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Credit: Weibo/Honor Honor has revealed a June 16 launch date for the new Honor 50 series. A teaser video gives us a fleeting glimpse of the design. The company will presumably show off a new Honor Magic line as well. Huawei sold off its Honor brand last year as the heat from US sanctions became too much to bear, but it looks like the newly independent brand is back on its feet. The first proper phones as a result of this arrangement will be the Honor 50 series, and we finally have a launch date. Honor confirmed on Weibo that the new series will be launching on June 16, while also posting a video that gives us a tantalizing glimpse at one of the phones. Check it out below. The video gives us a look at part of the camera housing as well as the colorway. The color scheme looks particularly dazzling, consisting of blue with green flecks of some kind. So those looking for a departure from the usual black, gray, and rose gold colorways might want to keep an eye on this o...

Credit: Alienware Alienware has announced its new X-series gaming laptop line. The X15 and X17 sport 11th Gen Intel CPUs and Nvidia’s new RTX GPU lineup. Both machines will be available in June, with prices starting at $1,999. Dell’s Alienware division is freshening up its gaming laptop offerings this month. Just a few weeks after the m15 R6 , the brand is now launching the X15 and X17 gaming laptops packing new cooling tech, slimmer bodies, and more powerful hardware. While Alienware’s previous laptops aren’t known for being slight, the X series seems to be a concerted effort by the brand to change this perception. The X15 is just 16.3mm thick including the lid, with a maximum weight of 2.36 kg. The X17 also measures a little over 20mm thick with a 3.2 kg curb weight. Both figures may still seem hefty, but Alienware’s done a good job keeping weight down considering the hardware on offer. Alienware X15 Credit: Alienware Let’s start with the Alienware X15. The ...

Credit: AMD AMD has announced that Samsung will share more details of its Exynos chip with an AMD GPU later this year. The new flagship SoC will feature ray tracing and variable rate shading capabilities. Back in 2019, Samsung partnered with AMD to bring next-gen GPU architecture to mobile devices. Now, we may finally have a timeframe as to when we’ll see the long-awaited flagship Exynos chipset with an AMD GPU. During her keynote address at the ongoing virtual Computex 2021 conference, AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su teased a few additional details about the upcoming Exynos mobile SoC with AMD graphics. “AMD is partnering with Samsung on its next-generation Exynos SoC, which will feature custom AMD RDNA 2 architecture-based graphics IP that brings ray tracing and variable rate shading capabilities to flagship mobile devices,” AMD noted its Computex press release . Dr. Su also announced that Samsung would share more details about the new 5G chipset “later this year.” Given the s...

Ray tracing and variable rate shading are coming to Samsung phones. What you need to know AMD announced that it will bring its RDNA2 tech to the mobile segment for the first time. The tech will debut later in the year on Samsung's upcoming Exynos platform. AMD says it will deliver ray tracing and variable rate shading on phones. At Computex 2021, AMD CEO Lisa Su announced key details for its RDNA2 architecture. The graphics architecture forms the basis for AMD's RX 6000 GPUs and powers the latest gaming consoles — both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X feature RDNA2 chips — and AMD is now bringing the platform to new form factors. AMD has announced that RDNA2 tech will be integrated into Tesla's Model X and Model S. Tesla's cars have an embedded Ryzen chipset already, and they will be getting a discrete RDNA2 GPU that unlocks AAA gaming — in your car. Su notes that the RDNA2 chip coming to Teslas will deliver up to 10TFLOPs of compute, which is on par wit...

Realme X7 Max 5G launched: Mediatek-powered flagship hits India Credit: Twitter/Realme Realme has announced the X7 Max 5G smartphone for India. The phone is powered by MediaTek’s flagship Dimensity 1200 chipset. Expect to pay a starting price of Rs 26,999 (~$372). Flagships powered by MediaTek have been a rarity, despite the firm taking the chipset crown in 2020. Fortunately, Indian consumers can soon get their hands on one as Realme launches the X7 Max 5G in the market. The new phone is powered by a brand-new Dimensity 1200 chipset, featuring a tri-cluster octa-core CPU (1x Cortex-A78 at 3GHz, 3x Cortex-A78 at 2.6GHz, and four Cortex-A55 at 2GHz). The 6nm processor also packs the same Mali-G77 MP9 GPU as last year’s Dimensity 1000 series, 5G+5G dual-SIM capabilities, a hexa-core APU for machine learning, and software-driven ray tracing support. The Realme X7 Max 5G also serves up a 6.43-inch 120Hz OLED panel, a 4,500mAh battery, and 50W wired charging. Shifting to ...

