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Yongnuo releases $350 85mm F1.8 autofocus lens for Nikon Z-mount cameras, but it's limited to China for now

March 14, 2022
Chinese optics manufacturer Yongnuo has announced its latest autofocus lens, the 85mm F1.8 for Nikon Z-mount cameras. Unfortunately, the lens’ release appears to be limited to China, for now. The lens is constructed of nine elements in eight groups, including one low-dispersion element and one high-refractive element. It uses a seven-blade aperture diaphragm, has an aperture range of F1.8…
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Weekly poll: who wants an iPhone SE (2022)?

March 14, 2022
It took two years, but it’s finally here – a new model in Apple’s affordable SE series. The iPhone SE (2022) has a starting price of $430, $30 higher than its predecessor, which is no longer available. This is also dangerously close to the iPhone 11, which goes for…
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Samsung Galaxy A53 goes on sale ahead of official announcement

March 14, 2022
While Samsung is gearing up to announce its new Galaxy-A series phones on March 17 we’ve already seen the Galaxy A53 5G unofficially on sale in Serbia and now the phone has also made its way to retailers in Kenya. Buyers can scoop up the unannounced midranger for KSH…
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Kuo: iPhone 14 Pro will have A16, 14 and 14 Max to use A15 Bionic

March 14, 2022
Apple will deviate from its well-established pattern of providing all of its new phones with the latest A-series chip with the iPhone 14 lineup. According to renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will reserve the A16 chip for the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, while the iPhone 14 and 14 Max will feature the same A15 Bionic as this year’s iPhone 13 lineup. Another difference will be the RAM…
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Samsung officially confirms March 17 for Galaxy A event

March 14, 2022
Samsung is all set to introduce its latest Galaxy A-series phones later this week on March 17. The Galaxy A event keynote will tip off at 10AM ET time (2PM UTC) and will be live-streamed on YouTube and Samsung.com for you to tune in. Samsung Galaxy A Event invite We’re…
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The Honor 50 will get Magic UI 6 (Android 12) in Q2, the 50 Lite in Q3

March 14, 2022
The two Honor phones we handled at the MWC – the Magic V and the Magic4 Pro – came with the latest Magic UI 6.0 (based on Android 12). Other Honor phones are still running version 5.0 of the UI, but the company has unveiled a roadmap to bring select models up to speed. Note that the roadmap is for China, so the global rollout may not happen in the same sequence. Today we get some clarity on…
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How far should AI’s decision-making authority go?

March 14, 2022
Perhaps the leading value proposition for artificial intelligence  (AI)  is its propensity to help humans make decisions. With the right data and the right analytics, people can choose a course of action based on solid information, not hunches or guesses, and this is…
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Samsung to unveil the next wave of Galaxy A-series smartphones on March 17

March 14, 2022
Samsung has set March 17 as the date for the unveiling of the next wave of Galaxy A-series smartphones. The affordable smartphone series has provided an avenue for Samsung to drip-feed features and functions normally associated with the Note and Galaxy series smartphones over the past few years. This time around we’re expecting the Galaxy A-series to expand with the recently leaked Galaxy A53…
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