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Samsung’s flagship Galaxy Note20 also gets a huge camera upgrade
Samsung Electronics has begun rolling out a major software update for last year’s flagship Galaxy Note20 series of smartphones.
It follows a similar update for the Galaxy S20 (review), Galaxy S20 + (review) and Galaxy S20 Ultra (review). And, which is typical, at first the update appeared in Germany too.
An impressive 500MB update brings new possibilities for the Galaxy Note20 and Galaxy Note20 Ultra cameras (review). The firmware received numbers 980FXXU1DUC8 / N981BXXU1DUC8 and N986BXXU1DUC8, respectively.
We are talking about the modes that have appeared in the latest flagship Galaxy S21. The firmware brings portrait mode in low light conditions, Night Mode and Pro mode for the ultra-wide-angle camera module, as well as three new portrait mode effects that allow you to change the background to completely black, white or another color.
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Phones
No simplified version of Nothing Phone (1): Carl Pei denied the preparation of such a model

The founder of Nothing, Carl Pei, commented on the social network rumors about the release of the budget version of Nothing Phone (1). According to them, the new version will lose the Glyph LED backlight.
Pei stated that no simplified Nothing Phone (1) without LEDs is planned. He briefly called it “fake news”.
Previously, the Nothing Phone (1) smartphone was tested in the AnTuTu benchmark, where it unexpectedly showed the best result in its class. At the same time, the smartphone endured the drop test worse. It is noteworthy that the screen can withstand drops in the presence of a film, but the back panel suffers much more.
The price of the smartphone is from 469 euros for the basic memory configuration.
Electric Cars
Ford has set a new record for the U.S. electric vehicle market. The company is second in the market after Tesla

In the U.S. battery electric vehicle (BEV) market, Ford is number two, behind only Tesla.
In July this year, the total sales of Ford and Lincoln cars in the domestic market increased by 36.6% in annual terms and amounted to 163,942 cars. At the same time, Ford sales increased by 35.5% to 156,975 units, while Lincoln sales increased by 64.5% to 6,968 units.
Domestic sales of all-electric Ford vehicles hit a new record. In July of this year, the company sold 7,669 such vehicles, which is 169% more than a year earlier. In the structure of Ford sales in the US car market, such cars accounted for 4.9%, which is also a new record for the automaker.
The company notes that the growth rate of sales of Ford electric vehicles is ahead of the dynamics of the entire market, and in terms of the number of cars sold, the automaker is in second place, second only to Tesla.
“Ford’s EV share is growing fast, the company said in a statement. — In July, Ford took a nearly 11 percent share in this segment of the car market, which was the highest figure in the history of the company.“.
In total, in July this year, Ford sold 2,173 Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickups, 4,970 Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles, and 526 Ford E-Transit vans.
Phones
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 clamshell smartphone was shown on a high-quality render in three days of announcement

Insider Roland Quandt has posted a new image of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 on Twitter. The image appears to be official, but the phone will not be released until three days later.
Insiders have repeatedly noted that the Galaxy Z Flip 4 in terms of design is not much different from the current generation model. They don’t expect a revolution in terms of technical parameters either – the main innovation will be the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 SoC, but the camera sensors, apparently, will remain 12-megapixel. However, it is expected that the battery capacity will increase to 3700 mAh.
Roland Quandt is a well-known informant. Previously, he completely declassified the GoPro 9 Black and GoPro 10 Black action cameras before their announcement, and also named their exact cost.
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