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The Galaxy Z Flip3 to feature thinner bezels and frame

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 07:37 AM PDT

According to a renowned Samsung tipster the company's upcoming Galaxy Z Flip3 will bring some significant design changes to make it look more futuristic and refined. There are even some renders based on exclusive information gathered by IceUniverse. The images depict a device with thin side bezels that are just 3.8mm wide. The front-facing camera will still sit inside a small cutout, though. The leak also mentions the side frame, which would not "look or feel" like metal but that doesn't mean it won't be metal. It could be down to the finish or some special coating applied. One...

Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 in for review

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 06:52 AM PDT

Say hello to the Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 - Huawei's newest and most premium tablet to counter the likes of the Apple iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+. There are a few notable things about the MatePad Pro - it runs on Huawei's Harmony OS 2.0 instead of Android, has a Kirin 9000E chipset, supports Huawei's M-Pencil and Smart Magnetic Keyboard, and is built around a gorgeous 12.6-inch OLED screen. In the box the MatePad Pro comes alongside a USB cable, 40W charger and a USB to 3.5mm dongle. For the first time ever, Huawei has preloaded its own Harmony OS 2.0 on a tablet,...

Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 and 10.8 announced alongside MatePad 11

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 06:09 AM PDT

It's a big day for Huawei with a plethora of software and hardware announcements. With HarmonyOS 2.0 now officially launched, Huawei announced its first set of tablets powered by its in-house operating system. The MatePad Pro 12.6 is a true flagship offering set to go against the likes of Samsung's Galaxy Tab S-series and Apple's iPad Pro line. There's a smaller 10.8-inch version that runs on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 870 chipset – the first such Huawei device in a long while. The MatePad 11 is a more affordable offering targeting students with the same great software features found on the...

Huawei MateView GT 165Hz ultrawide gaming monitor is going global, flat MateView in tow

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 05:49 AM PDT

Huawei unveiled a couple of MateView-branded monitors in China recently, now the company is launching them in multiple regions around the world. One is a curved gaming monitor, the other is a flat and optimized for productivity. Huawei MateView GT This is Huawei's first gaming monitor and it is also optimized for multimedia, so you can do video editing on it. It has a 34" LCD panel with 21:9 aspect ratio (3,440 x 1,440 px resolution) and a curvature of 1500R. It has 165Hz refresh rate and gaming features like Crosshairs and Dark Field Control (it crushes overexposed and dark areas to...

Huawei Watch 3 Pro in for review

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 05:25 AM PDT

Huawei's Watch GT 2 Pro was not only arguably the best made smartwatch on the market, but it was also bargain at just €299. Not content to sit on its laurels, however, Huawei is back with the Watch 3 Pro, a smartwatch that keeps everything that made its predecessor great and adds a bunch of new stuff as the company move over its wearable lineup to HarmonyOS. True to its heritage, the Huawei Watch 3 Pro has impeccable build quality. The housing is titanium, the back is ceramic and the top is sapphire glass. The combination makes for a device that's light, but as durable as they come....

Huawei Watch 3 unveiled with HarmonyOS, eSIM, 3-day battery, 3 Pro follows with titanium body

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 05:00 AM PDT

It has been four years since the last time Huawei released a proper smartwatch – the GT series are limited in their capabilities. But it is now finally here and it is one of the first HarmonyOS 2.0 devices. There are two models, actually – the Huawei Watch 3 and the Watch 3 Pro – the latter has a different body (built with premium materials) and better battery life. We'll start with the base model. Huawei Watch 3 This generation features a 3D rotating crown that replaces the top button on the right. Huawei argues that this enables an intuitive way to navigate the UI that is also...

BOE demonstrates its sliding OLED display at ICDT conference

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 04:12 AM PDT

Chinese display maker BOE capped off a busy event showcase at the International Display Technology Conference (ICDT 2021) held in Beijing. Among the brand's latest developments we got to see the first flexible sliding OLED display. Details on the actual panel are scarce with BOE revealing an outer bending rate radius of 4mm and a dynamic scrolling frequency. The panel appears to have no visible crease while expanding which is the major advantage over current foldable displays. BOE's new prototype reminds us a lot of Oppo X 2021 rollable concept which is no coincidence since BOE was...

