In the blog post, Google’s hardware chief, Rick Osterloh stated that “the improved sensors and lenses are now to big to fit into the traditional square – so the new design gives the whole camera system a new home with the camera bar.” That’s a trend we have seen with many smartphones in the past year or so. Just take a look at the Galaxy S21 series, or even Huawei’s latest smartphones....
The Pixel 6 series specs get shared by a tipster, including Google Tensor configuration The Pixel 6 series specs get shared by a tipster, including Google Tensor configuration According to the tipster, the Pixel 6 will feature a 6.4-inch OLED display. That will almost certainly be a fullHD+ panel, but the tipster didn’t mention that. What he did mention is that this will be a 90Hz panel. The Pixel 6 will offer 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, says the source, along with a 4,614mAh battery....
One of the new features, only available on Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, is transcriptions of voice messages inside Google’s Messages app. If you use this for texting on either new device, and someone leaves a voice message, the phones will automatically transcribe the voice message so you can read it. Google is positioning this is as a privacy thing. But we like to think of it like more of a courtesy thing....
Last year AndroidHeadlines did a review of the Poco M3 and called it the best budget phone of 2020. So arguably the M4 has big shoes to fill. Now since Xiaomi/Poco sent us a variety of other Poco devices to review in 2021 we decided to skip the 5G version of the M3 that launched mid-2021. However, when the request to review the new Poco M4 Pro 5G came through, we jumped at the chance to see if the new 5G version had the same unbeatable price to performance ratio as last year’s 4G model....
Low-cost smartphones usually sell in higher numbers than premium models. That’s not surprising at all. For instance, Samsung’s entry-level Galaxy A12 was the world’s best-selling smartphone in 2021. The device sold a whopping 51.8 million units last year with an average selling price (ASP) of $160. The Redmi 9A with an ASP of just $78 also sold 26.8 million units. However, as many as seven iPhone models made it into the top ten best-selling smartphones in 2021, two more than 2020....
