Honor just unveiled the V40 5G smartphone, marking its new beginning as a properly independent company. Following the announcement, the CEO George Zhao announced his team has signed partnerships with major chip suppliers MediaTek and Qualcomm.
On top of that, it has also struck deals with AMD, Intel, Micron, Microsoft, Samsung, SK Hynix, and Sony, reports.
Honor V40 5G is already selling in…
Beta versions of HarmonyOS 2.0 have started rolling out to more devices, including the Huawei P30 and Mate 30 Pro 5G. You can see it running on real hardware in the videos below.
Finally… A video of #HarmonyOS Beta 1 on #Huawei Mate 30 with #EMUI11 on top.
There is…
Poco X2 gets stable Android 11 update
January 23, 2021
The latest smartphone in Poco’s lineup to get Android 11 is the Poco X2. The device got the MIUI 12 beta way back in August and now after a lengthy testing period, the Android 11 build has finally graduated to stable. According to early reports, the update is currently…
Samsung Galaxy A52 5G receives Bluetooth and Wi-Fi certification
January 23, 2021
The Samsung Galaxy A52 5G has been certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance and Bluetooth SIG, inching a couple of steps closer to its announcement.
The phone will support dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0. The devices in the certifications are the SM-A526B (and its Dual-SIM counterpart) and the SM-A526N (the Korean model).
Samsung will release both a Galaxy A52 5G and a 4G model. The main difference…
Inside sources have revealed to that the company is working on a sequel to the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite from last year, which will come in three variants – Wi-Fi only, LTE and 5G. The model numbers are SM-T730, SM-T735, and SM-T736B / SM-T736N, respectively.
The exact…
Realme Buds Q2 pass FCC certification
January 23, 2021
The next addition in Realme’s TWS earbud range will be the Buds Q2, a successor to last year’s Buds Q. A new FCC listing for the Buds Q2 reveals their design, key features and two colorways.
Realme Buds Q2 listing
Bearing the RMA2010 model number, the Buds Q2 feature…
While LG may or may not leave the smartphone market soon (there’s a lot of conflicting information on that right now), at the moment the company is definitely still in the game.
And so it has launched a new device in India today, the K42. This rugged-looking handset was initially announced back in September of last year, but now it’s finally made it to the subcontinent.
It’s…
Aside from the Galaxy Tab S7 Lite, Samsung is also busy working on another, even more low-end tablet. We’re talking about the Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2021), the successor to the Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020), unsurprisingly. That model launched in March of last year, so expect to…
The Oppo Reno5 Pro 5G that made its global debut earlier this week and went on sale in India yesterday is receiving its second software update. The first update (CPH2201_11_A.03) was released last month before the launch, which optimized the camera quality and system…
Nokia 1.4 leaks in full, reveals basic specs, low price tag
January 23, 2021
HMD Global is planning to launch a new ultra-affordable smartphone, and it looks like a successor of the Nokia 1.3 is on its way. It will be called Nokia 1.4 and will have basic specs and a low-low price of under €100.
The new phone will have a quad-core CPU at 1.3 GHz rates. That looks like the very same Qualcomm QM215 platform for affordable phones, but Nokia might have decided to go with…
