Oppo introduces Ice-Skin cooling case for Find X5 Pro

Oppo announced the Find X5 Pro a month ago as its latest flagship with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. The phone already has an advanced built-in cooling solution, but the company now introduces a special Ice-Skin cooling case that helps keep the temperature further 2-3 degrees C lower. The case has a special hydrogel layer, developed by Wuhan University. Regular hydrogels draw moisture from the air and then release it through evaporation. However, in order to provide long-term cooling and not just a one-time solution, the researchers developed Glacier Mat - modified hydrogel that re-absorbs...

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4, Z Fold4 to run SD 8 Gen 1 Plus, a scrollable phone may join them

Samsung already introduced the Galaxy S flagships for 2022, and now the company is obviously shifting its focus to this year’s foldables, namely Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4. The leakster Ice Universe reported these devices will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus chipset. He also corroborates the Korean manufacturer yesterday's rumor of a third device to launch alongside them - it is code-named Diamond and may even have a scroll screen, similar to the Oppo X 2021 rollable concept. Is this a Samsung rollable phone? Samsung does have its own flagship chipset - the Exynos...

Realme GT 2 Pro is launching in India on April 7 after all

A couple of days ago, Realme's Indian branch announced that the Realme GT 2 Pro would launch in India on April 7. However, that tweet was deleted shortly, suggesting a change in plans. But that's not the case since Realme today announced that the GT 2 Pro will indeed debut in India on April 7. The launch event will kick off at 12:30PM local time and will be live-streamed on Realme India's YouTube channel and Facebook page. We expected Realme to host an in-person launch event for its 2022 flagship since smartphone brands have resumed offline events in India, but Realme is seemingly not...

Arizona is the first US state to allow driver’s license to be stored in the Apple wallet app

Back in September, Apple announced it was working closely with several US states to roll out the ability to store state-issued IDs and driver’s licenses within the Apple Wallet. Today, Apple announces that Arizona is the first US state to officially roll this feature out. We’re thrilled to bring the first driver’s license and state IS in Wallet to Arizona today, and provide Arizonians with an easy, secure, and private way to present their ID when traveling, through just a tap of their iPhone or Apple Watch[…] We look forward to working with many more states and the TSA to...

Samsung Galaxy M23 and M33 get priced in Europe

Samsung made the Galaxy M23 and M33 quietly official at the beginning of this month, but without any prices to speak of. Thankfully, this has now been rectified and we can give you their European prices as they apply to Germany, which seems to be where they'll first launch in the continent. The Galaxy M23 should be available before the end of this week in Germany, for a price of €289 with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. You can get it in Orange copper, Light Blue, and Deep Green. Samsung Galaxy M23 On the other hand, the Galaxy M33 is priced at €349 with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of...

Instagram gets its chronological feed back, but there's no way to make it the default

For all haters of algorithmic feeds in social networking apps, today is a big day. That's because Instagram just announced it's bringing back the chronological feed. The new version of the app has two optional feeds, which you can get to by tapping on the Instagram logo at the top. The first is called Following, and this is the chronological feed of every post from every account you follow, while the other one is called Favorites and is pretty self-explanatory. You can add up to 50 accounts as your favorites, and when choosing this feed you'll only see their posts - also sorted...

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