Honor 50, Honor 50 Pro, and Honor 50 SE leak in full with specs and images

Honor 50, Honor 50 Pro, and Honor 50 SE leak in full with specs and images

Next week, on June 16, Honor will make its 50 series of smartphones official, the first new high-end line it launches after the separation from Huawei. And today we have specs and images of all three rumored members of this family.

The Honor 50 SE will be the entry-level model in the range, with a 6.78-inch FHD+ LCD display, the MediaTek Dimensity 900 chipset at the helm, a triple rear camera setup (100 MP f/1.9 primary, 8 MP f/2.2 ultrawide, 2 MP f/2.4 macro), and a 4,000 mAh battery with 66W fast charging. It weighs 191g and measures 164.73 x 75.63 x 8 mm.

Honor 50 SE

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Razer announces new Opus X wireless noise-canceling headphones for $100

Razer announces new Opus X wireless noise-canceling headphones for $100

Razer today announced the Opus X pair of wireless headphones featuring active noise-cancelation. Priced at $99, the Opus X are $100 cheaper than the previous Razer Opus.

The Opus X feature large 40mm drivers in a circumaural design with large ear pads. You get active noise-cancelation, which uses microphones on the outside of the headphones to detect and cancel out ambient noise. There’s also a Quick Attention Mode that lets outside sound in through the speakers.

The Opus X feature Bluetooth 5.0 connection. Razer claims a latency of 60ms when using Gaming Mode, although…

Our Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 video review is out – our first encounter with HarmonyOS 2.0

Our Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 video review is out – our first encounter with HarmonyOS 2.0

Our written review of the Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 (2021) went live a couple of days ago and in the meantime we finished our video review as well. You might want to watch this one even if you’re not in the marker for a new tablet because this is our first encounter with HarmonyOS 2.0.

Huawei is forging its own path here, though as it turns out that path is paved on top of Android 10. And while EMUI is front and center, some features like the desktop mode have gone missing.

Also, while Huawei provides alternatives to Google apps and services (e.g. Petal Search, Petal Maps, the…

The Android 12 beta is the most downloaded beta in Android history “by far”

The Android 12 beta is the most downloaded beta in Android history “by far”

The Android 12 beta is “by far our most downloaded/installed beta ever”, says Dave Burke, the VP of Engineering for Android. Unfortunately, he doesn’t give any concrete numbers so we can compare with previous betas.

Android 12 first entered the beta testing phase in May and it brought the first major redesign to the interface in a long time. This new iteration is called “Material You”. That surely helped spark interest in the new version.

The Android 12 release timeline

Also, several makers had Beta 1 ready to go sooner than usual, so it wasn’t just Pixel owners downloading it….

Chinese app stores remove virtual keyboard apps

Chinese app stores remove virtual keyboard apps

China has been working on setting limits what kind of user data mobile apps can collect and several apps have already been hit.

According to Reuters, Sogou and Iflytek got their virtual keyboards removed from stores such as Huawei AppGallery and the App Store by Apple.

As of today, the “input method apps”, as they are called, cannot be downloaded. Iflytek Input allowed you to dictate text anywhere on your phone, but its data privacy agreement allowed the owners to collect personal information for “national security and national defense security” without the consent of…

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