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Google Coral? What is that

Well, it is a new smartphone made by Google (duh). We do not have the slightest idea as to when and where will it be lauched and how much will it cost but, thanks to the work of mysmartprice, we know a little bit about its specifications:– Snapdragon 855 CPU, 8 cores,– 6 GB RAM,– Android Q operating system.Device’s low benchmark score is possibly caused by badly optimized, still yet to be released Android Q OS. As for the device itself, some speculate that it may be Google Pixel ...

iPhone sells well in the US and much less well in China

According to the research performed by the Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, iPhone XR was the best selling phone of the last quarter of 2018 in the US. The number of iPhone 8 equals that of iPhones 8 and 8 Plus combined, and iPhone XR counted for 39% of all Apple smartphones sold in that time. Unfortunately (or fortunately), things are not as great in China: During the whole 2018 Apple has managed to sell only 34.2 million units of their devices there, 2.5 million less than two years ago. Apple has lost its position of the 2nd favourite Chinese smartphone brand to Xiaomi; as for ...

Samsung Galaxy Fold will also have a 5G version available

Sorry for the overabundance of Samsung news: I will do my best to find something else to write about soon. For now, though, lets get back to topic at hand. Currently there are two major new trends slowly entering the world of mobile devices: one is foldability and another is 5G connectivity. Samsung probably knows this and has decided that there is no need to spread itself too thin, hence why its upcoming Galaxy F will also be available in a 5G connectivity supporting version. This decision has probably been made after Huawei’s announcement that it is working on a 5G device; Samsung ...

Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro (2019), Galaxy A8s with changed name

Selling of this device, already available in China as Galaxy A8s, will begin on January 28th. It will first be available in South Korea, reaching stores of other countries at an unspecified but presumably near date/s. Its price will be roughly 530 USD.Specifications:– 6,4-‘ display with a hole, no notch,– 24mpx selfie shooter,– 24mpx x 10mpx x 5mpx main camera,– Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 CPU,– 6GB RAM, 128GB ROM,– fingerprint scanner,– weight: 173 gramy, dimensions: 158,4 × 74,9 × 7,4 mm,– 3400 mAh battery,– colours: gray, green, ...

Samsung Galaxy A50 certification

Device listed as Galaxy A50 (SM-A505FN) has just been certified by Bluetooth. Listing informs us of the fact that the phone will support the Bluetooth 5.0 Low Energy standard and… not much else. Its’ very existence, though, supports the rumour that Galaxy A50 will be announced soon, probably next month at MWC 2019. Other, older rumours regarding this phone include specs such as large Infinity-V display, Exynos 9610 CPU, 4000mAh battery, 4GB RAM, 64 or 128GB storage, 24mpx main camera and Android 9 Pie ...

Ex-vice chief of Samsung SDI hired by Apple. Makes me feel all warm inside

Hot topic! According to Bloomberg, Apple has just hired one Soonho Ahn, an ex-vice chief of Samsund SDI, Samsung’s branch responsible for developing batteries. In other words, Apple hired a guy indirectly responsible for the whole Galaxy Note 7 fiasco. Mr. Ahn has been hired to lead the company’s in-house battery development efforts; makes sense, seeing as Apple is currently working on a large number of projects (e.g. MicroLED displays and new CPUs) that will require upgraded, top of the shelf and hopefully not blowing up batteries to support them. Mister Ahn has refrained ...

Motorola patented new Razr project

As we already know, Motorola has announced that it is now working on a remake of the old Razr flip phone. All that we knew about it until now was that it will cost 1500 USD and will probably come out sometime this year. Today, though, thanks to the hard work of journalists from the 91Mobiles blog, we can take a look at sweet graphics from new Razr’s patent. Motorola has supposedly patented the device in December 2018. The graphics are quite informative, too. They show us that the device looks quite like its old predecessor, except maybe being a bit more square. When closed, a small ...

Vivo Apex 2019, another smartphone with no buttons and joints

It was just yesterday that I wrote about Meizu Zero, world’s first smartphone lacking both any buttons and connectors, and today I get to tell you about another one just like that. Apex 2019 by Vivo is a concept smartphone with the same main feature as Zero; it will have no buttons, with user’s interface being limited to touchscreen and touch frame, and no connectors. Like Zero it will be charged wirelessly, but it will also have the option of charging via a magnetic interface. Unlike Zero it will lack a pretty important feature these days, namely the selfie shooter camera. ...

A bunch of Nokia phones will soon get Android 9 Pie update

Nokia is known for always – although not neccessarily quickly or even regularly – updating its older smartphones. Year 2019 has not changed this: thanks to a tweet from Juho Sarvikas himself we now know which Nokia smartphones will be updated to 9 Pie in the next months:– Nokia 1 – beginning of 2nd quarter of 2019,– Nokia 2.1 – first quarter of 2019,– Nokia 3 – beginning of 2nd quarter of 2019,– Nokia 3.1 – first quarter of 2019,– Nokia 3.1 Plus – January 2019,– Nokia 5 – January 2019,– Nokia 5.1 ...