After the LG G Pad 5 10.1 FHD was officially announced in South Korea at the start of November the time has come for the US launch too, where it is now launching as the 4G version from U.S. Cellular: https://www.uscellular.com/devicedetails?productId=11808967_11808937 It’s sold with monthly payments at $12.60 over 24 months, or $8.40 over 36 months. This is the silver colored 32GB version of LG G Pad 5 10.1 FHD … more…
The new Huawei tablet that first leaked as the Huawei MediaPad M7 in October, but that later was officially teased as the Huawei MatePad has leaked repeatedly ahead of the officially announced unveiling date of November 25th. And before the unveiling in Shanghai next week, the Huawei MatePad Pro have just been seen in what is a purported video leak of the promotional video for it, seen here below. But … more…
Lenovo’s new 8-inch Android 9.0 tablet Lenovo Tab M8 HD that we saw unveiled at the IFA trade show in Berlin in August, is now taking orders ahead of launch by December 15. The price of the M8 is $139: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/tablets/android-tablets/Lenovo-Tab-M8-2nd-Gen-HD/ Lenovo Tab M8 HD is unique with its 2.0 GHz quadcore MediaTek Helio A22 processor, the same processor as in the Xiaomi Redmi 6A. The other specs are much … more…
Four days after Huawei released the first foldable in China with their Huawei Mate X, Samsung followed suit by launching the Samsung W20 5G in China today, which is the slightly reworked version of the Samsung Galaxy Fold for the Chinese market. Most hardware is the same, like the 4.6-inch and 7.3-inch displays, cameras, storage, and memory, but the Samsung W20 5G has an even more impressive Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ … more…
TCL is becoming more and more interesting every quarter, no doubt in part from the many billions of dollars it has spent investing in development of display technologies with CSOT, which has so far benefitted large displays in particular, such as their 8K TV’s. But a story in GizmoChina yesterday showed that TCL tablets might soon benefit from TCL’s rapid advancements in display technologies too. Courtesy of the Weibo account … more…
The most eager gamers may know that the beast of a tablet Asus ROG Mothership GZ700 is in stores in the US now, and that it’s launching with an even more powerful processor than specified during its January unveiling, as it now ships with Intel Core i9-9980HK: https://www.amazon.com/Mothership-GZ700GX-XB98K-Essential-i9-9980HK-Windows/ This means that the Asus ROG Mothership GZ700 benchmark scores top out at over 35000 in Geekbench 4. In other words, this … more…
External portable monitors have seen a resurgence in 2019 together with an increase in choice at the same time. In line with the popularity of these portable monitors, BlitzWolf is launching a cheap new 11.6-inch portable monitor in November for $105: https://www.banggood.com/BlitzWolf-BW-PCM1-11_6 The BlitzWolf BW-PCM1 is an 11.6-inch portable display with Full HD resolution at 1920 x 1080, with an auto adjusted 24-60Hz range, and good brightness for the price. … more…
Third party keyboard manufacturer Brydge have announced the availability of the two new iPad keyboards Brydge 10.2 and Brydge 7.9 that are launching between this week and December. These are very sturdy keyboards that comes in three colors that match the colors of the iPad, which is a nice touch I think. The silver and space grey Brydge 10.2 keyboards are now shipping, while the gold colored keyboard ships the … more…
Peakago is a new computer company that so far has only come up with the 7-inch pocket laptop Peakago that has just been successfully crowdfunded 10x times beyond its goal. There are two things that makes it stand out, the first one is that it features optional 4G LTE, the other is a lower entry price than that of its competitors. Starting at just $269 for those who still add … more…
Amazon will launch their new 8-inch smart display on November 21 for a regular price of $129, but now just before the release there’s a small $30 discount on it so that the Echo Show 8 can be bought for $99: https://www.amazon.com/Echo-Show-8/ Echo Show 8 comes in the options black or white and features two stereo speakers at 10 watt, making the 200% more powerful than the most powerful of … more…
When Lenovo announced the near 7-inch tablet/phablet Lenovo Tab V7 in February this year, they said it would launch worldwide in April. April came and went, but it took until August to actually see the first launch of it, and then only for the Indian market. Lenovo had actually prepared the support pages for this tablet in many other countries, but for reasons they have not commented on, they did … more…
The foldable Samsung W20 5G will be unveiled in China on November 19th according to the newest China Telecom teaser that’s published on Weibo. The views are split between the Samsung W20 being just a Chinese version of the Samsung Galaxy Fold, or if it’s the second Samsung foldable already. The design of the foldable we see in the teaser is actually a little different from the Galaxy Fold, judging … more…
The large annual Chinese 11.11 Singles Day sales day is here again, and if you have been holding out for some November sales, then the 11.11 Singles Day 2019 may offer you a discount on tablets, tablet accessories, and practically anything else you can buy online really. If we start with Banggood, they have tablets, 2-in-1’s, and pocket laptops on sale on 11.11 from the brands Huawei, Xiaomi, One-Netbook, Chuwi, … more…
The brand new 11.6-inch Android tablet Teclast M16 that I broke the news of 2 weeks ago has started taking pre-orders on Banggood for just $199 (and even $179 with the coupon code:”BG62dcb6″ for a little while) which makes this tablet worth a look: https://www.banggood.com/Teclast-M16-Helio-X27-Deca-Core The best part is that this sub-$200 price is with the keyboard cover included, and that alone means that Teclast M16 makes a very strong … more…
I discovered that an unannounced new Samsung tablet that appears to be destined for a launch in 2020 was registered as Wi-Fi approved today by the official Wi-Fi certification body with the model number Samsung SM-T307U. That sort of model usually indicates that it’s a tablet with cellular capacities, typically 4G, but 5G is also an option now. The other part of the model number doesn’t say anything in itself. … more…