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TCL unveils the Fold 'n Roll concept device: the first phone that's both foldable and rollable phone

Posted: 14 Apr 2021 08:12 AM PDT

TCL unveiled the Fold 'n Roll – no, those aren't two different phones, it's one device with two different ways to extend the display. It's a prototype for now, TCL's first device with a flexible screen will arrive later this year (and probably won't be this one). The TCL Fold 'n Roll is an outward folder (i.e. the screen remains on the outside) and has a rollable mechanism that extends the unfolded screen. The company combined next-gen hinges and mechanics to support both actions. It starts off with a 6.87" screen, which can unfold to 8.85" (which will make it the largest foldable...

TCL expands smartphone lineup with 20 Pro 5G, 20L, 20L+ and 20S

Posted: 14 Apr 2021 08:04 AM PDT

TCL kickstarted its TCL 20 lineup at the end of last year and the company is now expanding the series with three new additions - the 20L, 20L+ and 20 Pro 5G. The company says that the displays are what defines them. After all, TCL has a lot of experience making all sorts of screens. Let's start with the more interesting of the bunch, which is the TCL 20 Pro 5G. It has a stylish curved display featuring a 6.67 FHD+ AMOLED panel. Thanks to an additional Pixelworks chip, the display can do real-time SDR to HDR conversion of videos. The screen is also fine-tuned and can achieve an average...

Apple confirms Spring Loaded event will be held on April 20

Posted: 14 Apr 2021 07:17 AM PDT

Yesterday, Siri played the role of leakster and revealed that Apple's next event will take place on April 20. Now, Apple has issued official confirmation for the Spring Loaded event. The keynote will start at 10AM PDT / 5PM UTC time and will be broadcast on Apple.com as well as YouTube live from Apple Park, Cupertino. Apple SVP Marketing, Greg Joswiak also posted a teaser on his Twitter profile showing the same Apple logo which appears to be jotted with a pencil - possibly hinting at a new Apple Pencil. So excited for this one! Only seven more days. 👀 pic.twitter.com/PVJFcESqh8—...

Watch the TCL 20L, 20S, and 20 Pro announcement live here

Posted: 14 Apr 2021 06:29 AM PDT

TCL has scheduled an event for today, where it will unveil its latest phones We expect to see at least three new phones - TCL 20L, TCL 20S, and TCL 20 Pro during the announcement that will be live-streamed on YouTube. It begins at 15:00 GMT/UTC, and we've provided a video below. These three phones will join the TCL 20 5G and TCL 20 SE, unveiled back in January during CES 2021. We expect the devices to be affordable midrangers at best, given the fact the predecessors TCL 10L and TCL 10 Pro were powered by Snapdragon 6-series chips. TCL is also a company that loves to showcase...

OnePlus 9 and 9R now available for purchase in India

Posted: 14 Apr 2021 05:44 AM PDT

The OnePlus 9 and 9R unveiled last month are now available for purchase in India through Amazon.in and OnePlus's official Indian site. The OnePlus 9 comes in Astral Black, Arctic Sky, and Winter Mist colors and has two memory options - 8GB/128GB and 12GB/256GB priced at INR49,999 ($665/€555) and INR54,999 ($730/€610), respectively. OnePlus 9 The OnePlus 9R, on the other hand, is offered in Carbon Black and Lake Blue colors, and you can buy the 8GB/128GB model for INR39,999 ($465/€390) and 12GB/256GB variant for INR43,999 ($585/€490). OnePlus 9R The OnePlus 9 is...

Promo videos offer a detailed first look at Sony's new Xperia Mark III phones

Posted: 14 Apr 2021 04:47 AM PDT

You can watch a replay of Sony's Xperia Mark III announcement, it was an action-packed event that introduced three new phones in about half an hour. But there's yet more to see from the new trio. Let's look at the official Sony Xperia 1 III product video first. It starts off with the unique feature – four focal lengths from three cameras. The new periscope lens has a variable magnification and is able to switch between 70 mm and 105 mm focal length. The video touches on other pillars of the Xperia flagship line – gaming, audio and movie watching, but the biggest segments are photography...

