Upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab A4S pops up on FCC, revealing more key specs

Last week we got our first set of Samsung Galaxy Tab A4S specs - an upcoming mid-range tablet from the Korean manufacturer. The tablet was certified by the Bluetooth SIG bearing the SM-T307U model number and was previously spotted on the Wi-Fi alliance database. Samsung Galaxy Tab A4S FCC listings The new certification reveals the tablet will sport an 8.39-inch display and a 4,860 mAh battery with 15W fast charging. In addition, the Tab A4S will come with GPS, LTE and dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 ac. The tablet measures 201.9 mm by 124.4 mm and runs Android 9 Pie. Samsung...

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Realme X50 images posted by company CEO show off the quad camera on the back

Reame CEO Madhav Sheth posted images of the company's first 5G phone, the Realme X50 5G, days before its official announcement (it's scheduled for a January 7 reveal). A previous teaser showed the front of the phone, featuring a dual punch hole for the selfie cameras. Sheth's images focus on the back instead, which is home to a quad camera. According to a leaked spec sheet we're looking at a 64MP main cam, 8MP ultrawide snapper, 13MP telephoto (5x hybrid zoom) unit and a 2MP macro shooter. The setup on the front promises a 32MP main and 8MP ultrawide cameras. Realme X50...

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TSMC will soon start building 5nm Apple A14 chipsets for the upcoming iPhones

TSMC will be the sole foundry making the Apple A14 chipsets for the 2020 iPhone models, reports DigiTimes (quoting China's Commercial Times). Production will start in the second quarter of this year in preparation for the traditional end of Q3 launch. The A14 will be made using TSMC's new 5nm process and Apple's order will take up two thirds of the foundry's capacity. There's a chance the iPhone 12 phones will be the first to hit the market with a 5nm chipset. Back in 2018 the iPhone XS duo was the first with a 7nm chip. HiSilicon, Huawei's chipset division, is reported to be the...

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Huawei will expand its Mobile Services ecosystem in 2020

Huawei's New Year's resolution for 2020 is to build out HMS, the Huawei Mobile Services. They aim to replace the functionality of Google Mobile Services as well as add new features, which will allow Huawei and app developers to be less dependent on Google. HMS is made up of 14 services - 9 core and 5 "growth" services. These involve a Huawei account, which opens the door to the in-app payment system, message push and other functionality. One of those features is Scan Kit, which supports 13 one and two-dimensional barcodes (think QR codes). The mobile payment ecosystem in China is...

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Apple and Imagination Technologies ink new multi-year deal

Apple is kicking off the new year by signing a multi-year license agreement with British-based GPU chip supplier Imagination Technologies. Imagination confirmed the news in a brief press release which states the new agreement builds on the previous deal between the two companies dating back to 2014 and grants Apple access to Imagination's IP in exchange for licensing fees. The partnership between the two companies goes back to the very first iPhone which used a PowerVR MBX GPU. In 2017 Apple decided to develop its in-house GPU alongside the A11 Bionic chipset which made its debut on...

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Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite to feature new gen OIS, better than current flagships

The specs sheet of the Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite that leaked last month revealed the smartphone will feature a 48MP main camera on the back joined by a 12MP ultrawide and 5MP macro units. Now the latest piece of information coming our way reveals a bit more about the phone's photography department. Reliable tipster Ice universe says Samsung will use an "unprecedented OIS" tech on the Galaxy S10 Lite, which will be better than the ones we have on current flagships. The tipster doesn't reveal anything else about this OIS tech, but from a previous leak, we know Samsung will use something...

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Oppo, vivo and Xiaomi are launching worldwide their seamless file transfer service

Oppo, vivo, and Xiaomi are three of the major smartphone manufacturers in the world, and back in August they announced a cooperation called "Inter-Transfer Alliance Group" which should enable their devices to make seamless peer to peer file transfers at high speeds. After several months of open beta, the group is finally done with the testing and has just announced in a press release the cross-brand service is going global. According to the message to the media, they are timing it with the 5G rollout across the world due to the "expected increase of average file sizes."...

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