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Moto G Power, Moto G Stylus, and Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite go on sale in the U.S.

While much of the U.S. is still under lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19, smartphone brands are still moving forward with releasing products, no matter how ill-timed. We’ve seen both new product launches as well as already-announced products starting to go on sale. Just yesterday, Motorola announced that the Moto G Power and Moto G Stylus, two affordable mid-range smartphones, have gone on sale in the United States. Today, the value-flagship Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite has gone on sale. These 3 devices are a bit more affordable than your typical mid-range and flagship smartphones, so they may be more palatable to consumers in this tough economy.

Moto G Power & Moto G Stylus

Motorola announced the G Power and G Stylus back in February as part of the brand’s 2020 Moto G line. While we expected these devices to bear the “Moto G8” name, Motorola decided to drop the numbering from the branding entirely. Both of these phones went up for pre-order over 2 weeks ago, but on April 16th, Motorola opened up general sales. The Moto G Power retails for $250 while the Moto G Stylus retails for $300.  You can buy both devices online through Motorola.com, Best Buy, or B&H Photo right now. If you’re on Google Fi, you’ll also be able to buy the two phones through the Google MVNO, albeit at a later, unspecified date.

Moto G Power Forums ||| Moto G Stylus Forums

Buy Moto G Power: Motorola.com, Best Buy, B&H Photo, Google Fi (coming soon)

Buy Moto G Stylus: Motorola.com, Best Buy, B&H Photo, Google Fi (coming soon)

Both devices feature the Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SoC, 4GB of RAM, a 6.4-inch LCD at FHD+ resolution with a left-sided hole-punch cutout, a 16MP front-facing camera, triple rear cameras, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a USB Type-C charging port, and Android 10. The Moto G Stylus has a higher resolution primary rear camera, a better wide-angle camera, and of course, a stylus pen. The Moto G Power has a larger battery than the Moto G Stylus, though.

Moto G Power and Moto G Stylus Specifications

	Moto G Power	Moto G Stylus
Size	159.85 x 75.84 x 9.63mm, 199g	158.55 x 75.8 x 9.2mm, 192g
SoC	Snapdragon 665	Snapdragon 665
RAM	4GB	4GB
Storage	64GB	128GB
Display	6.4-inch, FHD+, LCD, hole-punch	6.4-inch, FHD+, LCD, hole-punch
Rear Cameras	16MP (f/1.7, 1.12μm) 2MP (f/2.2, 1.75μm) macro 8MP (f/2.2, 1.12μm) 118° ultra-wide angle	48MP (f/1.7, 1.6μm) 2MP (f/2.2, 1.75μm) macro Action Cam 16MP (f/2.2, 2.0μm, 117-degrees FOV)
Front Camera	16MP (f/2.0, 1μ)	16MP (f/2.0, 1μ)
Battery	5,000 mAh	4,000 mAh
Ports	USB-C, Headphone jack	USB-C, Headphone jack
Software	Android 10	Android 10

Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) earlier this year, Samsung announced the Galaxy S10 Lite and Galaxy Note 10 Lite. The Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite (our review) has a Galaxy S20-like design but with the previous generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, a 6.7-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display at 60Hz, a 4,500mAh battery, a 32MP front-facing camera, up to 8GB of RAM, and a triple rear camera setup consisting of a 48MP primary wide-angle sensor with “Super Steady OIS”, 12MP secondary ultra wide-angle sensor, and a 5MP tertiary macro camera. The display on the Galaxy S10 Lite is also notable for being flat, which some people might appreciate, but on the other hand, there’s no 3.5mm headphone jack.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite Forums

While the Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite retails for ₹39,999 in India, the price in Europe is a whopping €649. The price in the U.S. is $650, which is similarly high compared to the price in India. This price is only $50 less than the OnePlus 8, but it’s also hundreds of dollars less than the highest-end flagship smartphones currently on sale. If you like what Samsung has to offer in the Galaxy S10 Lite, you can order it online through Samsung.com, Amazon, or Best Buy. It’s only available in the U.S. in a single color: Prism Black. Orders for the Silicone Cover have also gone up on Samsung.com.

