The Huawei Mate 20 Lite is not official as the company prepares to unveil its flagship siblings, the Mate 20 and Pro next month.
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Huawei has been busy at IFA 2018, but also in our coverage: Best Buy Labor Day deals and a Pixel 3 leak that's brought some new to the table.
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A slew of announcement came from the Chinese tech giant today, but there are other wearables and phones to look out for from margin players.
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They opt against buying the Series 3 with water resistance and cellular capabilities in favor of the more affordable Series 1.
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It's not a concept, it's a real product that this Chinese tech company is working on for launch, perhaps as early as this fall.
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You can have an idea of what it feels to have a Pocophone F1 by installing the Poco launcher in your smartphone, well if you are sure you want to
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From October 3, new apps and app updates will need text or a link to a privacy policy. But there are questions to the new rule's efficacy.
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Samsung might have a great reason to start selling displays to Xiaomi and OPPO other than just the fact of selling more foldable displays
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We may soon get fingerprint sensors and facial recognition in the future Chromebooks, maybe even as soon as the new Pixelbooks arrive
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Huawei CEO Richard Yu name checked the Huawei P30 during an interview at IFA 2018 in Berlin, Germany.
When quizzed in a group interview about Huawei's recent impressive sales performance, Yu gave a lengthy response where he said "Mate 20 will be even better [than the P20 Pro]… and next year the P30 will be even better."
Huawei's next major launch will be the Mate 20, with the Huawei P30 not expected to arrive until 2019 - and thanks to Yu's comment we now have confirmation of this.
As well as dropping the P30 name, Yu also revealed that the upcoming Mate 20 will feature real time object recognition made possible by the firm's new, recently announced Kirin 980 chipset.
If it proves successful, it could well feature in the P30 come 2019 too.
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Nine Android phones have launched and we expect more to come along soon. We also cover Xiaomi's OPPO Find X and other mobile tech news in our show!
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We finally have an official date and place to see the event that is going to present the new Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro models to the world
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These are some of the many discounts you can get in Apple products thanks to Best Buy's Labor Day sale that will only be available for a limited time
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The fast Qi Wireless Charging Pad is compatible with most new smartphones. Get yours today for just $10.99. That's 50% off the original price.
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Giant tech show IFA isn't normally known for a glut of smartphone launches, but we've seen a number of new handsets arrive at IFA 2018 in Berlin, Germany and we've been hands on with them all.
Below you'll find our round-up of the best smartphones at IFA 2018, giving you your mobile fix in one place.
We seen new phones from a number of big names including Sony, Huawei, Motorola, HTC and even BlackBerry, so what are you waiting for? It's time to get your phone on!
The biggest smartphone launch at IFA 2018 was the flagship Sony Xperia XZ3, which boasts a new design from the Japanese giant.
As well as a new look the Xperia XZ3 packs a 6-inch QHD display, Snapdragon 845 chipset, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, 19MP rear camera, 13MP front camera and a 3,300mAh battery.
The Huawei Mate 20 may not be official yet, but the Chinese firm has treated us to the next best thing - the Mate 20 Lite.
It's a more affordable, pared-down version of the rumored flagship Mate 20, with a huge 6.3-inch full HD display, Kirin 710 chipset, 6GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, 20MP+2MP rear cameras, 24MP+2MP front cameras and 3,750mAh.
The HTC U12 Life has a funky, laser-etched stripes pattern on the bottom two thirds or its rear, increasing grip and reducing the appearance of fingerprints on this premium-feeling, mid-range smartphone.
You also get a 6-inch full HD display, Snapdragon 636 chipset, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, 16MP+5MP rear cameras, 13MP front camera and a 3,600mAh battery.
The Motorola One boasts an all-glass design and pure Android interface, along with the claim that it will be one of the first smartphones to get the Android 9 Pie update.
You'll find a 5 .9-inch display complete with iPhone X-like notch, Snapdragon 625 chipset, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, dual rear cameras and a 3,000mAh battery inside this phone.
BlackBerry is still going, and the famous QWERTY keyboard got more accessible at IFA 2018 with the new, lighter edition Key2 LE.
The main attraction here are those physical keys on the front, and they line up beside a 4.5-inch full HD display, Snapdragon 636 chipset, 4GB of RAM, 32/64GB of storage, 13MP+5MP rear cameras, 8MP front camera and a 3,000mAh battery.
We already knew the Honor Play existed before IFA 2018, as the phone had been previously launched in China, but its global launch took place in Berlin.
This gaming-centric mid-ranger comes with a 6.3-inch full HD display, Kirin 970 chip, 6GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, 16MP+2MP rear cameras, 16MP front camera and a 3,750mAh battery.
You can now choose one of the two new Huawei P20 colors, for a total of four gradients. Huawei made the announcement at the 2018 IFA.
