Samsung is one of the few remaining companies to still be making higher-end Android tablets, so it’s nice to see the company show up with a new one this year. The newly-announced Galaxy Tab S6 follows up last year’s Tab S4. Like its predecessor, the Tab S6 is a 2-in-1, designed for those who need to get work done on the go. To that end, Samsung focused on a few principles — a…
Fortnite e-sports: the World Cup and beyond
July 31, 2019
Fortnite is the most popular game in the world, but it’s also slowly becoming a major spectator sport. Developer Epic Games has invested a lot into making sure that’s the case. In 2018, the company pledged $100 million toward competitive Fortnite, which resulted in a…
When Samsung first shipped its Galaxy A70 back in April it was missing a dedicated Night Mode resulting in sub-par low-light shots compared to other midrange devices. Now the company has begun pushing the latest firmware fix for the phone which brings the long-awaited Night…
300,000 Honor 9X smartphones sold in one day
July 31, 2019
Yesterday we reported Honor 9X sold in 100,000 units in the first two minutes and today the Huawei sub-brand came out with new information, revealing it managed to ship over 300,000 units in the first day of the sale.
The phone is readily available for purchase at all major online retailers in China, which leads us to the assumption the 100,000 initial phones were part of some pre-order deal and…
AAPL stock is up more than 4% in pre-market trading after the company yesterday announced its Q3 results, despite iPhone revenue falling in both cash and percentage terms.
Earnings for fiscal Q3 (calendar Q2) were slightly higher than expected, at $53.8B. This was a little…
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July is almost over. So after you double-check your UltraViolet account, it’s time to look over quarterly results from Apple and Samsung to find out what’s working (services) and what isn’t (high-end phones). Plus, the…
Samsung Galaxy Active rugged smartphone surfaces
July 31, 2019
Samsung launched the Galaxy XCover 4s rugged smartphone last month, and it seems the South Korean tech giant will soon add one more rugged smartphone to its portfolio as an official-looking press render of what’s said to be the Samsung Galaxy Active has surfaced.
The Galaxy Active is the same phone that was spotted at MWC in February this year and believed to be a ruggedized version of the…
Honor 20 to arrive in Thailand as Huawei nova 5T
July 31, 2019
Huawei often launches Honor smartphones under the brand of the parent company and now we have another example of rebranding.
The globally available Honor 20 that sports a model number YAL-L21 was just certified in Thailand under the moniker Huawei nova 5T, which would also…
Xiaomi Mi A3 arrives in Malaysia
July 31, 2019
The Xiaomi Mi A3 has made its way to Malaysia. It’s priced at RM899 ($220/195) for the 4GB/64GB model and you will have to shell out RM100 ($25/20) more for double storage.
The Mi A3 will go on sale in Malaysia from August 3 through online retailers Lazada and…
NASA is helping 13 companies develop technologies that could benefit its future missions. Jim Reuter, the associate administrator of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, explained that the agency has identified the key areas it needs for future missions, including its planned crewed flights to the moon and Mars. “[T]hese public-private partnerships will accelerate their…
