Exynos 1280 specifications The Exynos 1280 is a 5nm chipset based on a 64-bit RISC processor. Intended for premium mid-range smartphones, the octa-core processor has two Arm Cortex-A78 CPU cores running at up to 2.4GHz and six power-efficient Cortex-A55 cores operating at a maximum frequency of 2.0GHz. There’s the Arm Mali-G68 GPU for handling graphics. Samsung says the GPU has been optimized with Fused Multiply-Add (FMA) for improved battery life. This chipset can handle cameras of up to 108-megapixel resolution....

Samsung is ending software support for the Galaxy S9 & S9 Plus Samsung kept its promise, but it has now removed both devices from its security updates page. Prior to that, they were downgraded to a quarterly update schedule. That is as per usual for Samsung, as that’s something it does for phones that are in the final year of software support. Both devices did get the March 2022 security update, and that was the last one they will receive....

One such NPE called Scramoge Technology has recently filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung, Business Korea reports. According to the report, the Dublin-based company alleges the Korean brand of using its patented wireless charging technology without appropriate permission. It is claiming infringements of as many as seven wireless charging patents. The company has mentioned the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and the Galaxy Z Fold 3 among the infringing products....

Samsung is reportedly making the omission due to cost-cutting measures. Previous reports indicated that the company’s mobile team wanted to use vapor chamber cooling for the upcoming Exynos chipset to bolster overall performance. Reports suggest that this new Exynos chipset will utilize an AMD GPU. Samsung first used vapor chamber cooling with the Galaxy S10 in 2019 The new revelation contradicts older reports talking of vapor chamber cooling on the early 2022 flagship....

As expected, Samsung announced the Galaxy S22, S22+ and S22 Ultra. We’ll start with the Galaxy S22 and S22+ here. Samsung wants to make “your everyday epic” with Galaxy S22 & S22+ With the Galaxy S22 and S22+, Samsung is keeping the same design language that it debuted with the Galaxy S21 series last year. So there’s the same Contour Cut camera design that looked really great on the S21....

Samsung is still the world’s top smartphone OEM, but Xiaomi grew quite a bit Let’s first talk about 2021 as a whole, shall we. Samsung has managed to sell 272 million smartphones, and get 20.1-percent of the market. It grew 6-percent year–over-year (YoY). Apple is second-placed with 235.7 million sold smartphones, with a 17.4-percent market share. The company grew 15.9-percent YoY. Xiaomi managed to secure third place with 191 million sold smartphones....

The Galaxy A22 and Galaxy A41 are both picking up Samsung’s One UI 4.1 custom Android skin with this update. The new software package is identified by build numbers A225FXXU3BVD8 and A415FXXU1DVDB for the two models, respectively. They both are also getting the April security patch, which fixes over 80 vulnerabilities. However, we are more interested in the goodies that Android 12 and One UI 4.1 bring. There are a lot of them....

A lot has already been spilled about the upcoming Galaxy S22 series phones. Right from the design, the specifications, and some key software enhancements are already out in the open about the upcoming Galaxy S22 series phones. Samsung is also set to bring back the S-Pen on its device with the Galaxy S22 Ultra. Along with this, the company is also set to bring back 45W fast charging support with the Galaxy S22 series....

According to Samsung, this is the farthest 28GHz mmWave Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) 5G connection it ever recorded. To achieve an industry-leading speed across a distance of 10km, the two companies utilized eight component carriers (8CC). It is an aggregation of 800MHz of mmWave spectrum, the Korean firm explains. Its beamforming technology enabled the aggregation of such large amounts of bandwidth at a distance of 10km. Samsung used its in-house 28GHz Compact Macro for the trial....

According to Bethesda, players can start migrating their games over to Steam in early April. Which means you have at least a month to plan out which games you want to transfer. If not all of them. Since you’ll have until May to play using the Bethesda launcher, you won’t have to migrate them to Steam right away. But you won’t want to wait until the last minute. So planning things out is probably a good thing to do....

One product that I’ve had my eye on from Simplehuman is that smart liquid soap dispenser, it is now down to $49. Normally this would cost you $70. This is a really great product to buy, especially in the COVID-19 era, where we are more conscious about washing our hands more often. And the fact that it is smart, and dispenses soap automatically, is definitely useful. Of course, there are some other great products available from Simplehuman in this Black Friday sale....

Video calls or a call stage on Skype will witness a visual revamp with the inclusion of new layouts and themes. Video feeds are now reordered in a grid format to ensure call participants aren’t on a minimized view. What this also means is that everybody in the call will have a dedicated window. If the participant’s video is turned off, their profile image will be shown instead. Skype said that users can also access larger video feeds from the top bar....

“The supply chain and component shortage issues have finally caught up to the smartphone market, which until now seemed almost immune to this issue despite its adverse impact on many other adjacent industries,” said Nabila Popal, a research director at IDC. Research firm Canalys had also estimated an identical decline in smartphone shipments last month, blaming chip shortages for it. IDC says smartphone vendors are also facing other manufacturing and logistical challenges due to stricter rules in place to control the spread of the coronavirus....

The Spotlight was first launched in 2020, and in the early days of its launch, Snapchat promised to distribute $1 million a day between creators who create videos for this tab. However, the company later limited its budget to up to millions a month. Now, Snap says its budget for Spotlight videos is limited to millions of dollars per year. While the decision might upset creators, the company says it wants to pay more creators in more markets....

What’s good about this feature is that it’s not exclusive to Snapchat+ users. Snapchat+ is the company’s premium subscription service that lets users try out new and experimental features before they reach the public. Also, there are several exclusive features that are only for Snapchat+ users. If you’re interested, it costs $3.99/ month. Snapchat finally rolls out Director Mode This is good news if you are an iOS user, but it’s a different story for Android users....

According to the latest company’s announcement, Russian users can’t get “Spider-Man: No Way Home” or any other upcoming home entertainment release on Sony’s platform. In a nutshell, Russia is added to Sony’s blacklist. Moreover, Sony is also pulling its Crunchyroll streaming service in Russia. Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra confirms the news. Vinciquerra said the company sends “thoughts and prayers” to everyone impacted by the conflict and also hopes that “a peaceful resolution can be found soon....

With the PS5, Sony seems to be making a Pro controller of its own. And based on the report it should offer some nifty tricks to make the most of your gaming sessions. Sony’s PS5 Pro controller will have trigger stops and back paddles According to the report Sony is adding what you may expect from a pro controller. Extra buttons. The PS5 Pro controller will have “flappy paddles” on the back that you can program....

Square Home is an Android launcher inspired by Microsoft’s Metro UI Now, this launcher is actually inspired by the Metro UI of Windows 10, not Window Phone, like many others. The moment you check out the images in the gallery below, you’ll understand what that means. You’ll get a ton of square windows on your home screen, which are customizable, of course. You can set them up any way you want, and it will definitely spice up your setup....

But if you want a more reserved stream session, Party Stream is where it’s at. You can reportedly share your gameplay with up to 9 people in your party using this feature. And not everyone has to sit back and watch. Google allows Party Stream to support other players too. So, for example, you and three friends could be playing a game, and the remaining people in the party can watch....

Yes. With this new addition, SwiftKey users will be able to perform cross-platform copy/paste functions. This nifty feature will make the day-to-day life of users who switch between Android and Windows platforms, much easier. Gboard restricted clipboard access to background apps that aren’t keyboard app, with Android 10. However, there are a few third-party apps that let you sync clipboard contents across different devices. Cut to now, Microsoft’s SwiftKey keyboard app brings this as an in-built feature....