Category: Cell Phone

Motorola has now made the Razr 2020 5G official via its various online channels. Its leaks are spot-on, as it happens, down to the 2800mAh battery – which the OEM describes as “all-day” (somehow). It will be made available in “fall 2020”, for US$1399. Interested consumers can register for pre-order updates on motorola-mall.com.

Original Article: Motorola is slated to launch a foldable Razr phone at 23:00 CET today (September 9, 2020). However, it is not a true second-gen product, but rather a refresh of the original 2020 device with the Snapdragon 765G and a potentially enhanced design. This is in accordance with its leaks thus far, at least.

The latest of these corroborates this detail, and purports to fill the rest of them in as well. WinFuture now asserts that it will be an 8GB RAM device with 256GB of non-expandable storage. As with its quasi-predecessor, it has a single camera that can be used for selfies in closed mode or main-sensor functions in its unfolded mode. However, it is to be 48MP this time.

The Motorola Razr 2020 5G is also now said to have a 6.2-inch 2142 x 876 POLED inner screen with a 21:9 aspect-ratio. Its external “Quick View” screen may be a 2.6-inch “gOLED” 600 x 800 panel. It will come with Motorola’s expanded software feature set for this aspect of the Razr 2020, as it will have its specialized build of Android 10 out of the box.

Roland Quandt also claims that the Motorola Razr 2020 5G will be IPX8-rated, and have a 2800mAh battery (this may be relatively meagre for its new connectivity). Its USB type C charging is also set at a relatively low 15 watt charging rate.

Thus far, Motorola has handed units of this phone to vloggers such as Unbox Therapy and MKBHD, who appear to confirm most of these specs, and also reveal the refreshed foldable’s colorways: Blush Gold, Polished Graphite or Liquid Mercury. The device’s fingerprint sensor has also migrated from its front chin into a logo on the lower half of the rear of the phone.

As to its price, well, it is yet again a good thing it is has a flexible display, or current projections of €1499 (or US$1399) for its decidedly mid-range properties would be completely unbelievable. Full reviews may help determine whether they can be rationalized this time or not.

Android 11 may have just come out of beta, but Xiaomi operates on a different wavelength. The company does not tie its in-house MIUI OS to versions of Android, allowing it to release multiple distributions and support older handsets for longer than some of its competitors. Theoretically, that is the case anyway, as the opposite has been the case with some handsets like the Mi Mix 3 5G.

Nonetheless, Xiaomi has now proclaimed on Weibo that it has pushed MIUI 12 to all devices on Round 2 of its release schedule. This may well apply to only devices on the Chinese branch of MIUI, but Xiaomi has more or less kept pace with delivering MIUI 12 to other branches, too.

The culmination of the second round should mean that the third round is on the verge of starting. The third round includes devices like Redmi Note 5 and Mi 8 SE, as we reported last month. Xiaomi has a fourth round of the MIUI 12 release schedule too, which only features Redmi handsets.

IFA 2020 proved a bust for HMD Global, seeing as it did not launch any Nokia smartphones, as was rumoured to be the case. The company has plenty of devices to announce though, as evidenced by past leaks.

Two of these are the Nokia 2.4 and Nokia 3.4, which are both entry-level devices for HMD Global. Evan Blass has revealed renders of both handsets, and they look rather different. On the one hand, both have rear-mounted fingerprint scanners and the same hardware button arrangement. However, the Nokia 3.4 has three rear-facing cameras to the two on the Nokia 2.4. Unsurprisingly, the Nokia 3.4 looks the more premium of the two handsets. Actually, the Nokia 2.4 resembles the Nokia 3.2 more than the Nokia 3.4 does. 

In terms of hardware, the Nokia 2.4 is rumoured to have a 4,800 mAh battery and will launch as single-SIM and dual-SIM models. Additionally, HMD Global is expected to equip the Nokia 2.4 with a MediaTek Helio P22 SoC, up to 3 GB of RAM and a 6.2-inch 720p display.

The Nokia 3.4 will also have a 6.52-inch and 720p display, along with 3 GB of RAM. However, Nokiapoweruser (NPU) claims that the device will have a Snapdragon 460 chipset and a 4,000 mAh battery. NPU believes that the Nokia 3.4 will arrive in three colours, too.

Google has released Android 11 for most of the Pixel series today (September 8, 2020). Shortly after that event, OnePlus stated that it was ready to start pushing the same new OS version to its current premium smartphones, the 8 and 8 Pro.

Therefore, users with these devices can download the first OxygenOS Open Beta based on Android 11. Some of them may be very familiar with such a ROM already, however, as the OEM has also had access to its Developer Previews. It has released several versions of these for the same flagships.

OxygenOS Open Betas, on the other hand, are often virtually stable builds that are open to the general 8-series-owning public. Those who move to this OTA channel will encounter a version of Android with a new 11-style UI.

It also has a new Story mode in its native Gallery app, and an updated Zen Mode with new themes and functions. Then again, there is no Always-on Display as yet. Users wishing to upgrade to this latest version of Android can do so by following the instructions on the official OnePlus community website.