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Introduction

So here I am, having moved out of the US after spending what seems like an eternity in Taiwan before finally moving to my new home in Europe for the time being. As it turns out, things are different here! Broadband internet connectivity can vary from country to country, but generally is far superior to the USA in terms of options, pricing, and bandwidth caps. Yet there remain issues in fiber connectivity to a lot of places; options are still limited in speed and stability even for a wired connection. The other improvement is with mobile networks, and when I started looking at this further, I realized that I was for once in a situation where mobile broadband for the home was a viable consideration. NETGEAR clearly thought the same with a portfolio of such products available for the consumer. Today, we take a look at another of their Orbi WiFi routers, but this time it is not a WiFi system and allows for 4G LTE connectivity as well.

An Orbi router by itself rather than a system of router and satellite units seems almost blasphemous, but there is good reason for it. The NETGEAR Orbi LBR20 is their current flagship performance router for mobile broadband connectivity, with no 5G option at this time. The other options from the company are mobile hot spots, of which we will look at one separately in detail soon, and a standalone WiFi 6 LTE Nighthawk router that has lower throughput compared to this. The LBR20 does retain the option to pair with satellite units (purchased separately) for further coverage expansion as needed, but this review covers the individual unit, beginning with a look at the specifications in the table below.

Specifications

NETGEAR Orbi LBR20 4G LTE WiFi Router
Combined Wi-Fi Speed:	2,200 Mbps (866 + 866 + 400Mbps)
Coverage:	1,500 sq ft
Dedicated Backhaul (Wireless):	2×2 (866 Mbps)
WiFi Technology:	Tri-band IEEE® 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
LTE Support (North America):	4G band (LTE-FDD): B2,4,5,7,12,13,14,17,25,26,29,30,66,71; 4G band (LTE-TDD): B41; 3G band: B1,4,5;
LTE Support (EU/AU):	4G band (LTE-FDD): B1,3,5,7,8,20,28; 4G band (LTE-TDD): B38,40,41; 3G band: B1,3,5,8;
MU-MIMO:	Yes, Implicit & Explicit Beamforming for 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz bands
Dimensions:	6.7″ x 3.1″ x 8.9″
Weight:	0.78 Kg / 1.72 lbs each
Ports:	Two 10/100/1000 Mbps GigE ports (one LAN, one WAN), and two external SMA type LTE antenna connectors
Wireless Security:	802.11i, 128-bit AES encryption with PSK
Warranty	One year in NA

Apple is apparently about to publish excellent quarterly figures. At least that’s what most analysts on Wall Street assume. The consensus forecasts indicate that the iPhone company has managed to break the 2020 mark in the last three months of the year to skip billions of US dollars in sales – more precisely, it should even 102, 5 billion. That would be higher revenues in a quarter than ever before. The old record was 91, 8 billion and was set the year before.

Target price on 152 Dollar increases Some observers even go beyond the already decent consensus forecast. The well-known Apple analyst Katy Huberty of the bank Morgan Stanley believes that Apple will deliver at least 20, 2 billion dollars in sales. It therefore raised its target price to 152 dollars. The rate is currently at over 136 dollars after it had risen by almost 3.7 percent on Thursday.

High profit expected The reason for the positive forecasts is primarily the business with iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Per. It is said to be going great, as many users had previously postponed the upgrade because they had been waiting for the first 5G devices from Apple. Analyst Huberty also expects a profit per share of USD 1.00 50. That would also be a record. Wall Street’s consensus forecast here is also a very decent $ 1 41 Dollar.

Best launch in half a decade According to Huberty, the iPhone was 12 “Apple’s most successful product launch in the last five years”. That manifested itself in a successful Christmas quarter “and beyond”. In addition, there is an apparently fantastic business in China. The country claims to have overcome the Corona crisis and is already showing economic growth. There the iPhone 12 should meanwhile have a market share of 20 percent have more than any other iPhone in years. In addition, there are surveys according to which Apple was able to take away a lot of customers from the market-dominant Huawei – so many users have never been “switched” as in the past 15 months, so Huberty.

