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Samsung Galaxy Note 20’s chipset might not be that bad after all

With the Galaxy Note 20 launch just a week away, all eyes will be on what upgrades Samsung brings to the table. While the chipset might remain unchanged, there might be a silver lining. While Samsung flagship like the Note series and the S series are powered by Snapdragon chipsets in the US and European markets, they come with Exynos chipset in Asian markets such as India. It often tends to lose out on the performance front against Qualcomm Snapdragon counterparts. However, a new leak suggests some good news in this regard. Samsung Galaxy Note 20 release date, price, news and leaks Upcoming smartphones in India: Specs, launch date, price (Image credit: Samsung/WinFuture) According to a tweet by Anthony, a Youtuber, Samsung Galaxy Note 20 will continue to be powered by the Exynos 990 chipset, but with major improvements in terms of the performance and efficiency. These optimizations should bring it closer to the Snapdragon 865 series. He even suggested that it is almost li...

Microsoft’s London store opens July 11 –and is almost on Apple’s doorstep

Microsoft’s London store opens July 11 –and is almost on Apple’s doorstep

Microsoft has finally announced a launch date for its bricks-and-mortar store in London, and the doors will open on July 11.

The UK’s flagship store is located on Oxford Circus and it’s spread over three floors, representing some 21,932 square feet of retail premises. Interestingly, Apple’s Regent Street store is very close, being effectively just down the road and less than a minute’s walk away (as was previously speculated, Microsoft has indeed taken up residence in the former United Colours of Benetton building).

Microsoft is promising video walls throughout the shop, and interactive zones where punters can get a chance to play with Microsoft’s hardware such as the Surface, HoloLens, as well as games stuff across the PC and Xbox.

The company’s further stressing the connection to customers and community, with indeed the presence of a ‘community theatre’ which will run free workshops and courses on a range of tech, coding or STEM learning topics, alongside the likes of games tournament.

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There will also be a Genius Desk – sorry, Answer Desk, what were we thinking? – staffed by experts on Microsoft’s products and services who can provide support and repairs for customers.

An actual physical UK store has been a long time coming, so it’s good to see it finally arrive, especially considering that Microsoft has had bricks-and-mortar outlets in the US for a decade now (and in Australia since 2015).

As well as providing a handy place for support, at least for those based in London, it will doubtless help a lot for folks to get some hands-on experience with Microsoft’s products, and to understand, for example, the actual ‘feel’ of a Surface Pro hybrid (it’s a robustly-made tablet which oozes quality construction, at least in our opinion).

Via Engadget

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