Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite is receiving One UI 3.1 with March security patch

Samsung released One UI 3.1 for the Galaxy Tab S6 and Galaxy Note10 Lite earlier this week and Galaxy M51 yesterday. Now it's the Galaxy S10 Lite that's getting the latest version of Samsung's custom Android skin. The new firmware sports version number G770FXXU4EUBA, and while a detailed changelog isn't available, we know it bumps up the Android security patch on the S10 Lite to March 2021 and doesn't bring wireless DeX support to the smartphone. The One UI 3.1 update for the Galaxy S10 Lite is seeding in Spain at the time of writing this, but it should expand to other regions...

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Samsung Galaxy M51 is now receiving One UI 3.1 update based on Android 11

It's true that Samsung makes a lot of different smartphone models, but it's also true that recently the company has been on a roll with updates to Android 11 - seemingly every single day now the update reaches another model. Today's lucky one is the Galaxy M51, launched in September of last year running Android 10 with One UI 2.x. Starting today, owners of this phone in Russia are graced with the release of the update to One UI 3.1, based on Android 11. That's the latest version of both Google's underlying OS, but also Samsung's skin. However, this is the "core" One UI 3.1 experience,...

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 775 details leak

Qualcomm has already made its flagship chipset for 2021 official, we're talking about the Snapdragon 888. However, we still haven't seen a successor to its premium midrange line in the 7 series, and the Snapdragon 765 is getting kind of old. Apparently it won't be long now, though, as the company has been rumored to introduce the new SoC at some point before the end of this month. We're assuming this will be called Snapdragon 775, although, who knows - maybe it's going to end up as the 788? Anyway, some details about it have leaked today, and these are from an internal presentation....

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Counterpoint: Oppo surpasses Huawei and becomes largest smartphone brand in China

Oppo became the biggest smartphone maker in China for the first time ever, reports Counterpoint Research. This is the result of two factors: Oppo’s rise and Huawei’s decline. This January Oppo captured 21% of the Chinese market, putting it on top. Fellow BBK brand vivo was close behind with 20%, tied with the ailing Huawei. Behind that are Apple and Xiaomi, both at 16%. Below is a timeline of Oppo’s growth. Its market share in January increased 33% compared to December and 26% compared to January 2020. Note that the company’s 5G models are tracked separately as Counterpoint marks them...

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Oppo Find X3 Pro will have an LTPO screen with 5Hz-120Hz adaptive refresh

Oppo's upcoming Find X3 Pro will use a Samsung-made AMOLED screen with an LTPO backplane, enabling variable refresh rate between 5Hz and 120Hz. According to popular insider Ice universe the panel will be Samsung's E4 with 10-bit color support and it will be the first non-Samsung on the market with an LTPO panel. That latter claim could be challenged by the OnePlus 9 Pro, which will also have an LTPO display and will become official on March 8, three days before Oppo's Find X3 Pro. Of course the Oppo Find X3 Pro and the OnePlus 9 Pro could very well use the same 6.78-inch 1440p 120Hz...

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Apple Watch still leads global smartwatch sales

According to the latest Counterpoint Research report on smartwatch shipments in the October – December 2020 period, Apple is still the undisputed leader in the segment. The market saw a 1.5% increase in total shipments compared to the same period in 2019 with Apple alone accounting for 40% of the overall pie. Samsung came in at second place with a 10% market share followed by Huawei with 8%. Fitbit (7%) and BBK group (6%) rounded off the top-five smartwatch brands. The new report specifies that the Apple Watch Series 6 and Watch SE combined for 12.9 million sales in the last quarter...

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Our Redmi Note 10 Pro (Max) video review is up

The Redmi Note 10 Pro is the best phone of the series that Xiaomi announced on Thursday, though the naming could have been better. In India fans will find an almost identical phone under the Redmi Note 10 Pro Max name (the key difference is the removal of NFC). Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 Pro The two phones are certainly similar enough that our written review applies to both. The same goes for our video review, which you can watch below. The Note 10 Pro impresses with the value it brings on a modest budget. This €250 phone stands out with its 120 Hz AMOLED display, most phones in its...

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Report: Apple to bring 10.9-inch OLED iPad Pro, OLED Macbook Pro next year

Apple is looking to bring an OLED iPad Pro to market next year. Per a Digitimes report, Apple will use a 10.9-inch OLED panel for its 2022 iPad Pro. The report says that Apple is also planning a 12.9-inch OLED iPad Pro and even an OLED 16-inch MacBook Pro to follow later on in 2022. The report is a bit questionable, especially given the numerous sources pointing to Apple's 2021 lineup of iPad Pro's and MacBook Pro's adopting the new mini-LED display technology. The earliest we could see a mini-LED iPad is this month. The new redesigned Apple Silicon-powered MacBook Pro 14 and Pro 16...

