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Apple Pencil patent

It turns out that Apple wants to put everything on the upcoming Apple Pencil, and the kitchen sink. Recently the new stylus was patented and judging by all the details that we have, the device sounds like a beast. A camera, bio-metric sensor, microphone and gesture control are all talked about.

It all begins with Apple filing a patent application with the US Patent and Trademark Organization. The patent talks about a "touch-based input for stylus" and explains how to place a touch sensor on a stylus with tactile input at the user's natural grip position. A touch sensor on the stylus may read gestures and help in drawing and sketching with extra sensitivity. The patent states that the touch sensor can be used to detect a tap, double tap, triple tap or other gesture of taping.

It may also detect position of the grip and the finger. The stylus could end up using a capacitive sensor to prevent unintentional taps and read a "rolling gesture" as well. It means moving the finger around the stylus ' circumference, or the stylus ' housing's rolling motion. All possible components and features are listed in the document including a microphone, Mute button, biometric sensor, camera, force track-pad and more.

We have learned as far back as 2015 about the location of a camera in the tip of the stylus. Haptic feedback was also mentioned in a paper from that year, while a patent on the use of ultrasound for the accuracy of the device was presented in 2018. One might think the Apple Pencil may compliment the iPhone even better with so many features and we might even see a bigger iPhone as a rival to the Galaxy Note.

Samsung Magnetic Hinge For Dual Display Smartphone

Here’s What’s New! Samsung already has a foldable phone out there, the Galaxy Fold, and now plans another. The Galaxy Fold 2 is almost confirmed to be a clamshell and it is due to arrive on February 11th 2020. At the same time, Samsung is also focusing on dual display smartphones and foldable devices with hinges for future models. Below is the latest such patent.

Annual tech trade show CES 2020 saw a variety of new smartphones being introduced, so we've put together a list of the best we've seen at the biggest tech show in the world.

Some of these phones are real handsets that you can buy and get your hands on in the near future; others are concept devices that show what the future of phones might look like.

We've made a list of the six best phones we've seen at CES 2020, and we're going to run all of them below. Some are equipped for 5 G, some are foldable, and some are just new versions of existing product series.

OnePlus Concept One

The cameras on this device's back can' disappear' if you don't use them. The phone basically shoots through the glass an electrical current that houses the cameras, making the lenses invisible when you don't want to see them. It's a technology similar to what modern cars use to make transparent sunroofs.

The OnePlus Concept One is not a smartphone that you will ever be able to purchase because, as the name suggests, it is just a concept tool that OnePlus uses to show off its new tech.

The rest of the phone is just a regular OnePlus phone, with the phone simply intended to show the missing act. OnePlus said that this tech might come to its future smartphones.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite

Samsung launched the Galaxy S10 Lite about eleven months after the release of the Galaxy S10. It is a device larger than its namesake, but in a few key areas some of the specs are downgraded.

We haven't really seen this type of device from Samsung before matching the size of the main flagship series but offering lower spec. There's the Galaxy S10e that came out next to the Galaxy S10, but it's much more like the existing phones.

The S10 Lite has as much in common as the compact Galaxy S phones do with the cheaper Galaxy A line.

The Galaxy S10 Lite is a tempting device for affordable fans of phones, but it is also a fascinating look into Samsung's phones ' future. Could Samsung release annual budget versions of its Galaxy S phones like the Google Pixel 3a range has started? Only time is going to say.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite

As well as an affordable Galaxy S10 version, Samsung took to CES 2020 to unveil the Galaxy Note 10 Lite, a budget version of Note 10, you guessed.

This new phone is the cheapest Samsung smartphone to come with a stylus, so if you like the business-centric form of the Galaxy Note phones but don't want to break the bank, it might be a great phone for you.

We don't expect to see the Samsung Galaxy Note 11 until the second half of 2020, so picking up a more affordable version of the Note series would be a great time now. Hopefully this phone would open the stylus-toting smartphone to an entirely new people's market.

Samsung Galaxy A71

At CES 2020, the affordable Samsung Galaxy A range won two new devices, the Galaxy A51 and this one, the A71, one of the mid-range high-tech devices ever seen.

The device has a large 6.7-inch screen, four rear cameras with a 64MP main snapper and a 4,500mAh chunky battery. It looks like it's going to be great for a variety of users on paper.

If this shows how the Samsung Galaxy A phones will look in 2020, it's a sunny forecast, and we look forward to seeing more of the devices throughout the year.

TCL 10 5G

We have been waiting for the announcement of an affordable 5 G phone, and it seems that TCL wants to be one of the first to release one with its TCL 105G. Together with the TCL 10L and 10 Pro, the smartphone was introduced, though it's not quite like either.