Wearables and services business Other Apple product categories are also doing well. These include in particular iPads and Macs, which developed a surge in demand during the pandemic due to the home office regulation. There is also the wearables category with Apple Watch and headphones. The service business strongly promoted by Apple is also expected to grow – although Huberty is more cautious here than her colleagues. Still, the App Store is said to have had a strong quarter. Apple will release its quarterly figures on 27. January present. (bsc)

The Oppo Reno5 Pro 5G announced in India earlier this week is now available for purchase in the country through Flipkart and offline retail stores. It comes in a single 8GB/128GB variant priced at INR35,990 ($495/€405) and has two color options – Starry Black and Astral Blue.

The Reno5 Pro 5G is powered by the Dimensity 1000+ SoC and runs Android 11-based ColorOS 11.1. It’s built around a 6.55″ 90Hz FullHD+ Super AMOLED screen having a fingerprint reader underneath and a punch hole in the upper-left corner for the 32MP selfie camera.

The back of the smartphone houses a quad camera setup which is a combination of a 64MP primary, 8MP ultrawide, 2MP macro, and 2MP depth units. Fueling the entire package is a 4,350 mAh battery with 65W charging, which went from flat to 100% in under 30 minutes in our tests.

You can read our Oppo Reno5 Pro 5G hands-on review to learn more about it.

Alongside the Reno5 Pro 5G, Oppo also launched the Enco X TWS earphones in India. These are priced at INR9,990 ($135/€110) and are sold in White and Black colors.

Oppo Enco X

The Enco X come with hybrid active noise cancellation, pack an 11mm dynamic driver in each bud, and are co-created with Dynaudio. The TWS earphones are also IP54 rated, feature touch controls, and support wireless charging.

Each bud packs a 44 mAh battery claimed to offer 5.5 hours of endurance on a single charge, with the 535 mAh cell in the charging case adding another 19.5 hours of playback.

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After the Flash 70, Iliad’s first offer with the 5G network, here comes the new offer that continues what was done with that of Christmas. In this case, in fact, the Giga 70 allows you to always have a 9. 50 ?? up to 70 GB in 5G with unlimited calls and SMS. Watch.

by Bruno Mucciarelli published 22 January 2021 , at 09: 41 in the Telephony channel

Iliad

Iliad decides to continue to capture the attention of its audience with the new Giga 70 , the offering just released after the bomb triggered before Christmas. What do you propose with the new offer? Meanwhile, it continues to guarantee support for the 5G network. It’s called Giga 70 and is precisely the new offer of the operator with 5G included , available for all (new users and users from all operators) with 70 GB at only 9, 99 ?? . Inside the offer, however, there are also unlimited minutes and SMS and, like all offers, also the possibility of not having remodeling in the future or even hidden costs.

Iliad Giga 70: the new rate with 5G included

How does the new rate work and what are its costs? Giga 70 sees the presence of a very respectable bundle with the possibility of having up to 70 GB of traffic data to be exploited also under the new 5G network in Italy. A novelty that arrived before Christmas and that Iliad has decided to keep also in this new rate. Rate that is completed with everything we usually found in Iliad offers, that is, the minutes of calls and unlimited SMS for the whole month. The price? Only 9, 99 ?? and forever without remodeling.

ILIAD GIGA 70

Unlimited minutes of calls to all national fixed and mobile numbers
Unlimited SMS to all
70 GB of data traffic under the 5G network (where available) with Hotspot included
COST: 9. 99 ?? per month
WHERE TO ACTIVATE IT: ONLINE or STORE
Activation COST + SIM: 9. 99 ??

ILIAD: other offers

Next to this the Voice only offer is proposed which allows you to have unlimited calls but practically without data for internet browsing. Here is specifically what it provides:

ITEM

Unlimited minutes of calls to all national fixed and mobile numbers
Unlimited SMS Towards all
40 MB of data traffic under the 4G network with Hotspot included
COST: 4. 99 ?? per month
WHERE TO ACTIVATE IT: ONLINE or STORE
Activation COST + SIM: 9. 99 ??

But alongside these two offers , Iliad, still proposes the old Giga 10 and the Giga 50 which, although not visible on the website directly, can still be activated.

GIGA 50

Unlimited minutes of calls to all national fixed and mobile numbers
Unlimited SMS to all
50 GB of data traffic under 4G network with Hotspot included
COST: 7. 99 ?? per month
WHERE TO ACTIVATE IT: ONLINE or STORE
Activation COST + SIM: 9. 99 ??

