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Google will sell you a $349 Pixel 4A for $216 over two years

You can now buy the Pixel 4A from Google for just $9 per month over 24 months as part of the new Google Fi phone subscription program. That monthly cost means you’d pay just just $216 for the phone, a substantial savings over its $349 upfront price. After you’ve made all 24 payments, you own… Read more

TechStage | Top 10: The best smartphones 2020 up to 300 euros

Testing Tests overview Smartphone Pixel 5 in the test: Google just does it better Elephone U5 in the test: It’s that good Cheap phone from China The most popular China smartphones 2020 Xiaomi Mi 10 T Pro in the test: 144 – Hz display and great camera Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC in the test: 120… Read more

heise + | Android 11 brings new possibilities for programmers

Android 11 brings new ones Possibilities for programmers Bubbles for better notifications Filing the permissions Conclusion Article in iX 12 / 2020 read It is now an annual tradition and also 2020 appeared a new Android operating system version 11. As usual, Google’s own smartphones from Pixel 2 onwards were the first to upgrade, for… Read more

iPhone 12 vs iPhone 11: which should you buy?

Home Advice (Image credit: Apple) At first glance, you might think the image above shows the same phone in two different colours, but you are in fact looking at the new iPhone 12 on the left and the outgoing iPhone 11 on the right. The initial similarities belie the fact that the iPhone 12 actually… Read more

Huawei Mate 40 Pro initial review: Out of this world?

(Pocket-lint) – Autumn is the time of year Huawei releases its Mate series of flagship phones and 2020 is no different in that regard. The latest Mate is here, the Mate 40 Pro, and we’ve had our hands on it for a few days. It’s a flagship in every sense, whether you look at internal… Read more

Huawei Mate 40 Pro, Pro+ and RS unveiled with 5nm chipsets, amazing camera setups

The Mate 40 Pro models are finally official and they were well worth the wait. They will try to muscle their way to top of “best camera” charts with their revised hardware co-developed with Leica. But other elements of the phones have received arguably even bigger upgrades. Huawei Mate 40 Pro, Pro+ Still, we want… Read more

The X-Files of Astronomy: Radio Flashes from the Far End of the Universe

Thanks to ever better technology, innovative approaches and international cooperation, astronomy is flourishing. But while many observations help to refine or sort out theories, there are always discoveries that just don’t seem to fit. Mysterious signals, alleged violations of the laws of nature and – as yet – phenomena that cannot be explained. The public… Read more

iPhone 12 and 12 Pro get 20% shorter battery life when on 5G

It was already clear that the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro would lose battery faster when hooked to 5G networks compared to 4G ones, but we didn’t know how much. Well now we sort of do, thanks to Tom’s Guide and their battery test – running a browser script at 150 nits and loading… Read more

TechStage | Lego put to the test: Ninjago board game, Hidden Side & Powered Up

Testing Tests overview Smartphone Pixel 5 in the test: Google just does it better Elephone U5 in the test: It’s that good Cheap phone from China The most popular China smartphones 2020 Xiaomi Mi 10 T Pro in the test: 144 – Hz display and great camera Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC in the test: Hz… Read more

Canon announces a 250 MPixel APS-H sensor, not for the consumer market

by Mattia Speroni, published on 21 October 2020, at 19: 21 Canon has presented a new sensor in the APS-H format with a resolution of 250 MPixel designed for non-consumer use but for products dedicated to industry ranging from microscopes to pixel analysis of displays in production. ?? Canon announced a new sensor with a… Read more

Acer Chromebook Spin 513: First German launch with Snapdragon 7c

Acer has presented the Chromebook Spin 513 – the first device in Germany with Qualcomms ARM mobile processor Snapdragon 7c. The chip manufacturer had announced it already at the end 1920, but so far only education notebooks for developing countries have reached the market. The Chromebook Spin 513 goes with the aluminum housing and narrow… Read more

Acer, Porsche Design and Intel Team Up for Evo-Verified Acer Book RS

Home News (Image credit: Acer) Porsche Design has a long history in the PC / tech space, including partnerships with LaCie, AOC, and even BlackBerry, as well as striking out on its own with the Surface Book-like Book One a few years back. Now the automobile-adjacent design house has teamed up with both Acer and… Read more

US Justice Antitrust Department sues Google over monopolizing search services

Google is in a legal bind with the Unites Stated Antitrust Department for allegedly denying other search service companies a chance to compete with the search engine giant. The lawsuit, published on Tuesday, outlines all the tactics that Google uses to deny other search engines a chance to compete fairly in search. The lawsuit was… Read more

MagSafe Charger found to work on Galaxy Z Fold2, Pixel 5

Arguably the most attention-grabbing addition of the iPhone 12 series (apart from 5G) is the new MagSafe accessory ecosystem. The premise is simple all new iPhones have a magnetic ring around the wireless charging coil on their backs, which can snap to a range of accessories from wallets to mounts and wireless charging pads. The… Read more

Best tablets 2020

Home Best-buys (Image credit: Apple) Best tablets Buying Guide: Welcome to What Hi-Fi?’s round-up of the best tablets you can buy in 2020. Tablets are bigger than smartphones (just) but less capable than laptops (just). If you’re thinking of buying one, you need to ask yourself a few questions. What screen size do you want?… Read more