Samsung Galaxy S21 Tipped to Have Up to 35 Percent Better Battery Life Than Galaxy S20

 

Samsung Galaxy S21 battery performance has been tipped to improve over the Galaxy S20. The new flagship model is speculated to come in Snapdragon and Exynos variants (just like its predecessors) and both variants are tipped to get significant improvement in battery life. However, an earlier tipster had suggested that the Galaxy S21 — expected to be part of the Samsung Galaxy S21 series along with Galaxy S21+ and Galaxy S21 Ultra — would have a similar battery (mAh) capacity as the Galaxy S20 so it looks like this is a case of better battery optimisation, rather than a bigger battery in the phone. Samsung is also expected to offer fast wired and wireless charging support on the Samsung Galaxy S21.

A YouTuber, who is available on Twitter with username @TheGalox_, has suggested that the Samsung Galaxy S21 running on Samsung's Exynos 2100 SoC would deliver between 25 to 35 percent better battery life over the Exynos 990-powered Galaxy S20. Meanwhile, he said the Snapdragon 888 SoC variant of the Galaxy S21 has around 15 percent better battery life than the Galaxy S20 powered by the Snapdragon 865.

This means that the Galaxy S21 — irrespective of the chipset — could get an average improvement of 20 percent in battery life over the Galaxy S20. However, an earlier report suggested that the Galaxy S21 will have the same 4,000mAh battery capacity as its predecessor.

Facebook's Advertising Integrity Chief Rob Leathern Leaves Company

 

Facebook's chief of advertising integrity, who handled the company's ad products around sensitive subjects such as politics and coronavirus misinformation, departed this week, according to an internal company post viewed by Reuters on Friday.

Rob Leathern, director of product management, said earlier this month on Facebook's internal network that he would be leaving the company on December 30. His exit had not been previously reported.

Facebook could not immediately be reached for comment.

Apple explains why it’s cracking down on third-party screen time and parental control apps

Following the introduction of Apple’s iOS Screen Time feature, a number of app developers who created screen-tracking and parental control apps have been asked to change their products, or have been booted from the App Store completely, according to a new report inThe New York Times.

The Times says that “Apple has removed or restricted at least 11 of the 17 most downloaded screen-time and parental-control apps,” as well as a number of others. The report points out that Apple’s Screen Time app has some drawbacks compared to some of the third-party alternatives, giving users fewer ways to block kids (or themselves) from accessing unwanted apps, less-granular scheduling, and that children were able to work around Apple’s web-filtering tools. It also points out that third-party apps could be used across iOS and Android platforms, whereas Apple’s Screen Time makes it difficult for parents to oversee Android devices.

Vimeo’s new feature will allow creators to create Smart TV channels The new Showcases feature will give creators a new way to share their work

imeo announced (via TubeFilter) that it is releasing a new toolkit called Showcases that will allow creators to show off their videos, including customizable portfolio sites and Smart TV channels.

The company describes Showcase as a new way for users to highlight their portfolio online, and brings three tools to the table: a customizable portfolio / video site, the ability to embed video playlists on existing websites that creators might have, and TV apps for Pro users, which will allow creators to build their own Smart TV channels, which can be distributed via Roku and Amazon Fire TVs.

The feature will replace Vimeo’s Album feature (it says that it’ll update the design and keep “all the features that you love while adding new ones.”) Vimeo also says that there are a bunch of features in the works for Showcases — additional layouts, support for live-streaming, Showcase-specific statistics, and more.

Google bans app developer with 600 million downloads for being a fake click factory

Google is banning a popular Chinese developer from its Google Play Store and systematically removing dozens of its apps after BuzzFeed and security researchers discovered that the developer was committing ad fraud and abusing user permissions. The Chinese developer DO Global, which is partly owned by Baidu, was found to be producing fake ad clicks to gain revenue, among other fraudulent practices.

“We take our responsibility to protect users and advertisers seriously, and invest in tools and resources to fight fraud and abuse globally. We actively investigate malicious behavior, and when we find violations, we take action, including the removal of a developer’s ability to monetize their app with AdMob or publish on Play,” Google told The Verge in a statement.

Google didn’t officially confirm that it’s outright banning DO Global, but Adoy Tech understands that the BuzzFeed report is accurate.

At least six apps were found by researchers to contain code for fake ad-clicking that would run in the background even when a user kept the app closed. DO Global previously had about 100 apps in the Play Store, many of them listed under other developer names, such as “Pic Tools Group.” BuzzFeed reports that 46 of them are now gone.

Check Point wrote in its research, “In a world where ad revenue can produce a very high income, it’s not surprising why malicious actors are after fraudulent activities against ad agencies. ‘Follow the money’ is a good rule of thumb while investigating a malicious campaign.” It looked into the apps after BuzzFeed contacted them, and after it published its findings last week, Google took action.

This isn’t the first time Google has had to remove a large batch of apps for violations. In January last year, Google deleted 60 games from the Play Store after Check Point found a malicious bug contained in the apps that displayed porn ads. Many of the games were aimed at children.

