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Samsung Galaxy S22 series launch might be delayed

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The next in the line of launch from Samsung is the Galaxy S22 series that is expected to launch next year. It was earlier rumored that the company will be launching the next-generation premium smartphone in the month of February, but it seems that the company is now going to delay it further. The details were provided by leakster Jon Prosser, who confirms that the launch date will be shifted forward due to the ongoing supply chain issue which has affected the production of smartphones around the world.

As per the details, the delay is not much, as the phone is now expected to launch on February 9 as earlier expected to February 8. However, the phone will now be available for sale on February 25, which is a week’s delay from the original date. The issue does not seem to affect the launch of Galaxy S21 FE which is expected to launch in the month of January.

The phone will launch as per the expected dates and will be the first smartphone from Samsung to launch in 2022. Samsung has been facing similar issues with other smartphone launches as well in the past. The reason has been the same for almost every company where they either had to delay the launch or increase the smartphone price due to supply chain issues. Recently Realme had to increase the price of their smartphone due to the same issue as they were unable to get the components at a better price and availability.

Realme GT 2 Pro to launch on January 4 in China, will come with some really unique and innovative features

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Realme is currently working on a new smartphone which is Realme GT 2 Pro and it is expected to launch in the Chinese market very soon. The smartphone will also come with other variants on offer, but there is currently no information about it on the internet. Ahead of the launch, the smartphone has recently appeared on the China Quality Certification Center (CQC) which reveals a few details about the smartphone. The Realme GT 2 Pro seems to be equipped with 65W fast charging capabilities along with 5G connectivity. 

The model number for the smartphone was spotted to be RMX3301 and RMX3300. Some details about the smartphone are already confirmed, like the use of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, which is the next-generation premium chipset from Qualcomm. The phone is also expected to come with a new WQHD+ OLED screen which is expected to be the best display in its segment. The company is also going to equip the smartphone with some new innovations that they have recently uncovered. 

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One of them is the world’s first 150MP ultra-wide camera lens which will also be a part of the camera unit on the Realme GT 2 Pro smartphone. The smartphone will also be the first to have ultra-wideband HyperSmart antenna switching, which wraps the entire phone with 12 antennas. It means that the smartphone is going to have the same signal strength as mainstream bands. Other features include a WI-Fi enchanter which is going to increase the speed of Wi-Fi and the first bio-based smartphone design, which the smartphone will be based on. There are a lot of new features that we will be looking at in the smartphone on January 4, the date it will be launched in China.

Apple might upgrade the rear camera lens to 48MP in iPhone 14 Pro

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Ramana Rishi
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iPhone 13 is the latest offering from Apple which has seen a great response from consumers all over the world. It has only been a little while since the launch and the rumors for iPhone 14 have started coming in over the internet. As per the new details that have been leaked on the internet, Apple could be looking to change the primary camera lens on the iPhone. The company has been using the primary 12MP camera lens on the iPhone for a long time now and it is expected that it will be replaced with a 48MP camera lens in the iPhone 14.

As per the details from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the 48MP sensor would still give 12MP images after pixel binning but would provide more data for computational photography. Also, Apple might add a feature where the users are able to take images with 48MP resolution. Another detail also confirms that Apple will add the periscope lens on the iPhone 15, which is due to arrive in 2023. Another feature we might see an improvement on is the telephoto lens which currently max outs at 3x only.

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It might look like Apple is way behind in camera technology when compared to Android smartphones, but the technology Apple is trying to use behind it is complex. We hope to see some major camera upgrades in the iPhone 14 along with improved satellite call features as well. It would be interesting to see the choice of Apple in terms of the Camera lens in their future smartphone.

Motorola to launch a new stylus supported phone in India next year

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Sajin Vargheese
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When it comes to the most popular smartphone with a stylus, the Note series from Samsung is the first name that comes to mind. However, the stylus features have now been added to the Galaxy series and the Note series has been continued. If looked at, there is no other option to a smartphone with a stylus in the market right now, but that is going to change very soon. Motorola is soon going to launch a new smartphone in early 2022, which would provide all the features of a premium smartphone with a stylus and is going to cost way less than one has to spend on the Samsung Galaxy series.

