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As Roku reached the end of its contract with Google to host the YouTube TV app on its channel store, Roku sent all its customers an email notifying them that they may lose the ability to use the YouTube TV channel on Roku devices. In this messages to consumers, it pointed at Google and accused it of “unfair and anticompetitive requirements” that are, according to Roku, designed to allow the collection of user data and to “manipulate” search results....

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Foldable smartphones are generally considered to be more fragile than 'normal' ones, unlike gaming phones for example - then again it turns out that among the latest batch of the latter, two out of three do snap in two or three parts when bent. So you may be thinking that foldables should fare even worse in such testing, but is that actually true? Let's find out. Zack from the JerryRigEverything YouTube channel is back at it again, and this time...

Xiaomi went all-in with the Mi 11 Ultra this year, producing what is its first proper mainstream flagship smartphone ever to be released internationally (as last year's Mi 10 Ultra was a China-only affair). The company unveiled the Mi 11 Ultra's European eye watering €1,199 pricing at an event in late March, but it stayed mum on a release date for the continent. Now thanks to Xiaomi's official Dutch Facebook page, we know that the Mi 11 Ultra is...

Xiaomi announced its MIUI 12.5 back in December last year, but Poco phones are yet to receive the update. Now the company has announced a testing program for plenty of its devices globally and you need to be fast because slots are limited. Here's the full list of eligible devices and their respective regions. POCO F3 [MI, RU, ID, EEA] POCO X3 PRO [Global, IN, EEA, RU, ID] POCO X3/NFC [Global, RU, IN, EEA, ID] POCO F2 PRO [Global, RU, ID, EEA] POCO...

The Galaxy Tab A7 Lite has broken the silence a second time this week after the tablet got spotted in the database of Chinese regulatory agency TENAA. The application contains a few live photos of the tablet in black, though a silver variant is also expected to be released. TENAA seemingly confirms that the tablet will measure 212.5 x 124.7 x 8mm and weight ~300 grams. The photos reconfirm the same design that’s been spotted in leaked renders...

We’ve already seen plenty of rumors and renders of the upcoming Huawei P50 series and today we have our first live look at the vanilla P50. The images come courtesy of reliable tipster DigitalChatStation who shared them on his Weibo account. Huawei P50 (source: DigitalChatStation) We can see the display which is rumored to measure in at 6.3-inches, will sport a much smaller centered punch hole cutout this time around instead of the pill shaped one...

The Galaxy A72 is bound to follow the quarterly update schedule so it won’t enjoy the same level of security as its smaller sibling — the Galaxy A52. Nevertheless, the Galaxy A72 is now getting a new firmware that brings a newer security patch along with it, and interestingly enough, the package is large enough to contain other significant improvements on the side. The new update for the Galaxy A72 carries firmware number A725FXXU1AUD2 and, to be...

The jury is still out there whether Asus will be launching two or three members of the Zenfone 8 family and we are still unsure how Asus will call them. In any case, the alleged Mini model is subject to a big leak revealing not only battery capacity but memory variants as well. Asus Zenfone 6 and 7 Pro According to Dealntech's inside sources, the smallest of the bunch will come in five memory variants - 6/8GB paired with 128GB of storage and 8/12/16GB...

Amazon’s daily deals website Woot! is offering a few cool Samsung products at a discount as part of its latest Random Samsung Stuff promotion. It includes deals for the 40mm and 44mm Galaxy Watch Active 2, as well as the 25W Samsung Fast Charger. The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra and the 45mm Galaxy Watch 3 were also part of this promotion but the deals were attractive enough for Woot! to run out of stock. But if you’re in the market for a 25W charger...

Memory allocation has been all the craze lately. Take the vivo X60 Pro+, for example. It gives you the option to extend the memory by allocating storage so you gain extra 3GB of RAM. Well, it seems that Xiaomi is working on such a feature of its own too. A tipster found buried deep in MIUI 12's source code a feature named "Memory extension". It does what the vivo X60 Pro+ does but it's limited to 1GB only. It requires some tinkering before you can...

Strategy Analytics has published its latest research on 5G smartphone shipments around the globe, and the numbers look mightily impressive, with increases between 114% and 1,165% among manufacturers. According to the report, the period between January and March 2021 saw 133.9 million sales, which is 458% more than last year’s mere 24 million. Company Q1 2020 sales(in million) Q1 2020market share Q1 2021 sales(in million) Q1 2021market share Yearly...

