Carl Pei’s ingeniously named company Nothing has so far managed to launch a single product, the Nothing ear (1) pair of true wireless earbuds. But that is all set to change soon.

Surprising absolutely no one, it turns out that Nothing is working on a phone. Our lack of astonishment comes from the fact that prior to leaving and founding Nothing, Carl Pei was the co-founder of OnePlus.

The Nothing phone also makes sense in light of Nothing’s recent announcement of a strategic partnership with Qualcomm. Guess who else has (or at least used to have) one of those? OnePlus.

It will be an interesting move considering how OnePlus has been changing since Pei’s departure, integrating into Oppo on pretty much all fronts, including software, which is destined to become just a ColorOS variation (like Realme UI).

With all this happening, could Nothing step in and fill OnePlus’ enthusiast-focused shoes and pick up the flagship killer mantle? We’ll have to wait and see, but given how the Nothing earbuds are decidedly midrange and priced very much accordingly, not undercutting their main competitors in price, we think it’s way too early to tell for sure.

Anyway, we’ll find out soon enough, as the Nothing phone is expected to become official in early 2022. At some point before that, we’re apparently getting a power bank which will be called Nothing Power (1).

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This is a great moment to be on the market searching for your next laptop. You will find amazing deals over at Amazon.com, including the Acer Chromebook Spin 311 Convertible Laptop that is now available for just $215 after receiving a 26 percent discount that will get you $75 savings. It comes packed with an Intel Celeron N4020 processor, an 11.6-inch HD touch display, 4GB RA 32FV storage, and more.

The ASUS Chromebook CX1 is another great option to consider, and it is currently up for grabs at $220 after receiving a 21 percent discount that translates to $60 savings. This laptop features a 14-inch FHD display with an Intel Celeron N3350 processor, 64GB storage, 4GB RAM, a spill-resistant keyboard, and other great features.

Suppose you’re still not sold on the whole Chromebook laptop idea, and you’d rather take your chances with a Windows laptop. In that case, we have the Dell Inspiron 13 5310 that features a 13-inch QHD display, an Intel Core i7 processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB storage, and NVIDIA GeForce MX450 graphics. This package is available for $896 after a $204 discount. Other options include the Acer Swift X SFX14-41G-R1S6 Creator Laptop and the Acer Swift 3. The first one is available for $900, and it comes with a 14-inch display, AMD Ryzen 7 processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB storage, NVIDIA RTX 3050Ti, and $170 savings, while the second option features an Intel Core i7 processor, Intel Iris Xe graphics, 512GB storage, 8GB RAM and more for $767 with $175 savings.

You can also pick up a new monitor, starting with the LG 27 Inch Ultragear that sells for $300 after an $80 discount. The AOC CQ34G2 Super Curved Frameless Gaming Monitor is also on sale, and you can get one for $249 with $61 savings, or check out the Dell 24-inch Gaming Monitor that features 240Hz refresh rates, an antiglare screen, and more for $225 after a 30 percent discount that will help you keep $97 in your pocket. Other monitors are getting up to 39 percent savings, so it would be a good idea to check out every other deal available. Unfortunately, all of these deals will be gone at midnight, so you must act fast.

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The latest M1 iPad Pro may be a bit overpowered. It packs a processor that can handle a laptop and graphics-intensive apps. It also packs up to 16GB RAM depending on the storage option you go for, as this is reserved for the 1TB and 2TB variants. If you go for the 128GB storage variant, you will get 8GB RAM, and that’s not bad, considering that you can pick one up for just $999 at Amazon and B&H.

You can currently get a new M1 iPad Pro with 128GB storage for just $999 after a $100 discount over at Amazon, and B&H. Savings are available on both the Space Gray and the Silver color variants, and some of these savings also get to other storage variants. For instance, you can pick up the 256GB model for 1,099, which also means $100 savings for anyone interested. And if you go for the maxed-out version, you will receive a $99 discount, meaning that you can get one for $2,100. The 1TB is more affordable at B&H since it goes for $1,699, which is $50 less than $1,749 price tag you would have to pay for the same device at Amazon.com.

