Oppo seems to be keeping busy working of variants of the vanilla Oppo A16 announced back in July. Last month an Oppo A16s version was revealed, which basically just added NFC to the original. Now there is a new A16K already on sale in the Philippines. It, however, actually features quite a few changes, or rather downgrades compared to the regular Oppo A16.
For one, the Oppo A16K ditches its two…
Realme's first phone with an under-display selfie cam allegedly shows up in patent document
November 8, 2021
There has been persistent chatter within the industry that Realme is working on its first phone with an under-display camera for some time now. In fact, back in September, Realme VP Xu Qi Chase posted an image of a smartphone on Weibo that has no notch or a punch hole for…
Leaked promo video showcases a familiar, but new Oppo Reno6 Lite
November 8, 2021
It seems like Oppo is just deliberately trying to confuse everybody at this point. As we are currently waiting on the Reno7 series to drop sometime this month, the smartphone giant clearly has no intention of slowing down its constant rebranding and tiny specs iteration…
Weekly poll results: the Sony Xperia Pro-I is well received, but not everyone needs a professional phone
November 8, 2021
While the meaning of “Pro” has been watered down over the years, people still believe there is a place for truly professional smartphones like the Sony Xperia Pro-I.
It’s not a phone for everyone, that’s clear enough in last week’s poll. But it wasn’t meant to be, it is aimed at a particular subset of professions – vloggers, along with anyone who would benefit from high-quality 4K…
Flashback: iPod touch - the almost iPhone
November 8, 2021
Apple changed the portable music player world in 2001 with the launch of the original iPod. It wasn’t the first portable MP3 player by a long shot – Internet folklore still remembers early criticism like this post on Slashdot (by CmdrTaco himself): “No wireless. Less…
SpaceX Crew-3 launch delayed again, this time to November 10th
November 8, 2021
The SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station has been delayed again, this time to November 10th at 9:03PM ET, NASA said Sunday. Although NASA had originally planned to have a changing of the guard with the Crew-2 astronauts greeting the Crew-3 team before…
Twitter for iOS adds new search button to user profiles
November 8, 2021
The Twitter app for iOS was recently updated to include a new search button on every user profile. The button sits in the top right corner of the screen and tapping it lets you easily search for tweets from a specific user. It appears that the feature is now widely rolled out.
Previously, you would have to manually search for tweets from a user in the main search tab. From there you’d need to…
Xiaomi 12 to be first with Snapdragon 898, Motorola also plans a launch by the end of 2021
November 7, 2021
Xiaomi and Motorola will be the first two makers with Snapdragon 898-powered phones, reliable leakster Digital Chat Station reveals. He says Moto is aiming for a phone launch by the end of the year, but Xiaomi will once again be the pioneer of the new Qualcomm chip.
In the…
Samsung’s newest Galaxy A-series phone is here with the debut of the A22s 5G. So what differences does it have over the A22 5G which came in June? A quick glance over the specs page reveals zero changes and with the same design and color options its evident that Galaxy…
Xiaomi introduces Loop LiquidCool tech, promises to double the cooling efficiency of vapor chambers
November 7, 2021
Smartphone chipsets keep getting faster year after year, but despite continued improvement in silicon nodes, they keep running hotter too. This is why cooling solutions have become a major factor with vapor chambers (aka heat pipes) being a common part of the cooling stack.
Xiaomi has developed the Loop LiquidCool technology that improves on basic heat pipes in two ways and the result is double…
