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IDC: Wearables shipments reach 125 million in Q3 2020

Posted: 03 Dec 2020 07:59 AM PST

IDC has published its analysis of wearable shipments in Q3 of 2020 and the numbers look impressive. A total of 125 million units were shipped - a 35% increase over the same period last year. Apple was the runaway leader with a 33% marketing share, by Xiaomi, Huawei, and Samsung. Fitbit and Boat are tied for fifth, both of them pushing 3.3 million devices or 2.6% of the total market. All major manufacturers recorded a yearly increase in volume.Due to the fact there is wide availability in all price segments, users from all financial backgrounds were able to purchase a wearable in...

First phone with camera under display, the ZTE Axon 20 5G, now available globally

Posted: 03 Dec 2020 06:55 AM PST

The ZTE Axon 20 5G was announced back in September and has been available for purchase in China for some time now. The smartphone remains unique with its under-display front-facing camera and now everyone will be able to experience it as the company makes it available globally. ZTE is opening reservations for the phone, you just need to type in your email address to reserve a unit because the manufacturer says there will be limited quantities at first. The first actual shipments will begin from December 21. Here's a list of the first markets to get the phone outside...

Samsung's One UI 3.0 is rolling out with Android 11, improves both form and function

Posted: 03 Dec 2020 06:00 AM PST

After completing testing, Samsung's One UI 3.0 update is now live and is already rolling out with the Android 11 update for the Galaxy S20 family. You can check the schedule for when the other eligible devices will get the latest version. What's new in One UI 3.0? The interface has been redesigned to be more aesthetically pleasing, to improve concentration and make everything easy to customize to your tastes and needs. Lock screen widgets offer quick access to basic functions and information like controlling the music player and checking your agenda for the day. You can reduce the...

iOS 14.2 update quietly added 1080p FaceTime support for iPhone 8 and newer

Posted: 03 Dec 2020 05:26 AM PST

The iPhone 12 series enabled with support for 1080p video calls in FaceTime. As usual, Apple takes good care of its older devices too, so the iOS 14.2 update quietly added 1080p support for older models as well. The 2017 generation (iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X) and later have been updated, including the budget iPhone SE (2020). Previously, they were capped at 720p for video calls. This doesn't quite put them on equal footing with the 12-series, which can also do 1080p over 5G – either Apple doesn't believe 4G is fast enough to beam up FullHD or it's a bit of product...

Exynos 9825-powered Samsung Galaxy F62 surfaces on Geekbench

Posted: 03 Dec 2020 05:02 AM PST

Samsung has launched the Galaxy F41 in India. The phone has a big battery, Exynos 9611 chipset, and right now is the only device in the Galaxy F lineup. This is likely going to change soon, as a Samsung Galaxy F62 is on its way, according to a leakster and a leaked benchmark scorecard. The Galaxy F62 will be the marketing name of the Samsung SM-E625F, a phone that appeared on Geekbench with an Exynos 9825 chipset. The benchmark scores are in line with the Exynos 9825-powered Galaxy Note10 so nothing too surprising. Geekbench also reveals the Galaxy F62 will come with Android 11 out...

Xiaomi Mi 11 front panel leaks, to be announced by the end of this month

Posted: 03 Dec 2020 03:53 AM PST

A few days ago a renowned tipster suggested that the Xiaomi Mi 11 is almost ready for release and we should expect it "next month". Since it was posted on November 30, we thought that by "next month", he meant January, but it turns out he really meant December. As per the new information coming from Ice Universe, the Mi 11-series will debut this month, confirming the Digital Chat Station report. Alongside that intel he provided a photo of Mi 11's front glass panel. A tempered glass for Mi 11 The panel tells a story of a display, which is curved to all four sides with...

See the best of the new Snapdragon 888 in a few minute-long promo videos

Posted: 03 Dec 2020 03:06 AM PST

The Snapdragon 888 is an improvement over the 865 in every category, you can read the detailed breakdown for more. However, Qualcomm had its focus on some areas in particular. The first batch of promo videos make it pretty clear what those were. We start off with gaming. The Adreno 660 GPU is 35% faster than its predecessor as a baseline, but can gain another 30% with modern features such as Variable Rate Shading. With the third generation Snapdragon Elite Gaming, Qualcomm wants to positions the 888 as the chipset to have for serious gamers. The chipset renders HDR graphics, lowers...

