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Chinese electronics manufacturer Skyworth held its 2021 TV product launch conference on Wednesday in China. The company unveiled two high-end OLED TVs at the event . The two products are the Skyworth W82 and W92 Smart OLED TV . Skyworth W82 Smart OLED TV is said to be the first Original Brand Manufacturer (OBM) bendable display. The W92 also adopts a flexible panel and they both come with 8K resolution, making them some of the early smart TVs to have support for 8K resolution. The W92 is equipped with an 88-inch OLED panel with an 8K resolution of 7680×4320pixels, four times that of a 4K TV . The screen also supports a 120Hz refresh rate, a configuration that isn’t very common in the TV market. It also supports Dolby Vision and HDR10 standards and is equipped with Skyworth’s AI image quality engine 8K version. The smart TV is also equipped with two built-in independent MEMC chips to upgrade the already extremely high-definition 8K picture to the ultimate performance of 8K 120 f

Last year in October, Samsung introduced the Galaxy F41 as its first F-series smartphone. While it arrived as a rebadged version of the Galaxy M31 , it had a few differences such as an extra rear camera and in a new green color. The Galaxy F62 that debuted in February this year in India was later rebranded as Galaxy M62 in other markets. The microsites of the upcoming Galaxy F02s and Galaxy F12 have emerged on Flipkart. The listings have confirmed that the F02s and F12 will break cover at 12 PM (local time) on April 5 in India. Samsung Galaxy F02s The Galaxy F02s landing page on Flipkart reveals that it has a 6.5-inch HD+ display with an Infinity-V notch design. It is backed by a 5,000mAh battery and it lacks a fingerprint scanner. Samsung Galaxy F02s Its rear shell has a rectangle-shaped camera module, which includes a triple camera system and an LED flash. The handset features a 13-megapixel primary camera . The Snapdragon 450 chipset is present under the hood of the

Last week, OnePlus launched its very first smartwatch , the OnePlus Watch . The $159 watch comes with several features but also misses out on some, one of which is Always-On Display (AOD). In a Deep Dive and FAQ posted on its official forums, OnePlus explains why the feature is missing and the possibility of it being added later on. The OnePlus Watch has a 1.39-inch AMOLED display. Owners will be able to wake the display by pushing the side button or lifting their wrist. If the watch had support for AOD, owners would not have to do either of these just to check the time or date. OnePlus acknowledges that AOD is a much requested feature, however, it explains that AOD can lead to a 50% increase in power consumption. Nevertheless, they are “evaluating the possibility of bringing it in a future OTA” Some manufacturers that include the AOD feature in their smartwatches allow users to be able to turn it off or on when they want. For example, on the Amazfit GTR , there is a setting

The Taipei International Information Technology Show a.k.a. COMPUTEX Taipei is a computer show that is held annually in Taiwan. It is one of the biggest computer trade shows in the world, and just like a lot of other tech shows, it too has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The organizers have now announced the cancellation of this year’s in-person event and will now have it online. In an official statement put out this week on the official COMPUTEX Taipei website , it was revealed that the onsite exhibition for this year has been canceled due to the ongoing pandemic and border control that affects the majority of the stakeholders, international exhibitors, visitors, and media. Previously, the plan was to have a hybrid event that combines the onsite experience with a virtual one. However, the recent development means that there will only be a virtual one. The last COMPUTEX event was held back in 2019 before the pandemic. Last year’s event was first postponed from June to

The GSMA, the organizers behind the world’s biggest mobile tech show, Mobile World Congress ( MWC ), announced earlier this year that it plans to make this year’s edition of MWC Barcelona an in-person event . Following its announcement, some exhibitors and partners have disclosed that they will not be attending the event which will begin on June 28. That list has now grown to include Google . The tech giant put out a statement that it will not be attending this year’s edition of MWC due to its current COVID-19 travel restrictions and protocols. The official statement says that it ( Google ) will continue to work together with the GSMA and support its partners through virtual opportunities. Google added that it will attend the 2022 edition of the event . Google ’s announcement comes weeks after Sony Mobile and Oracle, and telecom giants – Nokia and Ericsson , announced that they will not be attending MWC Barcelona 2021. We won’t be surprised if more exhibitors pull out as the eve

Xiaomi recently launched a series of MIJIA-branded portable home appliances on Jingdong Mall in China. One of the products is the MIJIA Portable Juicer and it carries a decent 99 yuan (~$15) price tag. The juicer cup has a volume of 300mL and is manufactured using a food-contact grade Tritan thickened body. There is also a built-in 1300mAh lithium battery onboard which is said to be capable of extracting 12 cups of juice on a single charge. The rotors can reach a maximum speed of 18,000 rpm. It works for 35 seconds and automatically turns off during which period all the fruits in the container must have been blended. It also comes with multiple safety protection functions. The Mijia Portable Juicer has a 45W power that can quickly crush the fruits with the 18,000 rpm oscillation helping to separate the juice from the residue. The blend should have less than 6% residue. Further, the juicer utilizes four 304 stainless-steel blades. It also charges via a USB-C interface that can be plu

Its been known for a while now that iPhones or Android smartphones send user data back to Google or Apple . But now, a new study has revealed that the former receives as much as 20 times more data from Android than the latter from its iOS platform. According to a ArsTechnica report, researcher Douglas Leith from Trinity College in Ireland provided side by side comparisons that suggests that Google ’s Android collects a lot more information than Apple’s iOS. As per Douglas, transmit telemetry data that are sent to the tech giants collect information like whether a user has logged in or has configured privacy settings to opt out of certain options regarding data collection. Both iOS and Android also send data to the companies when a user does simple tasks like inserting a SIM card or browsing the smartphones screen settings and more. The study also found that even when the device is idle, these devices connects back to its end server on an average of every 4.5 minutes or so. C