Samsung Galaxy Watch5 skin temperature sensor finally works

The Samsung Galaxy Watch5 and Galaxy Watch5 Pro arrived in August 2022 with an infrared sensor for skin temperature measurement that didn’t work. The company got the feature certified in February, and today, over eight months after the launch has enabled skin temperature measurements. The sensor also allows for skin-temperature-based cycle tracking, which users had to do manually up until now. The biggest hurdle in front of Samsung was regulatory approval, but now it obtained the CE marking for Europe, the FDA approval for the United States, and the MFDS's blessing in its home...

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Realme 11 series teaser emerges, Realme 11 5G appears on TENAA website

The Realme 11 series is expected to launch next month and tipster Ice Universe shared a look at the design of the Realme 11 series on Weibo. There’s no confirmation on which Realme 11 series phone is in the image though we can assume both the 11 Pro and 11 Pro+ will share similar designs. Realme 11 series teaser image The upcoming Realme flagship from the image sports a green faux leather back with a substantial circular camera ring which is expected to house a 200MP main sensor on the Pro+ model - most likely Samsung’s ISOCELL HP3. Realme 11 Pro is rumored to launch with a 108MP...

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Canalys: India sees unprecedented 20% decline in Q1 shipments

Canalys posted its report on the Indian market, revealing a tough start of the year. The overall market saw a 20% slump on a yearly basis, with only 30 million shipments between all makers. Four out of the top five companies saw a decline in shipments, with only Oppo miraculously growing 18%, which helped the maker overtake vivo and Xiaomi and move into second place. Company Q1 2023Shipments (million) Q1 2023Market share Q1 2022Shipments (million) Q1 2022Market share Yearly change Samsung 6.3 21% 7.1 19% -11% ...

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Netflix reports 1.75M new subscribers, to extend password-sharing crackdown

Netflix posted its latest financial results, revealing an increase in revenue and paid memberships for the January-March period this year. The company was pleased with the results and announced that the “paid sharing” feature, which is essentially a crackdown on password sharing, yielded pleasing results in its trial markets of Canada, New Zealand, Spain, and Portugal. As such the company plans to roll it to more markets in Q2. Revenue grew 4% on a yearly basis, which was expected, per the beginning-of-quarter guidance. Operating income declined in Q1 2023, compared with the same...

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Samsung Galaxy A24 leaks in full detail ahead of launch

Samsung’s Galaxy A24 has frequented our news section several times in the past months and we finally have a detailed look at the device thanks to a new batch of detailed renders shared by WinFuture alongside all the key specs. Galaxy A24 will feature a 6.5-inch SuperAMOLED with 1080 x 2340px resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. The panel will feature a waterdrop style notch just like the Galaxy A34 with a 13MP front-facing sensor. The back will house a 50MP main cam, a 5MP ultrawide and a 2MP macro sensor. The device is again said to bring a MediaTek Helio G99 chipset as previously rumored...

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