GIGA 40

Unlimited minutes of calls to all national fixed and mobile numbers
Unlimited SMS Towards all
40 GB of data traffic under the 4G network with Hotspot included
COST: 6. 99 ?? per month
WHERE TO ACTIVATE IT: ONLINE or STORE
Activation COST + SIM: 9. 99 ??

Samsung is trying to prove that this time its proprietary processors dedicated to flagship smartphones will work as well as the alternative from the Qualcomm company. On the SpeedTest G channel, a direct comparison of the operation of the Samsung Galaxy S smartphone 21 Ultra 5G version with the Snapdragon chip 888 and Exynos 2100. It turns out that the solution of the Koreans is doing quite well, and in the first part of the test, which focuses on the performance of the processor itself, it beat Snapdragon 888. Unfortunately, in the case of GPU and mixed tests, it is not so colorful. So you can say with a sneer “Exynos is still in shape”, although the company made a noticeable progress in this matter.

Comparison of the CPU and GPU operation of Qualcomm Snapdragon chips 888 and Exynos 2100 on the example of the Galaxy S smartphone 21 Ultra 5G. We know the winner.

Samsung smartphone test Galaxy S 21 5G with Exynos chip 2100: I did not expect this a successful continuation of the flagship series

Yesterday I published a Samsung Galaxy S smartphone test for you 21 5G and literally in a moment I start the procedure of checking the possibilities of a higher model with the note Ultra in the name. Then I will also have a fuller insight into the real features of these devices. I regret the fact that it is not possible to directly match Exynos 2100 with Snapdragon 888. Nevertheless, we can use the test of smartphones using these two chipsets, which appeared on the SpeedTest G channel. Looking at the results obtained by the title systems, one can come to interesting conclusions. Naturally, Exynos generally loses to Snapdragon, but there is one small “but” here. Samsung may have slight differences due to CPU power.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888: Full specs and smartphone list

To the point. In the test, the CPU Exynos 2100 slightly beat Snapdragon 888, but it is most likely a matter of higher clock speed. In the mixed test, Samsung did much worse. The Exynosa GPU is inferior to its competitor. It was similar in the mixed test. This is how the Samsung chip lost to the Qualcomm chip. The problem is that the differences are minimal and allow us to say that the Koreans have made remarkable progress in this matter. Remember that the Samsung Galaxy S 21 Ultra is still a young device. Upcoming software updates may contain optimization fixes that will redefine the power distribution.

Source: GpeedTest G

It was a kind of Christmas miracle, the agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom, which took place on 24. December 2020 and thus a few days before the deadline on 31. December was closed. The trade agreement made it possible to avoid the hard Brexit at the last minute. The contract concerns on 44 sides not only the movement of goods, but also areas such as air and road transport as well Social security – and also regulates data protection.

If there had been no regulation for the export of data via the English Channel, Great Britain would have become a so-called third country overnight. The transmission of personal data would then only have been possible under very strict conditions. The restrictions would have had a catastrophic impact on data traffic.

According to a study by the industry associations Digitaleurope and techUK, six out of ten European companies transfer data to the United Kingdom. For them there is now a short time corridor in which they have to agree on the future handling of personal data. If they fail to do this, a lot is at stake, not only for companies, but also for EU citizens.

Six months deadline According to the EU Commission, the aim of the Brexit Treaty is “to facilitate digital trade by removing unjustified obstacles. At the same time,” high standards for the protection of personal data are to be guaranteed “. The agreement stipulates that Great Britain will not be classified as an unsafe third country for a transitional period. The prerequisite is that the British adhere to their national data protection regulations based on the GDPR for this period. A deviation would only be with EU approval permitted.

The data traffic can therefore continue to flow unchanged until the end of April. This transition period can then be extended by another two months. The EU Commission must include a so-called adequacy decision by the end of June at the latest the United Kingdom agree. Negotiations on this should begin immediately.

Controversial special regulation However, well-known British law professors are of the opinion that EU law does not even allow such special regulations as in the Brexit Treaty. In addition, the agreement would contradict the GDPR, which regulates the export of data outside the EU. Because formally, the United Kingdom left the EU on January 1st and is no longer a member state. On the other hand, it is argued, for example, that the convention is an international treaty that takes precedence over EU law.

The conference of the local data protection supervisory authorities apparently has no problem with the agreed special path. In a press release at the end of December, they expressly welcome the “provisional legal security for data transfers to the United Kingdom”. The agreement would prevent the “previously feared serious legal uncertainties”. The British data protection authority ICO praised the contract as “the best possible regulation for UK organizations that process personal data from the EU”.

