Alleged vivo NEX 5 render leaks online alongside February announcement window

Rumors of a new vivo NEX device have been rather sporadic, but have also been picking up lately, with some chatter of the NEX 5 from last month. Last we heard, the NEX 5 is supposed to have an under-display camera, like the APEX 2020 concept, a large 7-inch or 6.78-inch, quad-curved display and 40W or 50W wireless charging. A new leaked render has...

Huawei P50 Pocket review

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Our Huawei P50 Pro video review is up

The Huawei P50 Pro is a proud and worthy addition to the long-standing P-series of devices. And as such manages to carry on the family tradition and push the envelope in mobile photography. With a new Leica camera at its disposal - a 64MP Bayer sensor with lossless 7x zoom and a 40MP monochrome snapper, the P50 Pro is one of the best cameras currently...

Apple’s March event to reportedly take place on March 8

Apple may be planning to hold its March announcement event on March 9, people familiar with Apple’s plans tell Bloomberg. Apple is expected to announce new hardware including a new iPhone SE model, perhaps with 5G connectivity, as well as a refreshed iPad Air and possibly a refreshed Mac Mini with updated Apple silicon may arrive at the event. In...

Subway Surfers maker launches MetroLand game exclusively on Huawei AppGallery

It's an interesting time for Huawei's AppGallery Android app store, as a new game was added to it - not just that, this is an exclusive you can't find anywhere else. We're talking about MetroLand, from Kiloo, co-developer and publisher of the very successful Subway Surfers game between 2012 and 2020. Kiloo has selected AppGallery for the debut of...

Oppo Find X5 and Find X5 Pro certified, more camera details emerge

Oppo is expected to announce its Find X5 series later this month and two of the devices were spotted in a new TRDA certification. The vanilla Find X5 (CPH2307) and its Pro counterpart (CPH2305) also appeared on the Camera FV-5 database. Oppo Find X5 and Find X5 Pro on TRDA database The vanilla model will bring a 50MP main cam which will output 12.6MP...

Oppo Reno7 Pro hits India, Reno7 tags along with a different chipset

Oppo introduced the Reno7 series back in November 2021, and now the lineup is finally starting its global rollout. The first market is India, where we saw an introduction of the Oppo Reno7 Pro with its 50MP main camera with a Sony IMX766 sensor. It was accompanied by a vanilla variant called Oppo Reno7, which is different from the Chinese in some...

Twitter Articles feature leaks with no character limit

Twitter may be planning to allow users to create posts that surpass the 240-character limit. According to a leak published by Jane Manchin Wong, Twitter may soon be implementing a “Twitter Article” feature into the platform. There’s gonna be lots of potentials with Twitter Articles, off the top of my head:- @SuperFollows-exclusive articles- newsletter...

Watch the Oppo Reno7 series global launch live

The Oppo Reno7 series unveiled in China last November will begin its global rollout today, starting with India. The event will start at 12PM local time (6:30AM UTC), and you can follow it live with us by tuning to the stream below. The Reno7 series consists of the Reno7, Reno7 SE, and Reno7 Pro. We know Oppo's launching the Reno7 Pro today in India,...

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra’s Exynos and Snapdragon benchmark scores compared

Samsung is getting ready to release its Galaxy S22 lineup next week at its Unpacked event. Depending on the region, the Galaxy S22’s will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 and the Exynos 2200 chipsets. Both devices have already been run on the popular benchmarking app Geekbench. The two models compared are both Galaxy S22 Ultra’s – the SM-S908U...

vivo T1 5G specs leak

vivo has already revealed that it's launching the new T1 5G smartphone in India on February 9, and today a full spec sheet of the device has been leaked by a usually reliable tipster. Unlike what you might expect, the vivo T1 5G is not the same as the vivo T1 which launched in China back in October, even though the T1 has 5G functionality too. Nor...

iQOO 9 survives torture test and gets dissembled

The iQOO 9 series has been out for over a month now and PBKreviews got to work with a teardown and torture test to see how the new non-Pro phone would perform. The durability test starts out with a 30 second water submersion test to check how the phone holds up despite its lack of an official IP rating. There seems to be no issue here so the host...

Xiaomi India will bring MIUI 13 to 10 devices in Q1 2022

Xiaomi India promised an MIUI 13 roadmap yesterday, and today it delivered. Ten phones will be part of the first wave and will get the new interface by the end of next month - six 11-series phones (four Mi 11 and two Xiaomi 11) and four Redmi variants are in line. Here's the full list of the first wave in Q1 2022: Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra...