How the big-screen Samsung Galaxy S10+ compares to the other top-end phones from Apple, Google, Huawei and OnePlus

Samsung Galaxy S10+ is the most powerful smartphone in the company’s new flagship lineup. The big-screen version of Galaxy S10,, Galaxy S10+ smartphone, boasts of better battery capacity and dual-selfie camera vs Galaxy S10’s single-selfie camera. Priced at $1000, it is also one of the most expensive Galaxy series smartphone to launch. Wonder how the all-new Galaxy S10+ compares to big-screen rivals from Apple, Google, OnePlus and Huawei on specifications front? Read on to find out

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Price: At Rs 50,999, OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition is the cheapest

Samsung Galaxy S10+: Rs 73,900 onwards

Apple iPhone XS Max: Rs 1,09,900 onwards

Google Pixel 3 XL: Rs 83,000 onwards

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: Rs 50,999

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: Rs 69,990

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Operating system: All smartphones run on the latest OSes

Samsung Galaxy S10+: One UI based on Android 9.0 Pie

Apple iPhone XS Max: iOS 12

Google Pixel 3 XL: Stock Android 9.0 Pie

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: OxygenOS 9.0.4 based on Android 9 Pie.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: EMUI 9 based on Android 9 Pie

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Display: With 6.5-inch screen, iPhone XS Max tops in display size

Samsung Galaxy S10+: 6.4-inch QHD+ Curved Dynamic AMOLED display.

Apple iPhone XS Max: 6.5-inch (2688x1242 pixels) OLED Super Retina HD display.

Google Pixel 3 XL: 6.3-inch (2560x1440 pixel) QHD+ OED display

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: 6.41-inch FHD+ (1080x2246 pixels) Optic AMOLED display.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: 6.39-inch QHD+ (3120x1440 pixels) OLED display.

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Processor: All four smartphones run on flagship processors

Samsung Galaxy S10+: 2.7 GHz octa-core Exynos 9820 (8NM) processor

Apple iPhone XS Max: A12 Bionic chip

Google Pixel 3 XL: Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: Octa Core Kirin 980

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RAM: Samsung Galaxy S10+ offers highest RAM option of 12GB

Samsung Galaxy S10+: 8GB and 12GB RAM options

Apple iPhone XS Max: 4GB (as per ifixit)

Google Pixel 3 XL: Only 4GB RAM option.

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: 10GB RAM

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: Only 6GB RAM option.

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Storage: With 1TB, Samsung Galaxy S10+ offers maximum internal storage

Samsung Galaxy S10+: 128GB, 512GB and 1TB storage options.

Apple iPhone XS Max: 64GB, 256GB and 512GB storage options.

Google Pixel 3 XL: 64GB and 128GB storage options.

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: Only 256GB storage option.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: Only 128GB storage option.

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Rear camera: Only Google Pixel 3XL has a single rear camera

Samsung Galaxy S10+: 12MP (f/2.4 aperture) + 12MP (f/1.5-f/2.4 aperture) + 16MP (f/2.2 aperture)

Apple iPhone XS Max: 12MP (f/1.8 aperture) + 12MP (f/2.4 aperture)

Google Pixel 3 XL: 12.2 MP (f/1.8 aperture)

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: 16MP (f/1.7 aperture) + 20MP (f/1.7 aperture).

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: 40MP (f/1.8 aperture) + 20MP (f/2.2 aperture) + 8MP (f/2.2 aperture).

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Front camera: Both Samsung Galaxy S10+ and Google Pixel 3 XL offer dual-front cameras

Samsung Galaxy S10+: 10MP (f/1.9 aperture) + 8MP (f/2.2 aperture)

Apple iPhone XS Max: 7MP (f/2.2 aperture)

Google Pixel 3 XL: 8 MP (f/2.2 aperture) + 8 MP (f/1.9 aperture)

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: 16MP (f/2.0 aperture)

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: 24MP (f/2.0 aperture)

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Battery: With 4,200mAh, Huawei Mate 20 Pro leads on battery front

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Colour options: Samsung Galaxy S10+ comes in maximum colour options -- Six

Samsung Galaxy S10+: Green, Blue, White, Black and a couple of shades of Grey.

Apple iPhone XS Max: Gold, Space Grey, Silver

Google Pixel 3 XL: Clearly White, Just Black, Not Pink

OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition: Speed Orange

Huawei Mate 20 Pro: Midnight Blue, Black, Emerald and Green Twilight

Google Is Bringing Android's Best Feature to the iPhone

The height of the Android-iOS fanboy wars are years in the past. The two dueling operating systems have more or less converged into bland, uniform competence, and the age of the hip-and-exclusive iOS-only app are all but over. One tiny but crucial difference that still remains is haptic vibration on the virtual keyboard: Android has it and iOS does not. But a recent update to Google's Gboard keyboard is closing that gap too. 

According to 9to5Google, an update to the virtual keyboard will bring Android-style vibrations to the iOS keyboard; that is, a small buzz after every press. It's a feature that's never been available on the iPhone's default keyboard, and has only been available in limited forms with most of the third-party keyboards the iOS has supported since iOS 8. Popular keyboard SwiftKey, for example, has only supported 'limited' haptic feedback for certain keys. The new Gboard changes that (for users with an iPhone 7 and up). 

In the abstract, haptic feedback is a relatively superfluous feature. You can use a phone just as fine without it. But for a lifelong Android users like myself, a phone with no vibration on its keyboard can feel viscerally alien. Silly though it may sound, it's one of the the reasons I've never seriously considered jumping ship. And though this won't be enough to make me switch allegiances, I'm at glad that my friends on the other side of the of mobile divide will get the chance to experience the glory of a every-press haptic feedback.