Week 33 in review: Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra and Microsoft Surface Duo debut

Xiaomi made by far the most headlines this week – the company celebrated its tenth anniversary in style introducing its first Ultra phone. The K30 Ultra is a powerful “flagship killer”, bringing top notch specs at a mid-range price, while the Mi 10 Ultra is a properly exciting powerhouse with 120Hz screen, 120W charging and a periscope module that goes up to 120x zoom. Sadly, it was later confirmed that neither of the phones is coming out of China.

Microsoft had a big announcement of its own as the Surface Duo foldable phone finally got properly detailed and its pre-orders kicked off.

Realme introduced the C12 entrey level handset, while HMD got a healthy cash injection from big investors including Google in Qualcomm that should enable it to expand its operations.

In leakland the biggest story was the iPhone 12 lineup announcement and market release dates. They were delivered by the same insider that reveled when the iPhone SE 2020 is coming so chances of them being correct are high.

Check out the list of most read articles over the past week below to make sure you haven’t missed anything important. See you in seven days!

It marks Xiaomi’s tenth anniversary and brings the fastest charging speeds on the market.

The iPhone 12 event could take place around October 12.

Features a 55-inch 120Hz transparent OLED panel and bespoke MIUI software.

You shouldn’t expect to see either phone outside of China.

There’s also 33W fast wired charging this time around.

It seems Google will indeed forgo a flagship chipset in its phones this year.

It starts at $1,399 and will be available across T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon.

The versatile cameraphone ticks most boxes on the way to a unanimous decision.

The new build fixes a bunch of issues that were spotted in the previous release.

HMD Global has big plans.

TCL also announced it developed a new LCD panel with 2.4mm bottom bezel.

The phone will serve as a successor to the Galaxy M40.

Currently, you must be enrolled in the Beta to install the app, but it works now for more non-Google phones.

See OnePlus’ new UI in action.

The display’s diagonal is reportedly 6.67″.

The phone was also listed in Spain for a price of around €150.

It’s said to arrive in September.

Otherwise, Qualcomm competitors could benefit from the ban.

It’s rumored to arrive in Q4 2020.

Bezels are said to be virtually non-existent.

The Galaxy Note20 Ultra brings a myriad of innovation from Samsung.

We also get new hands-on images of the device in its black color.

It’s expected to improve upon its 2019 predecessor in every way.

EDIT: Epic Games sues Google following removal from the Play Store mere hours after Apple took action.

As the app would need to be removed from the App Store, folks who rely on the WeChat might look elsewhere.

It brings lots of similarities to the previously launched Realm C15.

As well as the technology behind it.

This would be the first such phone on the market.

That’s for Core i5-10200H and GTX 1650 GPU, $1000 get you i7-10750H and GTX 1650 Ti.