Of course, you can also go for the smaller 11-inch iPad Pro that’s also getting some interesting discounts. You can grab the 256GB WiFi-only model at Amazon for $800 after a $99 discount, or head over to B&H, where you can pick up the 128GB storage variant for $749 in Silver after a $50 discount. And if you need that much power, you can also check out Apple’s latest 10.9-inch iPad Air, that’s currently selling for $539 after a $60 discount. This model comes with 64GB storage space, WiFi-only support, Apple’s A14 Bionic chip, and Apple Pencil gen-2 support.

Samuel Martinez

A former bilingual teacher that left the classrooms to join the team of Pocketnow as a news editor and content creator for the Spanish audience. An artist by nature who enjoys video games, guitars, action figures, cooking, painting, drawing and good music.

We heard several rumors going around about the new Samsung Galaxy S22 Series, but up until now, we mainly heard about the Galaxy S22 Ultra. As we get closer to the reported Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event that is supposed to happen sometime in January or February, we keep hearing more about the Samsung Galaxy S22 series of flagships. Today, we see some leaked tempered glass screen protectors.

IceUniverse is a quite reliable leaker and has brought us several news that later turned out to be true and real. Today, we get to see some new screen protectors that compare the tempered glass of the Galaxy S22 and S22 Plus to the S21 Series. Looking at the image below, we can see that the S22 Series will be ever so slightly rounder and wider than the Galaxy S21 series.

This is the first time we have seen the Tempered Glass Screen Protector of Galaxy S22 and S22 +. We can find that they are more rounded and slightly fatter than S21 series. pic.twitter.com/3BhneQsSTq

— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) October 15, 2021

This doesn’t necessarily mean the display aspect ratio will be different or that the screen size would increase, as IceUniverse suggests that the display’s aspect ratio will be 19.5:9. The S21 Plus for reference has a 20:9 aspect ratio.

What does this mean to you? Not much; Samsung might not have made any changes to the display, but it may have tweaked the glass, and the new leaked tempered glass might just make up for it to make sure it fits on the final models. 

A few days ago, we showcased brand new CAD renders of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra that showed us a new camera layout and clearly displayed the built-in S Pen into the device. We’ve also seen the charging speeds get confirmed on new listings, and we now know that Samsung might stick with rather the rather slow-fast charging technology, for the time being, staying behind what the competition offers for one more year.

Sony’s PlayStation 5 has been very popular and in-demand ever since its release, however, it’s been extremely hard or near impossible to get your hands on it due to the current situation. Many games come with Spotify integration that lets you listen to music, but the platform still lacks other big names such as Apple Music, Deezer, TIDAL, and many more. 

That might change very soon, as Apple Music might finally make it to the gaming platform once and for all. A user on Reddit (spotted by TheVerge, via XDA-Developers) found the Apple Music app when setting up a new PlayStation 5 account. It didn’t run when clicked on the application, and the pop-up window said, “This is only playable on PS4.” Neither the user nor Eurogamer managed to get the app to work, and it’s important to know that most apps are simply ported over from the PlayStation 4, so a little bit of extra work may be required in order to enable the app to work on the new generation of consoles.

It’s currently unclear when Apple may launch its Apple Music app on the PlayStation 5, and whether any games will have any sort of integration such as Spotify, but there’s a chance that you might soon be able to listen to your favorite Apple Music tracks, playlists and stations on the PlayStation 5 gaming console. The feature seems to be ready, and it’s likely just waiting for the final approval to be released on the console, and we might see it publicly appear in the coming weeks.

There’s also a chance that Apple might say something about this new feature at its Unleashed event, which is happening next week on October 18, where the company is expected to unveil the new 14-inch and 16-inch new M1X MacBook Pro devices, a new Mac Mini, and updated AirPods 3 wireless earbuds. 

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Roland is a technology enthusiast and software engineer based in United Kingdom. He is also a content creator and writer, and is best known under the name “Techusiast”.