Realme GT Neo2 disassembly reveals it’s fairly easy to replace battery and screen

Realme GT Neo2 disassembly reveals it’s fairly easy to replace battery and screen The latest device to get the teardown treatment on PBKreviews is none other than the Realme GT Neo2 which debuted back in September in China before going global earlier this month. The phone earned a decent 8/10 reparability score with a fairly easy access to the screen and pull tabs for the battery.

Like almost all teardowns this one begins by applying heat to the phone’s back to loosen up the adhesive. With the back pried off, we see a plastic cover put in place with 17 screws and which also requires a pry tool to detach. The mainboard houses the cameras, chipset, memory and storage…

Redmi Watch 2 unveiled with 1.6″ AMOLED display, cheap Redmi Buds 3 Youth Edition follow

Redmi Watch 2 unveiled with 1.6″ AMOLED display, cheap Redmi Buds 3 Youth Edition follow Today’s Redmi event introduced the new Note 11 series phones, along with the sequel to the Redmi Watch from last year as well as a Youth Edition of the Redmi Buds 3.

Redmi Watch 2

Xiaomi was able to slim down the bezels of the watch and to fit a larger screen – the Redmi Watch 2 boasts a 1.6” screen (up from 1.4”). Another upgrade is the switch to AMOLED (the old one had an IPS LCD). The screen became taller and its resolution is now 320 x 360 px.

The new Redmi Watch 2 has a 1.6″ AMOLED display (the original had a 1.4″ IPS LCD)

Efficiency also improved, so now the watch can last…

Three-strong Redmi Note 11 series debuts, Pro+ brings 120W fast charging

Three-strong Redmi Note 11 series debuts, Pro+ brings 120W fast charging Xiaomi introduced three new phones in China today – Redmi Note 11 Pro and Redmi Note 11 Pro+ and the more affordable vanilla Redmi Note 11. The two Pro devices are identical aside from one key difference – the Plus variant brings 120W fast charging, while the regular Pro has a bigger battery.

Redmi Note 11 Pro and Redmi Note 11 Pro+

These two phones are the same on the outside. The front panel is a 6.67” AMOLED screen with 120Hz refresh rate and 360Hz touch sampling rate, and features a particularly small selfie camera punch-hole at just 2.96mm in diameter.

On the inside, we have…

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra to have the brightest screen yet

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra to have the brightest screen yet Samsung’s flagship phones have always had cutting edge displays and the S22 Ultra is not going to be an exception. According to renowned Samsung tipster IceUniverse, the OLED panel used for the device is going to top brightness charts.

The peak brightness of the handset’s display is said to be the highest Samsung has ever recorded on a smartphone. No actual numbers were quoted, but known how bright current smartphones get that’s already quite the statement. The current Galaxy S21 Ultra peaks at 1500 nits so we should be looking at a number higher than that.

The tweet ends with a…

Some early Pixel 6 buyers report screen issues: weird flickering, green tint, a second punch hole

Some early Pixel 6 buyers report screen issues: weird flickering, green tint, a second punch hole Google is not the best when it comes to quality control of hardware. Previous generations of Pixel phones typically developed some kind of malady and the 6-series is no exception. Here are a few issues reported by new owners.

One Pixel 6 Pro that drew attention exhibited a weird issue when powered off – pressing the Power button would cause the screen to flicker. Here’s what it looks like on video:

Another issue that cropped up is a green tint on the display of a Pixel 6. It’s not an uncommon issue with OLED panels, many brands have experienced it, Google included (on the Pixel 4 XL…

Samsung Q3 earnings report confirms record-breaking profits

Samsung Q3 earnings report confirms record-breaking profits As expected Samsung’s Q3 earnings report brought record-breaking profits with KRW 73.9 trillion ($63 billion) in revenue and KRW 15.8 trillion ($13.4 billion) in operating profits – the highest in the past three years and second highest in Samsung history. Revenues rose 10% on a yearly basis while profits increased by 26% compared to Q3 2020.

As expected, Samsung’s semiconductor business propelled profits with extended demand for data centers and cloud servers. Total sales in the semiconductor department totaled KRW 26.4 trillion ($22.5 billion) which is a 16% improvement compared to last…

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