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Nokia unveils a five-camera phone on the back

Nokia revealed the first phone in the world that comes with 5 rear cameras. The strange thing is that all the rear cameras are only 12 mega pixels, and there are 3 of them that shoot in black and white only B / W and 2 colors, and the phone automatically merges the resulting image. The phone is technically not very powerful, as it comes with the SD845 processor, which is a pioneering processor, but it was the 2018 processor and now the 855 was released. The screen is OLED and features an integrated fingerprint on the screen and IP67 water protection The phone comes at a price of $ 699, which is considered a high price for the specifications, especially with the presence of the S10e, which surpasses it in a lot of advantages.


Huawei unveils its foldable phone for 2200 euros

Days after Samsung launched its foldable phone, the response came quickly from Huawei by launching the Mate X, which came with a different design than Samsung, so there is no bump "there is no front camera from the ground up" and the phone bends outward and not inward as Samsung. It comes with a screen size of 8.0 inches when opening, 6.6 inches when bending the phone, as well as a small thickness of 5.4 mm when opening and 11 mm when bending, three rear cameras and the most powerful charger in all smart devices with a power of 55 watts capable of charging the battery from 0 to 85% in 30 minutes. It is reported that the battery is 4500 mAh. The distinctive design of the device enables you to use the triple camera as a front or back camera as you like. The price of the device announced in Europe only is 2200 euros, or $ 2650, and it will be available in the markets in the middle of the year.


Intel is officially considering entering ARM processors in 2020

In a technically huge step, Intel announced its intention to officially enter the world of ARM processors in 2020. During previous years, ARM processors, which are the type of processors in which smartphones and tablets work, and all this small world have proven superior power and high performance, which added to it a strong future, especially as it is Very low power consumption compared to x86 processors for personal computers. It is noteworthy that several reports have stated that Apple intends to introduce a Mac computer that works with an ARM processor in 2020, so Intel may also be preparing to be the manufacturer and supplier of this type.


Apple announces the dismissal of 190 employees from the auto division

Apple officially announced the layoff and dismissal of 190 employees from the company's self-driving car division, in an official speech to the California employment sector. The company said that the dismissal will take place as of April 16 “after a month and a half.” The dismissed employees consist of 38 engineering program managers, 33 hardware engineers, 31 designers and 22 systems programmers, and the rest are in various positions. According to the reports, the dismissals are part of a restructuring plan by Doug Filed, a former Tesla chief who returned to work at Apple several months ago. And the sector is currently being reshaped, especially with persistent technical problems and a delay in Apple's rating in the scarcity of malfunctions.


IPhone sales fell 11.8 in Q4-2018

Gartner revealed its analysis of the sales of smart phones from different companies during 2018 and the site said that Samsung is still in the lead with a market share of 19%, thus losing 1.9% during 2018 and in second place is Apple 209 million devices and losing 0.6% of its market share, then Huawei 202.9 million devices and increased Its market share reached 13%, followed by Xiaomi with sales of 122.3 million devices, with a market share of 7.9%, compared to 5.8% in 2017.

At the level of the fourth quarter only, Samsung came in the lead with a market share of 17.3%, followed by Apple, which lost the largest share in the adults, as it fell to 15.8%, compared to 17.9% in the same quarter. Then Huawei, which reached 14.8%, then Oppo 7.7, then Xiaomi 6.8%. Thus, Apple's fourth-quarter sales fell by 11.8% and overall in 2018 fell by 2.7%.


See the Samsung foldable phone up close

Samsung has published a new video about its foldable phone. Video Browse the device closely to see its design and other details. Watch the video:


S10 + # XNUMX Photography at DxoMark

DxoMark evaluated the camera of the latest Samsung S10 + phone, and the device actually got 109 points, which is the same as for the Huawei Mate 20 pro and P20 Pro, which is in the first place, followed by the Xiaomi Mi 9 and then the iPhone XsMax. In the image classification, Samsung scored the highest rating with my Huawei phone, which is 114 points, while in the video classification, the Xiaomi phone continued in its first position with 99 points, followed by the P20 Pro with 98 points, then my phone dead 20 and Samsung with 97 points and the iPhone Max with 96 points.

In photographing the selfie camera, the Samsung phone won first place with 96 points, then Google Pixel 92 points, then Note 9 with 92 points, then Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 with 84 points, then the iPhone Xs Max with 82 points.


Performance test between S10 + and iPhone Xs Max

A popular YouTube benchmark made a comparison between the latest and most powerful Apple and Samsung devices. We can say that the iPhone Xs Max has finally found a real and strong competitor, the Samsung S10 +, which was impressive in the test video ... Watch the video


IOS 12 acquisition rate is 80% and Google has been silent for 4 months

Apple announced that the acquisition rate of iOS 12 reached on February 24, 2019 “last Sunday” to 80%, while iOS 11 fell to 12% and previous systems to only 8%. And Apple explained that the rates improve more if we go back to the devices that were introduced in the last 4 years, where the percentage of systems before 11 decreases to 5%, i.e. losing 3% in favor of iOS 12, whose share reaches 83% and the share of iOS 11 is fixed at 12%.

It is reported that Google, for an unknown reason, did not have the percentage of Android acquisition since October 26, 2018, 4 months and 2 days ago, and we do not know what the distribution of systems there is currently.


Miscellaneous news

Toyota announced that the best-selling car in the world in 2018 “Toyota Corolla” will get its 2020 version of CarPlay support from Apple as well as Amazon Alexa.

◉ Apple revealed that it had paid 25 billion dollars to European developers for its various services. This came in a report that showed clearer revenue from developers, which reached $ 120 billion.

◉ Google unveiled a new feature in the Maps application that enables you to follow favorite places.

◉ News reports say Apple is considering adding a sleep analysis feature to the watch next year.

◉ Apple has revealed the winning photos in the Best iPhone Photo Contest.

◉ Western Digital announced the introduction of a 1 TB memory stick under its SanDisk Extreme brand. The card will be available in April at a price of $ 450, and it is mentioned that the latest development of the Android phone is the Samsung S10, which only supports up to 512 GB.

◉ Reports revealed that TSMC is preparing next year 2020 to manufacture 5nm processors for Apple and iPhone.

◉ The Global USB Alliance announced the reintroduction of USB 3.0 and USB 3.1 under the name USB 3.2, so that the speed of 5.0 GB is called USB 3.2 first generation and the speed of 10 GB is called USB 3.2 second generation and the introduction of a new generation called USB 3.2 second generation 2 × 2 speed of 20 GB.


This is not all the news on the sidelines, but we came to you with the most important of them, and it is not necessary for a non-specialist to occupy himself with all the wandering and incoming, there are more important things you do in your life, so do not make devices distract you or distract you from your life and your duties, and know that technology is there to make life easier And she helps you, and if she robbed you of your life and preoccupied you, then there is no need for her

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