In this week’s top stories: Google Messages gains an alternate One UI-inspired design, the Chromecast with Google TV gets an April update, Samsung begins rolling out its May 2021 patch, and more.
Early this week, Google began rolling out a One UI themed alternate design of their Messages app, exclusively in the special build intended for Galaxy S21 series phones outside of the US. With a bit…
The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G recently received a software update with the May Android security patch, camera improvements, and enhancements to Quick Share. Those same features have made their way to the Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra with the new update.
The new firmware…
Yesterday Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro360 laptops (each in 13.3-inch and 15.6-inch flavors) alongside the 15.6-inch Galaxy Book Odyssey and 15.6-inch Galaxy Book. But it also quietly put up a new laptop up for pre-order on its US website.
The…
Exclusive: This is the Honor Play 5
May 1, 2021
Honor recently announced its Play 5T Youth and now we have exclusive images of another device from the series called the Play 5. The phone will feature a flat frame design instead of the round corners found on more recent Honor phones. The front will house a waterdrop notch while the back features a quad cam setup with a 64MP main cam.
The Honor Play 5 will support fast 66W charging and is…
LG announced its mobile division will be closed this year since it cannot turn profitable in the current market. However, the company’s report confirms all other branches have posted a yearly increase in sales, bringing the total revenue to KRW18.8 trillion –…
Samsung laptop news just keep arriving these days. After announcing four laptops yesterday and another one today, Samsung looks set to premiere an affordable Windows laptop with an ARM processor.
The Samsung Galaxy Book Go runs on an 8nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c chip and the…
Realme Buds Q2 are official with new design
May 1, 2021
Realme launched without much fanfare its latest audio wearable – the Buds Q2. The true wireless earphones retain the design as the first Buds Q but come with improved game mode, IPX4 water resistance, fancy design and a so-called Environmental Noise Cancellation (ENC) feature. The latter only works for calls and is not the much saught-after active noise cancelation.
The Realme Buds Q2 kept…
Realme sells 50,000 units in China on the first day of availability for the Q3 and Q3 Pro
May 1, 2021
Realme announced that it has sold over 50,000 units of its new Q3 series. The Realme Q3 5G and Q3 Pro 5G went on sale today and presumably made up a big chunk of that. The third member of the series, the Realme Q3i 5G, became available a week ago, just hours after the Q3…
Sony Xperia 1 III Chinese pricing revealed
May 1, 2021
In the past couple of years, Sony has followed an unusual strategy of announcing phones without pricing and availability. The same applies to the recently announced Xperia 1 III but now we have our second hint at pricing for the top dog in Sony’s mobile division thanks to…
Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite listed on TENAA
May 1, 2021
We’ve seen Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Tab A7 Lite in several renders so far and now we have a TENAA listing that confirms the tablet’s design and key specs.
Samsung Galaxy A7 Lite
The Tab A7 Lite (SM-T225C) packs a 8.68-inch LCD with a resolution of 800 x 1340 pixels and a 2MP selfie cam. The Helio P22T sits at the helm paired with 3/4GB RAM and 32/64GB expandable storage. The tablet…
