Today, Google released the second version of its Android 12 Developer Preview. The first one came out last month, and now the company is releasing Android 12 Developer Preview 1.1. As the minor version number increment indicates, this is not a release that brings new features, but rather bug fixes. In addition, it incorporates the security fixes of March. The issues that have been fixed include intermittent Wi-Fi disconnections even when the signal was strong, a screenshot of the lock screen resulting in an error, partial wake-up locks which caused the battery to drain, the fingerprint reader becomes unresponsive when…
Author: Kevin Le
Samsung is preparing a new entry in its long line of rugged smartphones. We’ve seen the Galaxy Xcover 5 before, both in various certifications, as well as in some leaks. The phone is expected to go official at some point this month, and it is rumored to sell for between € 289 and € 299 in Europe. It will be offered in a single color, the one you can see in the new renderings below, which Samsung calls Graphite Black. Samsung Galaxy Xcover 5 leaked renderings The Xcover 5 is said to sport a 5.3-inch 720×1480 LCD touchscreen, covered in…
AMD today announced the Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card. The 6700 XT is based on the same RDNA2 architecture as the other RX 6000 series graphics cards, but it’s the cheapest model in the series so far, starting at $ 479. The 6700 XT has a new GPU that is smaller than the other three cards in the 6000 series. This GPU has 40 compute units, 64 ROPs, 160 texture units and 2,560 stream processors. One of the cool things about the 6700 XT is the aggressive clock speed; the average clock speed under load or “gaming frequency,” as…
More than a month ago, we had the first information about the successor to the Samsung Galaxy A80. Other than the model number and the fact that it will feature an original camera module with a rotating mechanism, there was nothing else in the report. Now we have the chipset, thanks to some Geekbench listings. Model number SM-A826S helped us identify the phone as the Galaxy A82 5G and to our surprise it will feature the Snapdragon 855+ SoC launched at the end of 2018. The configuration that has been tested also runs Android 11 and is equipped with 6…
Let’s start with the official teaser that comes from Oppo himself. On its Weibo page, the company posted a teaser confirming the 10-bit color engine the X3 Pro would have. And maybe the vanilla X3 as well. The official teaser for Oppo’s Weibo page It is said to be the first Android smartphone capable of capturing, storing and reproducing 10-bit color content for smoother gradations and more accurate color reproduction in the DCI-P3 color space. Additionally, @evleaks posted two promotional videos for the Find X3 Pro, both showing the device in its entirety, highlighting some of the key features. The…
Vivo has just announced the S9 5G and S9e 5G – direct successors to the vivo S7 with an identical design but with improved hardware inside. The hardware is now capable of 5G connectivity, hence the names. And as you’ve probably guessed, the S9e is a toned down version of the standard S9. Let’s start with the S9 5G. It uses a MediaTek Dimensity 1100 chipset based on the 6nm node and is paired with 8GB / 128GB or 12GB / 256GB memory. The screen is still AMOLED with a diagonal of 6.44 inches and a notch. for the front…
It’s been a while since the OnePlus 8T was released. In fact, we’re only days away from the OnePlus 9 series launch event. Still, DxOMark has taken an in-depth camera review of the OnePlus 8T to see how it stacks up against the competition. The overall score of 111 points puts the device on par with the Google Pixel 4a and the rather old Huawei Mate 20 Pro. And as expected, the overall camera performance is far from great. Critics even call the phone a “refreshed midranger”. Perhaps because the camera experience is typical of a mid-range handset. The main…
The Samsung Galaxy Note10 Lite received the One UI 3.0 update based on Android 11 at the end of January, and more than a month later it receives One UI 3.1, Samsung’s latest custom Android skin. The new update has the version number N770FXXU7EUB3 and comes with the March 2021 Android security patch. A detailed change log of the latest firmware is not available at this time, but you can expect that. it brings new features, including private sharing and Eye Comfort Shield, to the smartphone. The One UI 3.1 update for the Galaxy Note10 Lite is being released in…
Realme unveiled its 108 MP camera tech on March 2, and the company revealed that it will come with the Realme 8 Pro. It also means that a Realme 8 is in the works and Madhav Sheth, CEO of Realme, has confirmed that such a device exists. The executive posted a photo of the phone and its retail box, essentially revealing all of the phone’s major specs and features. The Realme 8 will ship with a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display, which will be a first for the mid-range series – until now the phones have come with an LCD display.…
Xiaomi Mi 11 Lite recently starred in a few hands-on photos revealing the design, but information on the specs has been rather scarce. An early rumor suggested that the Mi 11 Lite would feature a brand new Qualcomm SoC, but the Google Play console listing says otherwise. A screenshot of the Google Play console listing The listing reveals the code name “renoir” as well as the model number M2101K9G. The chipset model number coincides with the Snapdragon 765G, as does the base configuration and clocks. Memory configurations will surely vary, but an 8GB RAM variant will likely hit the market.…