New Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 4G surfaces on Geekbench with Snapdragon 865

New Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 4G surfaces on Geekbench with Snapdragon 865

When Samsung announced the Galaxy S20 FE last year it gave people a choice – a Snapdragon 865 chipset with the S20 FE 5G model, even in countries that normally get Exynos in their S-series, or an Exynos 990 with the 4G model (which was cheaper). Now it looks like things are about to become a bit blurred.

The NBTC certified an SM-G780G / DS, labeled as Galaxy S20 FE, and certified only for 4G operation. There’s even a support page for it on Samsung.com (multiple support pages, in fact). That exact model number can be seen in Geekbench with the motherboard listed as “kona”.

This is the…

OnePlus 9 Pro 5G is now on sale in most regions

OnePlus 9 Pro 5G is now on sale in most regions

The OnePlus 9 Pro is now available, following the launch of its vanilla sibling a few days ago. It is in stock in multiple regions, ready to ship within 24 hours, though that is not the case everywhere.

You can buy a 9 Pro today in the following countries: the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and a few others. Before you part with your hard-earned cash, make sure to check out our review.

Keep in mind that while you can buy the OnePlus 9 Pro from the company’s official site, it’s also available elsewhere. For example, in the UK you can find…

Canalys: Global TWS and wearables sales jumped 15% in 2020

Canalys: Global TWS and wearables sales jumped 15% in 2020

The past twelve months have been turbulent for smartphone manufacturers, but the world of wearables and smart audio devices has been a positive beam in the world of technology. According to Canalys, the global market grew throughout 2020, with Apple being the leader in both fields.

Strong consumer demand and health-conscious users drove the increase in sales, the research agency says. The market has quite a low barrier to enter, and that allowed manufacturers to flood the market with “vast shipments”, also assisted by the companies’ mature supply chain.

Both established vendors…

Google Pixel Buds A in the works as more affordable TWS entry in Google’s lineup

Google Pixel Buds A in the works as more affordable TWS entry in Google’s lineup

True Wireless Stereo (TWS) headphones are all the rage these days and Google is looking to bring some variety and more importantly affordable alternatives to its Pixel Buds lineup. According to a new report from 9to5Google the search giant is working on a pair of new affordable earbuds called Pixel Buds A.

Like Google’s Pixel A-series smartphones re-use designs of the more premium Pixel phones, the Pixel Buds A are said to copy the design of the flagship Pixel Buds but with new colorways. These include an all-white color and a forest green option.

The core design of the Pixel Buds A…

ARM announces its next-gen ARMv9 architecture: focus on security, AI and vector processing

ARM announces its next-gen ARMv9 architecture: focus on security, AI and vector processing

The ARMv8 architecture was announced in 2011, a full decade ago. It was a massive change as it moved from 32-bit to 64-bit. Over the last 5 years there have been more than 100 billion ARMv8 devices.

The company is now looking at the future – ARMv9 will be the architecture that will be at the heart of the next 300 billion ARM chips.

The focus now is on security, vector processing and machine learning. Version 9 introduces the Confidential Compute Architecture, CCA. It is a hardware-based secure environment that protects to code and data from even privileged software.

To keep…

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