Almost at the same time with the Weibo post of Zhao Liying, TENAA listed the Honor Magic 2 with product code TNY-AL00/TL00. The listing confirms the slider and body's weight and dimensions: 206 g and 157.32 x 75.13 x 8.3 mm. The handset employs a 6.39-inch AMOLED display with an FHD+ resolution (1080 x 2340) and is powered by a 3400 mAh battery with 40W fast charging. Of course, the Kirin 980 chipset is already...

22 Октябрь 2018

This morning, Zhao Liying - a famous Chinese actress, who was 4th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2017, teased on her Weibo page the Honor Magic 2. Here photos unveil the box art and the device itself. You can clearly see the slider, the almost all-screen front and the three rear cameras. Yes, the Honor Magic 2 will pack three shooters on its back with the AI Vision inscription below them. Above the module...

22 Октябрь 2018

OnePlus has just announced on their forums that they have changed the launch date of the OnePlus 6T. The main reason is that Apple has scheduled an event on October 30th as well. OnePlus says that after consulting with media representatives and its loyal community, it has decided to reschedule the OnePlus 6T Launch Event in New York City to October 29 at 11 AM EDT.

19 Октябрь 2018

It looks like Samsung is aiming at making a huge innovation step in true bezellessness in smartphones. According to leaker Ice Universe, during the 2018 Samsung AMOLED forum, the company has presented its SDS sensor tech roadmap. It includes the development of a fingerprint on display (FoD) technology (we reported about this back in June), under-screen sensor (including camera) technology (UPS), touch-sensitive...

19 Октябрь 2018

In a surprising move, Xiaomi has announced that it will hold a product launch conference on October 22nd and star of the show will be the Mi 8 Pro. That's three days prior to the announcement of the Mi MIX 3. The announcement unveils that this device will have a transparent body and in-display fingerprint sensor. How this is different from the Mi 8 Explorer Edition is about to be unveiled as the latter has a...

19 Октябрь 2018

Vernee M8 Pro has appeared on AliExpress. This is obviously one of the latest Vernee smartphones but is not listed on the official website of the company. The listing unveils the full specs of the model which is based on a Helio P60 chipset coupled with 6GB of RAM. The device features a 6.2-inch FHD+ display with a notch and is powered by a 4100 mAh battery. The latter supports 18W fast charging and Qi wireless...

19 Октябрь 2018

Today Cubot has announced the Cubot Quest - the world's first smartphone for sports. The device is showcased at the Global Sources Electronics Show. According to Cubot, the manufacturer has been perfecting this device for over a year to make it "strong, waterproof, thin". The device has a ruggedized body with an elegant flair. It uses a Corning Gorilla Glass for the screen and a nano-material shell. The device is...

19 Октябрь 2018

Ulefone takes part at the Global Sources Electronics Show unveiling two new smartphones. The first one is the Ulefone Armor 6 built around a 6.2-inch FHD+ display. It has an IP68 rated water and dust resistant body that's also protected against drops. The camera department includes a 21MP+13MP rear camera combo and a 16MP selfie snapper. Under the hood, a Helio P60 chipset ticks combined with 6GB of RAM. The...

19 Октябрь 2018

The Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has launched the world's thinnest smartphone that's as large as a credit card. Kyocera KY-01L is created for ultra-portability. It is 91 mm high, 55 mm wide and 5.3 mm thin. The handset has a 2.8-inch e-ink display which offers zero power consumption when in off state and makes the most out of the 380 mAh built-in battery. There's no camera whatsoever but the device offers LTE...

19 Октябрь 2018

Yesterday, Xiaomi published the first official render of the front of the Mi MIX 3 after launching the teaser video that unveiled the device will be equipped with 24MP dual front cameras. The render unveils extremely thin side bezels and forehead as well as a very thin chin. Today Xiaomi teased another render of the handset hinting that there will be a special art edition of the model - a tradition for the Mi MIX...

19 Октябрь 2018

The Global Sources Mobile Electronics Exhibition in Hong Kong has started earlier today and one of the highlights of the show is the Elephone U2 Pro. It features a 6.42-inch FHD+ display with an in-display fingerprint sensor and is based on a MediaTek P60 chipset paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The handset is equipped with a 16MP front-facing camera and a naked eye 3D lens, while on the back, there's a...

18 Октябрь 2018

In addition to the S5 Pro, Lenovo announced the K5 Pro, which is built around a 5.99-inch display with 1500:1 static contrast ratio, 93% coverage of the sRGB colour gamut. This model has two front and two rear cameras as well. The main front and the main rear shooter have 16MP sensors., while the auxiliary snappers use 5MP sensors. A 4050 mAh battery keeps the lights on and is paired with an 18W fast charger. This...

18 Октябрь 2018

Today Lenovo announced the S5 Pro as promised. This handset is equipped with a 6.2-inch display and features a full-metal body with a 205 zircon sandblasting and a 110-degree drilling process, which have increased the overall cost by 8%. Under the hood, there's a Snapdragon 636 chipset paired with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The handset has two front cameras (20MP Sony + 8MP) with improved 3D imaging, 3D natural...

