Week 46 in review: OnePlus 3T announced, a trio of vivo phones too

The OnePlus 3T went official this week, the second phone by the company with a letter in its name after the OnePlus X. The 3T is a proper flagship though, unlike the X, and catch that - the 'T' is like Apple's 'S' plus one letter. For all the promises that the original OnePlus 3 will coexist alongside the 3T, the company announced it's being discontinued in the US and Europe. Oh, well.

A few other announcements took place this week, among them a total of three vivo smartphones - the V5, X9 and X9 Plus. All three sport a 20MP selfie camera, but the X's have it as part of a dual 20MP/8MP setup.

Meanwhile, Huawei proved quite gracious and unveiled a Mate 9 Pro - most of the Porsche Design goodness (including the 5.5-inch dual-curved QHD display) at half price. The Chinese company also shed some light on the whole Google Pixel conundrum - Google wanted no maker badge on its Phone, Huawei refused, HTC stepped in.

Qualcomm mentioned the Snapdragon 835 in a QuickCharge 4.0 announcement (the news really being that there may not be an 830), Meizu Pro 7 may be powered by the Kirin 960, and a smaller 5.5-inch version of the Xiaomi Mi Mix could be headed our way. LG boasted that it has sold 200,000 V20s in the US for 10 days, while analysts are painting a grim picture on the iPhone 7's sales figures for the coming months.

As usual, links to all of these stories (and some more) can be found below.

OnePlus 3T is official with Snapdragon 821 and 3,400 mAh battery, starts at $439

The much talked about smartphone will become available on November 22 with 64 or 128GB of UFS 2.0 storage.

OnePlus discontinues OnePlus 3 in US and Europe

The device will be replaced by the newly-unveiled OnePlus 3T in these regions.

OnePlus 3T's Dash Charge goes up against Google Pixel XL's USB-PD in video battle of fast charging tech

OnePlus unveiled the 3T yesterday, as you may know. It's a OnePlus 3 lookalike that comes with improved specs, one of which is a bigger battery capacity. The 3,400 mAh cell should hopefully ensure a g...

vivo V5 unveiled with 20MP selfie camera, split screen multitasking

It takes over from the X7 as vivo's top selfie camera phone.

vivo X9 and X9 Plus are now official with a 20MP + 8MP selfie camera setup

Both handsets also come equipped with the modern and capable Snapdragon 625 and Snapdragon 653 chips, respectively.

Huawei Mate 9 Pro goes official - it's the same as Porsche Design

The rumors turned out to be true - Huawei has just announced the Mate 9 Pro in China. It's identical to the Mate 9 Porsche Design sans the luxurious branding.

Huawei confirms turning down Google for Pixel manufacturing because it wouldn't be co-branded

The Chinese company wanted its brand to be present on the Pixel devices alongside Google's.

Sony Xperia XZ and X Compact start receiving November security updates

The update arrives as build number 39.0.A.3.30 for the former and 34.1.A.3.49 for the latter.

Qualcomm's upcoming Snapdragon 835 will have Quick Charge 4

Built on Samsung's latest 10nm FinFET process.

New Samsung Galaxy Note7 update encourages users to get replacement/refund

The update is rolling out in Canada, where users on Bell's network are currently getting it.

Meizu Pro 7 tipped to feature a Kirin 960 SoC, ultrasound fingerprint sensor

Alleged presentation slides also point to 6GB or RAM and Sony IMX 386 camera sensor.

5.5-inch version of the Xiaomi Mi Mix purportedly leaks

This could be announced soon and should interest people who consider the original Mi Mix simply too big.

iPhone 7 demand to significantly decline into January

Analyst makes predictions about the iPhone 7's demand. Says demand is steadily decreasing due to lack of "spec surprises".

Samsung reveals its Black Friday 2016 deals

Samsung has unveiled its Black Friday deals for this year. The South Korean company has set up a dedicated page on its website where you can find discounts on various Samsung products including mobile...

Galaxy S8 might have a pressure-sensitive display

That's what the latest rumor out of Korea is saying.

Huawei P10 prototype and specs spotted online

The front-mounted fingerprint reader rumor appears to be confirmed.

LG V20 sells 200K units in the US ten days after launch

Promotional contests for the V20 attract plenty of attention.

New rumor says Samsung Galaxy C5 Pro and C7 Pro will be made official next month

The rumor, which came in the form of a Weibo post, also revealed some key information about the devices.

Apple asked its manufacturers to investigate the possibility of moving iPhone production to the US, report says

Donald Trump has repeatedly promised he'd force Apple to build its "computers and things" in the States.

WhatsApp officially adds video calling functionality

You have to assume that by far the most requested feature for WhatsApp has to have been video calling. The Facebook-owned service wasn't the first to add voice calls to its app, and it definitely isn'...