Samsung’s budget Galaxy A21s leaks with quad rear cameras, hole-punch display, and the new Exynos 850

Last month Samsung announced the budget-friendly Galaxy A21 in the US market alongside four new Galaxy A‌ series of smartphones. Although the device has yet to officially go on sale in the US, it turns out Samsung is already working on a new variant. According to WinFuture, Samsung is gearing up to launch the Galaxy A21s, an upgraded version of the Galaxy A21.

The Samsung Galaxy A21s will bring some much-needed upgrades in the areas of camera, SoC, and battery. WinFuture has also managed to obtain the renders of the Galaxy A21s which gives us a detailed look at the overall design of this upcoming budget smartphone. As you can see in the images attached below, the front of this device looks exactly the same as the A21, packing a hole-punch display and a spacious bottom chin. The resemblance starts to fade when we move to the back though. Where the Galaxy A21 arranged cameras in a vertical strip, the upcoming phone opts for the L-shaped camera setup that has become a norm on Samsung phones as of late.

In terms of specifications, the Galaxy A21s is expected to feature a 6.5-inch PLS TFT HD+ display with a resolution of 1600 x 720. On the inside, the phone will be powered by an unreleased Exynos 850 octa-core chipset.

Coming to the cameras, the quad-camera setup will have a 48MP f/2.0 primary camera — a step up from 16MP of Galaxy A21 — an 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera, 2MP macro lens, and 2MP depth sensor. It will continue to use the same 13MP front camera, but thanks to the new chipset, it will allow shooting 1080p videos, the report notes.

The phone will pack a hefty 5,000 mAh battery, compared to the 4,000 mAh unit on the predecessor, that will charge via a USB-C‌ port. Moreover, the device is expected to feature a headphone jack, NFC, and Bluetooth 5.0. Finally, the phone will run Android 10 based on an unspecified version of One UI.

As for pricing and availability, the Galaxy A21s will be offered in black, white, and blue and is expected to go on sale by the end of May at a probable price of around €199 or €209. Details regarding the international availability remain unknown as of now.

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Source: WinFuture

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Huawei can’t launch new Android smartphones with Google apps before May 2021 as Trump extends trade ban

The last few smartphones launched by Huawei and its sub-brand Honor don’t come with Google Mobile Services (GMS) or the Google Play Store. Instead, they feature Huawei’s own alternatives to these services, namely Huawei Mobile Services Core (HMS Core) and Huawei AppGallery. This is due to the fact that on May 15th, 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13873, declaring a “national emergency” under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, in order to limit the ability of U.S. companies to do business with entities deemed to be national security threats, including Huawei and its subsidiaries. The executive order was scheduled to lapse this month, however, a recent report from Reuters reveals that it has now been extended for another year.

The report states that on May 13th, 2020, Trump re-signed the executive order, continuing its effectiveness for 1 year, until May 15th, 2021. In an official statement released on the White House website, President Donald Trump was quoted saying, “For this reason, the national emergency declared on May 15, 2019, must continue in effect beyond May 15, 2020. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13873 with respect to securing the information and communications technology and services supply chain.”

When the original executive order went into effect, Huawei and its many subsidiaries were added to the U.S. Commerce Department’s Entity List. This barred Google from signing new MADAs (Mobile Application Distribution Agreements) with Huawei to distribute GMS (Google Mobile Services) on new Huawei and Honor devices released after May 15th, 2019.

The full scope of this ban never went into effect, though, as the U.S. granted Huawei a Temporary General License (TGL) to do limited business with U.S. companies (and this TGL was extended several times over the last year). Thanks to this TGL, Huawei can continue to ship GMS on its existing Huawei and Honor branded smartphones. Reuters points out that this TGL will be extended yet again, stating that “The U.S. Commerce Department is also expected to extend again a license, set to expire on Friday, allowing U.S. companies to keep doing business with Huawei, a person briefed on the matter said.”

As mentioned earlier, due to the original trade ban Huawei has been developing alternatives to Google Mobile Services and Google Play Store — HMS Core and AppGallery. The company has released new devices without GMS — the Huawei Mate 30 series, Huawei P40 series, and the Honor 30 series just to name a few — and is continuing to design new SoCs based on their existing license agreements with ARM — Kirin 990, Kirin 810, and Kirin 820. Lastly, Huawei has also been able to partially sidestep the U.S. trade ban by re-releasing devices into the market that maintain software compatibility with already certified devices.

