realme 5i that was announced in December 2019. It also has four rear cameras arranged in the same fashion as that of its predecessor. However, the main camera is a 48MP sensor and not a 12MP camera.

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The images show the Realme 6i also has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. The volume buttons are on the left while the power button is on the right.

The camera is not the only upgrade. If you look at the bottom of the phone, you will see there is a USB Type-C port at the bottom, flanked on one side by the audio jack and microphones while the other side has a speaker grille.

Sudhanshu Ambhore who shared the photos on Twitter stated that the phone has a 5000mAh battery capacity. Also, there is an image of two different power adapters that support 9V 2A output (18W). That should be good news for anyone looking to purchase the phone.

The rest of the specs are unknown. However, based on the above info, we know the Realme 6i is keeping the design of the Realme 5i but will have improved cameras, a USB-C port, and support for 18W fast charge.

Since the Realme 5i launched not long ago, it will be surprising if Realme announces a successor so soon.

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DxOLabs have been reviewing more mid-range phones lately. A few weeks ago, they released the review for the Nokia 7.2 and now they have followed it up with that of the Redmi Note 8 Pro.

The Redmi Note 8 Pro is the flagbearer of Redmi’s Note line. It was launched last year as the first device powered by MediaTek’s Helio G90T processor. However, its camera performance puts it behind that of several smartphones including those released in 2016.

DxOMark has given the Redmi Note 8 Pro an overall score of 84 points which puts it under the Nokia 7.2 and the Samsung Galaxy A50.

The Redmi Note 8 Pro has four rear cameras and one of them is a 64MP f/1.9 camera. It also has an 8MP ultrawide angle camera, a 2MP macro camera, and a 2MP depth sensor.

The score is broken down into 87 points for photo and 78 points for video.  The review says even with the high-resolution camera, there is a lack of fine detail in images. It also has a limited dynamic range that “results in clipping when shooting in difficult high-contrast situations”. The phone also can’t take detailed zoom shots since it doesn’t have a dedicated telephoto lens and its ultrawide angle photos also have low level of details due to lack of dynamic range.

The review praises its autofocus and subject isolation in bokeh mode.

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With respect to video, the Redmi Note 8 Pro is said to show “good target exposure when recording outdoors or under typical indoor conditions”. The review also praises the electronic video stabilization and calls it effective. However, there are several areas where it could be better.

In changing light conditions, the Redmi Note 8 Pro has issues with white balance and exposure. It also has limited HDR and low detail levels with visible noise when recording in 4K.

The Redmi Note 8 Pro may have a high camera pixel count but it is not a great camera device. However, this is a mid-range device that is less than half of the cost of a flagship, so its camera performance is not expected to be stellar.

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The OPPO Reno3 Pro is another anticipated smartphone scheduled to launch in China later this month. It will be the second smartphone powered by the new Snapdragon 765G processor after the Redmi K30 5G.

OPPO’s VP, Shen Yiren, has been dropping bits of details of the upcoming phone. We already know the phone will have a curved display with a punch hole on the right for a single camera. We also know it will have a 4025mAh battery capacity, have a thickness of 7.7 millimeters, and weight less than 180 grams. However, there are still a number of details we do not know. Thankfully, a new leak has revealed most of the key specs.

The source of the leak is Digital Chat Station and he adds a caveat that the specs are for the prototype and may be different for the final product.

According to him, the Reno3 Pro will have a 6.5-inch curved FHD+ OLED display. The screen has a hole for the selfie camera and a 90Hz refresh rate. Since it has an OLED display, we expect it to have an in-display fingerprint scanner.

There is an SM7250 (Snapdragon 765G) processor under the hood and it is paired with 12GB of RAM. There is no mention of the storage but we don’t expect less than 256GB with that amount of RAM. We also believe OPPO will announce an 8GB RAM version with 128GB of storage.

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The Reno3 Pro will have quad rear cameras and the source says it is a 48MP primary sensor paired with an 8MP camera (telephoto lens), a 13MP camera (ultrawide lens) and a 2MP sensor. There is optical image stabilization but we can’t say if it is for the telephoto camera or main sensor or both. Lastly, the Reno3 Pro will support 30W fast charge which should be OPPO’s VOOC 4.0 Flash Charge fast charging technology.

OPPO’s phone will go head to head with the Redmi K30 5G as mid-range 5G phones. Based on the leaked specs, both phones have their strengths and weaknesses. For example, the Reno3 Pro will have an OLED display compared to the Redmi K30 5G’s LCD display albeit with a 120Hz refresh rate. The Redmi K30 5G, on the other hand, boasts a bigger battery capacity (4500mAh) and a fast charge technology that can refill the phone in just 1 hour.

Other factors will definitely influence purchase such as price, OS, and camera performance. Nevertheless, both phones are impressive and we look forward to their arrival.

The Reno3 Pro is expected to bring along some siblings. It has also been reported that OPPO will announce another 5G phone that is powered by MediaTek’s MT6885 5G chipset. However, we do not know if it will launch alongside the Reno3 Pro or later.

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There are multiple ways to incorporate a secondary display into a device depending on the design, and one such way is to place a second display on the other side of the phone. This is exactly what Xiaomi has done in a patent that has popped up online.

A sketch for the Xiaomi patent has surfaced online and it shows a device with two displays – one on each side. However, this secondary display on the rear is not like that of phones like the Vivo NEX Dual Display or Nubia Z20. Heck! It doesn’t even look like the secondary display of the Meizu Pro 7 Plus. Instead, it is a much smaller display, the same size as the quad-camera housing on the back of the phone.

The sketch shows the screen is placed on the opposite side of the camera housing for symmetry. The display will most likely show caller ID and notification alerts when the phone is placed face down. It should also be able to display miniature controls for music playback.

