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Oppo A55 5G arrives with Dimensity 700, 5,000mAh battery

January 27, 2021
Oppo has announced another affordable smartphone in its homeland. It is called Oppo A55 5G and comes with a Mediatek Dimensity 700 chipset and a big battery. The Dimensity 700 chipset has its powerful Cortex-A76 cores running at 2.2 GHz and six power-efficient Cortex-A55 units clocked at 2GHz. The chip is accompanied by 6GB RAM and 128GB of storage and Oppo provided the A55 5G with a microSD…
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Meizu Watch to arrive alongside Meizu 18 series

January 27, 2021
Meizu is already working on the 18 series, and we saw two devices get certified by CCC with support for 40W and 30W charging, respectively. Now, a device with the model number M007W was spotted at the CNIPO (China National Intellectual Property Office), and thanks to the…
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New Sony Xperia Compact is on its way, first renders leak

January 27, 2021
Smartphone companies have slowly moved away from compact flagships, with only Apple managing to deliver a small yet powerful handset in 2020 – the iPhone 12 mini. According to info from OnLeaks, Sony is about to deliver a compact smartphone and it may well be a member of the premium Compact line. However, a different source from Japan says it may not be a flagship, but rather an entry-level…
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Samsung Galaxy S21+ teardown shows the difference between single and dual SIM models

January 27, 2021
After the Galaxy S21 and S21 Ultra teardown videos, the third phone of the family received the same treatment – here is the Galaxy S21+ disassembled. In the process of taking the phone apart, YouTuber discovered the distinction between single and dual-SIM models. It’s mostly in the software – all S21 models have two SIM readers, but in single-SIM versions one of them is disabled. It may…
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Netflix adopts xHE-AAC variable bitrate audio codec on Android

January 27, 2021
Netflix is rolling out an update on the Android version of its app that promises to bring “studio-quality” sound to your daily TV or movie watching experience. The company is switching over to xHE-AAC or Extended High Efficiency AAC, which is a newer version HE-AAC that the company has been using so far. It was introduced back in 2012 by Fraunhofer IIS and was primarily designed for…
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