Welcome back and happy new year! It may only be 7 days, but 2022 starts with a flurry of announcements, so let’s recap the most notable ones.
It’s no surprise that Samsung has finally unveiled the long-awaited Galaxy S21 FE. It has a design inspired by the Galaxy S21 series, a Snapdragon 888 chipset in most regions (Australia is one exception), and One UI 4 with Android 12 out of the box. The camera setup looks recycled from last year’s FE model, as does the 4,500 mAh battery with 25W charging. The €750/£700 price tag is a bit of a headache, but we’ll have to wait and see if it can come close to the sales figures of last year’s FE model.
CES 2022 passed us by with plenty of announcements from companies like Intel, AMD, HMD, and TCL. Another pair of new phones from vivo have released color-changing backs for their V23 and V23 Pro. We got review units of both and were impressed with the Pro model’s design – head over to our review article to read more about it.
Realme and its GT2 series are also official. The pair brings a newly developed bio-based polymer back design with a paper-like feel. The Pro model comes with a fancy new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, while the vanilla relies on last year’s Snapdragon 888.
Xiaomi brought its 11i HyperCharge to India with 120W charging power, while OnePlus confirmed it will launch the 10 Pro flagship on January 11. The iQOO 9 series also debuted with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip and BMW M styling.
That’s all there is to the first week of 2022, adjust exactly 7 days later to see what happens in week 2.
The Galaxy S21 FE 5G is available in White, Graphite, Olive and Lavender.
A new MacBook Air with an M2 chip and an iPad Pro with wireless charging will also be available this year.
The technology was developed by Corning.
The V23 and V23 Pro feature Dimensity 920 and 1200 chipsets, each containing five cameras.
These are the Indian names of Redmi Note 11 Pro+ and Redmi Note 11 Pro.
Both phones will go on sale in China on January 11.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, 48MP + 50MP + 8MP 1x + 0.5x + 3x cameras, 5,000mAh battery, 80W charging.
Coming to the U.S. later in the first quarter.
The company has set up a landing page on its website.
The Oppo Find N is the best performing Android, with the regular Snapdragon 888.
OnePlus’ Indian division released a Morse code that simply said “OnePlus 9RT”.
That’s right, the company is targeting a specific device from its more popular rival.
The latest fan version of the phone is scheduled to go on sale on January 11.
vivo’s color-changing phone with Dimensity 1200 SoC, 108MP camera and 50MP selfie gun has landed in our office for a full review.
For example, Australia will get the Exynos variant.
The previously rumored redesign has been delayed until 2024!
The Pro has a curved screen and wireless charging.
The company will upgrade the sensor, but the resolution will likely remain the same.
A bunch of Oppo phones will get a stable release in January, with more to come in the coming months.
The company’s first flagship will be unveiled next week.
There was also a brief look at the upcoming Zen4-based Ryzen 7000 series desktop CPUs.
