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Consumers earned over $3 billion from smartphone trade-ins last year with iPhone twice Android’s worth

February 23, 2022
Assurant released its 2021 Annual Trade-in and Upgrade Industry Trends report, and the results are intriguing. Through smartphone trade-in and upgrade programs, consumers earned over $3 billion in 2021. This amount is up by nearly $1 billion from 2020. Key findings from the report: There was a 220% increase in online trade-ins between Q3 and Q4 2021. iPhones (including iPhone XR, iPhone 11…
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Samsung announces Galaxy Tab S8 pricing for India

February 22, 2022
Samsung announced the Galaxy S22 pricing for India last week and we thought we might see the prices for the new Tab S8 slates at the same event, but no – the company kept that information under wraps until now. The three tablets will go on pre-order tomorrow, February 22…
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Oppo Pad design revealed, key specs leak

February 22, 2022
Ahead of Oppo’s big February 24 launch event where we’ll see the brand new Find X5 series we get an official look at the Oppo Pad which is also expected to launch at the event. Oppo’s first tablet is shown in grey and purple colors with both variants sporting a dual-tone back finish. There’s an interesting Oppo branding on the top half of the slate and we also get a look at the single rear…
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Report: iPhone 14 could feature improved battery life as Apple ditches Samsung for new TSMC 5G chips

February 22, 2022
After Apple’s improvement over battery life on the iPhone 13 line, it seems like the company could go a step further with the iPhone 14, as it’s ditching Samsung for smaller and improved TSMC 5G chips. According to a report by Taiwan’s Economic Daily News, chipmaker TSMC took over Samsung with its advanced manufacturing process and is going to have all orders for Apple’s 5G chips for…
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Samsung’s Galaxy S22 series doesn’t seem to benefit from more powerful 45W charging

February 22, 2022
One key point of Samsung’s Galaxy S22 series is its ability to charge at a whopping 45W, far faster than most mainstream flagship phones today. However, an analysis of charging speeds on the Galaxy S22 series suggests that 45W input doesn’t actually provide a benefit compared to less powerful adapters. On its website and through some advertising, Samsung has touted the Galaxy S22+ and Galaxy…
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