Google Pixel 7a in for review

Now that the Google Pixel 7a is available to purchase, we have a retail unit in the house to join our review queue. We already handled Google's newest midranger, so this will be more of a quick unboxing as we start the 7a's full review. The phone comes with a USB-C to USB-A adapter, and a USB-C cable. Google ships the Pixel 7a with a 30W charger in some countries like France and Germany. If you purchase the phone by May 22, you'll get a complimentary Pixel Buds A-Series for free or the €219 Pixel Buds Pro for €110. Unboxing the Google Pixel 7a We have the Sea-colored Pixel 7a...
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TikTok banned in US state of Montana

Montana is the first US state to impose a ban on TikTok which will take effect from January 1, 2024. The SB 419 bill was signed by Montana Governor Greg Gianforte today and will require mobile app stores to remove the app form their listings for Montana residents starting next year. Governor Gianforte claims TikTok is “tied to foreign adversaries” and is providing significant amounts of user data to the Chinese Communist Party. TikTok was previously prohibited from government-issued devices in the state of Montana. TikTok is just one app tied to foreign adversaries. Today I directed the...
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Nvidia announces GeForce RTX 4060 series starting at $299

Nvidia today announced the mid-range models of its GeForce RTX 40-series of consumer graphics cards. The 4060 series will include three models, the RTX 4060, the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB, and the RTX 4060 Ti 16GB. The RTX 4060 features the AD107 GPU with 3072 CUDA cores, about 52% of the AD104 on the 4070. It has a base clock speed of 1.83GHz and boost clock speed of 2.46GHz. Nvidia claims the 4060 is 1.2x faster than the 3060 and 1.6x faster than the 2060 without frame generation. The 4060 will come with 8GB of 128-bit GDDR6 memory clocked at 17Gbps along with 24MB of L2 cache. It...
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Nokia 105 (2023) and Nokia 106 4G debut in India

HMD launched a pair of new feature phones in India today with the Nokia 105 (2023) and Nokia 106 4G. They bring support for India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI) system for instant payments with 123PAY without internet access. Nokia 105 (2023) The design is quite similar too. Nokia 105 (2023) is almost identical to 2021’s Nokia 105 4G but lacks LTE connectivity. It brings a 1.8-inch TFT LCD with 120 x 160 px resolution and a polycarbonate build with an IP52 water resistance. Nokia 106 4G has a 1.8-inch IPS LCD. There are no cameras on either phone, though you do get an LED...
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iQOO Pad is launching on May 23

iQOO will unveil the Neo 8 series smartphones at an event in China on May 23, which, the company today announced, will also mark the debut of its first tablet, dubbed iQOO Pad. The teaser shared by iQOO reveals the iQOO Pad's design, which is similar to the vivo Pad2. And that's hardly a surprise since the iQOO Pad is believed to be a version of vivo Pad2 powered by the Dimensity 9000+ instead of the Dimensity 9000 chip. If true, the iQOO Pad will sport a 12.1" 144Hz LCD of 2,800x1,968-pixel resolution, have up to 12GB RAM and 512GB storage onboard, and run Android 13-based OriginOS...
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Apple previews Live Speech, Personal Voice, and more new accessibility features

Apple revealed it has been working on improving cognitive, hearing, and vision accessibility of its products and unveiled new features that should help people with disabilities. The first of those is Live Speech, allowing nonspeaking people to type instead of speaking during calls. Personal Voice will create a model of a synthesized voice, while Detection Mode is for people who are blind or have very impaired vision. The features will arrive later this year, revealed Apple without providing a detailed schedule. We expect them to make their way to iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, as well as some...
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra emerges in renders

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S9 series is rumored to be announced alongside the Galaxy Z Fold5, Z Flip5 and Watch6 in late July and we now have a new set of renders of the Tab S9 Ultra courtesy of OnLeaks and MySmartPrice. Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra renders The new images confirm the basic design of the Tab S9 Ultra will not be that much different from its predecessor up front with a 14.6-inch AMOLED display with 2960 x 1848 px resolution and a V-shaped notch housing dual front-facing cameras. The back of the device shows a slightly altered design with the two cameras isolated in their own...
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Report: Samsung is making big strides towards solid-state battery mass production