Infinix Zero 8i arrives with a 48MP main cam, 16MP dual selfie shooter

Posted: 03 Dec 2020 01:40 AM PST

Infinix announced the Zero 8 smartphone in August and we got the chance to review it. Now the company is following it up with a slightly toned down version dubbed Infinix Zero 8i. The new phone is pretty much the same as the old one, down to the footprint and the internals. We're looking at a 6.85" LCD with a 90Hz refresh rate and Full HD+ resolution. The chipset is Helio G90T and is coupled with 8GB RAM and 128GB of storage, with optional expansion through the microSD slot. The main shooter on the back is now 48MP with an f/1.8 lens in front instead of the 64MP f/1.9 module on the...

Apple facing more “batterygate” lawsuits in Europe

Posted: 03 Dec 2020 12:47 AM PST

At the start of this week, Apple was fined €10 million (about $12 million) in Italy over its misleading water resistance claims. Last month Cupertino agreed to pay $113 million in settlements with its consumer fraud allegations in over 30 US states over its infamous "batterygate" practices affecting iPhone 6, iPhone 7 and iPhone SE models. Now, a total of five European consumer organizations filed new class-action lawsuits against Apple in Belgium and Spain over the same planned obsolescence claims and the intentional slowdown of iPhone 6 and 6s series devices. The new lawsuits are...

New vivo Y51 announced with bigger screen and battery

Posted: 02 Dec 2020 11:57 PM PST

vivo introduced the Y51 back in December 2015 with Snapdragon 410 SoC, and in September this year, it launched the new Y51, which came with the Snapdragon 665 chipset, AMOLED screen, and 48MP quad camera. Now the company has announced one more smartphone with the Y51 moniker, but it has a different design and internals. For starters, the new Y51 is built around a 6.58" FullHD+ LCD panel, which is 0.2" larger than the Y51's AMOLED display launched in September. The new Y51 also has a bigger battery - 5,000 mAh as opposed to the 4,500 mAh cell. Another difference between the new Y51 and...

Oppo Reno5, Reno5 Pro design and specs officially confirmed as pre-orders begin

Posted: 02 Dec 2020 11:07 PM PST

Oppo will introduce the Reno5 series smartphones on December 10, and while we already have a decent idea of what they look like, the images posted on Oppo's official site confirm a few of their specs and give us an even better look at the smartphones as the company has started accepting pre-orders. The Reno5 lineup is rumored to consist of three smartphones - Reno5 5G, Reno5 Pro 5G, and Reno5 Pro+ 5G. However, Oppo has only listed the vanilla and Pro models on its website, with no word on the Pro+ variant. The Reno5 5G and Reno5 Pro 5G look similar - they have frosted glass backs...

Qualcomm to launch a new 7-series Snapdragon chipset in Q1 2021

Posted: 02 Dec 2020 10:19 PM PST

Qualcomm introduced its new flagship chipset called Snapdragon 888 earlier this week. We expected an upper-midrange platform to take the stage as well, but the San Diego company had nothing more to share about a new 700 series top dog. According to one leakster on Weibo, the new chipset will be introduced in Q1 2021 and will start shipping almost immediately. The new 7-series chipset by Qualcomm is expected to be the main competitor to the 5nm Exynos 1080 with integrated 5G modem and the MT6893 platform by Mediatek - a 6nm upper-midranger that is yet to be announced. So far we...

Brazilian pro-consumer agency doesn’t buy Apple’s reason for removing chargers

Posted: 02 Dec 2020 09:59 PM PST

With the iPhone 12, Apple removed the charging adapters from the retail packaging, claiming that the change will reduce carbon emissions. Apple also claimed that most people already have a charger lying around. While most of the world shrugged and went along with Apple's eco-explanation, one region in Brazil is not buying what Apple is selling. The public consumer protection agency for the Brazilian state of São Paulo has officially asked Apple to include chargers with new iPhones or it will face fines. Back in October, Procon-SP (the pro-consumer agency in São Paulo) asked Apple...

