Report: Apple looking to diversify OLED supply with LG Display and BOE

For the past couple of years, Apple has relied primarily on Samsung Display to provide OLED panels for its iPhones. As the world’s leading OLED manufacturer, Samsung supplied 78% of all iPhone OLEDs in the past year but a new report from South Korean outlet The Elec claims that Apple is looking to further diversify its OLED supply through LG Display and China’s BOE. Based on data from industry sources and Omdia Research, Samsung will remain the number one supplier of OLED panels for the upcoming iPhones with 65.1% of the total orders but its two rivals will see increased shares. LG...

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Infinix Hot 10S (and 10S NFC) unveiled with 90 Hz display, Helio G85 chipset and a large battery

Infinix unveiled a new member of the Hot 10 family today. With a modest name like the Infinix Hot 10S you wouldn’t guess that this is positioned as a gaming phone and is also the company’s first to come out with Android 11 (running XOS 7.6 with a revamped UI). Before we dive into the specs, we should mention that this is an affordable phone that starts at $130. Some regions will get an NFC-enabled version, which has a couple of differences other than the obvious. Infinix Hot 10S The Hot 10S is equipped with a large 6.82” display with 90Hz refresh rate and 180Hz touch...

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Poco M2 Reloaded launched in India as the most affordable phone with an FHD+ screen

Poco India has just unveiled a “new” device for the local market. The only new aspects here being the RAM capacity and price point. The M2 Reloaded comes solely in 4/64GB trim and costs INR 9,499 ($126). This also positions the device as the most affordable smartphone with an FHD+ screen on the Indian market. Everything else about the phone is identical to last year's Poco M2. The rest of the spec sheet includes a 6.53-inch IPS LCD, a 5,000 mAh battery with a bundled 10W charger, MediaTek’s Helio G80 chipset and a quad camera setup with a 13MP main sensor. Color options are the same as...

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Realme 8 5G arrives with Dimensity 700 chip and 90Hz LCD

Realme and its CEO are big fans of 5G – they want to make 5G affordable to everyone, which is where phones like the new Realme 8 5G come in. The company noticed that some consumers turned away from the vanilla Realme 8 because it lacked 5G, so it created this model. Note that this is not a Realme 8 with 5G, though. In fact, the two models are quite different. It starts with the chipset – the 5G model is powered by the Dimensity 700, whose sub-6 GHz modem has a theoretical peak speed of 2.77 Gbps, whereas the Helio G95 inside the 4G model can manage less than a quarter of...

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Samsung expands its Upcycle program for reusing old Galaxy phones at home

Back in January Samsung restarted its Upcycle program giving you new ways to use old Galaxy smartphones at home, instead of just throwing them away or giving them for recycling. The initiative allows older devices to receive a software update through the SmartThings app, essentially turning them into light sensors, baby monitors and other camera and audio solutions. The program is now available in the United Kingdom, the United States, and South Korea. It allows owners of unused Galaxy smartphones to repurpose them to parts of their connected homes. You can leverage you unused...

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Bowers & Wilkins unveils its first TWS headsets, PI7 and PI5, with premium audio

Bowers & Wilkins unveiled its first TWS headsets, the closely related PI7 and PI5. Both feature Active Noise Cancellation, high-quality aptX audio and bespoke drivers. The PI7 is easily the more premium of the two. Each bud features a dual driver arrangement – a custom 9.2 mm driver for the mid/bass and a balanced armature tweeter, each with its own amplifier. The B&W PI7 buds feature dual drivers powered by dual amps These support 24-bit high-res audio with aptX Adaptive and have three microphones each for noise cancellation while listening to music and in a call (a total of 6...

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