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Xiaomi’s upcoming phone could have as much RAM as a gaming PC

Looks like the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra won’t be the only phone with 16GB of RAM in 2020. According to a Weibo post,…

Xiaomi’s future folding phone could feature five pop-up cameras

It’s clear that Xiaomi is an ambitious company, creating concepts with wrap-around screens, and other devices with 108MP cameras. But its latest patent filing…

Xiaomi Mi Note 10 will sport five cameras and a ludicrously large battery

The Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro was yesterday previewed by the Chinese company itself, but today more intricate details leaked courtesy of TENAA. The Chinese…

Xiaomi’s next phone will have five rear cameras, one with a 108MP sensor

Smartphones with enormous camera sensors are set to become the norm going into 2020. A new teaser from Chinese firm Xiaomi this week points…

Nokia crushes the Android updates game as others couldn’t care less

An aspect of smartphones we don’t cover enough of is manufacturer software updates, but it seems that the likes of Nokia, Samsung, Xiaomi and…

Samsung announces ‘industry first’ 108MP smartphone camera sensor

We’re one step closer to getting smartphones with 108 megapixel cameras, after Samsung announced its latest sensor on Monday. The company’s ISOSELL division, alongside…

Apple’s iPhone slides, Samsung leads in global smartphone market share race

Apple’s iPhone is hanging on by its fingernails to its title as the world’s third biggest smartphone maker, as Chinese smartphone makers close in,…

Xiaomi Mi 9, the Snapdragon 855 flagship killer, listed on SA website

Well, well, well. Look what’s now available in South Africa: a new flagship smartphone from Chinese company Xiaomi. The firm’s Mi 9, which debuted…

Xiaomi Mi A3 seems both better and worse than the Mi A2

The Xiaomi Mi A3 was on Wednesday officially announced at an event in Spain, but it’s oddly a downgrade in some aspects compared to…

Xiaomi debuts its underscreen smartphone camera tech on Twitter

Well, this escalated quickly. Literally hours after Chinese smartphone maker Oppo showcased its first underscreen smartphone camera on a prototype device, its Chinese rival…

Huawei’s smartphone market share continues to grow into 2019

According to the latest smartphone shipments report by Gartner, more than 373-million devices were distributed in Q1 2019. That’s a drop of 2.7% compared…

Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 7 Pro debuts in India with more nut-cracking specs

Xiaomi on Thursday unveiled its upper mid-range challenger in the form of the Redmi Note 7 Pro. The phone, which looks awfully similar to…

Gearburn’s MWC 2019 smartphone power rankings

We’re barely into day two of MWC 2019 and already, we’ve seen a slew of new flagship smartphones from almost every big manufacturer. So…

Xiaomi’s Snapdragon 855, triple-camera Mi 9 will cost €449

Update: At the company’s MWC 2019 conference today, Xiaomi finally gave us a European price for the Xiaomi Mi 9. The device, the first…

Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 5G will cost just €599, available in May

Xiaomi kicked off MWC 2019 by talking none other than 5G. But after a long song and dance about IoT and 5G’s performance, the…

The Xiaomi Mi 9 could be 2019’s most beautiful smartphone

The Xiaomi Mi 9 was only supposed to be unveiled next week, incidentally on the same day as Samsung’s Unpacked event. But not to…

Samsung leads the chip-buying war, but China’s firms are quickly gaining

Samsung retained the title of top semiconductor buyer for 2018, according to a report by Gartner. The South Korean tech firm spent $43.4-billion on…

Smartphone shipments tank by 14% in China, Huawei leads

Smartphone shipments in China have slowed for a second consecutive year, research firm Canalys revealed in a report. In total, smartphone shipments in China…

Xiaomi Redmi Note 7: teardrop notch, 48MP rear camera for $150

Just like Honor is a sub-brand to Huawei, Xiaomi’s Redmi is now operated independently. And the new brand’s first big move is the newly…

These smartphone makers are launching 5G phones in 2019

Brace yourselves, 5G is set to become as annoying marketing jargon in 2019 as waterdrop notches, AI, and foldable displays are already. But that…

Huawei’s quickly closing the global phone sales gap to Samsung

Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo — the big three Chinese smartphone makers — just can’t stop selling devices. This according to global sales data from…

Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 features no notch, tiny bezels, and a sliding selfie camera

In a busy week for smartphone lovers, Xiaomi may have just introduced the highlight. The Mi Mix 3 is now official, and is possibly…

Watch JerryRigEverything mildly destroy a shiny new Pocophone F1

I guess someone has to do it, right? The Pocophone F1 is a remarkable device. Beneath its US$300 skin lies the same chipset you…

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