Rabu, 28 Maret 2018

Huawei P20 and P20 Pro are coming to India

Good news for Huawei P20 fans in India - both the P20 and P20 Pro are officially coming to Indian stores. As of yet, there are no specifics as to price or date but Huawei has posted an official teaser on its website with the words "Coming Sooon in India". Huawei currently only lists the ancient P9 and Nexus 6P on its website and Indian buyers couldn't buy the Huawei P10 (or any of the Mates) through official channels. We'll get back to you when Huawei shares prices and dates. Up until now the official Huawei website has used Flipkart as a sales partner so we're guessing it will...

Check out our first Huawei P20 Pro benchmark results

The Huawei P20 and P20 Pro debuted yesterday and their Leica cameras were understandably met with a lot of excitement. Performance wasn't so much in focus as the Kirin 970 that powers them was introduced back in October with the Mate 10 series. Huawei P20 Pro Still, we though to give the SoC a test to see how it fares on the new taller screens of slightly higher resolution. The Kirin 970 premiered at IFA last fall. It is built on the 10 nm process by HiSilicion, native Huawei division. The chip is housing an octa-core CPU - four Cortex-A73 cores clocked at 2.4 GHz for performance...

New Apple iPad will start shipping in US on April 2

Apple's new iPad will start its retail run in the US this week - T-Mobile and Verizon have confirmed they will carry it. Apple's own store will be able to ship ordered iPads starting April 2 - the same date that AT&T is delivering its pre-orders. Meanwhile BestBuy is offering a $25 gift card with an iPad purchase. In reality the 2018 version of "the iPad" costs as much as its predecessor but brings support for Apple's $99 Pencil and offers a $30 reduction in price for schools, which can have it starting at $299. If a student goes for a combination of the Apple iPad, the...

Olixar case renders show the LG G7, notch and all

The LG G7 is trying its best to avoid the spotlight - it's not ready for prime time. That hasn't stopped the rumor mill, however. Nor Olixar for that matter. The case maker has published a few renders showing a few of its cases for the delayed flagship. The renders show the notch and the vertical dual camera on the back, things we've seen before. Of course, the renders can't tell us if the screen will be an LCD or an AMOLED (rumors say that users will get a choice) and nothing on the price either. LG G7 cases and renders by Olixar Anyhow, check out the cases over at...

Vodafone UK now taking pre-orders for the Huawei P20 and P20 Pro

Brits who are still buzzing from the Huawei event yesterday can now pre-order the two flagships from Vodafone UK. The Huawei P20 is available on contract for £9 up front while the 40MP-shooting Huawei P20 Pro for £49 up front. Here's a sweet deal - pre-order before April 6 and you'll get a free pair of Bose QuietComfort 35 II (black), which some consider to be the best noise canceling headphones on the market. They're worth £330 normally. Anyway, here are two promo deals that get you 4x the data of the normal plans. You can find the P20 plans here and the P20 Pro plans here. There's...

Leaked MIUI source code hints at in-display fingerprint reader on the Xiaomi Mi 7

If you've been keeping up with Xiaomi and in-display fingerprint tech lately, then you probably heard a lot of rumors regarding the Mi Mix 2s. Since that particular flagship was announced yesterday that obviously didn't come to pass. However, this development doesn't mean the Chinese manufacturer entirely gave up on the technology. The primary suspect to pioneer the new reader within Xiaomi's ranks now seems to be the the Mi 7. As per industry chatter, the flagship was delayed, potentially to accommodate the new tech. Some fine investigative work from the guys over at XDA seems to further...

Lenovo announces K5 and K5 Play mid-rangers

Lenovo is on somewhat of streak lately - last week the company announced the S5 in China and now two more follow. The affordable K5 and K5 Play devices just appeared on the company's website. Lenovo K5 The Lenovo K5 comes with a 5.7" LCD panel of HD+ resolution. The chipset is lowly MediaTek MT6750 with a processor that goes up to 1.5 GHz and is coupled with 3 GB RAM. Storage on board is 32 GB, but at least there is a microSD slot. ZUI fans should rejoice, because the Lenovo K5 comes with ZUI 3.1 Lite, based on Android Nougat. There are two cameras on the back - 13 MP...