MobileNews

Oppo Reno5 5G and Reno5 Pro 5G are headed to global markets

January 3, 2021
Oppo is wasting no time when it comes to its new Reno5 line. After unveiling the Reno5 5G and Reno5 Pro 5G on December 10, the Chinese giant followed-up with an official announcement for the Reno5 Pro+ on December 24 and then a Reno5 4G on December 31, with persistent chatter of yet another Reno5 model on the way. Meanwhile, the company appears to have been keeping busy with an international…
Read more
MobileNews

Huawei restores Tencent games to its Chinese app store after dispute

January 1, 2021
Huawei has pulled Tencent games like Arena of Valor from its app store because of a “big change” Tencent made in how the companies work together, according to a Bloomberg report. Huawei dominates the Chinese mobile market, accounting for 43 percent of smartphone shipments last quarter. Tencent, meanwhile owns the companies behind League of Legends and Clash of Clans, while operating local…
Read more
MobileNews

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 Review: Three months later, I’m convinced foldables are the future

January 1, 2021
You still shouldn’t buy a foldable. 2020 has seen tech move leaps and bounds, with Samsung especially releasing the excellent Galaxy Z Flip and, more importantly, the Galaxy Z Fold 2. After three months using the $2,000 foldable, I’m thoroughly convinced that this technology is the future, but it’s not ready yet. Let’s talk. Hardware | Without a doubt the most impressive thing about the…
Read more
MobileNews

What’s next on Google Stadia’s road map for 2021?

January 1, 2021
Stadia, Google’s still-teething game streaming service, is now over a year old, but it still has many needs and significant room to grow. Here are some of the biggest areas that we see Stadia focusing on for their 2021 road map. Missing features Over the course of 2020…
MobileNews

Assassin’s Creed Identity among 46,000 iOS apps removed in China

December 31, 2020
Assassin’s Creed Identity and NBA 2K20 were among 46,000 iOS apps removed from the App Store in China as Apple purged all remaining apps without a government license. The vast majority of the apps removed were games, with only 74 of the top 1,500 paid games surviving the cull… Background A Chinese law requiring developers to obtain a government license to publish apps was introduced in…
Read more