Xiaomi sells most devices during Singles Day, Apple comes in second

The shopping holiday Singles Day, taking place on November 11 and named after the lucky date 11.11 was a huge success, revealed the biggest Chinese online retailer JD.com. Xiaomi sold the most phones, followed by Apple in second and Honor in third. Device-wise, the Top 3 bestsellers were the vanilla Redmi K40, the iPhone 13, and the ultra-affordable Redmi 9A. Top 20 phones and companies Xiaomi’s performance and diversity in portfolio got nine devices into the Top 20 - this includes both Redmi and Mi units from all price ranges. Fans really do love their Redmi Note versions, as...

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Huawei Watch GT Runner is coming on November 17

Huawei has announced it will unveil a new smartwatch in China on November 17, dubbed Huawei Watch GT Runner. Huawei hasn't detailed the Watch GT Runner's specs yet, but the posters it shared on Weibo reveal the smartwatch's circular design, with a button and what appears to be a crown on the right side. The Huawei Watch GT Runner is aimed at professional runners, and it will provide them the data about their pace and running performance index in addition to the distance covered and the heartbeats per minute. Huawei Watch GT Runner The Huawei Watch GT Runner will also come...

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Here's the list of phone makers that will use auto-theming in their Android 12 updates

The main feature in Google's release of Android 12 is undoubtedly the auto-theming system that extracts colors from the wallpaper you've chosen to magically make a new theme every time you change said wallpaper. This is a big user-facing change in how the operating system works, and we were skeptical as to how many Android device makers would choose to use it in their skins, since it's not always a given that big UI-related changes in Android make it through to all skins, especially the heaviest of them. In this case, however, there seems to be good news. As outed today by a new code...

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WhatsApp is working on letting you hide your "last seen" status from specific people

WhatsApp is constantly working behind the scenes to add new features to its service, and today we're talking about just such a thing. The beta version of WhatsApp for Android now has an option to hide your "last seen" status from specific people. The feature has been in active development for a few months at this point, and now it's finally live for a subset of those part of the beta program. This means it will soon hopefully make it to all the people using the beta, and then eventually to the version of WhatsApp everyone's using, but there's a caveat here, in that "soon" could mean "in...

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Netflix rolls out AV1 streaming for smart TVs and PlayStation 4 Pro

Netflix has announced that it is rolling out AV1 streaming for compatible smart TV models as well as the Sony PlayStation 4 Pro console. AV1 is an open, royalty free codec that has several advantages over the omnipresent AVC (aka H.264) codec currently used by all major streaming services. One of the key advantages of using AV1 over AVC is higher compression efficiency, which allows using lower bit rates and thus lower data to achieve similar image quality. Netflix claims that in their testing the reduced data consumption with AV1 results in up to 38% noticeable drops in image...

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Motorola Moto G Power 2022 leaks extensively, Moto G71 5G certified

Motorola's Moto G Power from this year is getting a successor. The so-called Moto G Power 2022 starred in a massive leak, confirming its specs and design. Alleged Moto G Power 2022 The handset is built around a 6.5-inch 720 x 1600px IPS display supporting 90Hz refresh rate. The MediaTek Helio G37 chipset sits behind the wheel along with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of expandable storage. The main camera has a 50MP sensor and f/1.8 lens and it sits alongside a 2MP depth sensor. At the front there's an 8MP selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture. The Moto G Power 2022 has a 5,000 mAh...

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Exynos 2200 to have 30% higher peak, 20% higher sustained performance than the 2100

The launch of the Exynos 2200 will be a major event for smartphone graphics – the industry tends to lose GPU providers, not gain new ones. The chipset’s GPU will be based on AMD’s RDNA 2 architecture that is used in its APUs, graphics cards and (in modified form) the PlayStation 5 and Xbox One Series consoles. The biggest question is how the architecture will handle the transition to the constrained TDPs of mobile chipsets. Leakster @FrontTron shared numbers showing the performance uplift compared to the current Exynos 2100. The peak performance will improve by 31-34% while sustained...

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Google Pixel 6 in for review

Google introduced the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro last month and offically came back to the flagship game. We already reviewed the Pro variant, and now we have the vanilla model with us. Our unit comes in the Stormy Black color, but you also can buy one in Sorta Seafoam or Kinda Coral shades. The Google Pixel 6's retail package is the same as the Pro version's - you get a USB-C cable, a quick switch adapter, a SIM ejector tool, and the usual paperwork. There's no power adapter in the box, though, so you'll have to shell out extra money if you don't have a compatible charger. Like...

