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A report last month suggested that Apple was taken by surprise by better-than-expected iPhone 12 demand, boosting 2021 production plans by between 20% and 30% – and supporting evidence continues to accumulate. Counterpoint found that the iPhone 12 was the world’s best-selling 5G phone, Qualcomm’s dramatic boost in Q3 2020 revenue was largely credited to the new iPhone lineup, and other…

Yesterday saw a new Kuo report which said that Apple plans to release its first AR device at some point this year. While it didn’t go into any detail, the analyst has previously suggested we can expect to see iPhone-powered Apple Glasses, at least for the first-generation of the company’s move into augmented reality. Although there are pros and cons to having the iPhone do the heavy lifting…

The Xiaomi Mi 10i 5G has now been officially unveiled with the device expanding the ever-growing Mi 10 series, but with the caveat that this device has been made in India. Xiaomi has manufactured the Mi 10i in India as part of the “Make in India” government-backed plan to help turn the country into a “global manufacturing hub” with a special focus on technology. As one of the biggest…

Today is the first Monday of the month, so you know what that means, right? It’s time for Google’s monthly update to go out to Pixel smartphones left and right. This time around, the new software comes with “further improvements” for auto-brightness response in certain lighting conditions for the Pixel 4a, 4a 5G, and 5, and “further improvements for auto-rotation…