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IDC forecasts boom in smartphone shipments

The latest IDC prediction on the smartphone is painting an optimistic picture. Based on the gathered data, IDC is forecasting 1.38 billion smartphone shipments for 2021 which would be a 7.7% increase compared to last year and the highest total since 2015. The upward trend is also expected to continue into 2022 but with a more modest 3.8% annual growth.

IDC believes the wide-scale deployment of 5G networks paired with the lowered cost of 5G phones will lead to a triple-digit percentage increase in 5G phone shipments by the end of this year. China is expected to be the driving force…

The Nintendo Switch Pro may be unveiled in a few weeks with 7″ OLED display, DLSS support

Time flies – the Nintendo Switch is already 4 years old and it is time for it to retire to the gaming hall of fame. Its replacement, the tentatively named Nintendo Switch Pro, will be unveiled in a few weeks, some time before E3 (which will be held in mid-June), according to sources speaking to Bloomberg.

The timing of the announcement will allow Nintendo’s partners (and the company itself) to showcase their upcoming games at the expo. But that reveal may be followed by a long wait. The first shipments may start around July, though with the chip shortage that is strangling the industry,…

nubia introduces Red Magic 6R with Snapdragon 888 and four cameras

nubia launched its latest gaming smartphone, called Red Magic 6R. It not a huge upgrade over the Red Magic 6 and Red Magic 6 Pro, but comes with a much slimmer body and more universally appealing design, dropping some of the gaming aesthetics.

The nubia Red Magic 6R is powered by a Snapdragon 888 chipset, coupled with either 8GB or 12GB RAM. The display is a 6.67” AMOLED with a 144Hz refresh rate and a single punch hole in the center.

There are shoulder triggers that are touch sensors (and not physical keys like in the Redmi K40 Gaming) that offer 400Hz touch sampling…

OnePlus 8T discounted to $569

The OnePlus 8T unveiled last October was sold at $749 in the US with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage onboard. That variant is now discounted by $180, bringing down the price to $569.

This offer, valid until May 31, is applicable on the 8T purchased from OnePlus’ official website, and if you buy it from the OnePlus Store app, you get an additional discount of $20, translating to a final price of $549.

The OnePlus 8T is built around a 6.55″ FullHD+ 120Hz Fluid AMOLED display having a punch hole in the upper-left corner for the 16MP selfie camera and a fingerprint reader underneath for…

Beats Studio Buds spotted in the ears of LeBron James

We know Apple is working on a new pair of Beats Studio Buds. We even saw their design leak in official renders uncovered in iOS 14.6 but now we have actual images of the earbuds sitting in the ears of LeBron James.

LeBron James wearing Beats Studio Buds

The basketball superstar posted a few pictures on his Instagram which show the white pair of Studio Buds in his ears prior to a game in the NBA Playoffs. If you zoom in close enough you can see the overall shape matches the previously leaked renders.

Studio Buds feature a generic round in-ear design with a squared-off…

Huawei introduces Matebook D 14 & D 15 with Ryzen 5000 CPUs

Huawei has upgraded its Matebook D 14 and Matebook D 15 laptops once again – they received the latest AMD Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 platforms. Aside from the new chips, everything else remains the same on the inside and outside, including screen size, battery capacity and form factor.

Huawei Matebook D 14 AMD 2021 • Huawei Matebook D 15 AMD 2021

The D 14 and D 15 models use either the mid-range Ryzen 5 5500U or the more capable Ryzen 7 5700U SoC, in either case with built-in Radeon Vega GPU. The Ryzen 5 has six CPU cores with a max clock rate of 4.0GHz, while the Ryzen 7 has eight cores…

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