On the front, the device is shown to have a practically bezel-less design. The primary screen is devoid of a punch hole or notch and the top frame manages to squeeze in a speaker, a proximity sensor, and a notification sensor. There is no selfie camera which means the quad rear sensors will serve a dual function but that is odd since the rear display is too small to serve as a proper viewfinder.

There are no details of the patent just this sketch. So we do not know when it was filed. Nevertheless, this like many more designs we have seen in the past may not appear in a commercially-available device.

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In June of this year, Huawei announced the Nova 5 series. The series includes the Kirin 710F-powered Nova 5i, the Nova 5 with a Kirin 810 processor, and the Nova 5 Pro flagship powered by the Kirin 980. The following month, it announced the Nova 5i Pro and followed it with the Nova 5T, a rebranded Honor 20, in August for markets outside China. Huawei isn’t done yet as it has just released a teaser for a new phone called the Nova 5z.

The teaser poster not only reveals the design of the phone but also mentions some key specs. Starting with the design, the Nova 5z has a display devoid of a notch but has a hole in the top left corner. The top and side bezels are also really slim though it does have a little bit of chin.

The rear of the phone does stand out thanks to its matrix-style quad rear cameras. The squircle camera housing is a bit raised and beside it is an LED flash. Underneath the four cameras is a fingerprint scanner. The phone is shown in two variants – green and aurora.

For the specs, the poster reveals the Nova 5z will have a Kirin 810 processor inside. This is the 7nm chipset Huawei announced this year as a successor to the Kirin 710. The poster also mentions the primary rear camera is a 48MP sensor and the selfie camera is a 32MP sensor with night mode.

Huawei didn’t mention a release date but it should be around the corner.

We expect there will be another Huawei phone launching alongside the Nova 5z as TENAA recently published the specs for a Huawei phone with the model number AQM-AL00. The phone which has an OLED display, triple rear cameras, and a 4000mAh battery is rumored to be the P Smart 2020.

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Smartisan has an event scheduled for October 31 where it is expected to announce a new smartphone made in collaboration with ByteDance. ByteDance is the company behind TikTok, the popular video-sharing platform.

Up until today, there has been no info regarding the device’s design or specs but thanks to a new leak we have what is our first look at the upcoming phone.

A photo was shared on Weibo earlier today by the leaker @Digital Chat Station and has been confirmed by Smartisan’s Luo Yonghao to be the phone co-developed by the two Chinese companies. The photo shows the phone with a quad-camera setup – three sensors arranged vertically while the fourth sensor and LED flash flanks them on the right. The camera setup is positioned on the left just like that of the iPhone 11 and Pixel 4. However, rather than a square housing, this is rectangular.

The picture also shows the bottom part of the phone where the manufacturer’s name and familiar red logo is visible. This confirms that the phone will have Smartisan’s branding and not ByteDance’.

There is no info on the camera configuration or the other specs of the phone. However, there are speculations it is not a flagship phone. So do not expect a Snapdragon 855 or Snapdragon 855+ processor inside.

The launch is still more than 3 weeks away and we believe more details will surface before it is unveiled. Nevertheless, it is good to see Smartisan is back in business following reports of financial troubles late last year. All its previous phones are still not available for purchase on its online store and may remain that way even after the launch of a new smartphone.

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Realme is the only brand in the affordable smartphone segment that has managed to shake up the industry leader, Xiaomi. After taking on the budget and lower mid-range segments of the market with phones like the Realme 5 Pro and Realme XT, the brand is finally unveiling its flagship smartphone, the Realme X2 Pro in China and Europe soon. The company has been religiously teasing new features of the device over the past few days and today it confirms the design of its quad-camera setup.

The Realme Europe website has been updated to reveal that the Realme X2 Pro will feature a 64MP quad-camera setup at the back. The teaser image further confirms that the setup will be arranged vertically at the center, unlike its other four-camera devices which have the setup placed on the top left corner.

Also, apart from featuring a 64MP high-resolution camera, the X2 Pro will distinguish itself from phones like the Realme XT by bringing in a 20X zoom telephoto shooter as well as an ultra-wide-angle 115° field of view. It should also bring in a dedicated macro lens for super close up shots.

Editor’s Pick: Realme X2 with 64MP quad cameras and Snapdragon 730G launched in China for 1,599 Yuan (~$224)

Apart from this, we know that the Realme X2 Pro will feature the Snapdragon 855 Plus processor with a 90Hz display. It will also support the ultra-fast 50W charging standard.

The X2 Pro is shaping up to be a powerful competitor to the K20 Pro. We don’t have a release date yet but expect more details pretty soon.

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Vivo has officially launched a brand new selfie-focused flagship in the market, the Vivo V17 Pro. The phone distinguishes itself from competitors by offering not one, but two selfie camera sensors housed in a wide pop-up mechanism upfront. There’s even a flash onboard which ensures your selfies come out nice even when it’s dark.

World’s First Dual Front Pop-up Camera Setup

The V17 Pro is the world’s first camera to feature a dual pop-up front camera. Since this is the main highlight of the device, let’s talk about it first. The two camera sensors are housed inside a single pop-up mechanism. This makes for a much wider setup than what you usually see on such devices. The primary camera is a 32MP f/2.0 lens while the second 8MP wide-angle camera is aimed at ‘groufies’ with its 105-degree field of view. The same pop-up mechanism houses a moonlight flash. So, no more worrying about the ambient light for your selfies.

Given the phone’s focus on selfies, it comes with a set of software features that takes advantage of this unique setup. For example, the Vivo V17 Pro has a special ‘Super Night Mode’ for the front camera that combines multiple frames for high-quality selfies, even in low-light conditions. The Shot Refocus tool helps you manage the amount of bokeh effect. Then there’s another feature called the ‘Pose Master’ which will suggest several poses to make your selfies more creative.

The front camera setup is tested to withstand up to 40kgs of weight and comes with an auto-retraction feature, which has become common among such phones. The camera lens is protected by sapphire glass.