OnePlus Nord CE specs leak, sales start from June 16 Credit: Steve Hemmerstoffer Some specs of the OnePlus Nord CE have leaked. The phone is tipped to feature the Snapdragon 750G SoC. Open sales for the device start on June 16. The OnePlus Nord CE is launching on June 10 in Europe and India and folks over at Android Central have leaked some of its specs. According to the publication, the Nord CE will run on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G chipset. The SoC also powers devices like the Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G, Galaxy A52 5G , and others. Besides the mid-range 5G silicon, the report alleges that the OnePlus Nord CE would get a triple camera setup comprising a 64MP main camera. Information about the other two sensors isn’t available. The phone is also expected to sport a 16MP selfie shooter. Elsewhere, the OnePlus Nord CE might get a 6.43-inch AMOLED display just like the original Nord . It looks like OnePlus will stick to its promised 90Hz screen refresh rate. There are st...

You told us: Samsung really dropped the ball with its Upcycling program Companies rarely focus on programs and products that won’t guarantee them revenue. It seems that this fact of business is what “ruined” Samsung’s Upcycling program , at least according to DIY repair website iFixit. While the program started with promise and had grand future designs, Samsung ultimately canned an expanded program due to the lack of a clear revenue plan. With iFixit clearly perturbed by Samsung’s change of heart, we wanted to gauge your thoughts about the fiasco. Did Samsung drop the ball with its Upcycling program? Here’s how you polled. Do you think Samsung dropped the ball with its Galaxy Upcycling program?  Results According to a poll on our website, nearly 90% of readers believe Samsung floundered its Upcycling program. Around 10.4% of readers find no fault with the Korean company’s handling of the program. If implemented correctly, the Upcycling program would’ve allowed unlocked bootl...

Google reportedly hid privacy settings on Android, urged OEMs to do the same Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Newly unredacted court documents reveal the steps Google has taken to maintain access to location data. Google purportedly buried privacy settings deeper within Android’s settings menu and pressured OEMs to do the same. Employees also took issue with the inability to use location data in a third-party app without Google gaining this info. Google made a number of privacy-related announcements at Google I/O earlier this month, such as a new privacy dashboard on Android and the quick-fire ability to delete the last 15 minutes of your web browsing activity. But recently unearthed court documents have revealed that Google actually made it tougher for Android users to find popular privacy settings. Unredacted court documents spotted by Insider show that Google tested versions of Android that made privacy settings easier to find. When users started taking a...

PSA: Today is the last day of free unlimited Google Photos storage Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Today is the last day you can enjoy free unlimited Google Photos storage for high-quality images. Starting June 1, your high-quality and express-quality photos will account towards your free 15GB Google account storage. Here’s everything you need to know before the deadline hits. The dreaded day for Google Photos users is here. Today, May 31, is the last day of you enjoying free unlimited high-quality storage in Google Photos. Starting tomorrow, June 1, all your high-quality and express-quality images will count towards your free 15GB Google account storage. Once you reach that 15GB limit, you will have to start deleting some of your photos or other Google Drive content to free up space. Alternatively, you can also purchase a Google One plan to increase your Google account’s storage up to 2TB. If you are a Google Photos user who will be impacted by the new...

Alleged Huawei Watch 3 spy shots give us a brief look at Harmony OS Alleged Huawei Watch 3 spy shots give us a brief look at Harmony OS Credit: Kris Carlon / Android Authority New purported spy images of the Huawei Watch 3 series have leaked. The shots showcase Harmony OS, including the home screen and notification shade. Huawei will launch the Watch 3 series later this week. The Huawei Watch 3 series is to make its grand debut later this week alongside Harmony OS . But just ahead of its launch, a new set of alleged spy images of the watches has surfaced. Spotted by ITHome , the publication notes that “a number of digital bloggers” published apparent snaps of the Huawei Watch 3 and Watch 3 Pro in an offline store. It fails to cite the original “netizen” source, though. Nevertheless, the spy shots do showcase a few interesting features. For one, Huawei will seemingly keep the round face of the previous Watch GT 2 line but use just one knob dial positioned at the top...

OnePlus 9 series updates: OnePlus 9, 9 Pro get camera improvements, more OnePlus 9 series updates: OnePlus 9, 9 Pro get camera improvements, more Welcome to the OnePlus 9 series update hub. Here you’ll find the latest information on updates to the OnePlus 9 , OnePlus 9 Pro , and OnePlus 9R . We’ll detail the current software versions for each device and alert you if there’s a new update rolling out. OnePlus usually pushes out Oxygen OS updates to the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro, with the 9R receiving separate updates. Current stable version: Android 11 When will the OnePlus 9 get Android 12? October 2021 (Estimated) Latest OnePlus 9, 9 Pro, and 9R updates May 31, 2021: A new Oxygen OS update is hitting the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro India now, with Europe and North America following soon. Oxygen OS 11.2.6.6 brings a few camera-related improvements as well as tweaks in general. Check out the changelog below. System Improved charging experience Optimized power consumption ...