Safe third countries If the deadline set by the treaty ends, there are two scenarios in the room at the end of June: The two parties, who have so far been at odds, agree rely on the adequacy decision. If there is no agreement, the tough data protection Brexit will follow with delay.

Basically, the world is divided into three areas in this country. The transfer of personal information within the EU, in which the GDPR applies uniformly, is legally unproblematic. The second category includes safe third countries to which transfer is possible and permitted without restriction. “Safe” are those states to which the European Commission has confirmed a level of data protection that corresponds to European requirements. These currently include, for example, Argentina, Canada (only commercial organizations), Israel, New Zealand, Switzerland and, for some time now, Japan.

This second category could be from summer 2021 can also be classified in the United Kingdom. According to the responsible EU Commission, corresponding negotiations have already been underway for a few months. However, experts doubt that the necessary agreement can be reached in such a short period of time. The negotiations with Japan lasted much longer.

In terms of content, there are also doubts that a level of data protection comparable to that of the EU can actually be assumed in the UK. Above all, the strong role of the secret services is viewed critically. These are closely networked with the American services and also part of the “Five Eyes” community. In addition to the USA and Great Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand also belong to this elite circle of surveillance-friendly states. At least in the last two countries mentioned, this did not prevent recognition as a safe third country.

A dozen countries apply currently as safe third countries for the EU Commission in matters of data protection. This should 2021 also include the United Kingdom.

Insecure third countries All other countries are classified as insecure third countries whose national law does not guarantee sufficient protection of the data of European citizens. If no agreement is reached by the end of June, Great Britain would also fall into this classification, which already includes China, India, Russia and the USA. Passing on information to these countries is not strictly prohibited. However, there are some legal hurdles that must be clarified before the first transfer.

For such states, the strict provisions of Art. 44 ff. GDPR. The conclusion of so-called standard data protection clauses (SDK) is particularly relevant in practice. These are contract clauses formulated by the EU Commission that are concluded between the company exporting the data and the recipient in the third country.

The idea behind this is that the parties involved commit themselves in writing to the high data protection standards to uphold the EU. These specifications regulate, for example, the obligations of those involved, liability or participation in arbitration proceedings. In practice, it is important that the formulation templates must be adopted unchanged. However, the EU Commission is currently working on reformulating the clauses, which will probably be finished at the beginning 2021.

In addition, according to the case law of the European Court of Justice, additional technical and organizational protective measures must usually be taken, in particular to protect EU citizens from all too careless access by foreign secret services. These protective measures include, for example, the anonymization and encryption of data.

A data transfer to a third country can also be legitimized by the consent of the respective person concerned. The voluntary requirements must be observed. Another difficulty in practice is the requirement that the data subject must be explicitly informed about the planned processing of his data before giving his consent and that his consent can be revoked at any time. In this case, the information about him must be deleted immediately.

Prepare for an emergency IT companies are well advised to take the threatening dangers seriously and to use the delay to thoroughly prepare for the possible “data protection Brexit”. This includes first of all analyzing your own dependency on UK companies and looking for possible alternatives.

It is recommended for important and indispensable partners, for example in the areas of IT, human resources or finance to plan a scenario without an adequacy decision in good time. Standard data protection clauses in particular will be the means of choice for this purpose. If you prepare this by the end of June, you can change quickly in the middle of the year in an emergency. This also includes defining and preparing additional technical and organizational measures to protect the data of EU citizens.

In contrast to the comparable legal situation in the USA after the Schrems II ruling last year Year it is unlikely that the local data protection authorities will act mildly in the event of violations of the strict GDPR requirements for data transfer to the UK.

folder 3 / 2021 In c’t 3 / 2021 we tested WiFi routers. We wanted to know what advantages Fritzbox & Co. with Wi-Fi 6 bring compared to the previous models. How you can secure your communication reliably and without loss of comfort, we explain in one major focus. Many users are currently working from home and have to share the management with their family members – a new tariff and short contract periods could help. We also tested fast SSDs, inexpensive 5G smartphones and much more. You can read about these and other topics in c’t 3 / 2021. The output is from 15. 1. 2021 available in the Heise shop and at the well-stocked magazine kiosk.

