Samsung’s 12 days of deals gets you free AKG headphones when you buy a Gear S3

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Samsung 12 days of deals internet advert. Samsung

We’re through Black Friday and Cyber Monday but the sales aren’t stopping yet. Samsung has launched its 12 days of deals promotion, bringing you new and exclusive discounts from its online store every day for almost two weeks.

Samsung has already shown off what’s available for the first five days and you can check them out below. Each offer comes with free shipping, but you’ll have to cash in on them on the day they’re available — they’ll be gone after 24 hours.

Day 1 Deals (11/29)

Day 2 Deals (11/30)

Day 3 Deals (12/1)

Day 4 Deals (12/2)

Day 5 Deals (12/3)

That’s all we’ve got so far but we’ll update this page with the new offers as they arrive. Let us know which deal you think is the best in the comments.

Source: Android Zone

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Realme 2 leaks: Do we need a successor already? (Update: It now has a launch date)

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A purported render of the Realme 2. GSMArena

Update, August 21, 2018 (06:53 AM): Oppo’s Realme sub-brand is gearing up to launch the Realme 2 after all. The brand has sent invites out to journalists (including us) for an August 28 event, and it reveals a few pertinent details.

The invite specifically lists the Realme 2 name along with the tagline of “a notch above.” So if you had your doubts about it being a Realme 1 successor, well, the name says it all, doesn’t it? Additionally, the invite shows a phone with a notched display, marking a departure from the notch-less Realme 1.

The Realme 2 invite.

News of the successor comes a few days after the sub-brand prematurely published an image of a new Realme phone on its website. The image, supposedly showing the Realme 2, also revealed a fingerprint scanner and dual-camera setup on the back.

The Realme 1 lacked any sort of fingerprint scanner and had a single rear camera. So the new phone will be an immediate upgrade, at least in terms of biometric authentication.

Original article, August 16, 2018: The Realme 1 made waves upon its launch in May, coming as the first phone from Oppo’s budget-focused sub-brand. Now, just four months later, it looks like the brand could be ready to reveal the Realme 2.

According to GSMArena and MySmartPrice, an image of the new phone (seen at the top of this article) briefly popped up on the official Realme website, before being taken down and it seems to feature the same diamond pattern rear cover as the original device.

Lending credence to this being the Realme 2 is an older tweet (embedded below) from the Realme account, confirming that the new phone is coming. The tweet was in response to queries about a fingerprint scanner.

The lack of a fingerprint scanner was a glaring omission on the Realme 1, but the leaked image shows that the new phone indeed has a rear fingerprint scanner. This would be a welcome improvement because, unlike the Realme 1’s bog-standard facial recognition, fingerprint authentication actually works for payments, banking apps, and other cases.

The Realme 1.

The Realme 1.

Another noteworthy feature spotted on the new phone is a dual-camera setup, marking an upgrade on paper from the Realme 1’s single-camera shooter. It’s unclear what form this secondary camera will take, but many budget phones opt for a lower-resolution secondary shooter to enable depth-of-field effects.

The new phone has a notch too but, unlike Oppo’s newest phones, it doesn’t seem to have a waterdrop notch design.

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We don’t know much else about the Realme 2, but we wouldn’t be surprised if it retains the capable yet mid-range Helio P60 chipset or adopts a newer Snapdragon chipset. Either way, we’re expecting the new phone to have a budget price tag like its predecessor.

What do you make of this quick turnaround time for the new Realme phone? Is four months too soon for a product refresh like this? Let us know in the comments!

Up next: Lenovo Smart Display review — More than a Google Home with a screen

Source: Android Zone

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Following US woes, Huawei gets green light for 5G stations in Europe

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  • Huawei 5G base stations have received certification in Europe, paving the way for commercial launches.
  • The company previously confirmed that its first 5G phone will launch in Q3 2019.
  • The news also comes as the U.S. cracks down on ZTE, and a few months after U.S. carriers dropped Huawei.

Despite the P20 and P20 Pro, Huawei’s ambitions have taken a knock in 2018, as U.S. networks recently shunned the Chinese manufacturer. The company enjoys big business in Europe though, so it’s no surprise to hear that Huawei 5G base stations have received the green light there.

According to Xinhua News (and spotted by TechNode), Huawei is the first company to receive a “CE type examination certificate” for 5G base stations from the German TÃœV SÃœD authority. The Chinese publication notes that the testing and certification process took roughly two months to complete.

The certification marks a key stepping stone towards commercial 5G network launches, joining a raft of other Huawei/5G news in recent weeks.

Huawei 5G plans take shape

Last week, the company announced that its first 5G phone was coming in Q3 2019. It’s believed that this could be the Mate 30, given Huawei’s tendency to launch a Mate phone in the second half of the year. The company also used the Huawei Matebook X Pro event at MWC 2018 to tout its 5G consumer premises equipment, marking yet another link in the company’s 5G chain.

The firm’s milestones might not come as a surprise when you hear that it’s spent $600 million on 5G research since 2009. Back then, LTE wasn’t even a real-world thing.

It’s clear that Europe is more open to Huawei’s network business, following certification of the firm’s 5G base stations.

The latest news also illustrates a marked difference between Huawei’s operations in Europe and the U.S. Europe is one of the company’s most important markets, with Counterpoint Research saying that the company ships more phones in Italy and Spain than Apple.

The renewed push into Europe is a no-brainer for the company. The United States is off-limits following a debacle earlier this year that saw carriers drop the Huawei Mate 10, reportedly due to pressure from the U.S. government. So the decision to plough resources into the EMEA markets, in addition to the wider Asian region, is really the only one.

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They aren’t the only Chinese brand feeling the pressure from the U.S. though, as ZTE faces a seven year supply ban for selling telecoms equipment to Iran. It’s believed that ZTE could lose its crucial supply of Qualcomm Snapdragon processors as well as Android-associated licenses if the ban passes.

Much like Huawei, ZTE’s expansion ambitions are reliant on a license to Google Mobile Services, being the popular suite of Google apps and APIs that power Android devices outside China. But unlike Huawei and its homegrown chips, ZTE uses Snapdragon processors to power millions of its smartphones. In other words, Huawei is in a much better situation right now than its fellow Chinese brand.

Source: Android Zone

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