After PUBG Mobile received a ban in India, the company behind the game said that it would release an Indian-friendly version in the future with reduced gore, violence and nudity. The adapted version was first teased back in November 2020, but PUBG Studio has been fairly silent since then. Until now, that is. A short teaser video of PUBG Mobile India showed up on the Indian YouTube branch but has since been taken down. Sadly, it didn't reveal a release...

The Galaxy S20 FE became pretty popular last year, thanks to its affordable price tag and well-rounded specs. After receiving such a good response to the phone, Samsung has decided to launch a follow-up to the smartphone, and the device is expected to be launched over the next few months. Earlier today, the phone was mentioned on Samsung’s website. GalaxyClub discovered that Samsung Mexico’s website accidentally mentioned the Galaxy S21 FE,...

Samsung has unveiled its new Galaxy Book Pro series laptops this week. It has revamped its entire laptop lineup and for good reason. With the pandemic changing the way we work, the devices that we need now have to be in line with that reality. Samsung has approached the development of these laptops with a simple aim. It wants to provide mobile-first users with the same convenience and seamless experience that smartphones do. The company has been...

After releasing the April 2021 security patch to the Galaxy M10 earlier today, Samsung has started rolling out the May 2021 security patch to the Galaxy A51. The new update for Samsung’s best-selling smartphone is currently available in Russia and is expected to hit more countries over the next few days. The new software update for the Galaxy A51 with the May 2021 security patch has firmware version...

A new update for the Samsung Internet Beta just dropped, introducing two key features to its Chromium-powered web-browsing experience. Numbers one, there’s a new bookmarks bar on offer. It’s an optional addition that you can enable by going to Settings > Appearance. A tap of the accompanying toggle and you’re done. Two, cross-device functionality has been improved in a big way. Go...

Samsung has been consistently releasing Android 11 updates and the latest security patches to its smartphones and tablets. It was the first brand to roll out the April 2021 security patch. Now, the company has released a new security patch to the Galaxy M10. The Galaxy M10 (SM-M105G) has started receiving a new software update in Malaysia and Vietnam. This new update brings the April 2021 security...

Almost a year ago Realme announced its first smartwatch with the aptly named Realme Watch. Since then the brand has expanded with two more models in the Watch S series but now there’s a true successor to the original Realme Watch with the same square look. The Watch 2 brings an identical 1.4-inch touchscreen IPS LCD with 320x320 pixel resolution and up to 600 nits of brightness. Realme is bringing over 100 watch faces to choose from including new...

Yesterday we shared an exclusive render of the Honor Play 5 and reported the smartphone will come with a 64MP primary camera and 66W charging. Today we learn more about the Play 5 as reliable tipster Digital Chat Station revealed the smartphone's full specs. According to the tipster, the Honor Play 5 will be powered by the Dimensity 800U SoC and pack a 6.53" FullHD+ OLED panel, which we know will have a notch for the selfie camera. The Play 5's...

Xiaomi’s brand Redmi has launched its own understanding of what a gaming smartphone should be under the name K40 Gaming. The device runs on Dimensity 1200 chipset and comes with the latest bells and whistles like UFS 3.1 storage, LPDDR5 RAM, 67W ultra-fast charging and several solutions for cooling and heat dissipation. With such specs, it is no wonder that the Redmi K40 Gaming was a huge success during its first flash sale in China. According to...

Just last year, Samsung was leading the global 5G smartphone market. The company had a whopping 94% market share in the US 5G smartphone market. However, things seem to have taken a drastic turn for the company, and Samsung should be quite worried about its latest 5G smartphone shipment numbers. A recently published report from market research firm Strategy Analytics claims that Samsung has dropped from the first position to fifth position in the...

Samsung is working on multiple Galaxy M series smartphones, including the Galaxy M32, Galaxy M42, and the Galaxy M62 5G. The company recently launched the Galaxy M42 5G in India, and it is expected to unveil the Galaxy M32 soon. Ahead of the launch, some specifications of the Galaxy M32 have been leaked. The Galaxy M32 bears model number SM-M325F, and it appeared in Geekbench’s database earlier today. The phone appears to be running Android 11 (probably...

