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LG wins first patent lawsuit against TCL, two more to go

Posted: 09 Mar 2021 07:18 AM PST

LG filed three patent suits against TCL in November of 2019. The Mannheim Regional Court now ruled in favor of the South Korean tech giant. This particular suit was regarding the standard essential patent EP 2627146 B1. This suit isn't completely over just yet as TCL can appeal. Also, it is trying to have LG's patent revoked with a nullity action that is currently pending at the German Federal Patent Court. For its part, LG is looking to immediately stop TCL from using its technology without a license. As for the other two suites, the second one was heard on March 2, but the court...

Oppo A74 renders surface, will be available in 4G and 5G flavors

Posted: 09 Mar 2021 06:32 AM PST

While the Oppo A73 and A73 5G are still fairly fresh, the company is preparing a sequel. The Oppo A74 will also come in 4G and 5G flavors and we already saw it bag several certifications. Now more detailed info on the phones has surfaced in the Netherlands. The A74 will be a larger phone, measuring 169.2 x 75.7 x 8.4 mm and weighing 190g. This means a larger display too – 6.8", if our calculations are correct, compared to 6.5" on the A73 5G. Oppo A74 5G in Fluid Black and Space Silver The triple camera on the rear will have a 48MP main sensor as indicated by the label next to...

Apple to start manufacturing iPhone 12 in India this year

Posted: 09 Mar 2021 05:44 AM PST

Apple has been planning to move more of its production to India and now local sources claim it's about to take another step in that direction. According to Business Standard, the Wistron facility near Bengaluru will be the first to manufacture the current iPhone 12 lineup, while by the end of 2021 the Pegatron factory will also join. At that point the lineup (or the members left from it anyway) will already be previous generation and will drop in price so the 22% lower taxes will be crucial for maintaining profitability. Apple is currently manufacturing iPhone SE, iPhone XR, and the...

Teaser video shows how Oppo Find X3 Pro's rear glass is crafted

Posted: 09 Mar 2021 04:53 AM PST

If you've been following the leaks the shape of Oppo Find X3 Pro's camera bump should be pretty familiar by now. But did you know that the whole back panel is made from a single sheet of glass? The complex shapes of the camera bump and curved sides start life as a flat piece of glass. A lengthy 40 hour process heat treats and models the glass following over 2,000 design control points. For a better surface finish the glass undergoes "OC0 process" that creates a porcelain glaze. Then it's off to get painted with a dye Oppo calls "shine-through mirror black" (wouldn't it be cool if...

Realme C25 spotted in Geekbench, NBTC and EEC listings

Posted: 09 Mar 2021 04:02 AM PST

Realme's budget C-series saw its latest member – the C21 announced just last week. It seems we're in for yet another C-series phone soon though as the Realme C25 (RMX3191) was spotted on several certification listings. Realme C25 NBTC and Geekbench listings Thailand's NBTC revealed the RMX3191 model number corresponds to the Realme C25 and the phone will work on GSM WCDMA and LTE bands. The accompanying Geekbench listing showed the device is powered by MediaTek's Helio P65 paired with 4GB RAM. The phone managed 383 points in the single core test and 1,308 in the multi-core...

Kuo: no periscopes on iPhones until 2023

Posted: 09 Mar 2021 03:13 AM PST

Apple may have been the first to launch a phone with a dedicated telephoto camera (the iPhone 7 Plus from 2016), but it has been quite conservative with focal lengths since. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo that won't change soon. He is pushing back his original forecast by a year and now says that Apple will adopt periscope lenses in 2023. This is more in line with his most recent forecasts. There will be an intermediate step, next year's iPhones will feature upgraded optics on their telephoto lenses (they'll still be the classic design, however). The main camera lens will be...

First details on upcoming Snapdragon flagship and non-5G SD888 version emerge

Posted: 09 Mar 2021 02:11 AM PST

Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 888 chipset in December, and now a popular tipster suggests the San Diego company is already well underway with testing its next-gen most premium platform. It has model number SM8450 and a code name Waipio, after the Waipi'o Valley in Hawaii. According to WinFuture, the new chip could bring some camera innovations, since a new imaging module called Leica1 is part of the SoC. According to the leakster, this platform will be manufactured by Samsung. What is more interesting is the partnership with Leica - the company has so far partnered with Huawei...

