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Apple now supports unlisted apps on its App Store. These will be discoverable only with a direct link and will not be available to the general public on the platform. Apple envisions these apps to be used for limited audiences such as employees, students or conference attendees and the new apps will be available via the Apple School Manager and Apple Business Manager platforms. Unlisted apps will still have to be approved by Apple’s App Review team....

Spotify will add an advisory to COVID-19-related podcasts on its network, that would direct listeners to a dedicated COVID-19 hub with facts and up-to-date information from scientists, physicians, and health authorities. This comes after backlash over Joe Rogan's podcast reached a tipping point that saw musicians Neil Young and Joni Mitchell remove their music from Spotify. Rogan's podcast follows a free conversation form between him and his guests,...

As China prepares to celebrate the Lunar New Year, Xiaomi is preparing to launch the Redmi K50 series. The new models are expected in February and will arrive with a mix of high end Snapdragon and Dimensity chipsets – but not at the same time. Lu Weibing told fans that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 model will arrive first, followed by the Dimensity 9000 model. There is still some uncertainty about which models will get which chips and there are a total...

Back in October, we saw the debut of vivo T1 and vivo T1x smartphones in China and now the maker is preparing a new entry dubbed T1 5G for the Indian market. The device will be unveiled on February 9 and is touted as the “fastest and the slimmest 5G smartphone under INR 20K”. The only other known bit is that it will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 695 chipset as confirmed by the first batch of teasers. vivo is set to reveal details about the...

A new, unannounced Honor smartphone made an appearance on Geekbench's database with model number GIA-AN00 and it is believed to be the Honor 60 SE. Information regarding this handset is rather scarce so the Geekbench listing is more than welcome. The device is running MediaTek's Dimensity 900 chipset and at least one of the memory configurations will offer 8GB of RAM. The sheet also suggests that the phone will ship with Android 12 out of the box....

In his latest newsletter, Mark Gurman details Apple’s 2022 iMac Pro refresh which is said to come with Cupertino’s current-gen M1 Pro and Max chipsets. The upcoming all-in-one desktop will reportedly come with a similar design to the current M1 iMac but with a larger screen diagonal - probably 27-inches. Apple previously discontinued its old Intel-powered iMac Pro back in March of last year. In addition to the iMac Pro rumor, Gurman details that...

Samsung has already confirmed February 9 as an official announcement date for the Galaxy S22 series and the numerous detailed leaks from the past couple of months revealed pretty much everything there is to know about the upcoming trio. So Netflix adding support for Samsung's flagship SoC merely serves as another confirmation that the Galaxy S22 family will be running the Exynos 2200 in some countries. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 versions will still...

A new entry-level phone from TCL has made its way to Europe. TCL 305 is an Android 11 (Go Edition) device that packs a Helio A22 chipset, 6.52-inch LCD and a 5,000 mAh battery. It comes in Space Gray and Atlantic Blue colors and brings a €205 ($228) price tag. TCL 305 sports a 6.52-inch IPS LCD with HD+ resolution and a waterdrop notch up top for its 5MP selfie cam. The back houses a 13MP primary camera alongside a 2MP macro shooter and a 2MP depth...

A few events had major impact on our trending chart this week, but above all it was the Redmi Note 11 series' global debut. The Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G has finally dethroned the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE, which has occupied the top since the start of the year. We've also got the Redmi Note 11 Pro in fourth and the Redmi Note 11 in fifth. The other major development was the massive Galaxy S22 series leak that propelled interest in the Galaxy S22 Ultra to...

The Huawei Watch GT 3 is one of the best smartwatches on the market, and the company recently announced a new version called Watch GT Runner. The new device has a lot of similarities with the GT 3, but there are also some differences that need testing. The Huawei Watch GT Runner feels quite light, and has a bit sportier design with the cool stripes on the rubber strap. Another major change is the antenna design - it claims improved communication...

