Flashback: the Sony Ericsson K800 was as versatile as James Bond and the first Cyber-shot phone

The Sony Ericsson K800 was a phone with many faces. From one angle it looked like a Cyber-shot digital camera, from another like a phone, look at the left side and you’ll see a button for the music player, inside was a capable graphics chip for 3D gaming. It was released in mid-2006 and became the first Sony Ericsson phone to officially sport the Cyber-shot logo. It deserved it too, as the 3.2 MP camera on its back was among the best mobile shooters of the time. It was covered up with a sliding lens cover that automatically launched the camera when opened. The phone really did look...

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Weekly poll results: OnePlus Nord fails to live up to the hype

The hype train has left the station, but it’s not headed towards record sales – last week’s poll shows that OnePlus may have overdone it with promotion of the Nord as the phone doesn’t live up to the expectations of half of voters. Everyone seems to have their own issue with the device – it’s not a fully original design, the camera setup could have been better, there is no 3.5 mm headphone jack, it’s too big and so on. One in three are happy with the Nord as it is and perhaps that will be enough to hit the company’s sales targets. Otherwise this “new beginning” that OnePlus has been...

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Samsung Galaxy Note20 case renders surface

Wednesday can't come soon enough - the Samsung Galaxy Note20 and Note20 Ultra will be announced next week and we're as excited as you are. While we're counting the days until the Unpacked event, a set of official renders for the phones' accessory cases has come our way, courtesy of Roland Quandt. What we believe is a non-exhaustive assortment of cases includes a plain leather cover for the back and sides - we can tell it's not silicone from the texture when looking up close. Leather cover: For the Galaxy Note20 Ultra • For the Galaxy Note20 The more interesting ones are the...

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Nokia C3 pops up on Geekbench

A few days ago, an unknown Nokia device codenamed "GamoraPlus" was spotted on Geekbench, which we now know is the Nokia C3 since a new listing has appeared in the benchmark database confirming the name. The Geekbench listing also includes a few specs of the Nokia C3. The OS is Android 10, a Unisoc SoC with an octa-core processor having a base frequency of 1.2GHz is at the helm, and RAM is 3GB. From previous listings, we know there's a 2GB RAM model as well. There's no official word about the Nokia C3 yet, but a Nokia device with model code TA-1258 that's believed to be the C3 was...

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Promo video for Sony WH-1000XM4 ANC headphones leaked ahead of announcement

Sony is teasing an audio-centric event for next week and we're all but certain it will be the WH-1000XM4 active noise-canceling headphones that will make a debut on August 6. Thanks to a leaked video, we now get a glimpse of what's new on the upcoming model compared to the already excellent XM3s. Let's just say it's not a lot, but then again there wasn't much to be improved on. Perhaps the single most useful addition is the wear sensor that will pause your music when you take the headphones off your ears and resume playback when you put them back on - a notable omission on the previous...

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Apple vendors and Samsung among the 22 companies applying for India's $6.6B PLI Scheme

Samsung, Apple suppliers Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron, and local smartphone makers Micromax and Lava are among the companies that have applied for India's Production-Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI). Totaling $6.6 billion, the program aims to encourage smartphone and electronics components production in the country. A total of 22 companies have filed their application under the PLI Scheme. These companies will produce mobile phones and components worth Rs 11.5 lakh crore in the coming 5 years out of which products worth Rs 7 lakh crore will be exported. pic.twitter.com/3yUky3HkOC— Ravi...

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