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A little over a week ago, Samsung announced the temporary shutdown of its smartphone manufacturing factory in Gumi, South Korea due to a confirmed case of the coronavirus infection. The factory was shut down for two days as the company carried out the disinfection of the entire workplace. The company today announced that it’s going to shut down the factory once again for two days after another coronavirus...

The LG G2 showed the world that a screen with thin bezels is a great thing. The LG G3 pushed that design further with a larger and sharper display - the first 1440p panel in the industry. And it came surprisingly fast. LG G3 The HTC Butterfly had the first 1080p screen on mobile, it came out in January 2013. A year and a half later, the G3 arrived with the first-ever 1440p display. Technically, Oppo announced the Find 7 first, but LG was first to...

Xiaomi is expected to take the wrapping off of its new Black Shark 3 gaming handset in just a few days, on March 3 and naturally, the leaks have been intensifying accordingly. While cameras are understandably not going of be the main focus of this device, it is still good to get at least part of the scoop early. A new rough drawing of the phone has surfaced online, offering a better look at its back design, including what is a rather particular...

The IDC (International Data Corporation) recently published its Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device tracker for Q4 2019 and it is chuck-full of intriguing numbers. India definitely stood-out in this new statistic. The local market managed to close yet another record year in wearable device shipments, with an overall growth of 168.3% YoY and a total of 14.9 million units sold. Digging into the numbers further, we find that basic wearables, or in...

Canadian carrier Telus began rolling out the Android 10 update with One UI 2.0 for the Galaxy S10 trio on December 16, and now it has updated its website to reveal the rollout of Android 10 for Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ and Galaxy Note9 will commence on March 9. Another Canadian carrier, Fido, also updated its website saying the rollout of Android 10 for the S9 duo and Note9 is expected in March. No specific dates are mentioned but once we have those,...

As we are nearing the scheduled March 6 unveiling date for the Oppo Find X2 pair of phones, the leaks and rumors are starting to align a bit better. Sadly, we can't necessarily pinpoint the exact differences between the CPH2020 vanilla Find X2 and its CPH2025 FInd X2 Pro sibling. If rumors are to be believed, the pair seem to look very similar and are even likely to share most spotlight features, to some extent - like the 120Hz refresh rate. Oppo...

OnePlus India posted a short video clip on Twitter to tease a new device that will be revealed on March 3. The video doesn't really help us ascertain what exactly this product is, but thanks to OnePlus UK, we know it's not a phone or any other commercial product, meaning we are not going to hear anything about the OnePlus 8 series. You can check out the clip below and tell us in the comments what you think this product could be. 2020 is the year...

Back in October, Microsoft delivered at least a couple of surprise announcements with a re-imagined new take on the foldable form factor. There was the dual 9-inch display laptop/tablet, dubbed the Surface Neo and more-interesting for us - the Surface Duo. A dual 5.6-inch handset device, running Android, of all things. Both of these gadgets were shown-off in a really early stage of development and promised with a vague time frame of Holiday season...

Renders of the Samsung Galaxy A41 that passed through Geekbench last month have surfaced, revealing its design. The Galaxy A41 will pack an Infinity-U display, which is said to measure between 6" and 6.1" diagonally, and house a 25MP selfie camera inside the notch. Around the back, it has a triple camera setup with a 48MP main unit. The back panel doesn't have a fingerprint reader, which means the phone will either come with an in-display solution...

Despite its mouthful of a name, the ZTE nubia Red Magic 5G has really been blowing-up in the rumor mill lately. Joking-aside, the new gaming powerhouse is now a bit overdue, since it was originally supposed to be unveiled at MWC 2020 and is now headed towards a domestic market release instead. That could potentially lead to a major change in media exposure, which is why the company appears to be taking steps to keep the hype train going for as long...

Consider yourself a superfan of Samsung? Take our quiz and see how many answers you can get right! This is a fun activity that we do with our readers every week to test their knowledge of our favorite company. The quiz has a mix of easy and difficult questions that most fans should be able to answer without turning to Google. We intend to make a new quiz for you every weekend so we hope that you’ll...

Earlier this month, an image of the Samsung Galaxy A11's back panel surfaced, revealing a triple camera setup aligned vertically in the upper-left corner. Today, an official-looking press render has leaked, giving us our clearest look yet at the Galaxy A11 while also revealing a few more bits about it. The image reveals that Galaxy A11 will sport a display having a punch hole in the top-left corner. Around the back, we already know it will have...

