Samsung US kicks off Black Friday early with deals on foldabes, S-series, wearables and more

Samsung US kicks off Black Friday early with deals on foldabes, S-series, wearables and more Samsung is now offering Early Black Friday deals because who wants to wait until the 26th? There’s a bit of something for everyone, from the newest foldables, through Galaxy S21 series and Note20 Ultra deals to smart wearables. Before we look at all the offers, we should note that they are available only from Samsung US.

Another important point is that while the links below lead to Samsung.com, the deals are available only through these links – you won’t see them if you just open the Samsung US site.

Foldables have started to edge into affordable territory, now even more so with a…

Photo of a Snapdragon 898-powered phone confirms the clock speeds of the three CPU clusters

Photo of a Snapdragon 898-powered phone confirms the clock speeds of the three CPU clusters Somewhere out there is a working phone with Qualcomm’s upcoming SM8450 – what has come to be known as the Snapdragon 898, the successor to the 888 (note that some have labeled it the 895 instead). The Device Info HW app is showing on the screen and confirms the configuration of the new flagship chip.

The prime core – that should be based on the Cortex-X2 – is running at 3.0 GHz. Next up are three Cortex-A710 based mid-cores clocked at 2.5 GHz and finally four efficient Cortex-A510 derived cores at 1.79 GHz. This exactly matches recent leaks.

While most flagships chips of the next…

Asus ROG Phone 5s series arrives in Europe, starting at €999

Asus ROG Phone 5s series arrives in Europe, starting at €999 Back in August, Asus announced an “S” refresh for its ROG Phone series with the ROG Phone 5s and 5s Pro and now the pair have officially made their way to Europe. ROG Phone 5s starts at €999 in its 12GB RAM and 512GB storage trim.

There’s a midway 16/512GB model which retails for €1,099 while the top-of-the-line 5s Pro with 18GB RAM and 512GB storage is on pre-order for €1,299. All new phones are available to pre-order from the Asus eStore. First shipments are expected for later this month. ROG Phone 5s comes in Phantom Black and Storm White while 5s Pro is only offered in Phantom…

Pixel 6 Pro brings Google into DxOMark’s top 10

Pixel 6 Pro brings Google into DxOMark’s top 10 DxOMark is done with its assessment of the Google Pixel 6 Pro’s main camera and it ranked it in its top 10. The breakdown is 143 for photo, 71 for zoom and 115 for video, rounding up a 135 score, which sits the Pro Pixel just beneath the Mate 40 Pro and the iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max.

In their testing, DxOMark liked the Google Pixel 6 Pro’s detail levels in all lighting conditions, its wide dynamic range and its great texture performance at long-range.

Fine detail preservation in particular was measured as exceeding the iPhone 13 Pro and Huawei’s P50 Pro in the same lighting…

MIUI 13 to come before the end of the year, Lei Jun says

MIUI 13 to come before the end of the year, Lei Jun says Xiaomi’s founder Lei Jun has shed some light on the company’s upcoming major MIUI release. MIUI 13 will bring lots of changes that will greatly improve the user experience.

More importantly he confirmed the new version of the software is on track to arrive before the end of this year. Normally it would be the Chinese version to come out first with the international one coming a few weeks later.

Lei Jun also took the opportunity to highlight MIUI 12.5’s battery optimizations contributing the Redmi Note 11 Pro’s great battery life. We can confirm from our testing that the battery…

Counterpoint: Apple is the undisputed leader in the United States

Counterpoint: Apple is the undisputed leader in the United States Counterpoint Research published its analysis of the smartphone market in Europe in Q3 earlier today and now releases the same data for the United States. While the Old Continent has a diverse selection of makers, US citizen are predominantly using Apple or Samsung phones, with both companies increasing their lead over the competitors. The total market grew 1% on a yearly basis, despite the ongoing global component shortages.

Research Director Jeff Fieldhack revealed there is an upward trend in the US market. Apple increased its volume sales by 9%, while Samsung recorded an 18% increase…

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