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Nokia and Samsung sign video patent licensing deal, Nokia will receive royalty payments

Posted: 11 Mar 2021 08:35 AM PST

Nokia and Samsung have signed a patent licensing agreement for video standards. Under this agreement Samsung will pay royalties to Nokia for use of video innovations patented by the Finns. To be clear, this is about Nokia, HMD Global is not involved. Nokia has earned multiple awards for its video technology, including four Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards. The company has invested over €129 billion in R&D over the last twenty years and has amassed over 20,000 patent families (more than 3,500 of which relate to 5G). The two companies have a long history. In 2013 Samsung signed a...

iQOO Neo5 video ads tout its high-quality screen, protective cases unveiled

Posted: 11 Mar 2021 07:44 AM PST

vivo will unveil the iQOO Neo5 on March 16 or rather that is when it will finish unveiling the phone. The company has already confirmed many of the key features, including the 120Hz display with 1,000 Hz touch sampling rate. It will be an HDR10+ certified OLED panel with a peak brightness of 1,300 nits. A new series of video ads for the phone stars cute animals, all three videos share a theme – things on the screen look indistinguishable from real life. Of course, a macaw or a couple of hamsters are probably not lab-quality tools to measure color deviation. They do look adorable,...

Find X3 Neo and Find X3 Lite are more affordable yet still capable members of Oppo’s new lineup

Posted: 11 Mar 2021 06:51 AM PST

It's a big day for Oppo with the launch of the Find X3 series. We already saw the debut of the flagship Find X3 Pro and the regular Find X3 but that's not enough as Oppo has two more devices making their grand entrance. Enter the Find X3 Neo and Find X3 Lite – the more affordable yet still quite capable alternatives to the premium Find X3 members. Oppo Find X3 Neo The Find X3 Neo brings a 6.5-inch curved FHD+ AMOLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate. The panel is HDR10-certified and hosts a 32MP selfie cam as well as an integrated fingerprint reader. The phone runs on last year's...

Facebook finally makes Instagram Lite official

Posted: 11 Mar 2021 06:23 AM PST

Facebook has been testing Instagram Lite for some time, and finally made the application official. The new app is less data-intensive and uses fewer phone resources to appeal to users with low-end devices who live in regions with spotty connectivity. The new app is just 2MB in size and a lot of "ornate, data-rich" animations and other heavy features were cut off. Instagram developers also removed cube transitions, heavy AR filters, but left the GIFs and stickers that can be applied to Stories. Another key feature that was introduced is a Dark Mode option that switches white...

Oppo Find X3 is official in China - Snapdragon 870 and 8GB RAM

Posted: 11 Mar 2021 05:34 AM PST

Oppo just concluded its Find X3 series event at which it announced the Find X3 Pro. But while it didn't say anything about the regular Find X3, the company did make it official as well. The vanilla Oppo Find X3 is nearly identical to its Pro counterpart - the only differences are the chipset and RAM - the Oppo Find X3 uses the 7nm Snapdragon 870 with 8GB of RAM. Otherwise we're looking at identical camera systems - two 50MP Sony IMX766 1/1.56" sensors (wide and ultrawide), 13MP 5x hybrid, 2x optical telephoto and 3MP 60x magnification macro. You also get a matching 32MP selfie camera...

imoo Ear-care is the first open ear headset designed for kids

Posted: 11 Mar 2021 04:59 AM PST

BBK Electronics subsidiary imoo has been making child-focused smart wearables since 2012. The latest addition to its product lineup is an open ear headset that beams sound to the area next to your ear tragus so that you're still aware of your surroundings. The imoo Ear-care headset features two 16.2mm speakers with IR sensors that automatically pause music when you take off the headset. Volume maxes out at 85dB for safe listening experience. The construction is made from lightweight and anti-allergic plastic. The headset is also IP54 water-resistant and dustproof imoo...

