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Mere hours before the official Mi 8 and Mi 8 SE launch, Xiaomi’s CEO, Lei Jun, shared three sample photos showcasing the daylight and low-light performance of the cameras on the Mi 8. Of course, these photos have gone through some kind of compression since they are shared on Weibo. Xiaomi Mi 8 sample photos…

It’s a story as old as Android Oreo – the update is announced, it starts rolling out and then someone hits pause. It has happened to several phones now, including LG V30 phones on T-Mobile US. But it is all okay now, V30 and V30+ phones can once again update to Android v8.0. Before you…

The invite for the Honor Play unveiling promised a “groundbreaking experience”, but didn’t elaborate. And there were vague mentions of “4D gaming”, but again with no further details. Newly surfaced images suggest that at least part of the innovation behind all these promises may be a custom OS by Huawei. Dubbed Kirin OS, it will…

The Xiaomi Mi 6X-9140.php), the MIUI-running version of the Mi A2 for China, was unveiled in late April at a starting price of CNY 1,600. That was for the version with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB storage, but Xiaomi has quietly launched a more affordable version. The new model goes on sale June…

The vivo NEX will have a Snapdragon 710 chipset and it will come with 4GB of RAM – so says a Geekbench scorecard that also reveals that the NEX will run Android 8.1. Previously we heard reports that the vivo NEX will have a top of the line Snapdragon 845, so the model benchmarked might…