Get a free battery replacement for your OnePlus 3, 5, 5T, 6, or 6T in India

Get a free battery replacement for your OnePlus 3, 5, 5T, 6, or 6T in India According to a Reddit thread, OnePlus India is now offering free battery replacements for the OnePlus 3, OnePlus 5, OnePlus 5T, OnePlus 6, and OnePlus 6T. All you have to pay is the labor cost for the replacement, which for one user’s OnePlus 5T amounted to just INR 473 (that’s about $6 or €5).

This applies when you walk into an official OnePlus store, and not for courier pickup which may incur extra charges. The reason for the move is apparently the fact that the company has been stuck with a lot of unused spare batteries for the aforementioned phones, and since they’re rather old right…

Samsung ranks third in global smartwatch market for Q2 2021, India is fastest-growing smartwatch market

Samsung ranks third in global smartwatch market for Q2 2021, India is fastest-growing smartwatch market The latest report from Counterpoint Research reveals the state of the wearables market, particularly among smartwatches. The overall smartwatch is seeing significant growth, with 27% more shipments in Q2 of 2021 compared to the same quarter in 2020. This is attributed to an increase in demand for smartwatches cheaper than $100. This category of smartwatches grew in shipments by 547% YoY for Q2 2021.

Samsung ranked third this quarter, seeing a 43% increase in shipments, surpassing the average growth rate. Samsung was able to improve sales both the Galaxy Watch3 and Galaxy Watch Active2…

Oppo confirms Color OS 12 release date via smart assistant

Oppo confirms Color OS 12 release date via smart assistant Color OS is Oppo’s heavily customized skin layer over Android. The OS is skinned on Oppo smartphones all over the world, and OnePlus devices have already dropped Hydrogen OS in favor of Color OS, though only in China.

Version 12 of Color OS (based on Android 12) has been in the beta phase for the past few months, but the OS will be receiving its final public release on September 13, this is indirectly confirmed through Oppo’s smart assistant Breeno and the screenshot was posted to Weibo.

Via Weibo

The assistant even mentioned that Color OS 12 will be dropping at 3PM (local China…

Google Pixel 5a 5G disassembly confirms it’s not the most easily repairable phone

Google Pixel 5a 5G disassembly confirms it’s not the most easily repairable phone Have you wondered what the inside of the brand new Pixel 5a 5G looks like? Well, PBKreviews has you covered with his latest disassembly video taking us through a detailed examination of what exactly goes into the latest affordable Pixel phone.

Once the screen is pried off we can observe a large black graphene film covering the 4,680 mAh battery as well as several covers over the mainboard and the rest of the internals. The screen also has a plastic frame surrounding by a water-repellent adhesive seal. Digging deeper we find the mainboard, cameras and battery, which requires some…

vivo X70 Pro+ renders show a redesigned quad camera, hint at a rear display

vivo X70 Pro+ renders show a redesigned quad camera, hint at a rear display The set is complete – after the vanilla X70 and X70 Pro renders comes an unofficial look at the vivo X70 Pro+ design. The phone shares a design language with its siblings, though there are a few curious differences. Let’s start with the tangible data.

This will be the biggest phone of the three, measuring 164.8 x 75.5 x 9.0 mm, though the camera bump brings the thickness up to 11.3 mm.

vivo X70 Pro+ renders

The Pro+ will have a larger 6.7” display, up from 6.56” and 6.50” on its siblings. It will be curved with a centered punch hole. This model, V2145A, also appeared on the…

Reuters: the Pixel 6 duo will come with a Samsung mmWave 5G modem

Reuters: the Pixel 6 duo will come with a Samsung mmWave 5G modem While Exynos modems are in wide use around the world thanks to Galaxy phones of all shapes and sizes, they have been absent from the US for half a decade. This may change with the upcoming Pixel 6 series.

Google is reluctant to confirm it, but the custom Tensor chipset is reportedly based on an Exynos design. Now Reuters reports that Samsung will also be providing the 5G modem as well, citing two sources.

The interesting part is that the modem will support mmWave 5G, which is trickier to get working – so far Qualcomm was seen as having the lead in this area. There are currently only…

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