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Samsung continues rolling the One UI 2.5 to more and more of its phone. Most recently the Galaxy Note9 and Galaxy S9 duo got their serving and now Galaxy A51 is joining in on the fun. The popular midranger is reportedly getting the A515FXXU4CTJ1 update alongside the October security patch. It seems to be limited to Russia for now but we’re expecting the firmware to make its way to more regions…

Apple’s new ‘Ceramic Shield’ front glass on the iPhone 12 series is heralded as being 4 times harder to break than the glass on the iPhone 11. But should you break it, Apple will charge you the same $279 to replace it as it did the iPhone 11 Pro’s glass. The iPhone 12’s new OLED display also costs $279, which is $80 more expensive to replace than last year’s…

Fast-charging tech has become a battleground in recent years as speeds and battery sizes have ballooned. Xiaomi is fighting back against the likes of Oppo and OnePlus with the announcement of more efficient 80W wireless charging that can top up a 4,000mAh cell in just 19 minutes. For those wanting a quick top-up, just one minute on this charging pad will net you 10%, while 8 minutes gives a…

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo estimates that iPhone 12 preorders are more than twice the level seen for the iPhone 11 last year. He says that preorders reached somewhere in the 1.7M to 2M range within the first 24 hours, contrasting this with a 500k to 800k range for the iPhone 11. However, while it has been widely predicted that Apple’s first 5G phones would generate another ‘super-cycle,’…