Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Realme 12 Pro+ battery life test

The Realme 12 Pro+ battery test results are in and they look good. The device runs on a standard 5,000 mAh battery, just like its predecessor, but the new Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 should, in theory, offer better overall efficiency. And for the most part, the real life tests prove that to be true. The Realme 12 Pro+ has slightly longer battery life with improved talk time and web browsing. However, the Active Use Score is only slightly higher than last year's Realme 11 Pro because there's no change in the video playback time and the gaming endurance is more than an hour...



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Monday, February 5, 2024

Oppo Find X7 devices reach 1 million pre-orders

Oppo announced the Find X7 Ultra flagship in the first days of the year, and four weeks later, the phone, along with its vanilla sibling Find X7, reached 1 million pre-orders. The announcement came from Billy Zhang, President of Overseas Marketing, Sales, and Services at OPPO, who said on Twitter that “there's a real appetite” for the phone. Sadly, all the pre-orders were placed in China, as the phone is currently unavailable on any other market. The smartphone is an all-around monster flagship with its dual-periscope camera and the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset. We received...



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Samsung chief Jay Y. Lee acquitted in 2015 merger case  

Samsung Electronics executive chairman Jay Y. Lee has been declared not guilty on the charge of stock price manipulation and accounting fraud related to the merger of Samsung affiliates in 2015, a South Korean Court ruled on Monday. In the November hearing, prosecutors had called for Lee to be in jail for five years and a […]

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Nothing Phone (2a) leaks in hands-on images

Nothing’s upcoming Phone (2a) is expected to launch soon and we now have live images of the device thanks to a new leak. Phone (2a) is wearing a design-concealing case though we can still get a clear look at the screen which features a punch-hole cutout. The back features a pair of cameras – likely a 50MP Samsung GN9 main shooter and a 50MP JN1 ultrawide lens. Nothing Phone (2a) hands-on images Nothing Phone (2a) is expected to launch with a 6.7-inch AMOLED with FHD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. According to the most recent rumors, Phone (2a) will be equipped with...



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iQOO Z9 series to switch to OLED displays

The iQOO Z9 series will come with an OLED panel, revealed tipster Digital Chat Station on their Weibo page. The midranger Z line of the vivo-owned brand has been using LCD since its launch in mid-2020 but switched to OLED for the iQOO Z7 series, before reverting to LCD on the Z8 family. The new phones will also bring an improved 1220p resolution that China makers call "1.5K" because it is the middle point between Full HD and QHD (1440p). vivo iQOO Z7 Pro The latest iQOO Z series smartphones on the market are the Z8 and Z8x duo. Both devices have a 4 nm chipset, and while the Z8...



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Sunday, February 4, 2024

Perhaps this is why the bitcoin spot ETFs are yet to send crypto prices to the moon

A survey of TechCrunch readers reveals that while the spot ETFs may boost bitcoin's price, they may not be attracting many people who don't own bitcoin.

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vivo V30 arrives with three 50 MP cameras

The vivo V30 is now official, beginning its rollout across international markets. The phone features a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset and a big battery. It shares its body with the vivo S18, but comes with a major camera upgrade. vivo V30 is built around with a 6.78” AMOLED screen with 1260p resolution and 2,800 nits peak brightness. There is a fingerprint scanner underneath the curved panel. The Qualcomm chipset that powers the vivo phone is built on the 4 nm process and comes with a 2.63 GHz octa-core CPU and Adreno 720 GPU. The vivo V30 has four variants – 8/128 GB, 8/256 GB, 12/256...



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