Redmi K40 Gaming sale goes through the roof with 100,000 units in one minute

Xiaomi’s brand Redmi has launched its own understanding of what a gaming smartphone should be under the name K40 Gaming. The device runs on Dimensity 1200 chipset and comes with the latest bells and whistles like UFS 3.1 storage, LPDDR5 RAM, 67W ultra-fast charging and several solutions for cooling and heat dissipation. With such specs, it is no wonder that the Redmi K40 Gaming was a huge success during its first flash sale in China. According to the brand, the device sold 100,000 units in just one minute. The sale includes all five different memory combinations - from the cheapest...

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Samsung Galaxy M32 key specs revealed by Geekbench

A Samsung device bearing model code SM-M325FV, and believed to be the Galaxy M32, has popped up on Geekbench with its key specs. According to the benchmark database, the SM-M325FV runs Android 11, has 6GB RAM onboard, and is powered by MT6769V/CT, which we know is a part of the Helio G80 SoC. Geekbench doesn't reveal any other specs of the SM-M325FV, but the smartphone was spotted on DEKRA last week with a 6,000 mAh battery. The Galaxy M32 is said to be based on the Galaxy A32 4G, which comes with the Helio G80, 6.4" FullHD+ 90Hz AMOLED screen, in-display fingerprint scanner, and...

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New iPad Pro and iMac with M1 will be available on May 21, British retailer reveals

The global chip crisis keeps chugging along, and Apple has long been rumored to be affected in the production of its new devices. Case in point - the new iPad Pro 11 and 12.9 and the new iMac with M1 that the company announced at last week's spring event are going up for pre-order later than new devices usually do after an Apple event. And in a move that's very uncharacteristic of it, Apple hasn't actually revealed an official release date for any of these three products. Thankfully though, a British third-party retailer, John Lewis, has risen up to the occasion and given us the date we've...

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OnePlus 6 and 6T will get Android 11 beta builds starting in August

The OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T both launched in 2018, at various points throughout the year, and so they're both more than two years old. Even so, the company is apparently working on Android 11 updates for them - but that's where the good news ends, unfortunately. OnePlus has unveiled that it expects the first beta version of its OxygenOS 11 software based on Android 11 to reach the 6 and 6T towards the end of August. And that's just the first build. Expect to see a bunch of others follow in the next weeks after that, so if you're wondering when a final, stable, non-beta build might...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite listed on TENAA

We’ve seen Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Tab A7 Lite in several renders so far and now we have a TENAA listing that confirms the tablet’s design and key specs. Samsung Galaxy A7 Lite The Tab A7 Lite (SM-T225C) packs a 8.68-inch LCD with a resolution of 800 x 1340 pixels and a 2MP selfie cam. The Helio P22T sits at the helm paired with 3/4GB RAM and 32/64GB expandable storage. The tablet boots Android 11, presumably with One UI 3.1 on top. It comes with a 5,100 mAh battery and 15W charging. The back of the A7 Lite packs a single 8MP camera. Galaxy Tab A7 Lite in...

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Sony Xperia 1 III Chinese pricing revealed

In the past couple of years, Sony has followed an unusual strategy of announcing phones without pricing and availability. The same applies to the recently announced Xperia 1 III but now we have our second hint at pricing for the top dog in Sony’s mobile division thanks to a listing in a Chinese online shop. Sony Xperia 1 III leaked pricing and launch date for Chinese market The 256GB storage is listed for CNY 8,499 ($1,313/€1,084) while the 512GB version will go for CNY 9,499 ($1,468/€1,212). These prices are more or less what we saw from the pre-order listings on Sony’s official...

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Realme Buds Q2 are official with new design

Realme launched without much fanfare its latest audio wearable - the Buds Q2. The true wireless earphones retain the design as the first Buds Q but come with improved game mode, IPX4 water resistance, fancy design and a so-called Environmental Noise Cancellation (ENC) feature. The latter only works for calls and is not the much saught-after active noise cancelation. The Realme Buds Q2 kept some of the impressive features its predecessor had - 20-hour total battery life with 10 minute charging enough to add 2 hours of playback. Sadly the case still packs a microUSB port (yes, really)....

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New nubia Z30 render shows off a cool dual tone design, the phone may support 120W charging

The latest nubia Z30 leak (posted by C Technology) spices things up color-wise – the render shows the phone from behind at an angle that allows us to see both the rust-colored back and the gray front. The dividing line between the two colors goes around the frame. Well, we don’t actually see the front, not in this render. The display is supposed to have an under-display selfie camera, but there’s more than that. The Z30 could also feature the first under-display 3D ToF sensor for face ID. ZTE demoed such a sensor at MWC Shanghai earlier this year. nubia Z30 render showing off a cool...

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Realme sells 50,000 units in China on the first day of availability for the Q3 and Q3 Pro

Realme announced that it has sold over 50,000 units of its new Q3 series. The Realme Q3 5G and Q3 Pro 5G went on sale today and presumably made up a big chunk of that. The third member of the series, the Realme Q3i 5G, became available a week ago, just hours after the Q3 series was unveiled. The affordable line of 5G phones starts at CNY 1,000. That price is for the Q3i and it includes a temporary discount of CNY 100, which will end a week from now. The Q3 5G and Q3 Pro 5G offer higher end chipsets, 120Hz displays, better cameras and faster charging for not much more money (CNY 1,300 and...

