Take an early look at the 117 new emoji coming to your phone later this year

Unicode, the "keeper of the keys" when it comes to emoji, . Smartphone manufacturers can use them to help create their own and show how Google might present some of the new ideograms. While everyone dreams of building a new mouse trap, not too many can do it. But there will be a new mousetrap emoji for 2020 along with one for Russian nesting dolls.

Unicode 13.0 ...

Pokemon Home launches in February for iPhone, iPad and Android

Pokemon is one of the most valuable franchises in the world and the company owning the brand is well aware that, for the time being, it's a golden goose. Pokemon is making a lot of money but come February, it's going to make even more.

The Pokemon Company and Nintendo plans to launch a new cloud service app called Pokemon Home. The app will be available on Android, iOS and Nintendo Switch next month, but the cloud service will not come for free.

With Pokemon Home, fans will be able to manage their collection of Pokemon across multiple games. Think of it as a place where you can bring ...

2021 iPhone 9 (SE2) Plus to feature Touch ID power button, LCD display

Apple has an extensive lineup of products planned for the coming months and several new iPhones scheduled for the second half of the year. It also has another smartphone planned for the beginning of 2021, which will reportedly substitute Face ID with Touch ID.

A blend of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 11 designs
In a research note with TF International Securities earlier today, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed the so-called iPhone 9 Plus (or iPhone SE2 Plus) will blend the best of the iPhone 6/7/8 design with the best of the newer iPhone XR/11 series.

That’s because Apple is planning ...

Tipster reveals more information about the telephoto camera on the Galaxy S20/S20+

The rear camera setup on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S20 series promises to be impressive. As you might expect, the , the top-of-the-line model, has the more exciting lineup of sensors and technology. First, there is a 108MP wide camera that uses 9:1 pixel binning. This means that the data collected from every 9 pixels is merged into one. So with a 108MP sensor, the camera should be able to deliver sharp 12MP images with less noise.

The Galaxy S20 Ultra will also feature a 48MP telephoto camera that will use a periscope to offer 10x optical zoom and 100x hybrid zoom. ...

Flagship Nokia 9.2 could leap ahead of Galaxy S20 with this technology

Development of the flagship Nokia 9.2 PureView seems to be well under way and, if a new piece of information is anything to go by, HMD Global is doing everything it can to make the smartphone stand out from the crowd. 

An in-display camera could be on the way
Reliable tipster has revealed HMD Global is testing the Nokia 9.2 PureView with an in-screen selfie camera at the moment. However, the technology is still very much in the early stages.

The current implementation, which obviously isn’t the final prototype, can reportedly be seen under direct sunlight and fails to ...

Apple to launch AirTags, premium headphones, wireless charger, more soon

Apple typically announces and releases most major new products in the second half of each year, but analyst believes the company is going to break away from tradition in 2020 by introducing an extensive range of new products in the coming months.
Apple AirTag item tracking tags

Evidence that Apple was working on Tile-like item tracking tags was first uncovered in iOS 13 code months ago alongside the “AirTag” name. The company was largely expected to introduce them at an event or via a press release in late October, but neither of these things happened.

Ming-Chi Kuo now ...

The iPhone 11 increased Apple's market share in all key markets

Apple just reported its best quarter ever off the back of strong iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods demand. Now, data published by shows the company managed to increase its smartphone market share in all key regions across the globe.

The iPhone 11 is twice as popular as the iPhone XR
The iPhone 11 has been the most popular iPhone every week since it launched in mid-September and, across Europe and the United States, it accounted for a combined “1 in 10 of all smartphones sold.” 

Kantar deemed the phone’s success “phenomenal” and claims it equates to doubled the share achieved ...