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Source: whitehouse.gov

Via: Reuters

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Google Chrome adds tab groups to organize tabs by name and color

Everyone uses browsers differently and that’s most apparent when you ask about tabs. Some people have almost a “hoarding” mentality as they keep dozens of tabs open at a time. Others go the “minimalist” route and close tabs as quickly as possible. Regardless of how you use tabs, Google Chrome is making it easier to organize them with tab groups.

Chrome tab groups are essentially exactly what you would expect – a way to group tabs together. You may be working on multiple projects, saving pages for a later date, or waiting on something before taking action. Whatever the case may be, grouping the tabs can make it easy to quickly see what all your tabs are for.

Creating a tab group is as simple as right-clicking on a Chrome tab. You will see the option to “Add tab to new group” and from there you can give the group a name and assign it a color. The group name appears to the left of the tabs and the color is shown underneath the tabs and outlines the current tab. Tabs can also be dragged to other groups.

Tab groups are now available in the latest Chrome beta for desktop. The feature will be rolling out widely to Chrome for desktop across Chrome OS, Windows, Mac, and Linux next week. This seems like an awesome feature for anyone who lives their life by browser tabs.

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Source: Google

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Dell announces new XPS 15, XPS 17, and Alienware laptops with 10th Gen Intel chips and InfinityEdge displays

Today, Dell announced a number of new XPS and Alienware laptops. The Dell XPS 17 and XPS 15 are the company’s newest high-end laptops. They feature USB-C ports and 16:10 “InfinityEdge” displays. Alienware is Dell’s gaming brand and m17 and m15 include the 10th Gen Intel chips and updated graphics.

Dell XPS 15 & XPS 17

The Dell XPS 15 is a massive redesign of the popular laptop. The most striking feature is the 15.6-inch (available in 4K and FHD), 16:10 InfinityEdge display. The aspect ratio allows for more vertical space, which is really nice for web browsing, and it has very thin bezels on all sides. Another big feature is the addition of two USB-C Thunderbolt 3 ports and one USB-C 3.1 port. Dell is going all-in on USB-C and ditching USB-A and HDMI.

Other specifications for the XPS 15 include Intel’s 10th Gen Core i9 10885H 45W chip, 64GB of RAM, and 2TB of storage. Dell says the laptop can get up to 25 hours of battery life on the Full HD model. The XPS 15 is available today for $1,299.

The Dell XPS 17 is much like the XPS 15, but obviously it has a larger 17-inch 16:10 display. Again, it has very small bezels and you can opt for 4K or FHD resolution. Despite the large display, Dell calls this the “smallest 17-inch laptop on the planet,” due to the slim bezels and thin body.

Like the 15-inch model, the XPS 17 features Intel’s 10th Gen Core i9 45W processors, 64GB of RAM, and 2TB of storage. The XPS 17 can also be equipped with either NVIDIA’s GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q or the more powerful RTX 2060 GPU. The 17-inch model has four USB-C Thunderbolt 3 ports. It won’t be available until later this summer for $1,499.

