Week 42 in review: Apple iPhone 12 and OnePlus 8T series are official



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Welcome to your week’s recap and as far as hectic weeks go, this one was huge.

Apple’s long-awaited announcement, not to mention the month-long delay, happened this week and Apple featured an unprecedented lineup of four people. The iPhone 12 family is all OLED, all 5G and features a new flat-sided design reminiscent of the iPhone 4 and 5 of yesteryear. The non-Pro iPhones 12 and 12 mini have dual cameras.

The iPhone 12 Pro has a new 6.1-inch screen (compared to the 5.8-inch of its predecessor) and a nearly unchanged triple camera. The iPhone 12 Pro Max has a new 12MP main camera with a 47% larger sensor and a new 2.5x telephoto camera.

The 6.1-inch iPhone 12 and 12 Pro are now available in pre-order and will ship next Friday to the first wave of countries. The 5.4-inch iPhone 12 mini and 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro Max will begin pre-orders on November 6.

Apple’s decision to remove everything but the USB-C to Lightning cable from the retail package of the new iPhone 12 series, as well as the iPhone 11, SE (2020), and XR also had a huge impact on people’s conversations about it. water cooler.

The other big story of the week was the OnePlus 8T. It offers a faster 120Hz display, much faster 65W charging and a new design for a starting price of € 600 / £ 550 / $ 750 / INR 43,000. Sales in India started on October 16, Europe gets Q8 on October 20 and the United States on October 23.

Finally, the Huawei Mate 40 Pro made the news with a leaked super zoom sample and a sneak peek for an October 22 presentation.

Those were the biggest stories of the week. Until the next!

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The best Redmi Note 10 will come with 108MP camera and Snapdragon 750G

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Kuo: Vanilla iPhone 12 will be the best-selling of the new line

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Huawei executive shares Mate 40 camera sample, teases class-leading zoom

The moon looks impressive and detailed even in daylight.


For the first time ever, iPhone pre-orders will launch simultaneously around the world

Previously, Apple flipped the switch at midnight in each particular time zone. Not so with iPhone 12 pre-orders.


OnePlus 8T announced with 65W load and 120Hz display with Always On mode

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Huawei Mate 40 phone shows octagonal camera setup

It would be a first in the world of smartphones.


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The iPhone 11 and iPhone XR get cheaper

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