The Motorola Moto G54 is official and ready to ship in China and India, but the two markets get slightly different versions of the phone. The key components are shared though, starting with the 6nm Dimensity 7020 chipset packaged with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Upfront, there’s a 6.5-inch 1080x2400px IPS LCD of […]
Read MoreYesterday, Huawei unveiled its latest flagship, the Mate 60 Pro. The phone is available for pre-order in China through Vmall at CNY 7,000 for the 12/512GB model. For those wondering whether the phone will be available outside of China, the answer is “no”. This was confirmed by Huawei itself in a statement to Android Authority. […]
Read MoreThree weeks ago, Samsung released the first One UI 6.0 beta update to the Galaxy S23. The update was released only in Germany, South Korea, and the US. It was rumored that the company would release the second One UI 6.0 beta update two weeks later, but that didn’t happen, and the update was delayed. […]
Read MoreChina in the second quarter became the biggest iPhone market in the world, overtaking the United States for the first time in history, based on data analyzed by global market research company TechInsights (via The Elec). According to the research firm’s Global Shipment Report, China accounted for 24% of all iPhone shipments in Q2 2023, […]
Read MoreSamsung’s been winning at the firmware update game for some years now. Not even Google can match the company’s firmware policy, but some rival OEMs have been trying to catch up. Xiaomi, or at least one of its subsidiaries, is among them. This month, Xiaomi and its subsidiary, Redmi, announced a couple of new devices, […]
Read MoreXiaomi unveiled its latest foldable phone at the beginning of the week. It’s called the MIX Fold 3, and judging by the company’s social media feed (at least on X), you might get the impression that the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold series is finally getting some real competition. The reality is different. Earlier this week, […]
Read MoreApple supplier Foxconn is starting production of the iPhone 15 in India, the first time that a new iPhone has been made outside China prior to its announcement, Bloomberg reports. The devices are to be manufactured at a Foxconn plant in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. The facility is preparing to deliver devices just weeks after they […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Intel announced an agreement to purchase Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion in February 2022. Tower produces semiconductors and would help Intel’s IDM 2.0 efforts compete with large players in the industry. The deal was expected to close 12 months after its announcement, but it has been pushed back twice due […]
Read MoreSamsung launched its One UI 6 beta program last week for the Galaxy S23 series devices in the US, South Korea and Germany but we now get confirmation that the beta is expanding to four more countries. Galaxy S23 users in China, India, Poland and the UK will soon be able to join the One […]
Read MoreOver the past few years, Samsung’s smartphone market share dropped to almost zero in China. However, the company seems to be doing pretty well in the foldable smartphone market in the country. Over the past year, the company’s market share in the foldable smartphone space jumped more than 4x, eclipsing local brands like Honor, Vivo, […]
Read MoreLast week, Samsung finally released the Android 14-based One UI 6.0 beta update to the Galaxy S23 series in Germany, South Korea, and the US. And it was rumored that more countries would get access to the beta update in the following weeks. The company has now confirmed that it will release the One UI […]
Read MoreOppo’s foldable shipments appear to be doing more than well in its home market of China as a new Canalys report confirms Oppo was the foldable market leader for the Q1 period. Oppo held a 31% market share in the Chinese foldable smartphone segment for the January-March 2023 period. The jump in market share is […]
Read MoreHonor’s Magic V2 foldable has just launched in China and the company shared the rather interesting design story behind the device. The centerpiece element of the design process is portability and it shows. The handset is considerably thinner and lighter than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 (10.1 mm vs. 13.4 mm when unfolded and 231 […]
Read MoreAMD today announced the Radeon RX 7900 GRE desktop graphics. Although announced first in China, it seems the card will also be available globally. The RX 7900 GRE (which stands for Golden Rabbit Edition) is a cut-down version of the RX 7900 XT with some minor reductions to the GPU and significant reductions to the […]
Read MoreThe smartphone market analysis for Q2 2023 is in (via Counterpoint Research). The papers show that Samsung led market share figures in the 2nd quarter, followed by Apple, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo. Although the global smartphone market’s sell-through dropped 5% quarter-on-quarter and 8% year-on-year in the April-June period, the market shares of the five largest […]
Read MoreA couple of months ago, a tipster claimed that the OnePlus 12 would be launched in China in December 2023. While OnePlus hasn’t divulged anything about the OnePlus 12 yet, tipster Max Jambor has backed the claim of the OnePlus 12’s December launch in China. OnePlus 12’s leaked render (Source: OnLeaks and Smartprix) However, that […]
Read MoreThere have been several instances of Samsung employees leaking the company’s proprietary technologies and intellectual properties to Chinese firms. A few years ago, executives of Samsung’s partner firm leaked curved OLED technology to Chinese firms, and one of those employees has now been convicted of the charges and sentenced to three years in prison. Samsung’s […]
Read MoreBy the end of this month, there’s a good chance that Galaxy S23 owners will be able to sign up to try out the Android 14 and One UI 6.0 beta update. Our sources recently revealed that Samsung’s One UI 6.0 beta program could debut in the third week of July, which means the first […]
Read MoreApple has launched an online store in China’s WeChat app, the Tencent-owned social media platform has announced (via Reuters). China’s dominant messaging app will host the Apple store via one of its mini-programs, which typically offers e-commerce, financial, and live-streaming services to WeChat’s over 1.2 billion users. Customers will be able to purchase the full […]
Read MoreThe Oppo Reno10 series, launched in China in May, has begun its international rollout with Malaysia. The lineup comprises three smartphones – Reno10, Reno10 Pro, and Reno10 Pro+. The Oppo Reno10 Pro+ introduced in Malaysia is the same as the one available in China. It comes with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, a 6.74″ […]
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