Syrp, the Auckland, New Zealand timelapse and camera accessory company, has announced that it is restructuring and rebranding itself as Syrp Lab. As part of the process, existing Syrp products will be renamed and folded into the Manfrotto Move system.
Building a Successful Brand
Syrp originally became a mainstream name thanks to the wild success of its 2012 Kickstarter for the Genie timelapse…
Japanese analyst firm BCN Retail (BCN+R) has announced the BCN Awards winners. The awards offer an in-depth summary of 2021 camera sales data in Japan. BCN+R collects data from an estimated 40 to 60 percent of retailers in Japan, so its awards offer an indicative look at the…
Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S coming on February 9
January 26, 2022
After several certification appearances and a launch teaser, Redmi India today confirmed the Note 11S will launch on February 9. The device will feature a 108MP main camera and will be powered by a MediaTek chipset but we don’t have the exact details at the moment.
Xiaomi…
A software bug is causing iPhone 13 displays to turn pink
January 26, 2022
An apparent software issue is causing some iPhone 13’s to display a pink overlay on their screens and crash. The issue has been reported numerous times on Apple’s Discussions Forums and Reddit.
Seemingly the only common thing between the issues is that it’s happening to the iPhone 13 series and not other Apple devices. One person reported that their GPS was inaccurate and the…
We knew Realme 9 Pro and Pro+ are around the corner and it was reasonable to expect a vanilla model will join them. Now an FCC listing shows we are also getting a Realme 9 5G.
The FCC documentation states that the Realme 9 5G has a different marketing name and model number…
Samsung Galaxy F23 5G pops up on Geekbench with SD 750G
January 26, 2022
Last year Samsung released the Galaxy F22 handset as a regional version of the Galaxy M22 in some regions and it appears we are in for a repeat this year. A newly surfaced Geekbench listing tells of a Samsung phone with mode number SM-E236, which should be the Galaxy F23.
Apple's iPhone 15 Pro might use BOE panels
January 26, 2022
Apple is trying to reduce its dependence on Samsung and its OLED panels for years now but no other company was able to produce the kind of high quality panels Cupertino needs in sufficient quality. Still, BOE and LG got comparably tiny orders but a new report has it this might change next year.
Right now, only some of the non-Pro iPhone 13 units get OLED panels from BOE. Yet an improvement in the…
Xiaomi is pushing the MIUI 13 firmware to global Redmi Note 10, Redmi Note 10 Pro, and Mi 11 Lite units, enrolled in the beta program. All three firmware are stable beta and reportedly are bug-free.
The MIUI 13 release is based on Android 12 and carries the new-look Control…
Speculative renders of the Realme 9 Pro and Pro+ surfaced over the last two weeks, now in partnership with brings leaked official images of the two phones.
They show the differences between the three colorways. Midnight Black is the color we had already seen, it will be…
Samsung's Galaxy Home Mini 2 receives Bluetooth certification
January 26, 2022
Earlier this month, we shared a report that Samsung is working on a new smart home speaker – the Galaxy Home Mini 2. Now the credibility of that report has been confirmed thanks to a leaked Bluetooth SIG certification.
The Galaxy Home Mini 2, with the model number SM-V320, has been certified with Bluetooth 5.2 as a SmartThings Home Hub.
That’s all of the information we have on the…
