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HANDSETS Oppo Find X specifications have leaked. The one true Oppo flagship may finally be coming. Oppo is set to launch a new flagship phone, dubbed Find X, in the coming days and has already posted a teaser on its official  Weibo  account. A new source from China has revealed some of its specifications, Oppo’s previous Find 7 had top-notch hardware and easily outperformed its rivals. We expect something similar from the Find X, the company might be going all-out on this one. A Snapdragon 845, 6 to 8 GB RAM, and some sort of multi-camera arrangement are highly likely. The tipster says that the Find X will come with a 6.42-inch display – that’s 0.12-inch larger than Samsung Galaxy Note 8’s panel – with at least 2K resolution. Leaked Images Moreover, it will have up to 256 GB of internal storage but we expect that it will come in other storage options as well. Also, Oppo has launched several midrange devices recently with notched display...

HANDSETS Oppo’s true flagship may be on its way with top of the line hardware and features. Oppo’s flagship department has been silent lately. Most devices launched by the company in recent times were mid-rangers or “selfie-experts” that primarily focused on front cameras and moderate hardware. That might change in the coming days, a leak suggests that Oppo is finally manufacturing its 2018 flagship, called the Find X, as part of its Find lineup. Oppo’s previous flagship, Find 7, was launched back in 2014 and it will be succeeded by the upcoming Find X. The name has already been copyrighted, and the company teased the new moniker in a poster, shown below. This an official promotional teaser, Oppo posted this on its social media account on the Chinese social network,  Weibo. Specifications? For now, there’s not much we can say about the Find X’s specifications. Market trends and speculations suggest that a notched iPhone X-like aesthetic is...

HANDSETS LG V35 ThinQ Reiterates on the V30S with a better SoC and other improvements. Barely a month after announcing its flagship G7 ThinQ, LG is back with another high-end phone, this time with comparatively fewer changes. The new V35 ThinQ takes the same basic formula as the largely neglected V30S ThinQ, and gives it a boost when it comes to its internals. The rest of the package is otherwise similar. Design and Display The design of the phone is still pretty much the same as G7 ThinQ, being built of metal, however, the lack of a notch is V35’s defining factor. The bezels are still quite slim, with the phone being IP68 and MIL-STD 810G-compliant, with the phone available in black and grey. ALSO READ Xiaomi Leads the Charge as Smartphone Market Recovers The OLED display measures 6” with a FullVision panel, coming with HDR10 support and QHD+ resolution. The audio is similarly enhanced through bundled B&O headsets, Quad DAC audio, and DTS:...

HANDSETS Smartphone sales finally increased Year on Year after slowing down in 2017. The smartphone industry’s growth has been stagnating for some time now, though, at least for now the concerns can be averted. The last quarter saw the industry register a growth of 1.3% over the same time last year. In hard figures, the quarter saw 383.5 million smartphones shipped, which was an improvement over 378.5 million phones in Q1 2017. As usual, the trifecta of Samsung, Apple and Huawei stayed true to fashion by garnering the highest share of sales. Xiaomi Unveils a Cheaper Mi 6X for its 8th Anniversary Breakdown Samsung earned 20.5% of the market thanks to sales of 78.56 million, which was a slight decline from 78.78 million, as it continued to face stiff competition from Chinese rivals at low and mid-end, though, its high-end phones meant it still increased its average selling price. Apple registered a sizable growth, from 52 million to 54 million units, wh...

HANDSETS Xiaomi lowered the price of Mi 6X’s 32 GB even further, to celebrate its 8th Anniversary. Xiaomi’s Mi 8 SE is a Mini Flagship with Hardware Level AI Mi 6X  – the MIUI/China-only version of the Mi A2 – is getting a more affordable version. The original Mi 6X was launched last month with 64 GB storage and 4 GB RAM at a cost of CNY 1600 (Rs. 29,000). Xiaomi has now unveiled a new model, the 32 GB version, that initially cost CNY 1500. But as part of the company’s 8th Anniversary celebrations, Xiaomi has lowered the price even further, which means that the 4/32 GB version of the Mi 6X will be available for purchase at CNY 1400 (~Rs. 23,000). Here is an official promotional poster, Best Price For a Mid-ranger? The best part? Rest of the hardware stays the same so you can expect great performance and camera features in a relatively cheaper mid-ranger. The Mi 6X falls in the upper mid-range category, it runs the Snapdragon 660, has impres...