Buy Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite: Samsung.com, Amazon, Best Buy

Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite Specifications

Specification	Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite
Weight and dimensions	75.6 x 162.5 x 8.1mm 186g
Display	6.7-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED Plus Infinity-O Display 2400×1080 (394ppi)
Rear camera	Triple Camera: Primary: 48MP Sony IMX586, Super Steady OIS AF F2.0 Ultra Wide: 12MP, F2.2 Macro: 5MP, F2.4
Front camera	32MP Sony IMX616, F2.2
SoC	7nm 64-bit Octa-core Snapdragon 855 1x 2.84GHz Kryo 485 Gold 3x 2.42GHz Kryo 485 Gold 4x 1.8GHz Kryo 485 Silver Adreno 640 GPU
RAM and Storage	6GB/128GB 8GB/128GB 8GB/512GB
Battery	4,500mAh (typical) 45W fast charging 25W charger included in-box
OS	One UI 2.1 based on Android 10

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite receives One UI 2.1 with April 2020 patches

Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S20 series, which was launched earlier this year in February, featured the company’s latest One UI 2.1 software release with a few new features. Shortly after the launch, we learned that Samsung was planning to roll out One UI 2.1 to older flagship devices and, as expected, the update finally hit the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 series towards the end of last month. Earlier this month, the company then rolled out One UI 2.1 to the Galaxy S10 Lite and now, it’s finally rolling out to the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite XDA Forums

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According to a recent post on our forums, the One UI 2.1 update (software version N770FXXU2BTD4) is now rolling out to Galaxy Note 10 Lite users in Spain and UAE. Much like the One UI 2.1 update for the Galaxy S10 Lite, the latest release brings a handful of new features that made their debut with the Galaxy S20 series and the Android security patches for April 2020.

Following the update, Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite users will be able to enjoy improved AR Emoji with manual editing and enhanced facial expression recognition. The update also includes Quick Share and Music Share, along with new camera modes like Single Take and Pro Mode for video, My Filters, Selfie Tone, and AR Zone. On top of that, the Samsung Keyboard app has received a new multilingual translation feature, improved search for emoji and sticking, and a new text undo/redo feature. As mentioned earlier, the update is currently only available for Note 10 Lite users in Spain and UAE, but it should roll out to more regions in the coming days.

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ASUS releases AOSP-based Android 10 beta updates for the ZenFone Max M1, ZenFone Lite, and the ZenFone Live L1/L2

ASUS has yet to release a phone under the Android One program, but they still do care about vanilla Android lovers. The OEM has significantly trimmed down their custom Android skin, ZenUI on their flagship ZenFone 6, while the ZenFone Max Pro M1 and its successor, the ZenFone Max Pro M2, come with near-stock Android. The company also publishes AOSP-based beta builds for existing phones running ZenUI from time to time. ASUS has now released similar AOSP-based Android 10 beta updates to a bunch of entry-level devices from their portfolio, which includes the ZenFone Max M1, the ZenFone Lite and the ZenFone Live (L1/L2).

The ASUS ZenFone Max M1 has quite a vibrant aftermarket development community, as this nifty device is officially supported by TWRP as well as the Pixel Experience project. Owners of this phone can now evaluate the first public beta build of Android 10 from ASUS, bearing version number WW-17.00.2003.23. The update package weighs about 1.78GB and can be sideloaded using the stock recovery. The transition is not foolproof though, as you may need to wipe the userdata, so do perform a backup beforehand, as you should anyway when trying out betas.

ASUS ZenFone Max M1 XDA Forums

Download Android 10 Beta for the ASUS ZenFone Max M1

The ZenFone Lite and the ZenFone Live are nothing but rebranded editions of each other, thus, they share a common firmware. The data transition bug is also present in the Android 10 beta build for these phones, which is tagged as WW-17.07.2003.405.

Download Android 10 Beta for the ASUS ZenFone Lite/Live

As a matter of interest, all these phones are powered by either the Snapdragon 425 or the Snapdragon 430 SoC (and likely to be based on the same BSP). Keeping track of the enormous number of device variants from ASUS is indeed a cumbersome task, especially when some regional models of the aforementioned phones got the Android Go edition on top of 1GB RAM SKU, which are still running Android Oreo and not officially compatible with the current Android 10 beta packages.

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Source: ASUS (1, 2, 3)

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Vivo rolls out Android 10 with Funtouch OS to the Nex 3 5G

Google first rolled out a stable build of Android 10 to its Pixel devices back in September last year. Around the same time, Chinese OEM Vivo announced the Nex 3 5G, however, the device rolled out with Funtouch OS 9.1 based on Android 9 Pie, instead of an Android 10 version of Vivo’s custom skin. Following the launch of the Nex 3S 5G last month, which is essentially a Nex 3 5G with a Snapdragon 865 SoC, Vivo is now finally rolling out an Android 10-based build of Funtouch OS to the original Vivo Nex 3 5G.