Watch the HarmonyOS 2.0 reveal and new product launch live here

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 03:26 AM PDT

Huawei's introduction of HarmonyOS 2.0 will be live streamed later today, starting at 12 noon UTC. You can watch it on YouTube (embedded below), Twitter and Facebook. This is a pivotal moment for the company's consumer business as Harmony will embark on its journey to powering everything from smartwatches to tablets. And smartphones, of course, though we don't expect to see any new ones today. Some existing models will get the option to switch to HarmonyOS with an update. For more on what we think we'll see at the event, check out this article. Long story short, we think Huawei will...

AnTuTu May rankings: S888 dominates the flagship segment, S780 impresses in the mid-range

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 02:38 AM PDT

AnTuTu recently switched to version 9 of its benchmark, which features additional GPU tests (including Vulkan tests), the CPU tests were redesigned, memory, storage and UX tests have been changed too. The scores aren't directly comparable between the V8 and V9 benchmarks. That said, the rankings haven't changed much – the Top 10 of the flagship section is completely dominated by the Snapdragon 888. The Black Shark 4 Pro retains the lead position, though just barely as its average score dropped – AnTuTu takes the average of at least 1,000 devices to weed out any outliers. Also, if a...

Sony WF-1000XM4 announcement set for June 9

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 01:36 AM PDT

The upcoming Sony WF-1000XM4 wireless earbuds with ANC have been leaking left and right and we now finally get a launch date. Sony posted a YouTube livestream on its official channel for a "Truly Silent. Tailored 4 you" event scheduled for June 9. The event is set to begin at 1AM Japan time on June 9 which due to the time differences translates to 4PM UTC time on June 8. Sony's new flagship TWS earbuds are set to debut with the company's brand new Sony V1 processor with improved active noise cancelation and voice pick up. The earbuds will feature a new more compact in-ear design and...

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) gets Android 11-based One UI Core 3.1 update

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 12:46 AM PDT

The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) announced over two years ago with Android 9 Pie is receiving a new update that brings Android 11-based One UI Core 3.1, which is a lighter version of One UI 3.1. The update comes with a redesigned UI, improved performance, and better customizations. It also brings an enhanced Samsung Keyboard and stronger privacy protection in addition to the May 2021 Android security patch. You can head this way to learn more about the update. Android 11-based One UI Core 3.1 update The One UI Core 3.1 update has firmware version P205DXU5CUE2 and requires a...

Realme C21Y gets NBTC certified

Posted: 02 Jun 2021 12:02 AM PDT

Last week, an unknown Realme smartphone with model code RMX3261 was spotted on FCC, and we now learn it is the Realme C21Y as the smartphone has been certified by Thailand's NBTC. The Thai certifying authority doesn't divulge any specifications of the C21Y other than telling us it's a 4G smartphone. However, the phone's FCC listing included its design sketches which revealed the smartphone will pack a notched display and sport a square-shaped camera island on the back housing three cameras. The C21Y's rear panel also features a fingerprint scanner for biometric authentication, and...

Google Assistant will begin showing response bubbles as large bold text instead

Posted: 01 Jun 2021 10:30 PM PDT

Google Assistant first made its debut with the now defunct Google Allo, a messaging app that Google eventually phased out. The mention of Allo here is important because Google Assistant was positioned as a friendly virtual assistant that a user could casually chat with. Therefore, Google Assistant's visual responses appear in text bubbles. This use of text bubbles is changing, depending on the context of the response given, this according to 9to5Google who reports that the chat bubble responses are being replaced with larger, bold print. The larger print doesn't show when asking...