Get a good look at the features of the Sony WF-1000XM4 in this leaked video Get a good look at the features of the Sony WF-1000XM4 in this leaked video   A promotional video of the Sony WF-1000XM4 has leaked. It confirms all the specs and features of the true wireless earbuds. The Sony WF-1000XM4 are the most hotly anticipated true wireless earbuds right now. While Sony is yet to announce a launch or release date, multiple leaks have already outed their refreshed, more compact design as well as upgraded specifications . Now, a leaked promotional video spotted on Reddit by SparrowsNews shows the WF-1000XM4 in action, confirming all of its new features. The video starts by teasing the “industry-leading noise cancellation” of the WF-1000XM4. It also shows that the earbuds will feature Sony’s integrated V1 processor, new drivers for a fuller, richer sound, support for LDAC and Hi-Res Audio, and DSEE EXTREME AI technology to reproduce frequency responses of the origina...

Xiaomi introduces new 200W HyperCharge tech: 0% to 100% in just 8 minutes Xiaomi introduces new 200W HyperCharge tech: 0% to 100% in just 8 minutes Credit: Xiaomi Xiaomi has introduced new 200W wired and 120W wireless HyperCharge tech. The new wired charging solution can top up a 4,000mAh battery in eight minutes. The wireless HyperCharge implementation can fully charge a device in 15 minutes. Xiaomi has been at the top of its game as far as developing new charging tech is concerned. The company has once again shared a milestone in the smartphone charging space by introducing the fastest 200W wired and 120W wireless charging. The company calls the new solution HyperCharge, same as what its offshoot Black Shark calls its charging tech. Xiaomi claims its 200W HyperCharge tech can top up a 4,000mAh battery to 100% in just eight minutes. Meanwhile, the new 120W HyperCharge method takes only 15 minutes to fully charge a device. Xiaomi also posted a video of how HyperCha...

Xiaomi has also announced the world's fastest wireless charging tech. What you need to know Xiaomi has announced a new 200W "HyperCharge" fast charging solution for smartphones. The new fast charging tech can fully charge a 4,000mAh battery in under eight minutes. Along with 200W wired charging, Xiaomi has also introduced a new 120W wireless charging tech. Xiaomi today showcased a new 200W "HyperCharge" fast charging tech, which it says can fully charge a phone in eight minutes. It used a modified Mi 11 Pro with a 4,000mAh battery to demonstrate the tech. Xiaomi was also the first smartphone maker to introduce a 100W fast charging solution. The company demonstrated the 100W "Super Charge Turbo" tech in March 2019, although the tech was commercialized only in August last year. As can be seen in the video above, Xiaomi's new HyperCharge tech takes just three minutes to charge the modified Mi 11 Pro from empty to 50%. In addition to ...

Credit: Twitter/Realme Realme has announced the X7 Max 5G smartphone for India. The phone is powered by MediaTek’s flagship Dimensity 1200 chipset. Expect to pay a starting price of Rs 26,999 (~$372). Flagships powered by MediaTek have been a rarity, despite the firm taking the chipset crown in 2020. Fortunately, Indian consumers can soon get their hands on one as Realme launches the X7 Max 5G in the market. The new phone is powered by a brand-new Dimensity 1200 chipset, featuring a tri-cluster octa-core CPU (1x Cortex-A78 at 3GHz, 3x Cortex-A78 at 2.6GHz, and four Cortex-A55 at 2GHz). The 6nm processor also packs the same Mali-G77 MP9 GPU as last year’s Dimensity 1000 series, 5G+5G dual-SIM capabilities, a hexa-core APU for machine learning, and software-driven ray tracing support. The Realme X7 Max 5G also serves up a 6.43-inch 120Hz OLED panel, a 4,500mAh battery, and 50W wired charging. Shifting to photography, the handset packs a triple rear camera, featuring a ...

Credit: Steve Hemmerstoffer Some specs of the OnePlus Nord CE have leaked. The phone is tipped to feature the Snapdragon 750G SoC. Open sales for the device start on June 16. The OnePlus Nord CE is launching on June 10 in Europe and India and folks over at Android Central have leaked some of its specs. According to the publication, the Nord CE will run on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G chipset. The SoC also powers devices like the Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G, Galaxy A52 5G , and others. Besides the mid-range 5G silicon, the report alleges that the OnePlus Nord CE would get a triple camera setup comprising a 64MP main camera. Information about the other two sensors isn’t available. The phone is also expected to sport a 16MP selfie shooter. Elsewhere, the OnePlus Nord CE might get a 6.43-inch AMOLED display just like the original Nord . It looks like OnePlus will stick to its promised 90Hz screen refresh rate. There are still many specs missing from the leak. We previously go...