Thirteen years after the first model hit stores, there’s no question that the iPhone is a massive success: Hundreds of millions of active users, unit sales measured in the billions, and a sprawling app economy are just a few of the more obvious signs. Regardless of how much has changed from prior models, every new iPhone matters to an audience of millions, and thus is automatically worthy of…
iOS 14.1 makes 5G only a little less confusing than Android 11
November 2, 2020
It’s easy to describe early 5G networks right now as messy: under-built, inconsistently performant, and quite likely to confuse potential users. All of the major carriers now portray 5G as a journey, not a destination, and since customers won’t necessarily find 5G…
Huawei might have a way to avoid some of the worst consequences of tightening US trade restrictions, provided it’s willing to be patient. Financial Times sources claim Huawei is planning a dedicated chip factory in Shanghai that would make parts for its core telecom…
Samsung’s next big wave of Galaxy phones is still a ways off, but that isn’t stopping the company from drumming up hype — even for the chips that will power those phones. SamMobile reports that Samsung’s Chinese branch has teased a launch event for its Exynos 1080 chipset on November 12th in Shanghai. There’s precious little info in the teaser regarding the chip besides its built-in 5G…
Samsung Galaxy Watch3 Titanium hands-on
November 2, 2020
Samsung is a key player in the smart wearable business and its current line of Tizen-powered Galaxy Watch3 smartwatches are among the most popular around.
But up until September the Galaxy Watch3 line didn’t have a truly premium model on sale to compete with rivals…
More Oppo K7x specs appear ahead of launch
November 2, 2020
Oppo is launching the K7x smartphone on Wednesday, November 4, and initially, the company revealed this device will have a big battery. Now the phone with model number PDM00 appeared on Geekbench with a Dimensity 720 5G chipset, while a new official Weibo post unveiled an…
Honor V40 phones to arrive mid-December with two chipsets
November 2, 2020
Back in October we spotted a teaser about the Honor V40 series, showing that the brand is still keen on manufacturing smartphones despite the troubles its parent Huawei is having.
Today we know a bit more about the upcoming lineup, thanks to one leakster in China – the lineup will come in December and Honor will split the chipsets – some units are getting Dimensity 1000+, others will…
Weekly poll: will the OnePlus Nord N10 5G and N100 fly or die?
November 2, 2020
In the beginning, OnePlus released only one phone a year. Then two. In 2020, the company has already unveiled six new models (not counting carrier-specific variants) and it’s the last two phones that are now in the spotlight.
The two Nord-series phones are the most…
One UI 3.0 builds are well into public beta at this point. Galaxy S20 family devices in both the US and Germany, signed-up for the program are already running test Android 11, One UI 3.0 ROMs and in a more-recent development, so are US Note20 units. A new page has now gone…
When Motorola announced the rhythmically-named Moto G 5G Plus back in July, it was pretty apparent that a vanilla Moto G 5G should eventually follow. Now we seem to have the scoop on a Moto device, codenamed “Kiev”, allegedly coming to market as the Moto G 5G. The original source on this is somewhat sketchy. But seems to mostly check out.
Motorola Moto G 5G leaked shot
Apparently the Moto G…
