Monday
Jan252021

Samsung Galaxy A82 is reportedly a 5G phone with a flip-up camera

Samsung Galaxy A80 with its flip-up camera (Source: Samsung)

If the rumours are true, Samsung might be trying the flip-up camera form factor for an upcoming smartphone again. Coming from the same Galaxy A series, the Galaxy A82 will supposedly resurrect the Galaxy A80's form factor into a 5G capable handset. With an alleged model designation of SM-A826B, not much is known about it outside of the 5G capability. We can't even confirm if Samsung will push through with this design.

Outside of some ASUS Zenfone models, this design isn't a popular choice for smartphone manufacturers. But the upside to this design is you get an uninterrupted screen, and you get higher quality selfies since you use your phone's primary shooter. Unfortunately, the Galaxy A82 is supposedly in its early development stages, so it might take a while before we hear about it again. But we're sure we'll hear more about this smartphone if and when it gets made.

Source: GSMArena + GizChina

Monday
Jan252021

Apple cautions against having an iPhone 12 too close to some medical devices

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If you or your loved ones have a pacemaker, defibrillator, or other implants that might respond to magnets and radios, don't have an iPhone 12 too close to it. Apple updated its support document to warn users of the new Apple flagship and other MagSafe accessories as they might interfere with implants.

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Monday
Jan252021

YouTube.com can be installed as a Progressive Web App

YouTube's primary site joins YouTube Music and TV as a Progressive Web App (PWA), giving you quick and dedicated access to the site. PWA offers you the streaming site working as its own app of sorts without the address bar and other user interface elements you usually see in the browser. You can pin it to your taskbar or Start menu in Windows, so it's easier to launch YouTube.

You can install YouTube by clicking on the plus-in-a-circle icon at the upper right corner of Chrome's Omnibox. You'll then be prompted to "Install app." As 9to5Google points out, this is different from the browser's manual overflow menu "Install" option, which has been around for a while already.

Sunday
Jan242021

The 'Uncharted' move will be pushed back to 2022

Uncharted stars Spider-Man's Tom Holland as Nathan Drake (Source: Sony Pictures)

You can say that the Uncharted movie has been over a decade in the making. News about the film being made started since at least 2008. But now the film has finally been wrapped (at least since October 2020), with Spider-Man's Tom Holland as the lead, Nathan Drake. Unfortunately, since we are still living through a global pandemic, it looks like Sony Pictures is opting to push back its release date from July 16, 2021, to February 11, 2022, at least according to different sources. On the film's official Twitter account, it just states 2022, which seems like a safer bet given current circumstances.

Source: Engadget