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Motorola Edge X/Edge 30 Ultra leak shows a flat 6.67" 144Hz AMOLED display

Motorola’s first Snapdragon 898 flagship – possibly the first 898 smartphone – will be called the Motorola Edge X or Edge 30 Ultra (different names for different regions). Now thanks to @onleaks and 91mobiles we get our first glimpse of the upcoming flagship. The front will be home to a 6.67” 144 Hz AMOLED display with HDR10+ support. Surprisingly, a flat panel, judging by the renders. Inside a punch hole will be a 60 MP selfie camera. Motorola Edge X/Edge 30 Ultra (CAD-based renders by @onleaks) On the rear will be a triple camera with a 50 MP main (OV50A) and 50 MP ultra...

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Xiaomi to launch Redmi Note 11 series globally in Q1 2022 with Snapdragon chips

Xiaomi announced the Redmi Note 11 series last month right in time for Singles’ Day - one of the biggest shopping holidays in China. The series is yet to hit global markets, and according to the latest rumor, this will happen in Q1 2022. The phones will undergo a chipset change however as the report says Xiaomi will go for Snapdragon platforms, and possibly a different design on the back panel. If you are eager to check those out, you should know that the vanilla Redmi Note 11 is already official as the Poco M4 Pro 5G. Previous rumors suggested new names for the Pro phones as...

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43 Samsung products win CES 2022 Innovation Awards, including the Z Flip3 Bespoke edition

No less than 43 Samsung products were honored with a CES 2022 Innovation Award, including four that won Best of Innovations awards. CES will be making an in-person return on January 4 and Jong-Hee Han, President and Head of the Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics, will be delivering a pre-show keynote. Now let’s have a look at what won what award. The new bespoke edition of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 is a Best of Innovation Award winner. The regular version of the device also scored wins in the Digital Imaging/Photography and Mobile Devices & Accessories categories. The...

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Realme TV Stick coming to Europe next month, prices revealed

Realme launched its Smart Google TV Stick in India recently and it appears the company is about to bring it to Europe as well. The confirmation comes from an official Realme spokesperson, so there's no reason to doubt it. He disclosed that Realme's stick will come in two flavors - 4K TV Stick and 2K TV Stick, referring to the maximum streaming resolution of 2K and 4K. The two are supposed to arrive sometime in December and the asking price for the 2K model is going to be €54.99 while the 4K version will be €69.99. The stick is like a more advanced Chromecast with HDMI and...

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Sony cuts PlayStation 5 production due to component and logistics issues

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the supply chains among most industries, but some feel the impact more than others. Most recently it appears the availability of Sony's PlayStation 5 will again be reduced. The console has been hard to find for most of the time since its launch last year and now Bloomberg reports the Japanese conglomerate has reduced its PS5 production for this fiscal year due to component and logistics constraints. The publication, citing people familiar with the operations, claims that Sony previously had a production forecast of 16 million units for the year ending in...

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Oppo A55s image leaks, Geekbench shows a Snapdragon 480 chipset

With an Oppo A53s 5G, A54, A54s, A54 5G, A55, A55 5G and A56 all having been unveiled this year, you’d think that the company is done with the A5x branch, at least for a little while. You’d be wrong – here are leaked images of the Oppo A55s 5G. The show the phone in black and mint green. The rear camera design looks very similar to the A54s and A55, though it is not identical to any of the phones we listed above. While the image is a bit fuzzy, we should note that there are only two camera modules actually on there – the small circle in the middle is an “AI” label. Unfortunately, we can’t...

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YouTube will start hiding dislike counts on all videos across the platform

Earlier this year, YouTube started experimenting with hiding the dislike counts on videos to help reduce the dislike attacks on creators across the platform, and after analysis in July, YouTube did see a reduction in that behavior, so the company has announced it will start hiding the dislike counts on all the videos across its platform. But that doesn't mean you won't be able to dislike a video since the dislike button isn't going anywhere, and you can still use it to tune the recommendations. It's just that the number of dislikes a video gets will now be private to creators who can...

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Samsung stops One UI 4 beta updates for the Galaxy S21, stable release incoming

Samsung pushed its fourth One UI 4 beta for the Galaxy S21 series last week, and today a company representative revealed it was the final one. The next firmware for the 2021 flagship will be the stable update but we still have no ETA. The Community Manager on Beta operations revealed any issues with the fourth Beta will be fixed with the new package, which will be the official firmware. So barring the discovery of any major last-minute issues the next time an update notification arrives it should be for the Android 12-based One UI 4 stable version. The Galaxy S21 smartphones will be...

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