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Vivo V17 Pro Specifications

Coming to the rest of the hardware, the Vivo V17 Pro features a 6.44-inch Super AMOLED display with 2340 x 1080p resolution. It is a true full-screen display, all thanks to the pop-up design and boasts 91.65% screen to body ratio.

The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 processor with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. As for the battery, the phone has a 4100mAh battery and supports 18W fast charging.

If the front camera didn’t impress you, then let’s have a look at its rear camera setup. The company has used a quad-camera setup on the back featuring a 48MP Sony (IMX582) primary sensor with f/1.8 aperture, an 8MP f/2.2 AI Super-wide angle lens, a 13MP f/2.5 telephoto lens that supports 2x optical zoom (10x digital zoom) and a 2MP f/2.4 depth sensor. You can expect the usual set of camera features onboard such as portrait mode and Super night mode.

The phone is relatively thick at 9.8mm and weighs 201 grams. Other features include BL 5.0, Wi-Fi dual-band, Android 9 Pie-based Functouch OS 9.1, and an in-display fingerprint sensor.

Vivo V17 Pro Pricing & Availability

Vivo V17 Pro goes on sale at Rs. 29,990 ($423) for the 8GB+128GB storage variant. There are two color options available, Midnight Ocean and Glacier ice. Pre-orders are already open in India and the first sale starts on September 27 via Vivo’s eShop, Flipkart, Amazon, Paytm and Tata Cliq.

The company has several HDFC and ICICI credit card offers alongside no-cost EMI option. Vivo is also offering a limited one-time screen replacement for the device.

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The Redmi K20 Pro Exclusive Edition will be announced tomorrow and it has already been confirmed that it will be powered by the Snapdragon 855 Plus processor. Today, more details have surfaced revealing that it will come with more than just a new processor.

Earlier, it was officially revealed that the phone will come with 512GB of internal storage, double that of the standard edition’s highest configuration. Now Redmi has released a poster that reveals the phone will also have 12GB of RAM!

The standard edition K20 Pro comes in 6GB RAM and 8GB RAM variants, so the switch to 12GB of RAM is a significant one. But that is not all.

Redmi also revealed that the Exclusive Edition will come with a better primary rear camera, actually even more cameras. Rather than 48MP triple sensors, the phone will have a 64MP quad-camera setup. The 64MP camera is most likely the Samsung GW1 ISOCELL sensor inside the Redmi Note 8 Pro.

Other features of the phone confirmed include NFC, Hi-Fi audio, Type-C port, and a four-curved glass body with Gorilla Glass 5 on both sides. The image also says there is a 48MP camera which is a bit confusing since the primary rear camera is revealed to be a 64MP sensor. We’ll keep our fingers crossed on that.

The Redmi K20 Pro Exclusive Edition launches tomorrow night in China.

(Sources: 1, 2)

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OPPO has already announced the OPPO A9 2020 in Pakistan, a week before it arrives in India. This is its first phone to be powered by the Snapdragon 665 processor.

The OPPO A9 2020 (CPH1937/CPH1939) has a 6.5” Waterdrop Sunlight Screen as OPPO calls it. The resolution is 1600 x 720 and it has a screen-to-body ratio of 89%. OPPO says the dynamic pixel adjustment allows you to see what is on your screen even under strong sunlight. There is also a Blue Shield that filters harmful blue light and protects users from eye fatigue. The back of the phone has a 3D design for a better grip and OPPO says its Space Purple and Marine Green color variants are inspired by nature.

The phone is powered by the Snapdragon 665 chipset and is paired with 4GB or 8GB of RAM and UFS 2.1 128GB of storage on both variants. Thanks to a triple card slot, owners will be able to use two nano-SIM cards and a MicroSD card (256GB max.) at the same time.

The A9 2020 has quad rear cameras – a 48MP f/1.8 primary camera, an 8MP f/2.25  119° ultrawide angle camera, and two 2MP f/2.4 cameras. It also has a 16MP f/2.0 front-facing camera with AI beautification. The phone has electronic image stabilization and an Ultra Night Mode 2.0 that also works with ultrawide angle photos.

The OPPO A9 2020 has stereo speakers and Dolby Atmos. It runs Color OS 6.0.1 based on Android 9 with software features such as Game Boost 2.0 for smoother and more responsive gaming, HyperBoost, Game Space, Game Assistant, and a Riding Mode that mutes all notifications, declines calls and automatically texts back callers. It also has Face Unlock and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner.

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Another selling point of the phone is its massive 5000mAh battery which also supports reverse charging. There is no mention of fast charging on the spec sheet but it does charge via a MicroUSB port which is disappointing.

OPPO has not yet revealed details about its pricing and availability.

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OPPO will soon join the likes of Xiaomi and Realme when it announces its own Snapdragon 665 smartphone. The phone which is called the OPPO A9 2020 has already been teased by OPPO Vietnam. The smartphone not only comes with a Snapdragon 665 processor but also packs some impressive specs in other areas.

The OPPO A9 2020 is shown to have a display with a waterdrop notch while the back is home to quad cameras in a similar design to the Redmi Note 8 Pro. Below three of the cameras sits a fingerprint scanner.

The teaser poster says the OPPO A9 will have 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. However, it is a separate Facebook post that reveals it is powered by a Snapdragon 665 processor. The poster also reveals the phone has a 5000mAh battery and a 48MP quad-camera system. It also shows the phone will be available in two color variants revealed to be Marine Green and Space Purple.

In a series of leaks, Sudhanshu Ambhore reveals more details about the device. In one tweet, he reveals the phone has a 6.5-inch HD+ display with a 1600 x 720 resolution. There is a 16MP camera inside the notch and the primary rear cameras is a 48MP primary sensor paired with an 8MP camera and two 2MP sensors. We believe the 2MP sensors are for depth capturing and macro photography. He also revealed the phone weighs 195 grams.