Kuo: iPhone 14 to have 48MP camera, 8K video, no more iPhone mini from 2022

Posted: 14 Apr 2021 03:27 AM PDT

Acclaimed Apple analyst Ming-Chu Kuo has come out with a sweeping report on Apple's movements in the next few years. Starting with next year's iPhone 14 lineup - it will consist of two 6.1-inch iPhones and two 6.7-inch iPhones. That means that Apple will stop making the 5.4-inch iPhone mini starting from next year - there will still be an iPhone 13 mini in 2021, but it's expected to be made in lower quantities. Apple needed to reduce iPhone 12 mini manufacturing orders due to lower-than-expected interest. The iPhone lineup in 2022 will feature two iPhone's with 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch...

Samsung schedules Galaxy Unpacked event for April 28

Posted: 14 Apr 2021 02:33 AM PDT

Samsung unveiled its Galaxy S21 flagships in January, but the company has something new up its sleeve. The Korean manufacturer has scheduled a new Unpacked event for April 28, saying we should expect "the most powerful Galaxy", and we'll know what exactly hides behind this slogan at 10 AM ET (14:00 UTC). The trailer suggests a small Galaxy box with the powerful device inside, meaning it could be the launch of the Galaxy Tab S8 series. There are also rumors that Samsung might launch Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 notebooks. They will have OLED screens, 5G connectivity out of...

Sony Xperia 10 III brings SD690 and a triple camera

Posted: 14 Apr 2021 01:47 AM PDT

Alongside the brand new Xperia 1 III and Xperia 5 III, Sony introduced a compelling midrange offering dubbed Xperia 10 III. As the name implies this is the third refresh of 2019's Xperia 10 and brings updates across the board. It's also the first midrange Xperia with 5G connectivity. The front is occupied by a 6-inch OLED display with HDR 10 support and a standard 60Hz refresh rate. Sony has yet again gone for a tall 21:9 aspect ratio but managed to make the phone 3mm shorter and also shaved off a millimeter from the width making the Xperia 10 III more compact and easy to...

Sony Xperia 1 III and 5 III announced with 120Hz screens, variable telephoto lenses

Posted: 14 Apr 2021 01:43 AM PDT

Sony just held its Xperia event, introducing three new phones with two of them being full-fledged flagships - Xperia 1 III and Xperia 5 III. As before, the latter aims to appeal to users looking for something more compact without sacrificing anything in terms of user experience. The two phones have unique variable telephoto cameras that can switch between 70mm and 105mm, which equates to around 2.9x and 4.4x optical zoom. The shooter itself uses a 12MP 1/2.9" Sony sensor with f/2.3 or f/2.8 aperture depending on the focal length you use and optical image stabilization. Digital zoom can...

Huawei's partner releases SDK to quickly port GMS apps to AppGallery

Posted: 14 Apr 2021 12:49 AM PDT

Huawei has and one of its partners have developed a new tool that allows developers to port GMS-apps to AppGallery quickly and effortlessly. The Choice SDK was originally developed for Raiffeisen Bank and its mobile app, but its popularity has convinced the company to open-source it and make it available to any app publisher around the world. It has since been used by organizations in Austria like the Postal Service, the national TV, and the Railways. According to a Bluesource executive, Choice SDK has a simple stand-alone switch that removes the complexity out of development...

Watch the Sony Xperia III lineup announcement live

Posted: 14 Apr 2021 12:00 AM PDT

Today's the day we get to see the announcement of the latest smartphones from Sony. The event starts at 9:30 AM CEST / 7:30 AM UTC time and you can tune in from the comfort of your home to the official Sony Xperia YouTube channel stream below. Audio, mobile gaming, photography and cinematography are touted as the focus of the new products. Sony is also using the tagline "Redefining our future with tomorrow's technologies" so we should expect camera improvements and flagship specs for the Xperia 1 III. Sony is also expected to bring the Xperia 5 III and Xperia 10 III to round out its...

ZTE Axon 30 Ultra specs revealed by company

Posted: 13 Apr 2021 11:05 PM PDT

ZTE is launching the Axon 30 Ultra tomorrow, April 15, and the company gave up on fighting leaks and rumors, so it posted all key specs by itself on Weibo. The new smartphone is now confirmed to have a 4,600 mAh battery with 66W fast charging, a 6.67" AMOLED with 144 Hz refresh rate and all the latest flagship-tier hardware on the inside. The ZTE Axon 30 Ultra will have UFS 3.1 storage and LPDDR5 RAM, but with the company not revealing actual numbers, we are pretty confident there will be multiple choices for the users. So far we've heard about a 12/256 GB combo, but we're always up...

