Welcome to your week’s recap. The past seven days brought us the Poco F2 Pro, the triumphant return of no-nonsense flagship phone. Based on the Redmi K30 Pro, the Poco F2 Pro is the cheapest Snapdragon 865 phone in just about every market, starting at just $500/500 for a 6/128GB model. Pre-orders are now live,…
Few phones are cheered on by fans as if they were a sports team, but the original Poco was one of them. Now after two years of waiting it finally has a successor, but our initial reactions are a bit conflicting. The Poco F2 Pro may well be the cheapest phone to pack the flagship…
Realme made its debut just two years ago in May 2018 with the Realme 1. In the short time since, the company has launched over two dozen smartphones and expanded its business in over 25 markets across the globe. Realme offers great value for money smartphones across different segments, but the company is also quickly…
Foxconn’s quarterly profit has hit a two-decade low in Q1 this year as the company was forced to cease operations in China amidst the coronavirus pandemic and demand from key customers such as Apple was on the low. The company reported a net profit of $70.3 million, a 90% plunge year-on-year, the lowest figure since…
The Messenger Rooms feature launched by Facebook last month went live a couple of days ago, and now it’s being integrated into Facebook-owned WhatsApp. According to a report by WABetaInfo, Facebook has integrated Messenger Rooms into WhatsApp for Android with the 2.20.163 beta update. The update brings a new “Room” option to the share menu…
Mediatek is announcing a new chipset on Monday, a Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 got certified by TENAA recently and now the same phone has appeared on GeekBench with an as-yet unofficial Mediatek SoC – the stars are aligning nicely, we reckon. About a dozen entries in the benchmark’s database feature the Xiaomi M2004J7AC, the specific…
Over the years OnePlus has launched a bunch of phones and a few Bullets branded earphones, but the company has yet to unveil its first pair of truly wireless earbuds. According to a new rumor, that’s set to change in July. Coincidentally or not, the OnePlus Z is also expected around the same time, so…
Facebook just announced that it’s acquiring the popular GIF-sharing platform, Giphy. Reportedly, the deal cost Facebook $400 million and its plan is to integrate the Giphy library in Instagram and other Facebook-owned services. The integration of Giphy, which is used for sharing but for making and editing GIFs, has started long ago as Facebook, Messenger,…
The Redmi Note 10 will be the first in the series to feature 5G connectivity. TENAA certified the phone with both NSA and SA support (as well as the usual LTE and older connections). The phone will switch from the LCDs typical for the affordable Redmis to a 6.57 OLED display with 1,080 x 2,400px…
After several detailed leaks the Samsung Galaxy A21s is now official. It brings a similar design to the Galaxy A21 but with a better camera setup, more RAM options and a larger 5,000 mAh battery. The phone is built around a 6.5-inch HD+ AMOLED Infinity-O display. It boasts a 13MP selfie cam and a 20:9…
