While 5G isn't really estimated to take off until later on in 2020, a few phone makers have made the jump early. Samsung in particular released 5G versions of the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10, which have combined to create a nice starting point for 5G, with several million …
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The next OnePlus flagship will have a 120Hz AMOLED display
Over the last couple of years, the smartphone market has been transitioning over to high refresh rate displays. OnePlus is one of the early adopters, opting for a 90Hz display on the OnePlus 7 Pro but improvements are coming, with the next OnePlus flagship to make the jump to 120Hz. …
Read More »Xbox Games with Gold for January includes a Batman and Star Wars title
Four Xbox titles are being offered for free to those who own an Xbox Live Gold subscription for the month of January. The games replacing last month’s Games with Gold titles are: Styx: Shards of Darkness, Batman: The Telltale Series, Tekken 6, and Lego Star Wars: The Original Trilogy. Unlike …
Read More »iPhone XR leads global smartphone sales in Q3
Major smartphone vendors have all reported their Q3 2019 results for the year and over the last few weeks, analysts and market researchers have been sorting through the numbers to paint a picture of the overall market. Counterpoint Research has gathered enough data now to show the top 10 smartphones …
Read More »The Epic Games Store is giving away FTL: Faster Than Light for free
Continuing its “12 Days of Free Games”, the Epic Games Store is offering FTL: Faster Than Light for free for a limited time only. This Space-sim rogue-like will only be available to purchase for free until 4pm on the 27th of December, when it will be replaced by an as-of-yet …
Read More »Motorola Razr foldable smartphone pushed back due to high demand
This year, Motorola announced the return of the ‘Razr’, in reimagined foldable form. It is a costly $1500 reboot of one of the most popular phones of the early 2000s. The new Motorola Razr was due to ship in 2019 but due to high demand, the release is being pushed …
Read More »GOG kicks off its winter sale by giving away free copies of Wasteland 2
This is a big week for GOG as not only is the new GOG Galaxy 2.0 app in open beta, but the Winter Sale has also kicked off, bringing discounts bundles for loads of highly-rated, DRM-free games. To sweeten the deal, the GOG version of Wasteland 2 Director's Cut is …
Read More »Razer Junglecat brings Switch-style controls to mobile gaming
Today Razer is launching its latest game controller, known as the Razer Junglecat. While previous Razer gamepads have been designed for PC, Xbox or PlayStation use, the Junglecat is made for smartphones instead, with one half of a controller attached to either side of the device with a nice big …
Read More »Samsung announce new devices featuring Intel “Project Athena” and Lakefield processors
Today at the Samsung Developer Conference, the company announced three new laptops which have been co-engineered with Intel. Two of which will target the specification of “Project Athena”, and a Galaxy Book S which will include an Intel “Lakefield” processor. With Samsung’s two latest additions, a total of 17 laptops …
Read More »Samsung reveals the Exynos 990 SoC
Samsung announced the company's new SoC, the Exynos 990, alongside the new 5G Exynos Modem 5123. Both are planned to be used, in 2020, with the Samsung Galaxy S11 and other devices from the company. At Samsung Tech Day, the company showed the upcoming flagship chipset, the Exynos 990. The …
Read More »Huawei’s foldable Mate X will be released on 15th November
Back in February, we reported on the announcement of Huawei's first foldable smartphone. Now we have a date for the device's release, but only for the Chinese market and a bit later than initially planned. With the problems that Samsung faced with its Samsung Galaxy Fold review samples, Huawei had time to …
Read More »Daybreak announces Planetside 3 is in development
After the positive feedback that Planetside 2 received, Daybreak decided to expand the franchise with Planetside Arena, a battle-royale set in the Planetside universe. It seems that wasn't enough for Daybreak, with the company now announcing Planetside 3, with Planetside Arena as its “stepping stone”. Followed by a recent series …
Read More »Borderlands 3 hotfix adjusts Legendary gear
A new patch for Borderlands 3 was deployed to the game on all platforms yesterday which offered a bunch of hotfixes to adjust Legendary gear across all manufacturers, along with implementing a few bug fixes. After looking over data, Gearbox felt that some Legendary gear was greatly outperforming others and …
Read More »Samsung has announced it will be closing its final smartphone facility in China
A huge downturn in Samsung smartphone sales in China has forced the company to close a number of its factories in the country recently. Samsung has now announced the closure of its final smartphone production plant in China. Samsung is to shut down its sole remaining mobile phone factory in …
Read More »Carmack says Oculus ‘missed an opportunity’ as Gear VR support winds down
Throughout the earlier days of Oculus, the company had some close ties to Samsung. Not only were Samsung Galaxy Note displays used in Rift devkits, but the two companies eventually partnered up to launch the Gear VR headset for Galaxy smartphones. At this point, both sides have begun going their …
Read More »Telltale Games has been revived as a new studio following asset buyout
It hasn't even been a year since Telltale Games was first shut down but it looks like the studio is now set for a revival- at least in name. A company known as LCG Entertainment has purchased Telltale's assets and will be starting the studio up again with a new, …
Read More »The best universal game launchers to unify your PC games collection
Sick of having to open a ton of launchers to access all of your PC games? Here are some handy universal game launcher alternatives to re-unify your library.
