Month: November 2020

Apple has just been fined €10 million (about $12 million) in Italy because of the way it advertises water resistance for its devices. Italy’s antitrust authority doesn’t like how “aggressive and misleading” Apple’s commercial practices are, regarding its iPhones and their water resistance ratings. The regulator said in a statement that Apple advertises iPhones … Read more

Unsurprisingly the Poco M3 retained its lead in the week of its official announcement that super aggressively priced mid-ranger seemingly making the holiday shopping shortlist for many. It’s joined by the newly announced Redmi Note 9 4G that got many people interested despite being a China exclusive for the time being. The Apple iPhone … Read more

A couple of Oppo smartphones with model designations PDSM00 and PDST00 got TENAA certified recently. These are said to be two versions of the Reno5 Pro 5G, and now we know that they are indeed different variants of the Reno5 Pro 5G as both have been HDR10+ certified, confirming the moniker in the process. … Read more

Samsung is getting ready to launch yet another pair of true wireless earbuds with Galaxy Buds branding, perhaps alongside the Galaxy S21 family in January. Following the original Galaxy Buds, the Buds+, and the Buds Live, we’re going to get the Buds Pro. This name was confirmed by the Indonesian Telecom Certification authority, right … Read more

Case makers usually plan and produce their products way ahead of phone launches which often leads to leaks on unreleased devices. This is the case (pun intended) with the upcoming Samsung Galaxy A32 5G which comes to us via an unnamed accessory maker. It’s expected to launch as Samsung’s most affordable 5G phone. Keep … Read more

The Indian true wireless stereo (TWS) market 3 a whopping 723% market growth year on year during the July 1 -September 30 period. Despite the ongoing pandemic and decreased consumer spending in other segments, TWS shipments soared to their highest levels during the third quarter. The number one spot was occupied by India-based brand … Read more

Xiaomi’s latest financial report indicates a milestone with 46.6 million smartphone shipments and CNY 47.6 billion ($7.2 billion) in smartphone revenues during the July 1-September 30 period. The number of shipped phones is 45.3% greater than the same period of last year and based on Canalys’ global smartphone shipments report, Xiaomi is now the … Read more

The Surface Duo is Microsoft’s first foray into dual-screen Android phones and so far it’s only available in the US. The last time we heard about the device it got its first discount to $1,199, which is $200 off its initial retail price. Now, German blog WindowsArea is reporting that the Duo is poised … Read more

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was the first Symbian S60 phone with a touchscreen released by the Finnish company. It wasn’t a great phone by any means, but an aggressive price and a generous retail package pushed it along to 8 million sales in its first year, a decent success. But if the 5800 wasn’t … Read more

The Galaxy S21 lineup is rumored to go official on January 14 next year, but as expected there’s no confirmation from Samsung about that just yet. And while we are unlikely to see Samsung reveal the unveiling date of the S21 series this year, the vanilla S21 has been certified by the Bureau of … Read more