Lenovo Legion 2 Pro appears on Geekbench with SD 888 and 16GB RAM

Posted: 09 Mar 2021 01:24 AM PST

Lenovo is gearing up to release a successor to last year's Legion Duel (aka Legion Pro) soon. According to rumors we should see the Legion Pro 2 powered by Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 888 and re-vamped fan cooling for better sustained performance. Now a device bearing the Lenovo L70081 model name believed to be the Legion Pro 2 appeared on Geekbench revealing it's powered by the SD 888 and 16GB RAM. Lenovo L70081 Geekbench results The phone managed 1,129 and 3,763 points in the single and multi-core tests which are quite impressive and among the highest scores we've seen to...

iQOO Neo5 will sport a 120Hz display with punch hole, 1000Hz touch sampling rate

Posted: 09 Mar 2021 12:39 AM PST

The iQOO Neo5 coming on March 16 was rumored to pack a 120Hz screen, and now the company has confirmed that. It took to Weibo and announced that the Neo5 will sport a 120Hz OLED panel with a punch hole in the center for the selfie camera. The screen will be HDR10+ certified and have a 1000Hz touch sampling rate. We are looking at a 1080p panel here with a peak brightness of 1,300 nits. iQOO didn't reveal the display size, but it tells us the smartphone will use MEMC technology and feature an independent display chip to convert SDR images to HDR. Additionally, iQOO said it will...

Motorola Moto G10 Power debuts in India with 6,000 mAh battery, Moto G30 tags along

Posted: 08 Mar 2021 11:45 PM PST

Motorola unveiled the Moto G10 in February, and today the company introduced the Power variant in India. Motorola Moto G10 Power The Moto G10 Power isn't an entirely new phone, though. It's a Moto G10 with a bigger battery and faster charging, meaning you get a 6,000 mAh cell that charges at up to 20W instead of the 5,000 mAh battery and 10W charging on the vanilla G10. The rest of the specs of the G10 Power remain the same as the regular G10: Snapdragon 460 SoC, 6.5" HD+ Max Vision display, Android 11, USB-C port, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, and IP52 rating. For...

Trendforce: Apple sells most devices during holiday period in 2020, bright future ahead

Posted: 08 Mar 2021 10:53 PM PST

Trendforce has posted its quarterly analysis and predictions of the smartphone market. According to analysts, Apple sold 77.6 million units during the Q4 2020 period, becoming the top-selling manufacturer ahead of Samsung. Oppo and Xiaomi occupied the next two spots, followed by Huawei in fifth and vivo in sixth. For the October-December 2020 period, the market saw 364 million units moved, with the top six amounting to 307 million of them or 84% of the total market. Expectations for Q1 2021 are the decline to be around 6% on a quarterly basis but 25% more than the same period last...

Previously leaked Sony Xperia Compact may be Japan-only ‘Xperia Ace 2’

Posted: 08 Mar 2021 10:05 PM PST

Reports began surfacing last year regarding a compact Sony Xperia smartphone. An Xperia smartphone's renders leaked with a 5.5-inch screen and dual cameras. While many were excited about the possibility of the return of Sony's popular Compact series, it seemed that the leaked render depicted a midrange smartphone – which contradicted the "Compact" series – which always used flagship internals in a small size. Previously leaked render of unreleased Sony Xperia handset A new report from AndroidNext pointed out that although the leaked smartphone render depicted a small smartphone,...

Mi Watch Lite updated with auto DND, wrist raise sensitivity, and vibration adjustment

Posted: 08 Mar 2021 09:15 PM PST

Xiaomi's entry-level smartwatch is now receiving a firmware update that adds useful features. As reported by OneTech, the Xiaomi Mi Watch Lite is being updated to version 4.1.20 via the Xiaomi Wear app. The update changelog mentions some new settings that were added, as well as some new automatic features. A new 'smart do not disturb' mode will automatically trigger when the user is asleep New option to adjust vibration modes Added setting to adjust wrist gesture sensitivity Button added to dismiss phone calls on Android Added notification reminder when Bluetooth is...

