Hello readers! How’s your summer going? We sure hope you’re having a good one. If you’ve been busy dodging the heat and couldn’t keep up with news, then you’re in the right place. This is indeed where we roundup all the most interesting headlines of the week coming from the Asian world; keep reading!

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Xiaomi

The biggest Xiaomi news of the week is definitely the launch of the Mi Pad 4 Plus. The tablet is, of course, a larger version of the previously launched Mi Pad 4, coming with a big 10.1-inch FHD, a Snapdragon 660, 4GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. click here to learn more.

Fast forwarding to today, we find the first review of the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 a couple days before its official launch.

Oppo

Lots of news coming from Oppo this week, the company did indeed unveil the unique looking Oppo F9 in Taiwan. Meanwhile leaks appear to confirm a triple camera setup for the upcoming Oppo R17 PRO.

The Oppo Realme 2 was instead briefly listed on the company’s website before getting taken down.

Vivo

After Oppo’s news, we of course what seems to be their closer competitor as far as cutting-edge technology goes – Vivo. In the pat week the Chinese phone maker launched the budget-friendly Vivo Y81 over in india, meanwhile the Vivo X23 has been spotted in real images.

Finally, the company has sent out invites for an event taking place in India on September 6th, where we expect to see the Vivo V11.

Huawei

Exciting news coming from Huawei, the phone and chip maker is indeed apparently really close to launch the next Huawei Kirin 980 flagship SoC on August 31st. Said processor is said to feature the latest 7nm processing technology and consisting of four Cortex-A77 cores clocked at 2.8GHz as well as four Cortex-A55 small cores; click here to learn more.

Devices wise, we have some rumors regarding the upcoming Huawei Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro and Mate 20 Lite.

Meizu

The Meizu 16th series was finally unveiled last week. The smartphone is apparently doing very well, which is what Meizu needed. If you want to check out our hands-on with the device, then click here!

GizPoll of The Week

From our last week poll, 63% of voters prefer fast charge while 9% settled for wireless charging. However, 23% of voters want a combination of both. This week, we instead want to know what you think about the recently announced Android Pie and its features: Whats Your Favorite Android 9 Pie Feature?nbsp;Click here to vote and leave a comment!

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So, did you find any news you had missed throughout the week? If that’s so, let us know by dropping a comment below.

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