The Realme C3 is coming on February 6 but the company has already revealed most of its specifications. Now, Realme has announced that Realme C3 will boot Realme UI, making it the first Realme smartphone...
Friday, January 31, 2020
Samsung trademarks "UTG", could mean Ultra Thin Glass for Z Flip and future Samsung foldables
Foldable smartphones are certainly gaining a lot of attention as the new form factor challenges smartphone design as we know it. While we saw foldable smartphones and displays over the last year or so,...
FCC writes letter to Congress finding that "one or more" US carriers sold customer location data
Over a year and a half ago, each of the four major US carriers was in some way involved with an incident that revealed how carriers were selling location data of its subscribers to whoever wanted to...
Report: Apple begins trial production of iPhone 9
Apple just reported strong iPhone sales for the last quarter of 2019 and even with all that success, there are Apple users who would still love to have a smaller iPhone with a home button. Rumors of...
Latest Poco X2 teaser basically confirms it's a Redmi K30
The Poco X2 is just four days away from being announced officially and the company released yet another teaser today. This gives us the best look at the phone so far and at this point there's little...
Facebook's to pay $550 million over face recognition misuse
Remember when Facebook started tagging you on photos back in 2011? That was the year the company started testing its facial recognition software but without anyone's consent. Shortly after, a case against...
Puma PT9100 smartwatch comes to India
Announced back in September 2019, the Puma PT9100 smartwatch is the direct result of the partnership between the storied sports brand and Fossil Group. Four months after its announcement, Puma's first...
6G theoretical speeds can go up to 1TB/s
Sure, 5G is not even live in most countries and, but researchers are already working on the next-generation wireless network. The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology recently started preparatory...
Samsung trademarks "Super ISO" for use with the Galaxy S20 phones
Samsung has filed a request to trademark "Super ISO" with the UK Intellectual Property Office. According to Ice Universe this will be featured on the upcoming Galaxy S20 phones. "ISO" here refers to...
IDC: Tablet sales dropped by 0.6% in Q4 2019, Apple still leads
After a slight upheave during the Q3 period, worldwide tablet sales have yet again declined in the fourth quarter of 2019. According to the latest IDC report, the tablet market is down by 0.6% year over...
The European Parliament votes in favor of a common charger despite Apple's protests
Members of European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of a common charger, the resolution passed with 582-40. It urges the European Commission to adopt new rules by July that would make it so...
Counterpoint: Huawei overtakes Apple in 2019, Realme gains the most
We've heard plenty of analyses in the past few days, and now we have another report to confirm that Huawei has overtaken Apple in the battle for the second place on the global smartphone market. Counterpoint...
All three Samsung Galaxy S20 phones pass through Geekbench with S865 chips, 12GB of RAM
The three Galaxy S20 phones have taken their turn running Geekbench 5.1. The models headed to the South Korean and US markets, specifically, which are powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 rather than...
Patent reveals Huawei foldable smartphone with six cameras and a stylus, could be the Mate X2
Huawei announced the Mate X foldable smartphone last year in February and later in September, it filed a patent with USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) for a new foldable smartphone with...
Nubia Red Magic 5G to pack 80W fast charging
The Nubia Red Magic 5G is shaping up to be a beast of a phone with a 144Hz refresh rate display, Snapdragon 865, dual-mode 5G and blazing fast 80W fast charging. Last week we saw a live demo of the phone's...
Samsung Galaxy A51 5G visits Geekbench
Samsung announced the Galaxy A51 last month and the company will soon follow up with its 5G version that has appeared on Geekbench sporting model number SM-A516N. The benchmark database reveals key specs...
Realme XT gets Android 10-based Realme UI stable update
Realme rolled out the stable build of Android 10-based Realme UI for the Realme XT last week, but the update was only rolling to a limited number of users. If you haven't received the OTA yet, Realme...
Samsung Galaxy A41 appears on Geekbench with Helio P65 SoC
The Samsung Galaxy A41 that we've been hearing about since last November has passed through Geekbench, revealing key specs in the process. According to the benchmark database, the Galaxy A41, bearing...
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Motorola celebrates Moto G's 100 million milestone with BOGO deals and discounts
Today, Motorola is celebrating a new hurdle pertaining to the popular Moto G series of smartphones. The company has officially sold 100 million units of the midrange smartphone. It was first introduced...
Galaxy S20 release date is March 6, official website says
Samsung is announcing the Galaxy S20 family alongside the Galaxy Z Flip at an event on February 11. If you were wondering how soon after that the phones would become available, the company's own website...
Nokia's MWC 2020 event is on February 23
HMD Global has just started sending out invites for its MWC event in Barcelona, which is taking place on February 23 at 4:30pm local time (registration starts half an hour earlier, as depicted on the...
The Wuhan Coronavirus to affect the Galaxy S20 accessories supply chain
It seems that the widespread Wuhan Coronavirus will affect a number of supply chains, including the one for the Samsung Galaxy S20 lineup's accessories. So customers seeking accessories such as cases...
Apple Maps just got a huge update with improved navigation, "Look Around", and "Collections"
On Thursday, Apple Maps announced that it is now rolling out a new update to Apple Maps. The new update brings a new map design, and one that shows far more details than before. To start, users will...
Huawei exec: There is no going back to GMS even if ban is lifted
Ever since May 2019, Huawei has been adapting to life without Google Mobile Services (GMS). The transition has been far from smooth as Huawei was seemingly left without a stable app ecosystem overnight...
CalTech awarded $1.1 billion from Apple and Broadcom in Wi-Fi patent lawsuit
Apple is in trouble again over patent infringement by one of its chip suppliers. A jury has awarded the California Institute of Technology a $1.1 billion compensation from Apple and Broadcom for infringing...
