Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 865 chipset during its annual summit in Hawaii and major smartphone manufacturers raced to announce they will launch a phone with the flagship platform. Senior executives from Verizon, Motorola, Xiaomi, Oppo, said we should expect smartphones with the new SoC very soon.
Meanwhile, Juho Sarvikas, chief product officer at HMD Global, pledged allegiance to the new…
Earlier this week, T-Mobile announced it was firing up its nationwide 5G network. In the same announcement, T-Mobile mentioned it would begin selling two 5G supported smartphones starting on Friday, theOnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLarenand theSamsung Galaxy Note10+…
Nokia 7.2's front camera found to be just average by DxOMark
December 4, 2019
The Nokia 7.2 is the latest upper-midrange smartphone from HMD Global, announced in September at IFA and going on sale in the meantime. DxOMark’s selfie camera testing has just finished for this device, and the result is anything but impressive.
The Nokia 7.2’s…
Shopping apps for iOS see Black Friday boost as holiday spending shifts to smartphones
December 4, 2019
Now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are in the books, we’re getting our first look at the data from the big holiday shopping weekend. Sensor Tower reports that Black Friday marked a major increase in downloads for shopping apps on the App Store.
According to that data, the overall number of first-time app downloads in the Shopping category on the App Store increased 8% year-over-year. In…
We’ve been hearing about the Samsung Galaxy A91 since August. Samsung has already confirmed that it will come with 45W fast charging as on the Galaxy Note10+ and it will ship with Android 10 sometime in 2020. It’s also expected to come with a Snapdragon 855 and a…
Last night, Apple officially revealed its selection of the best apps and games for 2019. In addition to those awards, Apple has also now revealed which apps and games were most downloaded throughout all of 2019, and a familiar title has come out on top.
On the App Store…
Motorola announces plan to re-enter the premium smartphone space
December 3, 2019
After years on the fringes of the budget and affordable segment, Motorola has announced plans to re-enter the premium smartphone space.
At the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit in Maui, the company reiterated plans to target the more premium end of the market, with a heavy reliance on the newly announced Snapdragon 865 chipset.
“Motorola will continue leading the 5G era with our expanded lineup of…
At the Snapdragon Tech Summit here in Maui, Hawaii, several of Qualcomm’s partners have confirmed forthcoming devices that will be built on the new 5G-ready Snapdragon 865 system-on-a-chip. Xiaomi, Oppo, and Lenovo (Motorola) are all confirming the development of flagship…
EarthNight made waves when it was revealed at in 2015. The endless runner mixes hand-drawn visuals with catchy chiptune music and old-school sound effects, resulting in a game that could please both today’s mobile-first gamers as well as those who grew up in the 2D…
Google has announced that 80% of Android apps now encrypt all traffic by default, thanks to the increased uptake of transport layer security (TLS).
TLS is a cryptographic protocol used by all HTTPS domains to secure traffic over a network. Since the launch of Android 7 back in 2016, Google has allowed developers to configure their network security settings without changing the app’s code…
