CR: 2021 was the most competitive year for smartphone sales in Europe

Counterpoint Research has issued its annual analysis of the European smartphone market today, and this reveals sales were up 8% over 2020. That's encouraging, but it's still not back to pre-pandemic levels (keep in mind that 2020 sales dropped 14% compared to 2019). On the other hand, last year was by far the most competitive ever in the European smartphone space, with the No.1 company changing four times throughout. In the last quarter of the year, Samsung narrowly beat out Apple by 1% - the two scored 33% and 32%, respectively. They were followed by Xiaomi with 15% (down from 17%...

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Samsung Galaxy S22 will only support 25W charging, 45W is for its bigger siblings

The mother of all leaks revealed that the Galaxy S22+ and S22 Ultra will support 45W fast charging. There was some hope that the vanilla Galaxy S22, but that hope has been dashed by Nieuwe Mobiel. Up to 25W charging for the Galaxy S22 • 45W for the S22+ and S22 Ultra The vanilla S22 will top out at the same 25W as its predecessor and will need 70 minutes to charge its 3,700 mAh battery (300 mAh smaller than the S21). The S21+ will be able to use a 45W charger and will be able to top up its 4,500 mAh battery in 60 minutes. Our tests of the S21 showed that it needs 73 minutes for...

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Infinix Zero 5G coming to India on February 8, specs and renders leak

Infinix will unveil its first 5G phone soon. The Infinix Zero 5G will support 13 5G bands and is coming to India on February 8. The price is expected to be INR 20,000. OX 5G smartphone launching on February 08, 2022.- Mediatek Dimensity 900- LPDDR5- UFS 3.1- 13 5G bands#OX #5G #Android pic.twitter.com/LG3JX0Xazh— Abhishek Yadav (@yabhishekhd) January 31, 2022 We saw the device in the wild a few days ago and today we see press renders that confirm its Oppo Find X3-esque appearance. The Infinix Zero 5G is rumored to run a Dimensity 900 chipset and a 6.67-inch 1080p AMOLED of 120Hz...

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Samsung experiencing supply issues with Galaxy S22 series, may push back open sale dates

With less than ten days to go until Samsung’s February 9 Unpacked event, noted tipster Jon Prosser says Samsung is having supply-side issues that may push back the first sales dates for the upcoming Galaxy S22 phones. According to the new rumor, the S22 series will go on pre-order right after the big event on February 9 but official sales will be postponed to February 25 for the S22 Ultra and March 11 for the S22 and S22+ variants. S22 • S22+ • S22 Ultra Samsung has yet to comment of the shipment delay rumors and we’ll likely have to wait until the Unpacked event on February 9...

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IDC: tablet and Chromebook shipments grew in 2021, but things are slowing down

2020 was a banner year for tablets with record shipments in the fourth quarter. This was driven by the surge of people who work or study at home due to the pandemic. Now with the pandemic easing off, shipments are slowing down as well, according to data from the IDC. 2021 was still positive for manufacturers as total shipments went up 3.2% for the full year, reaching a total of 168.8 million. That’s the most slates shipped since 2016. However, the final quarter of the year made it clear that the demand is past its peak. In Q4 2021 tablet shipments were down to 46 million units, the...

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OnePlus Nord 2 long-term review

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Oppo's clamshell foldable to undercut Galaxy Z Flip in Q3

Oppo is working on a clamshell folding phone, similar to the Galaxy Z Flip3, and it aims to deliver it by Q3 of this year. Per a 91Mobiles report, citing information from Mukul Sharma, the Oppo flip phone will be cheaper than the $999, €1,049 Galaxy Z Flip3 5G. Other than the clamshell form factor and the Q3 of 2022 timeline, the last bit of information is that the foldable will be under the Oppo Find series, signaling that it will be a flagship. Finally, Oppo is reportedly already working on a successor to the Find N. It's likely coming by the end of 2022 and hopefully it will...

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TCL 305 debuts with Helio A22 and 5,000 mAh battery

A new entry-level phone from TCL has made its way to Europe. TCL 305 is an Android 11 (Go Edition) device that packs a Helio A22 chipset, 6.52-inch LCD and a 5,000 mAh battery. It comes in Space Gray and Atlantic Blue colors and brings a €205 ($228) price tag. TCL 305 sports a 6.52-inch IPS LCD with HD+ resolution and a waterdrop notch up top for its 5MP selfie cam. The back houses a 13MP primary camera alongside a 2MP macro shooter and a 2MP depth helper. There’s a capacitive fingerprint scanner too. TCL 305 in Space Gray and Atlantic Blue The handset comes with just 2GB...

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Tecno Spark 8C unveiled

Tecno has just nnounced its latest phone in Nigeria. The Spark 8C is an entry level handset with a large screen and 64GB storage. The 6.6" HD+ screen of the Spark 8C will have 90Hz refresh rate, and we can safely assume it is an LCD. The fingerprint scanner is on the back of a rectangular island next to the dual camera. The main camera has a 13MP sensor and while its companion is not detailed it's probably a 2MP depth sensor. The selfie shooter has an 8MP sensor. The phone is listed with “2/3 GB RAM” and comes with Memory Fusion that lets you reserve some of the storage for...

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