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The 2020 LG TV lineup starts rolling out, with the first models being 14 OLED offerings, including the "art-inspired" GX Gallery series, the "real 8K" ZX models and 4K UHD TVs.

The LG 2020 premium TVs promise to seamlessly integrate in any space while providing the best viewing experience through self-emissive display technology. The three GX Gallery series models (55-, 65- and 77-inch) feature a minimalist aesthetic, since backlight-free OLED technology allows for TVs just 20mm thin without need for a separate control box. As a result, the TV mounts flush to the wall akin to a piece of art in a gallery.

Strategy Analytics (SA) reports global smartphone shipments are down by -38% Y-o-Y to 61.8 million units in February 2020-- the biggest fall ever in the history of the smartphone market, at least according to the analyst.

Such a decline is, perhaps obviously, the result of demand collapse in Asia due to the coronavirus (aka Covid-19) outbreak. Furthermore, some Asian factories are unable to manufacture smartphones, while many customers are unable or unwilling to visit stores and buy new devices. Demand is set to recover in China, but shipments will remain weak throughout March 2020.

Sony follows Microsoft as reveals further specs of the upcoming PlayStation 5-- a machine based on similar AMD hardware as the Xbox Series X, if with a number of unique features and capabilities.

An in-depth livestream by lead architect Mark Cerny describes just how much of a leap the PS4 is from the PS4. Like the next-gen Xbox, the PS5 carries a 3rd generation Ryzen CPU and custom Radeon Navi CPU. The graphics processor carries 36 compute units and is capable of up to 10.28 teraflops of compute performance, making it technically less powerful than the 12-teraflop GPU inside the Xbox Series X. However Cerny insists teraflops are a "dangerous" measure of performance, and in any case a good chunk of the presentation is dedicated to to a perhaps unlikely topic, storage.

HMD Global announces the first 5G Nokia smartphone-- the Nokia 8.3 5G, a "global, future-proof" handset set, together with the mid-range Nokia 5.3 and 1.3 and another reissue of a classic feature phone, the Nokia 5310.

Designed with support for multiple 5G network deployments, the Nokia 8.3 5G is the first device using the Qualcomm 5G RF Front end module solution. Part of the Snapdragon 765G chipset, it condenses over 40 RF components into a single module, allowing for future-proof connectivity. Also found in the 765G are two Cortex A76 cores and six A55 cores, making it slower than the highest-end Snapdragon SoC, the 865.