Xiaomi introduced the Redmi K20 Pro earlier this year, and was initially released in Red and Blue colors. The Redmi K20 Pro Marvel Hero Limited Edition is now official in China, for all the Avengers fans out there.Here are some live hands-on images that show off the phone's unique design.

While the company is yet to announce the memory, storage and price of the phone, as of now, the speculations are that Xiaomi might first unveil it in India on July 17. However, a few hands-on images of the handset have leaked on the internet. The images were shared by a user on Weibo, and Xiaomishka on Twitter. 

Xiaomi is all set to launch the Redmi K20 series in India on July 17. The company has confirmed the launch event, first launched in China in May. The limited edition model shuns the gradient design for a back that is styled after Iron Man's suit, and additionally you get exclusive Avengers backgrounds to go with the design. A 3D design on the back panel and has a honeycomb-like design on the lower part, a red-coloured power button used in the camera module. The colour of the back panel is mettalic grey, the packaging itself is pretty interesting, and comes with the usual accoutrements that you'd expect from a limited edition phone. The phone box will have a blue-coloured back panel with the Avengers logo.

Both the Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro smartphones come with a full-screen design. It comes equipped with a Full HD+ 6.39-inch Super AMOLED display that sports a 1080 x 2340 pixel resolution and has Gorilla Glass 6 protection with a pop-up selfie camera, which delivers a 91.6 percent screen-to-body-ratio and a 19.5:9 aspect ratio.

The standard version is powered by a Snapdragon 730 SoC, which is accompanied by up to 6GB RAM and 128GB storage.The Redmi K20 Pro is powered by the Snapdragon 855 with up to 8GB RAM and up to 256GB storage.

Both Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro feature a vertically stacked triple rear camera setup with a 48-MP Sony IMX586 primary camera paired with a 13MP secondary sensor with a wide-angle lens that offers a field-of-view of 124.89 degrees. An 8-megapixel telephoto lens. The smartphone captures slow-motion videos up to 960fps. And for selfies, there is a 20-MP pop-up selfie camera. It is backed by a 4000mAh battery.

It also support features like Game Turbo 2.0, DC Dimming. Both phones feature an in-display fingerprint sensor, a 3.5mm headphone jack, USB-Type C with fast charging.

Last month we reported that ASUS released some information about their ROG Phone 2 which was confirmed to be equipped with 120Hz display. Now the company has started to send media invites for the launch of ROG Phone 2, the successor to the gaming-centric ROG Phone. The Taiwanese company ASUS announced, ROG 2 gaming phone is set to launch at an event in China on 23 July. 

Asus has also partnered with Tencent to create a device that bring custom gaming experience to the ROG Phone 2, and optimised to run Tencent's titles, like PUBG Mobile and a number of games in the pipeline. The company also has a stake in a number of large studios in the west, such as Epic Games and Riot Games.

With two weeks to go until its launch, most of us are already eager to know what the ROG Phone 2 has in store. ROG Phone 2, will be equipped with 120Hz display. However, unlike the competitor Razer, which uses the IPS panel, ASUS will equip its gaming smartphone of the second generation OLED display, and would be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor with some kind of cooling feature.

One of the things that make WhatsApp stand out from all the other chatting apps user privacy. Developers of WhatsApp want to make sure that no third-party entity is able to intercept those conversations or the media files that are being shared via WhatsApp. This is why the WhatsApp is updated with software tweaks, bug fixes and security improvements every day.

WhatsApp keeps on getting new features that make it more useful and relevant. Last week, the company reportedly started testing a feature that allows its users to share their status on Facebook, Instagram stories, Gmail and Google Photos directly from the app itself. Now, as per a tweet from WABetainfo, WhatsApp may be gearing up to add a “QR Code” shortcut that will allow users to quickly add contact information by scanning a QR Code.

Other apps like LinkedIn and Instagram also provide similar features. WABetaInfo shared the report about this on its official Twitter handle and shared a screenshot of the feature as well, the QR code shortcut has been added to WhatsApp beta Android version 2.19.189. The tweet reads, “In the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.19.189 update, WhatsApp is working on a QR Code shortcut (it's not visible yet).”

In the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.19.189 update, WhatsApp is working on a QR Code shortcut (it's not visible yet).
The feature will be (obviously, you know 😅) enabled in future. pic.twitter.com/pcBmc3TVuU

— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) July 1, 2019

The next innovation in mobile is peeking its head for all to see today after Oppo and Xiaomi, have just shown off working versions of under-screen cameras. Both companies have shown videos featuring unidentified smartphones, with selfie cameras that are hidden away underneath the screen.

Following the rise of divisive notch and hole-punch cutouts, several smartphone companies have been looking at ways of removing anything intrusive from handset screens. The industry has since given us smartphone cameras that pop out, flip up and slide out, while the hole-punch condenses the notch further still, but the next stage is going under the screen for full invisibility.

Oppo VP Brian Shen shared a short video clip in a tweet of what appears to be a notch-free prototype smartphone lying on a desk.“You are taking a very first look at our under-display selfie camera technology,” Oppo wrote in a tweet, with a video attached showing off how the tech worked.

The video needs watching a few times to see what’s going on, as only the top half of the phone is visible. The camera app was launched, which is already in selfie mode. The screen still seemingly showed a live view of the room's ceiling and the on-screen view is unidentifiable, and it’s not clear what we’re really seeing — until the operator puts their finger over a previously invisible camera lens, obscuring the view of what was presumably the ceiling.

"At this stage, it's difficult for under-display cameras to match the same results as normal cameras, there's bound to be some loss in optical quality," Shen said, in a follow-up post. "But, no new technology jumps to perfection right away."

