Samsung Galaxy S21 FE hits Geekbench with Exynos 2100
As per previous rumors, Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S21 FE is coming in two variants – Exynos and Snapdragon. But we’ve only seen the latter appear online so this new Geekbench listing is the first solid proof of the Exynos 2100 variant.
The model number of the S21 FE is SM-G990E, the clock speeds are in line with the Exynos chipset and so are the achieved results. The version tested runs on 8GB of RAM.
The most recent reports say that the device will finally be announced next on January 4.
From Gsmarena
Samsung’s Galaxy S22 series may use Snapdragon processors in more markets
The Samsung Galaxy S22 series looks set to be unveiled in February 2022, when the company is expected to launch three flagship devices 一 the Galaxy S22 Ultra, S22 Plus, and S22. Each year, Samsung produces two variants of its premium phones 一 one with a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset for the US market and another with an in-house Exynos processor for the rest of the world. It looks like things are going to change this time around as the Snapdragon Galaxy S22 series might be available in more markets.
While there is a rumor that says Samsung will launch Snapdragon-powered Galaxy S22 models in all parts of the world, our own Max Weinbach has confirmed that there will still be an Exynos version for certain parts of the world. Max has spotted both the Exynos 2200 and the Snapdragon 898 variants of the Galaxy S22 series, with the competing SoCs set to be announced in the coming weeks.
While Max did not state which variants will be available in different countries, he did confirm that Asian and African markets will get the Snapdragon variant this time around, something that was previously stated by Galaxyclub.nl. This likely means that the Galaxy S22 series in the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world will be powered by the upcoming Exynos chipset while the US, Asian, and African markets will get the Snapdragon variant. For the first time, Asia and Africa will get separate variants of all three phones with separate model numbers (SM-S901E, SM-S906E, and SM-S908E), which may also mean there are other spec differences we’ll learn about later.
From Android Police
vivo Y76s 5G goes official: Dimensity 810, 50MP camera, and 44W charging
vivo recently announced the Y15s, and today the company added a new member to the Y series, dubbed vivo Y76s 5G.
The vivo Y76s 5G is powered by the Dimensity 810 SoC, runs Android 11-based OriginOS 1.0, and has 8GB RAM onboard, which can be expanded virtually by up to 4GB. While the Y76s 5G doesn’t have more RAM options, you can do have the option to buy the smartphone with 128GB or 256GB of storage, expandable up to 1TB via a microSD card.
The Y76s 5G packs a 6.58″ 60Hz FullHD+ LCD with a 180Hz touch sampling rate and a notch for the 8MP selfie camera. The smartphone’s rear panel features a rectangular camera island housing a dual camera system consisting of a 50MP primary and 2MP macro camera.
The smartphone supports video stabilization and allows video recording with the front and rear cameras simultaneously.
The rest of the vivo Y76s 5G’s features include a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, 5G connectivity, 5-layer liquid cooling system, 3.5mm headphone jack, USB-C, and a 4,100 mAh battery with 44W charging support.
The vivo Y76s 5G is 7.79mm thick, weighs 175 grams, and comes in three colors – white, black, and blue. Its base model with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage will be sold in China for CNY1,799 ($280/€240), and for CNY200 ($30/€25) more, you get double storage. There’s no word on the vivo Y76s 5G’s availability in global markets.
From Gsmarena
Realme Q3t announced with Snapdragon 778G SoC and 144Hz screen
The Realme Q3T is built around a 6.67″ FullHD+ screen with a refresh rate of 144Hz and 600 nits peak brightness. The panel also has a punch hole in the upper-left corner for the selfie camera, and while Realme hasn’t mentioned its resolution, a previous leak revealed the smartphone sports a 16MP selfie shooter.
Around the back, we get a 48MP primary camera joined by a monochrome unit and a macro camera, which lets you take pictures of objects from as close as 4cm.
The Realme Q3T has a Snapdragon 778G SoC at the helm. It runs Android 11-based Realme UI 2.0 and comes in a single memory configuration – 8GB RAM and 256GB storage. The smartphone also supports the Dynamic RAM Expansion (DRE) feature, letting you expand the RAM virtually up to 5GB.
The Q3T features a side-mounted fingerprint reader and supports 5G connectivity. And powering the entire package is a 5,000 mAh battery, which Realme says can go from flat to 50% in 25 minutes with the bundled 30W adapter.
All this might sound familiar to you since the Realme Q3T is just a rebranded Q3s unveiled last month, but launched in partnership with China Telecom.
The Realme Q3T is offered in two colors and will be sold in China for CNY2,099 ($330/€285). That’s CNY100 ($15/€13) more than the launch price of the Q3s.
From Gsmarena
Nokia X100 unveiled: an X10 for T-Mobile, it will sell for just $252
Meet the Nokia X100 – an Android smartphone exclusive to T-Mobile and Metro in the US. This 5G phone will be available for $252 starting on November 19 and will bolster the sub-$300 5G offerings of the carrier.
The phone itself is essentially the Nokia X10, meaning that 5G connectivity comes from the Snapdragon 480 chipset (the original, not the plus), paired with 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB storage. You get a free microSD slot and 15 GB of Google Drive. The phone supports the n25, n41, n66 and n71 5G bands.
