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Realme's X50 5G announcement event scheduled for February 24

Posted: 10 Feb 2020 07:33 AM PST

Last week, Realme's European branch teased the release of its future flagship device, the Realme X50 5G, on Twitter and announced that it's attending the MWC for the first time this year. Now the company is making it official by scheduling its event on February 24 at 9:30 am CET during this year's MWC 2020 in Barcelona. The firm is about to unveil one of the first Snapdragon 865-powered smartphones with 5G support as Qualcomm teased during its announcement of the chipset a couple of months ago. This official invitation is a breath of fresh air amidst all the companies canceling...

Samsung aims to ship 2.5 million Galaxy Z Flip units this year

Posted: 10 Feb 2020 06:42 AM PST

Samsung expects to ship around 2.5 million Galaxy Z Flip foldable display phones this year, according to inside sources cited by Korean media. The maker will reportedly have 500,000 units ready initially with the option to assemble some 2 million more down the road if the demand is there. The estimate is much higher than what the Galaxy Fold moved in 2019 - between 400,000 and 500,000. In addition to the higher awareness about the novel form factor the price should also greatly contribute to th Galaxy Z Flip higher sales - it is rumored to cost 1.5M KRW (€1,155/$1,260), much lower than...

Sony and and Amazon cancel MWC 2020 attendance

Posted: 10 Feb 2020 05:53 AM PST

It looks like the novel coronavirus is going to spoil the biggest mobile event this year - the Mobile World Congress 2020. Following LG's decision to withdraw from the event, Sony made an official announcement that it will cancel its appearance and announce its new products online instead. Earlier today Amazon also confirmed it will not participate, while Nvidia and Ericsson dropped out last week. Of course, Nvidia and Amazon haven't traditionally had huge presence but LG Sony and Ericsson's absence will be felt. The GSMA, on its part has announced further measures to limit the...

New Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G live photo surfaces

Posted: 10 Feb 2020 05:06 AM PST

The Galaxy S20 phones will be unveiled tomorrow, but that hasn't deterred leaks. Here's a live photo of the Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G shared by prolific leakster Max Weinbach. The punch hole for the selfie camera is smaller than in the previous generation and is placed right on the bottom of the status bar. Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G The bezels have been slimmed down as well. Ice Universe compares the bottom bezel of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra with that of the Note10+ and by his estimates, it's a fraction of a millimeter thinner. The Note10 phones boasted slimmer top and bottom bezels...

Xiaomi Mi 10 official poster confirms design, benchmark results impress

Posted: 10 Feb 2020 04:18 AM PST

We already know the global launch of the Xiaomi Mi 10 series is planned for February 23 while the premiere for the Chinese market is coming this week on February 13. Xiaomi is betting big on its upcoming flagship and we got a handful of leaks which give us a lot of details before the big unveiling. First up we have an official poster of the Mi 10 which shows the device in its vibrant pink and blue colorways. We also get a good look at the curved front glass with its slim bezels and the punch hole cutout in the top left corner for the selfie cam. The back comes with a four-camera array...

Galaxy S20 camera samples show greatly improved night mode, 30x zoom

Posted: 10 Feb 2020 03:28 AM PST

We're now just a day away from the Galaxy S20's launch but that doesn't mean the leaks need to stop, right? The latest is among the most interesting yet - camera samples, specifically from the Galaxy S20 put next to the Galaxy S10 and even two from the Galaxy S20+' 108MP main camera. The images, courtesy of XDA Developers'Max Weinback on Twitter are of an extreme night mode comparison between the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S20, captured in what looks like a back yard way after dark. The Galaxy S20 captures much better exposed image with a improved level of detail (just look at the grass and the...

Samsung airs Galaxy Z Flip commercial ahead of announcement

Posted: 10 Feb 2020 12:50 AM PST

Well, the big Samsung event is happening tomorrow but the company decided to give everyone a sneak peek at what to expect with a full-blown Galaxy Z Flip commercial which aired during the Oscar Awards ceremony last night. The short ad gives us a full look at the phone from multiple angles with a focus on the device's camera and video chat capabilities. Throughout the video, the Z Flip is mostly seated at a 90-degree angle which emphasizes the adapted UI elements which display content on the top half of the screen and controls on the bottom. Samsung clearly acknowledges the crease in...

Week 6 in review: Galaxy S20 craze intensifies, Poco X2 goes official

Posted: 09 Feb 2020 09:00 PM PST

We're now less than a week out from the Galaxy S20 series' official announcement on February 11 and the hot stories are completely dominated by the upcoming Samsung flagships and their foldable brother Galaxy Z Flip. This week we got our fill of Galaxy S20-related stories. Starting off with the US pricing, which breaks down like this - Galaxy S20 is going to be $999, Galaxy S20+ will start at $1,199, Galaxy S20 Ultra at $1,399 - the first pre-orders will start on February 14 with shipments aimed at March 6. If you pre-order a Galaxy S20 in Europe by March 8, you'll get a free pair of...

Mobile is the largest gaming segment, most of the money comes from in-app purchases

Posted: 09 Feb 2020 06:00 PM PST

The mobile gaming market is now the largest segment of gaming in general. In 2018, the mobile game market was valued at $68.5 billion, most of which ($54.9B) comes from smartphones and a smaller fraction ($13.6B) from tablets. The prediction for the next couple of years is for mobile to keep growing while PC and browser-based games shrink (the console segment is expected to keep steady). Currently, most of the revenue is coming from iOS devices, but according to forecasts Android will overtake Apple's platform before 2023. Clash of Clans was the highest-grossing iPhone game in...

Top 10 trending phones of week 6

Posted: 09 Feb 2020 02:59 PM PST

It's the first full week of February and you can already feel the storm brewing up. In fact the first high-profile announcement came this week with the Poco X2 going official. Unsurprisingly it also topped our trending chart - it was already first last week before we had the full picture and the promo campaign wasn't underway. It will be interesting to see if it manages to hold off the Galaxy S20 and Mi 10 lineups which are coming next week. Anyway, the Samsung Galaxy A51 and Redmi Note 8 Pro retained their positions and are still second and third this week. Behind them the Galaxy...

Infographic: 11 generations of Galaxy S flagships

Posted: 09 Feb 2020 12:00 PM PST

We're at the eve of the announcement of Samsung's 11th generation Galaxy S - the Galaxy S20. This is a very important product launch for Samsung as it's the first Galaxy S phone in the new decade (hence the jump from 10 to 20) and a phone that will be faced with a slowing market that's nonetheless full of capable competitors. Not to mention that the new Galaxy S trio will carry Samsung's banner into battle until the Galaxy Note arrives in the fall. So let's put the big Galaxy S line in perspective with this infographic courtesy of gadgetsdeck. It goes through the Galaxy S from June of...

Flashback: The BlackBerry Z10 was a new start for the company that proved to be a dead end

Posted: 09 Feb 2020 09:00 AM PST

BlackBerry was the keyboard king - the company was built on texting. Its first products were two-way pagers (the first of which was released in 1996), telephony wouldn't be part of the equation until 2000. But we'll fast forward 13 years when the company was at a major crossroads. The company was founded as "Research In Motion" (aka RIM), but in 2013 it decided to rebrand itself "BlackBerry", adopting the name of its products. The other major event that year was the unveiling of its new operating system, BlackBerry 10. This was a brand new OS, built from the ground up for use with...
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