18 Октябрь 2018

Xiaomi continues teasing the Mi MIX 3 with video and regular Weibo posts. One such video demonstrates the flawless slider of the handset. At the end of the video, the upper middle of the device is shown in close up and you can see the "24MP dual camera" inscription in the top right corner confirming that Mi MIX 3 will have 24MP dual front cameras.

18 Октябрь 2018

Today, the co-founder and President of Xiaomi, Lin Bin, has posted on his Weibo page a mechanism and patent of a Xiaomi smartphone that features a pop-up camera mechanism. He said: "Someone asked why Xiaomi does not make a pop-up camera smartphone. In fact, we applied for the technical patent of such a smartphone in 2015 and also made an engineering prototype. Although this technology is good, it still can not reach...

17 Октябрь 2018

Tonight, the luxury mobile phone brand Vertu launched a remake of its 2014 Aster smartphone. The Aster P Gothic which has three colours options, each with a gull-wing plate on the back with the signature V element together with genuine handcrafted crocodile and lizard leather. The frame is made of grade 5 titanium alloy and the screen is covered with a 130-carat sapphire crystal glass. Each Aster P has more than a...

17 Октябрь 2018

With time, more and more details about the Huawei Mate 20 series will emerge. Obviously, the Mate 20 Pro is the start of the show. Today Synaptics announced that this model uses its latest COF screen packaging technology. Later on, Chinese media reported that Huawei used BOE as its main supplied for AMOLED panels for the model. In addition, Huawei has published the Mate 20 Pro on its official online store - Vmall...

17 Октябрь 2018

More and more specific details emerge after the announcement of the Mate 20 Pro. After the Synaptics announcement that this smartphone uses its latest COF screen packaging technology, Tencent Technology reported that the main supplier of display panels this year is BOE. This information comes from people "close to BOE". Actually, indications for this have existed since July this year. Huawei used AMOLED panels for...

17 Октябрь 2018

As of yesterday, Xiaomi has engaged in aggressive teasing of the upcoming Mi MIX 3. After announcing the exact day of the model's launch - October 25th, the company has also clearly stated that this smartphone will be the first commercially available one with 5G connectivity and will arrive with 10GB of RAM (we suppose this will be the top RAM version). This happened in two consecutive posts on Xiaomi's Weibo page...

17 Октябрь 2018

This morning Vivo announced the Vivo Z3 at a press conference in Beijing. The handset features a 6.3-inch FHD+ display with a waterdrop notch on top of a slim body with a 3D curved back using Vivo's micro-arc design. The model is available in three colours: Starry Night Black, Aurora Blue and Dream Powder. A Snapdragon 710 chipset ticks with two performance cores clocked at 2.2GHz and six efficiency cores clocked up...

17 Октябрь 2018

After the announcement of the Huawei Mate 20 series last night, Synaptics issued a press release in which it sheds a bit more light on their solution used by Huawei on the Mate 20 Pro. More specifically, Huawei has used the Synaptics ClearView OLED display driver technology which offers a flexible chip-on-film (COF) packaging and the Mate 20 Pro is also the first smartphone to feature Synaptics' complete system...

17 Октябрь 2018

Nokia X7 was announced earlier today. It is expected that in a similar fashion to the other Nokia XX/Nokia X.1 Plus smartphones, the Nokia 7.1 Plus will have the same hardware but will be based on Android One instead. The 7.1 Plus has not been announced yet, so here are the Nokia X7 specs. For starters, the smartphone features a 6.18-inch fulli laminated display with an FHD+ resolution and a Corning Gorilla Glass...

16 Октябрь 2018

At the London event, Huawei announced European availability and prices of the four smartphones from the Mate 20 series it presented earlier. Here they are: Mate 20 goes on sale today. The 4GB+128GB variant is priced at EUR 799 and the 6GB+128GB version costs EUR 849. Mate 20 Pro goes on sale today as well. It features 6GB of RAM paired with 128GB of built-in memory and can be obtained for EUR 1049. Mate 20 X will go...

16 Октябрь 2018

Huawei has also announced the Porsche Design Mate 20 RS based on the features of the Mate 20 Pro. It has a leather back with a vertical strip of glass and the distinctive Porsche Design logo. The more interesting part is the announcement of the Mate 20X and its cooling system. This is the world's first smartphone with a graphene film, which is much better than the widely used copper films. It is combined with vapour...

16 Октябрь 2018

At present, Huawei is introducing the Mate 20 series of smartphones at ExCel in London. Both smartphones have thin metal frames and glass panels on the front and back. Moreover, Huawei uses a special coating to make the devices less slippery, less prone to smudges and tougher. The Mate 20 has a 6.53-inch FHD+ LCD display, 3.5 mm jack and a traditional fingerprint sensor, while the Mate 20 Pro has a 6.39-inch QHD+...

16 Октябрь 2018