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Samsung Galaxy A52 5G and A72 support pages live in UAE

Just yesterday we came across a listing for Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy A52 5G from a Saudi Arabia retailer. Today we have more confirmation for its imminent launch as the phone’s official support page is live on Samsung UAE. In addition, the Galaxy A72’s support page has also gone up. Samsung Galaxy A52 5G and A72 4G support pages Apart from the two images, we don’t get any specs of the devices. We do know from rumors that the A52 5G will offer a 6.5” Super AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. The Snapdragon 750G is touted to sit at the helm alongside 8GB RAM...

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Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Sound for high-quality, low-latency wireless audio

There are many ways for streaming audio to go wrong, especially if there is a wireless headset at the end of the chain. Qualcomm is aiming to address all of these issues with the new Snapdragon Sound platform. On the phone end, the company has lined up the Snapdragon 800-series chips with the FastConnect 6900 connectivity system. For headsets and earbuds there are the QCC514x, QCC515x and QCC3056 series Bluetooth Audio SoCs. Between them they support aptX Adaptive, which is capable of delivering high-quality 24-bit 96 kHz audio with very low latency – as low as 89 ms (45% lower than...

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Galaxy S21 sales take series to four-year high

Samsung has sold 590,000 devices from its Galaxy S21 series, a report from South Korea revealed. The numbers are the highest since the Galaxy S8 (620,000 units). For the first month of sales, Galaxy S21 moved nearly twice as many units as the Galaxy S20 last year. Representatives of the analyst company Atlas Research & Consulting, sitting behind the report, revealed the major reason was Samsung’s ability to expand its 5G presence while keeping low price tags, especially compared with the previous series. The basic model of the Galaxy S21 started from KRW990,000 (about $870),...

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Realme 8 Pro may have surfaced at the FCC with a 4,500 mAh battery and 65W SuperDart Charge

CEO Madhav Sheth already revealed that the Realme 8 will have a 5,000 mAh battery with 30W Dart Charge, so you’d expect the Realme 8 Pro to go faster. And this could be the proof – FCC documents detailing a Realme RMX3081 have surfaced, which appears to be the Realme 8 Pro 4G. The docs show that a 65W charger will be used to fill the phone’s 4,500 mAh battery (typical capacity). That matches the specs for the company’s SuperDart chargers and if the Realme 7 Pro is any indication (it has the same battery capacity), a full charge will take only 34 minutes with the battery going from 0% to...

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Motorola Moto G10 Power and Moto G30 coming to India on March 9

Motorola unveiled the Moto G10 and Moto G30 last month with big screens, big batteries, and quad rear cameras. Today the company announced it will bring the Moto G30 to India on March 9 alongside a new smartphone - Moto G10 Power. The Moto G10 Power and Moto G30 will launch in India at 12PM local time (6:30AM UTC) and will be sold through Flipkart, which reveals both smartphones will run Android 11 out of the box and come with a feature called ThinkShield. Since the Moto G30 was introduced last month, we know it will come with Snapdragon 662 SoC, 6.5" 90Hz HD+ LCD, and a 5,000 mAh...

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Red Magic 6 Pro's 120W charging demoed on video, ends up faster than expected

Yesterday we saw the debut of nubia’s Red Magic 6 and 6 Pro gaming phones. The vanilla model comes with 65W fast charging while the Pro goes up to the ludicrous 120W mark which nubia claims it can do a full 0 to 100% charge in 17 just minutes. We now we have a demo video to see a real-world test thanks to Chinese blogger Zhong Wenze who timed how long it would take to charge the Red Magic 6 to 100%. At the start of the video we can clearly see the phone holds a 3% charge. It quickly manages to go to 4% in just 10 seconds and then jumps to 15% after a minute on the 120W GaN (Gallium...

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Amazfit T-Rex Pro leaks - better water proofing, €170 price tag

Amazfit is expected to launch a new smartwatch, called T-Rex Pro. A YouTuber from Turkey has posted a hands-on video with the wearable that is yet to be officially announced, and the device looks pretty much identical to its predecessor, the Amazfit T-Rex. However the new T-Rex Pro will now be able to withstand 10 ATM pressure. The new T-Rex Pro will also track “100+ sports modes”, partially enabled by a second-gen BioTracker PPG that now also supports blood oxygen/SpO2 tracking on top of the heart rate measurements. The battery life with GPS enabled has improved drastically - it is...

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Realme C21 announced with Helio G35 SoC, triple camera, and 5,000 mAh battery

As promised, Realme today introduced its new budget smartphone dubbed Realme C21. The smartphone is powered by the Helio G35 SoC and runs Android 10-based Realme UI out of the box. The C21 has 3GB RAM and 32GB storage onboard, but it also comes with a dedicated slot for the microSD card for storage expansion up to 256GB. The Realme C21 is built around a 6.5" HD+ display with a notch for the 5MP selfie camera. The smartphone's rear panel, flaunting a fingerprint-resistant Geometric Art Design, is home to a triple camera setup comprising a 13MP primary, 2MP macro, and 2MP monochrome...

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