Apple’s new “cheap” phone unlikely to save it
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It is so out of date it is practically steam driven

Fruity cargo-cult Apple’s bid to interest the Chinese with a “cheap” version is getting much mock in Bejing.

UL delists MediaTek-powered phones with suspect benchmarks
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No-one likes a cheater

Benchmarking outfit UL has delisted over 50 smartphone models powered by MediaTek processors from its popular list of the best smartphones after the outfit was caught cheating on benchmarks.

Samsung and Xilinx Team Up for worldwide 5G commercial deployments
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Versal ACAP ideal for 5G

There is no doubt that Samsung is a big player in the 5G arena, both on the client and infrastructure side. Xilinx also managed to score an important 5G design win with its Xilinx Versal ACAP for worldwide 5G commercial deployments.

Honor 30 Pro+ officially launches in China with 90Hz screen
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Periscope 50MP camera not enough for DXOMARK throne

Honor has officially unveiled its new 30 series smartphones, the Honor 30, Honor 30 Pro, and the Honor 30 Pro+, and the flagship comes with 6.57-inch 90Hz OLED panel and Sony's IMX700 50-megapixel main sensor on the rear, but it was not enough to dethrone the Huawei P40 Pro on DXOMARK.

Google is making its own chip for Pixel
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Whitechapel Development nearly done

Google has made significant progress toward developing its own processor to power future versions of its Pixel smartphone as soon as next year — and eventually Chromebooks.