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Get used to it - Samsung Galaxy S20 is Samsung's next flagship  The renaming makes some sense. 2020 marks the beginning of a new decade and Samsung has concluded the old one with 10 annual Galaxy S flagships. Making the next one the Galaxy S20 will differentiate it, especially when put side by side with the Galaxy S10. By all accounts Samsung is bringing out its best in the Galaxy S20 series. It will feature no less than three devices but likely four - Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+, Galaxy S20e and Galaxy S20 5G. They will use an Exynos 990 in some markets and a Snapdragon 865 in the majority of markets, they'll have bigger batteries than their predecessors (the Galaxy S20+ is said to have a 5,000mAh unit) and will be made official on February 11, and go on sale on February 18. The Galaxy S20 and Galaxy S20+ are expected to have a quad-camera setup highlighted by a 108MP main sensor that delivers 12MP photos from a 9-in-1 binning method, high-megapixel telephoto camer...

Vivo to launch a smartphone with four punch hole cameras? Punch hole camera displays have become somewhat ubiquitous these days. From Samsung Galaxy Note 10 to Motorola One Vision, the trend of a punch hole camera display has been seen in some of the most interesting smartphones launched in 2019. Now, word is that Vivo intends to take this trend a step further by introducing a smartphone with multiple punch hole cameras. The company has filed a patent with the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) for a smartphone with four punch hole cameras in the front. The patent, which was first spotted by TigerMobiles, shows that the company could implement this design in three different ways. In the first case, the company would place a punch hole camera in each of the four corners of the phone’s display. In the third case, the company would place two punch-hole cameras on the two ends of the smartphone, but without the pill-shaped cutout. The schemati...

OnePlus 8 Pro will come with dual-mode 5G connectivity, spotted on certification sites The OnePlus 8 series is showing up on the rumour belt, with certain leaks revealing the design and some of the features. So far, we know that OnePlus could end up launching three models under the OnePlus 8 series- a very affordable OnePlus 8 Lite with just the essentials, a regular OnePlus 8 with some premium features and the ultra-premium OnePlus 8 Pro with the best that OnePlus has to offer. While some speculated specs have leaked, one of the features has been confirmed for the premium OnePlus 8 Pro. According to a recent certification from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) website in China uncovered by a tipster Sudhanshu Ambhore, the OnePlus 8 Pro will come with support for 5G connectivity. The phone will support dual-mode 5G connectivity, which suggests the phone will most certainly use the Snapdragon X55 modem and that suggests the presence of the Snapdrag...

 HONOR X Series Phones Are Popular in India  It's safe to assume that the smartphone has been a device that managed to dominate the world of gadgets in the last decade. From being an expensive piece of luxury to becoming a highly affordable and essential device for millions, the smartphone has truly evolved into a portable computer that many can't live without today. Needless to say, the smartphone industry has been growing and shifting gears quite rapidly to fuel the expanding market across the globe. In India alone, the smartphone market shipped a whopping 46.6 million units in the third quarter of 2019, according to numbers released by IDC in November. Growing competition amongst smartphone companies in India in the last couple of years has led to more innovation and lower prices. While there are several smartphone companies in India, HONOR has managed to grab consumers' attention with its innovative smartphones over the last couple of years. HONOUR's...

Realme 5i  Coming  soon Realme has confirmed that it will officially launch the Realme 5i phone on January 6. Interestingly, the phone will be launched in Vietnam first, but there is no word when it will arrive in other markets, including India. Additionally, the phone has already been listed for registration on an e-commerce platform ahead of its official launch, revealing its alleged price and key specifications in the process. It appears that Realme 5i will debut a/rea a slightly toned-down version of the Realme 5, but it will come in two new colour options with a different design on the rear panel. The official Realme Vietnam Facebook page has shared a poster, revealing that the Realme 5i will be launched in the country on January 5. Before the launch though, the Realme 5i has been listed on a Vietnamese e-commerce site, FPTShop, where the phone is currently up for registration priced at VND 4,290,000 (roughly Rs. 13,000). The accompanying images show the p...

Facebook Disables Some Misleading Ads on HIV Prevention Drugs, Responding to Growing Outcry Facebook has quietly started removing some misleading ads about HIV prevention medication, responding to a deluge of activists, health experts and government regulators who said the tech giant had created the conditions for a public-health crisis. The ads at issue - purchased by pages affiliated with personal-injury lawyers and seen millions of times - linked drugs designed to stop the spread of HIV with severe bone and kidney damage. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates long have said such claims are "false," pointing to multiple studies showing the class of medication, known as PrEP, is safe. After initially declining to disable the ads, Facebook began on Friday retroactively labelling some of them as rule violations in its archive, limiting their visibility. The company's third-party fact-checkers concluded the ads were misleading and lacked context, a...

The first 5g phone of India at affordable price Realme has lately been teasing some key features of its upcoming 5G phone – the Realme X50 - and has already confirmed that the phone will be launched on January 7. Ahead of its official debut though, complete specifications and pricing details of the Realme X50 have allegedly surfaced online. As per the leak, the Realme X50 will feature a quad rear camera setup that will be headlined by a 64-megapixel camera, while the selfies will reportedly be handled by dual front cameras of 32-megapixel and 8-megapixel resolution each. Realme X50 specifications (expected) Realme X50 will be powered by the Snapdragon 765G SoC, as the company has already confirmed, paired with up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.1 storage. In the camera department, the Realme X50 will rely on a quad rear camera setup that will include a main 64-megapixel camera with the Samsung ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor. It will be assisted by a 13-megapixel telephoto lens with 5x h...