Amazon stood at the top of the smart speaker market in Q3

Amazon is the undisputed leader in the global smart speaker market with 10.4 million shipments during the July-September period. Data gathered by Strategy Analytics shows Google came in second place with 8.1 million shipments for the period while Baidu is third with 5.4 million. Alibaba managed a respectable 4.3 million shipments while Apple was the fastest grower, increasing its shipments by 92% compared to 2020 and reaching 4 million units. Xiaomi rounds out the top-six ranking with 2 million smart speaker shipments. A total of 39.3 million smart speakers were shipped through three...

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Motorola Moto G Stylus 2022 appears in detailed renders

The Motorola Moto G Stylus 2022 is rumored to be released sometime in mid-2022 but the first batch of renders are already here to reveal the design. The images themselves are courtesy of @OnLeaks and Prepp. They show a familiar Moto design with oval, rectangular camera bump and slightly protruding lenses. Moto G Stylus 2022 We can also see a flat display on the front and a small, centered cutout for the front-facing camera. The power button and the volume rocker are on the right side while the former seems to double as a fingerprint reader, suggesting an LCD rather than OLED...

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Xiaomi confirms only two flagships will launch on Dec 28, teases design

Xiaomi revealed earlier today December 28 will be announcement date for the 12 series, and later followed up with more information, revealing we’ll see only two flagships make an appearance. The devices will have slightly curved screens on the side, which clashes with the previous information of curved display from all four sides, meaning these are likely the Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro. Both of them will have the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, and a bunch of performance highlights were shared in a separate Weibo blog post. The hype for the new Qualcomm platform is real at Xiaomi...

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Apple iPhone 14 Pro to have 48MP camera, periscope scheduled for 2023

Apple has been relying on 12MP sensors for the main cameras of its smartphones for the better part of a decade now. This is finally about to change in the iPhone 14 Pro series, as Cupertino is aiming to put a 48MP sensor behind the main shooter, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims. The 48MP sensors still output 12MP images after pixel-binning, but allows more data to be gathered for computational photography. Kuo stated that Apple might add a “48MP” feature that takes pictures in 48-megapixel resolution for when total resolved detail is key. The company will then move to introduce...

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Apple iPhone 13 to be mass produced in India starting Feb 2022, trial production begins

Apple's been manufacturing iPhones locally in India for a few years now, and it will begin the mass production of the iPhone 13 in the Asian country starting February 2022, reports The Economic Times. The publication claims that Apple has secured the supply of semiconductor chips required for the mass production and has already begun the iPhone 13's trial production in Foxconn's plant near Chennai, where the tech giant also manufactures the iPhone 11 and iPhone 12. In addition to the Foxconn plant in Chennai, Apple produces the iPhone SE in the Wistron facility in Bengaluru, and as per...

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iQOO 9 lineup's display specs tipped

vivo sub-brand iQOO unveiled the iQOO 8 and 8 Pro in August and followed up with a Pilot Edition of the latter in September. The company is expected to introduce the iQOO 9 series sometime next month, and while it hasn't said much about the lineup yet, reliable tipster Digital Chat Station has detailed the iQOO 9 and 9 Pro's displays. The tipster says that the iQOO 9 and iQOO 9 Pro will pack 6.78" Samsung-made E5 OLED displays. However, the one on the vanilla model will have FullHD+ resolution, while the Pro version's panel will have 2K resolution and curved edges. iQOO 8 • iQOO 8...

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