As Oppo is getting ready to introduce the world to the Find X2 on March 6, the company has been teasing a lot of aspects of its next flagship smartphone (and its even more premium sibling, the Find X2 Pro). Now though, it's time to take a look at a bunch of leaked live images of the Find X2. Oppo Find X2 live images As you can see, the camera island on the back seems to protrude a lot from the phone's body, but at least it's not as wide as those...

Early February, the FCC wrote a letter to the US Congress where it explained that "one or more" major US carriers was selling its customers' location data to some agencies. This practice was initially discovered back in 2018 and only how has the FCC done something to discourage it. On Friday, the FCC revealed that it was issuing a total of over $208 million in fines to all four major US carriers. T-Mobile is looking at $91 million in fines, AT&T...

The Redmi Note 8 Pro has been running the latest MIUI 11 for a while now, and yet everywhere across the world except China it's still been based on the rather ancient Android 9 Pie. An update to Android 10 has been in the works for months for global Redmi Note 8 Pro models, but for some reason it took this long to actually start rolling out. Don't get the champagne out yet, though. For now, a new update for the Redmi Note 8 Pro bringing Android...

The detrimental effects of the Coronavirus on the smartphone market will be felt throughout the year and as per the latest IDC projections could lead to a 10.6% decline in shipments for the first half of 2020. On a more long-term basis, the epidemic is expected to result in a 2.3% decline in global shipments for the entire calendar year. The market was supposed to see growth this year based on early estimates before the outbreak but the situation...

Most of Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones that lack a 3.5mm headphone jack ship with a pair of AKG Type-C earphones in the box. These earbuds satisfy the audio needs of most users, and unlike 3.5mm-based solutions, the AKG earbuds can be improved even after release via firmware updates. Whether this is the first time you’re considering buying a pair of Type-C earphones or if you’re looking for a new replacement,...

Samsung retained its top spot in the LATAM region throughout 2019, and it managed to increase its smartphone shipment market share from 36.6% in 2018, to 38% by the end of 2019. The Korean tech giant increased its influence even as the entire segment stopped growing in LATAM because of sluggish replacement rates, according to Counterpoint Research. Although Samsung did increase its smartphone shipment market share throughout last year, it also lost...

Samsung had launched the 128GB storage variant of the Galaxy S10 Lite in India last month. Now, the company has launched the 512GB storage variant of the smartphone. The amount of RAM in this variant remains similar to that in the 128GB variant, at 8GB. The phone will be available in three colors: Prism Black, Prism Blue, and Prism White. The 512GB variant of the Galaxy S10 Lite is priced at Rs 44,999,...

Samsung has begun rolling out the first firmware update for the new Galaxy Buds+. It weighs only 1.21MB and carries software version R175XXU0ATB5. The changelog is sparse but mentions ‘improved system stability and reliability’ which is always welcomed. Interestingly, while Samsung is spreading the update over-the-air, the company also took to the Samsung Community website in South Korea to discuss some aspects that go by unmentioned in the changelog....

After the Realme 6 Pro was spotted on Geekbench yesterday, its non-Pro sibling - the Realme 6 also passed through the benchmark tool. The phone is seen sporting the RMX2001 model number revealing it packs the MediaTek Helio G90 SoC, 8GB RAM, and runs Android 10 which will likely come with the company's Realme UI on top. Realme 6 Geekbench listing It managed 508 points in the single-core test and 1633 points in the multi-core department. These scores...

The Black Shark 3 series gaming phones are coming on March 3 and with the fast-approaching announcement date, we are getting a clearer picture of what to expect. The latest teasers for the Black Shark 3 Pro reveal it will come with a pair of built-in mechanical shoulder buttons. We've already seen capacitive shoulder triggers on gaming phones but this is the first time a company is implementing a mechanical solution, which is bound to offer more...

The Galaxy Z Flip was released today in Japan through mobile carriers KDDI and the Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company. And much like in most other markets including Canada, China, Germany, the US, and South Korea, the Galaxy Z Flip was sold out in Japan on its first day on the market, reports Blog of Mobile. The Galaxy Z Flip was released in Japan in two color options, namely Mirror Purple and Mirror...

The Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite originally came in two memory configurations - 6GB/128GB and 8GB/128GB. Today a third version joins them, with 8GB RAM and 512GB storage. This new model was announced in India for INR44,999 ($625/€565) and it will go on sale in the country from March 1 through the company's official India site, Samsung Opera House, leading online portals as well as retail stores. If that's too steep, you can go for the 128GB storage variant...