New renders of Moto G Stylus 2022 have recently surfaced online and as leaked by OneLeaks. The phone is very similar to the previous generation but has some noticeable improvements and upgrades as well. Some of the features that could have been spotted almost immediately from the images were the oval-shaped camera unit design on the rear and the front-facing camera in the center of the screen. The images also reveal that the smartphone can come with a flat-screen design which could be a 6.81-inch display and support a 120Hz refresh rate.

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The most important feature that the images reveal is the dedicated slot for stylus which was also available in the Moto G Stylus launched in 2021. The smartphone will also come with a 3.5mm headphone jack and a triple camera setup on the rear with a primary 48Mp sensor. The phone is expected to be powered using the Snapdragon 480 Plus chipset and will have at least 6GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard memory. The smartphone is expected to launch in India next year at a price of Rs 38,000. It would be exciting to see what Motorola plans to offer in the next generation of stylus-supported smartphones.

iQOO U5 smartphone launched in China

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iQOO has recently launched a new smartphone in the Chinese market which is packed with features and yet comes at an affordable price range. The new smartphone is iQoo U5, which is aimed to expand the company’s offering in the U series. The phone has been recently launched in China in three different variants where it will be offered with RAM options of 4/6/8GB. The maximum memory allocated to the smartphone in all three variants will be 128GB which is further expandable with an SD card. 

The phone will be going on pre-orders in China from December 24 and will be available in color options like Magic Blue, Silver White, and Dark Black. When it comes to the specifications, the smartphone has a 6.58-inch full HD+ display which will also support a 120Hz refresh rate. The smartphone has been powered using the Snapdragon 695 chipset and will be using the Android 11 operating system with iQoo UI. In terms of battery, the phone will have a 5,000 mAh battery and support for 18W fast charging. 

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In the front, the users get an 8MP camera sensor for selfies and a 50MP primary camera sensor in the rear along with a 2MP macro sensor in a dual-camera setup. The power button is mounted on the right side which will also work as a fingerprint reader and it will have a USB-C type charging port. The phone seems to be a good offering for a price that will be around $250 to $300 depending on the variant one selects.

Xiaomi 12 and 12 Pro smartphone to launch on December 28

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It is the time of the year again when Xiaomi is going to launch a new premium segment smartphone and this time it is the Xiaomi 12 series. The smartphone is confirmed to launch on December 28 and will bring at least two variants on offer. The phone would also be the first smartphone that will be equipped with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor. The smartphone is due to launch initially in China and will later launch in other countries as well.

There have been a lot of leaks about the smartphone which also revealed a lot about its design and specification. It is now almost confirmed that the smartphone will be launched in two variants which will be the Xiaomi 12 and the Xiaomi 12 Pro. Both smartphones will use the same processor, but the major difference between the two will be the screen size. Where the Xiaomi 12 is expected to be a compact smartphone, the Pro variant is expected to provide users with a large screen size.

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The phone will have a similar physical design and will come with a 50MP primary camera sensor on the rear for the vanilla variant and a 108MP sensor for the Pro variant. The phone will come with an AMOLED display and would support 67W fast charging as well. The feature would be increased to 120W fast charging support on the Pro variant. The smartphone will not only launch with Android 12 out of the box but will also be the launchpad for MIUI 13. Therefore the smartphone will be the first to run MIUI 13 skin on the Android 12 operating system.

OnePlus 10 render images appear on the internet ahead of launch in January 2022

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Sajin Vargheese
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It is time of the year again when the leaks for the next generation OnePlus 10 smartphones are out on the internet. The render images of the smartphone have appeared online recently and give a good look at how the smartphone would look like. The smartphone is set to arrive next month in the month of January 2022 and the images suggest that we are going to see a large camera upgrade this year. The leaked images show a large camera sensor on the rear which is equipped in a triple camera setup.

