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Oppo is teasing its next flagship Wear OS smartwatch, which will launch on February 29 in Malaysia. The Oppo Watch X appears to be nearly identical to the recently teased OnePlus Watch 2 which is launching three days earlier on February 26. Oppo Watch X and OnePlus Watch 2 Oppo Watch X features the same design as the OnePlus Watch 2 and we can assume the same specs. These should include a 1.43-inch OLED display with 466 x 466 px resolution, Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 chip and Google Wear OS 4. Oppo Watch X will be offered in Platinum Black and Mars Brown colors. Oppo Watch X...


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Samsung has announced that it is launching the Galaxy Fit3 in the Indian market. This announcement comes shortly after the global launch that took place yesterday. The Galaxy Fit3 is priced at INR 4,999, which is 25% more than the price of the Fit2, which had launched for INR 3,999. An INR 500 cash back offer from various banks does bring the price down to INR 4,499. The Galaxy Fit3 features an aluminum body with a new 1.6-inch, 256 x 402 resolution AMOLED display, which is 45% wider than its predecessor. The band runs on FreeRTOS and has a claimed battery life of 13 days and...


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Oppo is returning to Europe, company executives confirmed during MWC 2024. The maker will launch the next Find flagship series in all countries where Oppo was previously present.Another major announcement from the company was a 3-year partnership with the Spanish-based Telefonica group, which will help Oppo's return to Europe.Sadly, the exact wording “upcoming gen of Find series” means the Find X7 Ultra is not coming to Europe – fans will have to wait for the Find X8 series and/or the Find N4 foldables. The Oppo Reno phones should also make a return over the course of 2024,...


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Nothing’s teaser campaign for the Phone (2a) is still going on as the latest round of hype gives us an AR unboxing of the device. Nothing's marketing team has placed Phone (2a) posters around London and a specific one near Old Street has the device’s new camera and a fancy AR rendition of the device in its retail box.An unboxing like no other. Phone (2a) just dropped in London.Launching 5 March. pic.twitter.com/7hcb4ELYMG— Nothing (@nothing) February 26, 2024 This is our first official Phone (2a) look from Nothing, even though we’ve already seen leaked renders that confirmed the...


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iQOO recently launched the Neo9 Pro in India, and the next smartphone it will launch in the country is the iQOO Z9, which will make its "grand debut" in India on March 12.Calling all #GenZ fam ????! #FullyLoaded #iQOOZ9 5G is in the house! Loading on 12th March exclusively on @amazonIN and https://t.co/7tsZtgDjuv ????#iQOO #iQOOZ9 #FullyLoaded #StayTuned pic.twitter.com/ADeHl0sOFa— iQOO India (@IqooInd) February 26, 2024 iQOO hasn't detailed the Z9's specs sheet, but Amazon.in revealed the smartphone would be powered by the Dimensity 7200 SoC and sport a 50MP Sony IMX882 camera with OIS on...


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Meizu 21 Pro will be the company's last smartphone, and it looks like the team wants to go out with a bang. According to the latest reports, the phone will have all the bells and whistles one true flagship has – Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, 16 GB RAM, and the latest 50 MP OV50H sensor by OmniVision, which is a 1”-type platform.The company also confirmed the 21 Pro will come with a massive under-display fingerprint scanner called mTouch Max.According to Digital Chat Station, the Meizu 21 Pro will also bring a telephoto camera with a periscope lens – something we haven't seen in the...


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Micron, the leading American memory chip maker, announced its latest solution at the MWC 2024. The company this is the most compact UFS 4.0 package yet, standing at just 9 x 13 millimeters. It still offers offer up to 1 TB capacity and excellent performance - 4300 MB/s sequential read and 4000 MB/s sequential write speed.The major reason Micron brought the smaller solution is feedback from smartphone OEMs, who said they wanted more room for larger batteries. The American company developed the product in its joint customer labs across the US, China, and Korea and built it on its...


