OnePlus moves OnePlus 6T reveal a date earlier to avoid sharing the media frenzy of Apple's event

We've known for some time that OnePlus would reveal its latest flagship, the OnePlus 6T in New York City on October 30. But since Apple announced an October 30 media event, also in New York City, OnePlus has smartly moved the launch date earlier by one day.

Knowing that Apple owns the news cycle on its #AppleEvent days, OnePlus smartly avoided a head on collision which might force journalists to forego OnePlus' launch in favour of the higher profile Apple launch. OnePlus, after all, is launching one product, the OnePlus 6T. Apple is expected to launch its consumer iPhone Xr and is expected to drop some iPad Pro, MacBook and Mac announcements at what will be likely its last event for the year before the holidays. See OnePlus' earnest explanation below.

"When we announced the launch of the OnePlus 6T on October 8, we were convinced our timing would allow us to maximize the amount of people we could reach with our message. That changed when Apple announced they would be hosting their own event on October 30. We know the entire industry and all media will be holding their breath. So, imagine how we felt when we learned the date of their latest event. One minute, we were preparing for our greatest and most exciting launch event yet. The next, we were posed with a difficult question: “What do we do now?”

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Huawei's monster camera smartphone the Mate 20 Pro comes to Canada this fall

2018 has been Huawei's big year in disrupting the premium smartphone market mostly on the merit of their stellar Leica designed cameras. This year's P20 Pro was a standound flagship that challenged the likes of Samsung and Apple while leapfrogging the market with superb zoom functionality.

Launched yesterday at an even in London was the Mate 20 Pro which is reportedly coming to Canada in November with preorders starting on October 25. The Mate 20 Pro brings a slim, tall 6.3-inch profile, curved glass infinity-display and three camera array to the market.

Huawei follows Apple's footsteps by offering the second 7 nanometer mobile processor in the market (the first for an Android-powered device). As for the defining feature of this device, it's three camera array, Huawei has gotten rid of the monochrome camera that was a popular feature on on the P10 and the P20 Pro.

This time around we get a telephoto lens, a wide angle lens, and an ultra-wide angle lens. Stay tuned for first impressions of the Huawei Mate 20 Pro in the coming weeks.

Apple updates its Privacy website and outlines various iOS and mac OS protection features

Apple’s commitment to privacy as a fundamental right is built into its hardware, software and services and the company has just updated its Privacy website with information on how its devices and software go the extra mile to protect user's private data, location and details through a variety of transparent features.

Today’s smartphones and computers don’t serve as mere tools for work or pleasure. They contain a vast amount of personal information, private data, photos, location information and even valued corporate information. Apple puts personal privacy of its users as a top priority, not that people have something to hide or are doing illegal activities with their devices, but because Apple believes privacy is a fundamental right worth protecting.

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Review: Apple iPhone XS Max

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

How can Apple improve on the imposing and super premium 5.8-inch iPhone X on an `S` year and at a time where flagship smartphone competition is at an all-time high? Adding a larger size, a new colour finish, improved processor and camera performance, as well as a slew of new exclusive features are all standard moves in the Apple playbook and they are all in effect here but there's also so much more.

The iPhone XS Max is the bigger, badder version improves on almost every aspect of Apple`s flagship smartphone. Hit jump for our review.

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