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Samsung Galaxy A52 5G India launch imminent as support page goes live on official website

Samsung announced the Galaxy A52 and Galaxy A52 5G in March. The A52 is already available in India with a starting price of INR26,499 ($360/€300), and Samsung will launch the A52 5G in the country soon as the smartphone’s support page has gone live on the Korean conglomerate’s official Indian website.

The page doesn’t include any specs of the Galaxy A52 5G, however, it tells us that the smartphone will carry model designation SM-A526B/DS in India, where DS indicates dual-SIM support.

It’s unclear when exactly Samsung will introduce the Galaxy A52 5G in India, but you can expect it…

Alleged renders leak of the Sharp Aquos R6 with Leica-branded camera

Sharp is a brand of smartphones with a presence more prominent in Japan. The latest smartphone rumored for Sharp is the Aquos R6 and alleged renders of the device have leaked.

Well known camera leaker @nokishita_c crossed over to report about smartphones. The next Sharp smartphone will have a camera system “Co-engineered with Leica”.
5月10日に発表されるシャープ「AQUOS R6」のカメラはライカ共同開発になる？ #噂 pic.twitter.com/ZsDu93ENLg— 軒下デジカメ情報局 (@nokishita_c) May 7, 2021

Renders of the smartphone show a rather chunky smartphone with deep curved edges. There’s also a centered punch-hole camera and the setup looks…

T-Mobile offers Mom a free iPhone 12 with eligible trade-in this weekend only

In a newsroom post on Friday, T-Mobile announces a lucrative deal that will last this weekend only. In honor of Mother’s Day, existing or new T-Mobile subscribers can get up to $830 off an iPhone 12 mini or iPhone 12 with an eligible trade in. The best part of this deal is that eligible transactions won’t require you to add another line.

To qualify for a free iPhone 12 on T-Mobile, you need to have a “qualifying line of service on an eligible plan” which might not include some older legacy plans. You need to purchase a new iPhone 12, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max, or 12 mini on a monthly plan…

WhatsApp to become increasingly less useful if you don’t accept its new terms

WhatsApp has clarified how it will be treating the accounts of users who won’t be accepting its updated terms and policy. The information was posted on the company’s official website.

For those who choose not to accept the company’s updated terms, the app will continue to show a notification asking to accept. After a period of several weeks, the users will see a persistent reminder.

Once users see a persistent reminder, the WhatsApp app will switch to a limited functionality mode. In this mode, users won’t be able to access their chat list. If they receive a chat, they will be able to…

Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 to reportedly arrive in July

Earlier today, one of Xiaomi’s Mi Pad 5 variants has been certified to come with 8,520 mAh of battery capacity. Another report about the same lineup of tablets narrows down a possible time window where Xiaomi may plan to launch the tablets in July.

In a recent post on Weibo, fans of the brand received replies from Wang Teng Thomas, Redmi’s Product Director. In the replies, Thomas confirms that the Mi Pad 5 isn’t expected to launch this month but rather at some point in the second half of the year. This suggests that the Mi Pad 5 lineup may not arrive until July.

Xiaomi’s Mi Pad…

Flaw in Qualcomm modems enables backdoor for hackers to record your phone calls

According to a new report by security firm Check Point Research, Qualcomm’s Mobile Station Modem (MSM) can be exploited by hackers and used to record phone calls and more. MSM dates back to the early 1990s and used in 2G/3G/4G and even 5G devices and presents a serious vulnerability that can be hacked remotely as easily as sending an SMS message.

From there the wrongdoers gain the ability to listen in on your calls, read through your text messages, and can even unlock your SIM card in order to bypass any limitations imposed by carriers. According to reports nearly 30% of all…