vivo Y21T debuts in India with higher refresh rate screen

The vivo Y21T announced last week in Indonesia has debuted in India. The smartphone comes in a single 4GB/128GB configuration priced at INR16,490 ($220/€195). It's offered in Pearl White and Midnight Blue colors and is already available for purchase in the country through mainline and online channels. However, the vivo Y21T launched in India is slightly different from the one unveiled last week. The Indian Y21T packs a 6.58" FullHD+ LCD with a 90Hz refresh rate, while its Indonesian counterpart comes with a 6.51" HD+ LCD having a 60Hz refresh rate and more RAM (6GB). The rest of the...

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Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G is finally here with SD888

Right on schedule, Samsung didn't wait long to announce something in 2022. The Galaxy S21 FE is here and it's just what we've been expecting. Upfront the Galaxy S21 FE 5G has a 6.4-inch 2340x1080px AMOLED that runs at 120Hz with a touch sampling rate of 240Hz. Processing is done by a Snapdragon 888, which comes with 5G capabilities. There are four cameras on the Galaxy S21 FE 5G - a 32MP fixed-focus f/2.2 selfie shooter and a 0.5x-1x-3x combo on the rear. Those are a 12MP f/2.2 ultrawide, 12MP 1/1.76-inch f/1.8 main camera with OIS, and an 8MP f/2.4 stabilized 3x tele. The...

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Top stories of 2021: Q4

Welcome to our recap of the top news articles of 2021. This is Q4, you can also take a look at the top stories of Q1, Q2 and Q3. We're at the closing fourth quarter of 2021 and the tide of interest is shifting towards the Galaxy S22 series, expected in January, and at the new Snapdragon 8 Gen1-equipped phones. The new Qualcomm flagship chipset was announced, based on a 4nm node, with a Cortex-X2 core that can run at up to 3.0GHz, three performance Cortex-A710 cores at 2.5GHz, and four Cortex-A510 for efficiency, running at 1.8GHz. The first official phone to get the Snapdragon 8 Gen...

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Lava is offering a free Agni 5G for everyone who returns their Realme 8s 5G

The Lava Agni 5G was launched as “the first Indian 5G smartphone” with a Taiwanese chipset back in November, and the phone has some intriguing mid-range specs, such as a quad-cam setup on the back, big 6.78” LCD with Gorilla Glass on top, and 90 Hz refresh rate. The brand has decided to launch a one-of-a-kind deal where it will give a free Agni 5G to every customer who returns a Realme 8s 5G. That’s right - the trade-in is only for this specific Realme smartphone. The Lava phone does have some specs that are better than this particular Realme - a bigger display and an extra 5 MP...

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Xiaomi Black Shark 4S Pro keeps its AnTuTu title in December

AnTuTu released its monthly chart of best-performing Android devices, and for the third month in a row the best result comes from the Xiaomi Black Shark 4S Pro. The gaming flagship has been a leader since its launch in October thanks to its Snapdragon 888 Plus chipset and 16 GB RAM. The Chinese benchmark platform also released a list of midrangers, where competition is more intense, but vivo took the crown with the iQOO Z5 smartphone. The Top 10 flagship performance is missing phones with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset because of insufficient data, AnTutu revealed. Expectations are the...

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Mark Gurman: Apple is really bringing a punch hole display to the iPhone 14 series

Reports about Apple bringing a punch-hole screen to the iPhone 14 series are not new, but another insider doubled down on them during the weekend. Mark Gurman, Editor at Bloomberg who specializes in Apple products, revealed in his latest podcast Power On he expects Apple to ditch the notch on some 2022 devices. The new year will also bring us a redesigned MacBook Air with an M2 chip and wireless charging for the 2022 iPad Pro. When/if the iPhone 14 series comes with a punch-hole solution, FaceID will likely make it under the display. Apple has been working on the technology for...

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OnePlus 9RT is going global soon

OnePlus launched the 9RT smartphone in China back in October, and we finally have a confirmation it is going global. The Indian division of the brand posted a morse code on Twitter with the message “Get ready to decode greatness. Coming soon!” and after quick decryption, the code simply said “OnePlus 9RT”. Get ready to decode greatness. Coming soon!#NeverSettle pic.twitter.com/kEtiDfAt3e— OnePlus India (@OnePlus_IN) January 2, 2022 The OnePlus 9RT is a Snapdragon 888-powered device and fancy cooling. The display is 6.62” AMOLED with all the fancy bells and whistles such as HDR10+...

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