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vivo’s upcoming X80, X80 Pro, X Fold, and X Note specs have surfaced through China’s Weibo network, along with the iQOO Neo6.

The X80 will have a 6. 78-inch FHD+ OLED display with curved glass on top, as well as a 4,500mAh battery with 80W wired charging. It will measure 8. 3mm in thickness. The X80 Pro will have the same size 6. 78-inch OLED but of QHD+ resolution. It will also be curved at the edges. There’s a 4,700mAh battery with 80W wired and 50W wireless charging. The X80 Pro measures 9. 1mm in thickness.

The Vivo X Fold’s 80W charging was seemingly confirmed. The X Fold will have a 6. 53-inch FHD+ external OLED display, as well as a 4,600mAh battery, 80W wired, and 50W wireless charging.

The vivo X Note, which we’ve seen on vivo’s website, will reportedly sport a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, and a 120Hz E5 AMOLED display.

An iQOO Neo6 has also surfaced with a 6. 62-inch FHD+ OLED (no curved edges here), a 4,700mAh battery with 80W wired charging, and an 8. 5mm frame.

Below is a blurry render of what appears to be the vivo X Fold’s rear camera island. We’ve already seen it in schematics, but the render reveals that it will carry a Zeiss certification. According to Digital Chat Station, vivo’s upcoming phones will all have this design.

Here’s a look at the X Fold in the wild.

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While the current MacBook Air rumors suggest a refreshed 13-inch model is on its way later this year we may get an even larger model in 2023. The latest Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) quarterly report suggests the 15-inch MacBook Air will arrive next year with the largest screen to date on a MacBook Air series laptop. The report also mentions a new larger base model iPad which will succeed the current 10. 2-inch model next year.

MacBook Air 15 render (via MacRumors)

Apple has been flirting with the idea of a 15-inch MacBook Air since 2008 as revealed in leaked documents that surfaced thanks to the Epic Games v Apple legal trial. Apple ultimately went with the more portable 13-inch MacBook Air and the rest is history but a 15-inch model will be a welcome addition fitting right between the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros in terms of screen real estate.

Not much else is known about the rumored 15-inc MacBook Air for now but we hope more info will surface in the meantime.

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OnePlus is finally ready to launch its OnePlus 10 Pro flagship globally and the event is set for March 31. The keynote will tip off at 2PM GMT/7:30PM IST time and will be live-streamed on major platforms including YouTube and Twitter and we can expect to see the stream on the company’s homepage too.

OnePlus 10 Pro global launch event poster

OnePlus 10Pro originally launched in China back in January and has taken its sweet time to arrive to global markets. A vanilla OnePlus 10 is nowhere to be mentioned in the new teasers for the global launch so it seems we’ll have to wait a bit more for that model to arrive.

Sony Xperia is the official smartphone partner for the 2022 global tournaments in PUBG Mobile. For the forthcoming competitions, Sony will provide its flagships for pro players all over the globe.

This year more tournaments will be held in more regions so that more people will have the opportunity to compete. There will be two major events – the 2022 PUBG Mobile Global Championship and a mid-year tournament (details on the latter will be revealed soon).

” Player experience is a priority at PUBG MOBILE esports. It felt easy and natural to partner with Sony’s Xperia(tm). We look forward to seeing our players showcasing an even stronger performance with their Xperia flagship series at our global tournaments this year.” said James Yang, Director of PUBG Mobile Global Esports.

You may not think of the Sony Xperia 1 III and Xperia 5 III as gaming phones, but Sony actually put a lot of effort into making them just that. The engineers have been consulting pro players since the Mark II generation. They went as far as recording the finger movements of the players and replicating them with a robot to help them fine-tune the display. The display has a 120 Hz refresh rate and 240 Hz touch sampling rate, by the way.

There are also features such as the “L-g riser”, which highlights the shadows without obscuring the rest of an image, to help you spot dark enemies. It will be interesting to see if the tournament rules allow the usage of this feature and Sony’s other game tweaks.

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Google has been working on ways to sort out good product reviews from bad ones before presenting them to the user. Last year’s update promoted product reviews that provide evidence of the actual handling of the product. It also provided links to other sellers so buyers have more options.

Now the search giant is rolling out a new update to how it ranks product reviews to separate expert reviews from less informative ones. These new guidelines make it more clear that reviews must not only contain information from manufacturers but also provide firsthand experiences of the product.

A good review isn’t just about the positive side. It also doesn’t focus on the product alone. The review should include pros and cons, and comparisons between the product and previous versions. Here are the four key items that today’s update focuses on:

• Include helpful in-depth details, like the benefits or drawbacks of a certain item, specifics on how a product performs or how the product differs from previous versions
• Come from people who have actually used the products, and show what the product is physically like or how it’s used
• Include unique information beyond what the manufacturer provides — like visuals, audio or links to other content detailing the reviewer’s experience
• Cover comparable products, or explain what sets a product apart from its competitors

Note that this update covers only English-language product reviews and will be rolled out gradually so you should start seeing its effects soon. Google has been happy with these changes and will continue to work to make product reviews ranking in other languages.

You can read the guidelines from Google that describe what makes a good review. This boils down to research and backing up claims with tests results. Also, explaining why a product is better than others.

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Samsung’s latest education-focused Chromebook is here with the newly announced Galaxy Chromebook 2 360. The device was announced at the British Educational Training and Technology (BETT) forum and goes on sale from April 15.

The new Chromebook 360 comes with a 12. 4-inch 2560 x 1600px resolution TFT touchscreen that can rotate all the way back into tablet mode. The device features a 720p webcam and can be configured with optional LTE connectivity and features.

Galaxy Chromebook 2 360

Intel’s Celeron N4500 processor and Intel UHD graphics are tasked with the heavy lifting here and you get 4GB LPDDR4x and 64/128 GB eMMC storage. I/O includes two USB-C ports, two USB 3. 2 connectors, a headphone/mic combo jack, a microSD card reader and a nano security slot. The laptop comes with a 45. 5 Whr battery which Samsung claims will last up to ten hours of continuous usage.

Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 360

Samsung Galaxy Chromebook 2 360 comes in Silver color and starts at PS419 for the 4/64GB Wi-Fi only trim and goes up to PS499 for the LTE-enabled 4/128GB model.

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European Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra users have reported GPS signal issues on their devices and those were acknowledged by a Samsung moderator on its community forum. Several users have reported no GPS signal while using Google Maps and Waze which has prompted all sorts of workarounds that vary in their success to aid the issue.

Users have tried restarting their phones, resetting A-GPS functionality and calibrating the compass among others.

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The moderator at the Samsung Forum confirmed that Samsung has acknowledged the GPS problem and is working on a solution. There’s no time frame for the update roll-out just yet but it should not be far off.

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The Black Shark 5 series appeared on TENAA and 3C last month, and the gaming brand finally set a date for the phones’ arrival. The launch will take place on March 30, at 19:00 local time in China.

The company is expected to introduce two phones – Black Shark 5 and Black Shark 5 Pro. The Pro is obviously going to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, but TENAA suggests the vanilla variant will use the far more modest Snapdragon 870.

The Black Shark 5 Pro is also expected to bring bigger battery and higher display refresh rate compared to the 4s Pro. Next Wednesday’s event will reveal all details.

According to January reports, Tencent may have advanced negotiations to acquire the Black Shark Company.

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