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It seems that there could be a possibility that Xiaomi could be working on a smartphone that comes equipped with MediaTek’s Dimensity 1000+ chipset. With that said, the aforementioned smartphone will most likely come equipped with features such as 144Hz refresh rate display, 5G support, and potentially more.

For fans of ASUS devices, it's great that we're finally getting hints of the company's smartphones for 2020. We've already seen the Geekbench score for the ROG Phone 3, so the phone could already be ready to launch. But now we're getting some concrete news for both the ZenFone 7 and ROG Phone 3, with the launch expected to be coming soon.

It seems that Samsung might be launching their own debit card which comes equipped with a “money management platform”, which is expected to be unveiled somewhere around Q3 2020. While not much is known in regards to the pricing in order to sign up for the debit card, we do know that Samsung will be releasing more details in the next few weeks.

Not only the competition between smartphones is intense nowadays, the manufacturers that provide chipsets for the devices are also required to keep up with the needs of the market. Today, MediaTek has launched an upgraded version of the Dimensity 1000 chipset and it's called Dimensity 1000 Plus (just like Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 and 855 Plus), and there are a lot of improvements making it strong enough to compete with the others.

The under-screen camera is probably one of the features that we would very much like to see on new smartphones. Not only it will bring something new and exciting to the smartphone industry, but the technology will also end the era of the notches. Today, an approved design patent from Xiaomi has leaked and pretty much shows us how the company will be making a smartphone with an under-screen camera.

Based on a statement by gizchina, it seems that vivo’s upcoming smartphone could come equipped with a sliding mechanism which is quite a rare feature these days. While there is not much known in regards to when it will be available, we do know that it will most likely come with vivo’s upcoming Apex concept phone somewhere around 2021.

Recently, Xiaomi unveiled their latest MIUI 12 Android skin which will be available on all Xiaomi and Redmi devices very soon. In terms of new features, the updated Android skin comes with new animations, new navigation gestures, cleaner UI, as well as various security features to keep the user's private information safe.

Not long after renders of the OPPO A92S appeared, details of another OPPO A-series device have appeared online. The new leak on Weibo comes with pictures of the alleged OPPO A52, along with details on some of its specifications. Additionally, it's said that this device officially goes onto the market in China today.

LG smartphones don't see a lot of attention in Malaysia, but that's not to say that they're bad. The biggest problem with the brand is that it doesn't do enough marketing here and their phones don't stand out enough in a saturated Malaysian smartphone market. But the company's next smartphone may win it some fans thanks to a new design.

Rumours of the Samsung Galaxy A41 first started to appear around last year. But it wasn't till today that Samsung finally confirmed some of its details. The company has announced that the phone will be making its way to Japan and could be available by June 2020.