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These are the Kirin 980 specs, as Huawei just unveiled its next generation 7nm SoC at the ongoing IFA 2018 trade show in Berlin.
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A Canalys report estimates a 100 million smart speaker install base by the end of 2018. This number is expected to double in the next two years, and Huawei wants to be part of it. The company has announced, at the ongoing IFA 2018, its first smart speaker: AI Cube. But the Huawei AI Cube is more than that: it’s a two-in-one speaker and 4G router, powered by Alexa.
AI Cube features dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, in addition to 4G LTE Category 6, and LAN connectivity. Huawei claims “high quality audio” performance output from the 15W mono speaker, aluminum diaphragm, and 400ml sound cavity. Four microphones listen for voice input with Far Field Voice Recognition, and Amazon Alexa is offering the smarts. What exactly can it do? “Play music, control smart home devices, and access more than 50,000 skills”, says Huawei.
Build is minimalistic, with ports hidden underneath the base, which is 218mm tall, and 116mm in diameter. The design employs a matte white body with a seamless 3D mesh base, and Huawei claims can “blend in with any home decor easily”.
Alongside the AI Cube, the company is also introducing the Huawei Locator, a small, rugged, location beacon. Rated IP68, the Locator supports four global navigation satellite systems: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and Beidou. Using a nano SIM or eSIM, it can stay connected with global roaming support, and offers “near-real-time location reporting”. It features an SOS button and Geofence capabilities, in addition to “BLE Found, a proximity-based service that triggers a buzzer alarm on HUAWEI Locator when a paired smartphone is within 10 meters from the device“.
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The Huawei Mate 20 Lite has been launched at IFA 2018, and it's the first of several handsets to bear the Mate 20 name.
Huawei's flagship Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro are tipped to launch in October, but the Chinese firm has decided to get ahead of itself with the introduction of the entry-level Mate 20 Lite.
The Huawei Mate 20 Lite boasts a large 6.3-inch, 19.5:9, full HD+ display, Kirin 710 chipset, 4GB of RAM, dual rear cameras (20MP+2MP), dual front cameras (24MP+2MP) and a 3,750mAh battery.
A common theme that runs through all of Huawei's latest smartphones is AI, and the Mate 20 Lite is no different with a strong focus on its computer smarts.
Features such as the AI Shopping Assistant (where the AI identifies an item and shares a link to where it can be bought online) and AI Noise Cancellation (which nullifies noisy backgrounds for high quality conversations) come built in to the Mate 20 Lite.
The Huawei Mate 20 Lite release date is set for October, and in the UK it will cost £379 (around $500, AU$680). There's currently no word on whether it'll come to other markets, but we'll update this article once we know more.
Qualcomm introduced its new audio codec, the aptX Adaptive, which aims to revolutionize the way you consume audio content.
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Microsoft is changing its Office 365 device install limit policy, offering subscribers more for the same amount of money.
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Ever fancied a phone that you could wrap around your wrist, or build into your clothes? At IFA 2018, Chinese company Royole has shown off its range of fully-flexible displays, including panels built into a ski jacket – and a top hat.
A bendy screen is just one of the components necessary to make a foldable phone or smart coat, and Royole also makes a range of flexible sensors, circuits and other electronic systems to make these products possible.
“While curved displays have been the talk of the tech world this summer, Royole has developed and is now mass-producing the next generation of fully flexible displays,” said Dr Bill Liu, founder and CEO of Royole.
"Our engineers are currently working with over 220 partners worldwide to change the way people interact with technology in their personal environments."
Royole might not be a household name outside China, but with flexible devices like Samsung's long-awaited foldable phone on the horizon, its tech could soon be in high demand.
The Motorola One and Motorola One Power are officially the manufacturer's latest Android One-powered smartphones. Read the details!
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We might have to wait a little more to see the first 5G ZTE smartphone. The company has detailed its plans regarding the new tech.
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This leak reveals everything about the regular, non-XL, no-notch Google Pixel 3. Check out the pictures and screenshots of specs!
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Qualcomm has announced a new version of its aptX audio platform at IFA 2018, which aims to deliver the same performance and quality of a wired audio connection.
The headphone jack is dying as the rise of wireless continues its march across our devices - Qualcomm says the wired connection is going away - but there’s potentially good news for audiophiles worried about a poorer, wireless audio experience.
AptX Adaptive is the latest version of the firm's wireless sound technology, and Qualcomm claims it provides a robust, hi-res and virtually glitch-free listening experience.
It's not just focused on music playback though, as aptX Adaptive has been tuned to improve audio response for gaming and movies.
Current Bluetooth doesn't address latency issues - which proves problematic when gaming or watching video - and it's an issue you don't get with a wired connection.
