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The oddity of Android 12L: Google’s prelude to tablets & foldables instead of its big moment

March 21, 2022
You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression. The latest impression that Google wants to impart is that Android will power the wave of large screen devices to come. Besides proclamations, the biggest sign of Google’s commitment to this effort is Android 12L, a version of the mobile OS especially for foldables and tablets. It launched at the start of this month, but it has so far…
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Apple says your next computer isn't a computer in TV ad for the new iPad Air

March 20, 2022
Quick: what is a computer? Is a tablet a computer? Or is a tablet just… a tablet? These are the important questions Apple is tackling in its latest TV ad for its latest tablet: the new iPad Air, officially unveiled at the company’s spring event last week. We’re only half joking here, by the way. The ad doesn’t actually tackle those questions, but (spoiler alert!) it does…
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Motorola Edge 30 with Snapdragon 778G+ visits Geekbench

March 20, 2022
Recently, we received the Motorola Edge 30 Pro and we’re working on a review. The phone is otherwise known as the Edge X30 in China and Edge Plus 2022 in the US. Whatever you call it, it is Moto’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1’s flagship, joined by the Edge S30 (Snapdragon 888+)…
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Samsung Galaxy Book2 laptops are now available for pre-order

March 20, 2022
During its MWC event in February, Samsung unveiled the new Galaxy Book2 Pro and Galaxy Book2 Pro 360 laptops, and today these are finally going up for pre-order in the US ahead of an April 1 release (no joke, we hope). You can purchase the Galaxy Book2 Pro starting at…
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OnePlus Nord 3 to have 6.7-inch 120Hz screen, 150W charging, and 12GB RAM

March 20, 2022
A new report from reveals some of the key specifications of the OnePlus Nord 3. Of course, these are rumors given the Nord series normally comes out sometime during the summer. According to the leakster, the Nord 3 will be powered by the new Dimensity 8100 chipset. The Redmi K50 is the most recently launched smartphone powered by the same chipset. That would be paired with 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and…
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Samsung Galaxy Note20 series now receiving One UI 4.1

March 20, 2022
Samsung introduced the One UI 4.1 alongside the Galaxy S22 series, and now the Galaxy Note20 phones are getting it as well. The firmware version is N98xFXXU3FVC5 (x being a different digit for different versions of the Note20 and Note20 Ultra phones) and should be also…
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Apple iPhone SE (2022) goes on sale in first wave countries

March 20, 2022
The iPhone SE (2022) is the most affordable entry into Apple’s smartphone ecosystem and it’s now on open sale in the first wave of markets. These include major markets such as the US, UK, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India and Japan among others. Users get…
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The Realme GT Neo3 will have a dedicated chip that boosts frame rate in games

March 20, 2022
The Realme GT Neo3 will be one of the first phones to be powered by the Dimensity 8100, however, company VP Xu Qi Chase reveals that there will be another chip of note. This chip will assist the Dimensity’s Mali-G610 MC6 GPU to achieve a stable frame rate and in some cases lower power consumption. The way it works is similar to MEMC – motion estimation, motion compensation, a feature that…
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