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Black Shark 4 will launch with improved cooling, SD 888 confirmed

Posted: 17 Mar 2021 07:49 AM PDT

Yesterday news got out that the Black Shark 4 gaming phone is set to launch next Tuesday, March 23 and now we get more details surrounding the soon to launch device. The official Black Shark Weibo page shared a short teaser video outlining the phone's physical shoulder triggers which are making a return from the Black Shark 3 Pro as well as its new back design. In addition, we get two posters confirming the Black Shark 4 series will be powered by the Snapdragon 888 chipset and will feature improved cooling which can reduce the CPU temperatures by up to 18 degrees Celsius. The SD...

Samsung announces Galaxy A52, Galaxy A52 5G and Galaxy A72

Posted: 17 Mar 2021 07:01 AM PDT

The new Galaxy A series started off with the entry level – the likes of the A32 and even A02 are already official, now it's time to move up to the mid-range. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy A52 and A72 today, both focusing on fun but are also capable all-rounders. The A52 comes in two flavors – 4G and 5G – while the A72 arrived only as a 4G phone. Let's have a closer look at the new models. Samsung Galaxy A52 and A52 5G The Samsung Galaxy A52 is the smaller of the two phones. It has a flat 6.5" display and weighs in at 189grams with a battery that should last 2 days between...

Watch the Samsung Galaxy Awesome Unpacked event here

Posted: 17 Mar 2021 05:11 AM PDT

Samsung is holding an event today called "Galaxy Awesome Unpacked". We expect to see the debut of the Galaxy A52 and A72 and everything will be live-streamed on YouTube. We've embedded the video below, and you can follow the event once it starts at 10 AM EDT, 11 PM KST, 3 PM CET, 2 PM GMT. The Galaxy A52 will likely come in 5G flavor as well as an LTE version. The other phone to make appearance is the Galaxy A72, which may also get a couple of different flavors. Once the event is done tune in to our homepage for the full coverage of everything announced on stage.

New vivo iQOO Z smartphone with Snapdragon 768G appears online

Posted: 17 Mar 2021 04:24 AM PDT

Yesterday we saw the debut of the iQOO Neo5, but it will only hold the title "The latest iQOO smartphone" for a very short time. A new device, supposedly called iQOO Z3 has been teased by the company and it made an appearance on the Google Play Console. vivo iQOO Z poster The listing at Google Play Console says the new phone with model number vivo V2073A will have 6 GB RAM and a Qualcomm SM7250 chipset. This is the codename for Snapdragon 765G, but is also shared with the overclocked and newer platform Snapdragon 768G. The iQOO Z3 will also run Android 11 out of the box, likely...

Redmi TV X-series launched in India, ranging from 50” to 65” in size

Posted: 17 Mar 2021 03:06 AM PDT

The affordable smart TV market is becoming increasingly more saturated and Redmi's latest offerings are now official in India. Meet the Redmi Smart TV X50, X55 and X65 which are made locally and bring identical specs across the board. All three models feature 4K resolution LED panels with HDR10+, Dolby Vision and support for 92% of the DCI-P3 color spectrum. The refresh rate is capped at 60Hz and Xiaomi is offering its Vivid Picture profiling and Reality Flow MEMC image smoothing. On the audio side all three models sport two 15W speakers tuned with DTS Virtual X and Dolby Audio as well...

Samsung to delay next Galaxy Note due to chip shortage, but promises one in 2022

Posted: 17 Mar 2021 02:19 AM PDT

Earlier today Samsung held its annual shareholders' meeting in Suwon, South Korea. The co-CEO DJ Koh revealed to investors the company is considering skipping the introduction of a Galaxy Note smartphone in 2021 due to a "serious imbalance" in semiconductors globally, meaning there is a higher demand for chips than there is a supply. Koh said that Samsung wants to release new products, but due to the unusual chip situation, "timing may vary" and "next year" the lineup should be back on track. Samsung is one of the biggest chipmakers in the world, but it is one of few, the other...