Oppo A35 announced with Helio P35 SoC, triple camera, and 4,230 mAh battery

Posted: 13 Apr 2021 10:15 PM PDT

Oppo has added a new member to its A-series, dubbed Oppo A35. But it's not an entirely new smartphone. It's a rebranded A15s launched in India last December, meaning you get a Helio P35 SoC and Android 10 with ColorOS 7.2 on top. Like the A15s, the A35 also has 4GB RAM onboard, but it only has one storage option - 128GB. Although it does come with a microSD card slot for storage expansion by up to 256GB. The Oppo A35 is built around a 6.52" HD+ LCD with a waterdrop notch for the 8MP selfie camera. And around the back, we get a fingerprint reader and a triple camera setup, which is a...

Realme 8 Pro video teardown shows how big the 108 MP camera actually is

Posted: 13 Apr 2021 07:17 PM PDT

Following up on his (in)famous "durability test" performed on the Realme 8 Pro late last month, Zack from YouTube channel JerryRigEverything is now ready to take things to the next level. And that, as you may know, means a teardown of the phone. On video, recorded for posterity's sake. He wants to see just how big that 108 MP camera really is, especially since this is a much cheaper phone than a flagship, and such big numbers have been mostly seen on higher-end devices so far (if we ignore Xiaomi actually putting the first ever 108 MP sensor in a mid-range phone, of course). If you're...

vivo V21 official listing confirms design, 44 MP selfie camera with OIS

Posted: 13 Apr 2021 04:54 PM PDT

Last week we saw the upcoming vivo V21 getting certified in Indonesia ahead of its unveiling, and today the Chinese company's Malaysian website has decided to tease the launch by having an official listing of the phone. We get a couple of shots of the V21 showcasing its looks, which as you can see are definitely in line with vivo's design language for 2021. We're also treated to an official confirmation of some of the phone's specs. The V21 series focuses on thinness, and its members will apparently be the slimmest 5G capable devices vivo's ever made. There will be two colors on...

Microsoft announces Surface Laptop 4 with AMD and Intel processors

Posted: 13 Apr 2021 02:30 PM PDT

Microsoft today announced the Surface Laptop 4, an updated version of the Surface Laptop 3 that primarily adds a choice of new processors. The Surface Laptop 4 comes with new AMD Ryzen 4000 and Intel 11th gen processors as options and will be on sale April 15. The Surface Laptop 4 will be available with four new CPU options, two each from AMD and Intel. The AMD CPU options are of the AMD Ryzen Microsoft Surface Edition variety, meaning they are semi-custom chips that feature some additional tweaks and performance over the off-the-shelf parts available to other manufacturers. The...

Sony adds USB extended storage option for the PlayStation 5

Posted: 13 Apr 2021 01:27 PM PDT

Sony is rolling out the first major software update for the PlayStation 5 console tomorrow and it comes with several new features, including the much requested USB storage support. With this feature, players will be able to transfer their games from the PS5 to a connected USB storage device. You won't actually be able to play the game from the drive but rather just use it for archival. If you need to the game in future, it's much faster to just transfer it from the drive than download it all over again. This feature has been available on the PS4 consoles for a while now and...

Motorola Moto G10 Power hands-on review

Posted: 13 Apr 2021 12:51 PM PDT

Nokia 2.2 the latest to receive Android 11 update

Posted: 13 Apr 2021 11:22 AM PDT

The Nokia 2.2 is the latest device to get the Android 11, the 2019 entry-level phone now entering its first wave of updates. That wave includes the following 24 countries: Cambodia, Czech Republic (T-Mobile Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece (Cosmote), Hungary (Magyar Telekom), Iceland, Indonesia, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia (Monet, T-Mobile), Malaysia, Montenegro (Crnogorski Telekom), Myanmar, Norway, Philippines, Poland (T-Mobile Polska/Heyah), Romania (Telekom Romania), Slovakia (Slovak Telekom), Sweden, Thailand, and Vietnam. More countries will follow in a...
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