vivo detailed OriginOS today, the replacement of FuntouchOS. The new platform focuses on a re-imagined widget system, advanced gestures, memory optimizations and a healthy dose of visual flair. Let’s start with the widgets. They are inspired by the Huarong Road, a type of sliding puzzle with different piece sizes. The homescreen can be easily rearranged…
Now that all the iPhone 12 series phones are up for sale and making their way to consumers and reviewers alike, DisplayMate went ahead and did their full review of the iPhone 12 Pro Max’s 6.7-inch Super Retina XDR OLED panel. The results show impressive performance across the board with the largest iPhone ever breaking…
Oppo announced its new “Full-path Color Management System”, which will make its debut with the Oppo Find X3 series coming next year. “Full-path” means that the system covers everything from capturing images, storing them and displaying them with full DCI-P3 gamut coverage and 10-bit color depth. An image’s journey starts with capture. Oppo has adopted…
Google Maps has gained new features to help you navigate a world affected by the pandemic. The COVID-19 Info layer has been enhanced with additional info (total confirmed cases and deaths) and handy information about local guidelines and restriction, plus testing sites if you’re not feeling well. If you’re using public transport, you can still…
Huawei is having a turbulent period in the past two years, being a major hostage in the trade war between the United States and China. One of the setbacks the Chinese company suffered is its ban for supplying carriers with 5G equipment in the United Kingdom. In an interview with The Guardian, Victor Zhang, Huawei’s…
Black Friday is still more than a week away but smartphone brands have already started announcing their Black Friday deals. Samsung, too, has joined the group and announced discount offers for its smartphones, smartwatches, wireless earphones, and more to celebrate the event in the UK. Samsung’s Black Friday deals run for two weeks starting from…
Following reports of Honor’s imminent sale, parent company Huawei has made the news official. With US restrictions severely limiting Huawei’s telecom consumer and commercial businesses, the company had to resort to selling off its secondary smartphone brand: Honor (known as “Glory” before translating). At a difficult time when industrial technology elements are unsustainable and consumer…
Introduction We recently got our hands on the TCL 10 5G UW for Verizon in the US. It is slightly different from the TCL 10 5G available in Europe but shares most of its internals such as the 6.5-inch LCD screen, the Snapdragon 765G chipset, and the 4,500 mAh battery. The TCL 10 5G UW…
Belsimpel has struck a deal with Realme to bring its product lineup in the Netherlands. The largest phone retailer in the country, Belsimpel, will now officially sell Realme smartphones with or without subscriptions to carriers as the brand’s exclusive partner on the Dutch market. Realme phones will be purchased directly from the maker which would…
Just two days ago we got our first look at the OnePlus 9 in a set of unofficial renders. Today, we have a Geekbench listing for the alleged OnePlus 9 Pro which is powered by the Snapdragon 875 chipset. OnePlus 9 render The device managed 1,122 points in the single core test and…