A Samsung device bearing model code SM-M325FV, and believed to be the Galaxy M32, has popped up on Geekbench with its key specs. According to the benchmark database, the SM-M325FV runs Android 11, has 6GB RAM onboard, and is powered by MT6769V/CT, which we know is a part of the Helio G80 SoC. Geekbench doesn't reveal any other specs of the SM-M325FV, but the smartphone was spotted on DEKRA last week with a 6,000 mAh battery. The Galaxy M32 is said...

The Chromebook market saw explosive growth over the past year, riding on the remote learning and work-from-home wave. Compared to just 2.8 million Chromebook shipments in Q1 2020, the market grew 3.57x in Q1 2021 to reach shipments of 13 million units. Samsung achieved a whopping 496% year-over-year growth in Chromebook shipments during the quarter. IDC’s (International Data Corporation) latest report suggests that Samsung shipped over a million...

Samsung makes the world’s best Android tablets, ranging from the affordable Galaxy Tab A 8.0 to the ultra-high-end Galaxy Tab S7+. Since the COVID-19 pandemic last year, the company saw impressive growth in tablet sales worldwide, riding the remote learning wave. The South Korean tech giant maintained its second spot in the global tablet market during Q1 2021. Market research firm IDC’s (International Data Corporation) latest report claims that Samsung...

The global chip crisis keeps chugging along, and Apple has long been rumored to be affected in the production of its new devices. Case in point - the new iPad Pro 11 and 12.9 and the new iMac with M1 that the company announced at last week's spring event are going up for pre-order later than new devices usually do after an Apple event. And in a move that's very uncharacteristic of it, Apple hasn't actually revealed an official release date for any...

Samsung is now on the receiving end of a class-action lawsuit due to a possible manufacturing defect surrounding the Galaxy S20 series. As some of you might recall, right around the time the Galaxy S20 series was being released a year ago, dozens of customers complaints were cropping up on the web to describe a potential Galaxy S20 design flaw that was seemingly leading to the rear camera glass breaking. What made this issue that much more intriguing...

Samsung laptop news just keep arriving these days. After announcing four laptops yesterday and another one today, Samsung looks set to premiere an affordable Windows laptop with an ARM processor. The Samsung Galaxy Book Go runs on an 8nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c chip and the ARM version of Windows 10. The machine is fanless, has a 14-inch 1920x1080px IPS LCD, built-in LTE, 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD. The screen isn't touch-enabled and the housing...

Samsung unveiled the new Galaxy Book series laptops yesterday at its Unpacked event. The company has been calling the laptops its “most powerful Galaxy” devices so far. It now envisions the laptop as an integral part of the Galaxy ecosystem. The new models include the Galaxy Book, Galaxy Book Pro, Galaxy Book Pro 360 and the Galaxy Book Odyssey. This wide variety of notebooks aims to offer something...

LG announced its mobile division will be closed this year since it cannot turn profitable in the current market. However, the company's report confirms all other branches have posted a yearly increase in sales, bringing the total revenue to KRW18.8 trillion - the most LG has ever recorded between January and March. Mobile Divison Performance Q1 2021 Q4 2020 QoQ Change Q1 2020 YoY Change Sales in KRW / USD 998.7B / 901M 1,385B / 1.24B -27.9% 998.6B...

The highly anticipated ECG and blood pressure firmware update for the Galaxy Watch 3 and the Galaxy Watch Active 2 was released in 31 markets earlier this year, but some key regions such as Russia were left out. Thankfully, the roll-out continues and Samsung confirmed today that the two additional health-tracking feature are now becoming available in Russia thanks to a new firmware update that’s being distributed to both the Galaxy Watch 3 and the...

Samsung was expected to unveil the Galaxy Book Go alongside the Galaxy Book Pro, Galaxy Book Pro 360, and the Galaxy Book Odyssey during its April 28 event. However, the company didn’t unveil the ARM-based Windows 10 laptop. Now, the laptop’s first set of images have been revealed alongside its full specs sheet. German tech publication WinFuture published the press renders and specifications of the Galaxy Book Go. The laptop features a 14-inch IPS...

It’s a sad day for all of us at SamMobile. One of the biggest Samsung fans is no longer among us. This week our dear colleague and good friend Henk van Loosbroek passed away. We firmly believe that Henk was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Samsung fan of all time. Henk had a passion for the company, he was super proud of the brand and how innovative Samsung has been and still is. In 2013 I met Henk via Twitter and we started talking. He...