Samsung brings Galaxy A14 5G and Galaxy A23 5G to India

Samsung is expanding its 5G portfolio in India with two affordable smartphones - the Galaxy A14 5G and the Galaxy A23 5G. Sales will begin on Wednesday, January 18, on Samsung.com via Live Commerce. Other online and offline stores will offer the smartphones starting Friday, January 20. The Samsung Galaxy A23 5G was first introduced in September 2022 with a 5,000 mAh battery and Snapdragon 695 chipset. It will be sold in India in two memory combinations - 6/128 GB and 8/128 GB, while color choices are Silver, Light Blue, and Orange. Prices are INR22,999 ($280/€260) and INR24,999...

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 to bring new hinge design to hide the display crease

One of the big gripes with Samsung foldables is that they still bring a noticeable creases on their main displays but that might change with the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold5. A new report from Naver News suggests that Samsung will bring a new waterdrop hinge mechanism on the upcoming Z Fold model, which will eliminate the infamous screen crease while allowing the panel to fold completely flat. Samsung Display "droplet" foling display hinge patent from 2016 The new hinge mechanism will see the folding display form a droplet shape inside the hinge body, preventing the crease between the...

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Trendforce: Over 18 million foldables to be shipped in 2023, up 44% from last year

Trendforce published a report predicting that shipments of foldables will increase 44% YoY in 2023. The improved sales will affect the market for hinges in foldable OLED smartphones and will reach $500 million. Last year saw 12.8 million shipped foldable smartphones, which will jump to over 18.5 million for the calendar 2023, forecasted Trendforce. Samsung sold 82% of all foldables in 2022 because other makers like Xiaomi, Oppo, and vivo are selling their devices in only in China and in limited quantities. The numbers on foldable sales are just a by-product of the Trendforce...

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vivo brings iQOO Neo7 to India on February 16

The iQOO Neo7 smartphone was announced in October with a Dimensity 9000+ chipset. Since then, we’ve seen an SE version and a Racing variant join the family, but none of them are available outside of China. This is finally about to change, as the vivo brand revealed the iQOO Neo7 5G is arriving in India on February 16. The South-Asian country might be the first international market for this promising smartphone as we are yet to hear anything official from any other region. All three iQOO Neo7 smartphones have the same footprint, screen, battery capacity and fast charging. The big...

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Stable MIUI 14 reaches Xiaomi 12 phones globally

The MIUI 14 was announced a month ago and immediately reached some Xiaomi smartphones in China. Today, we received a report that a stable global version is also out, and Xiaomi 12 flagships are the first to get it. The new user interface is based on Android 13 and brings the latest January 2023 security update. The stable version for Xiaomi 12 phones outside China is currently available for users who were in the beta testing period. It can be downloaded from the MIUI database and is around 4.43 GB in size. The full version number is MIUI 14.0.2.0 (TLCMIXM) and is only for Xiaomi 12...

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Top 10 trending phones of week 2

As we reach the half-way point of January we have a rather unusual leader. Not that Samsung's Galaxy A5x series aren't used to topping our trending chart - no other series has more regular presence there, but it's unusual for them to do so before they've hit the shelves. Well, the Galaxy A54 changes that, edging the Redmi Note 12 Pro for the victory. Another rumored phone got enough attention to round up the podium, although Galaxy S23 Ultra is the kind of high-profile phone that's semi-expected to get people talking before its launch. The current Galaxy S22 Ultra sits in fourth, ahead...

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