2021 Winners and Losers: Realme

Realme had a strong year where we saw plenty of devices in all prices and categories. There were gaming handsets, capable upper mid-rangers with top-tier chipsets, and the usual legion of phone taking on the overly competitive midrange market. As the year is rounding to an end, we decided to look at Realme’s successes and failures, and with such a wide portfolio, it wasn’t hard to find plenty of products to put on both sides of the fence. Winner: Realme GT Neo2 This phone arrived late in the year but quickly managed to steal our hearts. It is, by far, the best "flagship killer" on...

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Nokia G50 gets Android 12 update

HMD Global recently rolled out Android 12 update for the Nokia X10 and X20, and now it's the Nokia G50 that's getting a taste of the latest version of Android. HMD hasn't officially announced the Android 12 rollout at the time of writing this, so we don't know which countries will get the update in the first wave. However, multiple reports reveal that the Nokia G50 has received Android 12 in Finland and some European nations. The Nokia G50's Android 12 update requires a download of 2.09GB. It has version number V2.160 and comes with the November 2021 Android security...

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Xiaomi 12 Pro torn down and reassembled on video

Xiaomi recently unveiled the 12 and 12 Pro in China with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipsets and the new flagship is featured in a teardown video posted by WekiHome on YouTube. The teardown reveals that the 12 Pro’s build is very much “glass sandwich” structurally. After breaking through the adhesive seal around the rear panel of the glass, we can see the layout of a main board and camera cluster towards the top, battery in the center, and the daughterboard at the bottom housing the charging part, speakers, and haptic motor. Many of the connectors, modules, cameras, and links to the...

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Samsung Galaxy S10 5G gets Android 12-based One UI 4 stable update, S21 series receiving it in China

Samsung recently rolled out the Android 12-based One UI 4 stable update for the Galaxy S10e, S10, and S10+, and now it's the Galaxy S10 5G's turn to receive the One UI 4 upgrade. The update comes with firmware version G977BXXUBGULB and the usual Android 12 and One UI 4 goodies. It also bumps up the Android security patch level on the Galaxy S10 5G to December 2021. Samsung Galaxy S10 5G The One UI 4 stable build is currently seeding in Switzerland and should reach all the units in the European country in a week or two. But if you can't wait for the update notification to pop up on...

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GSMArena's 2021 in numbers

.big-heading { color: #d50000 !important; font-size: 3em !important; font-weight: 700 !important; line-height: 1; ``` padding-top: 0.4em !important; padding-bottom: 0 !important; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; ``` } .sub-big-heading { text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; letter-spacing: 15px; } #content .sub-big-heading { font-size: 12px; } In the final moments of the year 2021 we decided to have a look back at the past 365 days and have some fun with flags numbers. We’d like you to join us and take a look at our year in numbers...

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Telegram adds reactions, spoilers, and message translation

Telegram is ending the year with a bang. The latest update comes with a bunch of new features for both Android and iOS. Reactions are now part of the app - and if you've ever used Facebook Messenger you know how these work. The difference is that in Telegram you press and hold on iOS for the reaction emoji picker, and tap once on Android. On both platforms, double tapping a message sends a quick thumbs-up reaction. You can change the default double-tap reaction to something else in Settings. Reactions are always on in private chats, while in groups and channels it's up to admins whether...

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