Most companies wait at least a year to refresh their laptops, but Apple has unveiled another 13-inch MacBook Pro, six months on from the release of the last model. The design of the new edition remains unchanged, but Apple promises big things from its new M1 processor. As we have covered separately, the M1 has […]
Monthly Archives: November 2020
MediaTek announces the Dimensity 700, a 5G chipset for next-gen mid-range phones
MediaTek has just announced new chipsets specifically optimized for Chromebooks. However, it has not neglected its Dimensity line of SoCs for 5G phones, introducing a new variant called the 700. It, like the rest of its siblings, is 7nm, and has 8 cores. Of these, 2 are “big” ARM Cortex-A76s clocked at 2.2GHz, whereas the rest are “LITTLE” A55 cores at up to […]
Apple Watch Series 6 in Review: Improved Health Metrics Thanks to watchOS 7 and New Sensor
Case and Connectivity – Begone, Force Touch As can be seen on our title photo above with a 2015 Apple Watch for comparison, the Watch’s form factor remained unchanged and current sizes are identical to last year’s model. The new eye-catching features are new colors, in particular the new blue and red aluminum case, and […]
LG begins testing Android 11 on the V60 ThinQ
LG overhauled its Android skin with LG UX 9.0, which it based on Android 10, but the company has not been forthcoming about when it will release a successor. To date, the South Korean company has offered no timescales for delivering Android 11, unlike most other Android OEMs. Even Samsung has commenced beta testing of its […]
The Samsung Galaxy A52 5G appears on Geekbench with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G and 6 GB of RAM
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy A51 in December 2019, which it followed with a 5G variant in April. So, the South Korean company should be on the verge of releasing a successor, since it usually leaves about a year between smartphone refreshes. Late last month, a leaked suggested that Samsung had started developing firmware for the Galaxy A52 […]
Redmi K40 display details start seeping out revealing interesting upgrade over the Redmi K30 series
Some new information about the Redmi K40 has been provided by Digital Chat Station in regard to the type of display the upcoming affordable flagship-killer will have. For starters, apparently it will be a flat screen that will be used, so those not keen on the ever-present curved displays found in many current smartphones can breathe a […]
Nokia launches the 8 V 5G UW for the US market
Nokia promised a product launch mainly addressed to its US fans today (November 9, 2020) and has delivered. However, while this announcement might have raised hopes for confirmation of the 7.3 5G or perhaps even the 9.3 PureView, what emerged is in fact a device from different earlier leaks. It is the 8 V 5G UW, which, as prior rumors have indicated, is the 8.3 […]
Apple iPhone 12: The new OLED display is great but it has a caveat
Apple is capable of developing great smartphone displays, that’s always been true. Despite Apple not owning their own display manufacturing and developing displays in collaboration with Samsung, they always manage to provide some special aspects for their displays. The iPhone 12 now features an OLED display instead of the standard LED panel. Apple probably made this choice […]
OnePlus Nord SE reportedly slated for Q1 2021 launch; will come with a 4,500mAh battery, support for 65W fast charging, and more
OnePlus appears to be doubling down on its commitment to release more reasonably-priced smartphones after promising to do so earlier this year. Android Central reports that there is a fourth OnePlus Nord-branded device in the works. Dubbed as the OnePlus Nord SE, it will probably be released in Q1 2021, right around the time the OnePlus 9 makes its debut. […]
EGLOBAL S200: A mini-PC with up to an Intel Core i9-10880H processor and 32 GB of RAM
It has been well over a year since we reported on EGLOBAL, which released a mini-PC with an Intel Core i9-8950HK processor. Now, EGLOBAL is selling the S200, which comes with a choice of Coffee Lake Refresh-H and Comet Lake-H processors. The 144 x 134 x 64 mm machine comes with the Core i5-9300H, Core i9-9880H, Core i7-10750H or Core i9-10880H, which are […]