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Samsung starts selling the SmartTag+ in South Korea

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 08:11 AM PDT

Samsung was supposed to start selling its SmartTag+ in the US earlier this week, but it seems that was delayed (it's missing from Samsung.com and other online retailers). Not so in South Korea, where the location tracker is available as of today. It can be found on Samsung's online store as well as Samsung Digital Plaza stores around the country, plus other retailers such as Coupang, 11th Street, G Market and Naver Smart Store. Locals can buy one for KRW 39,600 in Black or Denim Blue. The difference between the SmartTag and SmartTag+ is that the former relies on Bluetooth LE, the...

Asus Zenfone 8 Mini passes by Geekebench with SD 888 and 16GB RAM

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 07:18 AM PDT

Asus is expected to bring its Zenfone 8 series soon in no less than three sizes according to the latest rumors. The smallest device of the bunch will be the 5.9-inch Zenfone Mini (ASUS_I006D) and the phone was now spotted in the Geekbench database. Asus I006D Geekbench scorecard The Zenfone 8 Mini is powered by the Snapdragon 888 alongside 16GB RAM and managed impressive scores of 1,123 in the single-core department and 3,681 on the multi-core thread. Based on previous rumors, the Zenfone 8 Mini will feature a 64MP Sony IMX686 main cam alongside a new Sony IMX663 module. The phone...

Xiaomi sells over 30,000 Mi Mix Fold units in a minute

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 06:04 AM PDT

Xiaomi launched the first flash sale of the Mi Mix Fold, and as expected all available stock was gone in seconds. In a single minute, the company pushed the total batch of devices, recording an income of CNY400 million (that's about $61.3 million). Simple math reveals this is anywhere between 30,000 and 40,000 units of the foldable phone, or 500 per second. The Xiaomi Mi Mix Fold has three memory versions 12/256GB went for CNY9,999 (over $1,530), the 12/512GB option is CNY10,999 (north of $1,680), while the mightiest 16GB/512GBstorage units cost CNY12,999 or about $2,000. All...

Realme Q3 is coming next week with a glow in the dark logo, will be cheaper than rumored

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 04:57 AM PDT

The Realme Q3 series will be unveiled next week and the company's slogan, "Dare to leap", will be painted on the back of the phones with phosphorescent paint that will glow in the dark. The teaser clip below was posted by Realme's Vice President, Xu Qi Chase. The VP also called the Realme Q3 the "thousand yuan king", which contradicts the leaked price of CNY 2,000. The current Q2 series falls in the CNY 1,000-1,500 range ($150-230). The company expects the new Q3 series to surpass the current Q2 models, which have proven to be quite successful and have reached 1 million...

Rumor: Samsung is working on triple-folding tablet for next year

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 04:06 AM PDT

Initial reports claimed that Samsung's first dual foldable will arrive this year. However, GizmoChina and leakster Yogesh contradict this info, saying that the actual launch will take place in the first three months of 2022. The more interesting bit of this leak is that the device in question will be Samsung's first foldable tablet – Galaxy Z Fold Tab. Devices like the Galaxy Z Fold2 already blur the line with tablets with its 7.6" display, but the Tab will be even bigger. It makes sense that a triple foldable will be a tablet. Current models are already on the large side even when...

Motorola teases Moto G60 and Moto G40 Fusion key features

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 03:19 AM PDT

Motorola has been teasing the Moto G60 and Moto G40 Fusion on its Instagram profile, and today it has finally revealed some of the key specs of the duo. The two new smartphones share a Snapdragon 732G chipset and a massive 6.8" screen with HDR10 support and 120Hz refresh rate. The main difference between the Moto G60 and Moto G40 is the sensor behind the main camera - the G60 has a 108MP imager, while its sibling is downgraded to 64MP. The other two members of the triple-cam setups on the back are identical and so is the selfie camera inside a punch hole at the front. The...

Apple iPhone 13 in Product Red appears in renders

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 02:28 AM PDT

While we're still a good 5-6 months away from Apple's next iPhone reveal, rumors about the iPhone 13 have already begun circulating and now leakster David Kowalski (@xleaks7) has teamed up with Coverpigtou.it to share CAD-based renders of the Product Red iPhone 13. The overall design remains similar to the iPhone 12 series with flat sides, and a notch though the cutout is visible smaller this time around. The dimensions are listed as 146.64x71.5x7.56mm is close if not quite identical to last year's iPhone 12. The big change comes around the back where the two cameras now sit...

