Samsung Galaxy S21 family won't have a charger or earphones in the box, certification confirms

Remember when Apple removed the 3.5mm headphone jack and a lot of Android phone makers mocked it for the decision, only to follow suit within a few years, Samsung included? Well, here we go again. It's already been rumored that Samsung was thinking about shipping the upcoming Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and Galaxy S21 Ultra without a charger or earphones in the box, but when we heard this back in October apparently a final decision had yet to be made. In the meantime, the trio has been certified for sale in Brazil by Anatel, the country's regulatory agency, and guess what? There's an...

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Oppo Find X3 Pro leak reveals most important details

Oppo has already announced that its next flagship smartphone, coming out in the first three months of 2021, will be powered by the newly unveiled Snapdragon 888 chipset, but today a new leak gives us a few more details about the device. The Find X3 Pro, which is what we assume it will be called, is codenamed Fussi, according to Evan Blass, better known as @evleaks. The device will have a 6.7-inch 1440x3216 touchscreen with 1.07 billion color support and adaptive dynamic frame rate - from 10 Hz all the way up to 120 Hz. Oppo Find X2 Pro and Find X2 The billion colors is not new, the...

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Google's latest Pixel feature drop brings improvements to battery, connectivity, and audio

Google is releasing its latest feature drop for its Pixel phones, which brings several new features and improvements to existing ones. The first new feature is Hold for Me. This wouldn't be new to Pixel 5 users but the feature will now be available to other Pixel users from Pixel 3 and above. When you are put on hold during a call, the feature will wait for you and automatically let you know when the person on the other end returns. Another new feature is Extreme Battery Saver. This limits some apps on your Pixel phone and only allows basic functionality to save...

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Google Stadia arrives in eight new countries just in time for Cyberpunk 2077

Google has announced that Stadia will be available in eight new European countries over the next 24 hours. This includes Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Switzerland. As before, the price is €9.99 a month for the Stadia Pro service, with the first month being free. This doesn't actually include the cost of the games, such as Cyberpunk 2077 releasing on December 10, which you still need to purchase separately. You will have access to the games as long as you stay subscribed to the service. You will also have access to a library of free to play...

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Apple Music finally available on Google Assistant devices

Google is finally rolling out Apple Music support on Google Assistant-enabled devices. This includes all the Google Home/Nest branded smart speakers from Google as well as other manufacturers. Apple Music subscribers will be able to link their account with their Assistant-enabled device through the Google Home app on their phone. Once that's done, you can just use your voice to play any track you like from Apple's 70 million track library. This also includes any playlists or liked songs that you may have associated with your Apple Music account. We first reported Apple Music...

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OnePlus reveals when the OnePlus Nord and the 8-series will stop receiving security patches

OnePlus has put up a page where you can track the status of security updates for some of its phones. Right now it appears a bit incomplete, but it does bring some good news for owners of the OnePlus Nord – it will be getting security patches until mid-2023. That’s noticeably longer than the Nord N10 and N100, which will only receive two years of security patches (so the end date should be in late 2022) and a single year of OS updates (likely meaning they’ll get Android 11 and that’s it). Devices receiving regular quarterly security updates Devices Support End-Date ...

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Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra's camera detailed: 10x folded periscope joins 3x tele camera

Leakster Ice Universe is confirming the Galaxy S21 Ultra camera specs that were leaked last month. The illustration below shows sensor details for all five camera modules (the S21 and S21+ are getting triple cameras). The main module on the Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G houses the upcoming 108MP ISOCELL HM3 sensor with 0.8 µm pixels (with 9-in-1 binning support) and Super PD autofocus. It will have 12% better light sensitivity than the HM1 sensor that Samsung used this year. The resolution is high enough for lossless digital zoom up to 3x. The phone will also have a dedicated 3x telephoto...

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Report: Apple working on up to 32-core CPUs, 8 or 12-core chip in 2021

Apple unveiled its first own silicon-powered devices before the year was done with the M1 MacBook Air, Pro and Mac mini surpassing most people's expectations in terms of performance. Now we learn that the company is working to continue that momentum in 2021 and beyond. According to a Bloomberg report Apple is developing new SoCs with up to 20-core CPUs for 2021, aiming to bring new Apple Silicon MacBook Pro, as well as both entry-level and high-end iMacs. The report claims Apple's future 20-core CPU will have 16 performance cores and 4 efficiency ones. Because development depends on the...

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T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S20 series getting Android 11

Following last week’s Android 11 update for the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S20 units (minus the S20 FE), T-Mobile has now begun pushing the update for its users too. The new update also brings Samsung’s OneUI 3.0 (check out the new additions here) and weighs in at 2GB in size. Galaxy S20 series Android 11 update for T-Mobile T-Mo S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra users can simply got to their system settings and check for system update to get the latest firmware fix. The update is following a staged rollout so some users might have to wait a bit longer than others. Samsung is expected to...

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Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro leak in Silver now

Samsung is preparing to launch new true wireless earbuds called Galaxy Buds Pro. They are supposed to be a follow-up of the Galaxy Buds+ but the case looks like an evolution from the Galaxy Buds Live with its square design. We’ve already seen the accessory in Violet but now feast your eyes on the Silver option, once again courtesy of Evan Blass. Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro Blass said the Galaxy Buds Pro are going to arrive alongside the Galaxy S21 flagships, the Korean company expected to unveil those on January 14. When the Buds arrive, we expect them to have a 500 mAh battery in...

