New TV ad for Samsung Galaxy S21 and S21+ is all about the cameras

Remember when people went on trips? For fun? Yeah, those were the days. Samsung seems either unaware of the ongoing global pandemic and the measures taken by most Western governments to deal with it by restricting traveling, or wants you to forget about all that and just picture yourself on an epic trip. That’s … Read more

Samsung Galaxy A52 5G and A72 5G show up in leaked official renders

Samsung’s already in the process of refreshing its mid-range A series of smartphones for 2021, and it won’t stop anytime soon. In fact, it’s yet to get to the A5x, which has traditionally been its best selling smartphone. While we wait for an official announcement, Evan Blass of @evleaks fame has got a hold … Read more

Leak showcases Xiaomi’s new haptic feedback system for MIUI 12.5

Xiaomi’s MIUI 12.5 has an overhauled haptic feedback setup that was not detailed at the announcement back in December. A new leak courtesy of the Xiaomiui Telegram group reveals several screenshots and a video demo of the new Natural touch haptic feedback system. According to XDA Developers, Xiaomi’s Natural touch haptics are already live … Read more

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra durability test uncovers two separate screen protectors

Samsung’s latest and greatest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S21 Ultra, is already on its way to those who pre-ordered one, and while you wait for yours, aren’t you interested in a good old fashioned durability test? Of course you are, and JerryRigEverything is here to deliver, as always. Weirdly enough, the scratch test reveals … Read more

“Seamless updates” is a great Android feature that the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra still doesn’t have

‘Seamless updates’, first introduced back in 2016 and arrived on every Google Pixel phone, allows for firmware updates to be installed to a secondary partition while the phone remains in use. This eliminates downtime between firmware updates to a single reboot, after which the secondary partition becomes the main one and the update has … Read more

Flashback: the first gaming phones quickly went from Tetris to downloadable 3D games

Video games have gone through many transformations – from the arcades, to computers at home, to handheld consoles and now phones. Of course, the first phones to play games were a lot more modest than the current RGB-flashing, air-cooled monsters. There’s some debate as to which phone was first, but we do know that … Read more

Samsung allegedly wants to invest $10 billion in a 3nm chip manufacturing plant in Texas

According to a new report from China, Samsung’s semiconductor manufacturing arm is looking to invest around $10 billion in a fab in Texas, which would presumably churn out 3nm chips. This would be its most advanced chip making plant globally, and the location is meant to help Samsung reach more US customers in its … Read more

Verizon is offering the iPhone 11 Pro for just $599.99 until Sunday, cheap LG Velvet too

If you don’t mind Verizon being your carrier of choice, the company is offering some very good deals on three smartphones right now as an online-only flash sale. These are all valid until Sunday, and only through Big Red’s website. Let’s start with the star of the show. The iPhone 11 Pro can now … Read more