A great source of chatter and news, the OnePlus community forums play a crucial role in the OnePlus marketing and development process. This is especially evident when you see that OnePlus is now seeking beta testers for its exclusive OxygenOS mindfulness Zen Mode app.
For those that are unaware, Zen Mode helps curb your smartphone usage by allowing you to put timed blocks on everything but a…
Despite only having a few months between their respective launches and having some distinct similarities, the Samsung Galaxy S10 and Note 10 do differ in many ways. Samsung has decided to close that gap a little by giving the Galaxy S10 some of the Note 10’s enhanced…
Huawei P30 Pro starts receiving EMUI 10 update based on Android 10
November 11, 2019
Less than a week after it released its latest roadmap, Huawei is now pushing the latest stable EMUI 10 update based on Android 10 to its Huawei P30 and P30 Pro smartphones. To be honest, though, the company did say it should land the OTA update sometime around…
Samsung Galaxy S10 update allows you to search images by keywords
November 11, 2019
Samsung has pushed another monthly update to the Galaxy S10 users and has brought some features that have been exclusive to Galaxy Note10 owners. Now, the Gallery app supports keyword search, and there are more Wi-Fi and content creation enhancements.
The Gallery app update is over 200 MB in size and that brings some AI engine with it. It gradually learns what is on your photos and allows you to…
We’ve already seen one set of iPhone 12 renders, though we noted at the time that the notch-free design shown isn’t feasible for next year’s models.
Today, though, new iPhone 12 concept images give us a more realistic idea of how next year’s flagship iPhone design…
After posting its Q3 global smartphone report last week, IDC went ahead and released the India specific report for the July-September period.
As a whole, the market saw 46.6 million smartphone shipments which is well up from the 42.6 million seen in the prior year. All…
Realme takes chunk of India mobile market as Samsung slides
November 11, 2019
Realme keeps on increasing its share of the Indian smartphone market, growing shipments more than 400 percent year-on-year to grab 14.3 percent in the third quarter of 2019, according to figures from IDC. That’s a huge increase on the 3.1 percent recorded a year ago when the brand had only just launched, initially as a spin-off from Oppo. IDC cites “heavy shipments” of the C2 phone as well…
Samsung patents SAMOLED brand for screens ahead of Galaxy S11 launch
November 11, 2019
Samsung is already working on the Galaxy S11 lineup, and the latest reports give us more info about the front and the back of the smartphones. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the manufacturer has trademarked the SAMOLED moniker in the Smartphone…
Google Maps lets you manage your public profile from the Android app
November 11, 2019
Google Maps increasingly thrives on user contributions to fill in details, but you haven’t had the option to manage your public profile from the phone app you’re probably using to make those contributions. That’s a bit backwards, but Google is thankfully…
Weekly poll: Xiaomi Mi Note 10 - is this the new camera king?
November 10, 2019
The Xiaomi Mi Note 10 is the first smartphone in the world to bring a 108MP camera thats 13 times the resolution of a 4K TV! It’s also the first phone to offer five different focal lengths, something the Nokia 9 PureView (the first penta camera phone) could not manage.
And yet this is a mid-range phone the Snapdragon 730G is a solid performer, but certainly not at a flagship level.
