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Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro will arrive on March 21, the company announced today. In a series of posts, Xiaomi confirmed the phone's chipset was revealed to be Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, while the triple camera at the back will be enhanced by Leica.The Civi 4 Pro will arrive in four colors. The back panel of the Green, the hero color, will have a glass and a leather part stylishly separated from each other.Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro key featuresAccording to a teaser on Weibo, the new Civi phone will be focusing on performance, photos, and design. The frame will be flat and made of metal instead...


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vivo has detailed the triple camera setup of the vivo T3, which will launch on March 21. The company has announced that the vivo T3's primary camera will use the Sony IMX882 sensor and have OIS. It can record 4K videos at 30FPS and has "2x portrait zoom."The 50MP primary camera will be joined by a depth unit and a flicker sensor, but the brand didn't reveal anything about the vivo T3's selfie camera.vivo T3's cameras detailedvivo previously confirmed that the T3 would be powered by the Dimensity 7200 SoC and its 8GB/256GB model would be priced under INR22,000, but we are...


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Apple's iPhone 15 starts at 128GB of built-in storage, a chunk of which is of course taken up by iOS and the preinstalled apps. In 2024, you may think that's not really sufficient, or at least not a lot. But Apple begs to differ.The company says the iPhone 15, which, again, starts at 128GB, has "lots of storage for lots of photos" in the description for its newest video ad. Let's watch the ad together below.It's definitely got a catchy soundtrack, and the idea is pretty cool, and it's definitely well executed - we can't fault the ad for any of those things. It's just the premise...


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When it launches in India on April 1, the OnePlus Nord CE4 will definitely be no joke. The company has already revealed it will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset, and will be available in two colorways: Dark Chrome and Celadon Marble.Today the company is teasing its charging abilities, and its dedicated microsite for the upcoming phone has also revealed its RAM and storage capacity. So let's dive right in.High runtime. Low downtime.#OnePlusNordCE4 pic.twitter.com/kacfEgAchb— OnePlus India (@OnePlus_IN) March 18, 2024 As you can see from the post on X which is...


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For a while now Samsung has been rumored to shake up the foldable smartphone market this year by launching a cheaper version of the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold6 alongside that device - most likely in early to mid July.This cheaper version of the foldable now has a rumored price tag, and it's shockingly good: under $800. That's less than half what the Fold5 started at. You should probably read that as $799, and don't forget that $799 could translate into €919 or something like that across the pond, but still - for a book-like foldable, this is incredibly impressive and could indeed catapult the...


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Sony launched the PS VR2 headset back in February of 2023, with a lot of confidence in its success. That hasn't materialized into actual huge sales numbers, however, and today a rumor claims the company has chosen to halt production of the headset in order to clear up existing inventory.Sony is allegedly sitting on a pretty large stockpile of PS VR2s, amid dwindling sales that have shrunk every single quarter since the headset's release. IDC says Sony moved 595.5K units in Q1 last year, 435.5K in Q2, 343.6K in Q3, and 325.2K in Q4. Those, by the way, are deliveries to retailers, not...


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Car maker Nio launched its first-ever smartphone in late 2023, it was called simply the Nio Phone. The company has completed the development of its sequel, revealed founder and CEO William Li, but that doesn’t mean the phone is being announced now.The Nio Phone 2 is entering the manufacturing stage and will be unveiled later this year, though Li didn’t set a particular date. But he did confirm that the company will focus on launching just one new phone every year instead of dividing its attention between several (a lot of new smartphone brands start out this way).Why is an electric...


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If you're on the lookout for capable wireless earbuds on the cheap, you probably have the latest arrival in the office on your shortlist. There's something for everyone in this increasingly saturated market, but it's hard to beat the CMF Buds at their price point. CMF is Nothing's affordable line of products and the Buds are the most affordable among CMF's lineup - sitting below the Pro, which has better noise cancellation. The CMF Buds are only ₹2,500/€32. Here's what you get for that price - active noise cancellation of up to 42dB and transparency mode, multi-point connectivity...


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The OnePlus Nord CE4 will launch on April 1, and the brand has already shared a few of its specs, including its chipset, memory, and charging speed. Now, OnePlus has confirmed the Nord CE4 will pack a 120Hz FullHD+ AMOLED display with a centered punch-hole for the selfie camera. Previously, OnePlus said the Nord CE4 will come with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoC, 8GB LPDDR4X RAM, and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage, expandable up to 1TB. It will also support 100W SuperVOOC charging, advertised to offer "a day's power in 15 minutes." The OnePlus Nord CE4 will be available in Dark...


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Honor launched Pad 9 in India today – three months after it was announced in China and four weeks after the global release that took place at MWC 2024 in Barcelona. The tablet has a 12.1” display, keyboard support, and an affordable price tag. In fact, it is 20% more affordable than in Europe and even cheaper if pre-ordered. Honor Pad 9 runs on Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and comes with 8 GB RAM and 256 GB storage. It has 8 speakers around the frame and can work with a Honor Bluetooth keyboard, making it a great Android device for learning and basic work-from-home tasks. The price in...


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The Lava O2 was announced today in India. The company claimed it is the fastest phone in its $100 segment thanks to its chipset, which is Unisoc T616 with an octa-core CPU. The O2 also has a 50 MP camera, showing that entry-level phones have come a long way lately. It gets a flat 6.5” LCD with HD+ resolution and up to 90 Hz refresh rate. The selfie camera is sitting inside a punch hole and has an 8 MP sensor. There are two cameras at the back, but only the 50 MP main one is actually useful. The secondary is called “AI camera,” and we can bet it contributes little to the actual...


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The seamless updates Android feature introduced by Google way back in 2016 was adopted by most Android OEMs except Samsung. Samsung said it was working on implementing seamless updates on its Android smartphones, and after eight years, the Korean brand has finally brought this feature to its devices, with the Galaxy A55 being the first Samsung smartphone to benefit from it. Samsung Galaxy A55 The Samsung Galaxy A55 recently received the March 2024 Android security patch in India with firmware version A556EXXS1AXC1, which also brought the seamless updates feature to the smartphone....


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Google released the first Android 15 Developer Preview last month, and today the second one is out. This is still not a public beta, the first one of those is set to arrive in April. Instead, like the first preview, it's also intended for developers to be able to check their apps against. Android 15 release timeline The big new feature introduced by Android 15 DP2 is support for satellite connectivity at the operating system level. The OS now includes some UI elements that are designed to "ensure a consistent user experience across the satellite connectivity landscape", Google...


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The OnePlus Ace 3V was just unveiled in China and rumors have been pouring in recently about how it will be launched internationally as the OnePlus Nord 4. OnePlus also announced the Buds V alongside the Ace 3V, and these true wireless earbuds are thus quite likely to be rebranded for international markets as Nord Buds... something later this year, while possibly arriving at the same time as the Nord 4. That's all our speculation, by the way, so don't take it as gospel. But given all of the history and context surrounding these product lines, it would make perfect sense. So, if all of this...


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Today the United States Department of Justice has sued Apple, claiming the company has maintained an illegal monopoly over the smartphone market, locking in its customers, driving up prices, and selectively imposing contractual restrictions on developers, withholding critical ways of accessing functionality to prevent competition. "Apple exercises its monopoly power to extract more money from consumers, developers, content creators, artists, publishers, small businesses, and merchants, among others", the DOJ says, along with the 16 state and district attorneys it filed the lawsuit...


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