It's official: Samsung Galaxy M42 5G is arriving on April 28 with Snapdragon 750G

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 01:37 AM PDT

Earlier this week, a report claimed that Samsung will launch the Galaxy M42 5G in India in April. Today, Amazon.in confirmed the smartphone will be introduced on 28th of this month and set up a promo page on its website for it. The page also includes a few images which reveal the Galaxy M42 5G's design and some features. The smartphone will pack a notched display and sport a square-shaped quad camera setup on its back. We don't see a fingerprint reader on the Galaxy M42 5G's rear panel, and neither is it embedded in the power button located on the right-side frame, meaning the...

Oppo A54 and A74 5G launching in India next week

Posted: 16 Apr 2021 12:49 AM PDT

Oppo will launch two smartphones in India next week - the A54 on April 19 and the A74 5G on April 20. The Oppo A54 is powered by the Helio P35 SoC, runs Android 10-based ColorOS 7.2 out of the box, and has two memory options - 4GB/64GB and 4GB/128GB. The smartphone's built around a 6.51" HD+ LCD with a punch hole in the upper-left corner for the 16MP selfie camera. And around the back, we get a triple camera setup comprising a 13MP primary, 2MP depth, and 2MP macro units. The A54 also features a side-mounted fingerprint reader and ships with a 5,000 mAh battery charged through a...

Realme 8 5G Indian launch officially set for April 22

Posted: 15 Apr 2021 11:54 PM PDT

The Realme 8 5G arriving on April 21 in Thailand was rumored to debut in India a day later. Today, the Chinese phone maker confirmed that the Realme 8 5G will indeed launch in India on April 22, and the launch event will be streamed live on the company's Facebook page and YouTube channel starting 12:30PM IST (7AM UTC). While Realme hasn't revealed the 8 5G's entire specs sheet yet, the company's Thai branch has confirmed a few of its features, including Dimensity 700 SoC, 6.5" 90Hz screen, 5,000 mAh battery, and side-mounted fingerprint scanner. The Realme 8 5G will be 8.5mm thick,...

iQOO details liquid cooling of its upcoming 7 series

Posted: 15 Apr 2021 10:59 PM PDT

iQOO has confirmed that it's incoming iQOO phones: the 7 and 7 Legend will feature advanced Liquid Cooling Technology for heat dissipation. iQOO's cooling method uses copper tubes to transfer liquid from the SoC area, outwards towards the cooler areas of the graphite plate. This plate on the iQOO 7 has 6,000 sq mm of surface area for heat to dissipate away towards the phone's exterior. This plate is used in conjunction with a magnesium alloy core, conductivity gel, and the vapor chamber to achieve up to 14C lower operating temperatures and up to 4C lower external surface...

Huawei opens ad partnership program to advertisers in Europe

Posted: 15 Apr 2021 10:07 PM PDT

Huawei is expanding its advertising business and is looking for ad partners in Europe by launching the Huawei Ads marketplace. This lets advertisers, agencies, and app developers find customers among Huawei's userbase. The new program will also let developers integrate Huawei Ads into their apps for additional revenue. Huawei's global reach consists of 700 million smartphone users. Advertisers on the Huawei Ads program will be able to reach potential customers across 20 Huawei apps, including the Huawei App Gallery. It will also show ads on Huawei's Petal Search, and across...

Apple iPhone 13 mini leak suggests new dual camera module

Posted: 15 Apr 2021 09:20 PM PDT

Apple is expected to announce a new succeeding lineup of iPhones sometime in September. Thanks to a CAD drawing that leaked on micro-blogging network Weibo, the iPhone 13 mini's design is identical to the current iPhone 12 mini, save for the camera cluster, which may be slightly updated. As seen on the image, the camera layout in the iPhone 13 mini remains square, but the arrangement of the dual cameras changes from vertically stacked to a diagonal placement. It also looks like the microphone port on the camera square has moved somewhere else. As per MyFixGuide, the iPhone 13...