As per a recent report from GSMArena, Vivo Nex 5G (model no. V1924A) users around the world are now receiving a build of Funtouch OS 10 (v6.0.1) based on Android 10. The new software release includes all of the features Google introduced with Android 10, along with the Android security patches for March 2020. But as far as Vivo’s own optimizations are concerned, the new build doesn’t pack in any major UI changes over Funtouch OS 9.1. The software does include some minor changes to the font and gesture navigations, but other than that it’s still pretty much the same as older versions of the software.

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Xiaomi releases kernel sources for the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Redmi Note 8 Pro Android 10 builds

General Public Licence v2, better known as GPLv2, mandates every Android smartphone manufacturer to publicly release the part of Linux kernel code that they have shipped on their smartphones. OEMs like OnePlus and POCO are known for providing Day 1 source code release while others often take their sweet time to fulfill their legal obligation. Xiaomi, too, used to be one of the worst offenders of GPLv2 in its early days. But in recent years, it has made great strides in overturning that image. Xiaomi is still not as swift as OnePlus when it comes to releasing and keeping the kernel sources up-to-date, but it’s now in a much better position than several of its competitors.

XDA Forums: Redmi Note 9 Pro || Redmi Note 9 Pro Max

The company recently launched its newest phones in the Redmi Note series in India consisting of the Redmi Note 9 Pro (codename: curtana) and Redmi Note 9 Pro Max. Both devices come running Android 10 with MIUI 11 on top. And now the company has released the kernel source code for both phones, allowing the modding community to kickstart the development of custom ROMs and kernels. You can review the code at Xiaomi’s GitHub repository by clicking on the link below.

Kernel Sources for the Redmi Note 9 Pro/Note 9 Pro Max

Alongside this, Xiaomi has also released updated kernel sources for the Redmi Note 8 Pro’s Android 10 release. Xiaomi released the kernel source code for the Redmi Note 8 Pro (codename: begonia) on September 10th. This was for the initial Android 9 Pie release which the device was shipped with. Back in late February, Xiaomi rolled out the Android 10 update for the Redmi Note 8 Pro.  However, the kernel source code for the same wasn’t made available up until now. Visit the Xiaomi’s GitHub page from the link below to inspect or download the code.

Kernel Sources for the Redmi Note 8 Pro || Redmi Note 8 Pro XDA Forums

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OnePlus 8 series day 1 update adds Live Caption, Bullets Wireless Z integration with Dolby Atmos, and more

Just a few days after the launch of the OnePlus 8 series, OnePlus is rolling out the first software update for the devices. The day 1 update for the OnePlus 8 series adds features like Live Caption support, Dolby Atmos integration for the newly launched Bullets Wireless Z, Android security patches for March 2020, and more. Since the devices are yet to go on sale, users can expect to receive this update as soon as they set up their new OnePlus 8 (review) or OnePlus 8 Pro (review).

OnePlus 8 XDA Forums || OnePlus 8 Pro XDA Forums

The day 1 OxygenOS update for the OnePlus 8 series goes by the build number 10.5.1 for the OnePlus 8 EU variant, OxygenOS 10.5.3 for the OnePlus 8 international variant, OxygenOS 10.5.2 for the OnePlus 8 Pro EU variant, and OxygenOS 10.5.4 for the OnePlus 8 Pro international variant. Here’s the complete changelog for the first OnePlus 8 series update:

• System Updates
  • Improved icon display in status bar
  • Improved back gesture experience
  • OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z can now be integrated with Dolby Atmos for better sound quality
  • Added double-tap feature to wake up lockscreen in ambient display more or off-screen condition
  • Added OnePlus Tips & Support section in Settings. Check out all the new features and answers to common issues here
  • Added Live Caption, this will detect speech in media and automatically generate caption [To enable: Settings-System-Accessibility-LiveCaption]
  • Updated Android Security Patch to 2020.03
  • Updated GMS package to 2020.02
• Camera Updates
  • Optimized the camera’s shooting experience and improved stability
  • Optimized the animation effect and improved interaction experience
  • Added video filter feature
• Phone Updates
  • Added contact notes info for incoming calls
• Network Updates
  • Enabled 3 UK 5G
  • Enabled Sweden Tele2 VoWiFi
  • Enabled T-Mobile Australia VoWiFi and 5G
  • Optimized network data transmission performance and stability
• Voice Assistant Updates
  • Now you can wake up voice assistant of your choice just by long-pressing the power button [To enable: Settings-Buttons & gestures-Press and hold the power button-Choose the app you want to activate]

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