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Honor has announced its first phone since the company officially has separated from Huawei – say hello to the Honor V40 5G. The device comes with a Dimensity 1000+ chipset, a new 50 MP camera, and plenty of more specs to be intrigued about.

The screen of the Honor V40 5G is a 6.72” OLED with curved sides and a pill-shaped punch hole for the dual selfie cameras. The panel supports a 120 Hz refresh rate and up to 300 Hz touch sampling rate and is TUV Rheinland-certified for AI adaptive brightness.

On the back, we have three cameras – the main one comes with a 50 MP RYYB sensor that is 1/1.56” big. The pixel size is 2.0 um, but it comes with some 4-in-1 pixel-binning for better shots. The other two cameras are an 8 MP ultra-wide-angle shooter and a 2 MP cam for close-up shots. There is also laser autofocus, placed right next to the single LED flash.

While Honor is an independent company now, we still see some Huawei-inspired technologies, like the charging, for example. The battery can be topped from 0 to 100% in 35 minutes, thanks to the 66W wired fast charging, or slightly slower if users decide to go for the 50W wireless option. These are the same speeds in the Huawei Mate 40 Pro smartphone.

Speaking about inherited technology, the Honor V40 5G comes with Magic UI 4.0, sadly, with Android 10 underneath. There was no word whether the phone would have Google Services because the event was in China, where they are banned and practically non-existent.

Honor V40 5G

The Honor V40 5G is already up for sale in three colors – Night Black, Titanium Silver, Rose Gold – and comes in two memory configurations – 8/128 GB or 8/256 GB. Price starts from CNY3,599 ($556/€455) and goes up to CNY3,999 ($620/€505).

Source (in Chinese)

Honor has announced the new V40 5G flagship phone, its first since Huawei sold the company off to a Shenzhen-based consortium of Chinese partners. The phone is exclusive to China for now, but Honor’s V-series usually makes its way to the rest of the world under “View” branding.

The V40 has a 6.72-inch OLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate and is powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 1000+ processor. The primary camera has a 1/1.56-inch 50-megapixel sensor. The 4,000mAh battery can be charged wirelessly at 50W or at 66W with a cable.

Huawei announced that it was selling off Honor in November due to “tremendous pressure” and a difficulty in securing an adequate supply chain. While Honor was operated independently from Huawei, it relied on the parent company for much of its technology, such as HiSense’s Kirin processors. That meant it was hit just as hard by US sanctions banning US companies from doing business with Huawei.

The V40 phones will of course have been in development since earlier than November, but now that Huawei has divested itself of Honor, the international “View 40” version of the V40 may be able to ship with Google services on board. That would allow Honor to sell phones in Western markets and beyond without the huge disadvantage of having to rely on Huawei’s AppGallery, which still can’t compete with Google’s Play Store outside of China, where Google has no presence.

At the same time, Honor no longer has the advantage of relying on Huawei’s supply chain, so it’s going to have work to do in order to establish itself as a strong brand in its own right once the phones launch elsewhere. For now, it’s available in China with prices starting at 3,599 yuan (~$550) for a model with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. 3,999 yuan (~$620) doubles the storage to 256GB.

Remember the Xperia Pro? For almost a year, neither did Sony. But now it looks like the company is finally almost ready to launch this elusive smartphone, that was announced alongside the Xperia 1 II in February of last year. The Xperia 1 II arrived on the market several months later, but there’s still been no trace of the Xperia Pro anywhere.

That’s about to change, however, for Sony servers have now started to host firmware files for the Xperia Pro. That’s a sure sign that the actual market availability isn’t far. The Xperia Pro is only expected to be offered in the US, which makes sense considering that it has support for mmWave 5G, which is still only a big thing in that market.

Aside from that, a dedicated shortcut key to launch whichever app you want, a 360-degree antenna design, an included HDMI micro connector, and a different, sturdier body and back finish – this is identical to the Xperia 1 II. Which makes the timing of its release quite weird, considering the 1 III is surely going to be unveiled soon, and the Pro has last year’s tech inside.

Anyway, the firmware that has popped up on Sony’s servers is based on Android 10, and has the September 2020 security patch level, and both of those are very disappointing for what will be a very expensive device.

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Unpacking 2021 with a bang, we have the Samsung Galaxy S21 for you today. Samsung has rearranged its yearly release schedule to pull its high-end S-series reveal for January, and could there be a better way to kick off the year?