The main point of sale here is that TCL promises that the device will be available for less than $500 (and probably around £ 500, AU$700), making it much more affordable than most other 5 G handsets on the market.

This is a forecast for 2020 as many more businesses seem to be able to try to produce 5 G phones that are cheap enough for most people to buy. Everything can begin with the TCL 10 5 G, one of CES ' most interesting mid-rangers.

TCL foldable phone (version two)

We've seen TCL's foldable phone before, but with some interesting innovations at CES 2020 the company showed off a new version of its flexible smartphone.

The biggest news here is not that there is a new foldable phone, but for the new form factor, what it means. Like 5 G phones, TCL is trying to develop a folding device that is affordable enough to be purchased by most people.

TCL wants to make a device that doesn't cost a huge sum of four figures, like the Samsung Galaxy Fold, but an affordable range of smartphones that are cheap enough to compete with normal smartphones.

The product may not be ready for release just yet, as the design still feels a bit fragile, but if this gets into our hands soon it may be enough to force other companies to make affordable foldable phones as well.

Samsung has offered the strongest indication yet that, despite telling investors that operating profit fell by a third in the latest quarter, its troubles could be over.

Samsung said sales were about 59 trillion Won (£ 39bn) ahead of the official announcement of its Q4 results, with operating profits of about 7.1 trillion won (£ 4.7bn).

This is more than an estimate of some analysts.

The Korean technology giant has endured several challenging quarters as relatively sluggish smartphone sales were compounded by a memory chip market crash. Samsung is the world's leading manufacturer in the field, with traditionally two-thided memory chips responsible for its profits.

The company provides many of its rivals, which means it is particularly susceptible to any downturn, while a declining data center market has hit the demand for server chips. In addition, higher inventories have led to a drop in prices.

Nevertheless, the company will be confident that, in addition to demand for 5 G handsets, the chip industry will be revived to reduce trade conflicts between the US and China. Rival Micron also predicted a rebound in the near future, claiming it had hit a "cyclical bottom" for its own shareholders.

The mobile business of Samsung is expected to gain significantly. It is expected to reveal a new foldable handset and a new version of the Samsung Galaxy S flagship at next month's event in San Francisco.

LG, like many brands, seems to be under the impression that more is better when it comes to smartphone cameras. At least, this is what the rear panel of the LG V60 ThinQ's newly leaked images suggest.

These images, shared on SlashLeaks, show a cut-out on the back that appears large enough for at least four camera lenses, one more than the LG V50 ThinQ or the LG G8.

The name ' V60 ThinQ' is printed on the back, so there's little question that we're looking at this here (although we'd still take the pictures with a pinch of salt), and the pictures show the phone in both black and white shades.

The only other major detail to note is that there is no visible fingerprint scanner, other than the camera and the color. There was a scanner on the back of both the LG V50 ThinQ and the LG G8, but this means that the LG V60 would switch it on-screen, like the LG G8X and many other phones.

Ironically, these images also look much like recently leaked sketches from the LG G9 ThinQ, which also display a similarly laid out quad-lens rear camera.

This means the two phones could be quite close, and they could also launch simultaneously, with a February announcement being expected at MWC 2020.

We don't know much about either handset yet, but both of them are likely to use the new Snapdragon 865 chipset, and at least one of them is likely to support Dual Screen accessories from LG. The LG V60 ThinQ is expected to be slightly more impressive–and costly–than the LG G9 ThinQ based on past shape.

It's not long before the Samsung Galaxy S11 is launched-we're awaiting an announcement from February 11-but the company may have unintentionally indicated a big new picture feature ahead of its launch.

The company appears to have leaked the codename for the phone on Samsung's website for the launch event. This codename was picked up by GalaxyClub, which found that the following URL contained the phrase ' Hubble-Bloom-Registration' when you signed up for email updates on the event in some regions.

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Read our Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite review Hubble and Bloom are two codenames we've heard before; the former has been referred to as the Galaxy S11 during production, and Bloom is probably the codename for the expected Galaxy Fold 2. We'd previously heard both titles, but this is the first time we heard it from Samsung's mouth itself.

We expected the Samsung Galaxy S11 to have Huawei P30 and Google Pixel4-style astrophotography mode due to the' Hubble' moniker (after the space telescope). Samsung patented a' Space Zoom ' software feature that sounds like it's designed to take pictures of celestial bodies.

Through releasing the Galaxy S11 codename, Samsung itself backs up speculation that this photography feature will come with its upcoming phones.

And what can we unpack the Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 from the name ' Bloom?' Okay, not much, because when you open it, you might refer to any foldable phone as' blooming.'