OnePlus Watch specs leak ahead of March 23 unveiling

Posted: 17 Mar 2021 01:31 AM PDT

The OnePlus Watch might be unveiled on March 23 alongside the OnePlus 9 series smartphones. OnePlus has been drip-feeding us information about its 2021 smartphones for some time now, but it hasn't divulged much about its smartwatch yet. However, key specs and features of the OnePlus Watch have now surfaced, giving us an idea of what to expect from the Chinese phone maker's first smartwatch. The source claims that the OnePlus Watch will have Black and Silver color options and come in a 46mm dial size, although it's unclear if that will be the smartwatch's sole size, or we'll get a smaller...

Foldable Xiaomi Mi Mix appears in leaked hands-on photos

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 11:10 PM PDT

A foldable prototype with Xiaomi user interface leaked in spy shots earlier this year, and now we have more photos, revealing the backside of the device. Apparently, it will be part of the Mi Mix lineup and will adopt the internal fold, just like the Galaxy Fold series and the Huawei Mate X2. Xiaomi Mi Mix Foldable The images reveal the mold of the phone - there is no screen on these photos. There is also a triple camera setup, but it is just a placeholder, so the final design might change. What won't change is the horizontal alignment of the shooters. We are really...

Oppo F19 Pro and F19 Pro+ 5G are now available for purchase

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 10:20 PM PDT

The Oppo F19 Pro and F19 Pro+ 5G unveiled last week are now available for purchase in India. The F19 Pro comes in Crystal Silver and Fluid Black colors and has two memory options - 8GB/128GB and 8GB/256GB priced at INR21,490 ($295/€250) and INR23,490 ($325/€270), respectively. You can buy one from Amazon.in, Flipkart and mainline retail stores across the country. Oppo F19 Pro The F19 Pro+ 5G, on the other hand, comes in a single 8GB/128GB configuration but has two color options - Space Silver and Fluid Black. You can purchase it from Amazon.in and mainline retail stores for...

Honor V40 Lite Luxury Edition will be announced on March 23

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 09:29 PM PDT

On Tuesday, Honor released a new teaser video on the brand's official Weibo handle announcing the official release date for the Honor V40 Lite Luxury Edition 5G. The device will be officially unveiled on March 23 in a livestream event. This new device looks just like the ones we saw in the recently leaked images. Yes, the one that looks exactly like the Huawei nova 8 5G from the back. With this teaser we see the front of the device and the singular punch-hole selfie camera and the similarities with the nova 8 are uncanny. This new view also shows us the display has dual curved edges...

Samsung Galaxy A70 is now receiving the Android 11 update with One UI 3.1

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 06:49 PM PDT

Samsung's march to get Android 11 to as many of its devices as possible is showing no signs of slowing down, and today's lucky winner is the Galaxy A70 from 2019. This phone received Android 10 in February of last year, and now it's getting One UI 3.1 based on Android 11, way ahead of schedule - it was slotted for May. The update is currently rolling out in Ukraine, with more countries to follow soon, undoubtedly. The over-the-air rollout will ship build A705FNXXU5DUC6 to your Galaxy A70 if you are in Ukraine, and this includes the March 2021 security patch level. It's a 1.9GB download, so...

Oppo Reno5 F becomes official with MediaTek Helio P95 chipset

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 04:28 PM PDT

The Reno5 F that Oppo teased in Kenya last month has become official today in the country, marking its global debut also. The Reno5 F comes in two color versions, called Fluid Black and Fantastic Purple. It sports a 6.43" 1080x2400 60Hz flat AMOLED screen with 135Hz touch sampling rate (and 180Hz touch sampling in Game mode) and 800 nits of peak brightness, with an under-display fingerprint sensor. On the rear there are four cameras, the main snapper being 48 MP f/1.7. There's also a fixed-focus ultrawide with f/2.2 aperture and 119-degree field-of-view, an f/2.4 macro camera, and...

