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Huawei's new MateBook X, E, and D go on pre-order in the US tomorrow

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The new MateBooks that Huawei unveiled back in May are now on their way to the US. The company has officially revealed that pre-orders for the MateBook X, MateBook E, and MateBook D will go live at Amazon and Newegg tomorrow. They should ship later this summer. Here's the pricing breakdown. The cheapest of the bunch is the MateBook D, coming in at $699 with a Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, 1TB HDD, and Nvidia 940MX GPU. The MateBook E starts at $799, for which amount you get a Core m3, 4GB of RAM, and a 128GB SSD. If you'd rather have a Core i5 and 8GB of RAM, you'll need to shell out $999.

Reliance Jio offers up to 30GB 4G data on select Xiaomi phones

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Reliance Jio is offering a whole bunch of free data to Xiaomi customers. People buying select devices will be eligible for 30GB of free 4G data. The way this works is that customers of Xiaomi devices will need to have a Reliance Jio SIM activated on or after June 16, 2017. After that, for every prepaid recharge of INR 309 or above they will get 5GB additional data (on top of whatever the recharge normally entails). This can be done for six recharges, totalling 30GB, till March 31, 2018.

Huawei Mate 10 to be powered by 10nm Kirin 970 chipset, rumor claims

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It's obviously not surprising that Huawei is currently busy working on the successor to the Mate 9 from last year. Nor is it out of the ordinary for the Chinese company to launch a new in-house chipset with a new Mate series device. What it's planned for this year, however, may be an SoC made using a 10nm process.

Galaxy Note8 design revealed by case maker

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As often happens, a case manufacturer released images of a still-unofficial phone – today, it’s the Samsung Galaxy Note8. It’s a cheap way to drum up publicity and Olixar’s transparent gel cases leave little to the imagination.

Dual SIM Galaxy S8+ reaches mainland Europe

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First in the UK, now in mainland Europe too – the dual-SIM version of the Samsung Galaxy S8+ is now on sale. Note that this is a hybrid slot – the second card can be either a nanoSIM or a microSD, but you can’t both expand storage and add a second phone line.

MediaTek unveils system on a chip to power the Internet of Devices

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MediaTek introduced the MT2625 system on a chip – behind this unassuming name hides a narrow band Internet of Things chip that is both the smallest yet (16 x 18mm) and supports the full frequency band, allowing devices powered by it to function anywhere in the world. You’ve probably heard of the “Internet of Things”, it’s the current drive to fill your home with smart devices. But these devices need to talk to each other and standards like Wi-Fi are too power-hungry and can’t support enough devices efficiently.

iPhone 8 dummy assembled, shown off on video

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We’ve seen the metal frame and the glass panels of the iPhone 8, but we’re yet to see the finished product. Well, what do we have here? Here’s the quote: “The device shown in this video is manufactured via CNC process. It is based upon 3D CAD sourced directly from the factory in charge of building the new iPhone.”