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China's Xiaomi Bets Bigger On India Retail Stores Amid Samsung Rivalry

China's Xiaomi will focus on boosting its India sales from retail outlets after years of big bets on e-commerce, its India president said, as the company seeks to revive smartphone sales after falling behind South Korea's Samsung.
E-commerce sales in India via Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart have surged in recent years, helping Xiaomi and others expand in one of the world's fastest-growing markets, with 600 million smartphone users.

REDMAGIC has announced on Weibo that the upcoming REDMAGIC 8S Pro will be equipped with up to 24GB of RAM.
It’s unclear if this is indeed 24GB of RAM or if the company is using virtual RAM to get to this figure.
We’ll nevertheless find out on July 5 when the phone gets announced in China.

A Reddit thread from last week has picked up hundreds of comments from Google Pixel owners, many of whom have noticed that the June 2023 update is causing faster-than-normal battery drain on their devices.
Some of those affected report seeing their battery needing a charge by the afternoon and requiring a charge multiple times per day.
Google’s Pixel phones have never had tremendously good battery life, but this is certainly not how things should be going.

Emergency SOS feature allows Android phones, specifically Pixels, to start a call to your local emergency services with five consecutive taps of the power button.
In Scotland, the BBC reports, Emergency SOS is being blamed for an influx of false alarm calls to 999.
The silent calls apparently take up to 20 minutes for an operator to deal with, as they urge callers to confirm the call was a mistake.

The first press render of the Galaxy Z Flip 5 showcases a giant cover display that has a notch towards its end to make space for its dual-camera setup.
The image also shows a giant music player widget with spaced-out buttons for music playback control.
The Galaxy Z Flip 5 is expected to feature the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 For Galaxy processor, 8GB RAM, and up to 256GB internal storage.