Oppo Find X3 Pro is official with two 50MP cameras and unique design

Posted: 11 Mar 2021 04:15 AM PST

The new Oppo Find X3 Pro is finally here - the flagship brings two 50MP cameras, a new 10bit screen with adaptive refresh rate, and the latest Snapdragon 888 chipset. Arguably its most impressive feature however is the design of the back, which is manufactured from a single piece of glass that flows seamlessly in a continuous curve. The phone has a 6.7" LTPO AMOLED display with QHD+ resolution that allows the refresh rate to go between 5Hz and 120Hz, giving you extra smoothness when needed and battery savings when not. The Find X3 Pro also has a 240Hz touch sampling rate. The...

Samsung Galaxy M12 debuts in India, sales begin March 18

Posted: 11 Mar 2021 03:17 AM PST

As promised, Samsung today introduced the Galaxy M12 in India. The smartphone comes in two memory configurations - 4GB/64GB and 6GB/128GB priced at INR10,999 ($150/€125) and INR13,499 ($185/€155), respectively. You can buy one in Black, Blue, or White colors from Amazon.in starting March 18. The Galaxy M12 is powered by the Exynos 850 SoC and runs Android 11-based One UI 3.1 out of the box. It's built around a 6.5" HD+ 90Hz screen and packs a 6,000 mAh battery with 15W charging. For selfies and video calls, you get an 8MP unit inside the notch, and around the back are 48MP primary,...

Watch the Oppo Find X3 announcement live here

Posted: 11 Mar 2021 02:30 AM PST

Oppo is expected to introduce its Find X3 series today. We expect to see a Snapdragon 888-powered Pro flagship and perhaps two or three lower standing members. The event is scheduled for 11:30 GMT (12:30 CET) and will be broadcasted on YouTube, and you can watch directly below: The Oppo Find X3 Pro is expected to arrive with a new LTPO screen with an adaptive refresh rate that goes between 5Hz and 120 Hz. The have QHD+ resolution and 10-bit color depth and should be one of the most impressive in the market. The back of the Oppo Find X3 Pro is also intriguing - we expect a couple...

Samsung Galaxy M42 to become the first 5G smartphone in the series

Posted: 11 Mar 2021 01:47 AM PST

Back in November, we came across several certification listings for Samsung's upcoming Galaxy M42 which confirmed a 6,000 mAh battery. Now the same device bearing the SM-M426B/DS model number was spotted in a Wi-Fi Alliance listing. Samsung Galaxy M42 Wi-Fi certification The model number in particular is significant as past international versions of 5G Samsung devices have all sported the B/DS marking which means the M42 will also be a 5G phone. Actually, this will be the first 5G member in the Galaxy M series. Android 11 confrimation The listing itself does not give out...

OnePlus 9, 9 Pro leak in all colors, CEO confirms IMX789 sensor

Posted: 11 Mar 2021 12:53 AM PST

The OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro are expected to arrive after two weeks, but the devices have already been subjected to a major leak, including press images in all available colors. At the same time, Pete Lau, CEO at OnePlus, officially announced the IMX789 sensor that will be exclusive for the company. And if these leaks and announcements weren't enough, both phones appeared on Geekbench, revealing both the Pro and the vanilla flagship will have a 12GB RAM variant. OnePlus 9 The OnePlus 9 will be available in three colors - Blue, Black, and Purple. It will have three...

Huawei P50 Pro leaked renders reveal striking design

Posted: 10 Mar 2021 10:51 PM PST

Huawei's next flagship line is the Huawei P50 series and a new leak from @OnLeaks gives us a look at reportedly the first smartphone to launch with Huawei's in-house operating system that reduces its reliance on Android. Huawei's gearing up to launch its next flagship smartphone. The P50 series is expected to come and may be the first Huawei device to launch with the company's in-house Harmony OS. Renders of the Huawei P50 Pro have leaked, and while the handset's body looks pretty conventional, what stands out is the camera island. The camera bump has two huge circular...