Specs	Dell XPS 15	Dell XPS 17
OS	Windows 10	Windows 10
Display	15.6-inch 4K UHD+ (3840 x 2400) touch 15.6-inch FHD+ (1920 x 1200)	17-inch 4K UHD+; InfinityEdge touch; HDR400 + Dolby Vision, 500 nits; 94% DCI-P3; anti-reflective 17-inch FHD+; InfinityEdge; Dolby Vision, 500 nits; 100% sRGB minimum; anti-glare
Processor	10th Gen Intel Core i5-10300H 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10750H 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10875H 10th Gen Intel Core i9-10885H	10th Gen Intel Core i5-10300H 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10750H 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10875H 10th Gen Intel Core i9-10885H
Graphics	Intel UHD graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti	Intel UHD graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti
Memory	8GB DDR4 Dual Channel SDRAM at 2933MHz 16GB DDR4 Dual Channel SDRAM at 2933MHz 32GB DDR4 Dual Channel SDRAM at 2933MHz 64GB DDR4 Dual Channel SDRAM at 2933MHz	8GB DDR4 Dual Channel SDRAM at 2933MHz 16GB DDR4 Dual Channel SDRAM at 2933MHz 32GB DDR4 Dual Channel SDRAM at 2933MHz 64GB DDR4 Dual Channel SDRAM at 2933MHz
Storage	256GB PCIe 3 x4 SSD 512GB PCIe 3 x4 SSD 1TB PCIe 3 x4 SSD 2TB PCIe 3 x4 SSD	256GB PCIe 3 x4 SSD 512GB PCIe 3 x4 SSD 1TB PCIe 3 x4 SSD 2TB PCIe 3 x4 SSD
Battery	56WHr 86WHr	56WHr 97WHr
Ports	2x Thunderbolt 3 with power delivery & DisplayPort 1x USB-C 3.1 with power delivery & DisplayPort 1 Full size SD card reader v6.0 3.5mm headphone/microphone combo jack Wedge-shaped lock slot	4x Thunderbolt 3 (power delivery + DisplayPort) 1x Full size SD card reader 1x 3.5mm headphone.microphone jack 1x USB-C to USB-A 3.0 & HDMI 2.0 adapter included
Audio	Quad-speaker design Dual microphone array	Studio quality tuning w/ Waves MaxxAudio Pro & Waves Nx 3D audio 1.5W x2 tweeters 2.5W x2 woofers
Wireless	Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2×2), Bluetooth 5	Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (802.11AX) built on Intel chipset, Bluetooth 5
Camera	720p	720p
Size	Height: 18mm (0.71″) x Width: 344.72mm (13.57″) x Depth: 230.14mm (9.06″) 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg)	Height: 19.5mm (0.77″) x Width: 374.45mm (14.74″) x Depth: 248.05mm (9.76″) 2.11 kg (4.65 lbs) to 2.51 kg (5.53 lbs)

Alienware m15 & m17

The Alienware m15 and m17 share many of the same specifications with the main difference being display size. The m15 has a 15.6-inch display and the m17 is 17.3-inches. Both models have a number of display options: FHD display without G-Sync, FHD display with G-Sync, FHD display with 100 percent sRGB color gamut, and a 4K display. The 4K display or the m15 is OLED.

Similarities between the m15 and m17 include the processor options, storage, and ports. You can get each model with the 10th Gen Intel Core i5-10300H, 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10750H, or a 10th Gen Intel Core i9-10980H. Storage starts at 2TB and goes up to 4TB. The ports include a microSD card slot, Thunderbolt 3 port, 3 USB-A ports, and more.

The Alienware m15 starts at $1,500 and will be available on May 21st. The Alienware m17 costs $1,550 and will also be available on May 21st.

Specs	Alienware m15	Alienware m17
OS	Windows 10	Windows 10
Display	15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080), 144Hz, 7ms, 300-nits 15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) with G-Sync, 144Hz, 7ms, 300-nits 15.6-inch with 100 percent sRGB, 300Hz, 3ms, 300-nits 15.6-inch OLED UHD (3840 x 2160), 60Hz, 1ms, 400-nits	17.3-inch FHD (1920 x 1080), 144Hz, 9ms, 300-nits 17.3-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) with G-Sync, 144Hz, 9ms, 300-nits 17.3-inch with 100 percent sRGB, 300Hz, 3ms, 300-nits 17.3-inch UHD (3840 x 2160), 60Hz, 25ms, 500-nits
Processor	10th Gen Intel Core i5-10300H 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10750H 10th Gen Intel Core i9-10980H	10th Gen Intel Core i5-10300H 10th Gen Intel Core i7-10750H 10th Gen Intel Core i9-10980H
Graphics	Up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Max-Q AMD Radeon RX 5500M	Up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER Max-P AMD Radeon RX 5500M
Memory	8GB DDR4 2666MHz 16GB DDR4 2666MHz 32GB DDR4 2666MHz	8GB DDR4 2666MHz 16GB DDR4 2666MHz 32GB DDR4 2666MHz
Storage	Up to 2TB PCIe M.2 SSD single storage Up to 4TB (2x 2TB PCIe M.2 SSD) RAID0 Up to 4TB (2x 2TB PCIe M.2 SSD) RAID0 Plus	Up to 2TB PCIe M.2 SSD single storage Up to 4TB (2x 2TB PCIe M.2 SSD) RAID0 Up to 4TB (2x 2TB PCIe M.2 SSD) RAID0 Plus
Battery	56WHr 86WHr	56WHr 86WHr
Ports	Power/DC-in RJ-45 Killer Ethernet E3000 10/100/1000Mbps/2.5Gbps 2x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 1x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 with Powershare technology 1x Thunderbolt 3 Port 1x Alienware Graphics Amplifier HDMI 2.0b with HDCP 2.2 Output Mini-Display Port 1.4 (certified) Output Audio Out 1/8″ microSD 5.1 UHS-II HD312 Card Reader	Power/DC-in RJ-45 Killer Ethernet E3000 10/100/1000Mbps/2.5Gbps 2x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 1x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 with Powershare technology 1x Thunderbolt 3 Port 1x Alienware Graphics Amplifier HDMI 2.0b with HDCP 2.2 Output Mini-Display Port 1.4 (certified) Output Audio Out 1/8″ microSD 5.1 UHS-II HD312 Card Reader
Wireless	Killer Ethernet E3000 10/100/1000Mbps/2.5Gbps NIC Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 802.11ax 2×2 Wireless LAN Bluetooth 5.0	Killer Ethernet E3000 10/100/1000Mbps/2.5Gbps NIC Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 802.11ax 2×2 Wireless LAN Bluetooth 5.0
Camera	720p	720p