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Nokia BH-405 TWS make their way to China

The latest audio product in Nokia’s lineup to make its way to China are the BH-405 TWS earbuds. They are also known as the Nokia Power Earbuds Lite and were announced back in September as a more affordable alternative to the excellent Nokia BH-605 which impressed us in our review. The BH-405 come with a compact in-ear design with IPX7 waterproofing, 35 hours of battery endurance and Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity. Nokia BH-405 The BH-405 TWS only support the AAC codec and charge over USB-C. The charging case comes with a 600 mAh battery. The combined weight of the buds and the...

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Samsung Galaxy S21 family's front panels leak, here's how they look side by side

With the Samsung Galaxy S21 lineup approaching faster than anticipated (it's launching in January after all), it is understandably the hot topic right now. We've just seen the whole family in a set of high-quality renders, and now it's time for a more real life if not quite as telling image. Trustworthy Samsung tipster Ice universe just posted on his Instagram account a live photo of the front glass panels of the Galaxy S21 trio. And aside from the side by side size comparison that we got from the picture, we can also see that previous renders of the Galaxy S21s are fairly accurate....

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Poco F2 Pro starts receiving Android 11 in Europe, X3 NFC soon to follow

A week after the MIUI 12 based on Android 11 started seeding in Asia, Xiaomi has expanded the much-anticipated update for the Poco F2 Pro to the European units as well. The build number is 12.2.1.0 RJKEUXM and is 2.9GB big. Of course, it carries the Android 11-intrinsic features but also adds some extra ones coming with MIUI 12. The October 2020 security patch is also baked in, which is rather disappointing given that we are well into December already. On semi-related note, the Poco X3 NFC's Android 11 update seems to be just around the corner as per these recently leaked Geekbench...

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Samsung Galaxy S21 , S21+ and S21 Ultra appear in lovely, high quality renders

We're now almost a month away from Samsung's announcement of the Galaxy S21 series and we get our best look yet at the Galaxy S21 Ultra, Galaxy S21+ and Galaxy S21. The renders laid out before you are based on reliable inside information obtained to LetsGoDitigal, along with real photos of the devices, shared with the publication. We'll recap a lot of what we know about the Galaxy S21 series alongside the images. These aren't the first renders we've seen of the Galaxy S21 line, they corroborate what we've heard about the design and features of the Galaxy S21, but they are more...

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Xiaomi Mi 11 and 11 Pro back designs and battery capacities revealed

The Xiaomi Mi 11 and 11 Pro are just around the corner as per recent reports, so it's about time we start getting some juicy info about the duo. Good thing, Digital Chat Station unearthed battery certification listing on 3C revealing the capacities and charging tech. The listings feature 2,485 mAh and 2,390 mAh batteries for the Mi11 Pro and Mi 11, respectively. However, those numbers likely refer to just one of the cells because Xiaomi will likely be adding its 55W fast charging support, which requires a battery split in two. So the actual rated capacity of both is 4,780 mAh and...

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Realme Q2 Pro arrives in two more colors - Blue and regular White

Realme introduced a trio of 5G phones back in October, and now the mightiest of them - the Realme Q2 Pro - is getting two new color options. The phone, initially launched in a Leather Gray and Rainbow gradient, will now also be available with simpler Sea Blue and Fantasy White paint jobs. While the new versions might be different on the outside, on the inside it is the very same Dimensity 800U chipset with 5G support, a 4,300 mAh battery with 65W fast charging, and a 48MP main camera. The Q2 Pro’s front panel is a 6.4” AMOLED with a 180Hz touch sampling rate. The two new color...

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vivo Y52s quietly announced in China

Last week brought us our first look of the vivo Y52s and now the device has been unveiled in China. Powered by the Dimensity 720 with 6/8GB RAM the Y52s is the latest 5G midranger from vivo. It also brings a dual-cam setup around the back, a 5,000 mAh battery and 18W charging. There’s a 6.58-inch LCD upfront with FHD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. The 8MP selfie cam is housed inside the waterdrop notch up top. Around the back we find a 48MP primary shooter backed by a 2MP depth helper. vivo Y52s in grey, white and gradient You also get a fingerprint scanner located on...

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Nokia 5.4 specs leak: Snapdragon 662 chipset, 4,000 mAh battery

The Nokia 5.4 is on its way, as the phone has already been certified by FCC. While the existence of the phone is yet to be officially confirmed by HMD Global, we now get the full specs sheet of the device. Apparently, the new Nokia phone will be a pretty affordable midranger with some borderline entry-level specs like the display and the chipset. This Nokia 5.3 is getting a successor Nokia 5.4 is expected to run on the Snapdragon 662 chipset, and we already know it will have 4GB RAM and 128GB of storage; the leaked specs sheet also shows a microSD slot for up to 256GB more...

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Another Oppo Reno5 incoming, 4G-only with Snapdragon 720G

Oppo is going to unveil its Reno5 lineup later this week and we expected three devices - a vanilla Oppo Reno5 5G, a mightier Oppo Reno5 Pro 5G, and a flagship-tier Oppo Reno5 Pro+ 5G. However, the family might be even larger, as one leakster on Twitter revealed there is an Oppo Reno5 4G incoming with four cameras and SuperVOOC charging. #OPPO #Reno5 4GSnapdragon 720GCamera 64+8+2+2, 44Battery: 4.310mAh 50WDisplay: AMOLED 6.43inch 90Hz FullHD+Build: Glass front, plastic frame, plastic back— TheLeaks (@TheLeaks3) December 6, 2020 The LTE-only Reno5 will bring a 6.43” AMOLED panel with...

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