We did say ‘bang’, but it’s hardly the most thunderous of those – out of the trio of Galaxy S21 phones announced, we’ll now be presenting you the smallest, vanilla one. We also have the Ultra at the office, but you’ll need to wait a bit more for that – no event starts off with the headliner anyway.

For the second year in a row, Samsung unveils three phones as part of the spring flagship roster (even though it’s very much winter this time around, at least where we are). And, much like last time, there’s a very clear divide between the ultimate uncompromising Ultra and the two more restrained and down-to-earth ‘regular’ S phones. If anything, the gap has even widened.

The examples are plenty, some of them more significant than others. Take the displays for example. Unlike last year when all three phones had 1440p resolution panels, now only the Ultra gets the higher resolution, the ‘mainstream’ S21s stand at 1080p. All three screens were curved in 2020, now it’s just the Ultra. All three S20s had the same high-refresh rate implementation, now the Ultra gets a more advanced Adaptive mode than the other two.

How about the cameras? The S20 Ultra had a vastly superior setup than the other two, regardless of issues it might have had with realizing the full potential of all of its impressive hardware. Well, the S21 Ultra builds on top of that and comes with further improved internals in the imaging department. The S21 and S21+, meanwhile, reuse last year’s bits. Hmm.

But there’s more. In the case of the small Galaxy S21 we have here, a final blow hurts the most – it’s got a plastic back. It’s hardly the end of the world, and we’ll go on to rationalize how that’s actually a good thing on the next page. But it goes to emphasize the further differentiation between the one true flagship and the others that stand below it. And then further down below it.

Some genes are shared among all in the family, after all. The chipset is the same on all three (still different from region to region, but that’s a whole other topic), all have the second-gen ultrasonic fingerprint reader from Qualcomm, as well as stereo speakers and IP68 rating for dust and water resistance. And no, none of them has a microSD slot, that one was most surprising.

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G specs at a glance:
Body: 151.7×71.2×7.9mm, 169g; Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), plastic back, aluminum frame; IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins).
Display: 6.20″ Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+, 1300 nits (peak), 1080x2400px resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio, 421ppi; Always-on display.
Chipset: International – Exynos 2100 (5 nm): Octa-core CPU (1×2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3×2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×2.2 GHz Cortex-A55), Mali-G78 MP14 GPU. USA/China – Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 (5 nm): Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4×1.80 GHz Kryo 680; Adreno 660 GPU.
Memory: 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM; UFS 3.1.
OS/Software: Android 11, One UI 3.1.
Rear camera: Wide (main): 12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm, 1/1.76″, 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS; Ultra wide angle: 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚, 1/2.55″ 1.4µm, Super Steady video; Telephoto: 64 MP, f/2.0, 29mm, 1/1.72″, 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, 1.1x optical zoom, 3x hybrid zoom.
Front camera: 10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm, 1/3.24″, 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF.
Video capture: Rear camera: 8K@24fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS; Front camera: 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps.
Battery: 4000mAh; Fast charging 25W, USB Power Delivery 3.0, Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W, Reverse wireless charging 4.5W.
Misc: Fingerprint reader (under display, ultrasonic); NFC; FM radio (Snapdragon model only; market/operator dependent); Samsung DeX, Samsung Wireless DeX (desktop experience support), Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified), ANT+, Bixby natural language commands and dictation.Samsung Galaxy S21 unboxing

Here it is, the high-end Galaxies’ new and improved (read ‘smaller’) retail box. Following in the footsteps of Apple, Samsung has chosen to remove the charger and headphones from the retail bundle, resulting in a more compact box.

Yes, yes, you’re supposed to already have chargers at home, so not including one with every phone should help reduce waste, plus the decreased shipping volume will lower the carbon footprint along the logistics chain. It’s a noble concept though somehow saving the environment still doesn’t feel like the key driving factor.

Having said that, at the S21 keynote, Samsung mentioned that adapters will now be sold at a reduced price, and this seems like a step in the right direction.

Anyway, what you are getting in the box is the phone itself and a USB-C-to-C cable. That sort of means you need to have a moderately contemporary USB PowerDelivery charger lying around, or a USB-A-to-C cable if you intend to use an adapter that doesn’t have a Type C out.

