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Xiaomi Pocophone F1 launches globally in 65 countries

The Xiaomi Pocophone F1 definitely turned some heads of enthusiasts and regular customers. The reason is this sub-$300 phone has some top of the line specs, like Snapdragon 845, 6GB/8GB RAM, 64/128/256GB internal storage, 4,000 mAh battery, and a lot more. Some even called it the OnePlus killer as it's more affordable. Xiaomi Poco F1 launched in India on the 22nd of August. Today, Xiaomi announced the global availability of the device, in a total of 65 countries.

After all, we do come from Xiaomi! #GoPOCO @GlobalPocophone pic.twitter.com/gKkyawsFrm

— POCOPHONE Global (@GlobalPocophone) August 27, 2018

Unfortunately, for some of the readers, the Pocophone will not be available in the US or Canada. Liliputing was kind enough to provide the price of the phone in different markets. Even though some of them are about 25% more expensive than the original price, Poco F1 still keeps the spot in the sub-300 market. Here is the price breakdown in different markets:

• €329 (~$380) and up in France
• 2,800 (~$360) HKD and up in Hong Kong
• 17,990 PHP (~340) and up in the Philippines
• 4,499,000 IDR (~$310) and up in Indonesia
• 1,237 MYR ($~300) and up in Malaysia

If you're interested in the country availability, the POCOPHONE Global Twitter account posted it earlier today. As you see from the photo below, US and Canada didn't get any love. This is not the first time for the Chinese manufacturer to leave them out, whether it's their choice or not.

Xiaomi Poco F1 ticks a lot of boxes for a lot of people. The phone features the latest top of the line specs, wide availability, affordable price tag, and lot more. But, as many phones in 2018, it's not perfect. It has a big notch and lacks NFC and OIS. These features are rarely used in developing countries like India and others, so that's probably why Xiaomi cheaped out on them.

Still, if you're looking for a device that looks and feels like a flagship, but has a very low price, the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 is a hard to beat option.

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Source: POCOPHONE Global

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Language Navi translates foreign language apps without root [Giveaway]

Have you ever found a cool application that you wished was available in your own language? If your answer is yes, Language Navi has your back. The app helps you translate any application to any language that Google Translate supports. It works on-the-fly and you don't need root or any kind of system modifications. It just uses built-in accessibility settings in the Android OS, plus some OCR (Optical Character Recognition) magic to recognize the text and Google Translate to translate it.

XDA Junior Member tachibanalab released the app on Play Store about a month ago. It is absolutely free, but if you want to remove ads and unlock some advanced features (that the developer is working on), you'll have to pay $2.99. Lucky for you, we have a 100 free promo codes to give away.

Since the initial release of the app, it has gained some new features. First of all, it now supports Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Originally, the app only worked on Android 8.0 Oreo and above. It's good that the developer managed to backport the features. The application now also has 11 new languages, as well as various major and minor bug fixes. Language Navi's Pro version can be bought via in-app purchase. It should be noted that the developer used XDA Translators group to translate the application into various languages.

The promo codes will be posted in the comments every five minutes or so. To redeem a code, go to the Play Store, open the menu and select "Redeem." Paste in the code to get the app. Good luck!

Language Navi - Translator (Free⁺, Google Play) →

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Google Pixel 3 may be officially unveiled on October 9th

While pretty much everything about the Pixel 3 XL is out in the open, we don't actually know when it (or its smaller variant) will be announced. Many assumed that for the third year in a row we'd be seeing an October 4th launch, but a report from Bloomberg actually suggests that to be incorrect. According to the report, Google intends to launch the new Google Pixel devices at a media event in New York City on October 9th. Previously, the Pixel devices were launched in San Francisco.

Given that it's Bloomberg, there's no real reason to doubt the report. That's not all we expect to see announced at the time, either. According to WinFuture, we could well be seeing the introduction of not one, not two, but three new Google Pixel smartwatches. Interestingly, they're set to launch only a short while after the next Snapdragon Wear OS chip is set to release as well. Alongside those as well, notable leaker Evleaks has said that we may also see the introduction of a Pixelbook 2018 edition. While we don't know a lot about the Pixelbook launching this year, we can make some guesses as to what its specifications may be.