What the Adaptive upgrade provides is a wire-like low latency experience which Qualcomm hopes will encourage more users to ditch the wire and adopt wireless headphones.
AptX Adaptive will dynamically adjust wireless audio performance depending on content you are consuming - be it music, video or a game - which takes the hassle of manual adjustment out of the equation.
Qualcomm tells us that aptX Adaptive will be available "on a Snapdragon chip to be named in the future", which we expect to be the Snapdragon 855 which is tipped to launch at the start of December.
That means the first smartphones to boast this new Bluetooth audio technology likely won't arrive until the middle of 2019.
Also on our show, ZTE is back in action with the Axon 9 Pro, the Casio PRO TREK may bring Wear OS to the outback and students are winning with Spotify.
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Though it arguably kicked off the current bezel-free smartphone craze with its original Mi Mix handset, Xiaomi seems to be taking a page out of Oppo's design playbook with a Find X-style sliding selfie camera on its newly announced Mi Mix 3 device.
Posted by Xiaomi president Lin Bin on the company's Weibo page along with a proposed October release date, the Mi MIx 3 image shows a camera that's hidden behind an almost completely bezel-free display.
Previous Mi Mix devices, like the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2, awkwardly placed the selfie camera at the bottom of the phone's face, forcing the user to either turn the handset upside down, or take self portraits from an especially unflattering angle.
If you look closely at the bottom left corner of the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3, you'll notice that unlike the Oppo Find X, the entire back part of the device slides – not just the top section.
This unique approach leads us to believe that instead of the camera popping up, the Mi Mix 3's display may actually slide down. Could this mean that the Mi Mix 3's sliding mechanism is not motorized like the Find X, but rather a manual implementation that would see the user simply flick the screen down when they want to take a selfie?
It would make sense for Xiaomi to go with a non-mechanical approach – while a very impressive device in its own right, the Oppo Find X's motorized pop-up camera feels like something that's destined for an eventual breakdown.
Unfortunately, it's all just guesswork at this stage, with absolutely no information on the Mi Mix 3's specs offered at this time. Stay tuned for more information in the lead up to the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3's (likely China-only) October release.
While we’ve already had plenty of chances to check out the larger Google Pixel 3 XL in the slew of leaks over the last few months, we’re finally seeing what is very likely to be Google’s smaller Pixel 3 flagship.
The leaked photos and screenshots come from an anonymous Reddit user whose account has since been deleted, so the veracity of the leaks should be taken with a pinch of salt.
However, given the current volume of new Pixel leaks and rumors, there's a strong possibility we’ve been given a fairly accurate description of the smaller handset.
For instance, /r/GooglePixel moderator Racer_77 stated in the thread that “based on all other leaks and renders seen so far, I personally have enough confidence to say that this is likely the Pixel 3.”
The three images the Reddit user has taken of the handset give us a pretty good look at the upcoming Pixel 3. The rear of the handset closely resembles the current Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL design with their single-lens camera and fingerprint scanner, albeit with a curved boundary between the glass and aluminum sections.
Similarly, the side of the phone isn’t anything too exciting or surprising – with a volume rocker and power button as we’ve come to expect and a slightly more rounded side profile overall.
The handset’s screen looks a whole lot like the Pixel 2 XL but smaller, with much thinner bezels than the existing Google Pixel 2, and rounded edges on the display that match the curvature of the handset itself, just like the 2 XL.
While it’s a touch difficult to make out, the image of the phone’s face also appears to be sporting two front-facing cameras. This is supported by the specification screenshots which list two 8MP cameras – one with a dual aperture of f/1.8 and f/2.2, and the other with f/1.8.
If this leak does indeed prove accurate, the screengrabs show off a great deal of nitty-gritty when it comes to the inner-workings of Google’s next flagship.
Assuming this is true, the Pixel 3 will be sporting a 2,915mAh battery, slightly improving on the Pixel 2’s 2,700mAh capacity. Its display will also be bumped up from 5.0 to 5.5-inches, increasing the aspect ratio from 16:9 to 18:9 (or 2:1).
Although the slimmer bezels allow for a bigger screen, the resolution of 1,080 x 2,160 maintains the same 440ppi density that the Pixel 2 had. As mentioned before, the specs also seem to confirm a dual front-facing camera, which has previously been speculated to support 3D facial recognition.
While we can't know for sure whether this is in fact a legitimate Pixel 3 and if the specs in the screenshots are accurate, the chances are looking pretty good at this point. For complete peace of mind, however, we'll have to wait for the likely October announcement from Google itself.
Laptops from Acer, ASUS and Lenovo and a quintet of phones from the well-meaning to the overachieving. You know it's a trade show out there.
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Images of two iPhone models and an Apple Watch coming out this September 12. Will you be surprised at all by their looks?
