Apple has reported quarterly revenue of $64.7 billion, up 1% YoY, and set a new September quarter record. It posted net profit of $12.7 billion, down 7.29% YoY and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $0.73 for the financial year Q4 2020 that ended September 26, 2020. During earnings call Tim Cook said that Apple has achieved a new September quarter record, despite the delay in iPhone 12 launch during the quarter, and the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, including retail store closures.
The worldwide tablet market continues to show impressive numbers, growing by 24.9% YoY in the third quarter of 2020, shipping 47.6 million units. Demand is still strong among people who require portable computer for remote learning, work and leisure. In the lead, as usual, is Apple, followed by Samsung, Amazon.com, HUAWEI, and Lenovo.
As the pandemic restrictions around the world have largely been lifted, the smartphone market worldwide has begun to recover from the massive 16% YoY decline it saw for the last quarter. According to IDC, the market recorded 353.6 million units shipped, which calculates to a decline of 1.3% YoY. The top 5 companies were Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, Apple and Vivo.
LG has announced K92 5G, the company’s latest smartphone in the K series for the US market to compete with the OnePlus Nord N10 5G. It packs a 6.7-inch Full HD+ LCD Punch Hole Display with a 16MP camera inside the notch, is powered by Snapdragon 690 5G SoC, comes with 64MP rear camera, 5MP ultra-wide camera and 2MP depth and 2MP macro camera. Continue reading “LG K92 5G with 6.7-inch FHD+ FullVision display, Snapdragon 690, 64MP quad rear cameras announced”
After teasers, Intel today detailed its upcoming 11th Gen Core S-series desktop processors (code-named “Rocket Lake-S”). This will introduce a new Cypress Cove desktop architecture designed to transform hardware and software efficiency and increase performance. It promises double-digit percentage IPC performance improvement compared to last gen and will offer enhanced Intel UHD graphics with Intel Xe Graphics architecture. Continue reading “Intel’s 11th Gen Core S-series ‘Rocket Lake’ desktop processors detailed — Ice Lake Core, Intel Xe Graphics”
Advanced Micro Devices, otherwise known as AMD, has taken the wraps of their much anticipated next generation graphics cards, called the Radeon RX 6000 series. Three cards were announced yesterday during an event, the 6900 XT, 6800 XT and the 6800, and they are 7nm-based GPUs based on AMD’s newest RDNA 2 architecture, which has also been called as Big Navi.
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ASUS launched its ROG Phone 3 smartphone in India back in July starting at Rs. 49,999 and the 12GB RAM with 128GB storage version was launched last month for Rs. 52,999. Today the company has announced Rs. 3000 permanent price cut for the phone, so the phone is now available starting at Rs. 46,999. Continue reading “ASUS ROG Phone 3 gets a permanent price cut in India, now starts Rs. 46999”
Xiaomi today announced the roll out of new updates to PatchWall 3.0 for all Mi Smart TVs in India. PatchWall 3.0 brought deeper integration with Disney+ Hotstar and addition of new content partners, Mi List along with other UI enhancements. Today it has started rolling out new PatchWall update 3.4 brings 3 new features including an immersive carousel design, User Centre and Live TV. Continue reading “Xiaomi rolls out new updates to PatchWall 3.0 with new Live TV channels, immersive carousel and more for Mi Smart TVs”
Since Microsoft announced that Window 10 will be the final update to the OS, they have released many updates that brought many improvement and new features. However, the UI has mostly remained the same. This might be changing next as Microsoft is reportedly planning on bringing a major update to many core applications like the Start Menu, File explorer, etc.
Samsung has reported its earnings for Q3 2020 that ended September 30, 2020 in which the company has made revenue of 66.96 trillion won, an increase of 8% YoY. Operating profit rose to 12.35 trillion won, up 58.74% YoY and 51.5% QoQ and net profit rose to 9.36 trillion won, up 48.8% YoY. This is due to stronger sales of memory chips and consumer products. It expects decline in profits in the fourth-quarter due to weak demand and growing competition. Continue reading “Samsung’s Q3 2020 profits up 58.74% YoY, mobile profits up 52.4% YoY”
Apple has released a new update for their video creation app Clips, bringing with it major changes for version 3.o. It features a newly redesigned interface, landscape orientation for the iPad, support for more aspect ratios, and also the ability to create and shoot create HDR videos from the iPhone 12 series.
Amazon today started its Great Indian Festival Gifting Happiness Days Sale, which is its third sale for the festive season. In this sale, it is offering great deals on smartphones with never before bank offers, discounts on accessories, LED TVs, wearables and more. This includes up to 40% off on the latest smartphones and accessories from top brands, up to 75% off on large appliances and TVs, 50% off on Amazon Devices – Echo, Fire TV and Kindle. Continue reading “Amazon Great Indian Festival Gifting Happiness Days Sale — Top Deals on smartphones, TVs, wearables and more”
The Indian smartphone market has strongly recovered in the third quarter 2020, shipping over 53 million units and growing by 9% YoY. The growth in this quarter comes after a decline was recorded in Q2 2020, which was caused due to the pandemic restrictions. As the restrictions have been largely lifted, the market bounced back quickly, with Samsung in the lead followed closely by Xiaomi.
Flipkart recently hosted the 7th edition of Big Billion Days Sale and following that, now the e-commerce company has kicked off the Big Diwali Sale for Flipkart Plus members, and it will be live for all users starting 12 noon 29th October 2020 (today). There is a wide range of deals and in this post, we list the top deals on smartphones, laptops, tablets, and more that you can find in the Big Diwali Sale 2020. Continue reading “Flipkart Big Diwali Sale 2020: Top Deals on smartphones, tablets, TVs and more”
Lexar, popular for its flash memory solutions has announced the Lexar Professional 1066x microSDHC/microSDXC Cards SILVER Series. Designed for your action cameras, drones, and Android smartphones, it lets you capture and transfer high-quality photos, including Full-HD and 4K UHD video with speeds up to 160MB/s read, and up to 120MB/s write speeds. Continue reading “Lexar Professional 1066x microSD UHS-I Card SILVER Series with up to 512GB capacity, up to 160MB/s read speeds announced”
