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Samsung Galaxy S21 preorders expected to surpass the Galaxy S20

January 23, 2021
Samsung introduced the Galaxy S21 smartphones last Thursday, and now the first reports about the pre-order campaign are coming. Industry insiders in South Korea revealed that Samsung is getting 15-20% more orders compared to last year’s Galaxy S20 lineup. The major increase comes from those going for unlocked phones, while pre-orders placed through carriers are unchanged. Back in 2020…
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Samsung Galaxy A82 might be in the works with a flip-up camera

January 23, 2021
Remember the Galaxy A80? The phone had a camera that could rise and flip around when you wanted to take a selfie. That kept the front neat with slim bezels and no punch holes. However, this model didn’t get a sequel last year as the device rumored to be the A81 turned out…
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Caviar celebrates the year of the ox by putting a golden ox head on a Galaxy S21 Ultra

January 23, 2021
Caviar is celebrating the Lunar New Year with specially-adorned Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra phones. It’s the year of the Ox, which sets the theme for one design that can’t be contained in two dimensions. The other versions have (in Caviar’s own words) a more “restrained design”. Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Ox by Caviar The Galaxy S21 Ultra Gold Ox has a three dimensional bas-relief of…
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Nokia phone codenamed “Quiksilver” visits Geekbench

January 23, 2021
An upcoming Nokia phone powered by the 5G ready Snapdragon 690 chipset appeared in a listing on Geekbench. The device is code-named “Quicksilver” and managed 471 points in the single-core department and 1,500 on the multi-core test. According to speculations, this is the…
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Samsung rolls back Android 11/One UI 3.0 update for the Galaxy S10 lineup

January 23, 2021
Earlier this month, Samsung pushed an OTA update to the entire Samsung Galaxy S10 lineup containing Android 11 and the maker’s One UI 3.0. However, the company abruptly stopped the update and is no longer available for the Galaxy S10 phones. Samsung still hasn’t disclosed the reason for rolling back the update, although clearly these are related to some bugs discovered in the code.
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Facebook inexplicably logs out iPhone users

January 23, 2021
Facebook isn’t down, but it did start an odd trending topic on Twitter Friday night as confused iPhone owners tried to figure out why the social network logged them out. I haven’t found an explanation for why this happened, but it appears that everyone accessing the app…
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Sony Xperia Pro is finally nearing launch almost one year after its unveiling

January 23, 2021
Remember the Xperia Pro? For almost a year, neither did Sony. But now it looks like the company is finally almost ready to launch this elusive smartphone, that was announced alongside the Xperia 1 II in February of last year. The Xperia 1 II arrived on the market several months later, but there’s still been no trace of the Xperia Pro anywhere. That’s about to change, however, for Sony…
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