Source: Dell, Alienware

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Marc Levoy, the man behind Google Camera’s best features, has left Google

If there’s one thing the Pixel smartphone series is known for, it’s camera supremacy. Google has never been able to claim to have the best smartphone hardware, but photography has been the Pixel brand’s bread and butter. The Pixel series changed the game in terms of what we expect from smartphone cameras, and now a large part of that equation has left Google.

According to a new report from The Information, renowned engineer Marc Levoy left Google back in March. Some of you may not recognize his name, but Levoy is responsible for leading the development of many of the best features in the Google Camera app. He led the development of HDR+, Portrait Mode, and Night Sight. These three features in particular massively changed the smartphone camera landscape.

Levoy was hired by Google full-time in 2014 for his expertise in computational photography. He had previously led a project at Stanford that eventually turned in Street View for Google Maps. His relationship with Google goes all the way back to when he met co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin as computer science grad students at Stanford.

His abrupt exit is precipitated by news of rocky business within the Pixel team. Google’s hardware lead, Rick Osterloh, told the Pixel team ahead of the Pixel 4’s launch about some of the issues he had with the device. He was disappointed in the battery life, which became a common complaint among reviewers.

At a hardware team all-hands meeting in the fall, ahead of the October launch in New York, Osterloh informed staff about his own misgivings. He told them he did not agree with some of the decisions made about the phone, according to two people who were present at the meeting. In particular, he was disappointed in its battery power.

In addition, sales of the Pixel 4 were not nearly as high as the numbers posted by its predecessors. According to data analyst firm IDC, Google shipped only 2 million Pixel 4 devices in the first two quarters of sales. In contrast, the Pixel 3 series sold 3.5 million and the Pixel 3a series sold 3 million in their respective first two quarters. Compared to Apple and Samsung, these numbers aren’t particularly good, but the downward trend is what’s especially concerning.

Google must now march ahead with the Pixel 4a and Pixel 5 launches without one of its brightest minds helming the development of new Google Camera tech.

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Source: The Information

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Samsung is preparing a cheaper Galaxy Fold “Lite” foldable smartphone

The Samsung Galaxy Fold was one of my favorite phones from last year. It’s Samsung’s first-ever foldable smartphone, and I think it’s a joy to use. In my view, the main issue with the Galaxy Fold isn’t its hardware but rather its price. At a retail price of $1,980, it is priced out of reach for most consumers. Even so, Samsung claimed back in January to have sold between 400-500k units, and that figure could be even higher by now. Now, we’re hearing from multiple sources that Samsung is looking to make the Galaxy Fold more palatable to consumers by introducing a much cheaper Galaxy Fold “Lite” model.

The CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants, Ross Young, recently published a tweet on his official Twitter account revealing that Samsung plans to announce the “Galaxy Fold Special Edition” in July at a reduced price of $1,099. He claims that Samsung will sell this cheaper model in reduced quantities, approximately ~55k units worldwide, in order to clear out inventory of the first-generation Galaxy Fold before the second-generation model is introduced later this year.

To clear out Galaxy Fold 1 inventory before the Galaxy Fold 2 is launched, Samsung will announce the Galaxy Fold Special Edition in July at a price around $1099. Quantities will be limited to ~55K worldwide. It should look just like the Galaxy Fold 1. Great price!