Verizon's Galaxy S20 family (sans S20 FE) now receiving Android 11 with One UI 3.0 update

Posted: 02 Dec 2020 09:01 PM PST

Mere hours ago, Samsung officially announced its Android 11 update timeline, with the first devices slated to get it being the Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra. Little did we know at the time that the company would be pushing out the first updates later today, but it is now happening. Verizon's S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra are now in the process of receiving the One UI 3.0 update based on Android 11, through build G98xUSQU1CTKH, where "x" is different based on which phone you have. As usual, the rollout is expected to be staged and take at least a few days, if not weeks, to reach all...

Magic UI 4 Beta arriving to Honor 20, 20 Pro, and V20

Posted: 02 Dec 2020 06:55 PM PST

The next devices in line for Magic UI 4 are the Honor 20, 20 Pro, and Honor V20. This is according to a Huawei Central reader. The outlet reports that Honor is launching a closed Beta for the new firmware update for global variants. Meanwhile the Chinese variants of these devices are already on the second build of the same Beta. Honor 20 Pro and Honor 20 Magic UI 4 is the Honor counterpart of Huawei's EMUI 11, which is based on Android 11. As previously reported, Huawei and Honor devices updated to EMUI 11/Magic UI 4 will be on the list to receive Huawei's incoming Harmony OS,...

Google Pixel 5 durability test looks for metal under layers of plastic

Posted: 02 Dec 2020 04:48 PM PST

Google's highest-end smartphone of the year isn't a true flagship, because it's missing the top of the line chipset. Even so, the Pixel 5 is interesting to see in a sea of similar looking glass-sandwich devices. On its website, Google keeps advertising how the phone is made out of metal, so YouTuber Zach from JerryRigEverything decided to go hunting for that metal, during one of his trademark durability testing videos. Spoiler alert: what you're touching when you hold the Pixel 5 isn't metal, aside from the power button. The rest of the phone has layers of plastic hiding that metal, if we...

Reports say some iPhone 12-series units losing LTE and 5G service

Posted: 02 Dec 2020 02:11 PM PST

Since the end of October, a few hundred users have taken yo Apple's forums to report that their iPhone 12 (with reports seemingly covering all fourmodels) drops the cellular connection on 5G and 4G networks. This seems to be happening more often with Verizon and AT&T users but T-Mobile clients experience the issue too. A separate Reddit thread has been created just for this and owners of iPhone 12 say that this happens mostly while they are traveling by car. The workaround, for now, is to turn on the airplane mode on and off again. One of the commenters said that he was able to reach...

Wakeout is Apple’s best iPhone app of 2020, Zoom takes the win on iPad

Posted: 02 Dec 2020 12:55 PM PST

The end of 2020 is nearing and Apple has just announced its 15 best apps and games and several categories. The "iPhone App of the Year" award goes to Wakeout - a platform helping all the people confined at their home stay active. Working and studying from home also brought an award - to Zoom for "iPad App of the Year". Wakeout • Zoom • Disney+ In the Games category Genshin Impact from miHoYo became "iPhone Game of the Year", while Riot's Legends of Runeterra took the prize in the iPad store section. Another category is Apple TV, where Disney+ took the prize for best app, while...

Ming-Chi Kuo: MacBooks to be the driving force of mini LED panels in 2021

Posted: 02 Dec 2020 11:42 AM PST

You've probably heard by now that Apple plans to release new iPads and MacBooks with mini LED panels. And things seem to be moving well for Apple and its suppliers with the yields turning out a lot better than expected. That's why Ming-Chi Kuo believes that we will see two new MacBooks with mini LED panels. The lower-priced MacBook Air along with a re-designed MacBook Pro, probably the 13-inch model, will be the first from the MacBook family to adopt the new display tech. iPads will get the same treatment but the MacBooks will remain the driving force of mini LED adoption mostly...

Here's the first unofficial look at the Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro, pictured in violet

Posted: 02 Dec 2020 10:39 AM PST

The new Galaxy S21 smartphones will be paired with the Galaxy Buds Pro at the upcoming Samsung Unpacked event. These are a sequel to the Galaxy Buds+ and have a similar design (rather than a low-profile bean-shaped design like the Buds Live). Evan Blass has published images of the upcoming TWS headset in violet. You can see the "Sound by AKG" label, which has been there since the original Buds. Based on FCC documentation, the new model will have a 500 mAh battery – that's double what the Buds+ have (270 mAh). Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro (in violet) But the Buds+ will not be going...
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