Samsung's battery division, like most other big tech companies these days, is tirelessly working on a new solid-state battery tech and according to people familiar with the matter, the firm has made big progress lately. Recently, Xiaomi also confirmed working on solid-state battery technology and that it's making progress, but QuantumScape is perhaps the most promising manufacturer. It's already working with select car manufacturers and has supplied its partners with prototypes to test with. Samsung has been working on an oxide-based solid-state battery prototype for over a decade now...
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Apple schedules "special event" for June 5, likely for AR/VR headset

As the name suggests, Apple’s WorldWide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) is aimed mostly at developers. However, it’s also an opportunity to do some marketing with a well-publicized keynote and the announcement of new Apple OS versions that gets iPhone, iPad and Mac users buzzing. This year there will also be a mysteriously titled “Special Event at Apple Park”, an all-day event on June 5. What could this be about? Apple hasn’t confirmed anything, but this could have something to do with xrOS, the software platform that will power Apple’s Mixed Reality headset, and the headset itself. The...
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iQOO Neo 8 Pro to have flagship-tier 50 MP main camera

The iQOO Neo 8 series is arriving next week, and the Neo family will have a Pro model for the first time. The device will run on Dimensity 9200+, and today the company revealed the V1+ ISP will be assisting a 50MP main camera with Sony IMX866 sensor and OIS. vivo iQOO 8 Pro details The primary shooter can easily be graded as flagship-tier because the sensor is also inside the iQOO 11 Pro and the vivo X90. It's a 1/1.49" imager with 1.0µm pixels and f/1.75 lens in front. The vivo brand shared some camera samples, revealing stunning details in four different scenarios -...
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Our Poco F5/Redmi Note 12 Turbo video review is up

The Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 wasn’t used in many phones, so the 7-series still needed a successor to the 778G. That came in March and was so good that Qualcomm called it Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2. Our first encounter with this chip comes in the form of the Poco F5 (aka Redmi Note 12 Turbo), which could prove to be one of the more competitive mid-rangers this year. The F5 sells at €430 (after the early bird pricing of €380 expires) and its chipset can outperform anything in this price class that doesn’t have a flagship chip. Xiaomi also bumped up the battery by 500mAh to 5,000mAh compared to last...
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Samsung to start buying OLED panels from LG for its TVs

Samsung may be a big TV manufacturer, but it doesn't do OLED TVs since 2015. The company bet on its QLED panels, which are far closer to LCD panels in terms of both cost and quality. The company is also rapidly developing its microLED tech, which is seen as superior to OLED in terms of image quality, but still prohibitively expensive and only available in the largest diagonals. It now seems Samsung is looking to buy more time for the microLED tech to mature and will look to cover the premium market with OLED TVs. And the company has turned to its South Korean neighbor to achieve...
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Kuo: iPhone 16 Pro series to get larger displays and periscope cameras

While the iPhone 15 series is expected to launch later this fall, rumors about the iPhone 16 generation have been going on for months now. Noted Apple analyst Min-Chi Kuo shared his latest update which suggests the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Plus will offer larger display sizes and periscope camera sensors. iPhone 16 Pro is said to bring a 6.3-inch screen diagonal while the 16 Pro Max’s panel is expected to grow to 6.9 inches. These values represent 0.2-inch increases compared to the iPhone 14 Pro generation. The larger footprints will also allow Apple’s engineers to fit a periscope...
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MediaTek looking to build a chipset with an Nvidia GPU next year

DigiTimes is quoting industry insiders who claim that Nvidia and MediaTek have struck a deal to build mobile chipsets with GeForce GPUs as early as next year. A particular target for such chips will be Windows on ARM devices. Currently, MediaTek makes chipsets that end up in entry-level Chromebooks and has around 20% share in that market. A flagship chip with a powerful Nvidia GPU will allow MediaTek to push into the high-end laptop segment. Nvidia has its own ARM-based designs, famously the Nintendo Switch runs on a Tegra chip, though that thing is ancient at this point. There’s also...
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Infinix Note 30i announced with Helio G85 and 64MP main cam

Without much fanfare, Infinix announced the latest member in its Note line – the Infinix Note 30i. The device is listed on the official website and we have the full spec sheet to go through. Note 30i boasts a 6.6-inch AMOLED screen with FHD+ resolution and a 60Hz refresh rate and a 180Hz touch sampling rate. The panel sports a punch-hole cutout for the 16MP front-facing camera. The device is equipped with MediaTek’s Helio G85 chipset paired with 8GB RAM and up to 256GB storage. There’s a 64MP main cam around the back alongside two auxiliary cameras of unknown resolution. The...
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