#OPPO A9 2020 officially teased-
Snapdragon 665
6.5-inches HD+ display with 720 x 1600 resn.
48MP + 8MP + 2MP + 2MP
16MP
5000mAh
195g pic.twitter.com/mKAt5PAzPs

— Sudhanshu Ambhore (@Sudhanshu1414) September 2, 2019

#OPPO A9 2020 (PCHM30) images & key specs through TENAA-
6.5-inches
4880mAh
163.6×75.6×9.1 (mm) pic.twitter.com/A1RYFWp38I

— Sudhanshu Ambhore (@Sudhanshu1414) September 2, 2019

In another tweet, he shared TENAA images of the phone as well as dimensions. The OPPO A9 2020 measures 163.6 x 75.6 x 9.1 millimeters and its model number is revealed to be PCHM30.

OPPO has not yet announced a launch date but it should be close seeing as the manufacturer has been posting teasers.

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If you do not fancy the Mi A3, the OPPO A9s may be a good alternative as long as the price is right. It already beats the Mi A3 in battery capacity and RAM, all OPPO needs to do is give it an affordable price tag.

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While Apple and Google are going for a squircle camera housing for their upcoming flagships, other manufacturers like OnePlus (OnePlus 7T), Huawei (Mate 30), and now Honor will be adopting the circular camera housing design which Motorola made famous for their own flagships.

A render of an Honor smartphone with the circular camera housing has surfaced online and there are speculations as to which upcoming phone it is.

The picture was shared on Weibo yesterday by @ IT Da Shixiong. It shows the phone in green (Phantom Blue), with a similar light pattern to that of the Honor 20. However, rather than have its cameras lined up vertically by the side, this phone has its cameras arranged in a circle in the middle.

There is a camera sensor at each cardinal point while an LED flash is in the middle. One of the cameras even has a square-shaped lens like that of the Huawei P30 Pro. This sensor is most likely a periscope zoom lens. The angle of the picture doesn’t let us know if it has a camera bump or not.

Some say this may be the Honor V30, the successor to the Honor V20 and which should launch outside China as the Honor View 30. However, the V30 isn’t expected to arrive until the end of the year.

Others say it may be an upcoming phone called the Honor 20S (not Honor 20 SE). This phone was recently seen on Google’s Android Enterprise Recommended Device list but has been pulled down. Thankfully, someone managed to take a screenshot of the page.

The Honor 20S will come with a 6-inch screen with a waterdrop notch, 8GB of RAM, 128GB or 256GB of storage, and run Android 10 out of the box. The rest of the specs are unknown.

There are not enough reasons to say if the phone above is the Honor V30 or Honor 20S but we are pretty sure the device is a flagship phone. Honor is scheduled to announce a new phone called the Honor 20 SE next month. We do not know where this phone sits in the Honor 20 series but it may not be a flagship phone.

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The Redmi Note 8 will be coming with big changes when compared to its predecessor, the Redmi Note 7. The biggest physical change you will notice is the rear cameras which are now four in number – double that of the Redmi Note 7. Today, the official Redmi account has revealed the camera configuration of the Redmi Note 8.

The Redmi Note 8 will come with a 48MP primary camera which will be paired with a super wide-angle camera, a depth of field camera, and a super macro camera. No, the fourth camera is not a ToF sensor.

The Redmi Note 8 will also have a different camera design from that of the Redmi Note 8 Pro as seen in the image above. The quad cameras are arranged on the left side of the phone and not in the middle like that of the Pro version. The poster also reveals the phone will be available in a white-blue gradient color variant. There is also a fingerprint scanner on the back even though it isn’t very visible in the image above.

The Redmi Note 8 will have a Snapdragon 665 processor under its hood. It will launch alongside the Redmi Note 8 Pro and the Redmi TV on August 29.

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The Redmi Note 8 is scheduled for an August 29 release alongside the Redmi TV. The phone is already in mass production which means sales should begin in early September. However, there is a lot we still don’t know about the phone and its Pro version. Thanks to a leaked photo from a video ad shoot, we now know what the rear of the Redmi Note 8 Pro looks like.

The leaked photo shows the Redmi Note 8 Pro has a similar design to the Redmi K20/Mi 9T. The cameras, four in number, are arranged vertically in the middle of the phone. The first camera has a ring around it just like that of the Mi 9 and there is an LED flash flanking the setup on the right.

There is a text, most probably details about the camera written below the cameras but the picture isn’t clear enough to make out the details. However, the Redmi branding at the bottom is unmissable.

The Redmi Note 8 Pro not only adopts the camera style of the Redmi K20 but also copies its finish. You can see the phone has a two-color paint job – black for the middle and green flanking on both sides. However, it is hard to see if it has that frost-like feel and light-changing effect like the Redmi K20.

There is no fingerprint on the back which means the Redmi 8 Note Pro will have an in-display fingerprint sensor and for that, an AMOLED display.

The specs of the Redmi Note 8 Pro are unknown but a benchmark result and or TENAA listing should reveal more details.

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The Realme 5 series will launch on August 20. And just as earlier reported the Realme 5 Pro will have a 48MP quad-camera setup on its back. Realme has released an official poster confirming the primary camera.

According to the photo, the Realme 5 Pro will be India’s first 48MP quad-camera phone in its segment. The 48MP sensor is the Sony IMX586 which is present in phones like the Realme X and the Redmi K20.

Alongside the primary 48MP sensor, the phone will also have an ultra-wide camera, a Super Macro camera, and a portrait camera. The ultrawide camera has a 119° field-of-view Which allows you to shoot 1.5x more. The Super Macro lens with a 4cm final length allows you to shoot close up shots of objects. The Realme 5 Pro’s portrait lens, as the name says, should result in sharper and clearer portrait photos.

