vivo V21 5G's design detailed ahead of April 27 unveiling

Last week, vivo's Malaysian branch announced that it will introduce the V21 5G and V21e on April 27, and today, the company's Indian branch revealed the smartphone will debut in the country two days later at noon local time (6:30AM UTC) and will be sold through Flipkart. vivo India has also set up a promo page on its website, which reveals the triple camera setup on the V21 5G's back will include a 64MP primary camera, while the selfie shooter inside the notch will use a 44MP sensor. It will be joined by a couple of flash modules, allowing you to take brighter photos in dim conditions....

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Hot Take: Apple Spring Loaded event

Apple's Spring Loaded event brought forth a cornucopia of announcements. This is easily the most action-packed event we have had from Apple in the Spring and certainly beats last year's announcements. There was a new iMac, two new iPad Pros, an updated Apple TV, AirTags, and even a new color for the iPhone 12. Oh, and there were also Apple Card Family and Apple Podcasts Subscriptions announcements. We covered all of these announcements, but some of them deserve a closer look because there are a lot of questions that need answers. For example, does the new iMac look good or is it...

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Android 12 to introduce slightly altered notification card design

Just like almost every Android version, there's some change to notifications, even if it's just a minor improvement and not a full-fledged functionality. Which is the case with the latest Android 12 DP3 update. Android 11 and Android 12 DP3 The re-design of the notification cards isn't big as it just relocates the notification count for stacked cards. For instance, in Android 11, if you have more than one notification from a certain app, a badge with the notification count would appear in the lower-right corner of the stacked cards. Whereas Android 12 moves the counter right next...

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Huawei nova 8 Pro 4G goes official with 120Hz screen, 64MP camera, and 66W charging

Huawei announced the nova 8 Pro 5G last December, and now the company has followed it up with a 4G version, which is actually a nova 8 Pro 5G without 5G support. That means the nova 8 Pro 4G comes with a Kirin 985 SoC, Android 10-based EMUI 11.0, and two memory options - 8GB/128GB and 8GB/256GB. The Huawei nova 8 Pro 4G is built around a 6.72" FullHD+ 120Hz OLED screen of 2,676 x 1,236-pixel resolution with a fingerprint reader for biometric authentication and a pill-shaped hole in the top-left corner for the 16MP wide and 32MP ultrawide cameras. Around the back, we get a quad...

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Samsung Galaxy A01 receives Android 11 and One UI 3.0

According to users in Russia, Samsung has started rolling out One UI 3.0 update based on Android 11 for its budget Galaxy A01 smartphone, which was originally released back in late 2019 with Android 10. The firmware version is A015FXXU4BUD8 and it also carries April's security patch too. And although we don't have the changelog, it's not hard to assume what's new. The key Android 11 and One UI 3.0 changes and features should be at hand - new UI design courtesy of One UI along with Android 11-intrinsic features such as one-time permissions, chat bubbles, conversation grouping in the...

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Google accidentally reveals Pixel 5a camera details and samples

Google recently confirmed the existence of the Pixel 5a to clear the confusion and rumors that suggested otherwise. In a more recent blog post related to camera features and the capabilities of the HDR+ algorithm, the company linked a Google Photos gallery full of camera samples taken with already existing Pixel phones. Two of the images, however, stand out. The first image that you see below has since been taken down, but the EXIF data has already revealed what we needed and it clearly says Google Pixel 5a. This, in turn, suggests that there would only be one variant with Snapdragon 765G...

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Xiaomi's Mi Mix Fold goes through an extensive 400,000 bending test

Xiaomi announced its own vision of a foldable smartphone, the Mi Mix Fold, almost a month ago and, of course, questions about the durability of the moving parts arise, as it's usually the case with foldable smartphones. To prove the rigidness of the Mi Mix Fold, Xiaomi put it to vigorous testing. The device withstood more than 400,000 bendings, which roughly translates to about 10 years of normal usage. One would argue that by that time, you'd have other more pressing issues with the phone. The test itself was carried out in the span of 7 days and the Mi Mix Fold was "violently"...

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Verizon's Motorola One 5G UW gets Android 11 update

The Motorola One 5G UW for Verizon announced last October with Android 10 is receiving the Android 11 update. The new build comes with version number RPN31.Q1-51-30-1 and March 2021 Android security patch. It also brings new UI and features to the One 5G UW, such as Chat Bubbles and One-time Permissions. The Android 11 update is rolling out over the air, and if you haven't received a notification yet, you can check for the update manually by navigating to your One 5G UW's Settings > About phone > System updates menu. Source | Via

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YouTube's mobile apps get new video resolution settings

YouTube has started rolling out new video resolution settings for its Android and iOS apps. Until now, YouTube presented a list of resolutions for video playback along with an Auto option, which allowed the app to automatically adjust the video quality depending on the speed of your Internet connection. Old video quality settings But now, under the Quality menu of the video, you see a total of only four options - Auto, Higher picture quality, Data saver, and Advanced. Auto continues to work like before, while the Higher picture quality setting uses more data for a better quality...

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