Smartphone Market Watch in Q1 2021 After a 10.5% decline in smartphone purchases in 2020 due to COVID-19, Gartner expects worldwide smartphone purchases to increase 11% in 2021. The most significant increases in sales are expected in the Latin American markets and Asian-Pacific markets. Gartner also expects 5G phone sales to constitute 35% of all worldwide smartphone sales and a number of major c....

We've all experienced it: You're happily watching videos on your phone or laptop when you start to notice something is off. Something you can’t quite put your finger on. Eventually, you realize that your film or TV show has taken on the quality of a badly dubbed 1970's kung-fu flick. There’s a jarring mismatch between the movement of the characters’ lips and the sounds that are playing through you....

UGREEN, a leading manufacturer of electronic accessories and consumer technology products, has today announced a new addition to its TWS earbuds portfolio: the HiTune T2 Low Latency True Wireless Earbuds. The HiTune T2s combine low latency with UGREEN’s latest acoustics innovation to offer outstanding sound quality for music, mobile games, and video streaming. Each earbud weighs just 0.19oz, wi....

Experts predict the data storage industry's worth will reach 4.2 billion dollars by 2026. Think about all your work documents and the number of family photos stored on your electronics. Before you know it, you'll be looking for ways to increase your storage. SD cards, CompactFlash cards, Multimedia Cards, TF cards—these are just a few of the different types of memory cards on the market. Most t....

It's a familiar story: you go to plug in a USB device to your new laptop only to find that technology has passed you by once again, and the familiar USB 3.0 ports have been replaced with sleek new USB-C ones that provide several new benefits. You'll need a USB-C hub, which allows you to quickly and easily plug in many different devices to your MacBook. Prices for a USB-C hub can vary, and many ....

If you keep track of all things tech, you'll know that Apple's events come with big product announcements. Read on for a breakdown of the rumors, speculations, and possibilities of Apple's Spring event. A Brief History of Apple Events As a company, Apple is unashamedly unorthodox. It should come as no surprise that the Silicon Valley giant has an approach to events and product launches that’s di....

Modern laptop designs have come a long way from even a few years ago. The latest models are smaller and lighter than ever. The one disadvantage to the more streamlined designs is that there’s less space for ports. Where you could have had four or more USB ports on laptops a few years ago, there’s not enough space in many current models. Fortunately, it’s not difficult to add more ports to your ....

If you are the kind of shopper that likes to do your research, kudos! Knowledge is power, after all. If you also happen to be in the market for TWS (True Wireless Stereo) earphones, in doing that research you will have heard one term over and over again: “driver” - normally along with the size of said driver. But what are drivers, exactly? How do they work? And is their size as important as we ....