Xiaomi‘s Redmi series is usually refreshed about every six/seven months. The Redmi 4 launched in May 2017 and its successor, the Redmi 5 was announced in December of the same year. The Redmi 6 was announced six months later and now news of the Redmi 7 has started floating around the web.

A few days ago, it was reported that a couple of Xiaomi phones said to be variants of the Redmi 7 were certified by China’s communications commission. Now, a live image has surfaced on the web that shows the Redmi Pro 7 alongside its retail box.

The Redmi 5 and Redmi 6 both launched with an 18:9 aspect ratio thanks to their reduced bezels. The Redmi Pro 7 will even have much thinner bezels as it embraces the water-drop notch design that was one of the trends this year. The retail box also has an orange hue instead of a white or even red box as the series is known for.

Unfortunately, the specs of the Redmi 7 Pro were not revealed. There are speculations that it will be powered by a Snapdragon 632 processor which has been termed the successor to the Snapdragon 625 that powers the Redmi 6 Pro. There are also unconfirmed reports that its battery capacity will be smaller. We advise you take these with a pinch of salt. What will most likely resurface in the Redmi Pro 7 are dual rear cameras and a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner.

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The Redmi Pro 7 should launch anytime soon. If it isn’t announced this year, it should be announced in January 2019.

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Hisense hasn’t released a new phone in a while. Its last known launch was in June and it was for the H20 smartphone. The electronics maker has released a new poster that reveals it has a new phone launching on November 1.

The poster not only informs us of the date of the phone’s launch but also reveals its design. As you can see in the image, the phone’s display will have the trendy water-drop notch.

In two other images of the phone released by Hisense, we get to see the entire front of the phone. Even with the notch, the phone has a bezel at the bottom. There is no fingerprint sensor on the front, so it is likely to be on the back.

The specs of the phone are unknown but a rough translation of the text on the launch poster hints at an impressive battery life. Hopefully, more details will surface before the launch next week.

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The above device will likely not be the only one Hisense will announce next week. Last week, the manufacturer shared a photo of a new dual-screen phone on its Weibo page. The phone has a primary color display with a rectangular notch and a secondary e-ink screen on the back. We believe it will also be announced on November 1 as a successor to the Hisense A6.

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Last month, Realme launched its second phone – the Realme 2. The phone got a lot of criticism for being a downgrade from the Realme 1 instead of a more powerful successor. The manufacturer decided to surprise us by teasing a “Pro” version of the phone which will launch later this month. With less than two weeks before the announcement, the Realme 2 Pro has surfaced in an official video ad showing off its design.

The video advert actually is sort of a motivational message tied to the Realme brand but the Realme 2 Pro surfaces more than a few times in the video. First, the phone will be coming with a notch like the Realme 2 but the new water-drop style notch like that of the OPPO A7X.

The Realme 2 Pro will also have dual rear cameras with a bump. There is an LED flash flanking the cameras on the right while a fingerprint scanner sits in the middle. There is also the “realme” branding at the bottom of the phone.

The back of the phone seems to be covered in glass and there is a metal frame around it. We can also make out a 3.5mm audio jack, USB port, and speaker grille at the bottom of the phone. From the video we can tell the phone will come in silver, blue, and black.

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There is still no info with respect to the specs of the device but we won’t be surprised if that leaks before the launch of the phone on September 26.

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The Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro are both impressive devices but their successors will be much better and we can’t wait for them to launch. Huawei is expected to announce them in the last quarter judging from the release date of their predecessors. Ahead of that date, renders and specs of the Mate 20 have surfaced which reveal a great deal about the upcoming phone.

The massive and well-detailed reveal comes from the guys at XDA-Developers who obtained firmware files of the Mate 20 a.k.a “Hima” as well as real-life photographs of the device which the renders are based on.

The Huawei Mate 20 will come with a 6.3-inch AMOLED screen, much bigger than that of the Mate 10 Pro. According to the renders, the display will have a water-drop notch and not the bathtub-like type of the Huawei P20. According to the firmware files, it has a 2244 x 1080 screen and by finding the notch’s overlay, they were able to confirm the notch’s design.

The Mate 20 will come with stereo speakers. There is a speaker above the notch which also doubles as the speaker for calls and another at the bottom of the phone. It will also have a 3.5mm audio jack. Apart from the speaker at the bottom, there is also a USB-C port. We believe the phone should also support HDMI out just like the Mate 10 does.

Huawei will equip the Mate 20 with triple rear cameras just like that of the P20 Pro but they will have an interesting and unique arrangement. Rather than be arranged vertically and positioned at the far left, the three cameras and LED flash will be arranged to form a square and positioned in the middle of the device. I guess manufacturers are getting inspiration from Tetris.

There is no image showing the fingerprint scanner or position of logos. XDA says this is because the sample the renders are based on had its back protected, so they are not sure of the shape and size of the fingerprint scanner. They are also not sure of the dimensions of the phone, so there is a possibility that the size and position of the buttons, ports, and cameras in the renders may not be the same as that of the device itself.

The Huawei Mate 20 will run Android 9.0 Pie, be powered by the Kirin 980, and have 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. There will most definitely be other configurations too. The phone will pack a 4200mAh battery and support wireless charging.

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A date for the launch is still unknown but we expect Huawei will announce the Kirin 980 chipset which will power the phone and subsequent flagships including those from its Honor sub-brand at this year’s IFA.

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