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Samsung Galaxy Book Go is a €449 Windows 10 laptop with an ARM processor

Samsung laptop news just keep arriving these days. After announcing four laptops yesterday and another one today, Samsung looks set to premiere an affordable Windows laptop with an ARM processor. The Samsung Galaxy Book Go runs on an 8nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c chip and the ARM version of Windows 10. The machine is fanless, has a 14-inch 1920x1080px IPS LCD, built-in LTE, 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD. The screen isn't touch-enabled and the housing is fairly standard, in order to keep costs down. However Samsung has made sure the Galaxy Book Go is compliant with the Mil-810G durability...

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LG reports impressive Q1 results as mobile division heads for the exit

LG announced its mobile division will be closed this year since it cannot turn profitable in the current market. However, the company's report confirms all other branches have posted a yearly increase in sales, bringing the total revenue to KRW18.8 trillion - the most LG has ever recorded between January and March. Mobile Divison Performance Q1 2021 Q4 2020 QoQ Change Q1 2020 YoY Change Sales in KRW / USD 998.7B / 901M 1,385B / 1.24B -27.9% 998.6B / 901M 0% Profit in KRW / USD -280B / -252M ...

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Exclusive: This is the Honor Play 5

Honor recently announced its Play 5T Youth and now we have exclusive images of another device from the series called the Play 5. The phone will feature a flat frame design instead of the round corners found on more recent Honor phones. The front will house a waterdrop notch while the back features a quad cam setup with a 64MP main cam. The Honor Play 5 will support fast 66W charging and is expected to come with a midrange price tag. We’re also expecting better specs across the board compared to the Play 5T Youth. We’ll update you with more details when we can. Special thanks to...

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OnePlus quadruples sales in Europe in Q1, two thirds of the revenue comes from the flagship series

OnePlus is soaring in Europe – the company posted a 388% growth in sales in the first quarter of 2021 compared to last year, revenue from the region increased by 286%. The OnePlus flagship models, including the new 9-series, accounted for 65% of revenue. The OnePlus 9 Pro was the best-selling smartphone on launch day on Amazon France and Spain. But the mid-range Nord series is proving to be a pivotal part of the company’s strategy. Based on Counterpoint data for the last quarter of 2020, the OnePlus Nord was the highest-selling Android in Finland, which helped the company become the...

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Samsung's Galaxy Book Flex2 Alpha brings 11th gen processing for $849

Yesterday Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro360 laptops (each in 13.3-inch and 15.6-inch flavors) alongside the 15.6-inch Galaxy Book Odyssey and 15.6-inch Galaxy Book. But it also quietly put up a new laptop up for pre-order on its US website. The Galaxy Book Flex2 Alpha is a successor to the Galaxy Book Flex and comes in the same 13.3-inch and 15.6-inch configurations. The laptop's screen can rotate 360 degrees, has a QLED panel with 400 nits of regular brightness (600 nits in Outdoor mode), 1920x1080px resolution and S Pen support. You get a choice of Intel's...

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vivo V21 5G debuts in India, sales begin May 6

The vivo V21 5G unveiled a couple of days ago made its debut today in India. The smartphone has two memory options - 8GB/128GB and 8GB/256GB priced at INR29,990 ($405/€335) and INR32,990 ($445/€370), respectively. You can buy one in Sunset Dazzle, Dusk Blue, or Arctic White color starting May 6 through Flipkart, vivo India's website and offline stores, as well as mainline retail partners across the country. vivo V21 5G in Sunset Dazzle, Dusk Blue, and Arctic White colors The vivo V21 5G is powered by the Dimensity 800U SoC and runs Android 11-based Funtouch OS 11.1 out of the...

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Samsung posts strong Q1 results thanks to solid sales of smartphones

Samsung has posted its detailed financial report for Q1 2021, and the numbers look great. The Korean company reported record-breaking revenue of KRW65.39 trillion (about $59 billion), mostly thanks to solid sales of smartphones and consumer electronics, making up for businesses like semiconductors and displays. Q1 2021 Q4 2020 QoQ Change Q1 2020 YoY Change Sales (in KRW / USD) 65.39 tr / 59B 61.55 tr / 55.57B 6% 55.33 tr / 49.95B 18% Profit (in KRW / USD) 9.38 tr / 8.46B 9.05 tr / 8.17B ...

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Canalys: Samsung sees record 76.5 million smartphone global shipments in Q1

Over 347 million smartphones were shipped in Q1 according to the global smartphone analysis report from Canalys. The figure represents a 27% increase compared to the same period last year. Samsung is yet again the runaway leader with 76.5 million shipments and a 22% market share. Apple comes in second with 52.4 million sales while holding 15% of the market. Xiaomi rounds off the top-three with its own single-quarter record 49 million shipments and a 14% market share. BBK members Oppo (37.6 million shipments) and vivo (36 million shipments) round out the top-five in the standings. Oppo...

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