Weekly Roundup: Microsoft Lumia 950, 950 XL, Moto 360 (2015), Galaxy A series (2016), LG Zero and more

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This week Microsoft launched its all new Windows 10 flagship smartphones – the Lumia 950 Dual SIM and Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM – in India. Both these smartphones were announced at an event in New York last month. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Microsoft Lumia 950, 950 XL, Moto 360 (2015), Galaxy A series (2016), LG Zero and more”

Huawei might make the 2016 Google Nexus 7 tablet

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2015 has been the year of the smartphones for Google as they unveiled two Nexus smartphones instead of one. However, tablet fans were disappointed since there was no new tablet released this year especially for those who wanted a new Nexus 7. New rumors indicate that we will see a new Nexus 7 in 2016 and that it will be made by Huawei.

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Samsung appoints new President of mobile communications – J.K Shin gets a revised role

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Samsung has announced a new President of mobile communications who will replace the current head, J.K Shin. The new president of mobile communications will be Dongjin Koh.

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Weekly Roundup: Lenovo Vibe S1, HTC One A9, Desire 828, Redmi Note 3, Obi Worldphone SF1 and more

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This week kicked off with the launch of Lenovo’s first dual-selfie camera phone – the Lenovo Vibe S1. The smartphone boasts of an 8-megapixel front-facing camera along with the secondary 2-megapixel depth-sensing camera,which according to company will be able to deliver crisp images and advanced depth of field including background blur, background swap and improved low-light results. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Lenovo Vibe S1, HTC One A9, Desire 828, Redmi Note 3, Obi Worldphone SF1 and more”

New Huawei device appears on benchmark listing – Could be the Honor 5X Plus

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While the Huawei Mate 8 is just a few hours away from its November 26th announcement, we now have a new benchmark listing of a mysterious Huawei device. The listing could very well be that of the Huawei Honor 5X Plus.

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Official Huawei Mate 8 photos surface online

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The Huawei Mate 8 is shaping out to be a beast of a smartphone. Now, with these newly surfaced photos, the smartphone seems to be even more interesting as it has a nice sleek design with a high screen to body ratio.

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Apple iPhone might use Samsung OLED displays in 2018

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A new report suggests that future iPhones from Apple will use OLED displays manufactured by Samsung in 2018. The report is more of a rumor than a confirmed agreement between the two companies.

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Huawei demos next-gen Quick Charging tech that can charge 3000mAh battery to 48% in 5 minutes

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Huawei’s Watt Lab, which belongs to the Central Research Institute demoed next-generation quick charging technology at the 56th Battery Symposium in Japan that allows new lithium-ion batteries to charge 10 times faster than normal batteries, reaching about 50% capacity in few minutes. Continue reading “Huawei demos next-gen Quick Charging tech that can charge 3000mAh battery to 48% in 5 minutes”

Huawei P9 Max with 4GB RAM, Kirin 950 SoC surface on AnTuTu

A new smartphone from Huawei dubbed as P9 Max has surfaced on AnTuTu benchmarks. As per the listing, the P9 Max is powered by Huawei’s own Kirin 950 SoC.

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Huawei’s Kirin 950 processor might be more powerful than Samsung’s Exynos 7420 chipset

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Only one day to go before Huawei announces their latest Kirin 950 SoC based on the big.LITTLE architecture. We already showed you the leak of the Mate 8 and it’s specs on a benchmark page however, we didn’t get any scores until now.

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Huawei NXT-AL10 shows up on benchmarks – Should be the Mate 8

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A new Huawei handset has popped up on GFXBench under the alias NXT-AL10. The specifications do reveal a handset that is very similar to the rumoured specifications for the upcoming Mate 8 smartphone from Huawei.

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Huawei Mate 8 set for an announcement on November 26th

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Huawei has shared a teaser for the Mate 8 launch event which is scheduled to take place on November 26th. The smartphone is expected to pack the same Force Touch technology as its brother, the Mate S.

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