iPhone 11 mockup confirms previous design renders, hands-on video with leaked case shows iPhone XR will also get triple cameras

As the launch of the 2019 iPhones inches closer, we’re getting more and more confirmation that at least two variants of the iPhone XI will come with a triple camera setup. A new leak from tipster Ben Geskin shows that the past renders of the iPhone XI are still holding strong and little has changed in the design of the square camera module. Digit.in, in partnership with OnLeaks, had revealed the first renders on the upcoming iPhone XI with triple cameras in a square module back in January. Since then, numerous leaks and schematics have confirmed our exclusive.

The new leak reveals a mockup of the iPhone 11 and the iPhone 11 Max, in the new gold colour variant that Apple debuted with the iPhone XS. There are three giant cameras housed in a square module on the corner. Like we have seen previously, two cameras are aligned vertically, while the third one is offset from the center. The flash module sits above the third camera, with little to no symmetry.

On top of that, 9to5Mac reportedly used three prototype cases of the 2019 iPhones which were then released in a video. The hands-on video of the cases reveal the same giant triple-camera module. Interestingly, the video claims all the three cases that were shipped to the publication had the cutout for triple-cameras. This is in contrast to previous leaks which claimed the iPhone XR refresh will not come with triple-cameras.

The video also delves into some of the little details like the placement of the volume buttons and the mute button is slightly lower than before. This is probably to improve the ergonomics of the device. The cases also seem to fit the present-generation iPhones in size, indicating that Apple will not increase the footprint of the devices this year.

If the above information are correct, the 2019 iPhones are going to follow the Galaxy S10+ in offering a triple-camera setup. Rumour has it that the third camera will be a 12-megapixel super wide lens. Apple will also reportedly attempt to make the giant camera bump look more aesthetic by using a special black coating.

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PlayStation 4 Days of Play India sale starts June 7: Discounts on games, DualShock 4 controllers, PS VR headsets

Sony may be skipping E3 2019 which kicks off on June 7, but the company is ensuring that gamers don’t forget about what's coming on the PS4. The company recently announced a trailer for the highly anticipated game Death Stranding, that included a release date of November 8, 2019. You can read details about the game and watch the trailer here. Sony is also kicking off its Days of Play sale on June 7, the same day as the beginning of pre-E3 conferences. The sale will include discounts on both hardware and software. 

The Days of Play sale will also see a discount on PlayStation Plus subscription. The PlayStation Plus 12-month subscription which would normally cost you Rs 4,439 can be yours for Rs 3,107 during sale days. According to IGN India, the PS Plus subscription is expected to see a price hike in India soon, so this is a good time to get your hands on the online subscription for one year. 

Speaking of hardware, the PlayStation VR Starter Pack will receive a discount. The system which would have cost you Rs 28,580 will be available for Rs 24,630. DualShock 4 controllers will also see a discount from Rs 5,050 to Rs 4,050. Below is a list of all the games that will be available during the sale along with their discounted price.

Shadow of the Colossus - Rs. 1,499 Marvel's Spider-Man - Rs. 2,499 God of War - Rs. 1,999 Detroit: Become Human - Rs. 1,999 Horizon: Zero Dawn Complete Edition - Rs. 1,499 God of War 3 Remastered - Rs 1,499 Bloodborne Game of the Year Edition - Rs. 1,499 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - Rs. 1,499 Minecraft - Rs. 1,499 DriveClub VR - Rs. 1,499 Until Dawn: Rush of Blood - Rs. 999 The Last of Us Remastered - Rs. 999 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Rs. 999 Uncharted Collection - Rs. 999 InFamous: Second Son - Rs 999

If you are looking to pick up a PS4, then know that the 500GB variant of the PS4 is priced at Rs 22,690 as of writing this story. Along with the console, gamers get three free games - Gran Turismo - Sport, Uncharted 4 and Horizon Zero Dawn. A PS4 with 1TB HDD and The Last of Us will cost you Rs 29,490. If you are looking for the PS4 Pro, then you will have to shell out Rs 36,990 and the system comes with no games. 