Realme will unveil the Realme 6 series on March 5 but alongside that, the company will also launch its first smartband dubbed Realme Band. We don't know the price of the Realme Band yet, but the company today revealed a bevy of features on its official India site to build the hype. For starters, the Realme Band will feature a color screen which will display notifications for calls, messages and alarms. Realme Band will sport a color display The...

Huawei is set to introduce its flagship P40 line on March 26 in Paris and we got yet another bit of the P40 and P40 Pro specs. The latest entry comes from China's 3C and details the charging speeds of both phones. Huawei P40 listings The P40 (model numbers ANA-AN00 and ANA-TN00) will sport 22.5W charging speeds while the Pro variant (ELS-AN00 and ELS-TN00) will support up to 40W just like on the P30 Pro. Huawei P40 Pro listings If the rumors hold...

Realme promised most of its phones will receive the Realme UI with Android 10 and it's now seeding it to Realme X and Realme 5 Pro. Owners of both phones in India have been receiving notifications for the past few days that an update is incoming, bringing the latest OS and user interface. The package is named RMX1901EX_11_C.01 for the Realme X and RMX1971_EX_11_C.01 for the Realme 5 Pro and is the same in size - 3.51 GB. It brings new looks of the...

Samsung started selling the Galaxy S20 lineup in its home country of South Korea yesterday and the initial numbers reported in local media are disappointing. However, it’s not because the handset hasn’t been well received. The huge drop in sales compared to the Galaxy S10 is due to reasons that are not in Samsung’s control. Local media reports from Korea suggest that the Galaxy S20 sales are 50 percent...

Another day, another story about the Galaxy Z Flip selling out soon after it was made available for purchase. China is a highly lucrative market for Samsung and the company has been working hard to regain its lost market share. The Galaxy Z Flip presents the company with an opportunity to target customers who are looking for something unique, a smartphone that’s unlike anything else on the market...

The Huawei Enjoy 10 family is about to get a new member. This Sunday, March 1, the Huawei Enjoy 10e will be introduced in China, bringing a big and powerful battery. The information was posted by the manufacturer on Weibo without revealing any specs whatsoever. The Huawei Enjoy 10e is likely to be the most affordable of the bunch, judging by the Enjoy 9 from last year. The Enjoy 9s had three cameras, the Enjoy 9 only two, and the Enjoy 9e had one...

Chinese phone maker vivo launched the Z5 last July and today the company unveiled its successor, dubbed vivo Z6 5G. The vivo Z6 5G is built around a 6.57" 20:9 display of 2400x1080 pixel resolution. It's surrounded by slim bezels on three sides and promises a screen-to-body ratio of 90.74%. The screen has a 3.85mm punch hole in the upper right corner which houses the 16MP selfie camera. Around the back, you get a fingerprint scanner accompanying...

It was supposed to happen at a lavish event in Barcelona at the MWC, but the Coronavirus messes up vivo's plans. The vivo APEX 2020 concept phone is nonetheless official and we get a glimpse of the technologies the company has been working on. We've come to expect innovation that's borderline unreal from APEX concept phones and the APEX 2020 willingly obliges. It has a seamless body with no openings and instead relies on pressure-sensing capacitive...

After announcing the Galaxy Tab S6 and Galaxy Tab S6 5G, Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite soon. It recently bagged Bluetooth certification and now its press render has surfaced revealing its design. The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite looks similar to the vanilla Tab S6 and the image reveals it will retain the S-Pen. The tablet also has the cellular network icon in the status bar, meaning it will support LTE connectivity. But it's said to...

Smartphone companies have been racing each other to introduce a handset with a 120 Hz screen, but nubia is about to one-up them all. The upcoming Red Magic 5G will have whopping 144 fps that is the true improvement in screen performance - that is the equivalent of a gaming PC with a 144 Hz monitor. GameBench got its hands on a pre-release nubia Red Magic 5G that has Snapdragon 865 chipset, 12 GB RAM and 256 GB storage. There is also active cooling...

Apple's is preparing to release a new pair of wireless headphones called the Powerbeats 4. Late last month, we saw a glimpse of the earphone's design thanks to a set of icons found in iOS update 13.3.1. Powerbeats Pro (left) • Powerbeats 4 (middle) • Powerbeats 3 (right) Thanks to a new filing with the FCC, we are able to see more about the Powerbeats 4's design. It carriers a model number of A2015 and first began testing in November. A description...

