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LG reports impressive Q1 results as mobile division heads for the exit

LG announced its mobile division will be closed this year since it cannot turn profitable in the current market. However, the company’s report confirms all other branches have posted a yearly increase in sales, bringing the total revenue to KRW18.8 trillion – the most LG has ever recorded between January and March.

Mobile Divison Performance
Q1 2021
Q4 2020
QoQ Change
Q1 2020
YoY Change

Sales in KRW / USD
998.7B / 901M
1,385B / 1.24B
-27.9%
998.6B / 901M
0%

Profit in KRW / USD
-280B / -252M
…

Exclusive: This is the Honor Play 5

Honor recently announced its Play 5T Youth and now we have exclusive images of another device from the series called the Play 5. The phone will feature a flat frame design instead of the round corners found on more recent Honor phones. The front will house a waterdrop notch while the back features a quad cam setup with a 64MP main cam.

The Honor Play 5 will support fast 66W charging and is expected to come with a midrange price tag. We’re also expecting better specs across the board compared to the Play 5T Youth. We’ll update you with more details when we can.

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OnePlus quadruples sales in Europe in Q1, two thirds of the revenue comes from the flagship series

OnePlus is soaring in Europe – the company posted a 388% growth in sales in the first quarter of 2021 compared to last year, revenue from the region increased by 286%.

The OnePlus flagship models, including the new 9-series, accounted for 65% of revenue. The OnePlus 9 Pro was the best-selling smartphone on launch day on Amazon France and Spain. But the mid-range Nord series is proving to be a pivotal part of the company’s strategy.

Based on Counterpoint data for the last quarter of 2020, the OnePlus Nord was the highest-selling Android in Finland, which helped the company become the…

Samsung’s Galaxy Book Flex2 Alpha brings 11th gen processing for $849

Yesterday Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro360 laptops (each in 13.3-inch and 15.6-inch flavors) alongside the 15.6-inch Galaxy Book Odyssey and 15.6-inch Galaxy Book. But it also quietly put up a new laptop up for pre-order on its US website.

The Galaxy Book Flex2 Alpha is a successor to the Galaxy Book Flex and comes in the same 13.3-inch and 15.6-inch configurations.

The laptop’s screen can rotate 360 degrees, has a QLED panel with 400 nits of regular brightness (600 nits in Outdoor mode), 1920x1080px resolution and S Pen support.

You get a choice of Intel’s…

vivo V21 5G debuts in India, sales begin May 6

The vivo V21 5G unveiled a couple of days ago made its debut today in India. The smartphone has two memory options – 8GB/128GB and 8GB/256GB priced at INR29,990 ($405/€335) and INR32,990 ($445/€370), respectively. You can buy one in Sunset Dazzle, Dusk Blue, or Arctic White color starting May 6 through Flipkart, vivo India’s website and offline stores, as well as mainline retail partners across the country.

vivo V21 5G in Sunset Dazzle, Dusk Blue, and Arctic White colors

The vivo V21 5G is powered by the Dimensity 800U SoC and runs Android 11-based Funtouch OS 11.1 out of the…

Samsung posts strong Q1 results thanks to solid sales of smartphones

Samsung has posted its detailed financial report for Q1 2021, and the numbers look great. The Korean company reported record-breaking revenue of KRW65.39 trillion (about $59 billion), mostly thanks to solid sales of smartphones and consumer electronics, making up for businesses like semiconductors and displays.

Q1 2021
Q4 2020
QoQ Change
Q1 2020
YoY Change

Sales (in KRW / USD)
65.39 tr / 59B
61.55 tr / 55.57B
6%
55.33 tr / 49.95B
18%

Profit (in KRW / USD)
9.38 tr / 8.46B
9.05 tr / 8.17B
…

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