Capture pictures with immense clarity and sharpness with 48MP Sony IMX586 on #realme5pro! #JoinTheReal5quad and witness the launch at 12:30 PM, 20th August. #QuadCameraSpeedster
Know more: https://t.co/IczXkhy4lB pic.twitter.com/aafSzCsCyy

— realme (@realmemobiles) August 13, 2019

Yesterday, specs of the phone leaked. The source said the phone will be powered by the Snapdragon 712 processor. It will also have an AMOLED display with a waterdrop notch. The source also revealed it will have an in-display fingerprint scanner.

The Realme 5 Pro will launch alongside the Realme 5 on August 20 at 12:30 pm in India.

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At today’s Realme Camera Innovation Event, the brand confirmed that its next-generation smartphones will have quad-rear cameras. These next-gen smartphones will also arrive before Diwali 2019.

The Realme series that will get quad rear cameras include the successors to the Realme 3, the Realme 3 Pro, and the Realme X. Yes, the Realme X will get a successor this year.

Realme shared a photo of the rear of the upcoming phones along with their predecessors. All three upcoming phones share the same camera design – stacked vertically on the left side.

The image reveals more than just the camera design. As you can see, none of the phones have a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner which means they will most likely feature in-display fingerprint scanners and OLED displays.

We also know the Realme 3’s successor which should launch as the Realme 5 will be available in Dark Blue, while the Realme 5 Pro will come in a Purple gradient finish. The successor to the Realme X will have a Red gradient finish.

In collaboration with Samsung ISOCELL, #realme will be the first smartphone brand with 64MP camera phone in India! #LeapToQuadCamera pic.twitter.com/Tv6x4tzDy3

— realme (@realmemobiles) August 8, 2019

The Realme X’s successor is most definitely the one getting the 64MP sensor. It will use Samsung’s ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor. Realme says they will be the first smartphone brand with a 64MP camera phone in India.

Realme also revealed that the phones will come with camera features such as Ultra Resolution, Super Wide Angle, Ultra Macro, Telephoto Lens, Portrait Mode, Expert Mode, Panorama Mode, Ultra Nightscape Mode, and Chroma Boost.

Realme says these phones will launch before this year’s Diwali Festival. The date for the festival is based on the lunar calendar and is believed to fall on October 27 this year. That is more than two months away.

We can’t say if all three phones will launch the same day or Realme will spread the announcements between now and October 27.

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Last week Realme announced that it will launch the world’s first smartphone with a 64MP camera on August 8. Redmi decided to one-up its latest rival as a leaked poster has revealed it has an event on August 7, a day before Realme’s event.

The poster which was shared on Twitter by Mukul Sharma (@stufflistings). The poster which has a camera shutter design has a tagline that reads “Images of The Future”. At the top-right corner sits the Redmi and Mi logos.

We are not sure if the phone will actually launch on that day as a rough translation of the text below the tag line seems to hint that the event is a showcase of the future of mobile photography and not the phone itself. This is just speculation, so take it with a grain of salt.

Ice Universe said the phone will launch this month, so we may get more details about the device at Wednesday’s event if it doesn’t actually launch on that day.

Realme’s August 8 event is also said to be a demo too and not a proper phone launch according to the tweet below by Sudhanshu Ambhore.

Only a demo & not an actual launch event of a smartphone.https://t.co/ptzoLTL7fz

— Sudhanshu Ambhore (@Sudhanshu1414) August 2, 2019

The new 64MP camera technology is expected to change the mobile photography game but a lot of folks are not excited as the 64MP sensor uses Pixel Binning just like the 48MP camera. In this case, it combines four 16MP shots into a 64MP image that is brighter when you shoot in low-light.

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The race to launch the world’s first phone with a 64MP camera seems to have been won already by Realme. The manufacturer announced it will unveil the new smartphone on August 8.

However, launching the first phone with a particular feature is one thing. How it measures up to that of the competition is another. Which explains why Redmi will also be announcing its own 64MP phone.

By the way, this month, Redmi will also release a 64MP camera phone, Samsung also restarted plans to launch 64MP A series phones in September-October.

— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) August 2, 2019

According to Ice Universe, Redmi will announce its own 64MP phone this month (August) too but there is no date yet. We can’t say if it will be shortly after Realme’s launch or much later. What we can say is that there sure will be a lot of posts and videos comparing both phones.

So if you are looking forward to buying Realme’s 64MP quad-camera phone, you may want to wait for Redmi’s phone to launch before settling on which to buy. Redmi already shared a camera sample from the phone last month. It will also have four rear cameras like the Realme phone.

Both manufacturers should use Samsung’s ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor but the winner will be who optimizes the sensor better.

Ice Universe also revealed that Samsung will launch its own 64MP phone much later. It will be a Galaxy A phone and should arrive between September and October.

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The Mi MIX 3 is one of the most impressive devices launched by Xiaomi last year. Its magnetic slider design, build quality and features all got positive comments from reviewers. While the slider-design may have taken a back seat this year, it seems Xiaomi isn’t done with it yet. A new patent has surfaced that shows the slider design isn’t yet dead, at least for Xiaomi.

The patent which was first reported by TigerMobiles was filed at the Chinese National Intellectual Property Agency (CNIPA) and it shows a device similar to the Mi MIX 3. The front is practically all screen and when you slide the device down, you have dual front-facing cameras.

Where it differs greatly from the Mi MIX 3 is on the rear. Rather than dual cameras positioned on the left side of the phone, the phone doubles the sensors to 4. It doesn’t stop there but adopts the circular camera housing we have come to associate with Motorola phones. There is also no fingerprint scanner which most likely means there is one under the display. The patent also shows the device keeps the dedicated AI assistant button of the Mi MIX 3.

It is too early to say if this device will see the light of day or it is just Xiaomi trying to build its patent box. But I, personally, wouldn’t mind seeing another slider phone.