The Samsung Galaxy S22 series was the hottest topic this past week. The three phones are officially coming on February 9 alongside the Galaxy Tab S8. We saw high-res renders of all models in all colors, got detailed specs and even prices. To recap the Galaxy S22 will have a 6.1-inch 1080p AMOLED of up to 120Hz variable refresh rate. On the back we'll see 50MP main camera alongside 12MP ultrawide, and 10MP 3x telephoto units. The battery capacity...

The new Redmi Note 11 series was unveiled earlier this week and it already went through a limited sale (an early bird deal with $20-30 worth of discounts). Did you get one? Will you get one once the phones become widely available and which one? That’s what we want to know this week. The Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G fills a 5G-shaped hole in the Note series. There was a Note 10 5G last year, but that was more of a mid-range offering and not a Pro. Anyway,...

The selfie-centric vivo's V23 series is out, and we already have reviews of both the vanilla and the Pro version. But the focus of our latest video review is on the vivo V23 5G - a slick midranger with innovative glass Fluorite AG Glass that changes colors. Despite the notch on the front, the handset features a trendy design. It also packs some pretty balanced hardware with excellent battery life and 44W fast charging. The solid 50MP selfie camera...

A couple of days ago, some OnePlus Nord 2T specs leaked in the wild and now we have an expected price range for all of the handset's memory configurations along with a supposed release time frame. The same source tries to guess the rumored Nord 2 CE's price as well. Starting with the Nord 2T, which should replace the current Nord 2, 91mobiles believes that the device will be priced between INR 30,000 and INR 40,000. This range probably covers all...

5G phones are now widely available, but the same can’t be said of 5G networks. Last week’s poll shows that the greatest barrier to adoption is that some countries still haven’t launched their 5G networks. The second most common issue is that many users don’t have a 5G-capable phone yet (about a quarter of voters). Not really surprising, if they don’t live in an area with 5G coverage. Of course, that hasn’t stopped makers from selling 5G phones in...

OnePlus recently launched the Buds Z2, which are a pair of truly wireless earbuds and successor to the 2020 OnePlus Buds Z. While they are still fairly affordable, the new model comes with active noise-cancellation and improved drivers for better performance. Priced at $100, the new Buds Z2 cost exactly the same as the Nothing ear (1), which too are a pair of affordable wireless earbuds with ANC. Having reviewed them in the past, we had our reservations...

A couple of days ago, some OnePlus Nord 2T specs leaked in the wild and now we have an expected price range for all of the handset's memory configurations along with a supposed release time frame. The same source tries to guess the rumored Nord 2 CE's price as well. Starting with the Nord 2T, which should replace the current Nord 2, 91mobiles believes that the device will be priced between INR 30,000 and INR 40,000. This range probably covers all...

Panasonic announced a new lens molding technology that makes camera lenses cheaper to produce and also considerably more reliable and with higher performance. It's a far-infrared lens molding tech for far-infrared aspherical lenses that uses chalcogenide glass boosting the performance of cameras and sensors. The new production process can be used for aspherical and diffractive lenses in various sizes. One of the key features is that it doesn't require...

Samsung is hosting a Galaxy Unpacked event on February 9 where it's expected to unveil the Galaxy S22 series smartphones and the Galaxy Tab S8 series tablets. The Korean conglomerate hasn't divulged anything about these products yet, but thanks to previous leaks, we know pretty much everything about the Galaxy S22 and Galaxy Tab S8 lineups. And now a new leak about the S22 and Tab S8 series by Twitter user Dohyun Kim (@dohyun854) leaves little to...

Counterpoint research published its US market analysis for Q4 last year and for the most part, it has remained steady with a modest 2% growth. Analysts cite supply constraints, delayed launches and in-store restrictions are the main reasons. On the other hand, strong carrier promotions were able to counteract the negative impact of the aforementioned issues. Of course, Apple remained on top of the market with 57% share in the quarter with 17% growth...