Google Messages app prepares photo sharing via Google Photos, hamburger menu may return

A new report from 9to5Google shows that the Google Messages app might be prepping to integrate Google Photos for sharing images and videos through MMS rather than be sent over the antiquated platform. The APK Insight post from the outlet shows some screenshots of the feature as if it were active. When trying to share a video inside a chat, a card...

It's official: Realme 9 Pro series with color-changing design is coming on February 16

Realme launched the 9i last month, and today the company announced it will unveil the Pro models of the 9 Series on February 16. The Realme 9 Pro series will be launched around the globe, including India and Europe, and the event will be streamed live starting at 8AM UTC/1:30PM IST on Realme's official Facebook page and YouTube channel. Since Realme...

Meta earnings reports for Q4 2021 are in, focusing on monetizing Reels and building metaverse in 2022

Meta (formerly Facebook) has posted its fiscal Q4 results and the overall buzz resulted in a decrease of more than 20% in share price in after-hours trading. Earnings per share for Q4 fell short of forecasts ($3.67 versus $3.84 according to Refinitic via CNBC) though revenue was $33.67 billion, just over the forecasted $33.4 billion via CNBC. Meta’s...

Samsung Galaxy A53 5G gets more certifications, may ship with 25W charger

Samsung's Galaxy A53 5G has literally been leaking for months at this point, and yet it's still not official. Until Samsung finally fixes that, all we can do is bring you more leaks. Today, the device has been certified by both NBTC and FCC. The latter of those is interesting, because the handset visited the agency along with a 25W charger. This...

VPN by Google One is now available on iOS

Google's entry into the VPN game has so far been confined to Android but no more. Starting today, it's finally available for iOS as well. The clunkily named VPN by Google One aims to "bring peace of mind to iOS users". The VPN is available for Google One subscribers on Premium plans (2TB and up) through the Google One app for iOS. You can share the...

Global OnePlus 10 Pro will still run OxygenOS, new rumor claims

The global launch of the OnePlus 10 Pro is apparently coming in the next few weeks, as the phone was rumored to be in stores by the end of March. Unlike the already available Chinese version, which runs Oppo's ColorOS, the global model was supposedly coming with a new unified ColorOS + OxygenOS skin. At least that's what the two companies announced...

Poco posts teasing puzzles, offers a chance to win prizes if you figure them out

If you’re in the mood for puzzles, the Poco India Twitter account has been posting head-scratchers all day and plans to continue tomorrow. If you answer correctly, you could be one of the 3 lucky winners that score official Poco merch. For more details, check out the tweets. We’ve embedded the four puzzles below, but don’t look at the replies if...

YouTube gets new video player UI on Android and iOS

The YouTube app on Android and iOS appears to have received a new video player UI containing all key elements in full-screen mode. The update seems to be a server-side one and adds a row of icons in the bottom left corner. These include like and dislike buttons as well as a quick toggle to the comments, save to playlist and share buttons on the left...

BlackBerry sells $600 million worth of mobile patents

BlackBerry sold 90 patents to Huawei a year ago, now the company has announced a $600 million deal to sell yet more patents related to mobile devices, messaging and wireless networking. The sale is to Catapult IP Innovations. Based in Delaware, Catapult was formed specifically to hold the BlackBerry patents. The money is split as $450 million in...

All three Galaxy Tab S8 tablets listed in Europe

We've already seen a lot from the Galaxy Tab S8 series, despite them being more than a week away from official status. But it's still somewhat of a surprise to seem the tablets listed for pre-order across multiple European retailers. The Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra is up for pre-order in France, priced €1,699 for the highest-spec 16/512GB model. The device...

Nokia G21 spotted on Geekbench with Unisoc T606 chipset

A Nokia G20 successor is in the works as evident by a recent Geekbench listing showing the Nokia G21. The device is powered by the Unisoc T606 chipset alongside 4GB RAM and boots Android 11. Armed with these specs it managed a single-core score of 312-points and a combined multi-core outing of 1,157-points. Nokia G21 Geekbench scorecard The G21 will...

