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Huawei video teases new fast charge tech – 48% in 5 minutes… but there’s a catch
Huawei’s Watt Lab is talking up a next-generation quick charging technology, which could fill a phone’s battery to 48% in just 5 minutes. The setup shown in the video is a bit unconventional, however. The good stuff starts around the 50 second mark. You can see that the battery has many more connectors than a…
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BlackBerry Keyone Bronze Edition arrives in China
BlackBerry had an event at CES 2018 where the company introduced a Bronze edition of the Keyone. When we had a hands-on with the device, we were told the phone would arrive in the EU, Middle East, and Asia. Today Blackberry announced the start of pre-orders for the new color option on its Weibo page,…
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Deal: Samsung Galaxy Note8 (Exynos, dual-SIM) on eBay for $725
Another day, another Samsung Galaxy Note8 deal. This one is from eBay (US-based seller) and asks $725 for the stylus-packing flagship. It’s the dual-SIM Exynos version of the phone, which should work in most places in the US. Note that AT&T’s Band 30 and T-Mobile’s Band 71 are not supported (those have already rolled out…
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Exynos 7872 unveiled: hexa-core CPU with A73 cores, plus an iris scanner
Samsung officially unveiled the Exynos 7872 chipset, which we already saw on the Meizu M6s. The new chip is part of the mid-range Exynos 5 series, but packs some more upscale features. It is built on a 14nm process and features a hexa-core CPU with two clusters: 2x Cortex-A73 (2.0GHz) + 4x Cortex-A53 (1.6Ghz). The…
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Apple HomePod may launch soon as supplier reportedly ships first batch
Apple missed the holiday rush as it delayed the HomePod to early 2018 while Amazon and Google cashed in. Cupertino still hasn’t nailed down the exact launch date, but info from one of the suppliers suggests that it’s coming soon. Inventec has started shipping an initial batch of 1 million units, says an anonymous insider…
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