You’d imagine that a number of Chinese smartphone makers are hard at work bringing this design to reality. Proof of that comes from Chinese rival Xiaomi shared a clip showing its own in-display camera technology within a few hours of Oppo’s video going live, which had been added to a Mi 9 prototype.

The video has two phones, one on the right equipped with a notch and a selfie camera. As the phones are rotated, you can see the one on the left doesn’t have any visible notch, or camera lens at all. Yet the operator opens the camera app, switches to selfie mode, and takes a photo.

Samsung and Disney has recently launched a new range of background wallpaper. Following on from the Disney AR Emojis released last year, Samsung and Disney have brought fan-favorite characters from Disney and Pixar’s The Incredibles and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen and Zootopia right to the home screens of the Galaxy S10.

Users have created some special wallpapers to hide the hole, and Samsung recently partnered with Disney to release a series of its own custom wallpapers that camouflage the camera

However, hiding the hole in Galaxy S10 is pretty easy with the right wallpaper as it just needs to be surrounded by something that’s black, or with something that is actually a hole, or at least a small, round dot. 

Most of Samsung’s phone themes are not free of cost. Users can use the themes for just 14 days before they expire, unless they have paid for it. But Samsung says that these new Disney ones will be free for Galaxy S10 and S10E (The Galaxy S10 Plus has a pill-shaped hole punch, and doesn’t seem to be included) users.

OnePlus has released a new OxygenOS 9.5.4 (international) and 9.5.5 (EU) update out for the OnePlus 7 Pro. The latest update is of 182 MB in size, and is mostly focused on improving the phone’s camera. 

Both versions have several enhancements for the camera and the system stability overall, including optimizations for Double Tap to Wake and Ambient Display. Changelog, which is identical for both, follows as usual.

Although the OnePlus 7 Pro came with a stellar DxOMark score of 111, users and critics weren’t really happy with the camera performance. The images didn’t seem to be in the same level as the other flagships, and hence the company then promised that it would soon deliver an update that will improve the picture quality.

Changelog:

Samsung new 10.5-inch Galaxy Tab S5e Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e is the lightest and thinnest tablet in the history of Samsung with a price tag $399, it’s not only more affordable than the flagship $649 Samsung Galaxy Tab S4, although it’s possibly better from it in some ways.

Lets begin, Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e has the thinnest and lightest metal unibody measuring 5.5mm thin and weighing just 400 grams as compared to any Galaxy Tab, even if it is compared to the iPad Pro measuring 5.9mm thin and weighing 468 grams, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e is much lighter and thinner.

Samsung also claims that they have maximized space with the Tab S5e’s massive 81.8 percent screen-to-body ratio.Samsung’s Tab S5e has a 10.5-inch Super AMOLED screen with a 16:10 aspect ratio and 2560 x 1600 resolution, and have a Snapdragon 670 octa-core processor and have a 7040mAh battery with 14.5 hours of life.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e is the first tablet from Samsung having the latest version of Android Pie, along with the new Bixby 2.0 virtual assistant and information tool. It also have features like Dex, a desktop-style Android environment that enable users to interact with the device using the screen, a mouse, keyboard, or all of them. 

Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e comes with AKG-tuned, quad surround sound speakers.It has a 64GB of internal storage to store multimedia and can be expended to 512GB with a microSD card, 4GB of RAM. Samsung also lists a 6GB RAM/128GB option, but price is currently unknown.For pictures Tab S5e comes with 13-megapixel back and 8-megapixel selfie cameras, it is capable of shooting 4K video at 30 frames per second. 

The new Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e will cost you $399 for the 4GB/64GB version,comes in three “millennial friendly” colors black, grey, or limited edition gold and will launch in the second quarter of 2019.

Images Source : Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A8s was introduced in December, bringing the new Infinity-O display design to company’s lineup.Samsung Galaxy A8s was the first smartphone to go on sale with a hole punch display design.Samsung has launched Galaxy A8s Unicorn Edition with two new color variants smartphone in China ahead of the Valentine's Day celebrations.

Galaxy A8s Unicorn Edition comes in two new gradient colors — pink yellow and pink blue. Apart from the new colors, the Galaxy A8s Unicorn edition also comes with a “magic mirror” feature, that allow the user to use the phone display like a mirror by activating the feature from the Bixby button. 

The Samsung Galaxy A8s Unicorn Edition is available on the Samsung e-shop in China and also on Chinese e-commerce marketplace JingDong Mall.Galaxy A8s Unicorn Edition specs are the same as of regular version.

Samsung Galaxy A8s comes with a 6.4-inch display and have a full-HD+ resolution having a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. Samsung Galaxy A8s was launched with Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 SoC. The phone comes in two memory variants 6GB or 8GB of RAM. Moreover, it has a internal storage of 128GB. and can be expanded up to 512 GB by using a microSD card.

In terms of camera, the Samsung Galaxy A8s have a triple-lens setup on the back, comprising a 24MP primary sensor, a 10MP telephoto sensor with 2X optical zoom and 5MP depth sensor. It uses 24MP lens for the selfies with f/2.0 aperture.

The Samsung Galaxy A8s measures 159.11×74.88×7.38mm. Samsung Galaxy A8s carries a 3,400 mAh battery and support fast charging over USB-C and runs on Android 9.0 Pie out of the box with Samsung’s UI on top.

Samsung Galaxy A8s was launched at a starting price of RMB 2,999 (around Rs 30,500) for the base variant with 6GB of RAM.The gradient variants of the Samsung Galaxy A8s has a price tag of CNY 2,799 (around Rs. 29,300).