Another patent filed by Xiaomi ditches the slider design for a notch but this is a different type. Rather than a U-shaped notch or waterdrop notch, this is a long but narrow notch much like an indentation caused by applying slight pressure. Inside this new-style notch are two cameras.

On the rear, the device has three cameras arranged vertically on the left along with an LED flash. There is no visible fingerprint scanner here too, so we will assume it is under the display.

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Following the tweet by Realme’s CEO revealing they will launch a 64MP quad camera smartphone this year. and showing us the first camera sample, the official Realme Weibo account has given us a first look at the device.

The unnamed Realme phone will have its quad rear cameras lined up vertically on the left side of the phone. All the sensors will share a single housing with the main 64MP sensor having yellow rings around it. Finally, flanking the cameras is an LED flash.

The post says users will be able to shoot ultra-high pixel images with a resolution of 9216 x 6912. The cameras will also have AI features for the best output when shooting.

Other than the cameras, there isn’t much else the image reveals about the design of the phone. However, since this was shared by the Weibo account, we have a feeling the phone will launch first in China.

Madhav Sheth already revealed the 64MP sensor is Samsung’s new GW1 sensor with a 1/1.72 sensor size and 1.6µm pixel. The Weibo post says the phone will launch in the second half of 2019, so we can look forward to a July release date at the earliest.

The rest of the specs are still under wraps but those should surface ahead of the official announcement, either from leakers or even from Realme.

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Back in April, renders and a 360° video of a Motorola phone with four rear cameras were posted online by the reputable leaker @OnLeaks. Press renders of the phone which is said to be called the Motorola One Pro have now surfaced.

The source of the leak is Cashkaro.com, the same blog that partnered with OnLeaks for the CAD renders. According to them, this device was supposed to launch as the Motorola Z4 but will now launch under Motorola’s Android One series as the Motorola One Pro,

The Motorola One Pro will have a 6.2-inch display with a waterdrop notch. Its dimensions are given as 158.7 x 75 x 9.8mm. It has its power and volume control buttons on the right side while the bottom is home to a 3.5mm audio jack and a USB Type-C port. The SIM tray is said to be positioned at the top.

There are still a lot of unknowns regarding the phone’s specifications – from the cameras to the processor to the battery capacity. Nevertheless, we believe more details will surface soon since it is expected to launch in the not too distant future.

(Source, Via)

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The Honor 20 series launch is exactly a week away. The lineup will include the Honor 20 and the Honor 20 Pro. Ahead of the launch, renders and specs of the Honor 20 have surfaced on the web, thanks to Winfuture.de.

The Honor 20 will have an IPS-LCD display that skips the notch for a punch hole. The display which is 6.26-inches is smaller than that of the Honor View 20. It has a resolution of 2340 x 1080 and a pixel density of 412. There is a slit in the frame above the display for the earpiece and there is a slightly thick chin.

The flagship is powered by the Kirin 980 and is paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. There will likely be other configurations but the above if for Europe. There is no mention of storage expansion and we do not expect one since the Honor 10 and Honor View 20 do not have one.

As revealed in a leak by Twitter user @Rodent950, the Honor 20 has a quad camera setup and these new renders not only confirm that but also the design. Three of the camera sensors are stacked on top of one another and share the same housing with the LED flash. The fourth sensor is on the right of the third camera. Written on the back of the phone is “48MP AI VISION”.

The primary camera is a 48MP sensor, and it is paired with a 16MP Super Wide Angle camera, a 2MP Depth Assist camera, and a 2MP Macro camera for macro photography. The front-facing camera is reported to be a 32MP sensor.

The Honor 20 doesn’t have a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner. It also does not have an in-display fingerprint scanner since it is an IPS-LCD display. Honor has settled for a side-mounted fingerprint scanner that doubles as the power button.

READ MORE: Honor V20 6 GB + 128 GB edition price slashed to 2,699 Yuan (~$400)

The phone has a 3750mAh battery that supports 22.5W SuperCharge fast charging. It charges via a USB Type-C port and runs Android 9 Pie with Magic UI 2.1 on top. The Honor 20 will be available in Midnight Black and Sapphire Blue. There are reports of a Moschino Edition that should have a red coat of paint. Pricing information is unavailable.

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Every once in a while, Huawei tries to show us it can take its crazy naming scheme up a notch. The Huawei P20 Lite 2019 is its latest attempt at doing so. The last time it pulled such a trick was in 2017 when it launched the Huawei P8 Lite 2017 a.k.a. Huawei P9 Lite (2017) which is totally different from the 2015 Huawei P8 Lite.

Renders of the Huawei P20 Lite 2019 along with its specs and price have surfaced thanks to Winfuture.de. The phone is a successor to last year’s Huawei P20 Lite and it comes with a bunch of new features and a pretty nice design.

The Huawei P20 Lite 2019 ditches the notch of its predecessor for a punch hole display. The hole is pretty small and is positioned at the top left corner of the display. There is a bit of bezel at the bottom but that is expected. The screen is still 5.84-inches and the resolution is FHD+.

On the back, the phone packs a quad camera setup, a big upgrade from the dual camera setup of last year’s edition. The primary rear camera is said to be a 24MP f/1.8 sensor but the resolution of the other sensors are unknown. Three of the cameras are arranged vertically while the fourth is housed separately. We believe one of the sensors is an ultra-wide angle camera while another should be a depth sensor. Images of the device show it has a camera bump.

Winfuture reports the phone is powered by the Kirin 710 processor and it is paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB of expandable storage. Battery capacity is expected to remain unchanged since the screen size hasn’t increased, so expect a 3000mAh battery.

The Huawei P20 Lite 2019 will have a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, Bluetooth 5.0, dual-band Wi-Fi, and dual-SIM support. It will be available in blue, black, and red. The last two colors have a gradient finish. It will also have a plastic frame.

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The phone is expected to sell for between €280 to €330. Some retailers in Italy are said to have it listed for €329 while a Swiss listing puts the price at €279. Notwithstanding, pricing will be based on the variant you wish to purchase.

