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Are foldable phones better for multimedia? Here is how the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 stack up

The history of widescreen is a fascinating tale of film makers trying to impress their audience and later to try and claw back audience members from those new-fangled “television sets”. Early TVs settled on a 4:3 aspect ratio, which was the most common choice for movies too. But why go to the movies when you can stay at home? This lead film makers to start using wider and wider aspect ratios…
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Updated: Canon EF-M 32mm F1.4 STM sample gallery

It’s not a new lens, but the Canon EF-M 32mm F1.4 STM still sets the standard for optics in Canon’s mirrorless EF-M range. We’ve been shooting with, and enjoying the 32mm F1.4 for some time, and with summer starting (finally) to fade here in Seattle…
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Testing Realme's MagDart 50W and 15W wireless magnetic chargers

Wireless charging has been supported on select phones for over a decade now, but it has many detractors. It’s slow, it’s inefficient, it requires careful placement. But things have been improving lately. The latest major upgrade comes in the form of magnets. Apple lead…
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All Samsung Galaxy A series devices will have OIS next year, rumor says

This year Samsung started offering optical image stabilization (OIS) on the main cameras of a few of its mid-range Galaxy A series devices, such as the A52 and A72. Next year, however, things will be different. According to a new unconfirmed report from Korea, Samsung is likely to add OIS to the main cameras of all of the A series models it’s going to launch in 2022. That would be an…
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Xiaomi is testing MIUI Pure Mode - extra protection from installing malicious apps

Xiaomi has always treated MIUI with plenty of respect, care and attention, as technically its first and still one of its most successful products. Things are going great with the latest MIUI 12.5, as well as the later-unveiled 12.5 Enhanced Edition, which are already making their way on to international units. MIUI 13 is also right around the corner, slated for a late June release and Xiaomi also…
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Vivo V1 ISP chip photographed next to Snapdragon 888

Vivo’s upcoming X70 line is one of the more curious upcoming releases in recent memory. We are currently expecting a trio of devices in the family – a vanilla X70, a X70 Pro and a X70 Pro+ – all of which we are already quite familiar with, thanks to an…
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WhatsApp chat data transfer from iOS to Samsung is now live

Last month on the day of Samsung’s official unveiling of the Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3 WhatsApp unveiled plans to support moving chat history from iOS to Samsung devices running Android 10 or 11. Today this feature finally went live. So, if you have a Samsung handset on Android 10 or 11 and want to transfer your chat history to it from an iPhone, you can now do so. The entire process…
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