Motorola Edge 30 Pro rumored to launch in India and internationally in February

Back in early December Motorola took the wraps off the Edge X30 flagship for the Chinese market, launching it as the first phone to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset. In the meantime, it has been rumored to make the jump to global markets (including India) under a different name: Motorola Edge 30 Pro. Now a new rumor from a usually reliable tipster...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

ANYCUBIC Vyper 3D printer review

Introduction While not directly related to what I do here at GSMArena, 3D printing is a huge passion of mine. Having recently done an in-depth review on the CREALITY HALOT-ONE resin 3D printer, I recently got a chance to play with the ANYCUBIC Vyper and can now share what its real life performance is like. I have been doing Fused deposition modeling...

Top 10 trending phones of week 4

A few events had major impact on our trending chart this week, but above all it was the Redmi Note 11 series' global debut. The Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G has finally dethroned the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE, which has occupied the top since the start of the year. We've also got the Redmi Note 11 Pro in fourth and the Redmi Note 11 in fifth. The other major...

Huawei Watch GT Runner in for review

The Huawei Watch GT 3 is one of the best smartwatches on the market, and the company recently announced a new version called Watch GT Runner. The new device has a lot of similarities with the GT 3, but there are also some differences that need testing. The Huawei Watch GT Runner feels quite light, and has a bit sportier design with the cool stripes...

Week 4 in review: Samsung Galaxy S22 series in the spotlight

The Samsung Galaxy S22 series was the hottest topic this past week. The three phones are officially coming on February 9 alongside the Galaxy Tab S8. We saw high-res renders of all models in all colors, got detailed specs and even prices. To recap the Galaxy S22 will have a 6.1-inch 1080p AMOLED of up to 120Hz variable refresh rate. On the back we'll...

Weekly poll: which one of the new Redmi Note 11 models is your favorite?

The new Redmi Note 11 series was unveiled earlier this week and it already went through a limited sale (an early bird deal with $20-30 worth of discounts). Did you get one? Will you get one once the phones become widely available and which one? That’s what we want to know this week. The Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G fills a 5G-shaped hole in the Note series....

Our vivo V23 5G video review is up

The selfie-centric vivo's V23 series is out, and we already have reviews of both the vanilla and the Pro version. But the focus of our latest video review is on the vivo V23 5G - a slick midranger with innovative glass Fluorite AG Glass that changes colors. Despite the notch on the front, the handset features a trendy design. It also packs some pretty...

OnePlus Nord 2T and Nord 2 CE Indian prices revealed

A couple of days ago, some OnePlus Nord 2T specs leaked in the wild and now we have an expected price range for all of the handset's memory configurations along with a supposed release time frame. The same source tries to guess the rumored Nord 2 CE's price as well. Starting with the Nord 2T, which should replace the current Nord 2, 91mobiles believes...

Weekly poll results: 5G still far from universal adoption

5G phones are now widely available, but the same can’t be said of 5G networks. Last week’s poll shows that the greatest barrier to adoption is that some countries still haven’t launched their 5G networks. The second most common issue is that many users don’t have a 5G-capable phone yet (about a quarter of voters). Not really surprising, if they don’t...

Flashback: the Moto G was one of the best $200 smartphones you could buy in 2013

The sub-$200 smartphone market in 2013 was pretty barren, buyers on a budget had only a few good options to choose from. Thankfully, “good” is underselling them – there were some excellent cheap phones from that period. Motorola Moto G The Motorola Moto G comes to mind. It launched at $180 and reviewers and users alike sang its praises. It made for...

Oppo Reno7 lineup's LDI design process detailed ahead of February 4 global launch

The Oppo Reno7 series unveiled in November in China will begin its global journey on February 4, starting with India. The lineup consists of Reno7, Reno7 SE, and Reno7 Pro. We know the Pro model will launch in India, but the company hasn't confirmed if it will bring both the vanilla and SE versions to the Asian country or skip one. While we await...

iOS 15.4 beta adds support for 120Hz refresh rate in all apps

Apple's latest iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max flaunt 120Hz ProMotion displays, but only a handful of apps support 120 frames per second. Mostly system apps at that. Well, with the upcoming iOS 15.4 software, Apple is finally adding support for all apps to make use of the buttery-smooth experience. It's worth noting that the iOS 15.4 is currently in beta....

OnePlus Buds Z2 vs Nothing ear (1)

OnePlus recently launched the Buds Z2, which are a pair of truly wireless earbuds and successor to the 2020 OnePlus Buds Z. While they are still fairly affordable, the new model comes with active noise-cancellation and improved drivers for better performance. Priced at $100, the new Buds Z2 cost exactly the same as the Nothing ear (1), which too...