It should also be noted that 2019 is the year when both Sony and Microsoft are expected to launch the next console generation. Sony has already confirmed some of the specs of the upcoming PS5 and you can read more about it here. Microsoft, on the other hand, is expected to launch two variants of the next Xbox. Codenamed Lockhart and Anaconda, both consoles are expected to be next-gen devices; one being an entry-level console and the other being spruced up to take on the PS5. 

For those unaware, this is the first year that Sony will not be presenting at E3 2019 so all eyes are on Microsoft. Xbox Head Phil Spencer has confirmed that there will be 14 Xbox One Studios games at E3 2019. In a Tweet, he says, “Just finishing our final E3 rehearsal here with the team in Redmond. Feel really good about the briefing. Lots to show. We have 14 Xbox Game Studios games in the show this year, more first party games than we've ever had in the show. Fun times. #XboxE3”. It looks like Microsoft will come guns blazing to E3 2019.

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Oppo F11 Pro, Oppo A5 get price cut of up to Rs 2,000 in India

In India, Oppo announced its mid-range Oppo A5 smartphone in August last year, and launched the F11 Pro smartphone in March this year. The two handsets have now received a price cut and will be available with a discount of up to Rs 2,000. As per Mumbai based reseller Mahesh Telecom, Oppo is reducing the price of the 64GB variant of the Oppo A5, which will now cost Rs 11,990 down from Rs 12,990. Additionally, the 64GB version of the Oppo F11 Pro that was launched at Rs 24,990 is being discounted by Rs 2,000 and will now be available for Rs 20,990. The new discounted pricing on the 64GB variants of the two handsets is now reflecting on Flipkart and Amazon, and is also said to apply when purchasing the phones via offline retail stores.

The Oppo F11 Pro runs on the Octa-core MediaTek Helio P70 processor and comes equipped with a 6.5-inch Full HD+ display, 2340 x 1080p screen resolution. The handset is backed by a 4000mAh battery that supports VOOC 3.0 fast charging and it runs on ColorOS 6.0, which is based on Android 9 Pie. The smartphone gets a dual-rear camera setup that consists of a 48MP primary sensor and a 5MP secondary camera. On the front is a pop-up module that houses a 16MP selfie camera.

Coming to the Oppo A5, the midrange smartphone features a 6.2-inch HD+ display with a 1520 x 720p screen resolution. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 octa-core processor. In terms of optics, it sports dual rear cameras that feature a 13MP + 2MP sensor configuration. The 13MP sensor is paired with an f/2.2 aperture lens and the 2MP sensor gets an f/2.4 aperture lens. There’s an 8MP front camera with f/2.2 aperture for selfies. The phone is backed by a 4230mAh battery and it runs on Android 8.1 Oreo-based ColorOS 5.1.

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PUBG Mobile Addiction: Teen Dies After Allegedly Playing PUBG for 6 Hours

A 16-year-old boy died of cardiac arrest allegedly while playing PUBG Mobile for six hours at a stretch in Madhya Pradesh.

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Nokia 62 with 46MP camera could be announced on Thursday

After bringing the Nokia 4.2 and Nokia 3.2 to the Indian smartphone market earlier this year, Nokia brand owner HMD Global Oy seems poised to launch the Nokia 6.2. The Finnish smartphone maker posted a teaser video on Twitter yesterday in which only the curved edge of a glossy smartphone is seen. The detail it reveals is the presence of a 3.5mm jack. “#GetAhead with a sleek design & customizability. Stay tuned!” wrote Nokia, in the tweet's caption. Nokia also suggested that more information would be revealed to the public on June 6.

In all probability HMD Global Oy is preparing to launch the Nokia 6.2, a mid-range smartphone known in other markets as the Nokia X71. The phone was first announced in Taiwan in early April with three cameras on the back panel, one of which was a 48-megapixel sensor. According to an online tipster, the Nokia 6.2 is expected to cost approximately Rs 20,150 at the time of launch. Since it's not confirmed by Nokia, we suggest you view that figure with the difference of a couple of thousands here or there.

The Nokia 6.2 is expected to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset with an octa-core processor and 6GB of RAM. The phone should run Android 9 Pie out of the box and receive regular software updates for up to two years after launch, thanks to Google's Android One programme. On a Geekbench Browser listing that we recently spotted, the Nokia 6.2 scored 1455 on the Single-Core test and 5075 on the Multi-Core test. In comparison, the recently launched Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 powered by the same chipset scores 1642 and 5796 on the same two tests respectively.