HANDSETS Xiaomi has launched a new mid-ranger, called the Mi 8 SE, which will be the first smartphone to run the Qualcomm Snapdragon 710. Xiaomi has unveiled the  Mi 8 SE  alongside the Mi 8 at its Shenzen event. Its a “Lite” version of the Mi 8 with a slightly smaller display and less-powerful hardware in comparison. Interestingly, it also has an AMOLED display and some neat AI features. It will be the first smartphone to run Qualcomm’s recent Snapdragon 710 processor so we can expect it to be the most powerful mid-ranger yet. Let’s take a look, Design & Display Its design, dimensions, and outer material finish take cues is like a mish-mash of iPhone X (notch) and Mi Mix (square build), you get a similar cutout on the display and almost the same footprint. It has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, there’s no in-display scanner like its siblings, and the dual-cams sit in a vertical array on the rear. The display is an impressive 5.88-inc...

HANDSETS The Mi 8 is here and it packs quite a punch. It’s finally here – Xiaomi has taken the wraps off of its latest flagship, Mi 8, at the Shenzen event in China. It has the top-notch hardware, this time along with a notched display, and infrared sensors and 3D facial recognition (explorer edition only) that works even in the dark. Moreover, it gets this year’s latest AI flavors and will be the first to run the AI-powered MIUI, along with a host of photography features that automatically detect a scene and change the camera settings accordingly. But that’s not even the main highlight, the Mi 8 Explorer Edition has an in-display fingerprint sensor and is among the first few smartphones that come with this feature. Without further ado, let’s check out the details and see whether Mi 8 has the potential to outshine its rivals. Design & Display It’s hard to not notice that Mi 8’s design is heavily inspired from Apple’s recent flagship, you get a sim...

HANDSETS Xiaomi Mi 8 SE will be the first smartphone to come with a Snapdragon 710. Xiaomi is set to launch its latest flagship phone tomorrow and for the first time, the company is splitting it into two variants, namely Mi 8 and Mi 8 SE. Mi 8 SE is not a special version, it’s actually the “lite” version of the Mi 8 with slightly lower-end hardware. Reportedly, it will run Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 71o SoC that supports hardware-level machine learning and high tier performance. If you are someone who wants the complete flagship package, the Mi 8 has the latest Snapdragon 845 to compete with the likes of Galaxy S9+ and the flagships to come. The company hasn’t officially confirmed it yet, the news related to Mi 8 SE getting a Snapdragon 710 comes from a leaked image that surfaced on  Weibo. Nokia 5.1 Brings Modern Improvements & New Features World’s First Snapdragon 710-Smartphone If it does indeed come with this SoC, Mi 8 SE will be the ...

HANDSETS The new Nokia 5.1 now has an 18:9 display and a fingerprint scanner. In Nokia’s new lineup of Android phones (2.1 and 3.1), the most high-end phone (compared to the other two) is the new Nokia 5.1, which sits squarely at the middle of the entire Nokia portfolio. Design and Display While its low-end brethren make do with plastic (with metal accents), the Nokia 5.1 comes built with a single block of anodized aluminum, which will be available in Black, Blue, and Copper. ALSO READ All Three Variants of Redmi 6A Leak Prior to the Official Launch The display is also a large 5.5” panel with 18:9 aspect ratio, this time with FHD+ resolution, resulting in 443 PPI. This time it has a fingerprint sensor as well. Internals and Storage Under the hood, you get an octa-core MediaTek Helio P18 processor, which should be good enough for light usage. There are RAM options of 2 and 3 GB, as well as storage options of 16 and 32 GB. The OS running her...