By 2013 Samsung was one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world, but it had a reputation of building plastic phones at a time when Apple, HTC, Sony and others were pushing metal as the material of choice for flagships.
Samsung was also at the forefront of a trend it started, that of extra large screens. The large, plastic Galaxys had little overlap with the small, metal iPhones.
In case you’ve been losing sleep over whether that leaked Samsung invite video was real, fret no more. Samsung itself confirmed this evening that it plans to show off “new, innovative devices that will shape the next decade of mobile experiences” at a…
Samsung confirms Galaxy S11 event for February 11th
January 5, 2020
The next Galaxy flagship smartphone from Samsung is indeed being announced on February 11th. After the date was discovered earlier today thanks to an unlisted video, Samsung has now confirmed that its Unpacked event will be held that day in San Francisco.
There’s little…
'Fortnite' made a historic $1.8 billion in 2019
January 5, 2020
Fortnite won its chicken dinner in 2019 by grossing $1.8 billion in sales, more than any single-year sales total in videogame history. While the game itself is technically free-to-play, Epic Games offers a $10 per month Battle Pass as well as myriad in-game item purchases — from clothing and weapons to dance mores and player reactions — to keep the game’s 125 million active…
2019 Winners and Losers: Motorola
January 5, 2020
Another year is passing by and Motorola kept on pushing entry and midrange phones. We also got a break from the norm with the company’s long-awaited foldable phone – the rebord Razr. Let’s see what was good and not so good for the storied company in the…
LG may have a simple approach to fighting the next Galaxy S phone — offer a no-nonsense flagship. Well-known tipster OnLeaks and CashKaro have shared CAD-based renders of what they says is the G9, and it appears to be a slightly refined take on the G8X that revolves…
The US government’s concerns about Chinese involvement in tech are leading to significant restrictions on AI. The Commerce Department is instituting a rule on January 6th that will require companies to obtain a license if they want to export certain AI-powered geospatial imagery software to other countries besides Canada. Not surprisingly, officials are worried that the technology (which…
The risk of online accounts being compromised increases by the day — and it’s costly. A hacker attacks roughly every 39 seconds, and it’s estimated that 65% of companies have over 1,000 stale accounts. Worse still, the average expense of data breaches is expected to…
Samsung’s next Unpacked event, where it usually unveils its flagship devices, may be just over a month away. An unreleased promo video unearthed by Twitter user @water8192, This is Tech Today and Max Weinbach of XDA Developers teases the launch of a new Galaxy device…
Realme X2 and X2 Pro get December security patch and Dark Mode toggle with latest updates
January 4, 2020
Realme released a software update for the X2 Pro in China last week that brought along a Dark Mode toggle and December 2019 security patch to the flagship. The rollout has now expanded to India, but the update comes with a tad different changelog. You can check it out below:
Security
Android security patch: December 2019
Launcher
Added click the blank area to back to the launcher on recent…