As it came to light around the iPhone 12 launch days, local regulations in France specifically mandate that all phones sold in the country come with a headset. So S21s in France will indeed ship with the usual set of AKG-branded earbuds we’ve gotten used to from Galaxies in recent years. Still no charger, though.

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Regardless of whether it is a sofa tutor, the Studienkreis Online-Lernbibliotek or the school minator – learning portals can be a useful alternative to traditional tutoring for school children of all ages. We show the best tablets for it.

If the child is weak at school, there are several alternatives. In addition to personal initiative, this primarily includes follow-up sessions in learning groups such as the study group or individual tutoring, as offered by many older pupils or students. However, especially in times of epidemics, contacts with strangers must be restricted as far as possible, so traditional tutoring is usually ruled out.

What are learning portals? In addition to homeschooling (guide: PCs for homeschooling from 150 Euro) there are also digital solutions for tutoring in the form of learning portals. Depending on the provider, they usually offer help for grades 5 to 10, which is usually available in text and video form for several subjects. Some companies go far beyond this and have offers for all classes and types of school as well as most of the subjects offered at the various types of school.

Sometimes there are also educational games and, in most cases, exercises to check and consolidate what has been learned. In addition, some portals also offer personal support via chat, help with homework or complete individual lessons via video chat.

Providers such as Lernwerk, Schulinator or Studyhelp even offer their services free of charge, most others charge between 5 and 25 Euro. Free test phases or even some videos published on Youtube offer first insights into the type and quality of the offer. Payment is usually made for several months in advance or in an annual subscription, some providers even give a money-back guarantee in the event of a lack of learning success.

PC or tablet? A PC is not always necessary, a much cheaper Android tablet is easily sufficient for learning videos. However, some criteria should be met so that the tutoring is fun on the technical side. This is how we see tablets with a display size below 10 inch (approx. 25 cm) critical and also a display resolution of 1920 × 1080 Pixel should not be undershot for sufficiently sharp display. The devices should have at least a quad-core processor and 2, better 3 GB of RAM so that inputs can be implemented without waiting time and videos can be played smoothly. Internally is a memory size of 25 GByte or Larger is optimal, so that apps and videos can also find space in the memory and can be used without direct Internet access.

WLAN as Internet access should be sufficient in most cases, so parents can safely ignore expensive LTE modules. For young students, it may be worthwhile to use particularly robust, but hardly available, children’s or outdoor variants. Alternatively, there are protective covers or tablets for children. Amazon offers the kids edition of its Fire HD tablets for this purpose. Not only do they last longer, they also allow parents to access and block certain distracting factors such as the app store and in-app purchases. For certain subjects or advanced students, purchasing a tablet with pen control can also be helpful. This enables sketches or handwritten notes to be digitized quickly. The requirements of the individual providers or the school are usually revealed on their homepages.

Tablets for children The kids editions of Samsung and Amazon offer, as mentioned, special protective covers that are supposed to protect the tablet even when used in rough conditions and also offer various parenting functions such as restricting the available apps. Unfortunately, the RAM is a bit tight at 2 GB. They are more aimed at children who are not yet in secondary schools. However, they are sufficient for the use of normal learning portals. The Fire HD 10 in the Kids Edition (test report) we have already tested it.

Tablets For round 150 to 200 Euro get those interested with the current models Odys Space One 10 LTE , Lenovo Tab M 10 Plus and Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 three 10 – Customs tablets that are up-to-date and meet the minimum requirements required by us. The Odys model not only offers a lot of memory (4 / 49 GByte), but also an LTE module. This allows learning sessions – a corresponding LTE contract (Article: Unlimited data volume from 20 Euro) provided – in good weather also in the park or at least in the garden. Android 10 is already available from the factory – this is far from normal with tablets.

That shows something like this Lenovo Tab M 10 Plus , which is currently only Android 9 offers. The remaining specifications are marked with 4 / 64 GByte memory similar, only LTE does not exist. This is also the case with the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 so, also the memory is with 3 / 32 GByte slightly smaller. There are advantages for the chipset: The other two tablets also offer 8 cores, but Samsung uses a Snapdragon 662 that does not only delivers decent power, but also favors future updates and is less power hungry. Accordingly, auc h this model already has Android 10. With 10, 4 inches, the screen of the Samsung tablet is also the largest, this also applies to the battery with 7040 mAh.

