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Strategy Analytics: Xiaomi was the top smartphone seller in Europe in Q2

Strategy Analytics has issued its quarterly report on the smartphone market in Europe, and we have a new leader in sales. Xiaomi managed to surpass Samsung and has become the best-selling vendor with 25.3% of the market share. The Korean giant is sitting closely behind and the analysts predict we haven’t seen the end of the battle for top positions.

Company
Shipments (in million)
Market share Q2 2021
Yearly change

Xiaomi
12.7
25.3%
+67.1%

Samsung
12
24%
-7%

Apple
9.6
19.2%
+15.7%
…

Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro’s availability details confirmed

Google officially confirmed the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro’s existence yesterday and gave us an early look at the duo while also revealing a few features. And, while Google hasn’t announced the Pixel 6 lineup’s pricing yet, the Internet search giant has confirmed the availability of the two phones in eight countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, the UK, and the US.

However, Google doesn’t tell us the exact date of launch in these countries other than vaguely saying that the Pixel 6 pair will be up for purchase in these markets in September or sometime in Q4 2021….

Big pricing leak spoils Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event

While most of us are patiently waiting for August 11 and Samsung’s big Galaxy Unpacked event, leakster Evan Blass had some other plans and shared more detailed renders of the products expected to launch alongside their European pricing details.

Remember that pricing is almost never a direct conversion across markets and currencies. https://t.co/MLvLUynwjG pic.twitter.com/fdbRvnySu6— Evan (@evleaks) August 3, 2021

First off are the two foldables – Galaxy Z Fold3 and Z Flip3. The base variant Z Fold3 likely with 256GB storage is listed for €1,899 while the upper 512GB storage tier is…

Oppo to introduce second-gen under-display camera technology on August 4

Oppo demoed an under-display camera back at MWC Shanghai in 2019, and we got to test the technology. We have heard virtually nothing from the Chinese company since, but today the President of Oppo China has suddenly revealed the company will reveal its second-generation solution tomorrow, August 4.

Oppo poster on Weibo

The first iteration came on a prototype device with a customized display and camera module. The part of the screen above the lens was made of a unique highly transparent material with redesigned pixel structure.

Eventually, ZTE brought its own take of how the…

Samsung Galaxy A20 is getting Android 11-based One UI 3.1 update in the US

Samsung released the Android 11-based One UI 3.1 update for the Galaxy A20 in June, and it has now arrived in the US.

The new firmware, carrying version number A205USQU9CUG3, is currently rolling for Xfinity Mobile customers, but it shouldn’t be too long before other variants also pick up the update.

The new build comes with the July 2021 Android security patch, and if you haven’t received the update prompt yet, you can navigate to your Galaxy A20’s Settings > Software update menu to check for the update manually.

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iQOO 8 Series confirmed to arrive on August 17

Over the last month, the iQOO 8 Series has been teased, and hands-on images of the unreleased iQOO smartphone came during the recent ChinaJoy convention last week. Now, the Chinese phone maker has officially confirmed on its Weibo handle that it will launch the iQOO 8 Series on August 17 at 7:30PM local time.

iQOO 8 Series launch event poster

The poster roughly translates to “Full Control on the verge of iQOO 8 Series Conference” which we think was lost in translation but may be a nod to the iQOO 8’s high performance.

iQOO 8 photographed at the ChinaJoy…

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