Another thing that the images confirmed is the curved display design on the new OnePlus 10 series. The images were shared by Waqar Khan on Youtube and the most prominent features of the phone included a curved display and rounded edges. The phone is also expected to launch with a 6.7-inch screen and an LTPO AMOLED display which will support a 120Hz refresh rate. The phone can be spotted in the Black, Green, Purple, and Silver color option.

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However, there can be more color options for the smartphone at the time of launch. Another detail that was spotted was the absence of a 3.5mm jack in the smartphone and a USB-C port for charging and data sync. The Hasselblad logo is also clearly visible on the camera unit of the smartphone and the leaks suggest that the phone will have a primary 48MP camera sensor which will be customized to provide some amazing quality images. Also, the Pro variant is expected to have a 32MP selfie camera sensor in the front.

iPhone 13 and iPhone SE production to go on a mass scale in India from February 2022

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Shanmugam
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After the pandemic hit the entire world, companies were looking to shift their production plants from China and many companies have already done so. One of those companies was Apple, and they were planning to open a production plant in India where they could manufacture the new iPhone. Apple is already planning to launch the new iPhone SE next year and the company is most probably going to set up a production plant for the same in India.

The company is also looking forward to producing iPhone 13 smartphones in India as well. It is expected from the leaked details that the iPhone 13 production will start in India from February 2022 and it will be done in order to reduce the dependence on China. Reports suggest that the company has already started the trial production of the iPhone 13 smartphone in the Hon Hai plant located in Chennai and the mass production for the same would be initiated by February next year.

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Also, around 20-30% of the production in India will also be exported to the global market. It could mean that Indian consumers could get a lower price on the iPhone 13 as the local production would decrease the cost. Apart from the iPhone 13, the new iPhone SE is also expected to be produced in the same plant on a mass scale. Since the base variant and the mini variant of the iPhone are the most popular in India, these two variants will be the one that the company will focus on.

Microsoft Teams to get end-to-end encryption by March 2022

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Shanmugam
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Microsoft Team is undoubtedly one of the most commonly used video calling software by both professional and educational institutions. Since it has a large user base that has expanded rapidly ever since the pandemic, the company has been trying to add more features to the platform to make it much more useful. Now, Microsoft Teams is all set to get a much-needed update that will protect all the calls and messages made through the platform.

Microsoft has recently announced that all the messages and calls on Microsoft Teams will now get end-to-end encryption. The new update is made to make the interactions on the platform much more secure and make it tough for hackers and fraudsters to access Microsoft Teams. User data privacy has been the topmost requirement in the last few years and this update will put Microsoft Teams on the right track. The company claims that the update will be added to the platform by March 2022 and once that happens, it would be an optional mode of real-time media collaboration where one-on-one calls would be encrypted.

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It has also been confirmed that the feature will be made available to all the Teams users on both mobile and Desktop. Therefore, users can also expect the update to come on both Android and iOS smartphones. Once updated, the users will be able to see an encryption indication on the upper left corner of the screen to indicate if calls are encrypted or not. However, a few features will not be available in end-to-end encryption, which are recording, live caption, call merge and transfer, etc.

Android 12 Go edition revealed by Google

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Sajin Vargheese
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Android is one of the most used and also popular operating systems on smartphones around the world. However, since the operating system is not that performance-friendly on low-end smartphones, Google provided such smartphones with the Go edition of Android. Today, Google has announced and revealed the Android 12 Go Edition, which is tailored and customized for affordable and low-end devices which lack the hardware power.

As per Google, more than 200 million users around the world are using the Go edition operating system on their smartphones and the next upgrade will bring more performance, will be smarter, and also enhance the privacy for users. As per Google, the Android 12 Go edition will be 30% faster and will save a lot on battery life and storage space on the smartphone. It will continue with features like real-time translation into local languages with more upgrades and more languages.

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It will also help the users to switch between various user profiles almost immediately and it can be done directly from the lock screen. Users will also have more control over the information shared with the third-party apps. There would be many more features that the company will be talking about in the future, however, the devices with the Android 12 Go edition will only be available in the year 2022. There are many brands like Motorola, Samsung, Xiaomi, and others who have already planned the lineup of new devices next year with the Android 12 Go edition operating system.

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