— Ross Young (@DSCCRoss) May 13, 2020

In a separate tweet, Mr. Young also claims that the Special Edition phone will have the same design as the original Galaxy Fold that was released last year. Mr. Young’s sources recently gave us insight into the display specifications of the Galaxy Note 20 series, and his information corroborates what I shared earlier this week on Twitter.

I have some info on the Galaxy Fold Lite.

-Galaxy Fold Lite 4G
-256GB storage
-Mirror Black, Mirror Purple
-Display has no UTG
-Will be equipped with a mix of 2018/19/20 parts
-outside will probably have a smaller display (not like on Fold, but more like the Z Flip)

— Max Weinbach (@MaxWinebach) May 12, 2020

Over the weekend, one of my sources reached out to me to mention the existence of this device. My source referred to it as “Galaxy Fold e.” We believe that the “e” moniker is being used similarly to the Samsung Galaxy S10e, which basically means this new model is based on the original Galaxy Fold but with different internal hardware. This could mean fewer cameras, the removal of the cover display (or replacing it with a smaller one), and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 but without 5G support. We’re hearing that it could come in Astro Blue along with Mirror Purple and Mirror Black colors. We’re also hearing that it could come with 256GB of internal storage and 8GB of RAM. This Galaxy Fold “Lite” device would thus come with a mixture of 2018, 2019, and 2020 parts.

The rumored code-name of this product is “winner2” which we found in the Galaxy S20 Ultra’s kernel source code a few months ago. There is a chance this device could end up being either the Project “champ” or Project “top,” too. These are also rumored to be code-names of upcoming Samsung foldable smartphones.

While it might seem like there is a lot of information we already know about this device, I would take some of it with a grain of salt. Although we aren’t 100% sure of all the details yet, it’s clear to us now that Samsung is working on a cheaper foldable device.

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LG V50 ThinQ gets root on locked bootloader thanks to an exploit

LG’s bootloader unlocking policy is quite annoying as the company tends to whitelist only a handful of regional device variants to be unlocked via their official portal. The situation isn’t always their fault, though, as U.S. carriers tend to make the decision to block bootloader unlocking. Take for example the LG V50 ThinQ—while you can unlock the bootloader of the European variant (LM-V500EM), you can’t unlock the Sprint or the Verizon models. That makes rooting virtually impossible on these carriers models, but developers have recently made a breakthrough in this front. It is now possible to get a root shell, albeit temporary, on bootloader locked LG V50 ThinQ units.

LG V50 ThinQ XDA Forums

XDA Recognized Developer j4nn used the Pixel 3-specific CVE-2020-0041 exploit (read more about it here) to achieve root access in shell on the LG V50 ThinQ’s Android 10 firmware running the Linux 4.14 kernel. The current form of the modified exploit is tested on the Korean LG V50 ThinQ variant (LM-V500N) with software version V500N20m, but it is reportedly working on LG G8 ThinQ’s Android 10 firmware as well with little adjustments. In theory, any Snapdragon 855-powered LG phone running Android 10 with the March 2020 security patch level or lower should be vulnerable to the exploit.

By virtue of being a “temp root” method, root access will be lost as soon as you reboot your phone. Moreover, Android Verified Boot 2.0 may kick in and brick your phone if you try to make permanent changes to protected partitions such as boot, system, and vendor without an unlocked bootloader. That being said, the exploit is currently available in its compiled form, while the developer will soon release the source code. The executable should be invoked from a regular ADB shell or a terminal emulator, and it should show the following message after successful privilege escalation.

[+] Mapped 200000
[+] selinux_enforcing before exploit: 1
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[*] Launching privileged shell
root_by_cve-2020-0041:/data/local/tmp # uname -a
Linux localhost 4.14.176-g563a8d550f67-dirty #5 SMP PREEMPT Sun Apr 26 02:26:43 CEST 2020 aarch64
root_by_cve-2020-0041:/data/local/tmp # getenforce
Permissive
root_by_cve-2020-0041:/data/local/tmp # id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) context=kernel
root_by_cve-2020-0041:/data/local/tmp #

Download LG V50 ThinQ Temp Root Exploit

XDA Senior Member Inerent and other members are trying to integrate Magisk on top of the root shell, but the process is not complete yet at the time of writing this article. It could also be possible to install a custom recovery on your bootloader locked LG V50 with the help of Safestrap or similar solutions, but we’ll have to wait and see if such custom development will pick up on the phone.

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