vivo S12 Pro render reveals a notch, streamlined camera island

The vivo S family is about to get some new members, a leakster revealed on Weibo. The vivo S12 and vivo S12 Pro are scheduled to arrive soon, and the latter has appeared in an official-looking render, accompanied by some specs. According to the source, the vivo S12 Pro will stick to a notched screen, but this time the panel will have curved sides, which will be a first for the series. The cameras on the back will have impressive performance, and this time vivo decided to stick to a classic vertical traffic light alignment rather than going for all kinds of unusual triangle-in-square...

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Samsung Galaxy S21 FE color variants and supposed European price revealed

Unlike before, the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE seems to be close to an actual launch date in January. We already know everything there is to know about the handset thanks to numerous leaks throughout 2021 but a reliable source just tipped the available colors at launch along with pricing, two important pieces of the puzzle. The Galaxy S21 FE in different colors First, let's get the price out of the way. According to WinFuture.de, the starting price of the base 8GB/128GB model is reportedly €649 while the beefier 256GB variant will go for €50 more. Interestingly, this is the exact...

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Researchers develop ultra-compact camera with the size of a salt grain

Researchers from Princeton University and the University of Washington have developed an imaging system that is the size of a coarse grain of salt. It is built on a so-called metasurface with 1.6 million cylindrical posts and can work exactly like a camera sensor. Each post acts as an optical antenna, receiving light, to shape the optical wavefront, and then thanks to AI algorithms, the high-quality image is developed in full colors. Traditional cameras use a complex plastic and glass lenses that bend light onto a sensor that sends the signals electronically. The new solution relies...

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Report: Samsung wants 22% of the smartphone market in 2022, expects high Galaxy S22 sales

According to a report by The Elec, a South Korean media outlet, Samsung has some ambitious goals for 2022 and aims at 21.9% share of the global smartphone market. Samsung execs think that the prolonged pandemic will likely increase the sales of smartphones throughout 2022 and it wants to take an even bigger cut. The global smartphone shipments are expected to hit 1.52 billion and about 390 million of those should be Samsung-made devices to reach the 21.9% goal. But only 33 million of those units will be part of the Samsung Galaxy S22 lineup. 14 million Galaxy S22 units are expected while...

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Caviar goes back to the iPhone 2G days with its latest luxury modification

Luxury gadgets brand Caviar recently unveiled its Visionaries collection which pays homage to tech entrepreneurs like Elon Musk, Jack Ma and Steve Jobs with bespoke modified iPhone 13s. Their latest project is dubbed iPhone 2G and it uses bits of the motherboard of an original Apple iPhone form 2007 and fuses them on the back of Apple’s the latest iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max. iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max "iPhone 2G" (images: Caviar) The phones feature aviation titanium casings and a black PVD coating mimicking the OG iPhone design and are complemented with a laser engraved Steve...

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iQOO 9 series to launch in India in Q1 2022 with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and 120W charging

Several smartphone brands have confirmed to launch devices with the freshly announced Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 flagship chip, and vivo sub-brand iQOO is one of them. The company hasn't divulged anything about its Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered flagship yet, but a new report claims the smartphone could be a part of the iQOO 9 series, which will launch in India by late January or early February next year. The iQOO 9 series is expected to consist of vanilla and Pro/Legend models, and the source claims at least one of them will support 120W charging. iQOO introduced the iQOO 7 lineup in India in...

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