Google announced Android 12L last October, and its Beta 2 build was released for the eligible Pixel devices over two weeks ago, which is now available for the Lenovo Tab P12 Pro as well. 9to5Google reports the Android 12L Beta 2 released by Lenovo bumps up the Android security patch level on the Tab P12 Pro to December 2021, but we see no mention of it on the company's website. It's also worth noting that Lenovo hasn't shared any release notes of...

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Honor plans to attend the Mobile World Congress where it will announce the global launch of a Magic phone – the Honor Magic V, perhaps? The company’s first foldable is one of the more interesting devices to be unveiled recently. Qualcomm’s Weibo account chimed in to reveal that the device will be powered by its flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset. Which is the case for the V foldable, though it also doesn’t preclude the introduction of a new flagship....

Apple posted its financial report for the the first quarter of its 2022 fiscal year, covering the montsh October through December. The numbers revealed new records in sales, which grew 11% to $123.95 billion and net income that got a 20% increase to $34.63 billion. All of Apple's key product categolries grew YoY - iPhones, Mac computers, wearables, home speakers, and accessories, with only the iPads going slightly down. Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, said...

We've come across multiple reports about the Samsung Galaxy S22 lineup's charging speeds since last year, with some saying the S22 phones will stick to 25W charging, while others claimed the S22 series will mark the return of 45W speed to the Galaxy S flagships. China's 3C even certified the S22 (SM-S9010), S22+ (SM-S9060), and S22 Ultra (SM-S9080) with 25W charging, but Denmark's DEMKO has certified the Plus and Ultra models with 45W charging....

nubia's upcoming Red Magic 7 has had its fair share of leaks in the last couple of weeks, as well as some solid teasers from the company's official Weibo account. But one of those teasers from a couple of days ago left us wondering and now we may finally have the answer. According to Digital Chat Station, one of the Red Magic 7 family members will launch with an under-display camera making it the industry's first gaming smartphone with such a feature....

According to the latest Canalys report, the global smartphone market managed a total of 1.35 billion smartphone shipments for 2021 which represents a 7% growth compared to 2020 and is close to the pre-pandemic level of 1.37 billion observed for 2019. The top-five vendor list remained unchanged with Samsung once again leading the way with its 274.5 million shipments and 20% market share. Apple came in second with an equally impressive 230 million...

The next gaming phone from Lenovo is going to be called Lenovo Legion Y90 in China, and it has just appeared on TENAA. The device, rumored to arrive globally as Legion 3 Pro, will have a big screen with Full HD+ resolution, ultra-heavy body and plenty of memory options. This Lenovo carries an L71061 model number and sports a 6.9” OLED screen and a resolution of 2460 x 1080 pixels - identical to the Legion 2 Pro. CPU frequency is listed 2.995 GHz,...

Samsung has released the Android 12-based One UI 4 stable update for the unlocked Galaxy Z Flip and Galaxy Fold in the US, and it's seeding to units on almost all the carriers in the States, including Verizon, Xfinity Mobile, AT&T, Comcast, Bluegrass Cellular, and C-Spire. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip The update for the unlocked Galaxy Z Flip comes with firmware version F700U1UEU4FUL9, and the one for Galaxy Fold has version number F900U1UEU6GUL9....

Ever since the pandemic began, one of the biggest pain points of using an iPhone became not being able to unlock with Face ID due the all the mask-wearing that we’re doing. Apple eventually made Face ID “compatible” with wearing a mask, but the limitation was that an Apple Watch needed to be authenticated and connected so that a partial face match was possible. One of the newest features recently discovered by Brandon Butch on the latest iOS 15.4...

vivo's been on a roll lately since the company launched seven smartphones this month - Y21T, V23, V23 Pro, Y33T, Y21e, Y55 5G, and Y21A. That number increased to eight today as vivo introduced one more smartphone, dubbed vivo Y75 5G. The vivo Y75 5G isn't an entirely new smartphone, though. It's actually the Y55 5G with more RAM and a higher-res selfie camera. The Y55 5G comes with 4GB RAM and an 8MP selfie unit, while the Y75 5G sports a 16MP selfie...