ZTE S series to launch with four cameras, Axon 30 Pro with only three

Posted: 10 Mar 2021 10:02 PM PST

ZTE is working on a new lineup of phones called ZTE S series. Ni Fei, Mobile Devices VP at the company, has posted an image of an upcoming phone, revealing the camera setup while talking about the color. Here it is: The new phone will have four shooters, with the main one having a 64MP sensor. The markings on the island also reveal there's a 16mm ultrawide-angle snapper, but no telephoto unit so the other two are almost certainly macro and portrait cams. It's unclear where the ZTE S phones will be positioned but they may well end up a midranger lineup replacing or complimenting the...

LG announces Android 11 update rollout schedule

Posted: 10 Mar 2021 08:57 PM PST

LG is and has always been one of the slowest companies to issue big Android version updates to its smartphones, and this time around things aren't any different. The Korean company has so far sent out the update to Android 11 to the Velvet 5G units in Korea (in January), and some V60 versions in the US (last month). If you're in Europe and are wondering what to expect, LG's German arm has published a helpful table. Helpful, but not necessarily hopeful. The Velvet 5G will be the first to get its update in Europe too, at some point in April. Before the end of June, the G8X should join...

Apple announces investment for chip design plant in Germany

Posted: 10 Mar 2021 07:18 PM PST

Apple's commitment to expanding its chipset designs and producing in-house 5G modems just received a significant boost. In an official press release, Cupertino announced it's funding a new R&D facility in Munich, Germany with 1 billion euros over the coming three years. The European Center for Chip Design will serve as Apple's largest semiconductor facility in Europe and is touted as the largest development site for mobile wireless semiconductors and software in the Old Continent. Apple's European Center for Chip Design will be located in downtown Munich. For this purpose, Apple is...

Two new images show AirPods 3 without silicone tips

Posted: 10 Mar 2021 05:07 PM PST

Apple's AirPods 3 are here in the form of yet another image leak. The images below appear to show the third generation of Apple's mainstream TWS earbuds and are in line with the previous leaks. Rumor has it that Apple will use an almost identical design between the AirPods 3 and the AirPods Pro, with silicone ear tips at the end. But we're starting to think that the AirPods 3 will have an open ear design, like the AirPods 1 and 2, without rubber ear tips at the end. It would make sense, differentiating the 3's from the Pro's. In-ear design, like that of the AirPods Pro, offers...

Adobe Photoshop for macOS now runs natively on the M1

Posted: 10 Mar 2021 03:02 PM PST

Adobe has announced that the macOS version of Photoshop has been updated to natively support the ARM-based Apple M1 chip on the latest Mac models. Native support means that the application no longer has to run within the built-in emulation software (known as Rosetta 2), which improves performance. According to Adobe, the native Apple silicon version of Photoshop runs on average 1.5x faster than "similarly configured previous generation systems". This was tested over a wide range of tasks such as opening and saving files, running filters, and compute-heavy operations like Content-Aware Fill...

Asus ROG Phone 5 review

Posted: 10 Mar 2021 02:22 PM PST

Twitter enables 4K image uploads from mobile apps

Posted: 10 Mar 2021 01:00 PM PST

Twitter is rolling out a server-side update on its iOS and Android apps that will enable higher quality uploads from these platforms while also changing how the image appear on the timeline. Both apps now support uploading images in 4K. This likely refers to the same 4096x4096 resolution limit that exists when uploading from Twitter web. Previously, the limit was 2K or 2048x2048 pixels. Have a collection of higher res photos waiting to be shared? We're testing ways for you to upload and view 4K images on Android and iOS.If you're in the test, update your high-quality image preferences...

Oppo Find X3 Pro: What to expect

Posted: 10 Mar 2021 11:41 AM PST

Oppo will introduce its Find X3 Pro flagship tomorrow, but a plethora of leaks have given us a pretty good idea of what to expect. The event is scheduled for March 11, 11:30 GMT, and will be live-streamed, and we'll provide a link once the time comes. But before that, here's what the rumor says the Oppo Find X3 Pro and its siblings will offer. Oppo Find X3 Pro At least three phones The Oppo Find X3 family will include the Find X3 Pro flagship, Find X3 Lite, and Find X3 Neo. There are also rumors for a fourth, vanilla version with a Snapdragon 870 being exclusive for the...
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