Top stories of 2022: Q1
Welcome to our recap of the top news articles of 2022. We will now be looking back on the most popular stories from the first quarter of the year with each subsequent quarter getting its own story.
In Q1, we got a few major announcements. Samsung’s Galaxy S22 series launched in February. The Galaxy S22 Ultra was the biggest announcement (metaphorically, and literally). It brought back the built-in S Pen, and the squarer Galaxy Note design, while simultaneously bringing refinement to the battery and cameras.
The Galaxy S22 and S22+ got bumped up to a new 50MP main camera and brought back the glass on the back. The Galaxy S22 series adopted the Exynos 2200 but also got the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in some markets.
Other Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered phones began arriving in Q1 – the Honor Magic V was the first foldable with the new chip, while the Realme GT2, iQOO 9 and 9 Pro, Oppo Find X5 Pro, Motorola’s Edge 30 Pro and Edge Plus 2022, nubia’s Z40 Pro, Honor’s Magic4 series, OnePlus’ 10 Pro also joined the party.
On our part we marked the official start of ArenaEV.com – our electric vehicle-focused project. Nearly a year on wWe’re happy to say that ArenaEV is going strong!
On the PC side Intel unveiled its new 12th gen processors with a hybrid architecture, and Apple announced the M1 Ultra SoC with a 20-core CPU, and up to 64-core GPU.
Those were just some of the highlights of Q1 but you can find the full list of major stories below.
Samsung is so far behind the competition when it comes to charging speeds it can barely see it in the distance.
The Galaxy S22 smartphones and Galaxy Tab S8 slates are expected to be unveiled at the Galaxy Unpacked event on February 9.
No more plastic, new 50MP cameras and more compact bodies.
S Pen and new chipsets underscore what is otherwise a very incremental update.
Both phones are going on sale in China from January 11.
Featuring up to 6 performance and 8 efficiency cores.
The Pro has a curved screen and wireless charging.
Open sales in China start on January 18.
Both smartphones are powered by 4G versions of the Snapdragon 888.
We want to do for electric cars what we’ve been doing for mobile phones for decades.
All three are powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
The Realme 9 Pro+ is also the company’s first phone with a color-changing back.
The iQOO 9 is a new model, different from the phone in China with the same name. The 9 SE appears to be a rebadged Neo5 S.
AI and image processing is offloaded to the MariSilicon X chip. Also, the ultrawide camera has both lens and sensor shift image stabilization.
It has two 50MP IMX766 sensors, except the ultrawide cam is missing the 5-axis OIS. The custom MariSilicon X ISP is on board, however.
The Find X5 Lite is all but identical to the Reno7 5G.
The phone is slightly different than its Chinese sibling Edge X30.
It’s nearly identical to the global model but with slower 33W charging.
The phone is also the first with a 64MP Sony IMX787 sensor for the main camera.
The X4 Pro 5G packs a 108 MP camera, quite an upgrade over the X3 Pro. The M4 Pro is a 4G version of the M4 Pro 5G from last year.
The 2022 flagship Honor phones are here.
The two devices are quite similar to each other. The A13 is a 4G phone and changes quite a bit from the Galaxy A13 5G.
Two nearly-identical phones with different batteries. Coming to Europe and India.
The front-facing camera has also been updated.
The Mac Studio ships with M1 Max or the new flagship M1 Ultra on March 18.
Is a combination of two M1 Max chips with a new interconnect architecture called UltraFusion.
The phones will be available in Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
The Magic4 series is launching in China starting with the vanilla model later this month, then the Pro and soon the Ultimate.
The vanilla version comes with 80W charging.
The Galaxy S21 FE 5G comes in White, Graphite, Olive, and Lavender.
All three models offer high refresh rate FHD+ AMOLED displays and 5,000 mAh batteries with 25W fast charging.
February 9 can’t come fast enough, but at least we have all the details now.
The Pros will have less differentiating features.
The two unreleased flagships were tested on a popular benchmarking app.
Carl Pei and Nothing are going against the established smartphone players.
Wallpapers reveal the launch was indeed planned for February 8.
A new chipset, faster charging and a better screen are just some of the changes.
The Galaxy S21 will be smaller than its predecessor, the S22 Ultra is changing too (to accommodate the S Pen.
The Sony WF-1000XM4 TWS earphones have been on the market for a while now and have built up a reputation for themselves.
The non-Pro variant is said to have a 4,400 mAh battery and MIUI 13 out of the box.
That’s $99 less than the base price of its predecessor – iPhone SE (2020).
Its aim is to deliver the same level of security as WhatsApp’s native apps for Windows, Android and iOS.
The 4G model uses a Helio G96 chipset, the 5G one goes for the Snapdragon 695. Chips aside, the two are quite similar.
A round-up of all the official and unofficial info on the new flagship series that we’ve seen so far.
Galaxy S21 and S21+ are still available, though.
Check out some of the best hardware and software announcements from past Galaxy devices.
The images also come with a recap of the specs leaked so far.
A new EU regulation is messing with Meta’s data processing.
A new MacBook Air with M2 chip and iPad Pro with wireless charging is also incoming this year.
Could be a rebranded Redmi K40S indeed.
A download for Windows button appeared on an app page.
There is a lot of confusion surrounding the Galaxy S22 series and the refresh rates of their displays.
The A15 chip is faster than what pricey Android flagships have and it supports 5G too.
