This week, on our weekly news roundup: the Google Pixel 3 XL appears on a video, the world's first 10 gigabyte RAM smartphone may just be right around the corner, and more!
Samsung officially announced that starting from the 5th of October, the Note 9 will be available in a new color that's called Cloud Silver. You can take a look at how that looks on that early look that Samsung allowed us to look at. Sorry - that was bad.It looks simply gorgeous. When the time comes, we'll be able to get it from the official website of Samsung and BestBuy. At first, it's only going to be available at the USA. We don't have any information yet on when it'll become available in other countries as well. However, we'll keep you updated once we find out anything new.There's also the Midnight Black which will be available on various retailers on the 12th of October. However, the 512 model will only be available after the 26th of October.
In the image above, you can see the Oppo Find X - a bezel-less smartphone that's kinda similar to the Vivo Nex that we've looked at before. After the whole bezel-less revolution, Oppo now seems to be planning the next big thing - which is nothing less but a phone with 10 gigs of RAM.TENAA certified it a few days ago and it seems like this Oppo device will actually be the world's first phone to come with 10 gigs of RAM. If you think about it, it's kinda funny because your average computer only has 8 gigs of memory.You might think that 10 gigs are way more than anyone will ever need - and you're most likely right. However, let us not forget that the same once applied to devices with 1 gigabyte of RAM.Yep. There was a time where a gigabyte of RAM on a device was absolutely overkill. Now, it's the absolute minimum for running the latest versions of Android. Even budget devices generally have 2 gigs of RAM.All we're trying to say is that yes - 10 gigs of RAM is overkill right now. However, that can possibly change in the future and that turns this Oppo device into a sort of future-proof option.
The OnePlus logo is clearly visible and the rated typical capacity is 3700 mAh which means that this is a new OnePlus device - likely the 6T. Of course, this is nothing but pure speculation. So, take it with a grain of salt.A battery upgrade is always a good thing. However, let us not forget that the competition is adopting more and more the 4000 mAh battery trend.Hell, even one of our budget devices had a 4000 mAh battery. So, we're really hoping that the 4000 mAh will become the flagship standard one day.
Leaks regarding the appearance of the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro have been getting around the web for a while now. You can see one of these leaks in the image above. However, regarding the hardware side of things, not much reliable information was available.Now we have new information which suggests that the Mate 20 will be using SuperCharge 2.0. If this is true, then you'll be able to charge this device from 0 to 70% in half an hour.Other than that, the battery is expected to be at about 4000 mAh. If this information is true, then we'll be able to easily get a full day of usage with just 30 minutes of charging which is rather awesome.There's also a lot of information about the cameras and such. But, we'd rather leave that out for now cause there's just too much information that is questionable at best and we've also kinda talked about the camera aspect before.Overall, when it comes to smartphones, battery life seems to be getting more and more important by the day.
While the report of a Note 9 bursting on flames took the whole world by a storm for a moment - possibly because it reminded us of the Note 7 tragedy - nothing like that has occurred yet (and there's no proof that this happened in the first place). In fact, nothing but praise has been coming from those who use this smartphone.Consumer Reports recently finished testing this device and they seem to have nothing but good words. That's rather impressive if you consider that most of the time they'll find a bad aspect to criticize.A few of the negative aspects that CR talked about were the rather big size of the device and the high price. However, even those are mostly a matter of personal preference rather than a generally bad thing.Clearly, not everyone likes big devices and some of us are not willing to spend a thousand bucks on a phone. And that's completely alright.Feel like we forgot something important? Then please let us and the whole world know about it in the comments section down below!Like what you see? Then don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news, reviews, listicles, and more!
What's my model number?
There are several ways to locate your model number:
- Option 1
- On your device, go to Settings, then "About device" and scroll down to "Model number"
- Option 2
- Often times you can view the model number inside the device, by removing the battery
- Option 3
- Using Samsung's model/serial number location tool