We have other suitable tablets in our purchase advice: How many tablets do you need? sorted by price. The price scale is largely open at the top. If you don’t like Android, you should look around at iOS models, i.e. iPads. The cheapest current models are iPad Mini (test by Mac & i) and iPad (without name affix), they cost from 379 and 449 Euro. The larger and more modern models iPad Air (test by Max & i) and iPad Pro start at 649 and 879 euros. However, we would exclude the iPad Mini as a tablet for homeschooling because of the display size of only 7.9 inches.

Tablet with pen Tablets with additional pen control are available in a handful, current and Currently, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite . It not only offers advantages in terms of design and installation depth, but also a stylus with suitable software and more memory.

Stylus A stylus can be helpful to make drawings or handwritten notes directly on the tablet. With some models, such digital pens are already included from We rk, while others are prepared for operation, but the pen must be purchased separately. Such models are about d as Apple iPad ( from 6th generation) , iPad Mini (from 5th generation), iPad Air (from 3rd generation) or the iPad Pro , here the pens cost between 90 and 120 Euro.

Simple capacitive pins without egg Genetic power sources are much cheaper, they b e start at a few cents. They work on any device with a capacitive touchscreen and usually have a thick, soft rubber tip . So that become they recognized as finger replacement on current touchscreens . Special pens with rechargeable batteries or batteries, however, have a thin , mostly exchangeable Tip, which also recognize different pressure levels and often buttons for additional options (such as “erase” when Hold down ) bid. With them the handling is much more similar to a normal pen on paper than with the former Pens. Examples of high-quality tablet pens are Samsung’s S-Pen or Apple’s Pencil. In our guide to pens for the iPad we show cheaper alternatives to the Apple Pencil.

Additional accessories As with the PC, there are also peripheral devices for tablets. They are not absolutely necessary, but make everyday life easier.

Headsets If you want to concentrate on your work or if you have to understand everything in the video call despite the poor sound quality of your conversation partner, you should consider purchasing a headset. Many tablets also offer a 3.5 millimeter jack connection so that the cable headset from the smartphone can also be used in an emergency. Wireless headsets that are connected via Bluetooth are more practical and usually also of higher quality. Headphones with active noise suppression in particular (best list ANC headphones) can even promote concentration as they minimize external distraction.

Due to the design, over-ear headsets are best. They cover the whole ear, are usually still comfortable when worn for a long time and already shield something from the environment. They are also available with and without cables and also with ANC. The advantage of wired headsets: You do not have batteries that are always empty exactly when they are needed. But they are less flexible and the mandatory cable always hangs in the way.

Tablet stand and cover One advantage of tablets is their flexibility by comparatively low weight and size. However, if the children are to follow the learning video and complete test tasks, the device must be stable can be found. That works either with separate stands, Book c overn or equal to a keyboard cover. Stands are self-explanatory: They are external rne constructions that only serve the purpose of placing a tablet more or less straight in front of you on the table. A book cover protects the tablet during transport, thanks to the flexible cover usually also the display. In addition, the device can also be set up in front of you on the table, often there are even different adjustable angles.

Keyboards Thanks to Bluetooth, a keyboard can be wirelessly connected to any tablet, regardless of whether it is Android, iOS or Windows. You have a wide choice. This ranges from simple, classic keyboards to those that are extremely flat to ultra-compact TKL keyboards with mechanical switches. More on this in our keyboards guide: Mechanical, rubber dome or TKL? or multimedia keyboards for Smart TVs and Media PCs.

The keyboard or keyboard c over added to Bookcover another mechanical full keyboard, which connects to the tablet via Bluetooth. Especially when longer texts are to be written on the device s , is a mechanical keyboard significantly better than the onscreen cords of the T ablets. For home Bluetooth keyboards without a protective function are usually sufficient.

Mice What applies to a laptop is no different for a tablet: touchscreen and / or touchpad Operation is okay, mouse control is often more ergonomic in the long run. Since most tablets lack the large USB-A ports, mice with USB C (or adapter) or Bluetooth mice are required. With a keyboard and mouse, a cheap tablet almost becomes a real office PC, but for the sake of simplicity, users can simply leave the accessories at home for on the go. So you always have the best of both worlds at hand.

Conclusion It doesn’t always have to be a full-fledged PC, even comparatively cheap tablets can help improve school success. In addition to the appropriate learning portal, parents should also keep an eye on the right hardware – if you set too low, you may buy a new one after a short time.

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