The unlocked variant of the Galaxy Z Flip was quickly sold in stores as well as on Samsung’s website in the US after the launch. The company had also claimed that it was overwhelmed with the response it received from consumers for its second foldable phone. Now, the South Korean smartphone giant says that the Galaxy Z Flip will be back in stock in the US tomorrow. The phone was meant to be back in stock on February 21, but that didn’t happen for...

Realme has already confirmed that it's launching the Realme 6 and 6 Pro in India next week, on March 5. The phones will be joined by the company's first fitness band. The Realme 6 Pro has so far been rumored to sport the Snapdragon 720G chipset, and today it's been spotted in the Geekbench results database. The model number RMX2061 has been associated with the Realme 6 Pro through a previous IMDA certification. The SoC isn't specified in the benchmark...

We exclusively reported over two months ago that Samsung is working on a new tablet (SM-P615) that features an S Pen. It was revealed yesterday that the tablet would be launched as the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, all thanks to its Bluetooth certification documents. Now, we have our first look at the upcoming tablet’s design. Staying true to its Lite tag, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite appears to have a design similar...

If there was any doubt about how Samsung wants to position the Galaxy Z Flip, it have been cleared by the company’s strategy to create hype for the product. At launch, Samsung unveiled a special Galaxy Z Flip Thom Browne edition. It debuted at the New York Fashion Week on February 12, the very next day after Samsung’s February 11 Unpacked event where the Galaxy Z Flip was launched. Since then, Samsung has hit the fashion week trifecta to highlight...

Samsung was serious when it said that it wants the Galaxy Z Flip to add "a fashionable touch to users' lives" - the phone strutted its stuff at the New York Fashion week where Samsung and Thom Browne hosted an exclusive event to showcase the limited edition of the Z Flip. The foldable phone then went on to attend the London, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks. Photos by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Samsung Electronics In London, the phone walked...

It has been months since HTC announced a new phone, but the company just unveiled a new handset - the HTC Wildfire R70, an entry-level device for India and Thailand. It will be available soon, though pricing details are yet to be announced. The best feature on the phone is the 16MP main camera on the back with large 1.4µm pixels and bright f/1.75 aperture. It and the 8MP selfie camera can record 1080p video. There are two more cameras on the back,...

Samsung is keeping to its three-month security patch release schedule for its mid-range devices, and as a result, the Galaxy M30s is now getting a new software update introducing the March 2020 security patch. Indeed, while other Galaxy phones are making the jump to the February security patch, the Galaxy M30s is beating them to the punch and it is now the first Samsung smartphone to bag the latest security update, aside from the yet-to-be-shipped...

With just a day left before its big unveiling, vivo's APEX 2020 concept phone appeared in several promotional materials. The first one gives us a tour of the device, showcasing its waterfall screen and innovative camera setup. From the small glimpse, we can see the APEX 2020 comes with a periscope capable of 5-7.5X zoom while the bottom 48MP sensor is dubbed as a gimbal camera that is rumored to offer unprecedented image stabilization. Next up we...

Midrange smartphones have been implementing the 64MP sensors more and more and Mediatek today delivered a newer chipset with support for it. The Helio P95 SoC was introduced by the Taiwanese manufacturer - it has improved AI over the Helio P90 while keeping the same CPU, GPU and other general specs. Helio P95 Helio P90 Process TSMC 12 nm FinFET TSMC 12 nm FinFET CPU 2x Cortex-A75 @ 2.2 GHz 6x Cortex-A55 @ 2GHz 2x Cortex-A75 @ 2.2 GHz 6x Cortex-A55...

Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab S6 last August and followed up with a 5G variant in January. Now a Lite version sporting model number SM-P615 has bagged Bluetooth certification. The listing doesn't reveal any specification of the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite other than confirming Bluetooth 5.0, but thanks to Geekbench we know it will come with an Exynos 9611 SoC, 4GB RAM and Android 10. According to a report by SamMobile, the SM-P615 is an LTE variant of...

It's the battle of the flip foldables - well, it's a battle for survival in the hands of Zack from JerryRigEverything. In his latest video he takes apart the Motorola Razr 2019 and compares it to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, focusing mostly on the hinge mechanisms of both phones. Also, as promised after the Z Flip video, he shows a better shot of the bristles that Samsung relies on to keep the dust out of the hinge. Motorola's approach is different....

