MobileNews

Xiaomi sells 350,000 Mi 11 units in 5 minutes

January 3, 2021
Late last month Xiaomi took the wraps off the Mi 11, the world’s first smartphone to be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 chipset. Today the company had its first sale of the device in its home market of China, and it looks like it was a resounding success. Xiaomi managed to sell over 350,000 Mi 11 units in just five minutes. The total value of those exceeded CNY 1.5 billion.
Read more
MobileNews

2020 Winners and Losers: Motorola

January 3, 2021
Motorola had a surprisingly rich 2020 lineup, spanning across multiple families. There was the return to flagship realm, in the Motorola Edge and Edge+, as well as the exciting follow up that was the Razr 5G. Even so, the company’s focus luckily remained mostly centered…
MobileNews

Samsung tipped to launch a new Galaxy M series smartphone in India next week

January 3, 2021
Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S21 lineup on January 14, but before that, the company is tipped to introduce a new Galaxy M series smartphone in India. The new M series smartphone will launch in India next week with a big screen, which a leaked poster reveals will have a waterdrop notch for the selfie camera. The poster further tells us that the smartphone will have the power key and…
Read more
MobileNews

LG will demo a 'bendable' OLED gaming monitor at CES 2021

January 3, 2021
In addition to several transparent OLED demos, LG Display will also be showing off a gaming-related concept product at its CES 2021 virtual showroom: a 48-inch 4K “Bendable CSO (Cinematic Sound OLED) display” that can switch between a flat screen and a curved screen. The…
MobileNews

Motorola Moto G Stylus 2021 looks quite different in a new set of renders

January 3, 2021
Back in November, we learned that Motorola is planning a successor to the 2020 Moto G Pro, also know as the G Stylus in the US. That original set of hardware specs was more-recently followed-up by what we believed was a bunch of renders of the phone, courtesy of an Amazon listing slip-up. Or at least, so we thought. Whether intentional or not, it seems that those images were not authentic or at…
Read more
MobileNews

Oppo Reno5 5G and Reno5 Pro 5G are headed to global markets

January 3, 2021
Oppo is wasting no time when it comes to its new Reno5 line. After unveiling the Reno5 5G and Reno5 Pro 5G on December 10, the Chinese giant followed-up with an official announcement for the Reno5 Pro+ on December 24 and then a Reno5 4G on December 31, with persistent…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: January 2, 2021

January 3, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
DefenseNews

Lockheed aeronautics chief Michele Evans has died

January 3, 2021
WASHINGTON — Michele Evans, who led Lockheed Martin’s Aeronautics business since 2018, died on Jan. 1, the company announced Saturday. Evans took a leave of absence that began Dec. 1 “to address health issues unrelated to the coronavirus pandemic,” according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by the company. She previously took medical leave in September 2019 due to a cancer…
Read more