With the cat out of the bag in terms of everything related to the Google Pixel 3 XL, it's not as if the company can really give us any more surprises. Obviously, the smaller Pixel 3 hasn't been leaked anywhere yet, but it's expected like always to be the same specs – just smaller. The change of location from San Francisco to New York is sort of interesting, along with the change of launch date from previous years. We'll be keeping an eye out to see if any other information regarding the new Pixels comes up, and we'll be sure to let you know.

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Source: Bloomberg

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Win a OnePlus 6 from RhinoShield

RhinoShield is teaming up with XDA to offer our readers a chance to win a new OnePlus 6 phone. RhinoShield is heavily focused on offering the best protective solutions for the OnePlus 6 with their SolidSuit, CrashGuard, and Screen Protector products. We recently got a hands-on look at their product line-up that you can check out here.

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New LG V40 renders show off the design from all angles

LG is expected to announce the LG V40 soon enough if the huge amount of leaks recently are any indication of anything. Not only have we gotten a sneak peak at what the device will look like, we know a large amount of the specifications it will launch with as well. The LG V40 has been pretty much blown open, and if the leaked front and back renders weren't enough for you to get a full look at the device, then you're in luck. Thanks to a leak from Slashleaks in tandem with OnLeaks, we're getting to see a full 360-degree video showing all angles of the LG V40.  What's more, a set of 5k renders have also been released as well.

The LG V40



In case you didn't trust previous renders, this is yet another leak which corroborates the fact that LG's newest flagship will feature 5 cameras. This isn't the first time we've heard of an OEM doing that, though, as Samsung is set to do the same early next year. That's three cameras on the back and two on the front. It's assumed as a result that LG is putting a lot of work into the cameras on the V40. The camera market is getting increasingly competitive as time goes on, so that's really not a surprise whatsoever. We also see the inclusion of the headphone jack, which is great given the ongoing trend of device manufacturers removing it. A USB-C port is also present, which is to be expected.

In terms of other design choices, it's noted that the LG V40 will have a 6.3-inch notched display. The notch doesn't look too intrusive in the video, but it may look worse in person. These are just CAD renders after all. The dimensions of the device come in at 158.8 x 75.8 x 7.8mm (8.2mm camera bump included). It's a good bit larger than the V30 in nearly every aspect, but that's not too bad given that it shouldn't be abnormally large. The V30 came in at 151.7 x 75.4 x 7.4mm, so it's not as if it's a whole lot smaller or anything. We'll have to wait and see how the LG V40 looks in-hand before passing any judgment on whether it's too large or not.

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Google Play Games tests new leaderboard design & other UI changes

Google is testing a new user interface for the Google Play Games leaderboard and multiplayer window.  The menus are getting the new Material Theme interface that has been rolling out to apps. This adds the new light color design and updated font.

This was enabled by XDA Recognized Developer Quinny898, a.k.a. Kieron Quinn of Mighty Quinn Apps. He was able to enable this in his own game using the newest Google Play Games release. Google Play Games itself has had the new Material Theme update since November of last year. This is the first time we have seen this update in the leaderboard, multiplayer, and achievement user interface. These now all have the Material Theme UI in their respective windows.

The UI is now all white with a green accent color, this is the same as the design of the main app. This also matches the other redesigned parts of the app, which Quinny898 was able to find. This update doesn't add any new features to Google Play Games or the plugins features in games. It simply brings the app in line with Google's other redesigned apps.

Google is slowly updating most of their apps with this new interface. Android Messages has this interface. The Google Contacts, Google Phone, Google Fit, Google News, Google One, Google Pay, Google Home, and Google Maps apps also have this new interface. They all have been updated since Google I/O 2018 when Google announced this new design.

We are not sure when this update for Google Play Games will be officially available as Quinny898 did have to do a lot of work to get this enabled for his game. It should be soon though as the UI does look very complete.

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