The Oppo Reno5 Pro 5G that made its global debut earlier this week and went on sale in India yesterday is receiving its second software update. The first update (CPH2201_11_A.03) was released last month before the launch, which optimized the camera quality and system performance.
The new update bumps up the Android security patch level on the Reno5 Pro 5G to January 2021 and improves the system…
Nokia 1.4 leaks in full, reveals basic specs, low price tag
January 23, 2021
HMD Global is planning to launch a new ultra-affordable smartphone, and it looks like a successor of the Nokia 1.3 is on its way. It will be called Nokia 1.4 and will have basic specs and a low-low price of under €100.
The new phone will have a quad-core CPU at 1.3 GHz…
The foldable Huawei Mate X2 we’ve been hearing about for a year now bagged TENAA certification last November, but its listing didn’t detail the specs. However, reliable Chinese tipster has filled in the gaps, sharing the full specs of the Mate X2.
The Mate X2…
Motorola Edge S appears in live images and AnTuTu listing
January 23, 2021
Motorola is all set to introduce its Snapdragon 870-packing Edge S on January 26. Just ahead of next week’s announcement, live images of the device emerged on Weibo, while an official AnTuTu test run shared by Lenovo China’s GM of mobile Chen Jin gives us an idea about the performance of the new chipset.
Motorola Edge S live images
The images show out a tall display with dual punch hole…
Infinix announced the Hot 10 and Hot 10 Lite smartphones last year, and today the company added a Play variant to the series. The Infinix Hot 10 Play is powered by the Helio G25 SoC and runs Android 10 (Go Edition) with XOS 7.0 on top.
The Hot 10 Play comes in 2GB/32GB and…
Samsung Galaxy S21 preorders expected to surpass the Galaxy S20
January 23, 2021
Samsung introduced the Galaxy S21 smartphones last Thursday, and now the first reports about the pre-order campaign are coming. Industry insiders in South Korea revealed that Samsung is getting 15-20% more orders compared to last year’s Galaxy S20 lineup.
The major…
Caviar celebrates the year of the ox by putting a golden ox head on a Galaxy S21 Ultra
January 23, 2021
Caviar is celebrating the Lunar New Year with specially-adorned Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra phones. It’s the year of the Ox, which sets the theme for one design that can’t be contained in two dimensions. The other versions have (in Caviar’s own words) a more “restrained design”.
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Ox by Caviar
The Galaxy S21 Ultra Gold Ox has a three dimensional bas-relief of…
Samsung Galaxy A82 might be in the works with a flip-up camera
January 23, 2021
Remember the Galaxy A80? The phone had a camera that could rise and flip around when you wanted to take a selfie. That kept the front neat with slim bezels and no punch holes. However, this model didn’t get a sequel last year as the device rumored to be the A81 turned out…
Nokia phone codenamed “Quiksilver” visits Geekbench
January 23, 2021
An upcoming Nokia phone powered by the 5G ready Snapdragon 690 chipset appeared in a listing on Geekbench. The device is code-named “Quicksilver” and managed 471 points in the single-core department and 1,500 on the multi-core test. According to speculations, this is the…
Android 12 will reportedly feature App Pairs to simplify launching apps in split screen mode
January 23, 2021
Google built a split-screen multitasking feature into Android 6.0 Marshmallow (2015), but it was experimental. The feature was officially enabled by default the following year with 7.0 Nougat. Later came 9.0 Pie, which changed how app switching worked and people were upset because the new gesture was slower and less convenient.
The history lesson is over and there’s good news – launching…
