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What Qualcomm’s new chips mean for upcoming true wireless earbuds

If you’re wondering what to expect from upcoming AirPods competitors, one way to get an inkling is from the new chips that will power them. And the latest new silicon is Qualcomm’s new QCC514X and the QCC304X, the tech giant’s next-generation, ultra-low-power Bluetooth audio systems-on-a-chip. Designed for entry-level and midtier products, they’ll start appearing in …

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Royole’s new foldable display could soon appear in ZTE phones

Most handset makers don’t even have one foldable phone on the market, but Chinese vendor Royole is gearing up for its second FlexPai phone, which’ll use its new third-generation display. Now playing: Watch this: Royole reveals FlexPai 2 next-gen foldable display 5:36 The company late Tuesday unveiled its new Cicada Wing display, saying it’s 50% brighter and has other “significant …

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Samsung Galaxy S10 and Note 10 to get Galaxy S20 camera features

Owners of Samsung Galaxy S10 and Note 10 will soon be able to get access to photo features that debuted in the Galaxy S20. The Korean electronics giant said Tuesday it will begin rolling out a software update to 10-series handsets in the next week to enhance the images users capture. The Galaxy S20 debuted in February with a list …

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Royole FlexPai 2 foldable phone will have 5G and a ‘mechanically robust’ hinge

Chinese phone-maker Royole gave us a sneak peek of what to expect from its second foldable phone, the FlexPai 2, claiming it’ll deliver “significant improvements in every possible way.” The new handset will have a 7.8-inch screen, the newest Snapdragon 865 chipset, a Kyro 585 processor, high-speed LPDDR5 RAM, and 5G capability for nine different bands covering regions including the …

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Redmi Note 9S has a massive 5,020

After its predecessor emerged as the best-selling Android phone at the end of 2019, Xiaomi’s sub-brand Redmi took the wraps off its next-generation budget phone, the Note 9S, the latest international model from its best-selling Note series. On Monday, the company unveiled the Note 9S in an event livestreamed from the Chinese phone-maker’s Beijing headquarters after it was forced to …

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The Oppo Reno3 Pro lets you take 44MP selfies

Rear camera megapixels get all the spotlight. After Samsung launched the Galaxy S20 Ultra with a huge 108-megapixel camera on the back, expect to see more Android phones take up this feature in the coming year. But what about the front camera? Selfies should pack more pixels too — or at least, that’s what Chinese company Oppo says with the Reno3 …

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Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge ‘pause’ updates because of coronavirus

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Google will delay updates to its Chrome web browser because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the company said Wednesday, and Microsoft said Friday it’ll do the same. “Due to adjusted work schedules at this time, we are pausing upcoming Chrome and Chrome OS …

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Smartphone shipments see record drop as coronavirus stops shoppers

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Smartphone shipments saw their biggest ever drop in February as the novel coronavirus ravaged China, one of the world’s largest markets and a vital manufacturing hub.  Worldwide, phone shipments fell 38% to 61.8 million units in February 2020, from 99.2 million units in …

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Apple’s new 2020 MacBook Air left out a key upgrade for people working from home

It’s good Apple chose to bring its Magic Keyboard to the new $999 MacBook Air 2020. It could have just updated the smaller MacBook Pro after introducing the Magic Keyboard in the 16-inch MacBook Pro last fall. The MacBook Air is the best-selling computer in the lineup, so this brings the keyboard fix to a lot more people. The performance and …

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Samsung joins Apple, Microsoft in closing US stores to combat coronavirus

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Samsung has become the latest tech giant to close its stores to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.  The company on Tuesday said that its stores in the US will be closed for an indeterminate time. While Samsung is the world’s biggest …

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