Xiaomi explains how Mi Mix Fold has improved heat dissipation among foldables

Posted: 15 Apr 2021 08:28 PM PDT

In a post published to Weibo, Xiaomi explains how it solved a couple of issues related to heat dissipation when it comes to other foldable devices. Xiaomi explains that one of the issues with foldable devices is that the capacity of which the device can dissipate heat is dependent on whether its folding or not. The other (related) issue is that the imbalance lies herein that the side of the device that contains the SoC is will always gather more heat. With the Mi Mix Fold, Xiaomi has developed a "Butterfly" heat dissipation mechanism that can dissipate heat from one side of the...

Realme Q3 specs and price leak, Dimensity 1100 and 120 Hz screen on board

Posted: 15 Apr 2021 06:38 PM PDT

Realme is getting ready to unveil the new Q3 smartphone in China, and as a matter of fact it just started its teaser campaign less than a day ago, focusing on how successful the Q2 was, sales-wise. Obviously Realme hopes the Q3 could outdo its predecessor, and for that purpose it's packed it with very interesting specs. According to a new leak out of China, the Realme Q3 is said to have the Dimensity 1100 chipset by MediaTek at the helm. Realme Q2 Additionally, it will ship with a 120 Hz screen and a 4,500 mAh battery with 50W fast charging - although the charger in the box could...

Motorola Razr 5G finally receives its very own Android 11 update

Posted: 15 Apr 2021 04:24 PM PDT

Motorola's second reincarnation of the Razr in a foldable form factor, the Razr 5G, is the latest smartphone to receive the update to Android 11, the OS version that Google launched last fall. It sure took Motorola long enough to roll this one out, but at least it does seem to be widely available - reports have it spotted in Australia, Europe, India, as well as several South American countries. Even so, the usual caveat about staged rollouts probably applies - it might take a few days (or more) before all units in the wild receive their update notification. The new build is...

Bang & Olufsen announces Beosound Emerge wireless bookshelf speaker

Posted: 15 Apr 2021 01:30 PM PDT

High-end audio manufacturer Bang & Olufsen has announced the Beosound Emerge, a wireless bookshelf speaker with a distinctive design. The Beosound Emerge takes its role of a bookshelf speaker a little too literally and assumes the form of a hardcover book. Designed by Benjamin Huber of Design Agency LAYER, the Beosound Emerge features a pearl-blasted anodized aluminum base. The gold model features oak wood side panels with Kvadrat textile on the spine. The black model has polymer side panels with pearl-blasted aluminum for the grill in Black Anthracite finish. The speaker...

GSMArena labs: introducing a faster way to compare the battery endurance of phones

Posted: 15 Apr 2021 12:22 PM PDT

Three years ago we adopted an automated system to test battery life on phones, it provides accurate, repeatable results. These have been an integral part of our reviews since, but now we've come up with a way to add some context to those results. Is 77 hours Endurance rating good? What about 10 hours of web browsing? How does a phone compare against its market rivals? The answers to those questions lie in our new widget that helps compare battery stats. Our new battery endurance widget: as seen on desktop and mobile • it supports dark mode too You'll find it just below the...

Apple Pencil 3 and AirPods 3 nearing launch

Posted: 15 Apr 2021 11:11 AM PDT

According to rumors circulating Chinese social media portal Weibo, Apple's AirPods 3 and Apple Pencil 3 are nearing their launch. With Apple's Spring Loaded event scheduled for April 20, we could realistically see the new Apple Pencil debut alongside the 12.9-inch iPad Pro with mini-LED display. The AirPods 3 on the other hand are not as certain to make an appearance at the event but managed to leak in a new hands-on shot. The design of the buds looks similar to the current AirPods Pro though you don't get the silicone tips. The case is nearly identical to the AirPods Pro with a...

vivo takes the smartphone market lead in China in week 11

Posted: 15 Apr 2021 10:14 AM PDT

According to the latest Weekly Smartphone Market Share report from Counterporint Research, vivo is now the leader in terms of market share in China. The report covers week 11 of the current year (March 8-14) and awards vivo a 24% market share. Oppo comes in at a close second place with a 21% market share while Huawei has fallen to 15% in third place. Chinese market share performance stats for weeks 8 to 13 Counterpoint lists the strong sales performance of vivo's Y30 and Y31 series as well as the recently launched vivo S9 5G and S9e 5G as key contributors to the brand's rise to the...
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