It is time for another phone revolution

The smartphone is dead! The bar form factor reached its peak a while ago and now we've come to a standstill. We need something new, a breakthrough that will herald a new era for the most popular handheld device in the world. The next big thing is nigh, and I can't wait! Years ago, I read this, and it shows how far our technology has gone and how far, well, we've gone: "Your mobile phone has more computing power than all of NASA in 1969. NASA launched a man to the moon. We launch a bird into pigs." It's true, isn't it? While we do get incremental speed and camera lenses upgrades each...

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2021 Winners and losers: Google

It was a very good year for Google, but especially for its mobile division. The jury's still out on whether hardware sales will match the quality of its latest phones but in all cases the phones we saw from Google in 2021 deserve respect. Winner: Tensor Google's custom-developed chip Tensor is probably the company's biggest win. It enables advancements in machine learning and computational photography that Google wouldn't have been able to achieve by using an off-the-shelf Qualcomm chip. The processor has two Cortex-X1 cores, instead of the usual one, which means the Tensor is plenty...

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iQOO 9 Pro's 150-degree ultrawide-angle camera samples shared by the company

vivo sub-brand iQOO has shared four pictures shot with the iQOO 9 Pro's 150° ultrawide-angle camera, two of which were captured in fisheye mode. You can check them out below. iQOO 9 Pro 150-degree ultrawide-angle camera samples iQOO previously confirmed that the iQOO 9 series will feature a 50MP Samsung GN5 camera with gimbal stabilization, which will be joined by a 150° ultrawide-angle unit on the iQOO 9 Pro. iQOO 9 Pro camera samples captured in fisheye mode The company also confirmed that the iQOO 9 series will come with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, 2K 120Hz E5...

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Top stories of 2021: Q3

Welcome to our recap of the top news articles of 2021. This is Q3, you can also take a look at the top stories of Q1, Q2 and Q4. We're into Q3, where a lot of the biggest phones of the year are unveiled. Among them are the iPhone 13 series, Samsung's foldable Flip3 and Fold3 and Huawei's P50. Samsung made big waves in August with the Galaxy Z Flip3, Z Fold3, and the Galaxy Watch4 series. The pair of foldables both boasted 120Hz displays and were the first in this segment to be fully water-proof. The announcement of the 5nm Exynos W920 chipset helped the new Galaxy Watch4 and Watch4...

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vivo Y21T goes official with Snapdragon 680 SoC and 50MP camera

The vivo Y21T expected to debut in India on January 3 is already official in Indonesia. However, it's not an entirely new smartphone. It's actually a Y33s with a different chip, screen, and selfie camera. The vivo Y33s is powered by the Helio G80 SoC, while the V21T has the Snapdragon 680 at the helm. The diagonal of the 6.58" LCD has been reduced to 6.51", and so is the resolution, from FullHD+ to HD+. Moreover, vivo swapped the 16MP selfie shooter with an 8MP unit while also ditching the NFC chip. The rest of the vivo Y21T's specs include Android 11-based Funtouch OS 12, triple...

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Realme GT Master Edition gets Android 12-based Realme UI 3.0 early access beta

Realme recently released the Android 12-based Realme UI 3.0 stable update for the Realme GT 5G in India, and now it's the Realme GT Master Edition that's getting the company's latest custom Android skin, albeit through the Realme UI 3.0 early access beta program. Those interested in trying the Realme UI 3.0 can enroll in the early access program by heading to their GT Master Edition's Settings > Software Update menu, clicking on the Settings icon in the top-right corner, then clicking on Trial version > Early Access > Apply Now, and submit the requested details. You'll receive the update...

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