Chinese phone maker vivo will launch the vivo V19 on March 10. This information comes from the company's Indonesian branch which posted an image on Twitter with #PerfectNightPerfectYou. Let us introduce you to #vivoV19, bringing you the perfect night! Will be here shortly on 10 March 2020. #PerfectNightPerfectYou pic.twitter.com/SvHrWHQJYY— vivo Indonesia (@vivo_indonesia) February 27, 2020 Additionally, the company shared an image of the vivo V19,...

This might be one of the best times to jump on the wireless charging bandwagon, not only because the technology has advanced over the past few years, but also because the Samsung Wireless Charger DUO Pad is now available for a whopping 44% off. The Samsung Wireless Charger DUO Pad can charge two smartphones or one smartphone and a smartwatch simultaneously. It’s capable of up to 12W fast-charging...

Two days ago the Xiaomi and Redmi senior executive in India Manu Kumar Jain said the Redmi K30 Pro will be the first phone in the world with NavIC - India's satellite navigation system. Today, Madhav Sheth, the Realme India CEO revealed the Realme X50 Pro is already the world's first smartphone to support it, reigniting the flame war between the two brands. Sheth revealed that not only the first but the second phone in the world with NavIC support...

The upcoming Black Shark 3 is scheduled to go official next week and as the launch date approaches, more of its key features are beginning to surface. It is now confirmed there will be at least two versions as Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun said the Black Shark 3 Pro variant will pack a 5,000 mAh battery while the vanilla version will sport a 4,720mAh cell. Lei Jun Weibo post Both versions will be able to top up at 65W speeds and according to Jun will be able...

Samsung introduced two new versions of its Galaxy Watch Active 2 today. The first one is called Golf Edition and is supposed to be a smart assistant to all the golf players in the world, while the second is LTE Aluminum. The Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 Golf Edition (that is one long name) comes with a smart caddie application that provides information on over 40,000 golf courses around the world, and measures golf shot distances. It will also...

Samsung Display, the display-making affiliate of the conglomerate, unveiled an optimized OLED display for 5G smartphones today. Samsung continues to dominate the mobile OLED market with an over 90 percent share and it aims to keep things that way. So it continues to innovate and offer products that other display manufacturers are not yet able to. This competitive edge is what helps Samsung maintain...

Samsung has released a new software update for the Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note 10+, one that brings improvements other than enhanced security for the first time after the two phones were updated to Android 10 and One UI 2.0. This new update, sporting software version N97xFXXU2BTB5, was released in Malaysia a little over a week ago and is now available in Germany. It will likely be released in more...

This year’s Mobile World Congress may have been canceled due to fears over the coronavirus infection, but it’s Global Mobile Awards have still been announced. Samsung always manages to pick up a few awards at these things and that’s no different in 2020. Samsung Knox, the company’s enterprise-grade security platform, has been recognized by the Global Mobile Awards as the Best Mobile Innovation for...

Samsung rolled out the Android 10 update with One UI 2.0 to the Galaxy A50s a couple of weeks ago in Vietnam, and now it's time for the Indian units to get a taste of the latest version of Android. The firmware comes bearing version A507FNXXU3BTB2, which is the same as the software released in Vietnam. It weighs around 1.6GB in size, includes February 2020 Android security patch, and comes with the usual set of Android 10 and One UI 2.0 goodies....

The Galaxy Tab S6 is a flagship Android tablet that Samsung released last year. Samsung addressed a major shortcoming of its flagship tablet lineup with this device by shipping it with the latest processor, which was the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 at that time. It appears that the company’s next tablet is going to be an offshoot of the Galaxy Tab S6. However, it’s not going to be a premium product. Samsung is likely going to launch its next budget tablet...

vivo is set to unveil the Z6 5G on February 29 and the company has already confirmed it will come with a Snapdragon 7656G SoC, 5,000 mAh battery charging at 44W, and "PC-grade" liquid cooling. Now just two days ahead of the launch, the company has detailed the Z6 5G's quad camera setup. This setup will include a 48MP f/1.79 main camera joined by a 112-degree ultrawide angle snapper, macro and depth units. vivo doesn't reveal the resolution of the...

Huawei has brought the P40 series in Europe, starting from Spain. The first device is the midranger Huawei P40 Lite, which, after further inspection, is the same phone sold under the name Huawei nova 6 SE in China and Huawei nova 7i in Malaysia. The Huawei P40 Lite comes with a Kirin 810 chipset, meaning there are no Google Services on the phone. The SoC is coupled with 6 GB RAM and 128 gigs of storage, but if you want more, you have to expand with...