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The iPhone XS is the name of Apple's new iPhone for 2018, and the photo above is our first look at it in two different sizes, according to a convincing new leak today.
The photo in question depicts the 5.8-inch iPhone XS and 6.5-inch iPhone XS Plus, according to an exclusive report from 9to5Mac, and both have OLED screens.
Today's leak comes less than two weeks before Apple is expected to announce its new smartphones at the Steve Jobs Theater on Wednesday, September 12.
We expect there to be three new iPhones: the iPhone XS, the iPhone XS Plus, and a 'cheaper' 6.1-inch iPhone equipped with an LCD screen.
Previously, iPhone rumors called these phones the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Plus, and the cheaper iPhone 9. That's all going to change, if today's report is correct.
The iPhone XS photo depicts two phones, and both appear to be in the new gold color that's been rumored for several weeks. We're expected the new iPhones to have three color options: gold, white, and black.
Besides the Plus size and the fresh color choice, you won't notice other differences between the iPhone XS and the current iPhone X. It's expected to have an identical stainless steel frame, while the cheaper iPhone for 2018 may have a aluminum frame, like the current iPhone 8, and it may come it as many as five colors.
All three versions of the new iPhone are thought to have Apple's new A12 chipset and run iOS 12 out of the box. Expect a dual lens camera out of the larger phones.
The release date is thought to be in late September, so you won't have to wait until November to buy this year's flagship iPhone, like we did with the iPhone X a year ago.
Apple typically launches new iPhones on a Friday two weeks after CEO Tim Cook unveiled everything on stage. That would put the date at Friday, September 28.
That's going to cause some people, especially in the US, a problem when trying to upgrade on a year-long plan. However, Apple and carriers may have a solution on September 12.
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The chairman and CEO posted a picture of the device and told fans that it would be coming soon. How soon? Well, it will take some effort...
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IFA 2018 has pulled out a trainload of computers from many manufacturers, but Lenovo's got its own spin and twist that only Yoga can provide.
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The new Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro devices are going to be very interesting contenders in the final quarter of this 2018
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A new Dark Side Expansion pack takes the story further in this augmented reality game and there's a new Lightsaber to own for this expansion.
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The latest LTE-enabled Windows machine comes with the latest Qualcomm chipset made for Windows machines. Find out what the Yoga C630 is all about.
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But with the lower price comes spec downgrades. And the KEY2 didn't really provide big punching power in the first place. But are the complaints valid?
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Apple keeps on taking steps towards the development of new augmented reality glasses with the purchase of Akonia Holographics
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New iPhones, a new MacBook Air, new Apple Watches, a new wireless charging pad, maybe even a new iPad Pro? All to be told on September 12.
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Apple may be in for huge sales success with the new iPhone 2018 models. Since surveys and other sources are certain of their potential
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New deals for the Apple Watch Series 3 keep coming in the Nike Store before the official launch of the new Apple Watch Series 4
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If you've been using olloclip's lenses on an iPhone, but have moved away from both... olloclip wants you back with the Multi-Device Clip.
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IDC says the smartphone market is generally healthy despite a recent contraction in sales and believes the industry will see double digit growth through to 2022.
The analyst firm’s forecast says that although global shipments will fall 0.7 per cent in 2018 to 1.5 billion, a strong second half of the year is cause for optimism. By 2022, IDC believes shipments will have reached 1.7 billion.
Android will maintain its dominance with a share of 85 per cent over the period, but the average selling price of each device will increase. Android sales are expected to reach 1.4 billion by 2022, with iPhone sales rising by 2.1 per cent to 239 million.
What is less clear is how the industry convinces consumers to upgrade. A relative lack of hardware innovation and saturation in developed markets has meant many are holding onto their handsets for longer periods of time.
Larger screens are seen as one way of doing this. The forecast suggests that two thirds of all smartphones sold in 2018 will have displays of 5.5 inches or larger, a figure which will increase to 84.5 per cent thanks to their inclusion in cheaper devices and new models of iPhone.
"With two out of three new iPhones expected to be larger than 6 inches, Apple will not be left behind in the 2018 race for increased screen real estate," said Melissa Chau, associate research director at IDC.
"You could say the term 'phablet' is becoming less relevant now that most smartphones will ship with larger screens, and when folding screens start coming into play in the medium term, this screen trend will evolve in new directions."
But other drivers are less obvious. The arrival of 5G smartphones from 2019 onwards will help drive sales while others are looking to AI features as a way of differentiating their products.
“We still believe the smartphone market has some healthy growth in the years to come, although finding and competing in those markets and segments is increasingly more challenging," added IDC’s Ryan Reith.
“Many OEMs, retailers, telcos, and supply chain partners will be working diligently to ensure consumers see the need to upgrade when products and services are readily available."