Expect the phone to launch under a different name(s) in some other markets.

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There is still a little over a week before the Honor 20 series’ official launch. The phones will also be unveiled in London, exactly a week after the OnePlus 7 series. While we wait, new posters have surfaced that tease the cameras the phones will have.

These posters not only confirm the number of (rear) cameras on the phones but one of them actually tells us what type of lens each sensor uses.

As you can see in the images above, there are four piercings on the lips and ear, signifying the Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro will have quad rear cameras. The images also show us the cameras are arranged in an L-shape.

The third poster is the one that actually tells us the type of lens each sensor has. The first bubble has a regular picture which represents the standard lens. The second bubble is an ultra-wide angle picture as it shows a wider view of the first image and thus confirms the phones will have an ultra-wide angle lens.

The third bubble has a really close-up picture of a leaf with the background blurred, representing the macro lens. The last bubble shows a close-up view of the two birds in images 1 and 2, confirming the phone also has a telephoto zoom lens.

READ MORE: Honor 20 Lite with 32MP selfie camera, 6.21-inch display and Kirin 710 unveiled

Last week, the camera specs for the Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro were leaked. The Honor 20 will have a 48MP f/1.8 primary camera, a 16MP super wide-angle camera, a 2MP depth assist camera, and a 2MP Macro camera. The Honor 20 Pro will also have a 48MP primary camera too but with a larger f/1.4 aperture. There is a 16MP super wide-angle camera too but it swaps the 2MP depth sensor for an 8MP telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom. However, it keeps the 2MP Macro camera.

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There is still about two weeks of waiting before the Honor 20 series is launched. Following the announcement of the release date last month, details about the phone have been surfacing on the web. Today is no different as the camera configuration of the Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro have been leaked.

Honor 20

Contrary to what we earlier reported, the Honor 20 will actually have a quad camera setup too. Three of the cameras will share the same housing while the fourth sensor will flank the setup on the right.

The first of the Honor 20’s sensor is a 16MP Super Wide Angle camera with an f/2.2 aperture and a 117° field of view. It is followed by the main camera which is a 48MP 1.6µm Sony IMX586 sensor with a 1/2” sensor size and an f/1.8 aperture. The primary camera uses 4-in-1 Light Fusion, shooting originally in 12MP and combining images into 48MP.

The third sensor is a 2MP f/2.4 1.6µm depth assist camera for portrait images. Below this camera is the LED flash. The final sensor is a 2MP Macro 1.75µm f/2.4 sensor.

Honor 20 Pro

The Honor 20 Pro has a near identical camera design but is loaded with more features. The first sensor is the same 16MP Super Wide Angle camera as that of the non-pro model. It also uses the same 48MP Sony IMX 586 sensor but with a much larger f/1.4 aperture and with 4-axis OIS.

It ditches the 2MP depth sensor for an 8MP telephoto lens with an f/2.4 aperture. The telephoto camera provides 3X optical zoom and also has 4-axis OIS. Rather than the LED flash under the third sensor, what you have is a laser autofocus module for “faster and more accurate autofocus”.

On the right of the first camera housing is another one for a 2MP 1.75µm f/2.4 Macro lens and the LED flash.

The cameras in this new leak are quite different from previous reports in terms of design and configuration. Leaked renders (above) shows the phone has a square-shaped periscope zoom lens but this new leak doesn’t have that. Also, all four sensors share the same housing and the LED flash is different in the render.

The Honor 20 Pro is obviously the one with the better camera. The lack of image stabilization on the Honor 20 means it won’t be great for video recording. The Honor 20 Pro is surely the device Honor is pitting against the OnePlus 7 Pro, and we can’t wait to see which phone has the better camera performance.

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The Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro might have different camera setups but both will be powered by the Kirin 980 chipset, have OLED displays and in-display fingerprint scanners. They will be announced on May 21 in London.

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Honor has an event on Wednesday, April 17 where it will announce the Honor 20i and the MagicBook 2019. The former is one of the new Honor 20 series.

How good are you at math? #HONOR20Series will be launched on ________! Fill in the blanks for #CaptureWonder. pic.twitter.com/6k0ejoMY1y

— HONOR (@Honorglobal) April 15, 2019

The launch on Wednesday is in China but the Honor 20 series is sheduled to get a global release in London. Honor has released a poster for the event but wants you to use your arithmetic skills to figure out the date. Are you up to the task?

The Honor 20 series poster also hints at a key feature of the main device – the Honor 20 Pro. See how the figures for the date has just “4s”. We believe this is a hint for the quad cameras the phone is said to have.

The main camera is reported to be a Sony IMX600 sensor, the same one on the Huawei P30 Pro. However, the other three sensors are unknown.

READ MORE: Leaked Honor 8S renders show off dual-textured back

The Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro will come with a Kirin 980 processor while the Honor 20 Lite will come with a Kirin 710 processor. The non-pro and the lite versions will come with triple rear cameras.

Do share your answers for the launch date with us in the comment box.

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The Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) launched as the first phone with four cameras on its rear. Only a few quad camera phones have been released after it such as the Galaxy S10+ 5G and the Huawei P30 Pro. A new leak has revealed Motorola may be joining the trend soon as 3D renders and a 360° video of an unknown model have just been released on the web.

The source of these CAD renders and video is OnLeaks and he has partnered with CashKaro.com this time around. The Motorola phone has four sensors on its back arranged in two rows and two columns. All four cameras are placed on a raised plate which also has a Motorola logo. A dual LED flash sits beside the setup.

Not much is known about the configuration of the cameras but we know the primary camera is a 48MP sensor as it is engraved beside the setup. We won’t be surprised if one of the remaining three is an ultra-wide angle sensor while another has a telephoto lens for optical zoom.