Honor 20 and View 20 get Magic UI 4.0 update based on EMUI 11

Posted: 08 Mar 2021 08:20 PM PST

As per a report from Huawei Central, the latest Honor devices to receive the Magic UI 4.0 update are the Honor View 20, and the Honor 20 series. Magic UI is based on Huawei's EMUI and although this update is based on EMUI 11, the update for these Honor devices run on Android 10. In December it was reported that the Honor 20 series was undergoing Beta testing for Magic UI 4.0. Honor View 20 The software will be updated to version 11.0.0.138 and weighs in around 1.84GB in storage space. The update rollout began a few days ago but will continue to roll out over the next several days....

Apple releases iOS 14.4.1 and iPadOS 14.4.1 with urgent fix

Posted: 08 Mar 2021 06:23 PM PST

Apple's latest software update for its phones and tablets is of the very minor variety, but despite that it's probably one you should install right away. iOS 14.4.1 and iPadOS 14.4.1 serve one purpose, but it's an important one: fixing a bug in WebKit, Safari's rendering engine, that may have lead it, while processing maliciously crafted content, to execute arbitrary malicious code. That's the last thing one would want, which is why it's important to update to this version as soon as possible. The nitty-gritty of the problem is that there was a memory corruption issue in WebKit that...

OnePlus 9 Pro will have a charger in the box, video teaser reveals camera island design

Posted: 08 Mar 2021 04:02 PM PST

Earlier today, OnePlus announced the date of its announcement of its next flagship smartphones, the 9 series, and that's March 23. The company also made its partnership with Hasselblad official, and a few hours later we have the first official teaser of the OnePlus 9 Pro posted on Twitter by OnePlus itself. You can see it below, the money shot is at the end when we catch a glimpse of what is essentially the top half of the back of the 9 Pro. It all begins with a simple thought. Discover the #OnePlus9Series, co-developed with Hasselblad, on March 23.Get notified: https://t.co/8HQZu9LLbl...

Google Fit gets heart rate and respiratory rate monitoring

Posted: 08 Mar 2021 01:00 PM PST

Google is introducing heart rate and respiratory rate monitoring to its Google Fit app as part of its latest feature drop. These features will initially only be available to select Pixel phones. With these features, users will be able to track their heart and respiratory rate through their phone without requiring specialized hardware. Both features are designed to work using just the cameras front and back. The heart rate monitoring works by placing your finger on the back camera. This technique has been using other apps for a while now and it's a cost effective way to check for...

OnePlus' branding deal with Fnatic ends, OxygenOS' gaming mode gets a new name

Posted: 08 Mar 2021 11:27 AM PST

Last week OnePlus started rolling out Android 11 Beta 3 for the OnePlus 7 and 7T series, the changelog includes things like redesigned UI, dark mode, Always On Display and more. One change not listed is the new name for Fnatic mode. This was the name of OxygenOS' gaming mode and was based on Fnatic, a professional esports organization. It appears that whatever deal the two companies had is now over. After installing Beta 3, Reddit user T1Az noticed that the mode was renamed to the fairly generic "Pro Gaming mode". "Fnatic mode" was renamed to Pro Gaming mode with the latest OxygenOS...

Samsung Galaxy Watch4 and Watch Active4 coming in Q2

Posted: 08 Mar 2021 10:14 AM PST

Samsung appears set to announce the Galaxy Watch4 and Galaxy Watch Active4 in Q2 of this year, per usually reliable tipster Ice universe. It appears that Samsung will skip the Galaxy Watch Active3 and jump it straight to number 4, for series naming continuity' sake. And while the insider doesn't go into details about the pair of watches, we have heard from him, and others that Samsung will replace its Tizen OS with Android Wear OS. Q2— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) March 6, 2021 The Galaxy Watch4 and Watch Active4 will add blood sugar level monitoring. Using the Raman spectroscopy...

Oppo Find X3 series is already up for pre-order in China

Posted: 08 Mar 2021 09:58 AM PST

Oppo Find X3 series is scheduled to launch on March 11, but the Pro variant is finding it hard to keep still and constantly pops up on various websites, revealing bits and pieces. The phone is now available for pre-order at the Chinese retailer JD.com and has been certified by the Bluetooth SIG, unsurprisingly revealing Android 11 out of the box. Meanwhile, the company has posted the phone's first teaser, and it looks and sounds incredible, giving off Interstellar vibes. The listing on JD came with official renders of the Find X3 Pro in Black, confirming yet again Oppo has...
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