Counterpoint Research revealed Samsung shipped the most devices in India for the calendar 2023. The Korean company is back at the top spot after six years of Xiaomi dominance, but the owner of the independent Redmi and Poco brands showed some resilience and kept the top spot for the Q4 period with an 18.3% market share. The total shipments remained flat for 2023, with about 152 million shipped units. The... Read more ›
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The Lava Yuva 3 Pro launched in India last December will soon be joined by the vanilla model. This revelation comes from Amazon.in, which set up a promo page for the Lava Yuva 3 on its website. The teaser on Amazon.in says the Lava Yuva 3 is "coming soon" and doesn't mention the launch date. However, it does confirm that the smartphone will have 64GB and 128GB storage variants, with... Read more ›
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OnePlus was very quick to issue the stable Android 14 update to the OnePlus 11, but then took its sweet time getting the same update to its first foldable smartphone, the OnePlus Open. Today the wait is finally over, the OxygenOS 14 update based on Android 14 is on its way to the Open. If you're in India, that is. For some reason, OnePlus decided to contain the rollout to... Read more ›
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Samsung's much-touted Circle to Search feature, which was part of the huge batch of AI-related stuff it introduced for the Galaxy S24 family, quickly turned out not to be in any way exclusive to the Korean company. The day after the S24 announcement, Google casually unveiled the same feature for its Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. Google's Circle to Search was then said to start rolling out on January... Read more ›
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The Apple Vision Pro reviews are in, and so we finally know its battery's specs. Back when pre-orders started, Apple only revealed that the battery was good for two hours of "general use", and 2.5 hours of video watching. It turns out those estimates were pretty accurate, perhaps even underpromising a tad. And yet, you may have been left wondering, all this time, what the actual capacity of the battery... Read more ›
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Following the release of stable Android 14 for the Phone (2), Nothing started beta testing the update for the Phone (1) last month. And now the testing is over. Today the Nothing Phone (1) gets its Android 14 update, as part of the Nothing OS 2.5 release. This comes with a lot of new features, as you might expect. Here's the full changelog, straight from Nothing: Redesigned a joint Home... Read more ›
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Human Mobile Devices (HMD Global) will start selling its own devices without the Nokia branding marking an expected end to Nokia Mobile smartphones. The news was shared by HMD which is also teasing its upcoming product portfolio of devices. These include smartphones, tablets and wireless earbuds with rumors suggesting we may see the first HMD-branded smartphones at MWC Barcelona which is taking place February 26-29. HMD’s official website states that... Read more ›
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The 4G-only version of Samsung's entry-level Galaxy A15 dropped in mid-December, alongside the 5G model. We have now finished our video review of the former, and are inviting you to take a look. Let's find out if the 4G-only version has what it takes to compete in this day and age. As usual for our video reviews, Will is taking you on a fast and concise journey through the phone's... Read more ›
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Google's parent company Alphabet posted its fourth-quarter and full year 2023 report. While far from a disaster the numbers came short of the expectations, sending the stock tumbling down 6% at time of writing. Alphabet's revenues in Q4 were $86 billion - up 13% compared to Q4 of 2022. Meanwhile, the company's total unaudited revenue for 2023 is $307 billion - 9% more than in 2022. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai... Read more ›
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Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard seems to be paying off, as the latest financial report now shows gaming revenue ($7.11 billion) has overtaken Windows ($5.26 billion) as the company’s third largest revenue stream. Microsoft reported $62 billion in revenue for the quarter ending on December 31, 2023 (up 18%) and $21.9 billion net income (up 33%). Productivity and business which includes Microsoft Office, Office 365, LinkedIn and Dynamics 365 was valued... Read more ›
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Smartphone shipments in 2023 totaled 1.142 billion – the worst in 11 years, claims Canalys in its latest analysis of the market. Apple took the top spot for the first time on the back of a stagnant year in which its main competitor, Samsung, declined 13%. The holiday period was a positive one for the industry, with an 8% increase, which is a sign of stabilization, according to the analysts.... Read more ›
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The international OnePlus 12, which began its global rollout last week, has received a couple of software updates with system improvements and new features. The first update, having firmware version CPH2573_14.0.0.10(SP01EX01) and weighing about 27MB, brings Master Mode to the OnePlus 12 with improvements to system stability. The Master Mode features Hasselblad color tuning to enhance the photos with natural and vibrant colors. The second update has firmware version CPH2573_14.0.0.404(EX01)... Read more ›
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In a bit of a mishap, Samsung’s UAE branch jumped the gun and listed the upcoming Galaxy Fit3 smartband on its website. We’ve seen multiple leaks for Samsung’s wearable and we now get the complete picture with specs and images of the device. As expected, Galaxy Fit3 will bring plenty of upgrades over 2020’s Galaxy Fit2 including a larger display, more capable UI and larger battery. Galaxy Fit3 features a... Read more ›
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The British company Bullitt, responsible for manufacturing rugged phones under Caterpillar (CAT) and Motorola Defy brands, failed to restructure financially and had to fold. Former employees posted on LinkedIn the company is unable to service its debt, and everyone is currently looking for new jobs. According to WinFuture, the plans for Bullitt were to hand over the hardware division to a creditor-backed organization and to concentrate on the development of... Read more ›
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We're ready with the battery life test of the Galaxy S24+ and here go the results. The Galaxy S24+ has a 4,900mAh battery - 200mAh more than its predecessor - and an LTPO panel for granular screen refresh rate control. However, the Galaxy S24+ has a higher resolution QHD+ display - a significant upgrade from 1080p. The newer phone runs an Exynos 2400 in most countries, and that's the unit... Read more ›
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The latest supply chain survey from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests that Apple is not so optimistic about its iPhone shipments in 2024. So much so that Apple has lowered its upstream of semiconductor components with suppliers by up to 15%. According to Kuo, Apple will see a 10-15% decline in shipments for its iPhone 15 and upcoming iPhone 16 series compared to shipments numbers for 2023. Apple is also facing... Read more ›
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Samsung posted its financial results for the fourth quarter and the calendar 2023, and the results are disappointing, to put it mildly. Total sales fell down on a yearly basis for a second year in a row, and this time, the decline was 14%. Operating profit for the whole of 2023 was just KRW 6.57 trillion ($5 billion) – nearly seven times less than the KRW 43.38 trillion ($32.58 billion)... Read more ›
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Tecno has launched the Spark 20 in India. It comes in a single 8GB/256GB configuration priced at INR10,499 ($125/€115) with three color options - Neon Gold, Cyber White, and Magic Skin Blue. The Spark 20 will go on sale in India starting February 2 through Amazon.in. The Tecno Spark 20 is powered by the Helio G85 SoC and runs Android 13-based HiOS 13 out of the box. It's built around... Read more ›
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Samsung's Galaxy S24, the 'vanilla' model as the saying goes, has been disassembled on video by YouTube channel PBKreviews. It follows in the footsteps of the top of the line S24 Ultra, which got the same treatment last week. The S24, as it turns out, also has a larger copper vapor chamber than its predecessor - almost double the size, in fact - just like the S24 Ultra. This is... Read more ›
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Xiaomi is king of the smartband space with the Mi Smart Band series, and Samsung wants to take some of its pie. At least in theory, as the oft-leaked Galaxy Fit3 is still not official. While we've heard rumors about it in 2022, things started to pick up last November, so hopefully this means the launch is near, rather than far. Today the Galaxy Fit3 has been leaked yet again,... Read more ›
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