Valve's much-anticipated handheld console Steam Deck is finally hitting the market. The company promised it would arrive at the end of February and it looks like it's going to deliver. Those who reserved the device will get an invitation on February 25 and have three days to place their order as shipments start on February 28. However, Valve won't be able to fulfill all the orders on February 28 so it's going to send out invites on a weekly cadence...

The nubia Z40 Pro is coming next month and the company is already teasing notable upgrades to performance and imaging. ZTE exec Lv Qianhao shared some real-world performance results on Weibo, focusing on sustained performance. The phone will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, however, its advantage lies in the cooling system. The exec claims that the phone doesn’t even feel warm while running Genshin Impact at full tilt in a 25ºC room (77ºF,...

A new member of MediaTek’s Kompanio chipset series was unveiled and it will be aimed at premium Chromebooks. Kompanio 1380 brings similar specs to the previously launched Kompanio 1300T but lacks 5G connectivity. The CPU is based on 4x Arm Cortex-A78 big cores clocked at up to 3GHz and 4x Arm Cortex-A55 efficiency cores working at up to 2GHz. The GPU side is covered by the Arm-Mali G57 which is a step down from the 1300T’s Mali-G77 MC9. Elsewhere...

Xiaomi unveiled the 12-series just days before New Year’s eve and only announced plans for a launch in China. The rest of the world is still waiting for a global launch and while there is no official time line yet, there are clues piling up that suggest that the launch is near. The Xiaomi 12 Pro and its vanilla sibling were spotted in the database of an Indonesian telco a few weeks ago, now the Pro has also gone through the FCC and has appeared...

According to a new Reuters report, Apple is looking to introduce a new service that would allow businesses to use iPhones as POS (point of sale) terminals without any additional hardware involved. The move is expected to happen via a software update in the coming months and would allow customers to pay via NFC directly by placing their contactless credit/debit cards, iPhone or Apple Watch on another iPhone. It remains to be seen if this new feature...

There’s always room for another ultra-affordable smartphone, or at least that’s what Tecno thought. The Transsion brand launched the Pop 5X device in Mexico with a quad-core CPU, Android 10 Go and a 4,000mAh battery. At the front, we have a 6.5” HD screen with a 5MP selfie cam mounted on a waterdrop notch. Tecno does not reveal what the chipset is, but the phone is likely a rebranded iTel Vision 1Pro (another product by Transsion), and from its...

While the Pro duo has big ambitions, the Redmi Note 11 and Note 11S will try to win your heart by being smaller, lighter and cheaper. Even so, they share some features with the Pros and with each other. With a 6.43” AMOLED display, these two are a few millimeters shorter and narrower, over 20g lighter too. They still enjoy 1080p+ resolution (20:9) and a high refresh rate – only 90Hz, but it’s still an upgrade over the Note 10 and 10S from last year....

Xiaomi unveiled the Redmi Note 11 series today and it is crowned by two Pro models – just don’t confuse them with the Redmi Note 11 Pro phones for China. The two global models are quite similar, they mainly differ in the choice of chipset, which decides whether they offer 5G or 4G connectivity. The Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G picks the Snapdragon 695, a 6nm sequel to the 690. It is paired with 6GB or 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 64GB or 128GB of UFS 2.2 storage....

The OnePlus Nord 2 may soon get a successor dubbed OnePlus Nord 2T. The device is tipped to feature the yet to be announced MediaTek Dimensity 1300 chipset - an upgrade over the Dimensity 1200 and is also rumored to bring 80W fast charging just like the OnePlus 10 Pro It will have the same 4,500 mAh battery and 6.43-inch 90Hz display as the Nord 2 while OxygenOS 12 based on Android 12 is expected to cover the software side. The camera department...