The back of the phone is curved but doesn’t seem to be glass as it has a brushed metal appearance. There is no fingerprint scanner under the Motorola logo as the source says the phone has one under the display.

The front of the Motorola quad-camera phone is not as interesting. It has a waterdrop notch at the top but that doesn’t mean the bezels around the 6.2-inch AMOLED panel is devoid of bezels. The power button and volume rocker are on the right and the bottom of the phone is home to a 3.5mm audio jack and a USB type-C port. Surprisingly, there is no speaker grille at the bottom but there is one at the top.

The phone’s dimensions have also been provided. It will measure 158.7 x 75 x 8.8 millimeters. There is no info on its weight.

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The source says this will likely be a flagship phone that will take on the likes of the Galaxy S10 series, that is if it launches this year. Motorola is also expected to launch a foldable phone under the RAZR line later this year.

(Sources: 1, 2)

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There have been several rumours that Korean tech giant Samsung was planning to revamp its budget and midrange smartphone lineup in order to regain the market shares the company is rapidly losing to Chinese OEMs. One of the models that will kickstart the new vista is the Galaxy A9 (2018). Subsequently, a Samsung model suspected to be the Galaxy A9 (2018) has been spotted on benchmark website GeekBench. The device makes an appearance on GeekBench database with the model number Samsung SM-A9200. 

Top of the expected specs on the Galaxy A9 (2018) is the quad camera setup which the device is rumoured to pack at its rear. This will make the device the first Samsung model to have such. While that is not yet confirmed, the Geekbench listing gives us an idea of what it packs under its hood. The listing shows a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset onboard with 6GB of RAM. The device will run Android 8.0 Oreo out of the box which is rather disappointing considering Android 9.0 Pie has been out for months now. The benchmark score of 5844 points on the multi-core test and 1609 points on the single-core test falls in line with those of other SD660 models.

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There is no word yet as to when the model will be launched.

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It has been a year since Huawei announced the Maimang 6 in China. So it comes as no surprise when it announced today the launch date for the Maimang 7. According to the official poster, the Maimang 7 will be unveiled on September 12 but that isn’t the only thing the poster revealed.

Huawei isn’t hiding anything with respect to the phone’s design as all the angles of the phone are shown on the poster. This isn’t surprising since the Maimang 7 is actually the same device as the Mate 20 Lite which is already official.

The Maimang 7 has a notched display and curved glass on the back. Just like its predecessor, the phone also has dual cameras on each side. The dual rear cameras are arranged vertically and are in line with the fingerprint scanner.

The Maimang 7 will come with a 6.3-inch 2340 x 1080 screen with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. It will pack the new Kirin 710 processor paired with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of expandable storage.

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The dual rear cameras are a 20MP + 2MP combo while the front cameras are a combination of a 24MP sensor and another 2MP sensor. The Maimang 7 will pack a 3750mAh battery, a USB-C port, and have support for fast charging. It will run EMUI 8.2 based on Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box.

The Mate 20 Lite is sold for about $436 but the Maimang 7 will most likely sell for less.

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Meitu just announced its latest phone – the Meitu T9 – last month. It seems it has another phone coming soon based on a recent TENAA listing.

The Meitu MP1710 mainly has the same design as other phones from the manufacturer. It even shares some specs with the T9. Its display is a 5.88-inch OLED panel with a 2244 x 1080 resolution. At the top of the display sits two large camera sensors.

There is a 2.2GHz octa-core processor powering the device. The chipset is the same in the TENAA listing for the T9, which is the Snapdragon 660 mobile platform. It will come in 4GB and 6GB RAM variants with 64GB and 128GB of storage respectively.

The phone also has dual rear cameras and they are the same 12MP + 5MP configuration as the ones in front. We expect it to come with Meitu’s usual camera features and beautification technology. It also has a fingerprint scanner, supports fast charging, and runs Android 8.1 Oreo. Its battery capacity is given as 2830mAh.

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The Meitu MP1710 measures 164.1 x 71.6 x 9.5 mm and weighs 175g. When it launches, it will come in Colorful White and Streamer Red. Photos of the Colorful White variant were provided by TENAA. The back has a pearl-like appearance with a pink metal frame. There are also pink accents around the rear camera setup and the fingerprint scanner.

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In the last few weeks, there have been a steady stream of leaks related to ASUS’ Zenfone 5 series. The latest is the most exciting so far, as it not only gives us our first official look at one of the phones in the Zenfone 5 series but also mentions some key specs.

The new leak is courtesy of Evan Blass (@evleaks) and is an official render of the Zenfone 5 Lite. We actually think this is the Zenfone 5 Selfie Lite which succeeds the Zenfone 4 Selfie Lite as there is no Zenfone 4 Lite. However, we can’t be too sure ASUS hasn’t messed up the naming scheme again, so we’ll refer to it as the Zenfone 5 Lite.

The phone is shown in white, though we believe there will be other color variants. Its bezels are smaller and it doesn’t have a home button on the chin. At the top, we can make out two camera lens on opposite sides, a LED flash, earpiece, and the proximity/light sensor.

The back is also home to dual cameras stacked on top of each other and in a design that reminds us of the Honor 6X. There is a LED flash flanking the setup on the left and a fingerprint scanner beneath it. We can also make out a USB port flanked by speaker grilles on the bottom.

According to @evleaks, the Zenfone 5 Lite has a FHD+ resolution. The display size isn’t specified but we presume its between 5.7” to 5.9”.

READ MORE: ASUS Zenfone 5 X00PD Specs & Photos Leaked Ahead of Launch

He also states the configuration of the four cameras – 2 x 20MP selfie and 2 x 16MP rear. While this can be interpreted as 20MP + 20MP on the front and 16MP + 16MP on the rear, this sure is an overkill for a “Lite” phone. So its most likely 2MP + 20MP for the front cameras and 2MP +16MP for the rear cameras.

What do you think about the design of the Zenfone 5 Lite? Hit or miss?

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