Saturday, June 8, 2024

Deals: Moto Edge 50 Fusion launches on Monday, Redmi Note 13 Pro+ price drops

The Motorola Edge 50 Fusion is available in several regions and starting next week, it will be available in Germany too. We have a review unit at the office and there is plenty to test – the 6.7” 144Hz display, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chipset, 50+13MP cameras and the 5,000mAh battery with 68W fast wired-only charging. We will report back with our findings soon. The Fusion is on pre-order right now, but open sales start on Monday. Motorola Edge 50 Fusion (pre-order) 8/256GB coming on June 10 ...



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Friday, June 7, 2024

Oppo Reno12 Pro global variant runs Geekbench with Dimensity 7300

Oppo will unveil its Reno12 series globally this month, and some early listings are already live. This leads us to this Geekbench listing for the global Reno12 Pro (model number CPH2629), which seemingly confirms the switch to the Dimensity 7300 SoC. The specs list four cores running at 2.5GHz and four more at 2.0GHz. The GPU of choice is the Mali-G615. The phone packs 12GB of RAM and runs Android 14. A tipped specs sheet on X shows the differences between the Chinese Reno12 and Reno12 Pro, and the global ones. The Reno12 Pro has the aforementioned Dimensity 7300 instead of the...



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Shopify acquires Threads (no, not that one)

Shopify has acquired Threads.com, the Seqiuoa-backed Slack alternative, Threads said on its website. The companies didn’t disclose the terms of the deal but said that the Threads.com team will join Shopify. Threads added that after the launch of Meta’s social network with the same name last year, the startup had “the opportunity to sell our […]

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Canalys: European smartphone market saw positive growth in Q1, Samsung retains top spot

The European smartphone market saw its first quarter with positive growth in Q1 following twelve consecutive quarters of declines in smartphone shipments. According to the latest Canalys report, 33.1 million smartphones were shipped in Europe during the January 1 – March 31 period which represents a 2% year-on-year growth. This was also the quarter with the highest recorded share of premium devices (priced ≥$800), accounting for 32% of all shipments. Samsung secured the top spot with a 37% market share thanks to robust demand for its Galaxy S24 series. Samsung’s flagship S-series...



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Apple Passwords app rumored to launch at WWDC

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is just three days away and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is back with another rumor ahead of the big event. According to the latest report, Apple will introduce a new Passwords app that will be a one-stop shop for managing passwords across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, visionOS and Windows devices. This will be a separate app/platform from the current iCloud Keychain used on Apple devices and will be a direct competitor to password managing services like LastPass and 1Password. The new Bloomberg report suggests that Apple Passwords will offer different...



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Thursday, June 6, 2024

Once serving war-torn Sudan, YC-backed Elevate now provides fintech to freelancers globally

Inflation and currency devaluation have always been a growing concern for Africans with bank accounts.

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Galaxy Buds3 Pro will have "Blade Lights", vanilla Buds3 are getting IP57

While they are likely to stay in the background during the upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event, overshadowed by the new foldables and the Galaxy Ring, the new Galaxy Buds deserve some attention. The Buds2 Pro are from mid-2022 and the regular Buds2 are even older, having originally launched in 2021. The Samsung Galaxy Buds3 and Buds3 Pro are bringing important upgrades, some of which leaked out. For starters, the vanilla model will go up to an IP57 dust and water resistance rating, its predecessor only had IP52. The Buds3 will still use single speakers per bud. They will support high quality...



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