XIAOMI REDMI K30I 5G IS IDENTICAL VS REDMI K30 5G BUT WITH A DOWNGRADED CAMERA BUT NO REAL SAVING ON PRICE
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XIAOMI REDMI K30I 5G IS IDENTICAL VS REDMI K30 5G BUT WITH A DOWNGRADED CAMERA BUT NO REAL SAVING ON PRICE

Redmi has officially launched the Redmi K30i 5G in China without much fanfare. This is likely because there is not much to say or get excited about. The phone is essentially identical to the Redmi K30 5G which was announced in December 2019 with one minor spec change. The main camera has been swapped from…

Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 1020 still on schedule with TSMC
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Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 1020 still on schedule with TSMC

Huawei’s woes seem to be never-ending at the moment, and this probably won’t ease up while President Trump remains in power. It was recently confirmed that the current trade ban against Huawei would be extended for at least one more year. However, things have escalated a bit further than that with the US blocking Huawei’s ability…

MIUI 12 Announced with New App Drawer – What phones will get it and when? Mi 9, Mi 9T/Redmi K20 first then Mi 10, POCO F1 & F2 plus others to follow
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MIUI 12 Announced with New App Drawer – What phones will get it and when? Mi 9, Mi 9T/Redmi K20 first then Mi 10, POCO F1 & F2 plus others to follow

Yesterday Xiaomi officially announced MIUI 12 with a wide range of updates including some privacy focussed improvements. With Android 10 being the current version of Android this update will be based on this, but I would assume it will later be integrated with Android 11. App Drawers Many of the Chinese based manufacturers have a…

Huawei P40 Lite is one of the most affordable 5G phones to launch in the UK at just £379.99 (but still no Google)
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Huawei P40 Lite is one of the most affordable 5G phones to launch in the UK at just £379.99 (but still no Google)

This year we have seen many flagship phones increase in price considerably with the cost associated with the 5G modems. While it looks like mid-range 5G chips are going to be in high demand compared to their flagship counterparts, we are yet to see a phone launch in the UK using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G,…

Redmi 10X with Mediatek Dimensity 820 chip scores over 415,000 on AnTuTu – 43% higher vs Helio G90T
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Redmi 10X with Mediatek Dimensity 820 chip scores over 415,000 on AnTuTu – 43% higher vs Helio G90T

Earlier today Mediatek announced their new Dimensity 820, unlike their recent list of disappointing releases this new chipset is a massive boost over the Dimensity 800 with a 30% increase in the CPU frequencies and a 25% increase in the GPU core count. We already knew that Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi were going to be the…

MediaTek Dimensity 820 goes official with a significant boost to CPU frequencies vs Dimensity 800
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MediaTek Dimensity 820 goes official with a significant boost to CPU frequencies vs Dimensity 800

As expected, today MediaTek announced the Dimensity 820. The previous leaks have been confirmed; this new chipset offers a significant CPU boost taking the four Arm Coretex A76 cores up to 2.6Ghz. This represents a 30% boost in frequencies which eclipses the improvements Qualcomm made to their SD765G when they revamped it as the SD768G….

Buy Honor 9X Pro for £200 via new Honor online store. New Honor Magic Earbuds for £89.99 & deals on MagicBook 14 + others.
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Buy Honor 9X Pro for £200 via new Honor online store. New Honor Magic Earbuds for £89.99 & deals on MagicBook 14 + others.

Today Honor has launched their new and upgraded website hihonor.com which will offer all the latest Honor tech at the best possible prices. The new shopping experience is launching with a limited time sale for members (from 21st-28th May) featuring an array of its newest and best-selling products such as the MagicWatch and MagicBook, led…

List of Phones with MediaTek Dimensity 800 plus 820
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List of Phones with MediaTek Dimensity 800 plus 820

The MediaTek Dimensity chipsets are the most promising range from the SoC maker, but to date, not many phones have launched with them. So far not a single Dimensity 1000 phone has been announced, even though the chipset itself was announced towards the end of last year. This sort of changed with the announcement of…

MediaTek Dimensity 820 vs Dimensity 800 vs Snapdragon 768G –MediaTek bump their specs to compete with Qualcomm for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 or Redmi K30i
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MediaTek Dimensity 820 vs Dimensity 800 vs Snapdragon 768G –MediaTek bump their specs to compete with Qualcomm for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 or Redmi K30i

[Update] This is now official and better than expected with a GPU boost too I have given MediaTek a lot of grief for their relentless and pointless chipset launches the past few months. The MediaTek Dimensity 820 is set to launch on the 18th of May just two weeks after the announcement of the Dimensity…

Google Pixel 4a vs 3a Benchmarks, Specification and Price
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Google Pixel 4a vs 3a Benchmarks, Specification and Price

Google has to be the worst company for phone leaks, with their phones you don’t just get claimed specs, renders and questionable product shots, but you get full hands-on videos and benchmarks. The Google Pixel 4a is the latest phone to be fully tested in a comprehensive video showing how it performs in games as…

TCL 10 Pro Review – Could have been great but let down by poor chipset choice
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TCL 10 Pro Review – Could have been great but let down by poor chipset choice

The TCL 10 series is the follow up to the TCL Plex launched at IFA last year, with the new phones being more of an iteration of the Plex rather than brand-new phones. The TCL 10 Pro and the affordable TCL 10L will be launched UK Week 23 (week commencing 1st of June) with Ireland…

Huawei banned from using Google & other US tech until at least May 2021
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Huawei banned from using Google & other US tech until at least May 2021

Huawei has faced ongoing issues with the US for over a year now. The launch of the Honor 20 series in April 2019 was marred by the initial announcement of the ban which caused a delay in the release of the Honor 20 Pro. Many of us believed it was just President Trump flexing and…