PUBG Mobile will be getting one of the most-demanded features this year, as Qualcomm has confirmed that the game will gain support for 90fps gameplay.

PUBG Mobile was one of the most popular smartphone games of the year, with over 400 million total players. The game offers various settings options that let users tweak the graphics and framerate as per their liking. Currently, the best possible settings are “HDR” and “Ultra,” which is a simulated HDR look at 60fps.

Another growing trend this year was high refresh rate displays, especially on gaming smartphones.… Read the full article

Following Qualcomm’s announcement, Oppo was quick to confirm that it will be one of the first OEMs to implement the just-announced Snapdragon 765G chipset, on the upcoming Reno3 Pro 5G.

Oppo had teased that it will be joining the 5G party with a premium mid-range smartphone of its own in December. Eventually, the company executives confirmed that it will be their first dual-mode 5G smartphone.

It was soon followed by a teaser, which gave us a better look at the front of the device, revealing a curved display with pretty slim bezels.… Read the full article

Xiaomi has been doing a great job at hyping up the Redmi K30 launch in China. In the latest chapter, we finally get to see what the back of the device will look like, with a quad-camera setup.

The Redmi K30 is going to be Xiaomi’s first mid-range 5G smartphone. Eventually, other details such as the display, hardware, internal specifications were known. The design of the back was still unknown, but that has finally been revealed via a teaser shared by one of the brand ambassadors.… Read the full article

Samsung’s latest flagships, the Galaxy S10 and the Note10 series will come with benefits of up to Rs 29,000 as a part of its #GalaxyTurns10 celebration. These offers will go on till the end of the year.

Samsung is celebrating 10 years of Galaxy this year with a bunch of offers on its smartphones and accessories that are frequently bought together, making them much better combo packages.

For the Samsung Galaxy S10 series, consumers will receive an instant cashback of Rs 8,000 with HDFC Bank cardholders eligible for an additional Rs 6,000 cashback.… Read the full article

The Vivo U20 has finally launched in India, and at a starting price of Rs 10,990, it is probably the most affordable Snapdragon 675-powered smartphone currently available.

This year, Vivo simplified its lineup while adding new budget and gaming-centric smartphones. The U series is meant to take care of the highly competitive sub-15K segment of India. The Vivo U20 is priced at Rs 10,990 for the base 4GB RAM variant and Rs 11,990 for the 6GB variant. The first sale is scheduled for November 28.… Read the full article

The next wave of Samsung mid-rangers is upon us, which started with the Galaxy A51, and now it’s the Galaxy A71, which has been fully leaked and rendered.

Samsung brought a new naming scheme to its A series of mid-rangers, earlier this year. Their minor updates added an “s” suffix, and the bigger updates add a unit to the final name. The Samsung Galaxy A71 succeeds the A70 and the A70s, bringing a new design to the front and adding a camera to the rear.… Read the full article

Realme’s oft-leaked Realme 5s had its specifications confirmed via teasers put up on Flipkart. It will be announced on November 20, alongside the flagship Realme X2 Pro.

Realme will be having its “biggest launch” in India next week to announce its first flagship phone. During the same buildup, Flipkart put up teasers of an upcoming phone called the Realme 5s, which wasn’t previously mentioned. Not just that, important specifications of the phone were also mentioned, giving us a better idea about what to expect.… Read the full article

Earlier this year, MediaTek confirmed that it was working on a 5G chipset for mid-range smartphones. The much-awaited, internally called the MT6885, will be unveiled on November 26 at the company’s annual summit.

Back in July, when MediaTek unveiled the Helio G90 series of gaming chipsets, the company also confirmed that it was working on a 5G chipset for later this year, and will be its flagship chipset when it comes to the market. Additional details weren’t provided back then, but now the manufacturer has confirmed that the 5G SoC will be detailed on November 26 at the MediaTek summit.… Read the full article

Sony’s mobile business division continues to dwindle, as the company has announced further streamlining of its Xperia services.

It’s no secret that Sony has been struggling in the last few years and is no longer the behemoth it used to be. In the third quarter of 2019, it sold only about 6,00,000 smartphones globally, much lower than its already-readjusted sales forecasts. Simply put, Sony Xperia smartphones haven’t been selling as well as the company had previously anticipated and is thus a loss-making sector of business.… Read the full article

Update (November 7): Added battery specifications

Motorola’s next member of the One family is going to be the Moto One Hyper. The device was first leaked a few months ago but has now passed through NBTC, implying a launch very soon.

Earlier this year, Motorola brought a new naming scheme for its smartphones, by bringing them under the ‘Moto One’ canopy, with each of them specializing in different aspects. The Moto One Hyper will be the latest addition to the family, with a 64MP camera module along with a pop-up selfie camera for a notch-less front.… Read the full article