Google announces second generation Nest Hub with sleep tracking

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 02:00 PM PDT

Google has announced the second generation model of the Nest Hub. The new model features several hardware improvements and also a new sleep tracking feature. The Nest Hub design has been updated by an edge-less glass front and four colors, Chalk, Charcoal, Sand, and the new Mist. The device is built using recycled materials. The new Nest Hub also features updated speakers with 50% more bass. The motion sensors on the front allow you to play/pause music by just pointing your palm at the screen. Like the Nest Mini and Nest Audio, the new Nest Hub can also process some Assistant...

Amazfit to bring ECG and blood pressure monitoring on future devices in the US

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 12:34 PM PDT

Zepp Health (formerly known as Huami) is looking to further expand its portfolio of wearables to the US and Zepp Health COO Mike Yeung shared some interesting insights with Wareable in a recent interview. A big focus for the company is bringing smartwatches with onboard ECG and blood pressure monitoring with proprietary algorithms. Yeung shared Zepp Health is teaming up with medical device maker AliveCor to bring ECG on its smartwatches and is in the process of getting FDA certification. We are currently engaging with the US FDA and on areas such as ECG and blood pressure...

Motorola Moto G30 review

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 11:42 AM PDT

IDC: shipments of wearables grows in the middle of a pandemic, hearables is the largest category

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 11:27 AM PDT

IDC reports that shipments of wearables grew to 153.5 million in the final quarter of 2020, up 27.2% compared to the same period last year. The full year growth is about the same and shipments totaled 444.7 million. Last year the analysts started tracking a new category, hearables. They define it as an ear-worn audio device that does more than music: they access a digital assistant or provide health and fitness tracking. However, even an "audio experience enhancement" is enough for a headset to be classified as a hearable. Anyway, hearables are by far the largest category, making up...

Samsung Galaxy Watch4's battery may have just been certified by the 3C

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 10:39 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy Watch4 and Watch Active4 are expected to be announced in the second quarter of this year (April-June). They may mark an important shift in strategy for Samsung as the company is expected to replace Tizen with Android. It appears that the 3C has certified a 240 mAh battery for use in the SM-R880, which is presumably the 41mm version of the Galaxy Watch4. For comparison, the 41mm Watch3 has a 247 mAh battery, the 45mm one steps up to 350 mAh. 3C certification for the EB-BR880ABY battery for the upcoming Galaxy Watch4 This certification also suggests that the new...

iFixit gives Xiaomi Mi 11 an average repairability score

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 09:51 AM PDT

The iFixit team has disassembled a Xiaomi Mi 11 and published its findings. The phone received a repairability score of 4/10, matching the vanilla Galaxy S21 (and a point ahead of the S21 Ultra), but behind the 6/10 that the four iPhone 12 models received. The team suspects that Mi 11's lack of an IP rating allowed Xiaomi to use less glue, which made removing the back panel and the display (which came out without cracking). The battery had easy to remove pull tabs as well. The screen and battery can be replaced separately, which simplifies those repairs. All the bits that make the...

New Honor V40 phone appears with a familiar design

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 08:59 AM PDT

Honor has officially separated from Huawei, but at that point a lot of products were inevitably too far along in the pipeline to change. A new device called "Honor V40 Light Luxury Edition" has appeared online, and it looks just like the Huawei nova 8 series from the back - an oval island with one huge lens, three smaller cameras and a single LED flash. Honor V40 Lite The phone is expected to arrive as Honor V40 Lite, and it looks spectacular in the hands-on photos. The blue-green color with mirror finish bends the light in a magnificent way, while the white option appears to...

AnTuTu bans Realme GT for three months over score-boosting allegations

Posted: 16 Mar 2021 08:11 AM PDT

Smartphone benchmarks are not without their doping scandals – in the latest turn of events AnTuTu has banned the Realme GT over suspicions of artificially boosting its scores. The benchmark team posted an explanation of what happened on Weibo along with with proof. Before the GT was announced, VP Xu Qi Chase posted a screenshot showing 770,221 points. That's a lot higher than a typical Snapdragon 888 device, most phones top out at 710,000 and even Qualcomm's reference design managed only 735,439. The AnTuTu team waited for the phone to go on sale and bought one for testing. The...
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