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Last week Canalys released its 2024 smartphone shipment numbers for China, and today Counterpoint Research (CR) has done the same. The numbers are quite different, though. While vivo led with a 17.8% market share for the year, and Huawei was in second place with 16.3%, the third place in CR's report is occupied by Xiaomi with 15.7% of the pie, not Apple. Apple is fourth with 15.5%, followed by Honor with 15% and Oppo with 14.3%. Xiaomi wasn't even in Canalys' Top 5, so we're not sure what's going on here. Either way, vivo led in shipments for the full year - that's pretty much a...

Good Lock, the app you can use to customize Samsung smartphones even more than the Settings menu usually allows, is getting a new coat of paint just in time for the official launch of One UI 7 alongside the Galaxy S25 family tomorrow. Good Lock's redesign is in line with One UI 7's redesign, unsurprisingly, and it arrives with version 3.0.10.1 of the app. Good Lock now has a list view, and a larger bottom tab area with three icons. There's also a new search tool, and a built-in chatbot which will guide you through using the app. You also get some neat wallpapers and two new widgets...

Xiaomi's 14 Ultra was unveiled in China last February, only a few short days before making its global debut at MWC in Barcelona. If you've been wondering whether its successor, the Xiaomi 15 Ultra, will also be officially available globally, the answer is yes and it comes straight from Lu Weibing, Xiaomi Group Partner and President. He unveiled the news in a video Q&A with Chinese fans of the brand. Lu also revealed that the 15 Ultra will be made official after the Chinese New Year, which in 2025 falls on January 29. Note that until February 4 there is a public holiday in China, so no...

Last month, we saw leaked images of the alleged iPhone 17 Pro with a camera visor instead of the traditional square cutout on the back. That rumor was later refuted, but we now get another image that suggests the 17 series will, in fact, go with the visor design. The latest image was shared by tipster Majin Bu, who holds a solid track record with Apple products. The image showcases two back panels for the iPhone 17 series. We don’t get confirmation on which devices we’re looking at, but we can make up a single camera cutout, possibly indicating one of the more affordable models. The...

HMD Skyline is the second device from the brand to receive the Android 15 update. As per reports, the latest OTA update is now seeding to users in Finland, with more countries and regions expected to join in the coming days. The update comes with the V2.270 build number and weighs in at 3.3GB and comes with the December 2024 security patch. HMD Skyline Android 15 update changelog: Performance Boost: Enjoy a faster and smoother experience with optimized system performance, including quicker app launch times, reduced lag, and improved battery life management. Privacy...

The Redmi K80 Pro launched in November and so its successor, the Redmi K90 Pro, is definitely many months from its release. And yet, we have a rumor about it, courtesy of the prolific Digital Chat Station out of China. The K90 Pro is said to be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 SoC, due for unveiling this fall, which isn't out of the ordinary since the K80 Pro went with the Snapdragon 8 Elite. Redmi K80 Pro What is more interesting is that the Redmi K90 Pro is said to come with a 50 MP periscope telephoto camera, a first for the line. This will apparently have a large...

Google rolled out Android 15 to its Pixel phones in October. While it introduced new features, users began to notice a strange bug: an inward swipe from the right side did not activate the back gesture as intended. This issue is now marked as Fixed on the Issue Tracker. A Google employee stated that a solution is "rolling out in an upcoming release." Pixel 8 (left) next to Pixel 8 Pro The problem was first reported by a Pixel 8 Pro owner, with more users later confirming the issue on other models as well. Some noted that the bug affected swipes from both sides, not just the right....

You may have heard of or even tried projects like Winlator, which let you run Windows x86 and x64 software on Android. Interestingly, Xiaomi has revealed that it is working on Windows support for its Android devices too. The WinPlay Engine is specifically targeting games, which are typically the most demanding of Windows software. Xiaomi says that GPU performance loss is only 2.9%. This is a fully on-device solution and doesn’t require an Internet connection to work. Xiaomi is testing running Windows games on its Android tablets According to Xiaomi, WinPlay supports Steam, which...

Oppo has been teasing the Find N5 for the past few days, and a brand representative recently shared some pictures of the foldable, showing off its slim design. Now, the same person has dropped a couple of video clips on Weibo, confirming two features of the Find N5. The first video revealed that the Oppo Find N5 will come with IPX6, IPX8, and IPX9 ratings for water resistance and showed that the smartphone's camera can be used underwater. The second video shows the Oppo Find N5 charging wirelessly in different cars. It will support 50W wireless charging. The Find N5's...