Read More »2015 MacBook Pro banned from flights due to unsafe batteries
Following this year's recall, the 2015 MacBook Pro has been banned from flights in the U.S.
Read More »The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is getting a sequel because DLC wasn’t enough
During E3 last week, one of Nintendo’s biggest surprise announcements was that a sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is now in development. Then teaser gave us a rough idea of where things are heading this time around but now series producer, Eiji Aonuma, has spoken …
Read More »Computex 2019: AMD’s 3rd Gen Ryzen processors are officially here
3rd Gen Ryzen is officially here. The Zen 2 architecture has paved the way for 7nm, IPC improvements, higher core counts and more, all at sensible prices.
Read More »Several Telltale games are going to be removed from sale but some might be saved
Telltale Games unfortunately closed down last year after failing to recover from financial issues and shrinking sales. At the time, multiple Telltale series began to disappear from sale on digital storefronts but eventually, issues were resolved and some fan favourite games managed to remain on sale. Now, that situation is …
Read More »What’s Holding up 5G in the UK?
If you're into technology, there's a good chance that you're waiting with bated breath for every shred of news that may give you a hint about when you'll be able to get your hands on the next-generation of 5G wireless devices. If you live in the UK, there are already …
Read More »The OnePlus 7 Pro is officially here, and the leaks were right
We've been hearing a lot about the OnePlus 7 Pro over the last few weeks, and today the phone was officially announced with three simultaneous launch events held in London, New York and Bangalore. Unsurprisingly, it turns out the leaks were very accurate. That means the OnePlus 7 Pro sports …
Read More »Vodafone will be the first UK carrier to offer 5G
The 5G revolution has been touted for years now, with plenty of large tech companies hedging their bets on the upcoming mobile networking standard. Devices with 5G support are starting to arrive for consumers this year and soon, carriers will be making their networks live. Here in the UK, Vodafone …
Read More »A render gives us our first potential look at Motorola’s foldable RAZR smartphone
We’ve known for quite some time that Motorola is set to enter the foldable smartphone market, taking a radically different approach than competition. Purported images of the revived Razr brand have begun leaking online, giving us our first potential look at a finalised design. Samsung, Huawei and Royole have all …
Read More »OnePlus 7 Pro is certified to have one of the best displays on the market
OnePlus has been hard at work with its upcoming flagship smartphones set to debut May 14, with CEO Pete Lau drumming up excitement for the company’s display technology in particular. The OnePlus 7 Pro has already topped expectations, receiving an A+ certification from video diagnostic experts at DisplayMate. Rumours surrounding …
Read More »OnePlus CEO hypes up OnePlus 7 display, aims to ‘redefine’ fast and smooth
OnePlus will be releasing its next flagship smartphone very soon. As usual, we have had a bunch of leaks to verify certain things prior to the official announcement but now, OnePlus CEO, Pete Lau, is also speaking openly about plans for the OnePlus 7 and also the OnePlus 7 Pro, …
Read More »The OnePlus 7 Pro could sport a 90Hz Super AMOLED display
Leaks surrounding the OnePlus 7 series have ramped up over the past week, painting a vivid picture of the upcoming ‘flagship killers’. It doesn’t seem as though the rumour mill is slowing down however, as even more information has come to light surrounding the Pro model. While it is believed …
Read More »EHA Awards 2019 – Finalists Announced
In preparation for the EHA Awards 2019 on Monday 27th May, over 100 specialist editors from European Hardware Association publications across the region, have been deciding on a definitive list of the best hardware available in the market. Work on that list is now complete and we’re ready to announce …
Read More »Reports suggest that Samsung’s smartphone trade-in system is borked
Like many of its competitors, Samsung offers its own trade-in scheme as incentive to upgrade to its latest and greatest smartphones. Unfortunately, something somewhere seems to have gone terribly wrong, as a rise in complaints suggest that users are being wrongfully rejected for their eligible devices. Samsung has often been …
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