IKEA’s sprawling blue and yellow stores are usually located on the outskirts of cities, so for most people a trip to the Swedish furniture kingdom is a big event in itself. To reward its customers for making the trek, the company has now launched an initiative called “Buy With Your Time,” where shoppers can purchase products with currency accumulated on the basis of their travel…
UK carrier Three is launching 5G service at the end of the month, saying that this year’s flagship iPhones will be a ‘critical’ point in demand for the faster data service…
Three had already launched a 5G home broadband router but told that there had been extra…
Oppo A31 launched with 6.5" display, Helio P35 and 4,230 mAh battery
February 14, 2020
Oppo introduced its brand new A31 to the Indonesian market. The latest member of the brands midrange series brings a 6.5-inch HD+ display with a waterdrop notch for the 8MP selfie cam and 20:9 aspect ratio.
The back houses a triple camera array with a 12MP main shooter…
Ming-Chi Kuo casts doubt on 2×2 MIMO uplink support for 5G iPhone 12
February 14, 2020
Apple’s iPhone 12 may not support 2×2 uplink as initially expected, according to the latest report from Ming-Chi Kuo.
TF Securities’ analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in June 2019 that the 5G iPhone rollout would benefit WIN SEMI and Broadcom significantly, with the devices featuring six power amplifiers for 5G networking.
However, Kuo has now scaled down those expectations substantially. He now…
High demand for Xiaomi Mi 10 sees the phone sell out in seconds
February 14, 2020
Xiaomi Mi 10 arrived yesterday alongside the Mi 10 Pro. The phones went on sale earlier today, but that only lasted a few seconds as all available stock was gone.
Xiaomi Mi 10 in Peach Gold, Green, Black
According to Xiaomi, the flash sale generated over CNY200 million…
Samsung brings discounts to Galaxy S10 series in India
February 14, 2020
With the announcement of the new Galaxy S20 series this week, Samsung is slashing the prices of its S10 series in India. All three phones are still up for grabs on Samsungs official web store with significantly lower asking prices compared to their launch.
The S10e is now…
Realme X50 Pro 5G will have 65W SuperDart fast wired charging
February 14, 2020
Because MWC was canceled, Realme is holding an online launch event for the X50 Pro 5G on February 24, when it was initially supposed to take the wraps off it in Barcelona at the trade show.
The phone has now been confirmed by its maker to sport 65W fast charging, which uses the SuperDart brand we saw it trademark last year. That is going to be impressively fast. While the Realme X2 Pro was…
Motorola Razr teardown finds it practically impossible to repair
February 14, 2020
The new Razr is Motorola’s first foldable smartphone, so it’s intriguing from the get-go. Add to that the high price paired to mid-range specs, and it gets even more so. But what about the insides? How easy is it to get to all the different bits and…
Every year, in the build up to the launch of the next version of Android, Google launches a beta and developer preview period for that update, usually starting with Pixel devices. Today, the landing page for the Android 11 Developer Preview went live, if perhaps earlier than…
Lenovo teases ‘Legion’ Android gaming phone w/ Snapdragon 865
February 13, 2020
Lenovo owns Motorola, but the company has its own brand in the smartphone space, too. Now, though, Lenovo’s “Legion” brand known for its gaming laptops may also be making the jump to a gaming phone.
In a teaser posted to Weibo, Lenovo not-so-subtly teases that it will soon debut a gaming smartphone under its “Legion” brand. In the PC world, the Legion brand has become the center of…
