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Oppo overtakes Huawei to lead Chinese smartphone market for first time

Oppo has become the best-selling smartphone brand in China for the first time ever, according to figures from Counterpoint Research. Counterpoint’s report says that Oppo managed to capture 21 percent of the world’s biggest smartphone market in January, ahead of Vivo and Huawei, which both achieved 20 percent. Apple and Xiaomi rounded out the top… Read more

Tacx Neo 2T Smart turbo trainer review: Indoor training revelation

(Pocket-lint) – After a pretty nasty ice-related incident over the winter, it became clear that to get back on the bike it was wisest to invest in an indoor trainer. Cue a moment of contemplating whether to go low-end or all-out in that investment – and after using a noisy, non-dynamic wheel-on roller for a… Read more

Amazfit GTS 2 review: Amazing or overpriced?

(Pocket-lint) – Huami has been turning out various smartwatches that sit under its Amazfit brand, with the square-shape GTS 2 sitting at the top of its fashion watch category. That GTS family also includes the cheaper GTS 2e and the GTS 2 Mini. If you want the best in terms of features and a stylish… Read more

Samsung Galaxy A Series smartphone with rotating camera

Samsung patents a smartphone with a triple camera on the rear. The camera can rotate and enables users to use one of these cameras for taking selfies. Like previous years Samsung is expected to release a wide variety of smartphones this year. The Galaxy S21 series has now been officially introduced, as has the cheap… Read more

Apple retakes second place in smartphone shipment rankings as sanctions bite Huawei

Apple overtook Huawei to reclaim its spot as the second-bestselling smartphone manufacturer in the world in 2020, according to new research reports from Counterpoint Research and Canalys. Samsung was still the leading seller in terms of number of smartphones shipped, while Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo took the next three spots, according to Counterpoint. It was… Read more

vivo X60 Pro+ unveiled: camera monster with 1/1.3″ main sensor, upgraded gimbal stabilization

The vivo X60 Pro+ brings an upgraded version of the gimbal stabilization system, better sensors for the cameras and a fast Snapdragon 888 chipset to deliver the new image processing algorithms. There’s a lot to cover, but let’s start with that monstrous camera setup. Meet the vivo X60 Pro+ The main module is built around… Read more

vivo VISION + Mobile Photography Awards 2020: winners announced

by Mattia Speroni, published on 21 January 2021, at 15: 41 ?? vivo Chinese producer announced the winners of the VISION + Mobile Photography Awards 2020 photo contest created with the collaboration of National Geographic and photographers from high level like Steve McCurry.?? This is not the first time we have written about dedicated photography… Read more

Redmi pledges allegiance to Dimensity 1200, promises a gaming phone in 2021

Mediatek introduced two new chipsets yesterday, the Dimensity 1200 and Dimensity 1100, and Redmi has revealed it will launch the first phone with the mightier platform. The announcement was made by brand CEO Lu Weibing who also confirmed on his Weibo profile that a gaming Redmi phone is also in the works and should arrive… Read more

LG is considering withdrawing from the smartphone market

In an internal communication to the employees, LG boss Kwon Bong-seok indicated major changes in his smartphone department. LG’s mobile phone division has been losing money for more than four years, making a withdrawal from the smartphone market more and more likely. LG confirms such considerations, but all possible measures are examined and nothing has… Read more

MediaTek has new high-end chips for 5G smartphones

MediaTek has two new system-ons with Dimensity 1100 and Dimensity 1200 -Chip (SoC) presented for upcoming 5G smartphones. These chips are being produced for the first time for the Dimensity series using 6 nanometer technology. That lowers your electricity consumption. So far, Dimensity SoC have come from 7 nm production. New CPU -Cores with old… Read more

Dimensity 1200 and 1100, MediaTek's new chips for high-end 5G smartphones

The Taiwanese semiconductor company unveiled two new high-end SoCs for smartphones and mobile devices: Dimensity 1100 and 1200 succeed Dimensity 1000. Here are all the technical specifications. by Lorenzo Tirotta published 20 January 2021 , at 19: 51 in the Telephony channel MediaTek MediaTek presented the new SoCs high-end Dimensity 1100 and 1200 with connectivity… Read more

vivo could unveil its first tablet at tomorrow’s X60 Pro+ event

Last year vivo trademarked several product names under its own brand, NEX and iQOO. Talk around the Weibo watercooler suggests that one of them, the vivo Pad, will be unveiled at tomorrow’s event alongside the vivo X60 Pro+. The vivo Pad will become the company’s first tablet. We don’t actually know much about the tablet… Read more

MediaTek released the new Dimensity 1200 and 1100 flagship system circuits

MediaTek’s new system circuits are mainly carved from the same tree, but in the 1200 model the processor cores are divided into three performance classes, while in the 1100 model they are divided into only two categories. MediaTek, which became the world’s largest supplier of smartphone system circuits in the third quarter of last year,… Read more

LG considers exiting smartphones in 2021

LG is considering exiting the smartphone market in 2021. After losing around $4.5 billion over the past five years, LG’s smartphone business has been struggling to compete with rivals. Now LG CEO Kwon Bong-seok has notified employees that the company is considering making big changes to its smartphone business. The Korea Herald reports that Kwon… Read more

vivo shares X60 Pro+ camera samples, teases upgraded dual camera gimbal system

vivo will unveil the X60 Pro+ tomorrow, in the meantime, the company is flexing its new camera by posting photos, all of which were shot in very challenging conditions. The Pro+ is expected to introduce the second generation of the gimbal stabilization system that made its debut last year with the X50 series. The post… Read more