On the front is a fairly large 6.67” IPS LCD (1080p+, Gorilla Glass 3) with a punch holed 16 MP selfie camera. On the back is a 48 MP main cam with ZEISS optics, 5 MP ultra wide, 2 MP macro and 2 MP depth.
The 4,470 mAh battery promises 2 days on a single charge, then it’s up to the 18W power adapter to fill it back up. Additional features include Wi-Fi 5 (ac, 2×2 MIMO), Bluetooth 5.1, NFC and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. aptX Adaptive and aptX Voice are supported for Bluetooth headsets, FM radio for wired ones. There are two microphones on the phone (with OZO Spatial Audio capture and wind noise reduction) plus a single loudspeaker.
To put the pricing in perspective, the Nokia G50 is currently discounted to $270 (normally it’s $300), but that only has a 720p+ display. More similar in terms of hardware is the rugged Nokia XR20 for $550.
The Nokia X100 runs Android 11 out of the box and as part of the X-series it should receive OS updates for 3-years and monthly security patches, though we don’t see official confirmation of that on Nokia.com just yet.
From Gsmarena
AMD Gives Details on EPYC Zen4: Genoa and Bergamo, up to 96 and 128 Cores
Since AMD’s relaunch into high-performance x86 processor design, one of the fundamental targets for the company was to be a competitive force in the data center. By having a competitive product that customers could trust, the goal has always been to target what the customer wants, and subsequently grow market share and revenue.
Since the launch of 3rd Generation EPYC, AMD is growing its enterprise revenue at a good pace, however questions always turn around to what the roadmap might hold. In the past, AMD has disclosed that its 4th Generation EPYC, known as Genoa, would be coming in 2022 with Zen 4 cores built on TSMC 5nm. Today, AMD is expanding the Zen 4 family with another segment of cloud-optimized processors called Bergamo.
From Anandtech
Apple ordered to comply with court’s decision over in-app payments in Epic Games case
A federal judge has ruled that Apple can’t push back the deadline to update App Store policies, as previously ordered in the court’s decision on California’s Epic Games v. Apple lawsuit. Though Apple largely won that lawsuit when the judge declared that Apple was not acting as a monopolist as Epic Games had alleged, the court sided with the Fortnite maker on the matter of Apple’s anti-steering policies regarding restrictions on in-app purchases.
The court’s original ruling stated that Apple would no longer be allowed to prohibit developers from pointing to other means of payment besides Apple’s own payment systems, but Apple wanted that decision put on hold until its appeals case was decided — a delay that would have effectively pushed back the App Store changes by a matter of years.
From Techcrunch
Google wins appeal against UK class action-style suit seeking damages for Safari tracking
Google has won an appeal against a class action-style privacy litigation at the UK Supreme Court — avoiding what could have been up to £3BN in damages had it lost the case.
The long-running litigation was brought by veteran consumer rights campaigner, Richard Lloyd, who, since 2017, has been pursing a collective lawsuit, alleging Google applied a Safari workaround to override iPhone users’ privacy settings in Apple’s Safari browser between 2011 and 2012 — and seeking compensation for the breach for the estimated 4 million+ UK iPhone users affected.
Lloyd’s litigation had sought damages for privacy harms. More broadly, the suit sought to establish that a representative action could be brought in the UK seeking compensation for data protection violations — despite the lack of generic class action regime in UK law.
From Techcrunch
Google loses key court fight over EU antitrust shopping fine
Google on Wednesday lost a crucial battle in its fight to have a multibillion-dollar antitrust fine overturned in Europe .
Back in 2017, regulators slapped Google with a 2.42 billion euro ($2.8 billion) fine for favoring its own shopping services in its search results over those of rivals. Google appealed the fine, but the EU General Court in Luxembourg has now ruled to uphold the decision.
“By favouring its own comparison shopping service on its general results pages through more favourable display and positioning, while relegating the results from competing comparison services in those pages by means of ranking algorithms, Google departed from competition on the merits,” the court said in the ruling.
The fine is one of several that the EU’s Competition Commission has handed out to Google over the past few years for abusing its dominant position in Europe. At the time it was announced in 2017, it was the largest penalty handed out by the Commission and was twice as big as predicted. It retained this title until the Commission fined Google over $5 billion the following year for Android abuses.
The court’s decision this week is a win for Europe as it seeks to more closely regulate tech companies — including US tech giants that operate within the region. It arrives during a greater global effort to ensure that tech companies are held accountable, pay their fair share of taxes and don’t violate competition or privacy laws.
Google cast the ruling as a narrow one as it pointed to the benefits that shopping ads bring to consumers and merchants online.
“This judgement relates to a very specific set of facts and while we will review it closely, we made changes back in 2017 to comply with the European Commission’s decision,” said a spokesman for Google in a statement on Wednesday. “Our approach has worked successfully for more than three years, generating billions of clicks for more than 700 comparison shopping services.”
From Cnet
Meta Will Remove Ad Targeting Categories on Sexual Orientation, Religion, and Politics in 2022
It’s about to get a harder to target certain groups on Facebook. For society, that’s a good thing. For advertisers, not so much.
On Tuesday, Meta, Facebook’s parent company, announced that it would remove detailed targeting options that “relate to topics people may perceive as sensitive” beginning on Jan. 19, 2022. The news is a noteworthy change to Meta’s golden goose, its advertising business, which accounted for nearly 98% of its global revenue in 2020, according to Statista.
From Gizmodo