LG Pay will shut down through 2021

Posted: 01 Jun 2021 09:30 PM PDT

As LG leaves the smartphone business, the company now announces the inevitable: it must shut down the payment service it launched for its own smartphones. The message is now visible on the LG Pay website. Thank you for being a valued customer of LG Pay! We regret to inform you that LG Pay will be phasing out and discontinued over the remainder of 2021. More specific details will follow. There's no concrete date for LG Pay's shutdown, but those using LG Pay can always switch to Google Pay on their LG handsets. The magnetic stripe feature that LG Phones supported on LG Pay would no longer...

Samsung patents foldable with dual-hinges, dubbed ‘Z Fold Tab’ with S Pen support

Posted: 01 Jun 2021 07:42 PM PDT

Samsung is expected to make foldables outside of the Galaxy Z Flip and Z Fold lineups. Thanks to renders provided by LetsGoDigital in collaboration with Sarang Sheth, we have an idea of what a new kind of Samsung foldable might look like. The patent was filed with both the WIPO and USTPO within a day of each other. The patents is titled "Method and device for providing user interface in electronic device having foldable display'. Dubbed the 'Samsung Galaxy Z Fold Tab', the foldable has dual hinges with three display sections. When completely folded, the gap left by the two outer...

Verizon is giving you a free iPhone 12 mini or Samsung Galaxy S21 to use on its 5G network

Posted: 01 Jun 2021 05:49 PM PDT

Verizon desperately wants you to try its 5G network, so much so that it's offering you a free iPhone 12 mini or Samsung Galaxy S21 if you trade-in any device - old or new, broken, damaged, with a cracked screen, it doesn't matter. If you do that trade-in dance, then you're getting monthly bill credits when you purchase an iPhone 12 mini or Galaxy S21, bill credits that take down your monthly payment for the phone to zero, over 24 months - this effectively means that if you never want to pay anything for the handset, you need to stick with Verizon for the full two years. If you're a new...

iPhone 13 family members rumored to get larger batteries than their predecessors

Posted: 01 Jun 2021 03:27 PM PDT

Apple's upcoming 2021 iPhones will allegedly feature bigger batteries than their 2020 predecessors. According to a new rumor out of China, the iPhone 13 mini will have a 2,406 mAh cell, the iPhone 13 and 13 Pro will sport a 3,095 mAh battery, while the iPhone 13 Pro Max will come with 4,352 mAh capacity. Comparatively, the iPhone 12 mini has a 2,227 mAh cell, the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro each don a 2,815 mAh battery, while the iPhone 12 Pro Max has 3,687 mAh capacity. iPhone 12 mini, 12 Pro, and 12 Pro Max In terms of the relative size gains, the iPhone 13 Pro Max is in the lead, with...

vivo V21 (5G) review

Posted: 01 Jun 2021 01:25 PM PDT

Meizu Watch unveiled with 1.78" AMOLED display, eSIM and fast battery charging

Posted: 01 Jun 2021 11:32 AM PDT

Years after the Meizu Mix the company finally released its first proper smartwatch – simply named the Meizu Watch. Unlike the Mix, which had a classic design with physical hands and no screen, this one is all screen (well, and a button on the side). The 1.78" AMOLED panel on the front is bigger than you'll get on most watches. The size as well as the 368 x 448px resolution perfectly matches the dimensions of recent Apple Watches. The screen is sharp (326 ppi) and bright (500 nits) and it is guarded by 2.5D Goilla Glass. The Meizu Watch comes in two colors: black and...

Samsung Display will supply Google and others with ultra thin glass (UTG)

Posted: 01 Jun 2021 10:14 AM PDT

Samsung Display has made the decision to sell Ultra Thin Glass (UTG) to other smartphone makers (meaning other than Samsung Electronics), reports ETNews. Until now it held UTG back to give its sibling company an edge as Galaxys were the only foldables to use this type of glass (which is superior to plastic). However, Samsung Display decided that the Galaxys have enough of an edge to stay on top, even if competing devices have UTG, and that it would rather expand its business (and that of partner Dowoo Insys) than maintain the exclusivity. Right now Samsung is the sole supplier of...
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