The Redmi K40 and K40 Pro will be unveiled on February 25. It’s a long time to wait for specs – what does the Pro have that Vanilla doesn’t? Well, these leaked About screen screenshots answer it in detail. Both phones will have 6.81-inch AMOLED displays with 1440p + resolution. Xiaomi has already officially confirmed that they use the same E4 light material as the Mi 11, so it’s probably the same panel (with 120Hz and HDR10 + support). Now for the differences. The Redmi K40 Pro will be equipped with the Snapdragon 888 chipset, while the vanilla phone will…
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Huawei’s next flagship tablet, the MatePad Pro 2 5G, has been certified with Chinese 3C, confirming its 40W charge. We also expect it to match the 27W wireless charging of its predecessor (a rarity among tablets). The MatePad Pro 2 5G is expected to be powered by a Kirin 9000 chipset and run PadOS, which is based on the company’s Harmony OS. The current MatePad Pro 5G has a 10.8-inch IPS LCD display, but we’ve heard that its successor will increase the size to a 12.9-inch OLED with a 120Hz refresh rate. Now, a slightly contradictory report has surfaced in…
It’s not just the Galaxy A51 and M30, the Galaxy A71 5G also receives the One UI 3.0 update with Android 11. This software, A716USQU2CUA7, also includes the January 2021 security patch. Again, this is for the 5G version of the A71 (SM-A716U). The 4G version of the phone (SM-A715) will have to wait a bit longer (the original schedule called for the A71 phones to be updated in May). Android 11 and One UI 3.0 are coming to the Galaxy A71 5G You can read our One UI 3.0 mini-review (or watch the video) for an overview of the…
So far, the world’s largest gaming market has not taken advantage of Steam’s huge library of PC games. However, Steam’s entry into the Chinese market is not as big as you might think. Due to strict Chinese policies, most games will not be available to Chinese players. In fact, the Steam library available outside of China has around 48,000 titles, while the one in the country has only 41 games. Even these 41 games wouldn’t have reached China without the local publisher Perfect world. Chinese laws restrict games involving blood, corpses and gambling in order to protect young gamers and…
The increased demand and supply chain constraints caused by the pandemic are causing a global chip shortage that is affecting virtually every industry that needs semiconductors. Industry analysts suggest the auto industry has been hit the hardest and the problem will worsen in the consumer electronics market as well. This means that Apple’s iPhone 12 production could suffer as well. Earlier this month, a Microsoft representative said chip shortages will continue through the first half of 2021, while AMD CEO Lisa Su warns that will be the norm throughout 2021. And despite Apple’s dominant position in the market and the…
The Xiaomi Mi 11 is the latest phone to undergo the JerryRig durability test and the last to survive it. The phone’s full metal and glass casing is built to last and leaves no surprises. The screen, in Gorilla Glass Victus, is scratched at level 6, just like the back panel, in Gorilla Glass 5. The phone made an ominous crackle during the bend test, but apparently didn’t crack or lose its shape. Here is the full video. Stay tuned for our first impressions of the Xiaomi Mi 11, coming soon. Source: GSMArena
Almost two weeks ago, Carl Pei officially launched his new audio company Nothing. The company is backed by a list of well-known investors, including iPod inventor Tony Fadell, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, and Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin. In a new interview with Bloomberg Carl Pei has confirmed that Alphabet’s venture capital arm, Google Ventures (GV), has backed $ 15 million in “Series A” funding at his new company. More importantly, we have confirmation that Nothing’s first wireless headphones will be launching this summer. Pei described his plan to create an ecosystem of devices that can connect to each other. For…
You know how one of the best features of the $ 2,500 Sony Xperia Pro is that it can double as an external monitor for digital cameras? Well, now the Xperia 1 II can too – the feature was added as part of the Android 11 update. No, the Mark II phones did not suddenly develop an HDMI port, which remains exclusive to the Pro phone. However, an HDMI to USB-C adapter will do the trick and one of them doesn’t cost much (especially compared to the Pro’s price premium). The External Monitor application has the same functionalities as on…
Samsung’s all-new Galaxy Buds Pro received an update earlier this month that was supposed to improve the performance of ANC and Ambient Sound features. Now the pair are getting yet another ANC-improving update. As before, no details were released, but the changelog mentions the same improvements as before – the standard ANC feature is updated with the ambient sound feature. Additionally, the use of a single bud has been reworked, and various system stability and reliability tweaks are introduced. The update itself shows a firmware version R190XXU0AUB3 and weighs only 2.2MB. Via Source: GSMArena
An inner source revealed to SamMobile some key details about Samsung’s upcoming foldable phones – likely named the Z Flip2 and the Galaxy Z Fold3. The report mentions the model numbers of the handsets – SM-F926 for the Z Fold3 and SM-F711 which is attached to the successor of the Z Flip. Both devices are said to be running One UI 3.5 out of the box, suggesting release dates are set for the second half of this year. Historically, the new UI version is announced alongside the Note series, which debuts in the second half of each year. Finally, the…