The Nokia 6.2 is expected to be aimed at  photography enthusiasts. What we know so far about the device is that it has three cameras on the back panel, one of which is a 48-megapixel sensor made either by Sony or Samsung. The other two should take on wide-angle photography and depth sensing tasks. Internal storage is expected to be 128GB with the option of expanding it to 256GB using a microSD card. The battery on it is said to be a 3,500mAh unit with an 18W fast-charging setup. At any rate, all of this should be confirmed on Thursday.

 

#GetAhead with a sleek design & customizability. Stay tuned!

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Redmi K20 may be rebranded as the Mi 9T in global markets based retail box leaks

There’s a certain Xiaomi Mi9T that has been leaked in a few images that shows its retail box. Many are assuming this is what the Redmi K20 will be rebranded to in markets outside China. The upcoming phone is already being teased on social media channels by the company. One of the images have surfaced on Weibo, while the other two have been leaked by a Dubai-based YouTuber.

All the three images of the phone show the front part of the alleged Mi 9T where the screen is stretching to the edges indicating the front camera will be put inside a pop-up module like in the Redmi K20 and the Redmi K20 Pro. This is what has led to the belief that this could be the rebranded version of the Redmi K20.

The Weibo image shows the retail box of the upcoming smartphone. The Mi 9T will reportedly come in a Carbon Black variant with 6GB RAM and 64GB storage. The box shows a render of the phone along with the Mi 9T branding. The render also shows the pop-up selfie camera.

The renders in the box as well as the photos shared by the Dubai-based blogger is in line with the photos of the Redmi K20. Earlier rumours that the Redmi K20 and the Redmi K20 Pro will debut outside China as the Mi 9T and Mi 9T Pro respectively, also bolstered the claims.

The image shared by the Dubai-based blogger shows a screen-guard of the device that has the specs written down. Based on that, the phone will have a 6.39-inch AMOLED display, in-display fingerprint sensor, 20MP pop-up front camera, and a 4000mAh battery with 18W fast charging support. Finally, the chipset is likely going to be the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730.

There isn’t much information officially known about the upcoming Mi 9T. A teaser on social media has confirmed the name and the bezel-less display. The phone recently received NBTC certification in Thailand as well as NCC certification in Taiwan. There are also rumours that the Mi 9T is going to be unveiled in Russia later this month, and based on the latest leak, it could come to Dubai as well. But nothing is known as of now about the company’s plan for an India launch.

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Huawei asks Foxconn to cut down on phone production following US ban: Report

Huawei’s US ban might stretch for a long time and the Chinese smartphone giant is now scaling back its production according to a report by South China Morning Post. Huawei has reportedly asked Foxconn to stop “several” lines of production in response to the US government’s ban on US companies to do business with Huawei. The world’s second largest smartphone manufacturer was accused of installing backdoors in their devices to allow Chinese officials to spy on US citizens.

The report doesn’t mention whether the halt in production is long term or shot-term, but it comes just months after Foxconn went on a hiring spree to accommodate growing demands for Huawei phones.

If the report is indeed true, Huawei could come into a staggering halt in its ambition to become the world’s largest smartphone brand. The company is anyway in a tight spot after both Google and ARM announced they will be cutting ties with the company. Without Google’s services, Hauwei might be unable to ship Android phones in markets outside China. Huawei’s semiconductor division is also expected to hurt badly since it relies on ARM’s micro architecture licenses to design its HiSilicon Kirin chipsets.

The report states that Huawei is now closely observing and evaluating the situation, according to Zhao Ming, the president of Honor, a Huawei sub-brand at a media briefing in Shanghai, China.

“As the new situation has emerged, it is too early to say whether we are able to achieve the goal,” Zhao said when asked about Huawei’s plans to overtake Samsung in 2019.

Huawei and its subsidiares are presently placed on a trade blacklist that restricts Huawei from buying products and services from US companies without the country’s approval. After the announcement of the ban, US giants like Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcomm, and Google have reportedly told their employees not to supply products and services to Huawei anymore, which is expected to seriously cripple Huawei’s growth in the smartphone market.

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