Welcome to our roundup of the best news articles of 2022. Now we’ll look at the top stories from the first quarter of the year, with each subsequent quarter getting its own story.
We had several key announcements in Q1. Samsung’s Galaxy S22 series was launched in February. The Galaxy S22 Ultra was the biggest announcement (figuratively and literally). It brought back the built-in S Pen and the squarer Galaxy Note design, while improving the battery and camera.
The Galaxy S22 and S22+ get a new 50MP primary camera and bring back the glass on the back. The Galaxy S22 series adopted the Exynos 2200, but also got the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in some markets.
Other Snapdragon 8 Gen 1-powered phones began appearing in the first quarter; The Honor Magic V was the first foldable with the new chip, while the Realme GT2, iQOO 9 and 9 Pro, Oppo Find X5 Pro, Motorola’s Edge 30 Pro and the Edge Plus 2022. Nubia’s Z40 Pro, Honor’s Magic4 series, OnePlus’ 10 Pro also joined the party.
For our part, we marked the official launch of ArenaEV.com, our project focused on electric vehicles. Almost a year in, we’re happy to say that ArenaEV is going strong.
On the PC side, Intel unveiled its new 12th generation processors with a hybrid architecture, and Apple announced the M1 Ultra SoC with a 20-core CPU and up to 64 core GPUs.
These were just some of the highlights from Q1, but you can find the full list of key stories below.
Samsung is so far behind the competition when it comes to charging speeds that it’s barely visible from a distance.
The Galaxy S22 smartphones and Galaxy Tab S8 slates are expected to be unveiled at the Galaxy Unpacked event on February 9.
No more plastic, new 50MP cameras and more compact bodies.
The S Pen and new chipsets highlight what is otherwise a very incremental update.
Both phones will go on sale in China from January 11.
Features up to 6 performance and 8 efficiency cores.
The Pro has a curved screen and wireless charging.
Open sale in China starts on January 18.
Both the smartphones are powered by 4G variants of Snapdragon 888.
We want to do for electric cars what we have done for mobile phones for decades.
All three are powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
The Realme 9 Pro+ is also the company’s first color-changing phone.
iQOO 9 is a new model that differs from the Chinese phone of the same name. The 9 SE appears to be a redesigned Neo5 S.
AI and image processing are loaded onto the MariSilicon X chip. In addition, the ultra-wide-angle camera has both lens and sensor-shift image stabilization.
It has two 50MP IMX766 sensors, except the ultra-wide camera lacks 5-axis OIS. The custom MariSilicon X ISP still works.
The Find X5 Lite is completely identical to the Reno7 5G.
The phone is slightly different from its Chinese sibling the Edge X30.
It’s almost identical to the global model, but with slower charging at 33W.
The phone is also the first to feature a 64MP Sony IMX787 sensor for the main camera.
The X4 Pro 5G has a 108MP camera, which is quite an improvement over the X3 Pro. The M4 Pro is the 4G version of last year’s M4 Pro 5G.
The flagship Honor phones of 2022 are here.
The two devices are quite similar to each other. The A13 is a 4G phone and changes quite a bit from the Galaxy A13 5G.
Two almost identical phones with different batteries. Coming to Europe and India.
The front camera has also been updated.
Mac Studio will launch on March 18 with the M1 Max or the new flagship M1 Ultra.
A combination of two M1 Max chips with a new interconnect architecture called UltraFusion.
The phones will be available in Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
The Magic4 series is launching in China, starting with the vanilla model later this month, then Pro and soon Ultimate.
The vanilla version comes with 80W charging.
The Galaxy S21 FE 5G comes in White, Graphite, Olive and Lavender colors.
All three models offer high refresh rate FHD+ AMOLED displays and 5000mAh batteries with 25W fast charging.
February 9th can’t come soon enough, but at least now we have all the details.
The parties will have less distinguishing features.
Both unreleased flagships have been tested on the popular benchmarking app.
Carl Pay and Nothing are going up against established smartphone players.
The posters show that the launch was indeed scheduled for February 8th.
A new chipset, faster charging and a better display are just some of the changes.
The Galaxy S21 will be smaller than its predecessor, the S22 Ultra is also changing (to accommodate the S Pen.
Sony WF-1000XM4 TWS headphones have been on the market for a long time and have made a name for themselves.
The non-Pro version is said to have a 4,400mAh battery and MIUI 13 out of the box.
That’s $99 less than the base price of its predecessor, the iPhone SE (2020).
It aims to provide the same level of security as the native WhatsApp apps for Windows, Android and iOS.
The 4G model uses the Helio G96 chipset, while the 5G goes for the Snapdragon 695. Chips aside, the two are quite similar.
A roundup of all the official and unofficial information we’ve seen so far on the new flagship series.
The Galaxy S21 and S21+ are still available, though.
Check out some of the best hardware and software announcements from past Galaxy devices.
The images also come with a summary of the specifications that have been leaked so far.
The new EU regulation messes with Meta’s data processing.
This year will also see the introduction of a new MacBook Air with the M2 chip and an iPad Pro with wireless charging.
Indeed, it could be a rebranded Redmi K40S.
For Windows, the download button appeared on the application page.
There is a lot of confusion surrounding the Galaxy S22 series and the refresh rates of their displays.
The A15 chip is faster than expensive Android flagships, and it also supports 5G.
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