The OnePlus 8-series might come with wireless charging as company joins WPC
OnePlus fans have long asked for the company to finally introduce wireless charging to its phones and it looks like it's finally happening with the upcoming 8-series. At least according to WPC (Wireless...
Samsung has more foldable phones planned for later in the year
Samsung released its Q4 2019 financial report earlier today which showed a decrease in profits, but a very healthy smartphone division. As part of the report Samsung outlined its plans to launch more...
Canalys: Apple leads Q4 sales for a third year in a row, Samsung stays on top in 2019
Canalys posted its report on the worldwide smartphone shipments for Q4 and the full year 2019. The analysts estimate that in Q4 2019, Apple shipped over 78 million smartphones, surpassing Huawei and...
LG posts record sales, but mobile division keeps bleeding money
LG published a report on its financial performance in 2019, boasting a record-breaking sales of $53 billion. The company recorded operating profits of $2.07 billion, 10% down from 2018, which LG explains...
Oppo Find X2 and a Realme phone certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance
The Wi-Fi Alliance has certified the Oppo Find X2 (CPH2023) and an unknown Realme phone (RMX2061). The Alliance doesn't give away much, but it does confirm that both phones will launch with Android 10....
Sony Xperia 1.1 camera detailed
Sony is hosting an event at MWC next month where it's expected to unveil its 2020 flagship. It is rumored to be the Xperia 5 Plus which is also referred to as Xperia 1.1. While Sony hasn't revealed any...
Samsung Galaxy A51 in for review
The Samsung Galaxy A50 was Samsung's most popular phone in 2019 and sold in droves. That makes the task of replacing it as big as that of replacing any of Samsung's most expensive flagship phones. A...
SA: Apple shipped the most phones in Q4, Huawei slips
Apple was the market leader in smartphone shipments in Q4 of 2019, followed by Samsung and Huawei, according to the Strategy analytics report for Q2. The Cupertino maker shipped 70.7M iPhones - a 7%...
Samsung reports increased smartphone sales, dropping overall profit in Q4
It is that time of the year when Korean companies announce their financial reports. Samsung has just revealed the Q4 profit dropped on a yearly basis due to fall in memory chip prices and weakness in...
Huawei nova 7i is coming on February 14
Huawei has announced that it will launch a new smartphone called nova 7i on February 14 in Malaysia. However, this isn't really a new smartphone and is actually a re-branded nova 6 SE that was unveiled...
Moto G Stylus live photos leak
Motorola's big upcoming event is scheduled for February 23 and will bring us at least four new phones. We've already gathered plenty of details about the Moto G8, G8 Power and the flagship Moto Edge+...
Poco X2 confirmed to feature 27W fast charging, leaked images reveal price and specs
Chinese phone maker Poco launched the Poco F1 (aka Pocophone F1 outside India) back in August 2018, and after a long hiatus of more than a year, the company is set to make a comeback on February 4 with...
Realme C3 specs revealed: Helio G70 SoC and 5,000 mAh battery in tow
The Realme C3 is arriving on February 6, but a week ahead of the launch Flipkart has set up a landing page for the C3 on its site revealing most of its specifications. The Realme C3 will be powered by...
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Oppo executive reveals first render of company smartwatch
Oppo held its Inno Day back in December, where it teased its upcoming smartwatch and true wireless headphones. Now, a Vice President at Oppo shared the first image of the Oppo smartwatch - it will have...
Leaked Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro specs suggest 16 GB RAM
Xiaomi is about to launch the Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro and we've been seeing multiple leaks for the past few weeks. The latest one comes from China, of course, and it is a screenshot of the About page of...
Nokia 9.2 might have under-display camera
HMD Global has postponed the launch of the next Nokia flagship smartphone in order to give it a better chance at competing in the 2020 market, according to recent reports. This means it will only be...
Moto G Stylus is what Motorola is calling that recently leaked stylus-carrying phone
Motorola's G series is its most successful ever, and over the past few years has been what's kept the manufacturer going. While the company is expected to soon reveal its first true flagship smartphone...
Xiaomi leads in Indian smartphone sales while Realme grows exponentially
Research firm Canalys frequently releases insight on how smartphone brands perform in various parts of the world. The latest report looks into the smartphone market in India, which performed quite well...
Kantar: Global iPhone 11 sales dominated in Q4 2019
Kantar Group released its latest smartphone shipments report, covering the October-December 2019 period. The main takeaway is the solid sales performance of the iPhone 11 which did solidly in markets...
EU allows Huawei to deploy 5G technology if it follows a set of guidelines
The European Commission decided to allow 5G companies to deal with union members, provided they follow a set of risk-mitigating measures, simply called an EU toolbox. This means companies like Huawei...
Huawei Mate 30 Pro bends in durability test, but does not break
The Huawei Mate 30 Pro has one of the best mobile cameras that you can't have. And if this video by JerryRigEverything is any indication, the Mate 30 Pro is one of the best-built phones that you can't...
Realme's fitness band leaks again, curved display revealed
Here's our first look at the display of the upcoming Realme fitness band. The image shows the unreleased band on Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth's left hand. Sadly the screen isn't on - that would tell...
Caviar Cyberphone unveiled - a Tesla Cybertruck-inspired iPhone 11 Pro mod
Much like with smartphones, car design has gotten stale - the days of cars with rocket-like fins are long gone. That's why the Tesla Cybertruck caused such a stir, it was a radical departure of current...
Three out of every four modern iPhones and iPads runs iOS 13
Apple posted its financial results earlier this week with impressive wearables sales during the holiday period. Tim Cook shared an update that over 1.5 billion Apple devices are currently active, and...