Year: 2020

Rumors about the next OnePlus Nord smartphone have been swirling for a while now with the Nord N10 5G being touted to launch soon with a sub-$400 price tag. Well known tipster Max J once again took to Twitter to confirm the upcoming phone through a cryptic image of the device. 📷 / 🔵 … Read more

The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) has announced today that four companies are approved to compete in an auction for 5G spectrum. Two of the license conditions that PTS imposed are new installations must not be carried out with products from Huawei and ZTE; also existing infrastructure must be phased out by 2025. … Read more

A new rumor from Hong Kong claims that LG will be abstaining from using Qualcomm’s next flagship SoC, at least for the first half of next year. That’s rather strange because when Qualcomm launches its best chipset in the beginning of each year, LG is one of the first to adopt it. But that … Read more

Welcome to your week’s recap and as far as eventful weeks go, this one was huge. Apple’s much anticipated, not to mention delayed by a month, iPhone announcement happened this week and Apple unveiled an unprecedented four-strong lineup. The iPhone 12 family is all OLED, all 5G and boasts a new design with flat … Read more

Micromax yesterday announced it will return to the smartphone market with the new “in” series of handsets, without divulging any details about them. A new report today claims the “in” series will include two models to start with (or three, depending on how you look at it) – one powered by the Helio G85 … Read more

Some rumors have been floating around that Samsung is planning to pull forward its Galaxy S-series launch date with the upcoming Galaxy S21. Over the past several years, we saw new S-series phones announced in February while first sales started in March. Reports from Korean media have speculated the S21 series might launch as … Read more

Predictably, mobile accessory makers jumped on the MagSafe bandwagon to offer a variety of products that use Apple’s new wireless charging magnetic attachment system. Belkin already has a few interesting designs that will be available soon. First up is a MagSafe version of its 3-in-1 charging station. This one leverages the magnets to hold … Read more

Smartphone usage has grown by a quarter in the July -September period compared to the same time last year. In the same period, app downloads have seen an even larger increase with Google Play reaching 28.3 billion total downloads for the Q3 period. This is a 31% increase compared to last year and gives … Read more

Apple started its online event today with the 3.3-inch tall HomePod Mini. The new smart speaker has Siri built-in, as you’d expect, and can control your smart home devices too. It automatically integrates with the Home app for this purpose. Siri on the HomePod Mini can recognize the voices of each member of your … Read more

The Sony Xperia 5 II went on pre-order in Europe and it has now reached the US. There are no Sony-branded headphones in it for you, instead there’s a gaming bundle available (which does include headphones). Note that if you order now you will have to wait for well over a month before getting … Read more