Samsung officially confirmed the February 9 date for the next Unpacked event, where we’ll see the new Galaxy S22 Ultra flagship. The device is expected to arrive with an S Pen, just like the Galaxy Note phones of old, and while we’ve seen it in some low-resolution images, now the Ultra appeared in glorious high resoltuion renders, giving us an even closer look at its camera setup. A different image, shared by tipster evleaks reveals an interesting...

Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 11 series is finally ready to go official internationally and you can tune in to the big event via the YouTube stream below. It starts at 12 noon UTC time and we’re expecting at least three phones - a vanilla Redmi Note 11, Redmi Note 11S and a Note 11 Pro. Based on rumors the global Redmi Note 11 will bring an AMOLED display instead of the IPS LCD seen on the Chinese variant with the same 90Hz refresh rate. It may also replace...

Today Huawei officially announced the start of the global availability of its recent flagship smartphones. The first phase of the P50 Pro and the P50 Pocket’s will hit marktes across Asia Pacific, The Middle East & Africa, Europe, and South America. P50 Pocket The P50 Pocket features a folding clamshell design with Huawei’s Multi-Dimensional Hinge with no visible gap when closed. The external screen is a 1-inch Cover Screen that lets you interact...

Last week Microsoft made headlines with its planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard in the largest deal of the gaming industry and today we get the company’s FY22 Q2 results that cover the quarter ending on December 31, 2021. Microsoft managed $51.7 billion in revenues and a net income of $18.8 billion both representing 20% increases over 2020 values for the same period. Growth was observed across Microsoft’s key product groups - Office, cloud...

Realme unveiled its first tablet dubbed Realme Pad last September with Android 11. And while Realme didn't make any promises about the version updates then, a company employee recently said that Realme Pad won't receive Android 12, disappointing all who purchased it. But Realme today confirmed that the Realme Pad will indeed get Android 12, giving a sigh of relief to the tablet's users. While that's definitely good news, Realme Pad users will have...

Yesterday we heard that the Galaxy S22 series will cost the same as last year’s models in Europe. Today we’re hearing that US buyers are facing a $100 price hike across the board. The info comes by way of @TechInsider and @chunvn8888 and is backed up by a survey that was shared on Reddit. We compiled a table below that compares the Galaxy S21 generation with the upcoming S22 models. Note that the Galaxy S22 Ultra will likely start with 8 GB of RAM...

Phones with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (SM8450) are barely out the door and talk has already started of phones with an even faster chipset – the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ (SM8475). Acclaimed leakster Evan Blass details the Lenovo “Halo”, which might be one of the first devices to use the new chip. We heard rumors that Qualcomm is planning to shift part of the 8 Gen 1 production to TSMC, a mid-season upgrade to the current chip. Seeing how the Dimensity 9000...

Micromax made a comeback to the Indian smartphone market in November 2020 with the IN Note 1, and today the company followed up with its successor, dubbed IN Note 2. The Micromax IN Note 2 is built around a 6.43" FullHD+ AMOLED screen that's protected by an unknown version of Gorilla Glass and has a peak brightness of 550 nits. The display also has a punch hole in the center for the 16MP selfie camera. The IN Note 2's rear panel has a "Dazzling...

Google's Pixel Watch is a highly-anticipated wearable and we've been hearing rumors about it since 2018. However, there are only a couple pieces of the puzzle scattered across the web so far and no official confirmation on Google's behalf on when we should expect it. Now industry insider Jon Prosser says the watch will finally arrive on May 26. He claims that this is the first time we see a date set in stone, although we've heard that one last year...

The Huawei P50 Pro and P50 Pocket have officially landed in Europe (the vanilla P50 has not). The two phones are already on pre-order in Bulgaria with the P50 Pro also appearing in the Czech Republic and Croatia. The Huawei P50 Pro can be pre-ordered from Bulgarian retailers and carriers. The SIM-free price is BGN 2,200 (€1,125) with only the 8/256 GB configuration being available in Gold and Black. The pre-order period will end on February 6. The...