Review: Sony Xperia 1 II, ideal for the creative professional?
A 21:9 4K OLED screen with professional colour reproduction, a lightning-fast chip and impressive multimedia qualifications. According to Sony, the Sony Xperia 1 II is the ideal smartphone for creative professionals. In this review, Techzine finds out if this claim holds up.
Obviously, the Sony ... Read more
Android’s security flaw allows malicious apps to steal user data
Sensitive data on Android phones could have been stolen by apps using a security vulnerability which is present on most Android devices.
Oversecured, an app security startup, found a flaw in the widely used Play Core library that allows app developers to deploy in-app push updates and new featur... Read more
Microsoft Surface Duo smartphone available on September 10
Microsoft's new Android phone will be released on the 10th of September. The Surface Duo, a dual-screen device is expected to cost around 1.200 euros.
Even though the device features two screens, it does not have a foldable screen. The device has two separate screens: each screen is 5.6 inches (... Read more
Review: Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro – for field workers
The past few months, we have been using the Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro as our primary smartphone. We thought this made sense, as we had repeatedly dropped several smartphones in which the screen was smashed to pieces. With the XCover Pro, that's no longer a problem, because that smartphone was made ... Read more
‘Smartphone market collapses worldwide due to corona crisis’
Smartphone sales plummeted worldwide in the first quarter of 2020, according to market researcher Gartner. Huawei saw their numbers plummet, closely followed by Samsung.
On average, smartphone manufacturers saw their sales drop by 20 percent. Apple managed to cope better than its competitors wit... Read more
“Huawei smartphone with its own operating system may appear this year.
Huawei would test a smartphone with its own operating system Hongmeng. The phone may appear at the end of this year, as several Chinese media report.
Huawei has been working on the operating system for some time, which was on stand-by when the US banned the export of American products. This ban ... Read more
T-Mobile successfully establishes 5G connection with OPPO smartphone
For the first time, T-Mobile has set up a 5G connection with a smartphone. The connection was set up with an OPPO Reno 5G, and provided a maximum download speed of 850 Mbps.
The connection was set up in the T-Mobile 5G Field Lab. In this lab - which is located at the head office in The Hague - new p... Read more
Apple acquires Intel branch for smartphone modems for $1 billion
Apple takes over a large part of the Intel branch that develops smartphone modems for $1 billion (about $897 million). Intel's division has been making losses for a long time.
With the acquisition, Apple says it will take over approximately 2,200 employees from Intel. In addition, the company acquir... Read more
Samsung launches foldable phone Galaxy Fold in September
Samsung's foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Fold, is due to appear in September. Samsung postponed the launch of the phone earlier, as review copies were found to break down after only two days.
The Galaxy Fold was unveiled in February this year. In April, however, several journalists reported that th... Read more
Apple has unfair dominance in its own search results
Apple would routinely put its own mobile apps at the top of the search results in the App Store. This also puts itself above the competition, with which it gains the upper hand in a marketplace that annually sells 50 billion dollars.
Apple apps are at the top of more than 60 percent of basic searche... Read more