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The  OnePlus Nord  was recently announced, and people are going wild for it for a variety of reasons - it’s a cheap  5G phone , it’s got a 90Hz display, and it’s the first OnePlus phone in ages that isn’t knee-shakingly expensive. But as with all  OnePlus phones , the brand's fans seem to be taking the hype to hyperbolic levels, acting almost like it's the first ever smartphone - though of course it isn't. There are plenty of smartphones in existence, and more come out all the time. There are big ones, small ones,  cheap ones , expensive ones,  ones for gaming ,  ones for photography , ones for watching content, and ones for people who don’t even like smartphones.  And lots of these phones have already done stuff the OnePlus Nord's fans seem to think it did first. So in case you're sick of OnePlus Nord fans getting too excitable, or genuinely don't know about the rival phones in existence, we've listed a few handsets below that do similar things

15 HIDDEN ADWARE APPS  ANDROID USERS SHOULD DELETE IMMEDIATELY Android users are being urgently warned to delete a chat app that can spy on you and steal your data. Users of Android and owners of devices across the country have been told to make sure the chat app is not on their phones. Worryingly, the app can infiltrate your personal information, pinching your details and placing you at risk of security breaches. Researchers from ESET have warned about a malicious app that can spy on you and even steal your personal data. The app is called Welcome Chat and has worryingly been downloaded by many device owners. Lukas Stefanko, a researcher at ESET, said: “In regard to the ‘secure’ claim, nothing is further from the truth. “Not only is Welcome Chat an espionage tool; on top of that, its operators left the data harvested from their victims freely available on the internet. And the app was never available on the official Android app store.” Mr Stefanko explained: “Such an exten

ANDROID users have faced a tough six months with over 100 dangerous apps already banned by Google this year. So, with so many attacks taking in place in 2020 here's a full list of the applications you need to delete, right now, from your Android smartphone. Android  smartphone owners continue to be placed on high alert about the apps they download onto their devices. So far this year there's been over 100 applications placed on a banned list and that number seems to grow as each month goes by. Google , and it's hugely popular Play Store, is battling an almost constant threat with malware-filled apps attempting to infiltrate its stringent security measures on an almost daily basis. While many of these nasty apps are blocked well before they ever reach the online store, some appear to have slipped through the net and that's putting Android users at risk. Some apps on the Play Store have been found to include malware which can hack accounts and there's regu

Three generations of a high-profile Bollywood family have tested positive for Covid-19, officials in the Indian state of Maharashtra say. Results on Sunday showed the actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, a former Miss World, and her daughter Aaradhya, eight, were infected with coronavirus. Her husband Abhishek and father-in-law Amitabh, both also actors, were taken to hospital on Saturday with the virus. Both men were said to have mild symptoms. Abhishek Bachchan tweeted that they would remain in hospital "till the doctors decide otherwise". Aishwarya Bachchan, 46, is one of Bollywood's most famous faces both in India and abroad, featuring in several Bollywood and Hollywood films. She won the Miss World pageant in 1994 and is Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS. In 2003 she was the first Indian actress to be a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival. Aishwarya and her daughter are said to be asymptomatic. On Saturday Amitabh Bachchan told his mil

"Avengers: Endgame" director Joe Russo hinted at the possibility of working Robert Downey Jr who played Iron Man for a decade on Marvel Cinematic Universe's superhero movies. But the reunion would likely happen in a non-MCU project. Talking to Comicbook.com, Russo said it is not long before they could reunite, without revealing more details about the project. His interview came months after he hinted at the possibility of a collaboration with Robert in April. The director had said that he would love to reunite with the 'Iron Man' actor. He also said he and Anthony Russo were talking to Chris Evans about a project, "there [are] two more projects we're talking to Hemsworth about. There's something else we're talking to Holland about." Robert's role as 'Iron Man' came to an end with "Avengers: Endgame" which saw his character being killed in a battle against 'Thanos'.

The most important form factor Android operates on is phones, and yearly updates reflect that focus. Following the launch of  Beta 2 , Google today hosted an Android 11 AMA where they received a number of questions about other platforms. In talking about Wear OS, the company all but confirmed that Android 11 will be the next major wearable update. Google starts by  reiterating  that it’s “very excited about wearable tech,” specifically name-checking smartwatches and fitness trackers. The answer then links to the “Investing in the Wear OS ecosystem”  blog post  published after the Fitbit deal was announced last November. Under the hood, Wear OS was  updated  to Android 9 Pie in November 2018 with “System version H” following a developer preview that began  earlier that year . It’s the current release to this day as watches receive security patches. Android 10 was never discussed for Wear OS, and Google’s AMA  responses  today suggest that the platform is jumping straight to

The Apple iPhone 12 has been tipped to cost $50 more than iPhone 11 despite not coming with EarPods or a charger Bad news, everyone. Within weeks of Apple  iPhone 12  reports hitting the internet stating that the new iPhone  was going to be  cheaper  than the iPhone 11, comes the frustrating news that it could actually be  more expensive , despite not coming with a  charger or set of EarPods in the box . That's because, as reported by respected Apple news site  MacRumors , Apple analyst Jeff Pu has forecast that iPhone 12 pricing will begin at $749 for the new 5.4-inch model, which is a direct $50 increase over the introductory iPhone 11 model. the introductory iPhone 11 model. Sony's secret PS5 plan to SMOKE Xbox Series X breaks cover According to Pu, the price hike is primarily because of the addition of 5G and an OLED display, which feature on all iPhone 12 models, while the iPhone 11 is only 4G and has an LCD display. Pu says that this price increase will be &qu