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After teasing the India launch of the V30 and V30 Pro last week, vivo has announced it will introduce this V30 duo to the Indian market on March 7 at noon local time.vivo already confirmed that the V30 Pro will come in Andaman Blue, Peacock Green, and Classic Black colors in India, but it is yet to confirm what color options the V30 will have in the world's second-largest smartphone market.The brand previously confirmed that the V30 Pro will pack a 120Hz curved AMOLED display and a 5,000 mAh battery and feature four 50MP cameras - primary, ultrawide, telephoto, and selfie. It...


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A few years ago we tested the Infinix Concept Phone 2021, which offered impressive 160W charging and had an electrochromic film on the back. That film allowed the phone to change color from slate gray to steel blue.Now the company is back with a new prototype technology, called E-Color Shift. This is a more advanced version of the same idea – the back of the phone can change colors, except this time there are more colors to choose from and the back is divided into individual segments (the color of each segment can be controlled individually).A prototype of the Infinix E-Color...


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Samsung unveiled its first foray into the smart ring category with the Galaxy Ring earlier today and since we’re attending MWC, we got to see the health tracker in person. It comes in three official colors - Ceramic Black, Platinum Silver, and Gold.The ring features an interesting design choice – it’s concave so the sides taper into the middle, kind of like a miniature car rim. It’s also really shiny regardless of which color you pick up, and seems like it will attract plenty of smudges. All of the demo units were placed behind glass but Samsung representatives assured us it’s extremely...


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As the performance target for smartphones keeps going higher, engineers have had to reach for increasingly more elaborate cooling solutions, including active cooling. Infinix has been prototyping a system of its own, dubbed CoolMax.This is built into a concept gaming phone, so it’s just a preview of what might come. According to the company, CoolMax reduces the temperature of the chipset by 10°C (50°F).The chipset in question is MediaTek’s Dimensity 9300 with four Cortex-X4 cores instead of the usual one. With the help of CoolMax and an AI management platform, Infinix managed to push...


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Just in time for this year's MWC, Google is seeding new Android updates that could potentially make your life a bit easier. Most of the features leverage AI, while others are just enhanced functionalities of existing features.If you are on the road and someone messages you, you can let the AI-powered assistant summarize your incoming messages, even if they are from a group chat, and then offer contextual replies or actions. For instance, you can make a quick call with just one tap or simply send your route and ETA.The AI can also describe an online image, photos or a picture...


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Tecno introduced a multitude of mobile products at MWC 2024 in Barcelona – a Pova 6 Pro smartphone, a Windows handheld gaming console with XR glasses, several laptops and even a robot dog.Now the hype around the products is quieting down, let's talk about another major announcement from Tecno – the AI capabilities that HiOS devices will get soon. New phones will have smart features already appearing in other devices, like live translations and object erasing.Tecno AI featuresSiri, Bixby, Alexa, Cortana, and Celia are all names of assistants, some more intelligent...


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The latest addition to the Windows Insider program is the ability to use your Android phone or tablet as a webcam. Windows 11 users part of the Insider program can now use any Android 9.0 and up phone or tablet as a webcam during video conferencing sessions. To get things working you’ll also need the Link to Windows app installed on your mobile device with Microsoft specifying version 1.24012* or higher is required.Android phone connected as a webcam to a Windows 11 PC You’ll then need to make sure you are part of the Windows Insider program and head to Settings > Bluetooth &...


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HMD today announced the launch of a new 4GB RAM variant of the Nokia G42 in India, which has 128GB of storage onboard, costs INR9,999 ($120/€110), and will go on sale starting March 8 through Amazon.in and HMD's official Indian website. It will be available in So Purple and So Grey colors.The Nokia G42 is also available in 6GB/128GB and 8GB/256GB configurations in India, sold through HMD's website for INR12,999 ($155/€145) and INR16,999 ($205/€190), respectively.Nokia G42 5GThe Nokia G42 is powered by the Snapdragon 480+ SoC and picked up the Android 14 update in India in...


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