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Oppo Reno6 smartphones appear on company website and online retailers

Yesterday, Oppo announced that it will officially launch the Reno6 series on May 27. Now, the company has shared a teaser for the Reno6 Pro with a summer-inspired color scheme. In addition, the smartphone and its Reno6 Pro+ sibling have been listed on JD.com, one of China’s largest retailers, ahead of the phone’s announcement. The listing shows the phone from all angles in product renders.

The device in the video above allegedly shows the Oppo Reno6 Pro which has curved sides. It has a shimmery finish on the back that’s meant to mimic the sparkling waves of the sea at midday, just in…

Samsung Galaxy F52 5G announced with Snapdragon 750G and 120Hz screen

Samsung introduced the Galaxy F62 in February, and now it has expanded its portfolio of the Galaxy F series with the Galaxy F52 5G.

The Samsung Galaxy F52 5G is built around a 6.6″ FullHD+ TFT screen with a 120Hz refresh rate and a punch hole in the top-right corner for the 16MP selfie shooter. Around the back, we get a 64MP primary camera joined by 8MP ultrawide, 2MP depth, and 2MP macro units.

Under the hood, the Galaxy F52 5G has a Snapdragon 750G SoC with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. It also has a microSD card slot for storage expansion by up to 1TB.

On the software side, we…

Realme smartphone codenamed “Quicksilver” is coming soon with Snapdragon 778G 5G SoC

Realme has announced that it will soon launch a smartphone powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 778G 5G SoC introduced yesterday.

Realme doesn’t tell us anything about this Snapdragon 778G 5G-powered smartphone, but it did reveal that the phone is codenamed “Quicksilver” and will come with a GT Mode and new cooling system to offer a “leap-forward performance” to its users.

The Snapdragon 778G 5G is built on TSMC’s 6nm node and comprises eight cores – 1x Kryo 670 (A78) clocked at 2.4GHz, 3x Kryo 670 (A78) cores clocked at 2.2GHz, and 4x Kryo 670 (A55) cores that max out at 1.9GHz.

The…

Model numbers for future Google Pixels revealed by Android 12 Beta including a foldable Pixel

Following Google’s I/O Keynote on Tuesday, Google released the first Public Beta build for Android 12 and within it, 9to5Google found “numerous” mentions of four unreleased Pixel devices. Even these models’ codenames were also revealed within the code.

The following model numbers are specific to “Japanese variants of the Pixel 6 and other phones.”

G4S1M (Pixel 5a 5G) “Barbet”
GR1YH (Pixel 6 family) “Oriole”
GF5KQ (Pixel 6 family) “Raven”
GPQ72 (Pixel foldable) “Passport”

It’s interesting to note that Google has been using fish species as codenames for all its Pixel devices and…

Samsung’s new Wear OS watch rumored to bring 5nm chipset and thinner bezel

On Tuesday, Google made several announcements about updated to various Android products and Google apps and services. Among the announcements was Google’s partnership with Samsung in developing a new Wear OS for future smartwatches.

Neither company shared any specifics about incoming smartwatches, but tipsters @IceUniverse and @RQuandt both shed some light on the Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Watch that’s expected to arrive with the new operating system.

1 model Aluminum, 1 model stainless steel.— Roland Quandt (@rquandt) May 19, 2021

Starting with the chipset, this is expected to be a…

Xiaomi Mi 11 gets MIUI 12.5 update in Europe

Back in February at the global unveiling of MIUI 12.5, Xiaomi promised that global versions of its phones would start receiving this update in April or May. Among the devices in the first batch was the Mi 11, and today the company has kept its promise.

Following a rollout in China last month, MIUI 12.5 is now available for Mi 11 units in Europe. The new build that’s arriving over-the-air is labeled 12.5.1.0.RKBEUXM. The “EU” in the middle there tells you where it’s headed.

Xiaomi Mi 11 MIUI 12.5 update in Europe

According to the changelog you can see in the screenshots above,…

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