Top stories of 2021: Q3
Welcome to our recap of the top news articles of 2021. This is Q3, you can also take a look at the top stories of Q1, Q2 and Q4.
We’re into Q3, where a lot of the biggest phones of the year are unveiled. Among them are the iPhone 13 series, Samsung’s foldable Flip3 and Fold3 and Huawei’s P50.
Samsung made big waves in August with the Galaxy Z Flip3, Z Fold3, and the Galaxy Watch4 series. The pair of foldables both boasted 120Hz displays and were the first in this segment to be fully water-proof. The announcement of the 5nm Exynos W920 chipset helped the new Galaxy Watch4 and Watch4…
It was a very good year for Google, but especially for its mobile division. The jury’s still out on whether hardware sales will match the quality of its latest phones but in all cases the phones we saw from Google in 2021 deserve respect.
vivo sub-brand iQOO has shared four pictures shot with the iQOO 9 Pro’s 150° ultrawide-angle camera, two of which were captured in fisheye mode. You can check them out below.
The vivo Y21T expected to debut in India on January 3 is already official in Indonesia. However, it’s not an entirely new smartphone. It’s actually a Y33s with a different chip, screen, and selfie camera.
Realme recently released the Android 12-based Realme UI 3.0 stable update for the Realme GT 5G in India, and now it’s the Realme GT Master Edition that’s getting the company’s latest custom Android skin, albeit through the Realme UI 3.0 early access beta program.
The Xiaomi Mi 11 released last January left us impressed with its attractive design, premium build, 120Hz 1440p AMOLED screen, and Android 11-based MIUI 12. However, it’s been a year since, and to see how the Mi 11 holds up for an extended period, Angie decided to use it as her daily driver for a couple of months and is now ready to report back with her impressions.