Samsung Galaxy M42 5G brings Snapdragon 750G and 5,000 mAh battery

The newest member of Samsung’s Galaxy M-line is here with the Galaxy M42 5G. Looks alone will tell you that it’s a rebadged Galaxy A42 5G and a quick glance over the specs reveals that is certainly the case. Still, it marks an important note as the first 5G phone in the Galaxy M lineup. The M42 5G brings a 6.6-inch Super AMOLED display with HD+ resolution and a wateredrop notch. The back houses a 48MP primary camera alongside an 8MP ultrawide snapper and two 5MP modules for macro shots and depth data. The phone runs on the Snapdragon 750G chipset paired with 6/8GB RAM and 128GB...

Realme 8 5G is now on sale in India

The Realme 8 5G unveiled last week is now on sale in India. The smartphone comes in Supersonic Blue and Supersonic Black colors and has two memory options - 4GB/128GB and 8GB/128GB priced at INR14,999 ($200/€165) and INR16,999 ($230/€190), respectively. You can buy one from Realme's Indian site, Flipkart, and mainline channels in the country. Realme 8 5G The Realme 8 5G has a Dimensity 700 SoC at the helm and boots Android 11-based Realme UI 2.0 out of the box. It's built around a 6.5" FullHD+ 90Hz LCD and packs a 5,000 mAh battery with 18W charging. For photography, the Realme...

Samsung releases Android 11 for three more devices

Samsung's been busy updating its smartphones with Android 11 lately, and the company continues its streak as it has released the latest version of Android for three more devices - Galaxy M01, Galaxy A41, and Galaxy Tab A7. The Android 11 update for the Galaxy M01 carries version number M015GXXU3BUD9 and requires a download of about 1.4GB. It brings the April 2021 Android patch and One UI 3.1 Core - a lighter version of One UI - to the smartphone. Samsung Galaxy A41 Android 11 for the Galaxy A41, on the other, brings One UI 3.1 to the smartphone. It, too, includes the April 2021...

Check this video of Harmony OS 2.0 running on Huawei Mate X2

The Harmony OS 2.0 is Huawei’s in-house platform that should be available by June to customers. It is already in the final stages of development, and we got a hold of a video, showcasing how the OS looks like on a Huawei Mate X2. Check it out: At first it has a lot of similarities to Android, especially around the notification bar and how the icons are grouped and how they look. Swiping down anywhere on the home screen brings the search engine of the phone, and we expect Petal Search to be incorporated for the global devices. The control center can be pulled down from the top right...

Snapdragon 888 Plus may power devices in Q3, Honor might make one of them

Ever since Huawei sold off the Honor brand, the company has been cleared to work with Qualcomm again and we already know that the brand is working on the Honor 50 Pro+ that is to be powered by the Snapdragon 888 SoC. According to leaker Digital Chat Station, Honor will be one of the OEMs to equip a flagship with the updated chipset. Honor 30 Pro+ According to the leaker, the Snapdragon 888 Plus (or Pro), is already being tested by manufacturers and we may see devices with the updated chipset as soon as Q3. This Plus (or Pro) variant is expected to have a small update in...

Microsoft announces 1.3 billion Windows 10 users following earnings report

Following Microsoft’s earnings call on Monday, the software company announced that it had added 300 million users in the last year. The company celebrated it had surpassed 1 billion users in March 2020 and the company revealed that it reached a new all-time high of 1.3 billion users. Microsoft credited the spike of demand to the growth of users purchasing larger-screen devices including laptops and desktop computers during the pandemic, which had a large demographic of users switching to work-from-home setups. In Microsoft’s earnings report for the quarter ending on March 31 2021,...

ZTE Blade 11 Prime hits some carriers in the US with under $200 price

ZTE's launching a new smartphone in the US today. The Blade 11 Prime interestingly has big Blade branding on the back, and the only mention of ZTE is on the lower side where the small regulatory text is. The Blade 11 Prime is already available from both Visible and Yahoo Mobile, both of which are MVNOs operating on Verizon's network. The phone is priced at $192 outright, or you can buy it on 24 monthly installments of $8. If you're wondering exactly what specs that amount of cash will net you, here are the details. The Blade 11 Prime has a 6.52-inch 720x1600 touchscreen, the...