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CR: India smartphone market rebound continues, Samsung loses ground

Counterpoint Research has released its quarterly analysis of the mobile market in India, one of the biggest markets in the world. The report revealed an 82% yearly increase in shipments and a 14% sequential decline due to the second COVID-19 wave.

Xiaomi retained its leadership with a 28.4% market share, while second placed Samsung lost a lot of ground and accounted for just 17.7% of the sales. Third placed vivo also lost some market share as Realme and Oppo as well as the makers in the “others” group gained significantly.

India is also a huge market for feature phones, and that…

Watch the Huawei P50 series announcement live

Huawei will unveil its P50 series smartphones today in China. The event will start at 7:30PM local time, and you can follow it live on Huawei’s website here.

Huawei P50 series announcement livestream

Huawei hasn’t revealed much about the P50 lineup in advance, but thanks to leaked renders, we know what the P50 and P50 Pro will look like. We also saw the P50 Pro 4G’s leaked specs sheet yesterday, which left little to the imagination.

The report claimed that the Huawei P50 Pro 4G will be powered by the Kirin 9000 SoC and come with 8GB RAM. It will have 256GB and 512GB storage…

Nokia T20 tablet surfaces in both Wi-Fi only and 4G flavors, pricing revealed

It has been ages since the last Nokia tablet – that whole Windows RT thing didn’t pan out and who even remembers the Nokia N1? HMD Global is planning to re-enter the tablet market, so the next tablet, dubbed the Nokia T20, will be here soon.

Two versions of the Nokia T20 were listed by British retailer MoreComputers. One is a Wi-Fi only version, the other packs 4G connectivity. Both are available in Blue (at least that’s the only colorway to leak so far).

The T20 tablet will have a 10.36” display and fairly modest specs – 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB storage. There chipset is as yet unclear,…

Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 passes by TENAA with 12GB RAM and 256GB of storage

As suggested by a handful of rumors in the past months Xiaomi is ready to bring its Mi Mix 4 soon. The phone now obtained certification from China’s TENAA with the same 2106118C model number as seen in a previous 3C listing.

Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 TENAA listing and render

The new TENAA listings confirms Mi Mix 4 will brings 8/12GB RAM and up to 256GB storage. The phone will also feature dual-SIM 5G connectivity. Past rumors suggested the phone will bring a Snapdragon 888 chipsetr and 120W charging. The phone is also rumored to feature an under-display camera and MIUI 13. The latest bit…

Samsung Q2 report: mobile business sees increase in sales and profit

Samsung has posted its earnings report for the second quarter of 2021, and the numbers look really impressive – a 20% increase in sales on a yearly basis, and 54% better profits than Q2 2020 when the pandemic lockdowns caused consumers to delay their purchases of electronics.

In its earnings release, Samsung revealed while there might be demand uncertainties in some divisions due to the COVID-19 situation, it expects the market to recover to a 2019 level in the second half of the year.

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OnePlus 9R gets Bitmoji AOD and July 2021 security patch with OxygenOS 11.2.4.4

OnePlus just released the OxygenOS 11.2.4.4 update for the OnePlus 9R that bumps up the Android security patch level on the smartphone to July 2021 and updates the GMS package to June 2021.

Additionally, the new firmware optimizes the overheating control management of third-party apps and brings the Bitmoji AOD feature to the 9R, which can be enabled from the smartphone’s Settings > Customization > Clock on ambient display > Bitmoji menu. You can check out the full changelog of the update below.

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Optimized the overheating control management of third-party…

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