Week 16 in review: OnePlus Ace, Realme Q5 trio debut
Week 16 is in the books and it saw the annoucnement of the OnePlus Ace in China. The mid-ranger is expected to later make its global debut as OnePlus 10R.
Realme also delivered new phones to its home market with the Q5 lineup spanning the Q5i, Q5 and Q5 Pro.
In rumorland most talk revolved around the upcoming iPhone 14 lineup - we saw molds depicing their sizes and heard rumors that BOE will supply part of the panels for the two cheaper models. Famed analyst Kuo predicted that we'll see the entire lineup come with autofocus selfie cameras in a first for Apple.
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Oppo F21 Pro/Reno7 hands-on
We spent some time with the F21 Pro's Sunset Orange version, and here are our first impressions.
Oppo A55s 5G unveiled - a cheaper A55 5G version
30% lower price, 2 extra gigs of RAM, same everything else. By the way, this isn't the A55s 5G with Snapdragon 480, that's a different phone.
Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones to offer longer battery life and improved ANC
A new design is also expected.
Realme Q5 Pro debuts with 80W charging, vanilla Q5 tags along
The phones have familiar bodies, but new internals.
Metal molds show only two sizes of iPhone 14: 6.1" regular and 6.7" Max
As expected, the mini is a thing of the past. Some things won't change, however, e.g. the non-Pro models still won't have a dedicated tele camera.
Google to kill call-recording apps on Play Store on May 11
System apps with native call-recording functionality remain unaffected.
Apple strikes a deal with BOE for iPhone 14 screens
Only the vanilla version will have a Chinese OLED, the rest will be manufactured by Samsung and LG.
Motorola Moto G Stylus 5G and Moto G 5G's 2022 versions arrive with 50MP cameras and 5,000 mAh batteries
They are water-repellent and feature HRR screens.
Oppo Reno7 Lite 5G in for review
A pretty and light midranger with plenty of specs to be enthusiastic about.
Kuo: All iPhone 14 models to get autofocus selfie cameras
Expect improved subject tracking and improved depth of field.
Xiaomi Civi 1S arrives with a Snapdragon 778G+ chipset
The rest of the specs remain exactly the same.
The vivo X80 series will introduce a new Sony IMX866 RGBW sensor
This should replace the IMX766 (standard Quad Bayer) used in the X70 series.
Vanilla OnePlus 10 specs leaks with 150W charging and a MediaTek Dimensity 9000
The OnePlus 10 may also be the first OnePlus flagship to ditch the alert slider.
OnePlus' Nord N20 5G is coming to T-Mobile for $282 on April 28
The phone brings a 60Hz OLED, SD695 chipset, 4,500mAh battery with 33W charging, and 5G.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 battery capacities revealed
There won't be any significant change in the battery capacity.
Netflix to soon charge you for sharing passwords with other households
It is losing revenue because of the practice.
Samsung Exynos 1280 chipset officially announced
The same SoC that's already powering the Galaxy A33, A53 and M33.
Samsung Galaxy A53's first update improves camera
Exactly 88 vulnerabilities are fixed, including camera stability.
Design from Samsung EV batteries could be adopted for smartphones to increase capacity
By at least 10%, according to one report. The new design is already being used in 5th generation batteries for electric cars.
Huawei nova Y70 Plus arrives on May 1 with 6.75-inch display, 6,000 mAh battery
The phone was quietly semi-launched in South Africa.
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